hour (iou) and interpretation (iou)

hour (iou)

hour noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman ure, Old French ore, eure (mod. heure) from Latin hora from Greek = season, time of day, hour.]
A space of time containing sixty minutes; the twenty-fourth part of a civil day. Formerly (more fully planetary unequal hour, unequal hour), the twelfth part of a natural day, whatever its length. ME.
Scott Fitzgerald We sped along..at fifty miles an hour. M. Drabble A couple of hours of any party is enough for me.
b. In pl. with preceding numeral, denoting the number of hours that have elapsed between midnight and the following noon or between noon and the following midnight, and so indicating the time of day (chiefly Scot., arch.). In recent use (chiefly Military), indicating the number of hours and minutes (usu. expressed in figures) past midnight, as measured on the twenty-four hour clock. LME.
J. K. Hunter When it cam' near to ten hours at e'en. Punch It is 21.00 hours on the last day of our month's Training.
c. The distance the sun moves above the horizon in an hour; the height of the sun at a particular time after sunrise. US. M17.
M. H. Norris The sun was an hour high.
d. The distance one can Travel in an hour by a (stated or implied) means. Also, (as 2nd elem. of comb.) the amount of energy or work of the specified kind produced or done in an hour. L18.
ampere-hour, horsepower-hour, man-hour, watt-hour, etc.
New Yorker Two years ago,..I moved to a farm, an hour from Canada.
A short indefinite period of the day, more or less than an hour; esp. one set aside for a specified activity. Freq. in pl. ME.
lunch hour, office hours, school hours, etc.
E. Darwin In dreams, we cannot compare them with our previous knowledge.., as we do in our waking hours. J. K. Jerome The boy does not..prepare for the French or English hour any exhibition of homely wit.
b. In pl. The part of a day during which a person has to work. E19.
J. S. Mill A reduction of hours without any diminution of wages.
c. In pl. The part of a day when a shop etc. is open, a doctor available for consultation, etc. Esp. in after hours, during hours, out of hours. M19.
d. A scheduled Radio or TV feature, orig. an hour long. Esp. in children's hour (see CHILD noun). M20.
The point of time at which each of the twelve or twenty-four hours measured by a timepiece ends and the next begins (in General or of each of a given succession of hours); the time on the clock; gen. any definite point in a day. ME.
J. Buchan At the moment the clock..struck the hour of seven. J. Marquand I looked at my watch and found..that the hour was getting on to half-past eight. Day Lewis This took place every morning at a given hour.
b. In pl. One's habitual time of getting up or (esp.) going to bed. Usu. with specifying adjective, as early, late, regular. E17.
R. B. Sheridan Their regular hours stupefy menot a fiddle nor a card after eleven!
A particular moment when an event etc. occurs; spec. the moment of one's death. Also, the time to act etc. ME.
Ld Macaulay To hasten the hour of his own return. G. B. Shaw The law failed them in their hour of need. E. O'Neill He knew..his hour was near.
b. The present occasion, the time in question. Chiefly in of the hour. L19.
J. Ruskin There are good books for the hour, and good ones for all time.
Ecclesiastical. In pl. The prayers or offices appointed to be said at certain stated times of day allotted to prayer. Also (usu. treated as sing.), a book containing these (more fully book of hours). ME.
Mythology (Hour.) Female divinities presiding over the changes of the seasons. E17.
Astronomy & Geography. An angular unit of right ascension or longitude equal to 1 / 24 of a great circle (15 degrees). L18.
Phrases: at all hours at every hour of the day, no matter how early or late. by the hour for many hours at a time. canonical hour: see CANONICAL adjective 1. ELEVENTH-hour. evil hour: see EVIL adjective. FORTY hours. happy hour: see HAPPY adjective. one's finest hour: see FINE adjective. on the hour (a) exactly at the hour named; (b) at the very beginning of every hour within a specified period. planetary hour: see sense 1 above. small hours: see SMALL adjective. solar hour: see SOLAR adjective1. the witching hour: see WITCHING 2. till all hours until very late in the evening. unequal hour: see sense 1 above. wait the hour: see WAIT verb. wee hours, wee small hours: see WEE adjective. zero hour: see ZERO noun 5.
Comb.: hour-angle the angular distance measured westwards along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour-circle of a particular celestial object; hour-circle (a) any great circle of the celestial sphere passing through the poles; esp. any of 24 such marked on a globe etc. at intervals of one hour of right ascension; (b) a graduated circle on a globe, telescope, etc., marked with divisions of one hour of right ascension or longitude; hour-hand the short hand of a clock or watch, which indicates the hours; hour-long adjective & adverb (a) adjective lasting for one hour; (b) adverb for one hour.
houred adjective (a) rare definite; (b) (as 2nd elem. of comb.) of the specified number of hours: L15.

interpretation (iou)

interpretation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French interpretation or Latin interpretatio(n-), formed as INTERPRETATE: see -ATION.]
The action of explaining the meaning of something; spec. the proper explanation or signification of something. Formerly also, (a) translation of a book etc. LME.
b. The technique of obtaining significant information from a photograph. M20.
An explanation given; a way of explaining; (a) construction put upon an action etc. Formerly also, a commentary on a book etc. LME.
(A) stylistic representation of a creative work, dramatic role, etc., according to one's understanding of the creator's ideas. L19.
interpretational adjective M19.

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