Clepsydra

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An ancient device that measured time by marking the regulated flow of water through a small opening. Also called water glass.
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  • n. A water clock, especially as used in the ancient world.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in appendix.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A device for measuring time by the amount of water discharged from a vessel through a small aperture, the quantity discharged in a given unit of time, as an hour, being first determined.
  • n. A chemical vessel.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL.] In zoology, a genus of mollusks; the watering-pot shells: now called Aspergillum.
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  • n. clock that measures time by the escape of water
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    clock   
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    clepsydrae    appendix   
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    self-moving    chronograph    birdbath    sundial    broad-faced   
     
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