1) " Ladies" -- As it applies to Ladies Wristwatch A lady is a woman who is the counterpart of a lord ; or, the counterpart of a gentleman. A turn of the century Gibson girl from a U.S. stamp embodiesladylike-ness. Contents 1 Etymology 2 In the British peerage 3 More recent usage: social class 4 More recent usage: sexism Etymology The word comes from Old English hlaifdige ; the first part of theword is laif, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hlaford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from theroot dig-, to knead, seen also in dough; the sense development from bread-kneader, bread-maker, to the ordinary meaning,though not clearly to be traced historically, may be illustrated by that of lord. The primary meaning of mistress of a household is, if not obsolete, in present usage only a vulgarism. The special use of theword as a title of the Virgin Mary, usually OurLady, represents the Latin Domina Nostra. In Lady Day and Lady Chapel the word is properly a genitive,representing the hlaefdigan. In the British peerage As a title of nobility the uses of lady are mainly paralleled by those of lord. It is thus a less formalalternative to the full title giving the specific rank, of marchioness, countess, viscountess or baroness, whether as the title of the husbands rank by right or courtesy, or as thelady's title in her own right. In the case of the younger sons of a duke or marquess, who by courtesy have lord prefixed to their Christian and family name,the wife is known by the husband's Christian and family name with Lady prefixed, e.g. Lady John B.; the daughters of dukes,marquesses and earls are by courtesy Ladids ; here that title is prefixed to the Christian and family name of the lady, e.g. LadyMary B., and this is preserved if the lady marry a commoner, e.g. Mr and Lady Mary C. Lady is also the customary title of the wife of a baronet or knight; the proper title, now only ...
2) " Wristwatch" -- As it applies to Ladies Wristwatch This page is about timekeeping devices. In naval parlance, watches are a timekeeping convention. The term in general use can mean any periodof duty or responsibility, such as a hurricane watch. Pocket watch A watch is a small portable clock that displays the current time and sometimes the current day, date, month and year. In modern timesthey are usually worn on the wrist, although before the 20th century most were pocketwatches, which had covers and were carried separately, often in a pocket, and hooked to a watch chain. Current watches are often digital watches, using a piezoelectric crystal, usually quartz, as an oscillator (see quartz clock ). In earlier times mechanical timepieces were used, powered by a spring wound regularly by the user. The invention of "Automatic" or "Self-Winding" watches allowed for aconstant winding without special action from the wearer: it works by an irregular weight that rotates to the movement of thewearer's body, automatically winding the watch. Watches may be collectible ; they are often made of precious metals, andcan be considered an article of jewelry. Contents 1 Types of watch 1.1 Pocket Clock 1.2 Wrist Watch 1.3 Electromechanical watches 1.4 Quartz analogue watch 1.5 Digital watch 1.6 Swatch 1.7 Advanced watches 2 Watchmakers 3 See also 4 External links Types of watch Pocket Clock The first necessity for portability in time keeping was navigation and mapping in the 15th century.The latitude could be measured by looking at the stars, but the only way a shipcould measure its longitude was by comparing timezones; by comparing the middaytime of where they were to the one it should be in Europe, a sailor could know how far he was from home. For that reason, mostmaps in that time are distorted horizontally although they were vertically precise.The first clocks mea...
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