water clock en · NOUN
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(historical) A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.
[O]ur captain, or the juragan, gives the course, guided partly by the compass and partly by the direction of the wind, and a watch of two or three on the poop look after the trimming of the sails and call out the hours by the water-clock. This is a very ingenious contrivance, which measures time well in both rough weather and fine.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 169:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| waterclock | alternative | lexicographic | |
| water clocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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sl klepsydra (device for measuring time) · da vandur (device for measuring time) · fi vesikello (device for measuring time) · hy ջրի ժամացույց (device for measuring time) · ko 물시계 (device for measuring time) · tg соати обӣ (device for measuring time) · ja 水時計 (device for measuring time) · th นาฬิกาน้ำ (device for measuring time) · be вадзяны́ гадзі́ньнік (device for measuring time) · ru клепси́дра (device for measuring time) · cmn 金壺 /金壶 (device for measuring time) · bg во́ден часо́вник (device for measuring time) · fr clepsydre (device for measuring time) · lo ນາລິການ້ຳ (device for measuring time) · grc κλεψύδρα (device for measuring time) · vi đồng hồ nước (device for measuring time) · ko 수시계 (device for measuring time) · be вадзяны́ гадзі́ннік (device for measuring time) · mk клепси́дра (device for measuring time) · sv vattenur (device for measuring time) · el κλεψύδρα (device for measuring time) · pt clepsidra (device for measuring time) · de Wasseruhr (device for measuring time) · cmn 刻漏 (device for measuring time) · ko 누각 (device for measuring time) · cs vodní hodiny (device for measuring time) · cmn 漏刻 (device for measuring time) · fa-ira ساعَتِ آبی (device for measuring time) · cmn 漏壺 /漏壶 (device for measuring time) · cmn 水漏 (device for measuring time) · lt vandens laikodris (device for measuring time) · ur جَل گَھڑی (device for measuring time) · es reloj de agua (device for measuring time) · ms jam air (device for measuring time) · la clepsydra (device for measuring time) · pl zegar wodny (device for measuring time) · sh vodeni sat (device for measuring time) · tk suw sagady (device for measuring time) · ko 누수기 (device for measuring time) · cmn 懸泉 /悬泉 (device for measuring time) · sh vodeni časovnik (device for measuring time) · ky суу сааты (device for measuring time) · sh водени сат (device for measuring time) · eo akvohorloĝo (device for measuring time) · sh водени часовник (device for measuring time) · cmn 銅壺 /铜壶 (device for measuring time) · fa-ira پِنْگان (device for measuring time) · uk водяни́й годи́нник (device for measuring time) · fi klepsydra (device for measuring time) · it clessidra (device for measuring time) · uk клепси́дра (device for measuring time) · ca clepsidra (device for measuring time) · cmn 滴漏 (device for measuring time) · uz suv soati (device for measuring time) · tr su saati (device for measuring time) · id jam air (device for measuring time) · sk vodné hodiny (device for measuring time) · ar سَاعَةٌ مَائِيَّة (device for measuring time) · az su saatı (device for measuring time) · hu vízóra (device for measuring time) · ru водяны́е часы́ (device for measuring time) · bn জলঘড়ি (device for measuring time) · hi जल घड़ी (device for measuring time) · sl vodna ura (device for measuring time) · cmn 水鐘 /水钟 (device for measuring time) · he שְׁעוֹן מַיִם (device for measuring time) · nb vannklokke (device for measuring time) · is vatnsklukka (device for measuring time) · kk су сағаты (device for measuring time) · nl wateruuwerk (device for measuring time) · es reloj ácueo/acuoso/aguoso/hídrico (device for measuring time) · mk воден часовник (device for measuring time) · et veekell (device for measuring time)