Band books

To take heed of their dissemblings and
cloakings.

Strype.

2. The material of which of which cloaks
are made.

Cloak"room` (?), n. A room,
attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats,
etc., may be deposited for a time.

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.


Pages:
1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1136 1137