Waking
Pronunciation : Wak"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
2. A watch; a watching. [Obs.] "Bodily pain . . . standeth in prayer, in wakings, in fastings." Chaucer. In the fourth waking of the night. Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913