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Значения термина sandglass на английском

A device that measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time thanks to sand flowing through a narrow passage from one vessel to another.

Использование термина sandglass на английском
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It is hollow and sandglass-shaped, with only two strings remaining.
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
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In fact he was timing the eclipse with his sandglass, re-emerging at the appropriate juncture.
The Guardian
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There were sandglass clocks.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
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It was called The Sandglass in English.
The Guardian
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"Judging from the sounds half a sandglass ago, he was healthy enough."
Burning up
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The motif of time passing underpins his second novel, The Sandglass (1998), a complex reconstruction of warring dynasties and corporate greed.
The Guardian
Частые словосочетания
Sandglass через время