Associations to the word «Sandglass»

Pictures for the word «Sandglass»

Wiktionary

SANDGLASS, noun. An instrument for measuring the passage of time by the passage of sand through a narrow opening.

Dictionary definition

SANDGLASS, noun. Timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope