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Chronometer
(gcide) | Chronometer \Chro*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? time + -meter: cf. F.
chronom[`e]tre.]
1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
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2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance,
and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time
with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations,
in determining longitude, etc.
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3. (Mus.) A metronome.
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Box chronometer. See under Box.
Pocket chronometer, a chronometer in the form of a large
watch.
To rate a chronometer. See Rate, v. t.
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chronometer
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chronometer
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Box chronometer
(gcide) | Box \Box\, n.; pl. Boxes [As. box a small case or vessel with
a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b["u]chse; fr. L. buxus
boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See Pyx, and cf. Box a
tree, Bushel.]
1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various
shapes.
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2. The quantity that a box contain.
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3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or
other place of public amusement.
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Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage.
--Dorset.
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The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges.
--Dryden.
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4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a
poor box; a contribution box.
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Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks,
Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. --J.
Warton.
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5. A small country house. "A shooting box." --Wilson.
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Tight boxes neatly sashed. --Cowper.
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6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.
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7. (Mach)
(a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.
(b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works;
the bucket of a lifting pump.
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8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.
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9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or
gift. "A Christmas box." --Dickens.
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10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands.
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11. (Zool.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
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Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box
lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying
substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox
or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox.
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Box beam (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have
the form of a long box.
Box car (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and
inclosed on the sides to protect its contents.
Box chronometer, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals,
to preserve its proper position.
Box coat, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a
heavy cape to carry off the rain.
Box coupling, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or
other parts in machinery.
Box crab (Zool.), a crab of the genus Calappa, which,
when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box.
Box drain (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides,
and with flat top and bottom.
Box girder (Arch.), a box beam.
Box groove (Metal Working), a closed groove between two
rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between
collars on another. --R. W. Raymond.
Box metal, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead,
and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc.
Box plait, a plait that doubles both to the right and the
left.
Box turtle or
Box tortoise (Zool.), a land tortoise or turtle of the
genera Cistudo and Emys; -- so named because it can
withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by
hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an
exceedingly reticent person. --Emerson.
In a box, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in
difficulty. (Colloq.)
In the wrong box, out of one's place; out of one's element;
awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554)
[1913 Webster]Chronometer \Chro*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? time + -meter: cf. F.
chronom[`e]tre.]
1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
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2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance,
and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time
with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations,
in determining longitude, etc.
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3. (Mus.) A metronome.
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Box chronometer. See under Box.
Pocket chronometer, a chronometer in the form of a large
watch.
To rate a chronometer. See Rate, v. t.
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chronometer watch
(gcide) | Watch \Watch\ (w[o^]ch), n. [OE. wacche, AS. w[ae]cce, fr.
wacian to wake; akin to D. wacht, waak, G. wacht, wache.
[root]134. See Wake, v. i. ]
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1. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful,
vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close
observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance;
formerly, a watching or guarding by night.
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Shepherds keeping watch by night. --Milton.
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All the long night their mournful watch they keep.
--Addison.
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Note: Watch was formerly distinguished from ward, the former
signifying a watching or guarding by night, and the
latter a watching, guarding, or protecting by day
Hence, they were not unfrequently used together,
especially in the phrase to keep watch and ward, to
denote continuous and uninterrupted vigilance or
protection, or both watching and guarding. This
distinction is now rarely recognized, watch being used
to signify a watching or guarding both by night and by
day, and ward, which is now rarely used, having simply
the meaning of guard, or protection, without reference
to time.
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Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and
ward. --Spenser.
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Ward, guard, or custodia, is chiefly applied to
the daytime, in order to apprehend rioters, and
robbers on the highway . . . Watch, is properly
applicable to the night only, . . . and it begins
when ward ends, and ends when that begins.
--Blackstone.
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2. One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body
of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
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Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way,
make it as sure as ye can. --Matt. xxvii.
65.
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3. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a
watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
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He upbraids Iago, that he made him
Brave me upon the watch. --Shak.
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4. The period of the night during which a person does duty as
a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a
sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.
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I did stand my watch upon the hill. --Shak.
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Might we but hear . . .
Or whistle from the lodge, or village cock
Count the night watches to his feathery dames.
--Milton.
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5. A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the
person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
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Note: Watches are often distinguished by the kind of
escapement used, as an anchor watch, a lever watch,
a chronometer watch, etc. (see the Note under
Escapement, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a
gold or silver watch, an open-faced watch, a
hunting watch, or hunter, etc.
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6. (Naut.)
(a) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for
standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf.
Dogwatch.
(b) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew,
who together attend to the working of a vessel for an
allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are
designated as the port watch, and the {starboard
watch}.
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Anchor watch (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep
watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor.
To be on the watch, to be looking steadily for some event.
Watch and ward (Law), the charge or care of certain
officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in
towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation
of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill.
Watch and watch (Naut.), the regular alternation in being
on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a
ship's crew is commonly divided.
Watch barrel, the brass box in a watch, containing the
mainspring.
Watch bell (Naut.), a bell struck when the half-hour glass
is run out, or at the end of each half hour. --Craig.
Watch bill (Naut.), a list of the officers and crew of a
ship as divided into watches, with their stations.
--Totten.
Watch case, the case, or outside covering, of a watch;
also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept.
Watch chain. Same as watch guard, below.
Watch clock, a watchman's clock; see under Watchman.
Watch fire, a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for
the use of a watch or guard.
Watch glass.
(a) A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial,
of a watch; -- also called watch crystal.
(b) (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of
a watch on deck.
Watch guard, a chain or cord by which a watch is attached
to the person.
Watch gun (Naut.), a gun sometimes fired on shipboard at 8
p. m., when the night watch begins.
Watch light, a low-burning lamp used by watchers at night;
formerly, a candle having a rush wick.
Watch night, The last night of the year; -- so called by
the Methodists, Moravians, and others, who observe it by
holding religious meetings lasting until after midnight.
Watch paper, an old-fashioned ornament for the inside of a
watch case, made of paper cut in some fanciful design, as
a vase with flowers, etc.
Watch tackle (Naut.), a small, handy purchase, consisting
of a tailed double block, and a single block with a hook.
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Microchronometer
(gcide) | Microchronometer \Mi`cro*chro*nom"e*ter\, n.
A chronoscope.
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Pantochronometer
(gcide) | Pantochronometer \Pan`to*chro*nom"e*ter\, n. [Panto- +
chronometer.]
An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal
time dial. --Brande & C.
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Pocket chronometer
(gcide) | Chronometer \Chro*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? time + -meter: cf. F.
chronom[`e]tre.]
1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
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2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance,
and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time
with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations,
in determining longitude, etc.
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3. (Mus.) A metronome.
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Box chronometer. See under Box.
Pocket chronometer, a chronometer in the form of a large
watch.
To rate a chronometer. See Rate, v. t.
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To rate a chronometer
(gcide) | Rate \Rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rating.]
1. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price
or degree.
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To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a
rule frequent indeed, but not infallible. --South.
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You seem not high enough your joys to rate.
--Dryden.
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2. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
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3. To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount,
value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a
seaman; to rate a pension.
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4. To ratify. [Obs.] "To rate the truce." --Chapman.
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To rate a chronometer, to ascertain the exact rate of its
gain or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an
allowance or computation dependent thereon.
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Syn: To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.
[1913 Webster]Chronometer \Chro*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? time + -meter: cf. F.
chronom[`e]tre.]
1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
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2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance,
and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time
with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations,
in determining longitude, etc.
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3. (Mus.) A metronome.
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Box chronometer. See under Box.
Pocket chronometer, a chronometer in the form of a large
watch.
To rate a chronometer. See Rate, v. t.
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chronometer
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