a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe | a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe |
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) | the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) |
a period of sleeplessness | 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 |