... You have arrived at a good hour. To keep good hours, to be at home in good season; not to be abroad late, or at the usual hours of retiring to rest. Hours, in the plural, certain prayers in the Romish church, to ... in the military 4:30 p.m. is called 1630 hours > 4. a. a customary or particular time < lunch hour > < in ... hour > b. plural time of going to bed < keeps late hours >; also time of working < banker's hours > 5. an angular unit of right ascension equal to ...
Canonical hours definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Canonic Ca*non"ic, Cannonical ... same class can be reduced without lose of generality. Canonical hours, certain stated times of the day, fixed by ecclesiastical laws ... certain portions of the Breviary, to be used at stated hours of the day. In England, this name is also given to the hours from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m. (formerly 8 ... minutes. 2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is ... and vespers. 5. A measure of distance traveled. Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels. --J. P. Peters. After hours, after the ...
after hours definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: not during regular hours; "he often worked after hours" Merriam Webster's phrasal after the regular quitting or closing ... minutes. 2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is ... and vespers. 5. A measure of distance traveled. Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels. --J. P. Peters. After hours, after the time appointed for one's regular labor. ...
The small hours definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hour Hour, n. [OE. hour ... minutes. 2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is ... and vespers. 5. A measure of distance traveled. 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 ... the plane of the earth's equator, and graduated in hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension. (c) A ...
After-hours definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary 'AFTER-HOURS, n. Hours that follow; time following. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj ... after closing time especially a legally established closing time; "after-hours socializing"; "an after-hours club" Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1929 engaged in or operating after a legal or conventional closing time < after-hours drinking > < an after-hours club > Collin's Cobuild Dictionary ...
hours definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours" 2: an indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours" Webster's 1913 Dictionary Keep Keep (k[=e]p), v ... important parts of the work. To keep good (or bad) hours, to be customarily early (or late) in returning home or ... one's health; to preserve appearances. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hours Hours, n. pl. [A translation of L. Horae (Gr. ?). See ...
small hours definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the hours just after midnight Merriam Webster's noun plural Date: circa 1837 the early morning hours Webster's 1913 Dictionary 4. Not prolonged in duration; not ... hand, a certain size of paper. See under Paper. Small hours. See under Hour. Small letter. (Print.), a lower-case letter ... Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If something happens in the small hours, it happens soon after midnight, in the very early morning. They were arrested in the small hours of Saturday morning. N-PLURAL: usu in the N, ...
office hours definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Office hours are the times when an office or similar place is open for business. For example, office hours in Britain are usually between 9 o'clock and 5 ... you have any queries, please call Anne Fisher during office hours. N-PLURAL: usu prep N
business hours definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Business hours are the hours of the day in which a shop or a company ... is open for business. All showrooms are staffed during business hours. N-PLURAL
HOURS OF PRAYER definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia The Mosaic law ... had evidently become an institution. But ages before that, stated hours of prayer were known and religiously observed by all devout ... 8:48; Da 6:10; Ps 5:7). The regular hours of prayer, as we may infer from Ps 55:17 ...
opening hours definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business. Opening hours are 9.30am-5.45pm, Mon-Fri. N-PLURAL
Little Hours definitions Merriam Webster's noun plural Date: circa 1872 the ... prime, terce, sext, and none forming part of the canonical hours Webster's 1913 Dictionary He sought to see Jesus who ... called also smalls. Cf. Great go, under Great. --Thackeray. Little hours (R. C. Ch.), the offices of prime, tierce, sext, and ...
long-hours culture definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary The long-hours culture is the way in which some workers feel that they are expected to work much longer hours than they are paid to do. (BUSINESS) N-SING