n. A device, such as a clock or sundial, used in telling time. [Middle English orloge, from Old French, from Latin hōrologium, from Greek hōrologion : hōrā, hour, season; see yēr- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + legein, to speak; see leg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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