clepsydra

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CLEPSYDRA, noun 1. A time piece used by the Greeks and Romans, which measured time by the discharge of a certain quantity of water. Also, a fountain in Greece. 2. A chimical vessel.
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