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 15∞, 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.
Hour"glass` (?), n. An instrument for measuring time, especially the
interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two
compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or
mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the
lower.
A similar instrument measuring any other interval of time takes its
name from the interval measured; as, a half-hour glass, a half-minute
glass. A three-minute glass is sometimes called an egg-glass, from
being used to time the boiling of eggs.
Hou"ri (?), n.; pl. Houris (#). [Per. hr, hr, hr; akin to Ar. hr, pl.
of ahwar beautiful-eyed, black-eyed.] A nymph of paradise; -- so called
by the Mohammedans.
Hour"ly (?), a. Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour;
frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.
In hourly expectation of a martyrdom.
Sharp.
Hour"ly, adv. Every hour; frequently; continually.
Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed.
Dryden.
Hours (?), n. pl. [A translation of L. Horae (Gr. &?;). See Hour.]
(Myth.) Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours, Fair Venus' train, appear.
Gray.
Hous"age (?), n. [From House.] A fee for keeping goods in a house. [R.]
Chambers.
House (?), n.; pl. Houses (#). [OE. hous, hus, AS. h&?;s; akin to OS. &
OFries. h&?;s, D. huis, OHG. h&?;s, G. haus, Icel. h&?;s, Sw. hus, Dan.
huus, Goth. gudh&?;s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to
conceal. See Hide, and cf. Hoard, Husband, Hussy, Husting.] 1. A
structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of
any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of
man; a dwelling place, a mansion.
Houses are built to live in; not to look on.
Bacon.
Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives
and houses driven away.
Shak.
2. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to
keep house. See below.