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• Clock

  ·noun The striking of a clock. II. Clock ·noun A watch, ·esp. one that strikes. III. Clock ·vt To ...

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• Stars

  The eleven stars (Gen. 37:9); the seven (Amos 5:8); wandering (Jude 1:13); seen in the east at the b...

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• stars

  A Southern pronunciation of the word stairs, like bar for bear; also heard in New England. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• clock

  a dor or beetle. N. ...

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• Stream clock

  ·add. ·- An instrument for ascertaining the velocity of the blood in a vessel. ...

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• Vase clock

  ·add. ·- A clock whose decorative case has the general form of a vase, ·esp. one in which there is n...

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• Water clock

  ·- An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of w...

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• clock-bird

  n. another name for the LaughingJachass. See Jackass. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• clock, settlers'

  n. i.q. clock-bird, (q.v.) ...

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• hawkesbury clock

  See settler's clock ...

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• settler's clock

  (also Hawkesbury Clock) n. another name for the bird called the Laughing-Jackass. See Jackass. 18...

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• astronomical clock

  A capital bit of horology, the pendulum of which is usually compensated to sidereal time, for astron...

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• blazing stars

  The popular name of comets. ...

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• clock-calm

  When not a breath of wind ruffles the water. ...

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• falling stars

  Meteors which have very much the appearance of real stars. They were falsely regarded as foreboders ...

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• greenwich stars

  Those used for lunar computations in the nautical ephemeris. ...

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• multiple stars

  When several stars appear in close proximity to each other, they are spoken of, collectively, as a m...

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• nautical stars

  About 72 of the brightest, which have been selected for determining the latitude or the longitude, b...

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• stars, fixed

  Those innumerable bodies bespangling the heavens from pole to pole, distinguishable from the planets...

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• temporary stars

  Those which have suddenly become visible, and after attaining considerable brightness, have as sudde...

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• variable stars

  Those which are found to exhibit periodical fluctuations of brightness; of which Algol and Mira Ceti...

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• magnitudes of stars

  The relative degrees of apparent size in which the fixed stars are arranged, and classed according t...

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• Clock and Wheatsheaf Alley, Court

  South-west out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (Boyle, 1799). Former names : "Clockers Alley" (O....

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• proper motion of the stars

  A movement which some stars are found to possess, independent of the apparent change of place due to...

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