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deathwatch: a beetle of the family Anobiidae(Xestobium rufovillosum)whose larvae tunnel in dry sapwood and heartwood,mainly of hardwoods,reducing it to a honeycomblike structure and powder
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

swatch: a sample sheet of decorative veneer,generally 3ft(0.9m)long and the full width of the flitch,and generally taken near its centre so as to represent truly the colour,texture and other characteristics of the flitch
Category: Various industries and crafts

swatch: a collection of samples
Category: Various industries and crafts

unwatched: one,usually automatic,without any permanently stationed personnel to superintend it DU BUREAU HYDROGRAPHIQUE INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO,1951
Category: General

watch: (1)Period of time, normally four hours, into which a nautical day is divided. (2)Group into which crew is divided for duty; port or starboard watch if into two watches. To keep, or stand, a watch is to be on duty for a watch
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

watch: the service performed by a qualified operator when on duty in the radio room of a vessel
Category: News-systems and communications

watch: the sixth part of a day on board ship during which a watch of men are on duty.
Category: Transport

watch-dog: device used to discern whether some prescribed condition is present,usually within a predetermined time period
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

watchdog: a timer which is set by the program.It interrupts the program after a given period of time,e.g.,one second.This will prevent the system from going into an endless loop due to a program error,or becoming idle because of an equipment fault
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

watching: in naval mine warfare,a mine secured to its mooring but showing on the surface,possibly only in certain tidal conditions
Category: Defense

watchmaker: usually extremely small; its diameter and thickness rarely exceeding 2 mm and 0,5 mm respectively
Category: Various industries and crafts

watchman: one who is employed to stand watch over or to patrol property for the purpose of protecting it against theft, fire, or other damage.
Category: Labour

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