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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. |
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A watch, esp. one that strikes. |
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The striking of a clock. |
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A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. |
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To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking. |
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To call, as a hen. See Cluck. |
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A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus
stercorarius). |
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