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Webster 1913 Edition
Cloakroom
Cloak′roomˊ
,Noun.
A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.
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.
☞ 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.