water clock


noun
  1. a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.

Origin of water clock

1
First recorded in 1595–1605

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British Dictionary definitions for water clock

water clock

noun
  1. any of various devices for measuring time that use the escape of water as the motive force

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