Waterburyn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəb(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌbɛri/,

/ˈwɑdərˌbɛri/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Waterbury.

Etymology: < Waterbury, the name of a town in Connecticut, U.S.A. where the Waterbury Clock Company was based.

I. Compounds.

1. attributive. Designating a low-priced watch or clock of a type manufactured by the Waterbury Clock Company between the 1850s and 1940s.

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sidereal1767

keyless1828

Waterbury1853

long-sleeved1897

sunburst2015

1853 Merry's Museum 25 93/1 I would have given a first-rate Waterbury clock, with an alarm, and a landscape extra, to have somebody near by.

1888 R. Kipling Watches of Night in Plain Tales from Hills 73 Platte,..being poor, had a Waterbury watch and a plain leather guard.

1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 348/1 Our new eight-day Waterbury Clock.

c1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) iii. 76 He..takes a Waterbury watch with a brass chain from the wall beside the book-case.

1963 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times II. 42 I kept surreptitiously looking at my ten-and-sixpenny Waterbury watch.

2004 Investor's Business Daily (Nexis) 30 Mar. a3 To convey their practicality and affordability, he renamed the Waterbury watch the ‘Universal’.

II. Simple uses.

2. A Waterbury watch or clock. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock

watch-clock1592

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

1882 Clock & Watch Land in Cent. Mag. Aug. 11 Persons who have looked at a Waterbury, without taking the trouble to own and use one, have smiled in a superior way at the long winding required.

1893 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ In Vine Country vi. 105 My cousin with some trouble disinterred the Waterbury.

1914 Rep. N.Y. Public Service Comm., 1st District I. 558 The clock is a Waterbury, eight day, key wind, jewelled balance.

1920 F. E. Green Hist. Eng. Agric. Labourer iv. 93 He turned up..on Sunday with a fashionable billycock, a walking stick and a Waterbury.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 290 O Shee who then (4.32 m.p.,..according to all three doctors waterburies) [etc.].

2004 K. Husfloen Antique Trader Answers 178 It is about 7' tall, is a Waterbury and it seems to keep perfect time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	waterbury
释义	Waterburyn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəb(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌbɛri/, /ˈwɑdərˌbɛri/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Waterbury. Etymology: < Waterbury, the name of a town in Connecticut, U.S.A. where the Waterbury Clock Company was based. I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Designating a low-priced watch or clock of a type manufactured by the Waterbury Clock Company between the 1850s and 1940s. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [adjective] > of type of clock sidereal1767 keyless1828 Waterbury1853 long-sleeved1897 sunburst2015 1853 Merry's Museum 25 93/1 I would have given a first-rate Waterbury clock, with an alarm, and a landscape extra, to have somebody near by. 1888 R. Kipling Watches of Night in Plain Tales from Hills 73 Platte,..being poor, had a Waterbury watch and a plain leather guard. 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 348/1 Our new eight-day Waterbury Clock. c1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) iii. 76 He..takes a Waterbury watch with a brass chain from the wall beside the book-case. 1963 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times II. 42 I kept surreptitiously looking at my ten-and-sixpenny Waterbury watch. 2004 Investor's Business Daily (Nexis) 30 Mar. a3 To convey their practicality and affordability, he renamed the Waterbury watch the ‘Universal’. II. Simple uses. 2. A Waterbury watch or clock. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock watch-clock1592 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 1882 Clock & Watch Land in Cent. Mag. Aug. 11 Persons who have looked at a Waterbury, without taking the trouble to own and use one, have smiled in a superior way at the long winding required. 1893 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ In Vine Country vi. 105 My cousin with some trouble disinterred the Waterbury. 1914 Rep. N.Y. Public Service Comm., 1st District I. 558 The clock is a Waterbury, eight day, key wind, jewelled balance. 1920 F. E. Green Hist. Eng. Agric. Labourer iv. 93 He turned up..on Sunday with a fashionable billycock, a walking stick and a Waterbury. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 290 O Shee who then (4.32 m.p.,..according to all three doctors waterburies) [etc.]. 2004 K. Husfloen Antique Trader Answers 178 It is about 7' tall, is a Waterbury and it seems to keep perfect time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1853
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