http://wordie.org/words/watch Comments for the word 'Watch' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/watch#comments In nautical terminology, the time a <a href="/words/sentry">sentry</a> stands watch or a ship's crew is on duty, equal to 4 hours on both land and sea. At sea, the evening watch is often divided into two shorter watches called <a href="/words/dog watch">dog watch</a>es. During dog watches, sailors' watch assignments rotate through the day instead of falling at the same hours every day. Watches at sea are divided into 8 <a href="/words/bell">bell</a>s (4 bells for dog watches). Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:25:52 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/watch#comments