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One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. [Cant. Eng.]

ey traded the persons of men. Ezek. xxvii. 13. To dicker and to swop, to trade rifles and watches. Cooper.

A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing. And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Dryden. It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South.

One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing. Specifically: --

One who watches; a watchman. [Obs.]

One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can. Matt. xxvii. 65.

One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.

One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.

books and papers. Some of the species are called also book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches. -- Wood mite (Zoöl.), any one of numerous small mites of the family Oribatidæ. They are found chiefly in woods, on tree trunks and stones. -- Wood mote. (Eng. Law) (a) Formerly, the forest court. (b) The court of attach…