clock

1. n. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person. Source: opted

2. n. A watch, esp. one that strikes. Source: opted

3. n. The striking of a clock. Source: opted

4. n. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. Source: opted

5. v. t. To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking. Source: opted

6. v. t. & i. To call, as a hen. See Cluck. Source: opted

7. n. A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius). Source: opted

8. n. a timepiece that shows the time of day Source: wordnet

9. v. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time Source: wordnet

10. 1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person. 2. A watcg, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] Walton. 3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] Dryden. 4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. Swift. Note: The phrases what o'clock it is nine o'clock, etc., are contracted from what of the clock it is nine of the clock, etc. Alarm clock. See under Alarm. -- Astronomical clock. (a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy, for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for regulating timepieces. (b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon, position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time, etc. -- Electric clock. (a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or electro-magnetism. (b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording apparatus. -- Ship's clock (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the divisions of the ship's watches. -- Sidereal clock, an astronomical clock regulated to keep sidereal time. To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking. To call, as a hen. See Cluck. [R.] A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabæus stercorarius). Source: webster

11. v:6/n:94 n. a timepiece that shows the time of day v. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time Source: ecdict

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