Crossword-Solution: SANDGLASS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sandglass | n. | An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “SANDGLASS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Time-measuring device | 3 answers |
| Time-teller. | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AREET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SANDGLASS (5)
This would, however, be imperceptible so long as their lengths were not measured by some accurate mechanical time-measurer such as a clepsydra, sandglass, pendulum, or spring clock.
Defn: A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table.
Was there one of us, say maybe your father and mine, that had not been sessioned time and again? Many an ill word did we speak o' the Kirk, and many a glint did we cast at the sandglass in the pulpit as the precentor gied her another turn.
The best timekeeping device available was the hourglass or "sandglass," invented somewhere in the western Mediterranean in the eleventh or twelfth century.
Sandglass makers never achieved real accuracy or consistency, and careful mariners always used several at once, hoping to average out variations.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1956–2010).