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Meanings of sand glass in English

Russian
песочные часы
Portuguese
ampulheta
Spanish
reloj de arena
Catalan
rellotge d'arena
Wikidata

Device to measure the passage of time.

песочные часы
Usage of sand glass in English
1
He conducted them to its farther end and paused before a large sand glass.
The Story of Glass
2
Charlemagne, I have read, had a sand glass so large that it needed to be turned only once in twelve hours.
The Story of Glass
3
They were experimenting when I came away on sanded glass for road beds.
Mizora: A Prophecy / A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of th...
4
At the South Kensington Museum is a set of four large sand glasses evidently made to go together.
The Story of Glass
Translations for sand glass