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De - Pt| English Dictionary: hour-glass | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hourglass \Hour"glass`\, n. An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower. Note: A similar instrument measuring any other interval of time takes its name from the interval measured; as, a {half-hour glass}, a {half-minute glass}. A {three-minute glass} is sometimes called an egg-glass, from being used to time the boiling of eggs. | |
