middle watch

  • 1Middle watch — Middle Mid dle (m[i^]d d l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]271. See {Mid}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the… …

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  • 2middle watch — noun a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.) • Syn: ↑graveyard watch, ↑midwatch, ↑night watch • Hypernyms: ↑watch …

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  • 3middle watch — Naut. the watch from midnight until 4 A.M. Also called graveyard watch, midwatch. [1605 15] * * * …

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  • 4middle watch — mid′dle watch′ n. Naut. naut. the watch from midnight until 4 a . m …

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  • 5middle watch — /mɪdl ˈwɒtʃ/ (say midl woch) noun Nautical the watch from midnight to 4 a.m …

  • 6The Middle Watch — Middle watch or The Middle Watch may refer to: The middle watch (or midwatch), one of the regular periods of work duty under a watch system; see Watch system#Traditional system The Middle Watch (play), a play by Ian Hay The Middle Watch (1930… …

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  • 7middle watch — noun the period from midnight to 4 a.m. on board a ship …

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  • 8Middle — Mid dle (m[i^]d d l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]271. See {Mid}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle… …

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  • 9Middle Ages — Middle Mid dle (m[i^]d d l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]271. See {Mid}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the… …

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  • 10Middle class — Middle Mid dle (m[i^]d d l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]271. See {Mid}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the… …

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