Carriage Definition–noun | 1. | a wheeled vehicle for conveying persons, as one drawn by horses and designed for comfort and elegance. | | 3. | British. a railway passenger coach. | | 4. | a wheeled support, as for a cannon. | | 5. | a movable part, as of a machine, designed for carrying something. | | 6. | manner of carrying the head and body; bearing: the carriage of a soldier. | | 7. | Also called carriage piece, horse. an inclined beam, as a string, supporting the steps of a stair. | | 8. | the act of transporting; conveyance: the exp
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enses of carriage. | | 9. | the price or cost of transportation. | | 10. | (in a typewriter) the moving part carrying the platen and its associated parts, usually set in motion to carry the paper across the point where the print element or type bars strike. | | 11. | management; administration. | |
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Clock Definition–noun | 1. | an instrument for measuring and recording time, esp. by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about. | | 3. | a meter or other device, as a speedometer or taximeter, for measuring and recording speed, distance covered, or other quantitative functioning. | | 5. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Horologium. | | 6. | Computers. the circuit in a digital computer that provides a common reference train of electronic pulses for all other circuits. | –verb (used with object)
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| 7. | to time, test, or determine by means of a clock or watch: The racehorse was clocked at two minutes thirty seconds. | | 8. | Slang. to strike sharply or heavily: Somebody clocked him on the face. | —Verb phrases | 9. | clock in, to begin work, esp. by punching a time clock: She clocked in at 9 on the dot. | | 10. | clock out, to end work, esp. by punching a time clock: He clocked out early yesterday. | —Idioms | 11. | around the clock, | a. | during all 24 hours; ceaselessly. | | b. | without stopping for rest; tirelessly: working around the clock to stem the epidemic. | | | 12. | clean (someone's) clock, to defeat; vanquish. | | 13. | kill the clock, Sports. to use up as much game time as possible when one is winning, as to protect a lead in basketball, ice hockey, or football. Also, run out the clock. | | 14. | stop the clock, to postpone an official or legal deadline by ceasing to count the hours that elapse, as when a new union contract must be agreed upon before an old contract runs out. | |
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