Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hourglass

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hourglass


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(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.