資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{Watch guard}, a chain or cord by which a watch is attached
to the person.
{Watch gun} (Naut.), a gun sometimes fired on shipboard at 8
p. m., when the night watch begins.
{Watch light}, a low-burning lamp used by watchers at night;
formerly, a candle having a rush wick.
{Watch night}, The last night of the year; -- so called by
the Methodists, Moravians, and others, who observe it by
holding religious meetings lasting until after midnight.
{Watch paper}, an old-fashioned ornament for the inside of a
watch case, made of paper cut in some fanciful design, as
a vase with flowers, etc.
{Watch tackle} (Naut.), a small, handy purchase, consisting
of a tailed double block, and a single block with a hook.