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Clock
Any instrument other than a watch for measuring or indicating time, especially a mechanical or electronic device having a numbered dial and moving hands or a digital display.
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monstrance clock
Chronometry; Clock
A monstrance is a vessel used in the Roman Catholic Church to display the consecrated bread; clocks are known made in a shape similar to that of this receptacle. The movement is placed in a drum ...
parlor clock
Chronometry; Clock
The carved-case Victorian clock of the mid-to-late 1800s, typically made of walnut, designed to be placed on a shelf or mantel in the parlor.
parcel gilding
Chronometry; Clock
Partly gilding. Normally, a term used in connection with partially gilded domestic objects made of silver, it also applies to parcel-gilt clock dials and in some instances decorative metal clock ...
papier mache
Chronometry; Clock
Originally, 'mashed paper', mixed with glue and other materials, which could be moulded. In the early Victorian period there was a vogue for small items of furniture made from layers of tough paper ...
paperweight clock, japanese
Chronometry; Clock
Paperweight or doctor's clocks are small spring-driven timepieces (average length about 4 1/4in. ). They resemble pillar clocks, being long and thin with a linear dial that shows the time on a ...
gathering pallet
Chronometry; Clock
In striking work, the arm sometimes called a 'tumbler' which restores the rack to its resting position, gathering one tooth for each blow struck during the striking action.
entry and exit pallet
Chronometry; Clock
The entry pallet is the first encountered by an escape-wheel tooth. The exit pallet is that encountered as a tooth leaves engagement with the pallets.
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