| HDLW | distance from which a watch ticking is heard by left ear |
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| HDRW | distance from which a watch ticking is heard by right ear |
| MOOW | Medical Officer of the Watch |
| W/C | watch carefully; wheel chair |
| watch | 1. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night. "Shepherds keeping watch by night." (Milton) "All the long night their mournful watch they keep." (Addison) Watch was formerly distinguished from ward, the former signifying a watching or guarding by night, and the latter a watching, guarding, or protecting by day Hence, they were not unfrequently used together, especially in the phrase to keep watch and ward, to denote continuous and uninterrupted vigilance or protection, or both watching and guarding. This distinction is now rarely recognised, watch being used to signify a watching or guarding both by night and by day, and ward, which is now rarely used, having simply the meaning of guard, or protection, without reference to time. "Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward." (Spenser) "Ward, guard, or custodia, is chiefly applied to the daytime, in order to apprehend rioters, and robbers on the highway . . . Watch, is properly applicable to the night only, . . . And it begins when ward ends, and ends when that begins." (Blackstone) 2. One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard. "Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can." (Matt. Xxvii. 65) 3. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept. "He upbraids Iago, that he made him Brave me upon the watch." (Shak) 4. The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night. "I did stand my watch upon the hill." (Shak) "Might we but hear . . . Or whistle from the lodge, or village cock Count the night watches to his feathery dames." (Milton) 5. A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring. Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used, as an anchor watch, a lever watch, a chronometer watch, etc. (see the Note under Escapement, 3); also, by the kind of case, as a gold or silver watch, an open-faced watch, a hunting watch, or hunter, etc. 6. An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch. That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch. Anchor watch, a small, handy purchase, consisting of a tailed double block, and a single block with a hook. Origin: OE. Wacche, AS. Waecce, fr. Wacian to wake; akin to D. Wacht, waak, G. Wacht, wache. See Wake. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| watches | <botany> The leaves of Saraceia flava. See Trumpets. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| 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. "Many a watchful night." . "Happy watchful shepherds." . "'Twixt prayer and watchful love his heart dividing." (Keble) Synonym: Vigilant, attentive, cautious, observant, circumspect, wakeful, heedful. Watch"fully, Watch"fulness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| watchmaker's cramp | An occupational dystonia characterised by spasm of the orbicularis palpebrarum muscle from holding the lens to the eye and spasm of the muscles of the hand from performing the delicate movements of watch repairing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| watchman | 1. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel. 2. Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night. <zoology> Watchman beetle, the European dor. Watchman's clock, a watchman's detector in which the apparatus for recording the times of visiting several stations is contained within a single clock. Watchman's detector, or Watchman's time detector, an apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a station on his rounds. Watchman's rattle, an instrument having at the end of a handle a revolving arm, which, by the action of a strong spring upon cogs, produces, when in motion, a loud, harsh, rattling sound. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| watch glass |
laboratory glassware; a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker crystal: a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
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| watchful waiting |
Planned treatment in which the doctor follows your condition closely for any changes, without actual treatment, until symptoms appear. If the situation changes, curative treatments such as surgery or radiation can then be used.
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| watchful waiting |
Careful observation without immediate treatment.
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no treatment, but your doctor tests periodically to see if the cancer is growing. Suggested for:
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Closely monitoring a patient's condition but withholding treatment until symptoms appear or change. Also called observation
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| watch | a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe |
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| watch | a devotional watch (especially on the eve of a religious festival) |
| watch | a small portable timepiece |
| watch | a person employed to watch for something to happen |
| watch | a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty |
| watch | the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty |
| watch | find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort |
| watch | observe with attention |
| watch | observe or determine by looking |
| watch | look attentively |
| watch | see or watch |
| watch | be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful |
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