Hourglass [noun]

The catillus (E) itself was shaped something like an hourglass, or two funnels joined at the neck.

At the sound the bearded old man raises his sceptre, opens his mouth, and turns an hourglass.

The sands did not then run so swiftly through the hourglass; if the voyage to England was long, why, so was life!

One and all worshiped somewhat languidly, with frequent glances at the hourglass upon the pulpit.

Sometimes it will be nearly globular, again long and thin, or it may be constricted like an hourglass.

An hourglass is at hand and a dove is just dropping a poppy, the flower of sleep and death, into her open hands.

Sometimes it was drawn tightly round the middle, when it seemed to cut the body almost in two, like an hourglass.

Up close, the sides will be seen to be distinctly marked with an hourglass or crisscross pattern of tan or yellowish tan.

He was a hideous, cadaverous-looking deity, clad in a winding sheet, and held an hourglass and a scythe in his hand.

Lastly, the incense burner, which may be recognized by its hourglass shape, may be quite plain and undecorated.