Each of the (three, four, or five) periods into which the night was anciently divided. Now often in collective plural, the watches of the night…
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释义 | the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > watch or period into which night was divided (9) watchc1000 Each of the (three, four, or five) periods into which the night was anciently divided. Now often in collective plural, the watches of the night… night watchOE A watch, guard, or vigil kept during the night; the action of keeping such a watch; the time during which such a watch is kept. quarterc1330 As a measure of time. A fourth part of the night; one of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night. Now historical. vigilc1380 One or other of the four watches into which the Romans divided the night. Obsolete. wakingc1384 One of the ‘watches’ or divisions of the night (Latin vigilia). Obsolete. quarter-nightc1390 the time when a quarter of the night has passed (rare after 15th cent.; now poetic). morning watch1535 Ancient History. The last of the three or four watches into which the night was divided in the ancient Roman and Jewish worlds. See watch, n. 4. Subcategories:— by Jews or Romans (1) — hour for sounding the watch (1) |
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