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Definition of Hourglasses
1. hourglass [n] - See also: hourglass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hourglasses
| hour changes hour circle hour hand hour hands houri houris hourlies hourlong hourly hourly worker | hours hourslong hourwise housage housages housane house |
Literary usage of Hourglasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calendar of Council Minutes 1668-1783 by Berthold Fernow, Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer (1902)
"Money and hourglasses to be sent to Albany. 68 26 Dirck Stone appointed ...
hourglasses for Albany. 69 June 13 Militia men uselessly detained at Albany. ..."
2. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt (1868)
"... in the year 1345, that sixteen hourglasses had been bought in Flanders.
This statement, however, is by no means a proof of the use of the log. ..."
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