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Set :: Set (v. t.) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock..

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

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..

Clock :: Clock (v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking..

Clock :: Clock (v. t. & i.) To call, as a hen. See Cluck..

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

Report :: Report (v. i.) To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock..

Dor :: Dor (n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock..

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..

Clock :: Clock (n.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius)..

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

Siderostat :: Siderostat (n.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.

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.

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

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

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..

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight..

Hydraulic :: Hydraulic (a.) Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock..

Strickle :: Stricken (v. t.) Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock..

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