单词 | clockman |
释义 | > as lemmasclockman clockman n. a man who makes, mends, or winds clocks.Now chiefly in historical contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > making or regulating > one who makes or regulates clockmaker1374 horologer1496 regular1513 clocksmith1556 clock setter1574 clock keeper1576 clockman1613 clock master1629 dialler1650 dialist1652 horologiographian1688 clock winder1720 horologiographer1727 horologist1798 timer1876 1613 J. Yakesley tr. St. Francis de Sales Introd. Devoute Life v. i. 89 The clockman with some delicate oyle, annointeth the wheeles, iunctures and ginnes of his clock, that the motions may be more easie, and the whole be lesse subiect to rust. 1872 F. Montgomery Thrown Together I. ii. 55 He is the nicest clock-man, and he does make the school-room clock go so well. 2001 J. Pottker Janet & Jackie 104 Some traditions remained, like..the clockman who came every other week to reset first the grandfather clock and then the estate's dozens of other timepieces. < as lemmas |
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