Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clockwork"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clockwork \Clock"work`\ (-w[^u]rk`), n.
The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a
clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clockwork
n : any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled
spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock
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