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Escapement
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(1):
(n.) The act of escaping; escape.
(2):
(n.) Way of escape; vent.
(3):
(n.) The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; - so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Escapement'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/escapement.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Escapement'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/escapement.html. 1828.