Clock (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. |
Clock (n.) A watch, esp. one that strikes. |
Clock (n.) The striking of a clock. |
Clock (n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. |
Clock (v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking. |
Clock (v. t. & i.) To call, as a hen. See Cluck. |
Clock (n.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius). |
Four-o'clock (n.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather |
Four-o'clock (n.) The friar bird |
Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem |
Ten-o'clock (n.) A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star. |
Watch (v. i.) The act of watching |
Watch (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch |
Watch (v. i.) The post or office of a watchman |
Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard |
Watch (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring. |
Watch (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch. |
Watch (n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch. |
Watch (v. i.) To be awake |
Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant |
Watch (v. i.) To be expectant |
Watch (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant |
Watch (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place |
Watch (v. t.) To give heed to |
Watch (v. t.) To tend |
Watches (n. pl.) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets. |
Water clock () An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water |
Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind |
Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind |
Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind |
Winding (n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle. |
Winding (a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface |
Winding (n.) A turn or turning |
Winding (n.) A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object |