jar
“Their watches on unto mine eyes,”
RICHARD II., v. 5. 51.
“The meaning is, ‘They tick their periods on, to my
eyes, which represent the outward watch;’ ‘watch’ signifying, as Dr.
Johnson observed, in the first place a portion of time, and in the second, the face of the
clock.”
Nares's Gloss.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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