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Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.

Balance :: Balance (n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary)..

Carillon :: Carillon (n.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys..

Metronome :: Metronome (n.) An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music..

Horologe :: Horologe (n.) An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial..

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock..

Mirabilis :: Mirabilis (n.) A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.

Four-o''clock :: Four-o'clock (n.) The friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which resembles these words..

Clock :: Clock (n.) The striking of a clock.

Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel..

Tick :: Tick (n.) A quick, audible beat, as of a clock..

Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock..

Slow :: Slow (superl.) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow..

Ten-o''clock :: Ten-o'clock (n.) A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star..

Between :: Between (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock..

Till :: Till (v. t.) To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week..

Ticker :: Ticker (n.) One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc..

Observation :: Observation (n.) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc..

Count-wheel :: Count-wheel (n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.

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