Definition of clock

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Clock (n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.

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Horologer :: Horologer (n.) A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.
Clock :: Clock (n.) The striking of a clock.
Mainspring :: Mainspring (n.) The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action..
Pendulum :: Pendulum (n.) A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.
Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance..
Finger :: Finger (n.) Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion..
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.
Scape-wheel :: Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes..
Horologiography :: Horologiography (n.) The art of constructing clocks or dials; horography.
Clock :: Clock (n.) A watch, esp. one that strikes..
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