Shak.
Cloak
(Cloak), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloaked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cloaking.] To cover with, or as with, a
cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter.
Spenser.
Syn. — See Palliate.
Cloakedly
(Cloak"ed*ly), adv. In a concealed manner.
Cloaking
(Cloak"ing), n.
1. The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.
To take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings.
Strype.
2. The material of which of which cloaks are made.
Cloakroom
(Cloak"room`) n. A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats,
etc., may be deposited for a time.
Clock
(Clock) n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell, G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka,
Icel. klukka bell, LL. clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. clog
bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Cf. Cloak.]
1. 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.
2. A watch, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] Walton.
3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] Dryden.
4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. Swift.
The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of
the clock, etc.
Alarm clock. See under Alarm. — Astronomical clock. (a) A clock of superior construction, with a
compensating pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy, for use in astronomical observatories; —
called a regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for regulating timepieces. (b) 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. — Electric clock. (a) A clock moved or regulated by
electricity or electro-magnetism. (b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording apparatus.
— Ship's clock (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals,
