Word Meanings - CLOCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL. clocca, cloca ; al perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. clog 1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works

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glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL. clocca, cloca ; al perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. clog 1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person. 2. A watcg, esp. one that strikes. Walton. 3. The striking of a clock. Dryden. 4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. Swift. Note: The phrases what o'clock it is nine o'clock, etc., are contracted from what of the clock it is nine of the clock, etc. Alarm clock. See under Alarm. -- Astronomical clock. A clock of superior construction, with a compensating pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy, for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for regulating timepieces. A clock with mechanism for indicating certain astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon, position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time, etc. -- Electric clock. A clock moved or regulated by electricity or electro-magnetism. A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording apparatus. -- Ship's clock , a clock arranged to strike from one to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the divisions of the ship's watches. -- Sidereal clock, an astronomical clock regulated to keep sidereal time.

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• MOVELESS
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• OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
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• MOVABLE
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