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1. (n.) clepsydra
water clock.

Etymology: (1640–50; < L < Gk klepsýdra <kléptein to steal +hýdōr water)

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1. (noun) water clock, clepsydra, water glass
clock that measures time by the escape of water

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) clepsydra
a water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix

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