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Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.

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

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..

Carcel Lamp :: Carcel lamp () A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork..

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

Low :: Low (superl.) Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer..

Horologiographer :: Horologiographer (n.) A maker of clocks, watches, or dials..

Hydroscope :: Hydroscope (n.) A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time, the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated tube..

Cock :: Cock (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.

Noon :: Noon (n.) The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

Clockwork :: Clockwork (n.) The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement..

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

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

Noonday :: Noonday (n.) Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.

Heliostat :: Heliostat (n.) An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope..

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..

Isochronon :: Isochronon (n.) A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time.

Horography :: Horography (n.) The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials..

Exact :: Exact (a.) Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts..

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