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Definition of Stand watch
1. Verb. Watch over so as to protect. "The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stand Watch
Literary usage of Stand watch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn: Together with Scenes in El by Samuel Curtis Upham (1878)
"... method of obtaining fresh grub at sea—Double Cape Horn—Boxing the compass—Passengers
volunteer to stand watch—Capture of an albatross. Tuesday, April 3. ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"The three seamen who stand watch in the steering engine-room at sea, including
the one who has charge of it, would preferably ..."
3. Berwick-upon-Tweed: The History of the Town and Guild by John Scott (1888)
"Also yf there be any person of the stand watch that suffereth at any time ...
watch to come to the stand watch except the search speak the watchword first, ..."
4. Handy Book for the Aid and Instruction of the Enlisted Men in the Engineer by Bruce Richardson Ware (1915)
"An oiler and two or threa firemen are detailed to stand watch on the ice machines.
... Firemen stand watch on the evaporating and distilling plant. ..."
5. A Source-book of Military Law and War-time Legislation by John Henry Wigmore (1919)
"In this case he was on an army transport and peril from submarines existed when
he refused to stand watch. The captain in charge of the vessel had, ..."
6. A Source-book of Military Law and War-time Legislation by John Henry Wigmore (1919)
"In this case he was on an army transport and peril from submarines existed when
he refused to stand watch. The captain in charge of the vessel had, ..."
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