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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.


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