These are the meanings of the letters WICHITA when you unscramble them.
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Aitch (n.)
The letter h or H.
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Watch (v. i.)
The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.
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Watch (v. i.)
One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
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Watch (v. i.)
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
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Watch (v. i.)
The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.
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Watch (v. i.)
A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
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Watch (n.)
An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
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Watch (n.)
That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.
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Watch (v. i.)
To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
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Watch (v. i.)
To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
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Watch (v. i.)
To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
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Watch (v. i.)
To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
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Watch (v. i.)
To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
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Watch (v. t.)
To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
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Watch (v. t.)
To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
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Witch (n.)
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
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Witch (n.)
One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.
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Witch (n.)
An ugly old woman; a hag.
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Witch (n.)
One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.
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Witch (n.)
A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
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Witch (n.)
The stormy petrel.
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Witch (v. t.)
To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.