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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Looking at the horologe my lord had given me, I saw that it lacked yet two hours of the time when we should be aboard.
From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine
Silent hours In ghostly pantomime on tip-toe tripped The stately minuet of the passing years, Until the horologe of Time struck One.
From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox
There was a time when the clock on the London Houses of Parliament was the last word in the art—a veritable triumph of the horologe.
From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
"My twelve-hours is unusual sharp to-day," said Petullo, consulting a dumpy horologe out of his fob.
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
With tears I took that cross of thorn, With tears that horologe forlorn.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval
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