Hydroscope

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hydroscope \Hy"dro*scope\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + -scope.]
     1. An instrument designed to mark the presence of water,
        especially in air. --Weale.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time,


        the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a
        graduated tube. Hydrosome