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A Wait

  1. A delay.
  2. An ambush.
  3. (computing) Short for wait state.
  4. (obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
  5. (in the plural, obsolete, UK) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
  6. (in the plural, UK) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. formerly [waites, wayghtes.]