单词 | minute of an hour |
释义 | > as lemmasminute of an hour a. The sixtieth part of an hour. In early use frequently †minute of an hour (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > minute > [noun] minutea1393 mint-whilec1400 minute tide1492 min1588 scruple of an hour1603 M1670 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 241 (MED) For the lachesse Of half a Minut of an houre..He loste all that he hadde do. ?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 289 Mynute of an howre, minuta. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour 6014 in Wks. (1931) I. 376 The small Minuth of one hour To thame salbe so gret dolour, Thay sall thynk thay haif done remane Ane thousand yeir in to that pane. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 779 Now at the latest minute of the houre, Graunt vs your loues. View more context for this quotation 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) i. 1 Our longest sommers daies must be of xvii houres and fortie three mynuttes longe. 1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 9 From 35, to 50 Drops [of moist particles] have fallen in a Minute of an Hour. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub v. 115 It will dilate it self about the Brain..in fourteen Minutes. 1788 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 271 Now, when the machine worked well, Mr. Gilpin supposes he got about two or three hundred sparks a minute. 1818 T. L. Peacock Nightmare Abbey xv. 213 The hour-hand passed the VII.—the minute-hand moved on;—it was within three minutes of the appointed time. 1847 S. Rutledge Carolina Housewife ix. 139 Let it simmer for about one minute, stirring all the time. 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 30 Flashing Light on Hogsten... It is Fixed, with a Flash once every three minutes. 1927 Passing Show Summer 38 At five minutes to twelve, a warning rocket blazed into the sky from the sea-front. 1966 D. M. Dunlop & S. Alstead Textbk. Med. Treatm. (ed. 10) 941 The action of all positive pressure respirators..is to produce inflation of the lungs at a rate of 14 to 20 cycles per minute. 1988 Bella 4 Apr. 32/3 As the minutes ticked by, she began to feel uneasy. < as lemmas |
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