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(Encyclopedia) watch, small, portable timepiece usually designed to be worn on the person. Other kinds of timepieces are generally referred to as clocks. At one time it was generally believed that…Black Watch
(Encyclopedia) Black Watch or Royal Highland Regiment, Scottish infantry regiment. The first companies were raised in 1725 to watch the rebellious Scottish highlands and keep the peace, and the…Third Watch
NBCSunday 8:00–9:00 p.m.Cast:Michael Beach, Coby Bell, Bobby Cannavale, Eddie Cibrian, Molly Price, Kim Raver, Anthony Ruivivar, Skipp Sudduth, and Jason Wiles ER meets Emergency in this fast…vigil
(Encyclopedia) vigilvigilvĭjˈəl [key] [Lat.,=watch], in Christian calendars, eve of a feast, a day of penitential preparation. In ancient times worshipers gathered for vespers before a great feast…Brewer's: Dog-watch
A corruption of dodgewatch: two short watches, one from four to six, and the other from six to eight in the evening, introduced to dodge the routine, or prevent the same men always…Brewer's: Black Watch
Companies employed to watch the Islands of Scotland. They dressed in a “black” or dark tartan (1725). Subsequently they were enrolled into the 42nd regiment, under the Earl of Crawford, in…Brewer's: An Anchor Watch
A watch of one or two men, while the vessel rides at anchor, in port. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Ancien RégimeAnchor A B C D E F G H I J K L…Brewer's: Death-watch
Any species of Anobium, a genus of wood-boring beetles that make a clicking sound, once supposed to presage death. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Death's…Brewer's: Marching Watch
A splendid pageant on Midsummer Eve, which Henry VIII. took Jane Seymour to Mercers' Hall to see. In 1547 Sir John Gresham, the Lord Mayor, restored the pageant, which had been…Brewer's: Watch Night
December 31st, to see the Old Year out and the New Year in by a religious service. John Wesley grafted it on the religious system, but it has been…Trending
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