CLOCK, CLOCKMAKER
ADJECTIVES
1911 ► BEHINT slow; said of a clock or watch → Sc. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1798 ► BEFORE fast; said of a clock or watch → Sc.
NOUNS
1564 ► WAKENER an alarm attached to a clock → obs.
1586 ► LARUM an apparatus attached to a clock or watch, to produce a ringing sound at any fixed hour → obs.
1611 ► JAR a vibration or tick of the clock → obs.
1629 ► PALM the hand of a clock → obs.
1677 ► TABLE the face or dial-plate of a clock or watch → obs.
1711 ► TIMIST a clock, a timepiece → obs.
1794 ► WANREST the pendulum of a clock → Sc. obs.
1809 ► MOMENT-HAND the minute-hand of a clock or watch → obs.
1825 ► WAG-AT-THE WALL a hanging clock with pendulum and weights exposed → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1827 ► TING the sound of a clock striking → Sc.
1865 ► HOROLOGIOGRAPHY the description of watches and clocks
1865 ► TICK-TACK the tick or ticking sound of a clock → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1865 ► TING-A-LING the sound of a clock striking → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1872 ► SHEEPS-HEAD CLOCK a clock having the works exposed to view
1873 ► BAT the stroke of a clock → Eng. dial.
1876 ► WAGGITY-WA a hanging clock having the pendulum and weights uncovered → Sc.
1884 ► TIMER a clock or watch, with reference to its time-keeping qualities
1889 ► HANDLE the hand of a clock or watch → Eng. dial.
1895 ► WAGGITY a hanging clock having the pendulum and weights uncovered → Sc.
1899 ► LEAD the weight at the end of a clock’s pendulum
20C ► WAG a clock → Irish sl.
1905 ► HAIR OF THE HEAD CLOCK a clock hanging to the wall, with weights and pendulum exposed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► WAG-BY-THE-WALL a hanging clock with pendulum and weights exposed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► WAGGER a cheap wooden hanging clock → Eng. dial. obs.(Bk.)
1905 ► WAG-IN-THE-WALL a hanging clock with pendulum and weights exposed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► TAIL the pendulum of a clock → Sc.
1950 ► TICK a clock → Amer. sl.
1959 ► FACE a clock or watch → US sl.
1991 ► HOROLOGIOGRAPHY the art of making timepieces (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1890 ► CLOCKEY a travelling clockmaker → sl. (Bk.)
PHRASES
1400 ► THE ORLOGE FALLES the hammer of the clock strikes
1901 ► IT RUNS ON GINGERBREAD WHEELS said of an unreliable timepiece
VERBS
1370 ► SMITE of a bell or clock: to strike
1593 ► JAR to tick; said of a clock → obs.
1905 ► NECK to tick as a clock → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1950 ► TACK to tick as a clock → Eng. dial.
1953 ► CLOCKIFY to repair clocks
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