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water clock

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water clock
n.
A clepsydra.
water clock, glass
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) any of various devices for measuring time that use the escape of water as the motive force
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Noun1.water clock - clock that measures time by the escape of waterwater clock - clock that measures time by the escape of water
clepsydra, water glass
clock - a timepiece that shows the time of day
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These thousand tiny bells quivered for some time with the vibration of the rope, then gradually died away, and finally became silent when the manikin had been brought into a state of immobility by that law of the pendulum which has dethroned the water clock and the hour-glass.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
 
 
 
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