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1. Act of Parliament clock in Act of Parliament, n. View full entry 1899
...a large 18th-cent. wall clock typically having gold numerals on an uncovered black or green dial and usually displayed in an inn, tavern, or similar establishment....
2. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry 1614
...A mechanism fitted to a clock or watch, which can be adjusted in advance to produce a ringing or similar sound at any particular time; a clock or watch fitted with such...
3. alarm clock in alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry 1662
...a clock with a mechanism that can be adjusted to sound an alarm at a particular time set in advance, typically used to wake someone up....
4. alarm watch in alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry 1669
...a watch with a mechanism that can be adjusted to sound an alarm at a particular time set in advance; cf. earlier larum watchlarum2....
5. all-or-nothing, adj. and n. View full entry 1764
...Watchmaking. all-or-nothing piece...
6. anchor escapement in anchor, n.1 View full entry 1854
...= recoil escapementrecoil3....
7. arbor, n.1 View full entry 1659
...The axle or spindle on which a wheel revolves, esp. in clocks and watches. (Cf. axle-tree) arbor-chuck: (see quot.)...
8. astronomical clock in astronomical, adj. and n. View full entry 1719
...a clock which displays astronomical information, esp. sidereal time....
9. atomic clock in atomic, adj. and n. View full entry 1927
...an instrument used as an extremely accurate type of clock and employing the frequency of radiation from atoms of caesium, rubidium, or another element, usually in a tunable microwave cavity....
10. balance, n.1 View full entry 1660
...A mechanical contrivance which regulates the speed of a clock or watch....
11. balance, n.1 View full entry 1647
...A pendulum. Obs.rare....
13. balance-cock in balance, n.1 View full entry a1877
17. balance-wheel in balance, n.1 View full entry 1669
...(also fig.); also, a similar device on a sewing-machine....
18. banjo-clock in banjo, n. View full entry 1903
...a clock in a case shaped like a banjo....
19. bank, v.1 View full entry
...trans. To confine the movements of the escapement, which is the function of the two banking-pins in a watch....
20. bank, v.1 View full entry 1766
...intr. To impinge against the banking-pins; said of the escapement (or of the watch)....
