Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The horoscope; destiny as indicated by the stars.

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Examples

  • He looked up at the sun as if to tell the time by its location, though in reality he regulated his movements by that infallible horologue ticking beneath his jacket.

    The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss

  • When his gaze strayed from the glowing horologue of time it rested intently upon

    The Four Million O. Henry 1886

  • John received the letter in the evening, and all next day he passed the time whistling, singing, and looking now and again at his horologue.

    Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Charles Major 1884

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