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<hw>Cloak</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cloaked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cloaking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.</def>

<blockquote>Now glooming sadly, so to <b>cloak</b> her matter. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Palliate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Cloakedly</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cloak"ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a concealed manner.</def>

<h1>Cloaking</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cloak"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.</def>

<blockquote>To take heed of their dissembings and <b>cloakings</b>. <i>Strype.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The material of which of which cloaks are made.</def>

<h1>Cloakroom</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cloak"room`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.</def>

<h1>Clock</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>clucge</ets> bell; akin to D. <ets>klok</ets> clock, bell, G. <ets>glocke</ets>, Dan. <ets>klokke</ets>, Sw. <ets>klocka</ets>, Icel. <ets>klukka</ets> bell, LL. <ets>clocca</ets>, <ets>cloca</ets> (whence F. <ets>cloche</ets>); al perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. <ets>clog</ets> bell, clock, W. <ets>cloch</ets> bell. Cf. <er>Cloak</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A watcg, esp. one that strikes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Walton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The striking of a clock.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<note>&hand; The phrases <i>what o'clock</i>? <i>it is nine o'clock</i>, etc., are contracted from <i>what of the clock</i>? <i>it is nine of the clock</i>, etc.</note>

<cs><col>Alarm clock</col>. <cd>See under <er>Alarm</er>.</cd> -- <col>Astronomical clock</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A clock of superior construction, with a compensating pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy, for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a <i>regulator<i> when used by watchmakers as a standard for regulating timepieces.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A clock with mechanism for indicating certain astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon, position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time, etc.</cd> -- <col>Electric clock</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A clock moved or regulated by electricity or electro-magnetism.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording apparatus.</cd> -- <col>Ship's clock</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a clock arranged to strike from one to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the divisions of the ship's watches.</cd> -- <col>Sidereal clock</col>, <cd>an astronomical clock regulated to keep sidereal time.</cd></cs>

<h1>Clock</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.</def>

<h1>Clock</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clock</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To call, as a hen. See <er>Cluck</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Clock</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clock</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (<spn>Scarab\'91us stercorarius</spn>).</def>

<h1>Clocklike</h1> <Xpage=265>