HOURGLASS


Meaning of HOURGLASS in English

also hour glass

(~es)

An ~ is a device that was used to measure the passing of an hour. It has two round glass sections linked by a narrow channel, and contains sand which takes an hour to flow from the top section into the lower one.

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