hourglass
OWR-glass · noun
English
Origin
Hourglass is a straightforward compound of hour and glass, formed in English to name the timekeeping device made of glass and marking hours.
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Journey
The word has stayed close to its literal sense from the start, simply naming the glass instrument used to track the passage of an hour.