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De - Pt| English Dictionary: watch glass | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Note: Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used, as an {anchor watch}, a {lever watch}, a {chronometer watch}, etc. (see the Note under {Escapement}, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a {gold} or {silver watch}, an {open-faced watch}, a {hunting watch}, or {hunter}, etc. 6. (Naut.) (a) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. {Dogwatch}. (b) 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}. {Anchor watch} (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor. {To be on the watch}, to be looking steadily for some event. {Watch and ward} (Law), the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill. {Watch and watch} (Naut.), the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided. {Watch barrel}, the brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring. {Watch bell} (Naut.), a bell struck when the half-hour glass is run out, or at the end of each half hour. --Craig. {Watch bill} (Naut.), a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches, with their stations. --Totten. {Watch case}, the case, or outside covering, of a watch; also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept. {Watch chain}. Same as {watch guard}, below. {Watch clock}, a watchman's clock; see under {Watchman}. {Watch fire}, a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard. {Watch glass}. (a) A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial, of a watch; -- also called {watch crystal}. (b) (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck. | |
