horologe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of horologe
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin hōrologium horologium; replacing Middle English orloge < Middle French < Latin, as above
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Yet does the horologe itself teach, that all liabilities to these things should be checked as much as possible, though it is certain they can never be utterly eradicated.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
"My twelve-hours is unusual sharp to-day," said Petullo, consulting a dumpy horologe out of his fob.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
On May 10, 1774, "with a sound absolutely like thunder," has the horologe of time struck, and an old era passed away.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly,— Forever—never!
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
It might be amusing, were it not melancholy, to refer to one of his proofs of this position: "Une horologe mesure le temps; certes, c'est là un effet intellectuel produit par une cause physique!"
From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by James Buchanan
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