a clock
English
Adverb
a clock (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of o'clock.
- [1679], [Edmond Halley], “II. Exemple. How at anny time to knowe the rising and going under of the Sun.”, in A plain Declaration of the vulgar new Heavens Flatform. Serving not onely fore this Age, but also fore the future Age of 100 years., page 1:
- […] you wil find the Suns riſing at 4 a clock in the morning, and if you turn the ſaid point to the Weſt ſide of Heaven upon the Horizon, then you wil ſee the dial to lye upon 8 a clock in the evening […]
- 1702 August 18, The Post Man: And the Historical Account, &c., number 1005, London: […] Fr. Leach, […], column 1:
- Loſt abont[sic] 10 a Clock on Thurſday night from Spring Garden near Charing Croſs, a liver colour and white Spaniel Dog, with a black Velvet Collar and two braſs Bells about his Neck, about a year old;
- 1712 April 14, “Advertisements”, in The Newcastle Courant: With News Foreign and Domestick, number 111, Newcastle: […] John White, […], page 4, column 2:
- The Cocks to be weighed at 7 a Clock the Morning before they Fight, to begin to Fight preciſely at 9 a Clock.
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