Watch () To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.

Watch () To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.

Watch () To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.

Watched () of Watch

Watching () of Watch

Watch () To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.

Watch () To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

Watchdog () A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.

Watcher () One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.

Watches () The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.

Watchet () Pale or light blue.

Watchful () Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.

Watchhouses () of Watchhouse

Watchhouse () A house in which a watch or guard is placed.

Watchhouse () A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.

Watchmaker () One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.

Watchmen () of Watchman

Watchman () One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.

Watchman () Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.

Watchtower () A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.

Watchword () A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password.

Watchword () A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action.

Water () The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

Water () A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.

Water () Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.

Water () A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.

Water () The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.

Water () A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen.

Water () An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or \"diluted.\"

Watered () of Water

Watering () of Water

Water () To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.

Water () To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.

Water () To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6.

Water () To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.

Water () To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.

Water () To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.

Water adder () The water moccasin.

Water adder () The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water Snake.

Waterage () Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water.

Water agrimony () A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe.

Water aloe () See Water soldier.

Water antelope () See Water buck.

Water arum () An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.

Water back () See under 1st Back.

Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.

Water ballast () Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.

Water barometer () A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height.

Water bath () A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose.

Water battery () A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water.

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