Wak"ing, n. 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).
Wak"ing, n. 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).