Device to measure the passage of time.
1Once more granules drain from top portion of the hour glass .
2Upon the tomb is an hour glass, and on this are crossbones.
3Only a few sands now remained in the half- hour glass.
4Knocker turned the half- hour glass by the binnacle and said, "Ready, sir."
5Three cups were on the table, and coffee for three was mounting in the hour glass.
6Lars Pedersson is renewing the oil of the night-lamp and turning the hour glass.)
7As the sand runs through an hour glass, so you run your short race on this earth.
8Last night saw ' hour glass' dolphins about.
9I glanced at the half- hour glass.
10It ain't harder than it is to tell when the sand will be out of an hour glass.
11But in this case, once expanded in the blood vessel the device assumes the shape of an hour glass.
12New Year's Day Party Invitations may be in hour glass form cut from heavy white paper, or bell shape.
13The hour glass below the book counsels the diligent use of time; the crown above symbolizes the reward of knowledge.
14This spider is shiny black in colour with a red hour glass mark on the ventricle side of the abdomen.
15As slowly and silently as sand running through an hour glass, I raised my gun until it was pointing at him.
16The half- hour glass that you gave me is a great enchantment to my husband, and has already suggested some divine production.
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