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11clock — I. /klɒk / (say klok) noun 1. an instrument for measuring and indicating time, having either pointers on a numbered dial or a digital display to show the hour, etc., and not carried on the person. Compare watch (def. 17). 2. Colloquial a piece of …
12clock — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock, from Old French or Medieval Latin; Old French dialect (Picard) cloque bell, from Medieval Latin clocca, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish… …
13Dutch pupil strike — The Dutch pupil strike in 2007 was a series of strikes in which students from the Netherlands, upset by demands from the government on its schools, ignored lessons and often went with masses to city halls in their municipalities. Contents 1… …
14Dutch loanwords in Sinhala — This is a list of Sinhala words of Dutch origin. Note: For information on the transcription used, see National Library at Calcutta romanization. An exception from the standard is the romanization of Sinhala long ä ([æː]) as ää . Sinhala සිංහල… …
15clock — [14] The clock appears to have been so named because it told the hours by the chiming of a ‘bell’, medieval Latin clocca. The Latin word, which emerged in the 7th century and may have been of Irish origin, probably reached English via Middle… …
16clock — [14] The clock appears to have been so named because it told the hours by the chiming of a ‘bell’, medieval Latin clocca. The Latin word, which emerged in the 7th century and may have been of Irish origin, probably reached English via Middle… …
17Cuckoo clock — Cuckoo clock, a so called Jagdstück (Hunt piece), Black Forest, ca. 1900, Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 2006 013 A cuckoo clock is a clock, typically pendulum regulated, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo s call and typically… …
18My Old Dutch (song) — My Old Dutch Music by Charles Ingle Lyrics by Albert Chevalier Published 1892 Performed by Albert Chevalier My Old Dutch is an 1892 m …
19List of Dutch inventions and discoveries — History of the Netherlands This article is part of a series Early History …
20Lantern clock — A lantern clock is a type of antique weight driven wall clock, shaped like a lantern. They were the first type of clock widely used in private homes.cite book last=Milham first=Willis I. title=Time and Timekeepers date=1945 publisher=MacMillan… …
