Hour

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A measure of distance traveled.

II. Hour ·noun The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

III. Hour ·noun Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.

IV. Hour ·noun Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.

V. Hour ·noun 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?.

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