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<cs><col>After hours</col>, <cd>after the time appointed for one's regular labor.</cd> -- <col>Canonical hours</col>. <cd>See under <er>Canonical</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hour angle</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the angle between the hour circle passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place.</cd> -- <col>Hour circle</col>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>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&deg;, or one hour, each.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>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.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Hour hand</col>, <cd>the hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece.</cd> -- <col>Hour line</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>A line indicating the hour.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Dialing)</fld> <cd>A line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial.</cd> -- <col>Hour plate</col>, <cd>the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked; the dial. <i>Locke</i>.</cd> -- <col>Sidereal hour</col>, <cd>the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day.</cd> -- <col>Solar hour</col>, <cd>the twenty-fourth part of a solar day.</cd> -- <col>The small hours</col>, <cd>the early hours of the morning, as one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.</cd><-- also "wee hours" --> -- <col>To keep good hours</col>, <cd>to be regular in going to bed early.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hourglass</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hour"glass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; A similar instrument measuring any other interval of time takes its name from the interval measured; as, a <stype>half-hour glass</stype>, a <stype>half-minute glass</stype>. A <stype>three-minute glass</stype> is sometimes called an <i>egg-glass</i>, from being used to time the boiling of eggs.<-- also = egg timer --></note>

<h1>Houri</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hou"ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Houris</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Per. <ets>h&umac;r\'c6</ets>, <ets>h&umac;r\'be</ets>, <ets>h&umac;r</ets>; akin to Ar. <ets>h&umac;r</ets>, pl. of <ets>ahwar</ets> beautiful-eyed, black-eyed.]</ety> <def>A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.</def>

<h1>Hourly</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hour"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.</def>

<blockquote>In <b>hourly</b> expectation of a martyrdom. <i>Sharp.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hourly</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hour"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Every hour; frequently; continually.</def>

<blockquote>Great was their strife, which <b>hourly</b> was renewed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hours</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hours</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[A translation of L. <ets>Horae</ets> (Gr. <?/). See <er>Hour</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.</def>

<blockquote>Lo! where the rosy-blosomed <b>Hours</b>, Fair Venus' train, appear. <i>Gray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Housage</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hous"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>House</er>.]</ety> <def>A fee for keeping goods in a house.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i> Chambers.</i>

<h1>House</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>House</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Houses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>hous</ets>, <ets>hus</ets>, AS. <ets>h<?/s</ets>; akin to OS. & OFries. <ets>h<?/s</ets>, D. <ets>huis</ets>, OHG. <ets>h<?/s</ets>, G. <ets>haus</ets>, Icel. <ets>h<?/s</ets>, Sw. <ets>hus</ets>, Dan. <ets>huus</ets>, Goth. gud<ets>h<?/s</ets>, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. <ets>hide</ets> to conceal. See <er>Hide</er>, and cf. <er>Hoard</er>, <er>Husband</er>, <er>Hussy</er>, <er>Husting</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote><b>Houses</b> are built to live in; not to look on. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives and <b>houses</b> driven away. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase <i>to keep house</i>. See below.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Those who dwell in the same house; a household.</def>

<blockquote>One that feared God with all his <b>house</b>. <i>Acts x. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; <as>as, the <ex>house</ex> of Austria; the <ex>house</ex> of Hanover; the <ex>house</ex> of Israel.</as></def>

<blockquote>The last remaining pillar of their <b>house</b>, The one transmitter of their ancient name. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; <as>as, the <ex>House</ex> of Lords; the <ex>House</ex> of Commons; the <ex>House</ex> of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See <er>Congress</er>, and <er>Parliament</er>.</as></def>