forewatch
Collocations
4ADJ.
close, dead, deep, long, near, sacred, spotted, trident
VERB + FOREWATCH
eyes, pass
FOREWATCH + NOUN
waters
PREP.
on
Definitions
verb
To look out for; watch over
Ah! vanity is all to him who knows (Well warn'd by this!) his day's a fleeting cloud! —'Tis sacred wisdom to forewatch the close! To eye each hour—the Coffin and the Shroud!
To learn, to know, how energies may pass / I would forewatch the waters near the moon / To spell the tidal change — and feel it chance [...]
noun
A foreward positioned guard or sentry; vanguard
The forewatch on the Trident called out, "Ho! Pharos ahead!" Straining his eyes, Pilate could see only a tiny blemish of luminous orange on the southeastern horizon.
It was the forewatch who spotted it first bearing down from the front. They were under attack!
An early watch
Jason takes the forewatches — 6 to noon, 6 to midnight — and Jimmy takes the afterwatches.
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6Ah! vanity is all to him who knows (Well warn'd by this!) his day's a fleeting cloud! —'Tis sacred wisdom to forewatch the close! To eye each hour—the Coffin and the Shroud!
WiktionaryTo learn, to know, how energies may pass / I would forewatch the waters near the moon / To spell the tidal change — and feel it chance [...]
WiktionaryThe spring-tight coil of days unrolls for them, / Their little and deep long eyes forewatch the dead — / The mouse-eyed Fates can number the known times / He will remember this, the thing unsaid.
WiktionaryThe forewatch on the Trident called out, "Ho! Pharos ahead!" Straining his eyes, Pilate could see only a tiny blemish of luminous orange on the southeastern horizon.
WiktionaryIt was the forewatch who spotted it first bearing down from the front. They were under attack!
WiktionaryJason takes the forewatches — 6 to noon, 6 to midnight — and Jimmy takes the afterwatches.
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