clepsydra

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A water clock, especially as used in the ancient world

They sat among the choiring clepsydras of the evening garden, time elapsing in a dozen ways, allowing their cigars to go out, keeping a companionable silence.

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A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture
{i} water clock, ancient instrument that measured time by regulated flow of water or mercury
A clepsydra
water glass
clepsydra

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    clep·sy·dra

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    Etymologie

    [ 'klep-s&-dr& ] (noun.) 1646. From Latin clepsydra, from Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα, from combining form of κλέπτειν (“to steal”) + ὕδωρ (“water”).
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