Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mainspring of a watch.
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Examples
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The core of the watchspring was his head, the extremity his tail, and, when the bubble touched him, he flicked out like the works of a Waterbury.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Douglas English
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But what if the pattern in Jupiter's ring was another winding watchspring?
SETI Institute: How to Catch a Comet SETI Institute 2011
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Whatever they are, they are winding up like a watchspring.
SETI Institute: How to Catch a Comet SETI Institute 2011
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Sure enough, the watchspring pattern was in there after all, winding up tighter in each detection.
SETI Institute: How to Catch a Comet SETI Institute 2011
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Whatever they are, they are winding up like a watchspring.
SETI Institute: How to Catch a Comet SETI Institute 2011
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But what if the pattern in Jupiter's ring was another winding watchspring?
SETI Institute: How to Catch a Comet SETI Institute 2011
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Sure enough, the watchspring pattern was in there after all, winding up tighter in each detection.
SETI Institute: How to Catch a Comet SETI Institute 2011
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The horse was wound as tight as a watchspring, ready to bolt.
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The horse was wound as tight as a watchspring, ready to bolt.
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The warhead expanded explosively like a watchspring, breaking into thousands of fragments, and several ripped into the Bear's port wing.
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
fbharjo commented on the word watchspring
6 consecutive consonants (excluding y's)
December 28, 2010