a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape | a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe |
a small portable timepiece | the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) |
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body | a small portable timepiece |
| a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event |
| a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty |
| the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty |