horologe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of horologe
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin hōrologium horologium; replacing Middle English orloge < Middle French < Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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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 Melville, Herman
A thousand years are but as one tick of the mighty horologe of time—and the allotted life of man but three score years and ten!
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper
In truth it had occupied some five minutes, as I discovered, holding my horologe to the moon, and had not occupied so long if it were not for my groping and pausing.
From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine
One feels that the hands of the great horologe of time have hunted around the dial, till they have found the hour of doom for this primeval race.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various
"My twelve-hours is unusual sharp to-day," said Petullo, consulting a dumpy horologe out of his fob.
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
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