Search for crossword answers and clues
Tackle crow that’s damaged timepiece
Answer for the clue "Tackle crow that’s damaged timepiece ", 11 letters:
water clock
Word definitions for water clock in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 A device for measuring time by letting water flow out of a container, usually through a tiny aperture. 2 A clepsydra. n. 1 A device for measuring time by letting water flow out of a container, usually through a tiny aperture. 2 A clepsydra.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Water clock \Wa"ter clock`\ An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. clock that measures time by the escape of water [syn: clepsydra , water glass ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A '''water clock ''' or clepsydra ( Greek κλεψύδρα from κλέπτειν kleptein , 'to steal'; ὕδωρ hydor , 'water') is any timepiece in which time is measured by the regulated flow of liquid into (inflow type) or out from (outflow type) a vessel where the amount ...
Usage examples of water clock.
A water clock would function correctly at a different latitude if it told only constant hours, but not if it measured different hours in summer and winter.
Then the water clock on the Temple of Small Gods would trigger the big bronze gong.
The circle was surrounded by Roman numerals and strange objects: a piece of string, a water clock, a rusty knife, a dragon-shaped silver bracelet, a gold ring, a metal brazier full of burning charcoal, a glass vial, a small mound of earth, a stone.