Clock \Clock\ (kl[o^]k), 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; in ordinary mechanical clocks for domestic or office use the time is indicated on a typically circular face or dial plate containing two hands, pointing to numbers engraved on the periphery of the face, thus showing the hours and minutes. The works of a mechanical clock 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. In electrical or electronic clocks, the time may be indicated, as on a mechanical clock, by hands, but may also be indicated by direct digital readout, with the hours and minutes in normal Arabic numerals. The readout using hands is often called analog to distinguish it from the digital readout. Some clocks also indicate the seconds. Clocks are not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person. Specialized clocks, such as {atomic clocks}, may be constructed on different principles, and may have a very high precision for use in scientific observations. [1913 Webster +PJC]
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.
Note: 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 \Clock\ (kl[o^]k), v. t. To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
Clock \Clock\, v. t. & i. To call, as a hen. See {Cluck}. [R.]
Clock \Clock\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle ({Scarab[ae]us stercorarius}).
I'm up at 5 o'clock in the morning and off to my office by 7 o'clock."
I'm up at 5 o'clock in the morning and off to my office by 7 o'clock."
The countdown clock then stood at 4 minutes.
Maybe because it's 3 o'clock in the morning for me right now, I can feel that way.
With the 15-minute clock running, a band of senators piled off elevators in the subway lobby of the Hart Senate Office building.
We may almost hear the bees hum, and the clock tick.
"The ironic thing is now they're going to work on him around the clock so he can regain consciousness so we can execute him," Peruto said.
In just about every event, athletes will vie singly or in pairs against a clock or tape, or to please a panel of judges.
"I personally wouldn't mind if the U.S. cleaned Saddam Hussein's clock and got out of there," Hatch said.
The four clock faces on Big Ben clanked to a halt for three hours Friday, and London's heart seemed to skip a beat.
Unfortunately, the 0891 number now hands out racing tips for the 2 o'clock at Huntingdon. The UNA, which has already sold 3,000 furry items, says it hopes the tips enrich potential donors.
The man used a hammer to drive a six-inch nail through the palm of his hand into an outside wooden door leading to St. Stephen's Tower, which houses the famous Big Ben clock, the hospital spokesman said.
To measure fear, he counted national media mentions of nuclear war and the "doomsday clock," set by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists since 1947.
At 3 o'clock on the morning after the election, as the ballots poured in, he learned what his people really thought of his dictatorship.
Mr. Joanou keeps the clock ticking, literally, as a 3 p.m. showdown between Buddy and Jerry nears.
He also has had a lock on the six o'clock news, appearing almost daily to denounce wrongdoing (he once joined Sen. Alfonse D'Amato in dressing as street scum and buying cocaine, to show how easy it was) or to announce indictments.
Ninety-one years ago, the town clock was installed and the bell began its hourly chiming.
Mr. Grettenberger insisted Cadillac isn't trying to "turn back the clock" with its cars.
Scientists generally believe that in most mammals, the brain maintains the clock's 24-hour rhythm chiefly by monitoring light and darkness in the environment.
Super-scalar design allows a chip to execute more than one instruction for each tick of its internal clock.
The four o'clock sun was slanting through the trees, illuminating the clear plastic and the green and brown glass, and what do you know, the wrapped tree looked kind of beautiful.
A day earlier, Castle's huge clock, made out of bronze and stainless steel, will be unveiled at the corner of Bloor and Yonge streets, one of downtown Toronto's busiest intersections.
I just see the City being part of my work,' he says. The clock is ticking.
With the clock ticking, the company needed another hit and thought it would be Simplesse, an engineered mixture of whipped egg whites and skim milk that had been developed in 1979 by Labatt Brewing Ltd., in London, Ontario.
"Maybe they could start 'Today' at eight o'clock and give me a chance to expand my local early news," Mr. Spinola says.
One Labour MP commented that such a remark would 'look good on the 6 o'clock news'. Announcing his intention to take votes on a total of four amendments, Mr Morris said the 'easy' option for him would have been to accept amendment 27.
The face on a clock in the department reads: "One, Two, Three, Four, Who Cares?"
The clock, which first appeared in 1947, has represented an estimate by the editors and an international board of scientists of the world's proximity to the nuclear destruction.
Every year or two, Winkler adds a "leap second" to the atomic clock's time to compensate for a very slow decrease in the Earth's rotation, which is thrown slightly out of kilter by winds, ocean currents, earthquakes and even melting snow.
Gold is traded round the clock by the most powerful financial institutions in the world. It is often said that gold bullion trading follows the sun, begining the day in Sydney and then on to Hong Kong and Singapore.