Clock

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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. A watcg, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] Walton.

3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] Dryden.

4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. Swift.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabæus stercorarius).

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To call, as a hen. See Cluck. [R.]