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ime of its ignition. This is usually effected either by cutting out or off a portion of the fuse or by employing compositions of which given lengths burn at different rates. Fig 6455 shows a Borman fuse, which at the discharging point is in contact with a chamber containing quick powder, and communicating with the interior charge of the shell. See also fuse, Fig. 2132, and pages 928, 929. Time-keep′er. （Horology.) A watch or clock. See horological instruments, list, pages 1123, 1124. Time-lock. A lock having clock-work attached, which, when wound up, prevents the bolt being withdrawn when locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed, even by means of the proper key. Various devices may be employed for this purpose; in one, a circular stop-plate rests against the end of the bolt and resists its withdrawal until pushed away by the movement of the train at the end of the time to which it was wound up. See alarm-clock, page 57. Ti-men′o-guy. （Nautical.