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Four-o''clock :: Four-o'clock (n.) The friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which resembles these words..

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..

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

Undern :: Undern (n.) The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper..

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..

Denote :: Denote (v. t.) To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour..

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..

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..

Timepiece :: Timepiece (n.) A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer..

Clocklike :: Clocklike (a.) Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.

Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes..

Finger :: Finger (n.) Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion..

Midnight :: Midnight (n.) The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.

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

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

Scape-wheel :: Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.

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

Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..

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

Synchronology :: Synchronize (v. t.) To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks..

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