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Webster 1913 Edition
Waking
Wak′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
2.
A watch; a watching.
[Obs.]
“Bodily pain . . . standeth in prayer, in wakings, in fastings.” Chaucer.
In the fourth
waking
of the night. Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).
Webster 1828 Edition
Waking
WAKING
,ppr.
1.
Being awake; not sleeping.2.
Rousing from sleep; exciting into motion or action.WAKING
,Noun.
1.
The period of being awake. 2.
Watch.