clock

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a timepiece that shows the time of day
measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
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
A watch, esp. one that strikes
The striking of a clock
A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking
To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking
To call, as a hen
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius)

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