Clock
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Clock
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1 n.
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.
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2 n.
A watch, esp. one that strikes.
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3 n.
The striking of a clock.
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4 n.
A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
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5 v. t.
To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
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6 v. t. & i.
To call, as a hen. See Cluck.
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7 n.
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius).
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8 n.
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.
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9 n.
A watch, esp. one that strikes.
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10 n.
The striking of a clock.
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11 n.
A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
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12 v. t.
To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
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13 v. t. & i.
To call, as a hen. See Cluck.
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14 n.
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius).