hourglassn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhour-glass.

a. A contrivance for measuring time, consisting of a glass vessel with obconical ends connected by a constricted neck, through which a quantity of sand (or sometimes mercury) runs in exactly an hour; a sand-glass that runs for an hour.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > hourglass

running glass1480

night-glass1504

hourglass?1518

sand-glass1553

glass1557

minute glass1626

watch-glass1637

time-glass1712

sand-clock1865

hand glass1875

pulpit glass1907

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > timer or chronograph

stop-watch1740

time marker1835

time recorder1836

hourglass1852

time clock1857

time lock1858

egg-glass1867

chronograph1868

egg-timer1869

timer1869

gunner's pendulum1876

time switch1884

chess-clock1905

phototimer1942

pinger1950

shot clock1967

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j One kepte y^e compas and watched y^e our glasse.

1591 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 143 Paid for an houre glass for the pulpitt, 4d.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 25 I should not see the sandie howre-glasse runne But I should thinke of shallowes and of flatts.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxi. 139 America is not unfitly resembled to an Hour-glasse, which hath a narrow neck of land..betwixt the parts thereof.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 63. ¶4 (The Figure of Time) with an Hour-glass in one Hand, and a Scythe in the other.

1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 375 For the measurement of the time of sermon, hour-glasses were frequently attached to pulpits.

b. Often figurative or allusively, in reference to the passage of time; (sometimes) an hour's space; a strictly finite space of time.

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the world > time > period > hour > [noun]

tidea900

hourc1250

timea1325

hourglass1588

planetary hour1593

clock hour1600

ghurry1638

stricken hour1820

lunar hour1862

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. iv. f. 28^v If a preacher..should talk out his houre-glasse in discoursing of Bell the dragon.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bb3 Those things..may be done in succession of ages, though not within the houre-glasse of one mans life.

a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 19 What meane these strict Reformers thus to spend their hour-glasses?

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 142 He..spoke the Hour-glass in her praise—quite out.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles vi. 181 When death was shaking the last few sands in the hour-glass of his daughter's life.

c. A marking (as on a spider) in the shape of an hourglass.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > spheroidicity > spheroid > something in the shape of an hourglass

hourglass1937

1937 Discovery Dec. 368/1 Two female Black Widows, showing the ‘hour-glass’ markings.

1962 Metcalf & Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) xxi. 1009 (caption) The black widow spider, Latrodectus mactans. At left, the female from the underside, showing the characteristic hourglass-shaped spot.

Compounds

C1. attributive, referring to the shape of an hourglass.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > spheroidal > others spec. > two joined together

hourglass1822

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 241 If the uterus..should contract..transversely so as to form what has been called an Hour-glass contraction.

1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 119 I used to think that the Pechts..built them hour-glass fashion to prevent the said enemy scrambling into them.

C2.

hourglass aneurysm n.

1880 R. Barwell Aneurism 56 The support of muscular fibres has frequently this effect on the vessel, namely, while fusiform dilation exists to right and left, this little tract is healthy; the condition might be called an hour-glass aneurism.

hourglass stomach n.

1907 Practitioner June 755 There was an hour-glass stomach, due to old ulceration.

hourglass structure n. Geology a structure present in certain rocks in which the mineral crystals have the shape of an hourglass.

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the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal habit > [noun] > miscellaneous others

shoot1670

stella1844

hourglass structure1888

spherulite1893

lath1916

1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. vii. 159 The hour-glass structure already mentioned as occurring in the picrites is occasionally found in the normal plagioclaseaugite rocks.

1932 F. F. Grout Petrogr. & Petrol. 100 ‘Hourglass’ structure is occasionally noted in augite.

1959 W. W. Moorhouse Study of Rocks in Thin Section vi. 166 The larger grains and phenocrysts may be zoned, or they may show hourglass structure.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	hourglass
释义	hourglassn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhour-glass. a. A contrivance for measuring time, consisting of a glass vessel with obconical ends connected by a constricted neck, through which a quantity of sand (or sometimes mercury) runs in exactly an hour; a sand-glass that runs for an hour. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > hourglass running glass1480 night-glass1504 hourglass?1518 sand-glass1553 glass1557 minute glass1626 watch-glass1637 time-glass1712 sand-clock1865 hand glass1875 pulpit glass1907 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > timer or chronograph stop-watch1740 time marker1835 time recorder1836 hourglass1852 time clock1857 time lock1858 egg-glass1867 chronograph1868 egg-timer1869 timer1869 gunner's pendulum1876 time switch1884 chess-clock1905 phototimer1942 pinger1950 shot clock1967 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j One kepte y^e compas and watched y^e our glasse. 1591 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 143 Paid for an houre glass for the pulpitt, 4d. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 25 I should not see the sandie howre-glasse runne But I should thinke of shallowes and of flatts. View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxi. 139 America is not unfitly resembled to an Hour-glasse, which hath a narrow neck of land..betwixt the parts thereof. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 63. ¶4 (The Figure of Time) with an Hour-glass in one Hand, and a Scythe in the other. 1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 375 For the measurement of the time of sermon, hour-glasses were frequently attached to pulpits. b. Often figurative or allusively, in reference to the passage of time; (sometimes) an hour's space; a strictly finite space of time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > hour > [noun] tidea900 hourc1250 timea1325 hourglass1588 planetary hour1593 clock hour1600 ghurry1638 stricken hour1820 lunar hour1862 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. iv. f. 28^v If a preacher..should talk out his houre-glasse in discoursing of Bell the dragon. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bb3 Those things..may be done in succession of ages, though not within the houre-glasse of one mans life. View more context for this quotation a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 19 What meane these strict Reformers thus to spend their hour-glasses? 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 142 He..spoke the Hour-glass in her praise—quite out. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles vi. 181 When death was shaking the last few sands in the hour-glass of his daughter's life. c. A marking (as on a spider) in the shape of an hourglass. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > spheroidicity > spheroid > something in the shape of an hourglass hourglass1937 1937 Discovery Dec. 368/1 Two female Black Widows, showing the ‘hour-glass’ markings. 1962 Metcalf & Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) xxi. 1009 (caption) The black widow spider, Latrodectus mactans. At left, the female from the underside, showing the characteristic hourglass-shaped spot. Compounds C1. attributive, referring to the shape of an hourglass. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > spheroidal > others spec. > two joined together hourglass1822 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 241 If the uterus..should contract..transversely so as to form what has been called an Hour-glass contraction. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 119 I used to think that the Pechts..built them hour-glass fashion to prevent the said enemy scrambling into them. C2. hourglass aneurysm n. Π 1880 R. Barwell Aneurism 56 The support of muscular fibres has frequently this effect on the vessel, namely, while fusiform dilation exists to right and left, this little tract is healthy; the condition might be called an hour-glass aneurism. hourglass stomach n. Π 1907 Practitioner June 755 There was an hour-glass stomach, due to old ulceration. hourglass structure n. Geology a structure present in certain rocks in which the mineral crystals have the shape of an hourglass. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal habit > [noun] > miscellaneous others shoot1670 stella1844 hourglass structure1888 spherulite1893 lath1916 1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. vii. 159 The hour-glass structure already mentioned as occurring in the picrites is occasionally found in the normal plagioclaseaugite rocks. 1932 F. F. Grout Petrogr. & Petrol. 100 ‘Hourglass’ structure is occasionally noted in augite. 1959 W. W. Moorhouse Study of Rocks in Thin Section vi. 166 The larger grains and phenocrysts may be zoned, or they may show hourglass structure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.?1518
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