Hunter : (noun)
1: someone who hunts game [syn: huntsman]
2: a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter"
3: a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal [syn:
hunting watch]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Note: Watches are often distinguished by the kind of
escapement used, as an anchor watch, a lever watch,
a chronometer watch, etc. (see the Note under
Escapement, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a
gold or silver watch, an open-faced watch, a
hunting watch, or hunter, etc.
6. (Naut.)
(a) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for
standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf.
Dogwatch.
(b) 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.
Anchor watch (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep
watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor.
To be on the watch, to be looking steadily for some event.
Watch and ward (Law), the charge or care of certain
officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in
towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation
of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill.
Watch and watch (Naut.), the regular alternation in being
on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a
ship's crew is commonly divided.
Watch barrel, the brass box in a watch, containing the
mainspring.
Watch bell (Naut.), a bell struck when the half-hour glass
is run out, or at the end of each half hour. --Craig.
Watch bill (Naut.), a list of the officers and crew of a
ship as divided into watches, with their stations.
--Totten.
Watch case, the case, or outside covering, of a watch;
also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept.
Watch chain. Same as watch guard, below.
Watch clock, a watchman's clock; see under Watchman.
Watch fire, a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for
the use of a watch or guard.
Watch glass.
(a) A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial,
of a watch; -- also called watch crystal.
(b) (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of
a watch on deck.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Hunter : \Hunt"er\, n.
1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a
huntsman.
2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a
hunting dog. --Shak.
3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred,
bred and trained for hunting.
4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as,
a fortune hunter a place hunter.
No keener hunter after glory breathes. --Tennyson.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under
Hunting.
6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected
by a metallic cover.
Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon.
Hunter's screw (Mech.), a differential screw, so named from
the inventor. See under Differential.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Hunter, AR (town, FIPS 33910)
Location: 35.05336 N, 91.12274 W
Population (1990): 137 (79 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Hunter, KS (city, FIPS 33525)
Location: 39.23560 N, 98.39561 W
Population (1990): 116 (69 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67452
Hunter, ND (city, FIPS 39460)
Location: 47.19211 N, 97.21627 W
Population (1990): 341 (168 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58048
Hunter, NY (village, FIPS 36167)
Location: 42.21124 N, 74.21567 W
Population (1990): 429 (682 housing units)
Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12442
Hunter, OK (town, FIPS 36600)
Location: 36.56402 N, 97.66244 W
Population (1990): 218 (99 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 74640
Hunter, TN (CDP, FIPS 36500)
Location: 36.37878 N, 82.16334 W
Population (1990): 1250 (547 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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