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. see cluck.-a large beetle, esp. the european dung beetle (scarabaeus stercorarius).