a clepsydra

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water glass
water clock
clepsydra
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.

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