Hour /(?)/

Hour

n.
  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. Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers. (R. C. Ch.)
  5. A measure of distance traveled.
    Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels.
    — J. P. Peters.

Phrases & Compounds
After hours
after the time appointed for one's regular labor.
Canonical hours
See under Canonical.
Hour angle
the angle between the hour circle passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place.
Hour circle
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 15°, or one hour, each.
Hour hand
the hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece.
Hour line
A line indicating the hour.
Hour plate
the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked; the dial.
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.