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Artisan who makes and repairs clocks
The Temple of the Great Clockmaker, in the novel The Case Of The Dead Certainty by Kel Richards, is a temple which represents deism. The Clock Maker Theory
Clockmaker
2003 American comic book
The Clock Maker is an American comic book published by Image Comics starting in January 2003. The comic was written by Jim Krueger and pencilled by Matt
The_Clock_Maker
Instrument for measuring, keeping or indicating time
A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals
Clock
1991 Australian TV series or program
stranded on the other side of the barrier, lost in a hostile environment. Max prepares to send Patrick back to find the clockmaker and fix the clock but just
Finders Keepers (Australian TV series)
Finders_Keepers_(Australian_TV_series)
Scottish chronometer and clock maker (1778–1852)
and clock maker in Edinburgh. He received the Royal Warrant as Watch and Clock Maker to Queen Victoria. Robert Bryson made a rolling ball clock in 1804
Robert_Bryson
Belgian Freemason, clock-maker, musical-instrument maker and inventor
May 1803) was a Freemason, clock-maker, musical-instrument maker, and inventor from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège in the Holy Roman Empire. He moved
John_Joseph_Merlin
Luxury clock maker
hermleclock.com. Retrieved 2018-02-07. Ruiter, Jason. "Always on the clock: Amherst clock maker Hermle keeps ticking". NewsAdvance.com. Retrieved 2018-02-07
Hermle_Clocks
1915 film
The Crazy Clock Maker is a 1915 American silent comedy film starring Billy Bowers and featuring Oliver Hardy in a supporting role. Billy Bowers Myra Brooks
The_Crazy_Clock_Maker
Clock that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo's call
A cuckoo clock is a type of clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo
Cuckoo_clock
Arrest of 14-year-old for disassembled clock
seeking $15M after clock incident Archived November 25, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, WHIO, 24 November 2015 Young Texas clock-maker Ahmed Mohamed moving
Ahmed_Mohamed_clock_incident
Medieval astronomical clock in the Czech Republic
Klokotská Hora, who also wrote a report of the clock where he mentioned Hanuš as the maker of this clock. This mistake, corrected by Zdeněk Horský, was
Prague_astronomical_clock
1904 French film
Le Rêve de l'horloger, sold in the United States as The Clockmaker's Dream and in Britain as The Dream of the Clock Maker, is a 1904 French silent trick
The_Clockmaker's_Dream
Unit of time equal to 60 seconds
Jost Bürgi was the first clock maker to include a minute hand on clock for astronomer Tycho Brahe in 1577. The introduction of the minute hand into
Minute
Clock powered by a steam engine
Coquitlam, all in British Columbia. Steam clocks by other makers are installed in St Helier, Jersey and at the Chelsea Farmers' Market in London, England
Steam_clock
(1779–1850), English clock and chronometer maker, London, chronometer. John Barwise (1780 or 1790–1842), English clock and chronometer maker. Josef Kossek (1780–1858)
List_of_watchmakers
Astronomical clock built in the 14th century
the doctor and clock-maker Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio. The Astrarium had seven faces and 107 moving parts; it showed the positions of the Sun, the Moon
Astrarium of Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio
Astrarium_of_Giovanni_Dondi_dall'Orologio
American clock and furnishing manufacturer
largest manufacturer of grandfather clocks. Howard Miller Clock Company was founded in 1926, as the Herman Miller Clock Company division of office furniture
Howard_Miller_Clock_Company
Japanese video game developer
including Kono Hifumi, who directed the first two titles in the Clock Tower series of horror games. Nude Maker has been contracted by companies including
Nude_Maker
Maltese clock maker and inventor
December 2, 1912) was a Maltese clock maker and inventor born in Mqabba, Malta. Michelangelo Sapiano was born in Mqabba in 1826, the son of Baskal and Tereża
Michelangelo_Sapiano
Swedish clockmaker
Swedish clock and watch maker. He was a pupil of Julien Le Roy in Paris in, perhaps, the 1740s, and in the late 1750s was appointed clock-maker to King
Johan_Lindquist
Mechanical clock that has been made to tell traditional Japanese time
their adaptability to the temporal hour system. Constant weight and dial adjustments led Japanese clock makers to develop the nichō-tenpu tokei (二挺天府時計)
Japanese_clock
English musician and television personality (born 1958)
Regiment. Holland has been the President of the British Watch & Clock Makers Guild since 2018, and an honorary liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers
Jools_Holland
Art deco novelty wall clock
company sues over 'blatant knockoff' by clock maker - News - NY Daily News". www.nydailynews.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2007. Retrieved
Kit-Cat_Klock
Clock that uses a rolling ball to measure time
Congreve, who was not a clock maker, hired Gravell & Tolkien to produce the first working version, which he then presented to the Prince of Wales in 1808
Congreve_clock
Building in the greater Tel Aviv
and Jews. The watch mechanism itself was done by Moritz Schoenberg, a Jewish clock-maker from Rishon LeZion who also built a few stores in the adjacent
Jaffa_Clock_Tower
collector's items. Other Mennonite clock-makers include Lepp, Hildebrandt, Mandtler, and Hamm. The Kroeger Clock Heritage Foundation was established
Kroeger_Clocks
American Clock Maker
September 26, 1838) was a clock-maker from Coventry Township (present day Andover), Connecticut. He may have been one of the first to use interchangeable
Daniel_Burnap
Clock tower in London, England
is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the Palace
Big_Ben
Venetian physician and horologist (1290–1359)
clock-maker active in Padua, now in the Veneto region of Italy. He is remembered as a pioneer in the art of clock design and construction. He was the
Jacopo_Dondi_dall'Orologio
Type of clock
alarm clock or alarm is a clock that is designed to alert an individual or group of people at a specified time. The primary function of these clocks is to
Alarm_clock
English watchmaker (1790-1853)
Sophia). Dent won the esteem of Sir George Airy, the Astronomer Royal, who recommended him as the maker of a large clock for the tower of the new Royal Exchange
Edward_John_Dent
Irish-English actor (1940–2023)
and long slim fingers (the touch of a master clock-maker). He is also one of the few actors to have mastered the demands of the vast Olivier Theatre. As
Michael_Gambon
Furniture developed by the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing
and expert on Shaker furniture Isaac N. Youngs, Shaker furniture and clock maker Charles Sheeler, Modernist Master and Shaker collector Jasper Johns,
Shaker_furniture
to other clock makers such as Waterbury, Sessions, and Ingraham. In 1932, the economic troubles of the Great Depression threatened the clock-making industry;
Hammond_Clock_Company
Device that transmits rotational power into linear thrust on a fluid
and Phineas Pratt, a ship's carpenter and clock maker, constructed the hull in Saybrook, Connecticut. On the night of September 6, 1776, Sergeant Ezra
Propeller
2012 film
Alphonse Da Costa, the physics professor Jean-Pierre Léaud as Monsieur Dupont, the clock-maker Vincent Lacoste as Vincent Anne Alvaro as The English teacher
Camille_Rewinds
bankrupt in 1760. Holland worked as a clock and watch maker in Coventry, England. A tall case clock by Holland is in the collection of Princeton University
Gabriel_Holland
Tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock
clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, hall clock or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock,
Grandfather_clock
English family of bell founders and clockmakers
and the abundant supply of the raw materials – copper and zinc – in the west. In the late 17th century the clock making industry thrived in the Chew
Bilbie_family
Video game creation system software series
RPG Maker, known in Japan as RPG Tsukūru (RPGツクール; sometimes romanized as RPG Tkool), is a series of programs for the development of video games generally
RPG_Maker
Trunk and cabinet lock manufacturer
the clock maker. In 1841, after Eli Terry's death, the business was bought by the Lewis and Gaylord Company, and then consolidated in 1854 with the James
Eagle_Lock_Company
Mechanical model of the Solar System
planetarium with the Sun as a planet, and with Mercury and Venus revolving around the Sun as its moons. There is an orrery built by clock makers George Graham
Orrery
2013 American TV series
episode begins with the view of the insides of ticking clockworks, focusing on one of the Roman numerals of the clock face, while the narrator recites a
Zero_Hour_(2013_TV_series)
Genus of flowering plants
Frederick James (1896). The Watch & Clock Makers' Handbook, Dictionary and Guide. Spon & Chamberlain. p. 281. Archived from the original on 23 October
Sambucus
Mechanism for regulating the speed of clocks
and clocks that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands. The impulse
Escapement
Swiss luxury brand manufacturing mechanical clocks
November 2024. "Swiza - Takeover Of L'Epée". "LVMH snaps up luxury Swiss clock maker L'Epee 1839". Reuters. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024. L'Epée
L'Epée_Clocks
Polish mathematician (1631–1700)
17 May 1700) was a Polish mathematician, physicist, clock-maker, pedagogue and librarian. He was the Court Mathematician of John III Sobieski. Kochański
Adam_Adamandy_Kochański
Clock displaying astronomical information
clock, horologium, or orloj is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions of the Sun
Astronomical_clock
English polymath (1635–1703)
"the picture which is usually painted of Hooke as a morose ... recluse is completely false". He interacted with noted artisans such as clock-maker Thomas
Robert_Hooke
Residence and administrative headquarters of a monarchy
such as artists, clock-makers and poets might be given a place in the household, often by appointing them as valet de chambre or the local equivalent
Royal_household
Clock used on ships to aid in navigation
L'AURORE - Corvette -1766". Ancre. Retrieved 2019-12-05. Britten's Watch & Clock Makers' Handbook Dictionary & Guide Fifteenth Edition p.122 [2] Macey, Samuel
Marine_chronometer
Type of mechanism used in pendulum clocks
horology, the anchor escapement is a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks. The escapement is a mechanism in a mechanical clock that maintains the swing
Anchor_escapement
British children's television series
Tocky, the cuckoo clock, gives Mister Maker a "mini maker message", a child who needs help from Mister Maker. The child tells Mister Maker what they would
Mister_Maker
American clockmaking company
which was widely copied by other clock makers and sold so extensively around the world that it is believed to have been the best-seller of any distinctively
E._Ingraham_Company
of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries and their Makers, Portman Books, London 1989 ISBN 978-0-7134-0727-3 Loomes, Watch and Clock Makers of the World
Henry_Hindley
Rotating circular machine part with teeth that mesh with another toothed part
mechanical clock.[citation needed] Differential gears were used by the British clock maker Joseph Williamson in 1720.[citation needed] The word gear is
Gear
Surname list
Parliament constituency) Peter Stretch (1670–1746), English-American clock maker Richard Stretch (1952–2014), South African cricketer Rudy Stretch (born
Stretch_(surname)
French multinational luxury goods conglomerate
Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023. Singh, Prachi (26 June 2024). "LVMH acquires high-end Swiss clock maker L'Epée 1839"
LVMH
clocks by the English mechanician Edward Barlow, the invention by either Barlow or Daniel Quare, a London clock-maker, in 1676 of the repeating clock
History of timekeeping devices
History_of_timekeeping_devices
Austrian clockmaker
a musical clock maker in Vienna. A patent was granted to him in the year of 1824 for improving of the Hand harmonica (Physharmonica). The Instrument
Anton_Reinlein
2025) for its maintenance. The clock had no dial, but chimed the quarters with a ting-tang on two bells and struck the hour. The pendulum period was 1¼ seconds
Joseph_Smith_(clockmaker)
several turret clocks for churches in Cheshire, and also manufactured lantern, bracket and 30 hour clocks which still come up for auction. The Nantwich Museum
Gabriel_Smith_(d.1743)
British clockmakers from 1845 to 1984
his clock-maker’s training, in complete and sole charge of the business. His two sons Richard Cope and William David Cope followed him into the business
G._&_F._Cope
Surname list
Farcot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Eugène Farcot (1830–1896), French clock-maker, inventor and mechanical engineer Marie-Joseph
Farcot
21st-century French château
For the façade of the château, Emad Khashoggi commissioned clock-makers to create a genuine monumental bronze and enamel clock identical to the one on
Château_Louis_XIV
2017 German science-fiction television series
from 2017 to 2020. The story primarily follows four families from the fictional town of Winden, Germany, as they pursue the truth in the aftermath of a child's
Dark_(TV_series)
1972 video game
Teenager of the Year Song: Whatever Happened to Pong?. Elektra Records. Crecente, Brian (February 28, 2006). "Atari Threatens Pong Clock Makers". Kotaku
Pong
became the standard surgical textbook in the West for the next three centuries Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330–1388), doctor and clock-maker at Padua
List_of_Italian_scientists
18th-century watch and clock maker
November 11, 1725 - between July 2 and July 14, 1794) was a watch and clock maker who improved Thomas Mudge's lever escapement in 1785. One of his watches
Josiah_Emery
Specific aspects of Benjamin Banneker's life and legacy
inventor, "a noted clock-maker", "was hired as part of an official six-man team to help survey and design the new capital city of the fledgling nation,
Mythology of Benjamin Banneker
Mythology_of_Benjamin_Banneker
Retrieved 22 April 2023. Pickford, Chris, ed. (1995). Turret Clocks: Lists of Clocks from Makers' Catalogues and Publicity Materials (2nd ed.). Wadhurst,
John_Moore_&_Sons
Record of humanity's attempts to find east-west position on Earth
were no clocks that could come close to such accuracy under the conditions of a moving ship. John Harrison, a Yorkshire carpenter and clock-maker, spent
History_of_longitude
Oldest clockmakers in the world
Buggins MBE. In the 1880s the firm described itself as a maker of Church, Factory, House and Carriage clocks, and 'Clock Manufacturers to the Honourable Board
Thwaites_&_Reed
Scottish luxury jeweller
Scotland. The company has held a royal warrant to the British monarch as goldsmiths, silversmiths, clock & watchmakers for over 120 years. The company's
Hamilton_&_Inches
Colonial Australian clock maker and land owner
colonial Australian watch and clock maker and one-time convict. He is considered one of Australia’s most important early clock and watchmakers who was best
James_Oatley
Massachusetts clockmaker (1757–1844)
Willard, clock maker on the Neck." The factory's workshop functioned inside an extension which was bigger than the actual residence. Inside, the number
Aaron_Willard
Historic clock in France
The Strasbourg astronomical clock is located in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame of Strasbourg, Alsace, France. It is the third clock on that spot and dates from
Strasbourg_astronomical_clock
from Blue King Studios) City of Silence (2000; 3-issue mini-series) The Clock Maker (2003; 4-issue mini-series) Cloudburst (2004; OGN) Codeflesh (2009; one-shot)
List of Image Comics publications
List_of_Image_Comics_publications
East-West geographic coordinate
Maskelyne; and for the chronometers developed by the Yorkshire carpenter and clock-maker John Harrison. Harrison built five chronometers over more than three
Longitude
(1865–1954) was a French clock maker from Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont in Normandy. In 1890 Couaillet started a business producing carriage clocks; shortly afterwards
Armand_Couaillet
Clerics - Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Clock makers - Peter the Apostle Clothworkers - Homobonus, Peter the Apostle Clowns - Genesius, Maturinus Cobblers
List of patron saints by occupation and activity
List_of_patron_saints_by_occupation_and_activity
was a French filmmaker and magician generally regarded as the first person to recognize the potential of narrative film. He made about 520 films between
Georges_Méliès_filmography
Self-operating machine
clocks, are designed to give the illusion to the casual observer that they are operating under their own power or will, like a mechanical robot. The term
Automaton
British clockmaker
(1775–1850) or simply Alker of Wigan, was a long case clock and pocket watch maker and member of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers active in Wigan, Lancashire
John_Alker
Name list
(1871–1957), British egyptologist Hilda Petrini (1838–1895), Swedish clock maker Hilda Pinnix-Ragland (born 1955), American business executive H. F. M
Hilda
Clockmaker in Shropshire, England
in England. The company claim to be the oldest clock manufacturer in the world, originally established in 1690, and have been part of the Smith of Derby
J._B._Joyce_&_Co
Documentary TV series and book by James Burke
presented by British science historian James Burke. The series was produced and directed by Mick Jackson of the BBC Science and Features Department and first
Connections (British TV series)
Connections_(British_TV_series)
Kolkata-based clock-makers, silversmiths, jewelers working during the later period of British India. Notable Cooke and Kelvey clocks include those in the Salar
Cooke_and_Kelvey
British gentlewoman (1761–1804)
became neighbors amongst the working class like gardener, baker, clock maker, barber, and butcher. Belle died in 1804 at the age of 43, and was interred
Dido_Elizabeth_Belle
British clockmaker
responsible for building the huge turret clock for St Paul's Cathedral in 1893.[citation needed] Frank Smith died in 1913, and the company was run by staff
Smith_of_Derby_Group
Town clock in Buena Park, California, US
The Dreger Clock is a large town clock with 19 different dials and displays which tell the local (California) time, the time in 12 international cities
Dreger_Clock
Plant tissue
Frederick James (1896), The Watch & Clock Makers' Handbook, Dictionary and Guide, Spon, p. 144 Stelle, J. Parish (2017), The American Watchmaker and Jeweler:
Pith
English clockmaker
then to James II. Clock cases of Knibb's era were wooden, and therefore were made by specialist clockcase makers who were members of the Worshipful Company
Joseph_Knibb
20th-century English horologist
authority on turret clocks. He was a Fellow of the British Horological Institute (FBHI). Robinson appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert
T._R._Robinson
Topics referred to by the same term
(1293–1359), doctor and clock-maker at Padua, father of Giovanni Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330–1388), doctor and clock-maker at Padua, son of Jacopo
De_Dondi
Syndicate set up in 1987
in 2020, the trademark was taken over by Hekas): 2011, 2013 Rombach und Haas: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2021 Cuckoo clock makers members of the VdS: Anton
Black Forest Clock Association
Black_Forest_Clock_Association
American animated television series
carries secret messages (hence the name of the show's theme song "Stop the Pigeon"). The title is a reference to the film and song Those Magnificent
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
Dastardly_and_Muttley_in_Their_Flying_Machines
Horror adventure video game series
Clock Tower is a point-and-click survival horror video game series created by Hifumi Kono. The series includes four games in total. The first entry, Clock
Clock_Tower_(series)
Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725
interpreters (Peter Shafirov, LeFort), two clock makers, a cook, a priest, six trumpeters, 70 soldiers from the Preobrazhensky regiment, four dwarfs and
Peter_the_Great
Early clock mechanism
The verge (or crown wheel) escapement is the earliest known type of mechanical escapement, the mechanism in a mechanical clock that controls its rate by
Verge_escapement
THE CLOCK-MAKER
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Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Biblical
the flock of God
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’.English : topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca (a derivative of loc as in 1). Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.English, Dutch, and German : nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair)’, ‘curl’.Americanized spelling of German Loch.
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Boy/Male
Biblical American Hebrew
The flock of God.
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Woods; Fortified Place; Bright; Radiant
Girl/Female
Muslim
Clock
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THI means "poem."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name Clac, which is from Old English Clacc or the Old Norse cognate Klakkr. As a personal name this is from a word meaning ‘lump’ and may have been used as a nickname for a large or thickset man. Reaney suggests that it could also be from clacker ‘chatterer’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly a nickname for someone with thick curly hair, from Old French floc ‘stable of wool’. Alternatively, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, from Old English flocc ‘herd’, ‘company’.German : unexplained.German (Flöck) : variant of Flück (see Fluck), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with Old Saxon flÅd ‘flood’.
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Boy/Male
Indian, Malayalam
Clock
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Clock
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Krock.English
Americanized spelling of German Krock.English : perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a potter, from Middle English crock ‘pot’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : see Cleek.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Klick, Jewish Glick, or German and Jewish Glück (see Gluck).
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a small plot of land, from Middle English plocke ‘small piece of ground’.Americanized spelling of German Ploch.Variant of German Block.
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Boy/Male
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Sanskrit, Telugu
Bright as Fire
Male
Croatian
, of the sea.
Boy/Male
Arabic, German, Muslim
Excellent; Exalted
Girl/Female
Hindu
The day of the full Moon in the month of Shraavan, Born in the month of Shravan
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
One with Melodious Voice
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, Greek
A Healing; A Combination of the Initials J and C
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Cool Like the Moon
Girl/Female
Muslim
Rejoicing
Female
English
English elaborated form of Latin Charis, CHARISSA means "grace."
Boy/Male
Hindu
One who has won over the Lord (Charanjeet)
THE CLOCK-MAKER
THE CLOCK-MAKER
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THE CLOCK-MAKER
v. t.
To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
v. t.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
n.
The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
n.
The striking of a clock.
v. t.
To move with the sound of a click.
n.
A click. See 3d Click, 2.
v. t.
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
n.
The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
v. t.
To flock to; to crowd.
adv.
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
v. t.
To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
n.
A lock of wool or hair.
n.
A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
v. t. & i.
To call, as a hen. See Cluck.
v. t.
To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
n.
The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
v. i.
To give off crock or smut.
v. t.
To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.