1. Noun
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. Noun
A watch, esp. one that strikes.
3. Noun
The striking of a clock.
4. Noun
A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
5. Verb
To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
6. Verb
To call, as a hen. See Cluck.
7. Noun
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius).
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