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night watch definition

night watch

  1. a watching or guarding during the night
  2. the person or persons doing such guarding
  3. the time of their guarding
  4. any of the periods into which the night was formerly divided for such guarding: usually used in pl.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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