These are the meanings of the letters IWAT when you unscramble them.
- Wait (v. i.)
Ambush.
- Wait (v. i.)
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
- Wait (v. i.)
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
- Wait (v. i.)
One who watches; a watchman.
- Wait (v. i.)
The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
- Wait (v. i.)
To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
- Wait (v. i.)
To watch; to observe; to take notice.
- Wait (v. t.)
To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
- Wait (v. t.)
To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
- Wait (v. t.)
To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.
- Wait (v. t.)
To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.