Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Clock (-s)
clock (-s), n. [OE < Central Fr. cloche, bell.] (webplay: bell, call, figure, great, hours, movement, pendulum, seconds, striking, stroke, time, work).
- Heartbeat.
- Time instrument; timepiece set by winding; [fig.] life; heart supporting a life.
- Rigor; regularity; reliable feature; dependable characteristic; [fig.] reality; truth; veracity; validity.
- Bell; chime rung for the measurement of time; passage of hours and minutes as indicated by audio tones or visual instruments.
- Sundial; [fig.] season; passage of time.
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