watchwordn.

Brit.

/ˈwɒtʃwəːd/, U.S.

/ˈwɑtʃˌwərd/,

/ˈwɔtʃˌwərd/

Etymology: watch n.

a. Military. A word or short phrase used as a password. Obsolete in technical use.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > password

token1377

worda1500

watchworda1513

countersign1598

nayworda1616

tessera1647

counter-word1678

password1799

hard word1830

token pledge1896

tryst-word1896

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxix. f. xxxv Hengiste beynge mynded to execute his former purposed treason shewyd his watche worde, by reason wherof anon the Brytons were slayne as shepe amonge woluys.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Tessera,..a watch worde or priuie token gyuen to souldiours.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6056 Bisé was the buerne... The ost out of angur & auntur to were, Wacche wordes to wale, þat weghis might know.

1560 in J. Scott Berwick-upon-Tweed (1888) 448 Any man that cometh to the watch hill and is by the officers to watch and thereupon hath the watchword given him.

c1592 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) XIII. 513 Et les ditz comons auoient entre eux vne wacheworde en Englishe with whome haldes you et le respons fust with Kinge Richarde and the true comons.

1657 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia 45 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) Every evening the watch word was distributed, and each man was to repaire to his Quarters.

†b. = parole n.¹ 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > password > used by officers or inspectors of the guard

parole1731

watchword1760

1760 Cautions & Advices to Officers of Army 132 At the Delivery of the Report you are to return the Parole, or Watch-Word, to the Commanding Officer by whispering it in his Ear.

†c. The call of a sentinel on his rounds. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > password

watchword1615

password1799

order-word1875

society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > other specific signals

retire1577

watchword1615

battalia1625

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 13 Since when, a watch-word euery minute of the night goeth about the wals, to testifie their vigilancie.

1756 R. Rogers Jrnls. (1769) 18 We were so near the enemy as to hear their centry's watch-word.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. v. 182 I have heard only..the watch word of the centinels.

†2.

a. A preconcerted signal to begin an attack.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal to attack

wake-word1510

watchword1550

warison1805

1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Funke Actes & Hist. Worlde 1532–50 in tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles 256 b And then about midnight the watche worde was geuen that euery man shoulde be ready with his weapon.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. x. f. 140 The kynge..came foorth..with a great bande of armed men cryinge in maner of a larome..Guazzauara, Guazzauara, which..is as it weare a watch worde to giue thonset.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccclij As a token or watche worde, they cried that the Frenchemen were vp in harnesse.

1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 57 b The Enemie discharged three Cannons for the Watch word, that the horsemen might get together.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. K2^v Democles seeing his time,..gaue the watchword, and the ambush leapt out.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 370 The common watchword was the tolling of the Bels to Even-song.

1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall ix The name acted as a watchword, and the moment it was pronounced, a well-directed volley of stones was let fly.

†b. transferred.

ΚΠ

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. D1^v Which giues the watch-word to his hand ful soon, To draw the clowd that hides the siluer Moon.

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 90 Take heed..of a false backe to the..furnace, hauing a loose bricke..that may bee taken awaie in an other Roome by a false Sinon that attendeth onely the Alchimistes hemme, or some other suchlike watch-worde.

1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos Pref. p. xxv The Witnesses are already risen in the late Reformation..that no watch-word may be taken to any Tumults from any such Indication of Time.

1793 Consid. Coal in Scotl. 14 Colliers..in the west country..have some watch-word, by sending round of which they can lay the whole coaleries in the country idle.

a. A password used among members of the same sect, society, etc. ? Obsolete exc. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > password > of sect or society

watchworda1535

shibboleth1638

syntheme1658

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. sig. F.ii^v After theyr holy watche worde spoken on both sides, after y^e maner vsed in that place, y^e one toke y^e other by y^e typ of y^e finger..throwe y^e grate.

1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 139 A certain Watchword out of 500 pitch'd upon among certain Conspirators.

1809 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 168/2 Classical quotations are the watchwords of scholars, by which they distinguish each other from the ignorant and the illiterate.

1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. li. 177 They meet in the most secret places, and have their watchwords.

b. A word or phrase used as embodying the guiding principle or rule of action of a party or individual.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > watchword or rallying cry

wake-word1510

byworda1513

cry1548

mackerel cry1716

watchword1738

view halloo1761

rallying cry1793

rallying word1793

war cry1836

1738 Gentleman's Mag. June 292/2 Now I cannot help being of Opinion, that all the former Watch-words, were better chosen than theirs.

1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 322 When the rude rabble's watch-word was—destroy, And blazing London seem'd a second Troy.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Love thou thy Land in Poems (new ed.) I. 224 Nor deal in watchwords [1850 watch-words] overmuch.

1844 T. B. Macaulay Earl of Chatham in Ess. (1897) 760 The watchwords of the new government were prerogative and purity.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. x. 307 Again in a.d. 1127 his name was made the watch~word of a renewed struggle.

1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 7 Our stately Milton said in a passage which is one of the watchwords of the English race, ‘as good almost kill a Man as kill a good Book’.

†4.

a. A cautionary word or speech; also, a premonitory sign, a warning event. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > a warning sign, event, etc.

watchwordc1475

sea-mark1589

buoya1603

warning sign1628

red light1790

tocsin bell1823

tocsin1842

danger-signal1848

yellow light1940

warning bell1951

amber light1956

c1475 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 33 I took that for a watche word for medling betwixt lords.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 124^v Geuyng a preatie watche woord that best were vtterly to abstein from matrimonie.

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 19 He gave me this watchwurd in his own Chamber that it miht be thai ment to make me weri of the Hous.

1584 A. Munday (title) A Watch-woord to Englande To beware of traytours and tretcherous practises [etc.].

a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) iv. 197 The Ambassadours had a watchword given them, not to see nor salute him.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xix. 436 To welcome the Duke..he was entertain'd with prodigies..as if Nature..made her hand to swerve, that she might shoot a warning-piece to these countreys, and give them a watch-word of the future calamities they were to expect.

?1760 S. Haliburton Mem. Magopico v. 19 An Arch-Wench..had smell'd a Rat about Magopico, and had given her Lady a Watch-word.

†b. to set a watchword upon: to utter a caveat against. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > admonish > warn of or against

warnc1000

warn1303

advertise1431

advise?c1450

admonish1546

dissuade?c1550

to set a watchword upona1586

diswarn1608

discounsel1629

disadvise1636

caveat1667

warn1765

precaution1768

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn (a person) of imminent danger or evil [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) on his guard > warn against (something dangerous)

advertise1431

to set a watchword upona1586

caveat1667

precaution1768

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I1 S. Paule himselfe, (who yet for the credite of Poets) alledgeth twise two Poets, and one of them by the name of a Prophet, setteth a watch-word vpon Philosophy, indeede vpon the abuse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	watchword
释义	watchwordn. Brit. /ˈwɒtʃwəːd/, U.S. /ˈwɑtʃˌwərd/, /ˈwɔtʃˌwərd/ Etymology: watch n. 1. a. Military. A word or short phrase used as a password. Obsolete in technical use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > password token1377 worda1500 watchworda1513 countersign1598 nayworda1616 tessera1647 counter-word1678 password1799 hard word1830 token pledge1896 tryst-word1896 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxix. f. xxxv Hengiste beynge mynded to execute his former purposed treason shewyd his watche worde, by reason wherof anon the Brytons were slayne as shepe amonge woluys. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Tessera,..a watch worde or priuie token gyuen to souldiours. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6056 Bisé was the buerne... The ost out of angur & auntur to were, Wacche wordes to wale, þat weghis might know. 1560 in J. Scott Berwick-upon-Tweed (1888) 448 Any man that cometh to the watch hill and is by the officers to watch and thereupon hath the watchword given him. c1592 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) XIII. 513 Et les ditz comons auoient entre eux vne wacheworde en Englishe with whome haldes you et le respons fust with Kinge Richarde and the true comons. 1657 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia 45 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) Every evening the watch word was distributed, and each man was to repaire to his Quarters. †b. = parole n.¹ 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > password > used by officers or inspectors of the guard parole1731 watchword1760 1760 Cautions & Advices to Officers of Army 132 At the Delivery of the Report you are to return the Parole, or Watch-Word, to the Commanding Officer by whispering it in his Ear. †c. The call of a sentinel on his rounds. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > password watchword1615 password1799 order-word1875 society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > other specific signals retire1577 watchword1615 battalia1625 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 13 Since when, a watch-word euery minute of the night goeth about the wals, to testifie their vigilancie. 1756 R. Rogers Jrnls. (1769) 18 We were so near the enemy as to hear their centry's watch-word. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. v. 182 I have heard only..the watch word of the centinels. †2. a. A preconcerted signal to begin an attack. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal to attack wake-word1510 watchword1550 warison1805 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Funke Actes & Hist. Worlde 1532–50 in tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles 256 b And then about midnight the watche worde was geuen that euery man shoulde be ready with his weapon. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. x. f. 140 The kynge..came foorth..with a great bande of armed men cryinge in maner of a larome..Guazzauara, Guazzauara, which..is as it weare a watch worde to giue thonset. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccclij As a token or watche worde, they cried that the Frenchemen were vp in harnesse. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 57 b The Enemie discharged three Cannons for the Watch word, that the horsemen might get together. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. K2^v Democles seeing his time,..gaue the watchword, and the ambush leapt out. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 370 The common watchword was the tolling of the Bels to Even-song. 1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall ix The name acted as a watchword, and the moment it was pronounced, a well-directed volley of stones was let fly. †b. transferred. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. D1^v Which giues the watch-word to his hand ful soon, To draw the clowd that hides the siluer Moon. View more context for this quotation 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 90 Take heed..of a false backe to the..furnace, hauing a loose bricke..that may bee taken awaie in an other Roome by a false Sinon that attendeth onely the Alchimistes hemme, or some other suchlike watch-worde. 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos Pref. p. xxv The Witnesses are already risen in the late Reformation..that no watch-word may be taken to any Tumults from any such Indication of Time. 1793 Consid. Coal in Scotl. 14 Colliers..in the west country..have some watch-word, by sending round of which they can lay the whole coaleries in the country idle. 3. a. A password used among members of the same sect, society, etc. ? Obsolete exc. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > password > of sect or society watchworda1535 shibboleth1638 syntheme1658 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. sig. F.ii^v After theyr holy watche worde spoken on both sides, after y^e maner vsed in that place, y^e one toke y^e other by y^e typ of y^e finger..throwe y^e grate. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 139 A certain Watchword out of 500 pitch'd upon among certain Conspirators. 1809 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 168/2 Classical quotations are the watchwords of scholars, by which they distinguish each other from the ignorant and the illiterate. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. li. 177 They meet in the most secret places, and have their watchwords. b. A word or phrase used as embodying the guiding principle or rule of action of a party or individual. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > watchword or rallying cry wake-word1510 byworda1513 cry1548 mackerel cry1716 watchword1738 view halloo1761 rallying cry1793 rallying word1793 war cry1836 1738 Gentleman's Mag. June 292/2 Now I cannot help being of Opinion, that all the former Watch-words, were better chosen than theirs. 1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 322 When the rude rabble's watch-word was—destroy, And blazing London seem'd a second Troy. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Love thou thy Land in Poems (new ed.) I. 224 Nor deal in watchwords [1850 watch-words] overmuch. 1844 T. B. Macaulay Earl of Chatham in Ess. (1897) 760 The watchwords of the new government were prerogative and purity. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. x. 307 Again in a.d. 1127 his name was made the watch~word of a renewed struggle. 1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 7 Our stately Milton said in a passage which is one of the watchwords of the English race, ‘as good almost kill a Man as kill a good Book’. †4. a. A cautionary word or speech; also, a premonitory sign, a warning event. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > a warning sign, event, etc. watchwordc1475 sea-mark1589 buoya1603 warning sign1628 red light1790 tocsin bell1823 tocsin1842 danger-signal1848 yellow light1940 warning bell1951 amber light1956 c1475 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 33 I took that for a watche word for medling betwixt lords. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 124^v Geuyng a preatie watche woord that best were vtterly to abstein from matrimonie. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 19 He gave me this watchwurd in his own Chamber that it miht be thai ment to make me weri of the Hous. 1584 A. Munday (title) A Watch-woord to Englande To beware of traytours and tretcherous practises [etc.]. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) iv. 197 The Ambassadours had a watchword given them, not to see nor salute him. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xix. 436 To welcome the Duke..he was entertain'd with prodigies..as if Nature..made her hand to swerve, that she might shoot a warning-piece to these countreys, and give them a watch-word of the future calamities they were to expect. ?1760 S. Haliburton Mem. Magopico v. 19 An Arch-Wench..had smell'd a Rat about Magopico, and had given her Lady a Watch-word. †b. to set a watchword upon: to utter a caveat against. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > admonish > warn of or against warnc1000 warnc1000 warn1303 advertise1431 advise?c1450 admonish1546 dissuade?c1550 to set a watchword upona1586 diswarn1608 discounsel1629 disadvise1636 caveat1667 warn1765 precaution1768 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn (a person) of imminent danger or evil [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) on his guard > warn against (something dangerous) advertise1431 to set a watchword upona1586 caveat1667 precaution1768 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I1 S. Paule himselfe, (who yet for the credite of Poets) alledgeth twise two Poets, and one of them by the name of a Prophet, setteth a watch-word vpon Philosophy, indeede vpon the abuse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1475
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