What does water clock mean?

water clock

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

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"[O]ur captain, or the juragan, gives the course, guided partly by the compass and partly by the direction of the wind, and a watch of two or three on the poop look after the trimming of the sails and call out the hours by the water-clock. This is a very ingenious contrivance, which measures time well in both rough weather and fine."

water clocks (plural) waterclock (alternative)

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