| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A measuring instrument or device for keeping time.[Wordnet]
2. A servant who called out the hours.[Websters] 3. An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
Date "HOROLOGE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Etymology:Horologe \Hor"o*loge\, noun. [from Old English expression horologe, orloge, timepiece, Old French horloge, orloge, oriloge, French horloge, from Latin expression horologium, from the Greek expression hour to say, tell. See Hour, and Logic.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HOROLOGE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] An instrument that indicates the hour of the day. But chronometer is now generally used.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] (obsolete): A clock or watch. 1597: He'll watch the horologe a double set, If drink rock not his cradle. — Shakespeare, Othello, ii 3. (references) | ||
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