locking piece

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noun Horology.

(in a striking train) a hooked part, rising and falling on a locking plate and arresting the rotation of the plate after the proper number of strokes.

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Origin of locking piece

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby locking piece

locket, lockfast, Lockhart, lock horns, lock-in, locking piece, locking plate, locking pliers, lockjaw, lock nut, lock on to

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The well, ghost or no ghost, is certainly a piece of history with a bold presence.
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My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out.
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The attempt to “breed back” the Auroch of Teutonic legend was of a piece with the Nazi obsession with racial purity and eugenics.
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I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
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I was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.
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There were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.
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She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.
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With a groan, wrung from the very depths of his heart, he tossed the man a gold-piece; another to the woman.
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