watch-boxn.
/ˈwɒtʃbɒks/, U.S. /ˈwɑtʃˌbɑks/, /ˈwɔtʃˌbɑks/ 1.
a. A small structure to shelter a person on watch.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms > for watchmen or signalmen
watch-box1699
box1837
blockhouse1953
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. i. 14 About three or four Leagues Westward of Selam, is another Watch-Box on a High Tree.
1890 Daily News 8 Jan. 3/1 Escapes are being placed in position as fast as they can be turned out. With 50 watch~boxes at 80l. a piece, these escapes will cost 4,000l.
b. A small wooden shelter resembling a sentry-box but furnished with a seat and half-door, used by a municipal watchman. Obsolete (latterly Australian).
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms > for municipal watchman
watch-box1811
1811 Ann. Reg. 44 A female, about three years and a half old..was left in a watch-box, near her home.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiv. 134 The floor of a watch-box.
1845 D. Jerrold St. Giles (1851) i. 2 She drew up at a watch-box, and addressed herself to the..man within.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xii It was lucky Mr. Jedwood had not commenced life at Garrandilla in a watch-box, as he most certainly would have continued the use of that highly compressed apartment.
c. A policeman's shelter.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police post
watch-box1905
1905 Daily Chron. 10 July 5/4 On the south side of Parliament Hill Fields is a little square chalet, which is used by the County Council police... The watch-box, as it is called, was locked.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > parts of
barrel1591
motion1605
bezel1616
fusee1622
string1638
crown wheel1646
out-case1651
watch-box1656
nuck1664
watchwork1667
balance-wheel1669
box1675
dial wheel1675
counter-potence1678
pendulum-balance1680
watch-case1681
pillar1684
contrate teeth1696
pinion of report1696
watch-hook1698
bob-balance1701
half-cock1701
potence1704
verge1704
pad1705
movable1709
jewel1711
pendant1721
crystal1722
watch-key1723
pendulum spring1728
lock spring1741
watch-glass1742
watch-spring1761
all-or-nothing piece1764
watch hand1764
cylinder1765
cannon?1780
cannon1802
stackfreed1819
pillar plate1821
little hand1829
hair-spring1830
lunette1832
all-or-nothing1843
locking1851
slag1857
staff1860
case spring1866
stem1866
balance-cock1874
watch-dial1875
balance-spring1881
balance-staff1881
Breguet spring1881
overcoil1881
surprise-piece1881
brass edge1884
button turn1884
fourth wheel1884
fusee-sink1884
pair-case1884
silver bar1884
silver piece1884
slang1884
top plate1884
karrusel1893
watch-face1893
watch bracelet1896
bar-movement1903
jewel pivot1907
jewel bearing1954
1656 in Atkins & Overall Acc. Company of Clockm. (1881) 232 It is ordered..that..there be noe more of that Mettle wrought in the fashion of Watch Boxes or Cases.
1739 Act 12 Geo. II c. 26 §13 For assaying, trying and marking Gold Watch Cases or Gold Watch Boxes, ten Pence apiece.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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