water clock
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water clock
n.
A clepsydra.
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water clock
orwater glass
n
(Horology) any of various devices for measuring time that use the escape of water as the motive force
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wa′ter clock`
n.
a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
[1595–1605]
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