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Time-measuring device
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sandglass
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Word definitions for sandglass in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An instrument for measuring the passage of time by the passage of sand through a narrow opening.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A sandglass is a device for measuring time, including: Hourglass Marine sandglass Egg timer It can also refer to: Sandglass (TV series) , a 1995 Korean drama series
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sandglass \Sand"glass`\, n. An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage
Usage examples of sandglass.
It was morning, and a sailor, Ash, was in the bows with a sandglass and a log attached to a length of rope tied off at intervals with knots.
Ash threw the log, counted, and when another sailor in the stern shouted, tipped the sandglass and hauled the log back aboard.
It occurred to me that if you had both large and small sandglasses, you could measure how long it took for the sun to cross that space, and thus how fast it moved… and from that discover how far apart any two places were.
The sandglass proved to me that I had slept barely an hour, but a brief moment of complete repose, at my age, is equal to sleep which formerly lasted throughout half a revolution of the stars.