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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wheel which actuates the pendulum of a clock.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Horol.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
wheel in anescapement (as of aclock or awatch ) into whoseteeth thepallets play .
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