Hour

owr, n. oo min or the 24th part of a day the tune indicated hy a clock, . a tune or occasion ’.—pi. myth the godde es of the seasons and the hom s m the R. Cath. Church, prayers to he said at certain hours. (Orig. a definite space of lime fixed by natural laws, O Fr. he/c, Fr helire- -h. Aora — Gr. hdra. See Year.] Hourgla , owi'glas, n an instrument for measuring the hours by the uniting of sand from one gla ve el into another. Houn, how'n, a nymph of the Mohammedan paradise [I’ers. hun-hura, a black-eyed girl.] Hourly, m\ adj happening or done every hour: frequent. adv. every hour: frequently. Hourplate, owFpl.it, n the plate of a timepiece on which the houis are marked the dial. House, hows, a building for dwelling in a dwelling-place an inn household affairs a family kindred a trading establishment one of the estates of the legislature (astro/.) the tucliih pun of the heavens:—// Houses fhow/'e/ [A.S hns Goth hus, Ger halts