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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sandglass \Sand"glass`\, n.
   An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See
   Hourglass.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sandglass
    n 1: timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the
         flow of sand from one transparent container to another
         through a narrow passage