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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 an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into whose teeth the pallets play.

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