the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A servant who called out the hours.
n. An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A piece of mechanism for indicating the hours of the day; a clock; a time-piece of any kind.
n. One who tells the hour; a servant formerly employed to call out or announce the hours.
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n. a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
Word Usage
"And taking out his horologe (which hung in a small side-pocket of his embroidered surcoat), the crusader consoled himself by finding that it was but seven of the night, and that he would reach Godesberg ere the warder had sounded the second gong."