Definition of Middle watch

1. Noun. A watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.).

Exact synonyms: Graveyard Watch, Midwatch, Night Watch
Generic synonyms: Watch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Middle Watch

middle suprarenal artery
middle talar articular surface of calcaneus
middle temporal artery
middle temporal convolution
middle temporal gyrus
middle temporal sulcus
middle temporal vein
middle term
middle thyroid vein
middle transverse rectal fold
middle trunk of brachial plexus
middle turbinated bone
middle umbilical fold
middle umbilical ligament
middle voice
middle watch (current term)
middle way
middle youth
middleaged
middlebox
middleboxes
middlebreaker
middlebrow
middlebrows
middled
middlegame
middleman
middlemen
middlemost
middleoftheroader

Literary usage of Middle watch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tecumseh, Or, The West Thirty Years Since: A Poem by George Hooker Colton (1842)
"... 'Twas the middle watch from the midnight hour, When things of evil have mightiest power, Ere the winged coursers of coming light O'ertake the journeying ..."

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