sandglass

American  

[sand-glas, -glahs] / ˈsændˌglæs, -ˌglɑs /

noun

1. an hourglass.

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sandglass British  

/ ˈsændˌɡlɑːs /

noun

1. a less common word for hourglass

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Etymology

Origin of sandglass

First recorded in 1550–60; sand + glass

Example Sentences

The shoes, which are also offered in red, have a bulbous heel, as if Play-Doh had been squeezed through a sandglass.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

We have a sandglass and it runs out.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander

She requires thy presence instantly," said the dwarf, "and without the loss of so much time as would be told by ten grains of the sandglass.

From The Talisman by Scott, Walter, Sir

Many an ill word did we speak o' the Kirk, and many a glint did we cast at the sandglass in the pulpit as the precentor gied her another turn.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

This would, however, be imperceptible so long as their lengths were not measured by some accurate mechanical time-measurer such as a clepsydra, sandglass, pendulum, or spring clock.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)