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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).

Clock"like` (kl&obreve;k"līk`),
a. Like a clock or like clockwork;
mechanical.

Their services are clocklike, to be set

Backward and forward at their lord's command.

B. Jonson.

Clock"work` (-wûrk`), n.
The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a
clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.

Clod (kl&obreve;d), n. [OE.
clodde, latter form of clot. See Clot.]
1. A lump or mass, especially of earth,
turf, or clay. "Clods of a slimy substance."
Carew. "Clods of iron and brass." Milton.
"Clods of blood." E. Fairfax.

The earth that casteth up from the plow a great
clod, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller
clod.


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