horologe

American  

[hawr-uh-lohj, -loj, hor-] / ˈhɔr əˌloʊdʒ, -ˌlɒdʒ, ˈhɒr- /

noun

1. any instrument for indicating the time, especially a sundial or an early form of clock.

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horologe British  

/ ˈhɒrəˌlɒdʒ /

noun

1. a rare word for timepiece

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Etymology

Origin of horologe

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin hōrologium horologium; replacing Middle English orloge < Middle French < Latin, as above

Example Sentences

Which duly came to pass; as did, at a slower rate, the ulterior thing, not yet so apparent, that indeed a new hour had struck on the Time Horologe, that a New Epoch had risen.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas

Hence the Horologe or Watch of Flora is formed from numerous plants, of which the following are those most common in this country.

From The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. by Darwin, Erasmus

This earliest of Frederick's victories was the first sign 'that indeed a new hour had struck on the Time Horologe, that a new Epoch had arisen.

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle by Morley, John

And many other flowers close and open their petals at certain hours of the day; and thus constitute what Linneus calls the Horologe, or Watch of Flora.

From The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. by Darwin, Erasmus

Horologe, hor′o-lōj, n. any instrument for telling the hours.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various