hour /owr/

1. 60 minutes, or the 24th part of the day
2. The time as indicated by a clock, etc
3. An hour's journey, or (old) three miles
4. A time or occasion
5. An angular unit (15º) of right ascension
6. (in pl) the goddesses of the seasons and the hours (mythology)
7. (in pl) set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them, often illustrated (also book of hours)
8. (in pl) the prescribed times for doing business

hourˈly adjective

1. Happening or done every hour
2. Frequent

1. Every hour
2. Frequently
3. By the hour

hourˈ-angle noun (astronomy)

The angle (usu measured as time) between the declination circle of a body observed and the observer's meridian

hourˈ-circle noun (astronomy)

1. A great circle passing through the celestial poles
2. The equivalent of a meridian
3. The circle of an equatorial which shows the right ascension

hourˈglass noun

An instrument for measuring the hours by the running of sand through a narrow neck

adjective

1. Having the form of an hourglass
2. Constricted
3. Slim-waisted

hour hand noun

The hand that shows the hour on a clock, etc

hourˈlongˈ adjective and adverb

Lasting an hour

hourˈplate noun

A timepiece dial

after hours

After the normal hours of business

at all hours

At irregular hours, esp late hours

at the eleventh hour

At the last moment (Bible, Matthew 20.6,9)

in a good (or evil) hour

Under a fortunate (or an unfortunate) impulse (from the old belief in astrological influences)

keep good hours

1. To go to bed and to rise early
2. To lead a quiet and regular life

on the hour

At exactly one, two, etc o'clock

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