n. 1. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A watch; a watching. [ Obs. ] “Bodily pain . . . standeth in prayer, in wakings, in fastings.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the fourth waking of the night. Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25). [ 1913 Webster ]