HOURS

hours

(noun) an indefinite period of time; “they talked for hours”

hours

(noun) a period of time assigned for work; “they work long hours”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

hours

plural of hour

Anagrams

• Horus, Roush, rohus

Source: Wiktionary

Hours, n. pl. Etym: [A translation of L. Horae (Gr. Hour.] (Myth.)

Definition: Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day. Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours, Fair Venus' train, appear. Gray.

HOUR

Hour, n. Etym: [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. Year, and cf. Horologe, Horoscope.]

1. The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour At what hour shall we meet

3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour. Woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come. John ii. 4. This is your hour, and the power of darkness. Luke xxii. 53.

4. pl. (R. C. Ch.)

Definition: Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.

5. A measure of distance traveled. Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels. J. P. Peters. After hours, after the time appointed for one's regular labor.

– Canonical hours. See under Canonical.

– Hour angle (Astron.), the angle between the hour circle passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place.

– Hour circle. (Astron.) (a) Any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles of the equator; esp., one of the circles drawn on an artificial globe through the poles, and dividing the equator into spaces of 15º, or one hour, each. (b) A circle upon an equatorial telescope lying parallel to the plane of the earth's equator, and graduated in hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension. (c) A small brass circle attached to the north pole of an artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts or hours. It is used to mark differences of time in working problems on the globe.

– Hour hand, the hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece.

– Hour line. (a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour. (b) (Dialing) A line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial.

– Hour plate, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked; the dial. Locke.

– Sidereal hour, the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day.

– Solar hour, the twenty-fourth part of a solar day.

– The small hours, the early hours of the morning, as one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.

– To keep good hours, to be regular in going to bed early.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition