horographer

[Greek horoi =annals, and graphō to write.] (See extract.) "Charon wrote besides a chronicle of his own country, as several of the early historians did, who were thence called horographers."-K. O. Müller . ho-rog-ra-phỹ, s. [Fr. horographie; from Gr. höra a season, an hour, and graphō =to write, to describe.] 1. An account of the hours. 2. The art or science of constructing instruments for showing the hours, as clocks or watches; dialing.