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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Watches  \Watch"es\  (-[e^]z),  n.  pl  (Bot.) 
  The  leaves  of  {Saracenia  flava}.  See  {Trumpets}. 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Watches 
  the  periods  into  which  the  time  between  sunset  and  sunrise  was 
  divided.  They  are  so  called  because  watchmen  relieved  each  other 
  at  each  of  these  periods.  There  are  frequent  references  in 
  Scripture  to  the  duties  of  watchmen  who  were  appointed  to  give 
  notice  of  the  approach  of  an  enemy  (2  Sam.  18:24-27;  2  Kings 
  9:17-20;  Isa.  21:5-9).  They  were  sometimes  placed  for  this 
  purpose  on  watch-towers  (2  Kings  17:9;  18:8).  Ministers  or 
  teachers  are  also  spoken  of  under  this  title  (Jer.  6:17;  Ezek. 
  33:2-9;  Heb.  13:17). 
 
  The  watches  of  the  night  were  originally  three  in  number,  (1) 
  "the  beginning  of  the  watches"  (Lam.  2:19);  (2)  "the  middle 
  watch"  (Judg.  7:19);  and  (3)  "the  morning  watch"  (Ex.  14:24;  1 
  Sam.  11:11),  which  extended  from  two  o'clock  to  sunrise.  But  in 
  the  New  Testament  we  read  of  four  watches,  a  division  probably 
  introduced  by  the  Romans  (Matt.  14:25;  Mark  6:48;  Luke  12:38). 
  (See  {DAY}.) 
 




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