See Also: Harmonyl(health)

hourglass (iou) and Harmonyl (health)


hourglass (iou)



hourglass noun & adjective. E16.
[from HOUR + GLASS noun.]
A. noun. A device for measuring time, consisting of two glass etc. bulbs joined by a narrow neck, the upper bulb containing grains of sand which Travel into the lower bulb in the space of an hour; fig. (arch.) the space of an hour, a strictly finite period of time. E16.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Shaped like an hourglass, constricted or narrowed in the middle. E19.

Harmonyl (health)


Harmonyl is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in Other countries. Active ingredient(s): deserpidine.