detached escapement

Hor .: The detached escapement was invented by Mudge in the seventeenth century. The term de tached is also applied to the ordinary form of lever escapement with two pallets, which engage the teeth of the scape-wheel, and a fork which engages a pin on the balance-arbor. The terra detached , in this case, is to distinguish it from the anchor -es capement, wherein a segment-rack engages a pinion on the balance-arbor. [LEVER-ESCAPEMENT.] detached work, s. Fort.: A work included in the defense, but placed outside the body of the place. *dě-tăch-ed-ly, adv . [ Eng.detached ; -ly .] Dis. connectedly, desultorily; without proper arrangement or connection. "Brief notices of different particulars of this case are given detachedly by Rush worth."-State Trials: Judge Jenkins (an. 1647). dě-tăch-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [DETACH.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of setting free, separating, or disengaging.