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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Waking

· Wak·ing · IPA /ˈweɪkɪŋ/
01 n. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
  1. 1.
    The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
  2. 2.
    A watch; a watching.[Obs.]
    “In the fourth waking of the night.” — Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).