Definition of Clck
Clock (?), n. [AS. clucge
bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell, G. glocke, Dan.
klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL.
clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh.
of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W.
cloch bell. Cf. Cloak.] 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 watch, 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.
&fist; 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.
Clock (kl&obreve;k), v. t. To
ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
Clock, v. t. & i. To call, as
a hen. See Cluck. [R.]
Clock, n. (Zoöl.)
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle
(Scarabæus stercorarius).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern
for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him.
A busy man complained one day:
"I get no time!" "What's that you say?"
Cried out his friend, a lazy quiz;
"You have, sir, all the time there is.
There's plenty, too, and don't you doubt it --
We're never for an hour without it."
Purzil Crofe
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- An instrument used to measure or keep track of time.
- (slang) Odometer of a vehicle. This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.
- the fluffy seed head of a dandelion flower.
- To measure the amount of time an action takes.
- To measure the speed of an object: He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.
- To hit someone: When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.
- Clock out: to use a timeclock indicating one has finished a work shift.
- On the clock: to be working at a job as opposed to visiting.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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