A waste product in the manufacture of TNT.

A perfume composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris.

(law) The charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace.

(nautical) A small, handy purchase, consisting of a tailed double block, and a single block with a hook.

Nymphaea alba, of Europe and North Africa / Nymphaea lotus, of East Africa and Southeast Asia / Nymphaea pubescens, of South Asia and Southeast Asia

(nautical) In that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface.

An old-fashioned ornament for the inside of a watch case, made of paper cut in some fanciful design, such as a vase of flowers, etc.

(nautical) A gun sometimes fired on shipboard at 8 p.m., when the night watch begins.

(nautical) The regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.

Water through which gas has been passed for purification, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac, carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue.