Crossword clues for watchtower
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Watchtower \Watch"tow`er\, n. A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. an observation tower, in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires etc
WordNet
n. an observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies
Wikipedia
A watchtower is a type of fortification.
Watchtower may also refer to:
Watchtower is an American progressive metal band based in Austin, Texas. The band was influenced by late 1970s progressive rock acts, such as Rush and U.K., as well as the burgeoning new wave of British heavy metal. While Watchtower never reached mainstream success, they have been cited as an influence by many other progressive metal bands, such as Dream Theater, Death, Atheist, Sieges Even and Spiral Architect. So far, Watchtower has released two studio albums (of which the last was released in 1989), one compilation album, four digital singles and three demo cassettes, and has been featured on many compilation albums.
A watchtower is a type of fortification used in many parts of the world. It differs from a regular tower in that its primary use is military, and from a turret in that it is usually a freestanding structure. Its main purpose is to provide a high, safe place from which a sentinel or guard may observe the surrounding area. In some cases, non-military towers, such as religious pagodas, may also be used as watchtowers.
In the tradition of the 1880s Order of the Golden Dawn a watchtower or guardian in ceremonial and derived neopagan magical tradition is a tutelary spirit of one of the four cardinal points or "quarters" ( north, east, south, and west). They are also variously associated in many traditions with each the four classical elements ( earth, air, fire, and water) and stars ( Fomalhaut, Aldebaran, Regulus, and Antares). The Watchtowers are evoked during the ritual of casting a magic circle.
Alternately, "Watchtowers" may refer specifically to the abodes of the Guardians, with the guardians themselves referred to as "Watchers" or simply "Guardians".
In Christian influenced magic traditions, they are understood to be the Archangels Uriel, Raphael, Michael, and Gabriel.
"Watchtower" is the fifth single by British rapper Devlin, and the lead single from his second studio album, A Moving Picture (2013). The song features British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and was produced by Labrinth. "Watchtower" was released on 16 August 2012 and entered the UK Singles Chart on 26 August 2012 at number 7, becoming Devlin's highest-charting single and first top 10 hit and Sheeran's fifth top 10 hit. The song samples the main chorus line from Bob Dylan's " All Along the Watchtower". It also borrows Jimi Hendrix's riff from the guitarist's cover. It was used in the Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg 2013 action-comedy film, 2 Guns.
Usage examples of "watchtower".
Odo became houseboy to the villa of Lucius Falco, and Galba Brassidias, forty rings now jangling from the waist chain of his armor, burst from the base of the watchtower to receive his reward from Rome.
So, then, the entrance ran through some sort of dam, and Haen Marn was not entirely a natural creation, no matter which world it belonged in, When he looked ahead, he could see the main island clearly, with its tall watchtower rising from a grove of wind-bent trees, and what seemed to be a long manse at its base, a cluster of small sheds round that, and then a boat dock jutting from a covered boathouse.
In the end, they reached the palace much more quickly than Padme had dared to hope, entering from a skywalk bridging to a watchtower, then making their way along the palace halls toward the throne room.
Yet they were indeed inhabited by the very least and lowest of those who vowed allegiance to Caliph Ras el Fada, whose own dwelling at the other side of the city proudly showed a blazing watchtower striped with gold leaf.
This was clearly demonstrated by the way in which the fences that bordered on the city and suburbs were little more than tokens, without watchtowers, patrols, or minefields, while on the other side, where the badlands bordered on the remaining farm country, there was a wall of steel to rival any European frontier.
They would come down from those watchtowers and take our young women out from the fields when they were hoeing the maize and harvesting the sunflowers, or grab them when they were gathering mussels in the rivers.
They saw how easily they had been invaded and now they would have to go back to the old time-wasting ID system, and all the checks: scanners, roadblocks, watchtowers, and aerial patrols.
Whereupon Koskomenos swept away to his watchtower above the minnow pool, and the hawk set his wings toward the outlet, where a brood of young sheldrakes were taking their first lessons in the open water.
So many old ruined walls wandered out onto the grassy land around that the brooding watchtowers and massive walls did give it the look of a many-eyed spider nesting at the center of its web.
Cassius, Rhascupolis and the legates to see just how Saxa had dug himself in, Brutus noticed that Saxa had no view of the sea, whereas Norbanus in the more westerly Sapaean Pass had two watchtowers well able to spot any maritime activity.
She laughed easily, and became passionate quickly, and when it passed she was talking about the watchtowers and were there rats in that house?
The patched streets and stained roofs and empty watchtowers of these so-called outposts had misled him.
To the men in the watchtower Taran called out that here were wayfarers journeying to Caer Cadarn and known to King Smoit.
There were watchtowers and balconies, columned belvederes and pediments.
Justen ducked as another wizardly firebolt arced past, splattering on the antique stones of the watchtower.