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 small portable timepiece | a period of sleeplessness |
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 | |