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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument, as an hour-glass, for measuring time by the dropping or flowing of sand.
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from Greek klepto, to hide, and ammos, sand.
--Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, c.1850
January 15, 2018