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Hour :: Hour (n.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers..

Next :: Next (superl.) Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour..

Deathbed :: Deathbed (n.) The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness..

Old :: Old (superl.) Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old..

Undern :: Undern (n.) The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper..

Dhourra :: Dhourra (n.) Alt. of Dhurr.

Horal :: Horal (a.) Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours..

Extreme :: Extreme (a.) Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life..

Sandglass :: Sandglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.

Half-hourly :: Half-hourly (a.) Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.

Prime :: Prime (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.

Stound :: Stound (n.) Hour; time; season.

Repeater :: Repeater (n.) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters..

Ave Mary :: Ave Mary () A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria..

Horaly :: Horaly (adv.) Hourly.

Unseasonable :: Unseasonable (a.) Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food..

Leisurable :: Leisurable (a.) Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours.

Bissextile :: Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400..

Hour :: Hour (n.) Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour..

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