Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 9
Wassailer (n.) One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler.
Wast () The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style. See Was.
Wastage (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste.
Waste (a.) 廢棄的，無用的；盛放廢物的，排除廢物的 Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
The dismal situation waste and wild. -- Milton.
His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into the waste darkness of futurity. -- Sir W. Scott.
Waste (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper.
But his waste words returned to him in vain. -- Spenser.
Not a waste or needless sound, Till we come to holier ground. -- Milton.
Ill day which made this beauty waste. -- Emerson.
Waste (a.) Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous.
And strangled with her waste fertility. -- Milton.
Waste gate, A gate by which the superfluous water of a reservoir, or the like, is discharged.
Waste paper. See under Paper.
Waste pipe, A pipe for carrying off waste, or superfluous, water or other fluids. Specifically:
Waste pipe, (a) (Steam Boilers) An escape pipe. See under Escape.
Waste pipe, (b) (Plumbing) The outlet pipe at the bottom of a bowl, tub, sink, or the like.
Waste steam. (a) Steam which escapes the air.
Waste steam. (b) Exhaust steam.
Waste trap, A trap for a waste pipe, as of a sink.
Wasted (imp. & p. p.) of Waste.
Wasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waste.
Waste (v. t.) 浪費；濫用；未充分利用[（+on）]；消耗；使消瘦；使衰弱 To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.
Thou barren ground, whom winter's wrath hath wasted, Art made a mirror to behold my plight. -- Spenser.
The Tiber Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful grounds. -- Dryden.
Waste (v. t.) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
Until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. -- Num. xiv. 33.
O, were I able To waste it all myself, and leave ye none! -- Milton.
Here condemned To waste eternal days in woe and pain. -- Milton.
Wasted by such a course of life, the infirmities of age daily grew on him. -- Robertson.
Waste (v. t.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.
The younger son gathered all together, and . . . wasted his substance with riotous living. -- Luke xv. 13.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. -- Gray.
Waste (v. t.) (Law) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay.
Syn: To squander; dissipate; lavish; desolate.
Waste (v. i.) 被浪費；消瘦 [（+away）] To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less; -- commonly used with away.
The time wasteth night and day. -- Chaucer.
The barrel of meal shall not waste. -- 1 Kings xvii. 14.
But man dieth, and wasteth away. -- Job xiv. 10.
Waste (v. i.) (Sporting) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc.
Waste (n.) 浪費；濫用 [U] [S] [（+of）]；廢（棄）物； [U] [P1]，排泄物 The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc. "Waste . . . of catel and of time." -- Chaucer.
For all this waste of wealth loss of blood. -- Milton.
He will never . . . in the way of waste, attempt us again. -- Shak.
Little wastes in great establishments, constantly occurring, may defeat the energies of a mighty capital. -- L. Beecher.
Waste (n.) That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness. "The wastes of Nature." -- Emerson.
All the leafy nation sinks at last, And Vulcan rides in triumph o'er the waste. -- Dryden.
The gloomy waste of waters which bears his name is his tomb and his monument. -- Bancroft.
Waste (n.) That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc.
Waste (n.) (Law) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder.
Note: Waste is voluntary, as by pulling down buildings; or permissive, as by suffering them to fall for want of necessary repairs. Whatever does a lasting damage to the freehold is a waste. -- Blackstone.
Waste (n.) (Mining) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse.
Waste (n.) (Phys. Geog.) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
Syn: Prodigality; diminution; loss; dissipation; destruction; devastation; havoc; desolation; ravage.
Waste (a.) Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places" [syn: godforsaken, waste, wild].
Waste (n.) Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" [syn: waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product].
Waste (n.) Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" [syn: waste, wastefulness, dissipation].
Waste (n.) The trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" [syn: thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness].
Waste (n.) An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" [syn: barren, waste, wasteland].
Waste (n.) (Law) Reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect [syn: waste, permissive waste].
Waste (v.) Spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" [syn: waste, blow, squander] [ant: conserve, economise, economize, husband].
Waste (v.) Use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience".
Waste (v.) Get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer".
Waste (v.) Run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" [syn: waste, run off].
Waste (v.) Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in].
Waste (v.) Spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume, squander, waste, ware].
Waste (v.) Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" [syn: pine away, waste, languish].
Waste (v.) Cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" [syn: waste, emaciate, macerate].
Waste (v.) Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge].
Waste (v.) Become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" [syn: waste, rot].
Waste, () A spoil or destruction houses, gardens, trees, or other corporeal hereditaments, to the disherison of him that hath the remainder or reversion in fee simple or fee tail 2 Bl. Comm. 281.
Waste, () The doctrine of waste is somewhat different in this country from what it is in England. It is adapted to our circumstances. 3 Yeates, R. 261; 4 Kent, Com. 76; Walk. Intr. 278; 7 John. Rep. 227; 2 Hayw. R. 339; 2 Hayw. R. 110; 6 Munf. R. 134; 1 Rand. Rep. 258; 6 Yerg. Rep. 334. Waste is either voluntary or permissive.
Waste, () Voluntary waste. A voluntary waste is an act of commission, as tearing down a house. This kind of waste is committed in houses, in timber, and in land. It is committed in houses by removing wainscots, floors, benches, furnaces, window-glass, windows, doors, shelves, and other things once fixed to the freehold, although they may have been erected by the lessee himself, unless they were erected for the purposes of trade. See Fixtures; Bac. Ab. Waste, C 6. And this kind of waste may take place not only in pulling down houses, or parts of them, but also in changing their forms; as, if the tenant pull down a house and erect a new one in the place, whether it be larger or smaller than the first; 2 Roll. Ab. 815, 1. 33; or convert a parlor into a stable; or a grist-mill into a fulling-mill; 2 Roll. Abr. 814, 815; or turn two rooms into one. 2 Roll. Ab. 815, 1. 37. The building of a house where there was none before is said to be a waste; Co. Litt. 53, a; and taking it down after it is built, is a waste. Com. Dig. Waste, D 2. It is a general rule that when a lessee has annexed anything to the freehold during the term, and afterwards takes it away, it is waste. 3 East, 51. This principle is established in the French law. Lois des Bit. part. 2, 3, art. 1; 18 Toull. n. 457.
Waste, () But at a very early period several exceptions were attempted to be made to this rule, which were at last effectually engrafted upon it in favor of trade, and of those vessels and utensils, which are immediately subservient to the purposes of trade. Ibid. Waste, ()5. This relaxation of the old rule has taken place between two descriptions of persons; that is, between the landlord and tenant, and between the tenant for life or tenant in tail and the remainder-man or reversioner.
Waste, () As between the landlord and tenant it is now the law, that if the lessee annex any chattel to the house for the purpose of his trade, he may disunite it during the continuance of his interest, 1 H. B. 258. But this relation extends only to erections for the purposes of trade.
Waste, () It has been decided that a tenant for years may remove cider-mills, ornamental marble chimney pieces, wainscots fixed only by screws, and such like. 2 Bl. Com. 281, note by Chitty. A tenant of a farm cannot remove buildings which he has erected for the purposes of husbandry, and the better enjoyment of the profits of the land, though he thereby leaves the premises the same as when he entered. 2 East, 88; 3 East, 51; 6 Johns., Rep. 5; 7 Mass. Rep. 433.
Waste, () Voluntary waste may be committed on timber, and in the country from which we have borrowed our laws, the law is very strict. In Pennsylvania, however, and many of the other states, the law has applied itself to our situation, and those acts which in England would amount to waste, are not so accounted here. Stark. Ev. part 4, p. 1667, n.; 3 Yeates, 251. Where wild and uncultivated land, wholly covered with wood and timber, is leased, the lessee may fell a part of the wood and timber, so as to fit the land for cultivation, without being liable to waste, but he cannot cut down the whole so as permanently to injure the inheritance. And to what extent the wood and timber on such land may be cut down without waste, is a question of fact for the jury under the direction of the court. 7 Johns. R. 227. The tenant may cut down trees for the reparation of the houses, fences, hedges, stiles, gates, and the like; Co. Litt. 53, b; and for mixing and repairing all instruments of husbandry, as ploughs, carts, harrows, rakes, forks, &c. Wood's Inst. 344. The tenant may, when he is unrestrained by the terms of his lease, out down timber, if there be not enough dead timber. Com. Dig Waste, D 5; F. N. B. 59 M. Where the tenant, by the conditions of his lease, is entitled to cut down timber, he is restrained nevertheless from cutting down ornamental trees, or those planted for shelter; 6 Ves. 419; or to exclude objects from sight. 16 Ves. 375.
Waste, () Windfalls are the property of the landlord, for whatever is severed by inevitable necessity, as by a tempest, or by a trespasser, and by wrong, belongs to him who has the inheritance. 3 P. Wms. 268; 11 Rep. 81, Bac. Abr. Waste, D 2.
Waste, () Waste is frequently committed on cultivated fields, orchards, gardens, meadows, and the like. It is proper here to remark that there is an implied covenant or agreement on the part of the lessee to use a farm in a husbandman-like manner, and not to exhaust the soil by neglectful or improper tillage. 5 T. R. 373. See 6 Ves. 328. It is therefore waste to convert arable to woodland and the contrary, or meadow to arable; or meadow to orchard. Co. Lit. 53, b. Cutting down fruit trees; 2 Roll. Abr. 817, l. 30; although planted by the tenant himself, is waste; and it was held to be waste for an outgoing tenant of garden ground to plough up strawberry beds which be had bought of a former tenant when he entered. i Camp. 227.
Waste, () It is a general rule that when lands are leased on which there are open mines of metal or coal or pits of gravel, lime, clay, brick, earth, stone, and the like, the tenant may dig out of such mines, or pits. Com. Dig. Waste, D 4. But he cannot open any new mines or pits without being guilty of waste Co. Lit. 53 b; and carrying away the soil, is waste. Com. Dig. Waste, D 4.
Waste, () Permissive waste. Permissive waste in houses is punishable where the tenant is expressly bound to repair, or where he is so bound on an implied covenant. See 2 Esp. R. 590; 1 Esp. Rep. 277; Bac. Abr. Covenant, F. It is waste if the tenant suffer a house leased to him to remain uncovered so long that the rafters or other timbers of the house become rotten, unless the house was uncovered when the tenant took possession. Com. Dig. Waste, D 2.
Waste, () Of remedies for waste. The ancient writ of waste has been superseded. It is usual to bring case in the nature of waste instead of the action of waste, as well for permissive as voluntary waste.
Waste, () Some decisions have made it doubtful whether an action on the case for permissive waste can be maintained against any tenant for years. See 1 New Rep. 290; 4 Taunt. 764; 7 Taunt. 392; S. C. 1 Moore, 100; 1 Saund. 323, a, n. i. Even where the lessee covenants not to do waste, the lessor has his election to bring either an action on the case, or of, covenant, against the lessee for waste done by him during the term. 2 Bl. Rep. 1111; 2 Saund. 252, c. n. In an action on the case in the nature of waste, the plaintiff recovers only damages for the waste.
Waste, () The latter action has this advantage over an action of waste, that it may be brought by him in reversion or remainder for life or years, as well as in fee or in tail; and the plaintiff is entitled to costs in this action, which he cannot have in an action of waste., 2 Saund. 252, n. See, on the subject in general, Woodf. Landl. & T. 217, ch. 9, s. 1; Bac. Abr. Waste; Vin. Abr. Waste; Com. Dig. Waste; Supp. to Ves. jr. 50, 325, 441; 1 Vern. R. 23, n.; 2 Saund. 252, a, n. 7, 259, n. 11; Arch. Civ. Pl. 495; 2 Sell. Pr. 234; 3 Bl. Com. 180, note by Chitty; Amer. Dig. Waste; Whart. Dig. Waste; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t. As to remedies against waste by injunction, see 1 Vern. R. 23, n.; 5 P. Wms. 268, n. F; 1 Eq. Cas. Ab. 400; 6 Ves. 787, 107, 419; 8 Ves. 70; 16 Ves. 375; 2 Swanst. 251; 3 Madd. 498; Jacob's R. 70; Drew. on Inj. part 2, c. 1, p. 134. As between tenants in common, 5 Taunt. 24; 19 Ves. 159; 16 Ves. 132; 3 Bro. C. C. 622; 2 Dick. 667; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; and the article Injunction. As to remedy by writ of estrepement to prevent waste, see Estrepement; Woodf Landl. & T. 447; 2 Yeates, 281; 4 Smith's Laws of Penn. 89; 3 Bl. Com. 226. As to remedies in cases of fraud in committing waste, see Hov. Fr. ch. 7, p. 226 to 238.
Wastebasket (n.) A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.
Wasteboard (n.) (Naut.) See Washboard, 3.
Compare: Washboard
Washboard (n.) 洗衣板 A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.
Washboard (n.)（建築物）踢腳板 A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
Washboard (n.) (Naut.) 【船】防波板 A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard. -- Mar. Dict.
Washboard (n.) Device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on.
Washboard (n.) Protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side [syn: washboard, splashboard].
Wastebook (n.) A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal.
Wasteful (a.) Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
Wasteful (a.) Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition.
Wasteful (a.) Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
Wastefulness (n.) 浪費；揮霍無度 The trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" [syn: {thriftlessness}, {waste}, {wastefulness}]
Wastefulness (n.) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" [syn: {waste}, {wastefulness}, {dissipation}]
Compare: Extravagance
Extravagance (n.) [ U ] 奢侈，鋪張 Behaviour in which you spend more money than you need to.
// I think she was shocked by my extravagance.
Extravagance (n.) [ C ] 奢侈品，奢華物 Something expensive that you buy even though you do not need it.
// Perfume is my greatest extravagance.
Wastel (n.) A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastel bread, and wastel cake.
Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
Wasteness (n.) That which is waste; a desert; a waste.
Waster (v. t.) One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.
Waster (v. t.) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.
Waster (v. t.) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
Wastethrift (n.) A spendthrift.
Wasteweir (n.) An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.
Wasting (a.) Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.
Wastor (n.) A waster; a thief.
Wastorel (n.) See Wastrel.
Wastrel (n.) Any waste thing or substance
Wastrel (n.) Waste land or common land.
Wastrel (n.) A profligate.
Wastrel (n.) A neglected child; a street Arab.
Wastrel (n.) Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.
Watch (n.) 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.
Note: 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 recognized, 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.
Watch (n.) 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.
Watch (n.) 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.
Watch (n.) 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.
Watch (n.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
Note: 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, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a gold or silver watch, an open-faced watch, a hunting watch, or hunter, etc.
Watch (n.) (Naut.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
Watch (n.) (Naut.) 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 (Naut.), A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor.
To be on the watch, To be looking steadily for some event.
Watch and ward (Law), The charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. -- Wharton. -- Burrill.
Watch and watch (Naut.), The regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.
Watch barrel, The brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring.
Watch bell (Naut.), A bell struck when the half-hour glass is run out, or at the end of each half hour. -- Craig.
Watch bill (Naut.), A list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches, with their stations. -- Totten.
Watch case, The case, or outside covering, of a watch; also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept.
Watch chain. Same as watch guard, below.
Watch clock, A watchman's clock; see under Watchman.
Watch fire, A fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard.
Watch glass. (a) A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial, of a watch; -- also called watch crystal.
Watch glass. (b) (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck.
Watch guard, A chain or cord by which a watch is attached to the person.
Watch gun (Naut.), A gun sometimes fired on shipboard at 8 p. m., when the night watch begins.
Watch light, A low-burning lamp used by watchers at night; formerly, a candle having a rush wick.
Watch night, The last night of the year; -- so called by the Methodists, Moravians, and others, who observe it by holding religious meetings lasting until after midnight.
Watch paper, An old-fashioned ornament for the inside of a watch case, made of paper cut in some fanciful design, as a vase with flowers, etc.
Watch tackle (Naut.), A small, handy purchase, consisting of a tailed double block, and a single block with a hook.
Watch (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
I have two nights watched with you. -- Shak.
Couldest thou not watch one hour ? -- Mark xiv. 37.
Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
Take ye heed, watch and pray. -- Mark xiii. 33.
The Son gave signal high To the bright minister that watched. -- Milton.
Watch (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning. -- Ps. cxxx. 6.
Watch (v. i.) 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 (v. i.) (Naut.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
To watch over, To be cautiously observant of; to inspect, superintend, and guard.
Watched (imp. & p. p.) of Watch.
Watching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Watch.
Watch (v. t.) 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.
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house to watch him, and to slay him. -- 1 Sam. xix. 11
I must cool a little, and watch my opportunity. -- Landor.
In lazy mood I watched the little circles die. -- Longfellow.
Watch (v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
And flaming ministers, to watch and tend Their earthy charge. -- Milton.
Paris watched the flocks in the groves of Ida. -- Broome.
Watch (n.) A small portable timepiece [syn: watch, ticker].
Watch (n.) A period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty.
Watch (n.) A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe [syn: watch, vigil].
Watch (n.) The period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty.
Watch (n.) A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket].
Watch (n.) The rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) [syn: vigil, watch].
Watch (v.) Look attentively; "watch a basketball game".
Watch (v.) Follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" [syn: watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on].
Watch (v.) See or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie" [syn: watch, view, see, catch, take in].
Watch (v.) Observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was executed" [syn: watch, look on].
Watch (v.) Be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful; "Watch out for pickpockets!" [syn: watch, look out, watch out].
Watch (v.) Observe or determine by looking; "Watch how the dog chases the cats away".
Watch (v.) Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn].
WATCH, () police. To watch is, properly speaking, to stand sentry and attend guard during the night time: certain officers called watchmen are appointed in most of the United States, whose duty it is to arrest all persons who are violating the law, or breaking the peace. (q.v.) Vide 1 Bl. Com. 356; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 14, 20.
Watchdog (n.) A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
Watcher (n.) One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.
Watches (n. pl.) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.
Watchet (a.) Pale or light blue.
Watchful (a.) 警惕的；戒備的；注意的；【古】醒的；不眠的 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." -- Shak. "Happy watchful shepherds." -- Milton.
'Twixt prayer and watchful love his heart dividing. -- Keble.
Syn: Vigilant; attentive; cautious; observant; circumspect; wakeful; heedful. -- Watch"ful*ly, adv. -- Watch"ful*ness, n.
Watchful (a.) Engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty" [syn: alert, watchful] [ant: unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful].
Watchful (a.) Experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare [syn: insomniac, sleepless, watchful].
Watchhouses (n. pl. ) of Watchhouse.
Watchhouse (n.) A house in which a watch or guard is placed.
Watchhouse (n.) A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
Watchmaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
Watchmen (n. pl. ) of Watchman.
Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
Watchman (n.) Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.
Watchword (n.) 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 (n.) A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action.
Water (n.) The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
Water (n.) A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
Water (n.) Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.
Water (n.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.
Water (n.) 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 (n.) 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 (v. t.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of Water.
Watering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Water.
Water (v. t.) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.
Water (v. t.) To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
Water (v. t.) 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 (n.) To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.
Water (v. i.) To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.
Water (v. i.) 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 (n.) 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.