Definition of Clock. Meaning of Clock. Synonyms of Clock
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Definition of Clock
clock Regulate Reg"u*late (-l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated
(-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] [L.
regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See Regular.]
1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct
by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles
or laws.
The laws which regulate the successions of the
seasons. --Macaulay.
The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own
disputes, and regulated their own police.
--Bancroft.
2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state
of a nation or its finances.
3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate,
degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a
room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
To regulate a watch or clock, to adjust its rate of
running so that it will keep approximately standard time.
Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order;
rule; govern.
Clock Clock Clock (kl[o^]k), v. t.
To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
Clock Clock Clock, v. t. & i.
To call, as a hen. See Cluck. [R.]
Clock Clock Clock, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarab[ae]us
stercorarius).
