Look up: hourglass

1. hourglass
   [n] - a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
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2. Hourglass
   this is the egg-timer thing that appears on the screen all too often, telling you that the application is taking a long time to do something and that it doesn't want interrupting
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3. hourglass
   a gear which mates with a double enveloping worm for increased tooth contact Category: Mechanical engineering • said of a spinnaker tangling around the rigging Category: General
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4. Hourglass
   Hour'glass` noun An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small apert...
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5. hourglass
   noun a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
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6. Hourglass
   • (n.) An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.
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7. hourglass
   hourglass 1. An instrument for measuring time, consisting of two glass chambers connected by a narrow neck and containing a quantity of sand, mercury, or another flowing substance that trickles from the upper chamber to the lower in a fixed amount of time, often one hour. 2. An hourglass-shaped com...
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8. hourglass
   hourglass, glass instrument for measuring time, usually consisting of two bulbs united by a narrow neck. One bulb is filled with fine sand that runs through the neck into the other bulb in an hour's time. The date of its invention is unknown, but it was in use in ancient times. Similar devices for m...
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9. Hourglass
   An hourglass is an instrument consisting of two glass bulbs placed one above the other joined by a narrow passage through which a substance, usually grains of sand, trickle at a uniform rate, taking an hour for all the contents to pass from the top bulb through to the lower bulb. The hourglass was c...
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10. Hourglass
    (James Taylor album) `Hourglass` is singer-songwriter James Taylor`s fourteenth album. Taylor`s first studio album in six years was released in 1997 to glowing notices. It built upon the success of his previous effort, New Moon Shine. Hourglass was an introspective album ...
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11. Hourglass
    (Squeeze song) Name = Hourglass | Cover = Squeeze hourglass cover.jpg| Artist = Squeeze | from Album = Babylon and On | Released = July 1987 (UK) | Format = 7" and 12" vinyl | Recorded = ? | Genre = Rock | Length = 3:16 | Label = A&M | Producer = Eric "ET" Thorngren &...
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12. Hourglass
    An `hourglass` (`sandglass`, `sand timer`, `sand clock`, `egg timer`) measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time. It has two connected vertical glass bulbs allowing a regulated trickle of material from the top to the bottom. Once the top bulb is empty, it can be inverted to begin timin...
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13. Hourglass
    (disambiguation) An `hourglass` is a device for measuring time. It existed a marine hourglass very important in navigation. The term `hourglass` or `hour glass` may also refer to one of the following: Music: Bands: Albums: Songs: Other entertainment: Space: Women`s fashion: Zoology: Other: See also:
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14. Hourglass
    (Fayray album) | Name = Hourglass | Type = studio | single 1 = single 2 = Look into My Eyes (Fayray song)|Look into My Eyes | single 2 date = | single 3 = single 4 = Kuchizuke | single 4 date = --> --> `Hourglass` is Japanese singer songwriter work=Oricon-->--> The album was released...
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15. Hourglass
    (America album) `Hourglass` is the thirteenth original studio album by American folk rock duo America, released by American Gramaphone in 1994 (see 1994 in music). This was America`s first new studio album since 1984`s "Perspective". Two singles were released from the album, ...
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16. Hourglass
    (Kate Rusby album) `Hourglass` is the debut studio album by English contermporary folk musician Kate Rusby, released on March 1, 1997, on Pure Records. Track listing: #"Sir Eglamore" (trad/Rusby) #"As I Roved Out" (trad) #"Jolly Ploughboys" (trad) #"A...
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17. Hourglass
    (Clannad song) "`Hourglass / Theme from Harry`s Game`" is a double A-side single by Irish musical group Clannad released to promote their best-of Past Present. This is the band`s only single to feature a lead song that doesn`t appear on any album, and the band`s only double A...
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18. Hourglass
    (novel) `Hourglass` is the third instalment to the Evernight series, a series of four fantasy books which is preceded Stargazer and followed by Afterlife. The four books are written by Claudia Gray which is a pseudonym for the New York-Based Author Amy Vincent. The four books combat va...
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