Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WA-TER-CLOCK
WA-TER-CIR'CLED, or WA-TER-GIRD'LEDWA-TER-CLOS-ET
WA-TER-CLOCK, n. [water and clock.]
The clepsydra; an instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall of a certain quantity of water.
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