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Look up: watch

  1. Watch
    [Unix] watch is a GNU command-line tool that runs the specified command repeatedly and displays the output on stdout so you can watch it change over time. By default, the command is run every 2 seconds, although this is adjustable with the -n secs argument. Since the command is passed to sh ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_(Unix

  2. Watch
    [Manfred Mann`s Earth Band album] Watch is a studio album with several live tracks released in 1978 by Manfred Mann`s Earth Band. == Track listing == == Personnel == with ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_(Manf

  3. Watch
    Watch is British slang for a gullible person.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  4. Watch
    Watch is British slang for a gullible person.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  5. watch
    [n] - the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty 2. [n] - a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship`s crew are on duty 3. [n] - a small portable timepiece 4. [n] - a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe 5. [v] - follow with the eye...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. WATCH
    Working Group on the Assessment of Toxic Chemicals. An official working party which assesses toxicological data, epidemiology studies and other data relating to chemical substances in order to recommend appropriate control limits.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20474

  7. watch
    (1)Period of time, normally four hours, into which a nautical day is divided. (2)Group into which crew is divided for duty; port or starboard watch if into two watches. To keep, or stand, a watch is to be on duty for a watch Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries<...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Watch
    Watch (wŏch) noun [ Middle English wacche , Anglo-Saxon wæcce , from wacian to wake; akin to Dutch wacht , waak , German wacht , wache . √134. See Wake , intra...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/10

  9. Watch
    Watch intransitive verb [ Confer Anglo-Saxon wœccan , wacian . √134. See Watch , noun , Wake , intransitive verb ] 1. To be awake; to be or continue witho...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/10

  10. Watch
    Watch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Watched ; present participle & verbal noun Watching .] 1. To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose;...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/10

  11. watch
    1. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night. 'Shepherds keeping watch by night.' (Milton) 'All the long night their mournful watch ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. watch
    noun a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. watch
    noun a small portable timepiece
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. watch
    noun a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship`s crew are on duty
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. watch
    watch out verb be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one`s guard, be careful; `Watch out for pickpockets!`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. watch
    verb observe with attention; `They watched as the murderer was executed`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. Watch
    • (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring. • (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard. • (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does d...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. watch
    portable timepiece that has a movement driven either by spring or by electricity and that is designed to be worn or carried in the pocket.[8 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/13

  19. Watch
    A watch is a small timepiece, typically worn either on the wrist or attached on a chain and carried in a pocket; wristwatches, however, are the most common type of watch used today. Watches evolved in the 17th century from spring powered clocks, which appeared in the 15th century. The first watches...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch

  20. watch
    • a small portable timepiece
    • a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
    • a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
    • the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

    Found on

  21. WATCH
    Working Group on the Assessment of Toxic Chemicals (set up under the HSE) (UK)
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21114

  22. watch
    another name for a shift. This use is being popularized in the U.S. by CNN Headline News and by the NBC television series Third Watch.
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictW.

  23. WATCH
    A forecast issued well in advance of a severe weather event to alert the public of the possibility of a particular hazard, such as tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flash and river floods, winter storms, or heavy snows.
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/w.html

  24. watch
    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 the first watches were made in Nuremburg, Germany, c.1500. However, there is now evidence that watches may have appear...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08515

  25. Watch
    A watch is a portable timepiece carried in the pocket or commonly worn upon band around the wrist.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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