a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe | a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape |
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) | a small portable timepiece |
a small portable timepiece | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body |
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 | |