Wak″ing, n. 1. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
2. A watch; a watching. “Bodily pain... standeth in prayer, in wakings, in fastings.” Chaucer.
In the fourth waking of the night. Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Wak″ing, n. 1. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
2. A watch; a watching. “Bodily pain... standeth in prayer, in wakings, in fastings.” Chaucer.
In the fourth waking of the night. Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).