| Hydroscope | 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. |
| Horoscope | n. [ F. horoscope, L. horoscopus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, adj., observing hours or times, esp. observing the hour of birth, n., a horoscope; &unr_; hour + &unr_; to view, observe. See Hour, and -scope. ] 1. (Astrol.) (a) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment. (b) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places. Heyse. |
