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noun

a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.

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Origin of watch fire

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby watch fire

watch chain, Watch Committee, watchdog, watcher, watcheye, watch fire, watchful, watch-glass, watch guard, watch it, watchless

How to use watch fire in a sentence

But what is there more irresponsible than playing with the fire of an imagined civil war in the France of today?
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Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.
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I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The cameraman was reporting on the factory catching fire when the inevitable happened.
Fireworks Factory Explodes in Colorful Burst|The Daily Beast Video|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
"A camp-fire would hardly flash and die out like that, Sarge," he answered thoughtfully.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.
Confidence|Henry James
The fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for watch fire

watch fire

noun

a fire kept burning at night as a signal or for warmth and light by a person keeping watch

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