Horn"y-hand`ed (?), a. Having the hands horny and callous from labor.
Horn"y*head` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any North American river chub of the genus
Hybopsis, esp. H. biguttatus.
Ho*rog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; hour + -graphy: cf. F. horographie.] 1.
An account of the hours. Chaucer.
2. The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks,
watches, and dials.
Hor"o*loge (?), n. [OE. horologe, orloge, timepiece, OF. horloge,
orloge, oriloge, F. horloge, L. horologium, fr. Gr. &?;; &?; hour + &?;
to say, tell. See Hour, and Logic.] 1. A servant who called out the
hours. [Obs.]
2. An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a
watch, clock, or dial. Shak.
Ho*rol"o*ger (?), n. A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one
skilled in horology.
Hor`o*log"ic*al (?), a. [L. horologicus, Gr. &?;.] Relating to a
horologe, or to horology.
Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*pher (?), n. [See Horologiography.] A maker of
clocks, watches, or dials.
Hor`o*lo`gi*o*graph"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to horologiography.
Chambers.
Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; horologe + -graphy.] 1. An
account of instruments that show the hour.