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clepsydra(noun) Clock that measures time by the escape of water. Synonyms: water clock, water glassUsage: The Wicked Witch dared not use a clepsydra, as its contents could destroy her.
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Word of the Day ? clepsydra Definition: (noun) Clock that measures time by the escape of water. Synonyms: water clock, water glass Usage: The Wicked Witch dared not use a clepsydra, as its contents could destroy her.
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Clepsydra
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An ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture Also called: water clock
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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As well as the clepsydra, there is a lithographic stone plate from which Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell's Map of the Colony of New South Wales was printed in 1834, and navigational instruments, some believed to have been used by Mitchell and others by Captain Cook.
- "See a clepsydra in Canberra!" [1982] inCiteALIA 181, page 6; (1981) 3(10) inCite: Newsletter of the Australian Library and Information Association 6.
[Captain Cook was not a brother of Captain Hook.]
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Definition: (noun) Clock that measures time by the escape of water. Synonyms: water clock, water glass Usage: The Wicked Witch dared not use a clepsydra, as its contents could destroy her.
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Definition: (noun) Clock that measures time by the escape of water.
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