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Minute glass
(gcide) | Minute \Min"ute\, a.
Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or
marking successive minutes.
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Minute bell, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to
give notice of a death or a funeral.
Minute book, a book in which written minutes are entered.
Minute glass, a glass measuring a minute or minutes by the
running of sand.
Minute gun, a discharge of a cannon repeated every minute
as a sign of distress or mourning.
Minute hand, the long hand of a watch or clock, which makes
the circuit of the dial in an hour, and marks the minutes.
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half-minute glass
(gcide) | Hourglass \Hour"glass`\, n.
An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of
an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two
compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand,
water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small
aperture unto the lower.
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Note: A similar instrument measuring any other interval of
time takes its name from the interval measured; as, a
half-hour glass, a half-minute glass. A
three-minute glass is sometimes called an egg-glass,
from being used to time the boiling of eggs.
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three-minute glass
(gcide) | Hourglass \Hour"glass`\, n.
An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of
an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two
compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand,
water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small
aperture unto the lower.
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Note: A similar instrument measuring any other interval of
time takes its name from the interval measured; as, a
half-hour glass, a half-minute glass. A
three-minute glass is sometimes called an egg-glass,
from being used to time the boiling of eggs.
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