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

Detent :: Detent (n.) That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking..

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

Horology :: Horology (n.) The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc..

Christcross :: Christcross (n.) The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial..

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

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

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

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

Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march..

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

Ladybird :: Ladybird (n.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella..

Horologer :: Horologer (n.) A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.

Electro-chronograph :: Electro-chronograph (n.) An instrument for obtaining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph..

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..

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

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..

Hall :: Hall (n.) The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock..

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