What is a word for night watch

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    night-watch

    1) ночно́й дозо́р, ночна́я ва́хта;

    2) ночно́й дозо́рный

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    night watch

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  • 3
    night-watch

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    night-watch

    [ˈnaɪtˈwɔtʃ]

    night-watch ночной дозор, ночная вахта; in the night-watches в бессонные ночи night-watch ночной дозор, ночная вахта; in the night-watches в бессонные ночи night-watch ночной дозорный

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    night watch

    1. ночной дозор, ночная стража

    2. мор. ночная вахта

    3. ночной дозорный, вахтенный

    4. ист. ночная стража

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    night watch

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    night watch

    [͵naıtʹwɒtʃ]

    1. 1) ночной дозор, ночная стража

    3) ночной дозорный, вахтенный

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  • 8
    night watch

    [‘naɪtˌwɔʧ]

    сущ.

    1) ночной дозор, ночная вахта

    Англо-русский современный словарь > night watch

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    night watch

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    night-watch

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    night watch

    Англо-русский экономический словарь > night watch

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    night-watch

    [`naɪt`wɔʧ]

    ночной дозор, ночная вахта

    ночной дозорный

    ночная стража

    Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > night-watch

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    night watch

    мед.фраз.

    ночное дежурство

    * * *

    Англо-русский медицинский словарь > night watch

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    night watch

    ночной дозор, ночная вахта, ночной дозорный

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    night watch

    Англо-русский морской словарь > night watch

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    night watch

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    night watch

    ночной дозор; ночное дежурство

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    night watch

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    watch

    ̈ɪwɔtʃ I сущ. часы( карманные, наручные) by my watch ≈ по моим часам to set, wind up a watch ≈ выставлять время на часах, заводить часы to synchronize watches ≈ сверять часы He set his watch by mine. ≈ Он поставил свои часы по моим. a watch is fast ≈ часы спешат a watch is right ≈ часы идут правильно a watch is slow ≈ часы отстают a watch goes ≈ часы идут a watch keeps time ≈ часы показывают время a watch runs down ≈ часы отстают a watch stops ≈ часы стоят analog watch digital watch dress watch pocket watch self-winding watch waterproof watch wrist watch watch band II
    1. сущ.
    1) пристальное наблюдение;
    надзор be on the watch — keep watch Syn: surveillance
    2) мор. вахта;
    дежурство night watch ≈ ночное дежурство
    3) а) сторож б) уст. страж;
    дозор, стража, караул
    4) уст. бодрствование Syn: vigil
    5) ист. стража (часть ночи) ∙
    2. гл.
    1) а) (внимательно) наблюдать, следить;
    смотреть( за кем-л.) Watch me carefully. ≈ Внимательно следи за мной. Watch what I do and how I do. ≈ Смотри, что я делаю и как я это делаю. Are you going to play or only watch? ≈ Ты будешь играть или просто смотреть? I watched her cross the street. ≈ Я видел, как она переходила улицу. watch TV watch it Syn: observe б) шпионить, следить, подглядывать( за кем-л.) She was scared that someone was watching her. ≈ Она боялась, что за ней наблюдают. Syn: spy
    2.
    2) караулить;
    сторожить, охранять;
    присматривать;
    (тж. watch over) Parents can’t to be expected to watch there children 24 hours a day. ≈ Нельзя ожидать, что родители будут присматривать за своими детьми двадцать четыре часа в сутки.
    3) опасаться, остерегаться( кого-л., чего-л.) You really ought to watch these weirdos. ≈ Тебе правда нужно остерегаться этих странных типов.
    4) бодрствовать;
    дежурить Syn: be awake, stay awake, keep awake, keep vigil
    5) выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for) Will you watch for the bus while I go into the shop for a moment? ≈ Ты не постоишь на остановке, пока я на минуту зайду в магазин? watch one’s time ∙ watch in watch out watch over watch the time watch one’s step
    часы (наручные, карманные) — he set his * by mine он поставил свои часы по моим — my * has run down мои часы остановились (морское) корабельный хронометр( over) пристальное наблюдение;
    надзор;
    присмотр — to keep * over smth., smb. наблюдать /следить/ за чем-л., кем-л.;
    сторожить /караулить/ что-л., кого-л. — to keep a (good) * внимательно /бдительно/ следить или сторожить (for) высматривание — on the * for smth., smb. в ожидании чего-л., кого-л. — to be on the * for подкарауливать, поджидать — to be on the * for an opportunity выжидать удобного случая( морское) вахта — starboard * первая вахта;
    вахта правого борта (часть команды) — * and * деление команды на две вахты — * below подвахтенные;
    время, свободное от вахты — * off подвахтенные;
    время, свободное от вахты — * fall in! очередной смене построиться! (команда) (морское) дежурство — to keep *, to be on * нести вахту — * officer вахтенный офицер( шотландское) наблюдательный пункт на горе;
    сторожевой холм( историческое) стража;
    караул, (ночной) дозор — the town * городская стража (историческое) сторож;
    страж, часовой( историческое) оклик или крик ночного дозора (историческое) стража (часть ночи) — in the *es of the night (возвышенно) в ночные стражи, ночью;
    в бессонные ночные часы, во время ночного бдения > to pass as a * in the night пройти не оставив следа > * and ward строгое наблюдение;
    неусыпная бдительность наблюдать, следить — to * the development of affairs следить за развитием событий — to * one’s diet соблюдать диету смотреть, наблюдать — to * television смотреть телевизор — to * a game смотреть игру;
    наблюдать за игрой (тж. over) стеречь, сторожить, караулить, охранять — there is a policeman *ing outside the building у здания дежурит полицейский — will you * (over) my clothes while I have a swim? вы не посмотрите за моей одеждой, пока я купаюсь? (for) поджидать, выжидать, ожидать;
    высматривать;
    подстерегать, подкарауливать — *ing for a signal в ожидании сигнала — to * one’s time подстерегать (удобный) момент — to * for a chance поджидать удобный случай быть начеку, настороже;
    проявлять осмотрительность (тж. * out) — * out!, * it! (разговорное) осторожно!, будь осторожным! — * out! There is a car coming Осторожно! Идет машина — to * out for smth., smb. напряженно ожидать чего-л., кого-л. — the doctor told her to * out for symptoms of measles врач велел ей следить, не появятся ли симптомы кори дежурить (особ. ночью) — to * with a sick person, to * at smb.’s (bed) side, to * beside a sick bed дежурить у больного /у постели больного/ (редкое) стоять на вахте;
    быть в карауле, дозоре часто (религия) бодрствовать — * and pray (библеизм) бодрствуйте и молитесь > to * one’s step ступать осторожно;
    действовать осмотрительно > * your step! не оступитесь!;
    не зарывайтесь! > to * the clock( разговорное) отсиживать часы (на работе) ;
    без интереса относиться к работе > * your steering! (морское) на руле на зевать!
    to keep ~ (over smb., smth.) караулить, сторожить (кого-л., что-л.) ;
    to be on the watch for подкарауливать, поджидать
    ~ часы (карманные, наручные) ;
    a dress watch часы-брошь;
    by (или on) my watch по моим часам;
    he set his watch by mine он поставил свои часы по моим
    ~ часы (карманные, наручные) ;
    a dress watch часы-брошь;
    by (или on) my watch по моим часам;
    he set his watch by mine он поставил свои часы по моим
    ~ часы (карманные, наручные) ;
    a dress watch часы-брошь;
    by (или on) my watch по моим часам;
    he set his watch by mine он поставил свои часы по моим
    watch уст. бодрствование;
    in the watches of the night в бессонные ночные часы
    night ~ ночное дежурство
    ~ мор. вахта;
    to pass as a watch in the night исчезнуть без следа
    repeating ~ часы с репетиром
    watch уст. бодрствование;
    in the watches of the night в бессонные ночные часы ~ бодрствовать;
    дежурить ~ мор. вахта;
    to pass as a watch in the night исчезнуть без следа ~ внимание;
    наблюдение;
    бдительность ~ выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for) ;
    watch in встречать Новый год;
    watch out остерегаться;
    watch out осторожно!;
    watch over охранять ~ дежурство ~ караулить;
    сторожить, охранять (тж. watch over) ~ наблюдать, следить;
    смотреть;
    to watch it разг. быть осторожным;
    watch that he doesn’t fall смотри, чтобы он не упал;
    to watch TV смотреть телевизор ~ наблюдать ~ наблюдение ~ надзор ~ присмотр ~ сторож;
    уст. страж;
    стража, дозор ~ сторожить ~ ист. стража (часть ночи) ~ часы (карманные, наручные) ;
    a dress watch часы-брошь;
    by (или on) my watch по моим часам;
    he set his watch by mine он поставил свои часы по моим
    ~ attr.: ~ band ремешок для наручных часов
    ~ attr.: ~ band ремешок для наручных часов
    ~ выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for) ;
    watch in встречать Новый год;
    watch out остерегаться;
    watch out осторожно!;
    watch over охранять
    ~ наблюдать, следить;
    смотреть;
    to watch it разг. быть осторожным;
    watch that he doesn’t fall смотри, чтобы он не упал;
    to watch TV смотреть телевизор
    to ~ one’s step действовать осмотрительно to ~ one’s step ступать осторожно
    ~ выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for) ;
    watch in встречать Новый год;
    watch out остерегаться;
    watch out осторожно!;
    watch over охранять ~ выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for) ;
    watch in встречать Новый год;
    watch out остерегаться;
    watch out осторожно!;
    watch over охранять
    ~ выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for) ;
    watch in встречать Новый год;
    watch out остерегаться;
    watch out осторожно!;
    watch over охранять
    ~ наблюдать, следить;
    смотреть;
    to watch it разг. быть осторожным;
    watch that he doesn’t fall смотри, чтобы он не упал;
    to watch TV смотреть телевизор
    ~ наблюдать, следить;
    смотреть;
    to watch it разг. быть осторожным;
    watch that he doesn’t fall смотри, чтобы он не упал;
    to watch TV смотреть телевизор
    a watched pot never boils = когда ждешь, время тянется

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    watch

    [̈ɪwɔtʃ]

    to keep watch (over smb., smth.) караулить, сторожить (кого-л., что-л.); to be on the watch for подкарауливать, поджидать watch часы (карманные, наручные); a dress watch часы-брошь; by (или on) my watch по моим часам; he set his watch by mine он поставил свои часы по моим watch часы (карманные, наручные); a dress watch часы-брошь; by (или on) my watch по моим часам; he set his watch by mine он поставил свои часы по моим watch часы (карманные, наручные); a dress watch часы-брошь; by (или on) my watch по моим часам; he set his watch by mine он поставил свои часы по моим watch уст. бодрствование; in the watches of the night в бессонные ночные часы night watch ночное дежурство watch мор. вахта; to pass as a watch in the night исчезнуть без следа repeating watch часы с репетиром watch уст. бодрствование; in the watches of the night в бессонные ночные часы watch бодрствовать; дежурить watch мор. вахта; to pass as a watch in the night исчезнуть без следа watch внимание; наблюдение; бдительность watch выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for); watch in встречать Новый год; watch out остерегаться; watch out осторожно!; watch over охранять watch дежурство watch караулить; сторожить, охранять (тж. watch over) watch наблюдать, следить; смотреть; to watch it разг. быть осторожным; watch that he doesn’t fall смотри, чтобы он не упал; to watch TV смотреть телевизор watch наблюдать watch наблюдение watch надзор watch присмотр watch сторож; уст. страж; стража, дозор watch сторожить watch ист. стража (часть ночи) watch часы (карманные, наручные); a dress watch часы-брошь; by (или on) my watch по моим часам; he set his watch by mine он поставил свои часы по моим watch attr.: watch band ремешок для наручных часов watch attr.: watch band ремешок для наручных часов watch выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for); watch in встречать Новый год; watch out остерегаться; watch out осторожно!; watch over охранять watch наблюдать, следить; смотреть; to watch it разг. быть осторожным; watch that he doesn’t fall смотри, чтобы он не упал; to watch TV смотреть телевизор to watch one’s step действовать осмотрительно to watch one’s step ступать осторожно watch выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for); watch in встречать Новый год; watch out остерегаться; watch out осторожно!; watch over охранять watch выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for); watch in встречать Новый год; watch out остерегаться; watch out осторожно!; watch over охранять watch выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for); watch in встречать Новый год; watch out остерегаться; watch out осторожно!; watch over охранять watch наблюдать, следить; смотреть; to watch it разг. быть осторожным; watch that he doesn’t fall смотри, чтобы он не упал; to watch TV смотреть телевизор watch наблюдать, следить; смотреть; to watch it разг. быть осторожным; watch that he doesn’t fall смотри, чтобы он не упал; to watch TV смотреть телевизор a watched pot never boils = когда ждешь, время тянется

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    noun

    a watch or guard kept during the night.

    a person or the persons keeping such a watch.

    Usually night watches . the periods or divisions into which the night was divided in ancient times.

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    Origin of night watch

    before 1000; Middle English; Old English

    OTHER WORDS FROM night watch

    night watching, noun

    Words nearby night watch

    night terrors, nighttide, nighttime, night vision, nightwalker, night watch, night watchman, nightwear, nighty, nighty-night, nigiri

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    Words related to night watch

    observance, patrol, attention, awareness, duty, guard, lookout, monitoring, notice, observation, surveillance, vigilance, watchfulness, eagle eye, stakeout

    How to use night watch in a sentence

    • Since that night-watch at Pine Tree Ranch, he had been a different man.

    • The herald, as usual, constituted himself a night-watch, and perched upon the newly made mound.

    • Hildebrand has the watch on the tower—a heavy-headed knave, who holds a can of ale to be the best headpiece upon a night-watch.

    • It was, however, a serious matter for us that we were deprived of our night-watch in districts where we had most need of them.

    • The sailor, in his lonely night-watch, looks homeward, and well known voices come to him amidst the roar of the waves.

    British Dictionary definitions for night watch


    noun

    a watch or guard kept at night, esp for security

    the period of time the watch is kept

    a person who keeps such a watch; night watchman

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    Night watch

    Night Night (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht;
    akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt,
    Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche,
    W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr.
    nakta, nakti. [root]265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]

    1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the
      horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the
      time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the
      sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.

      And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
      called Night.
      —Gen. i. 5.

    2. Hence:

      1. Darkness; obscurity; concealment.

        Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in night.

        —Pope.

      2. Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.

      3. A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night
        of sorrow.

      4. The period after the close of life; death.

        She closed her eyes in everlasting night.

        —Dryden.

        Do not go gentle into that good night
        Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

        —Dylan
        Thomas.

      5. A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems
        to sleep. «Sad winter’s night». —Spenser.

        Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the
        formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
        night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.

        Night by night, Night after night, nightly; many nights.

        So help me God, as I have watched the night,
        Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.
        —Shak.

        Night bird. (Zo[«o]l.)

        1. The moor hen ( Gallinula chloropus).

        2. The Manx shearwater ( Puffinus Anglorum).

          Night blindness. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.

          Night cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies
          by night.

          Night churr, (Zo[«o]l.), the nightjar.

          Night crow, a bird that cries in the night.

          Night dog, a dog that hunts in the night, — used by
          poachers.

          Night fire.

          1. Fire burning in the night.

          2. Ignis fatuus; Will-o’-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.

            Night flyer (Zo[«o]l.), any creature that flies in the
            night, as some birds and insects.

            night glass, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large
            amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.
            —Totten.

            Night green, iodine green.

            Night hag, a witch supposed to wander in the night.

            Night hawk (Zo[«o]l.), an American bird ( Chordeiles
            Virginianus), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the
            insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and
            often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud
            whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also
            sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is
            called also bull bat.

            Night heron (Zo[«o]l.), any one of several species of
            herons of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts
            of the world. The best known species is Nycticorax
            griseus, or Nycticorax nycticorax, of Europe, and the
            American variety (var. n[ae]vius). The yellow-crowned
            night heron ( Nyctanassa violacea syn. Nycticorax
            violaceus) inhabits the Southern States. Called also
            qua-bird, and squawk.

            Night house, a public house, or inn, which is open at
            night.

            Night key, a key for unfastening a night latch.

            Night latch, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated
            from the outside by a key.

            Night monkey (Zo[«o]l.), an owl monkey.

            night moth (Zo[«o]l.), any one of the noctuids.

            Night parrot (Zo[«o]l.), the kakapo.

            Night piece, a painting representing some night scene, as a
            moonlight effect, or the like.

            Night rail, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a
            nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness.

            Night raven (Zo[«o]l.), a bird of ill omen that cries in
            the night; esp., the bittern.

            Night rule.

            1. A tumult, or frolic, in the night; — as if a
              corruption, of night revel. [Obs.]

            2. Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at
              night.

              What night rule now about this haunted grove?
              —Shak.

              Night sight. (Med.) See Nyctolopia.

              Night snap, a night thief. [Cant] —Beau. & Fl.

              Night soil, human excrement; — so called because in cities
              it is collected by night and carried away for manure.

              Night spell, a charm against accidents at night.

              Night swallow (Zo[«o]l.), the nightjar.

              Night walk, a walk in the evening or night.

              Night walker.

              1. One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a
                noctambulist.

              2. One who roves about in the night for evil purposes;
                specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets.

                Night walking.

                1. Walking in one’s sleep; sleep walking; somnambulism;
                  noctambulism.

                2. Walking the streets at night with evil designs.

                  Night warbler (Zo[«o]l.), the sedge warbler ( Acrocephalus
                  phragmitis); — called also night singer. [Prov. Eng.]

                  Night watch.

                  1. A period in the night, as distinguished by the change
                    of watch.

                  2. A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night.

                    Night watcher, one who watches in the night; especially,
                    one who watches with evil designs.

                    Night witch. Same as Night hag, above.

    Wiktionary

    night watch

    n. 1 a watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night 2 the guards on such a watch

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    Night Watch

    Night Watch or Nightwatch may refer to:

    • The Night Watch, the popular name of Rembrandt van Rijn’s painting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch
    • Watchman (law enforcement), a lookout, guard or patrol at night

    Night Watch (Discworld)

    Night Watch is the 29th novel in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, published in 2002. The protagonist of the novel is Sir Samuel Vimes, commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. A five-part radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Night Watch placed second in the annual Locus Poll for best fantasy novel.

    Night Watch (1973 film)

    Night Watch is a 1973 British suspence-thriller film directed by Brian G. Hutton.

    The film reunited Elizabeth Taylor with co-star Laurence Harvey from their 1960 collaboration Butterfield 8. It was the last time the pair acted together on screen. Some of the story elements were inspired by the plot outline of the play and 1944 film Gas Light.

    Night Watch (Lukyanenko novel)

    Night Watch is the fantasy novel by the Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko to feature his fictional world of the Others. Lukyanenko wrote the story in 1998 and the book was first published in Russia by AST in 1998. The story revolves around a confrontation between two opposing supernatural groups (known as «Others»): the Night Watch, an organization dedicated to policing the actions of the Dark Others—and the Day Watch, which polices the actions of the Light Others.

    The novel is first in a cycle that continues with Day Watch (Dnevnoy Dozor, Дневной дозор), Twilight Watch (Sumerechny Dozor, Сумеречный дозор), Final Watch (Posledniy Dozor, Последний дозор), and New Watch (Novyi dozor, Новый дозор). The first story of the novel, Destiny, was made into a successful Russian film, Night Watch, which, although keeping the characters and many of the events of the original novel, alters some significant elements of the story.

    Night Watch (2004 film)

    Night Watch (, Nochnoy dozor) is a 2004 Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film written and directed by Timur Bekmambetov. It is loosely based on the novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, and is the first part of a duology, followed by Day Watch.

    Night Watch (video game)

    Night Watch (Russian: Ночной дозор) is a tactical role-playing game developed by Russian developer Nival Interactive, and based on the Russian novel and the film of the same name. It features a group of Light Others trying to combat the schemes of Day Watch.

    The game was released in Russia in 2005 and the United States by CDV on June 29, 2006. A sequel, Day Watch, was released in 2007. The game is powered by the Silent Storm engine.

    Night Watch (1995 film)

    Night Watch (also known as Detonator II: Night Watch) is a 1995 American television spy film directed by David Jackson starring Pierce Brosnan and Alexandra Paul. The film, also known as Alistair MacLean’s Nightwatch, was shot in Hong Kong. The film aired on the USA Network.

    It is a sequel to the earlier Brosnan vehicle Death Train.

    Night Watch (1928 film)

    Night Watch is a 1928 American drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Billie Dove, Paul Lukas and Donald Reed. It was an adaptation of the dramatic 1921 play In the Night Watch, written by Michael Morton. The film is set almost entirely on a French warship at the beginning of the First World War. Although largely a silent film Night Watch was the first of Korda’s films to feature sound effects and music but no dialogue from Vitaphone.

    Night Watch (Sigurðardóttir novel)

    Night Watch is a 1992 novel by Icelandic author Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir. It won the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize in 1992.

    Usage examples of «night watch».

    They attacked the other Houses, and what’s the Night Watch ever done to hurt them?

    An operative seated at his console peered at the sensor screen, bored with the monotonous night watch duty.

    And drunken Captain Vimes of the Night Watch staggered slowly down the street, folded gently into the gutter outside the Watch House and lay there while, above him, strange letters made of light sizzled in the damp and changed colour .

    Of course, the city fathers of Jena and the night watch helped make my choice for me.

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    1. graveyard watch, middle watch, midwatch, night watchnoun

      a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)

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    1. night watchnoun

      a watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night

    2. night watchnoun

      the guards on such a watch

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    1. Night Watch

      Night Watch is the 29th novel in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, published in 2002. The protagonist of the novel is Sir Samuel Vimes, commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. A five-part radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from February 27, 2008 that featured Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes and Carl Prekopp as young Sam.
      The cover illustration of the British edition, by Paul Kidby, is a parody of Rembrandt’s painting Night Watch. This is the first main-sequence Discworld novel not to have a cover by Josh Kirby. Kidby pays tribute to the late artist by placing him in the picture, in the position where Rembrandt painted himself. The actual painting by Rembrandt is used as the back cover illustration. Night Watch placed second in the annual Locus Poll for best fantasy novel.

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    Numerology

    1. Chaldean Numerology

      The numerical value of Night Watch in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

    2. Pythagorean Numerology

      The numerical value of Night Watch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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