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Horologe   Listen
noun
Horologe  n.  
1.
A servant who called out the hours. (Obs.)
2.
An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial.





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"Horologe" Quotes from Famous Books



... an impulse was given to popular rights and hopes in England. We rejoice in all the progress of England. That salute fired at the British flag the other day at Yorktown [cheers] was a stroke of the hammer on the horologe of time, which marks the coming of a new era, when national animosities shall be forgotten, and only national sympathies and good-will shall remain. It might seem, perhaps, to have in it a tone of the old "diapason of the cannonade"; ...
— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various
... is close at hand, then,' said the master, consulting a horologe as large and as round as a full-grown orange. 'Mynher Vanderhausen, from ...
— The Purcell Papers - Volume II. (of III.) • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu


Words linked to "Horologe" :   balance wheel, sundial, measuring device, timepiece, measuring system, timer, watch, sandglass, escapement, time-ball, timekeeper, hand, measuring instrument, dial, atomic clock, clock, ticker, balance


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