1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) A watch, esp. one that strikes.

3. (n.) The striking of a clock.

4. (n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.

5. (v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.

6. (v. t. & i.) To call, as a hen. See Cluck.

7. (n.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius).

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