an hourglass, a sandglass.
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| 释义 | the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > hourglass (14) running glass1480 an hourglass, a sandglass. night-glass1504 Scottish. Probably: a sandglass used for timing night watches on board ship. Obsolete. hourglass?1518 A contrivance for measuring time, consisting of a glass vessel with obconical ends connected by a constricted neck, through which a quantity of… sand-glass1553 A contrivance for measuring time, consisting of two glass vessels of approximately conical shape, connected at the apex by a narrow neck, and… glass1557 A sand-glass (sand-glass, n.) for the measurement of time; esp. an hourglass (hourglass, n.), and (Nautical) the half-hour glass, the half-minute… minute glass1626 a sandglass that runs for a minute. watch-glass1637 A sand-glass or hourglass used to measure the time of keeping watch, esp. on board ship. Also in figurative context. Obsolete. time-glass1712 sand-clock1865 = sand-glass, n. 1. hand glass1875 Nautical. A half-minute or quarter-minute sandglass used for measuring the time in running out a log line. Cf. half-minute glass n. at half minute, n.… pulpit glass1907 an hourglass placed on a pulpit to indicate the time to the preacher. Subcategories:— part of (3) |
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