clockedadj.1
/klɒkt/, U.S. /klɑkt/ Now historical.† 1. Probably: (of a garment) featuring or decorated with a wedge-shaped piece of cloth set into the fabric (see clock n.2 1). Obsolete.
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1553 in J. E. Cussans Inventory Furnit. & Ornaments in Parish Churches Herts. (1873) 21 A cope of Blake vellat and Clothe of gold clocked.
2. Of a stocking or sock: decorated with a clock or clocks (clock n.2 2).Also with modifying word indicating the type or colour of a stitchwork clock.
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1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 319. ¶12 [I] made a fair Push for the Silver-clocked Stocking.
1860 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors II. 202 Clocked stockings..had on either side, extending from the heel upwards some six inches, flowers gracefully embroidered with a light yellow silk on the crimson ground.
1915 Dry Goods Guide May 59/2 Men's clocked hose on solid color are also liked.
2010 J. Feather Rushed to Altar x. 194 His rather scrawny calves did not show at their best in the clocked stockings that were all the fashion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
clockedadj.2
/klɒkt/, U.S. /klɑkt/ 1. Electronics and Computing. Synchronized by means of an electronic oscillator or clock (clock n.1 7); set to run at a particular clock rate (clock rate n. 2).
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1952 IRE Trans. Electronic Computers 1 i. 64 Separately clocked information can be stored at a greater density, in BITs per inch, not counting the extra space taken by the clocking channel itself.
1967 Electronics 40 160/1 The D flip-flop..is useful in both clocked and unclocked storage registers.
1984 IEEE Jrnl. Solid State Circuits 19 236/1 Synchronization errors occur when asynchronous digital signals are received by clocked digital systems.
2019 C. Posthoff & B. Steinbach Logic Functions (ed. 2) x. 465 Clocked flip-flops of a more general behavior need at least two inputs.
2. British colloquial. Of a motor vehicle or its odometer: altered so that the odometer shows a lower mileage, usually as a dishonest means of fetching a higher price for a vehicle for sale.
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1974 Daily Tel. 2 Feb. 2/5 Under the new conditions of sale at the auctions, the onus is placed on the vendor to accept the return of a ‘clocked’ vehicle and refund the selling price.
1996 Daily Express 26 June 32/4 Nearly-new cars are far from the traditional Arfur Daley school of second-hand vehicles, with ‘clocked’ or turned back mileometers and oil leaks.
2006 Loaded Dec. 165/1 If the car reads 25,000 miles and the gear knob is as smooth as a billiard ball, then you can bet it's had a ‘hair cut’—trader-speak for a clocked car.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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