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star clock
star clock n. a clock or other device which indicates the time of night by reference to the positions of the stars in the sky.See note at sidereal day n. at sidereal adj. Compounds.
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German clock1598
quarter clocka1631
wheel-clock1671
table clocka1684
month clock1712
astronomical clock1719
musical clock1721
repeater1725
Tompion1727
pulling clock1733
regulator1735
eight-day clock1741
regulator clock1750
French clock1757
repetition clock1765
day clock1766
striker1778
chiming clock1789
cuckoo-clock1789
night clock1823
telltale1827
carriage clock1828
fly-clock1830
steeple clock1830
telltale clock1832
skeleton clock1842
telegraph clock1842
star clock1850
weight-clock1850
prison clock1853
crystal clock1854
pillar scroll top clock1860
sheep's-head clock1872
presentation clock1875
pillar clock1880
stop-clock1881
Waterbury1882
calendar-clock1884
ting-tang clock1884
birdcage clock1886
sheep's head1887
perpetual calendar1892
bracket clock1894
Act of Parliament clock1899
cartel clock1899
banjo-clock1903
master clock1904
lantern clock1913
time clock1919
evolutionary clock1922
lancet clock1922
atomic clock1927
quartz clock1934
clock radio1946
real-time clock1953
organ clock1956
molecular clock1974
travelling clock2014
1850 Househ. Words 25 May 202/2 Beside him is one of the star-clocks, and as the moment approaches for the appearance of the planet, the excitement of the moment increases.
1877 T. H. Huxley Physiogr. xx. 341 86,164 seconds (or 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds) would be a day by the ‘star-clock’.
1922 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 8 279 There are star-clocks for determining the hours of the night by means of a star table and two observers, used probably in conjunction with the water-clock.
1949 Geogr. Jrnl. 113 59 A star clock gets 4 minutes slow every day on sun time, so it has to be advanced an hour every fifteen days.
2008 A. Buchan Pencil, Paper & Stars x. 84 A nocturnal is a star clock... Using one involved sighting Polaris through a hole in the rivet or bolt holding the components together.
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