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Wasteness
n.
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That which is waste; a desert; a waste.
Waster
v. t.
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One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.
Waster
v. t.
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An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.
Waster
v. t.
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A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
Wastethrift
n.
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A spendthrift.
Wasteweir
n.
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An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.
Wasting
a.
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Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.
Wastor
n.
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A waster; a thief.
Wastorel
n.
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See Wastrel.
Wastrel
n.
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Any waste thing or substance
Wastrel
n.
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Waste land or common land.
Wastrel
n.
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A profligate.
Wastrel
n.
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A neglected child; a street Arab.
Wastrel
n.
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Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.
Watch
v. i.
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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.
Watch
v. i.
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One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
Watch
v. i.
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The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
Watch
v. i.
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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.
Watch
v. i.
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A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
Watch
n.
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An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
Watch
n.
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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.
Watch
v. i.
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To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
Watch
v. i.
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To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
Watch
v. i.
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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.
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To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
Watched
imp. & p. p.
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of Watch
Watching
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Watch
Watch
v. t.
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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.
Watch
v. t.
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To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
Watchdog
n.
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A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.