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Idle :: Idle (v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day..

Complin :: Complin (n.) The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset..

Sand :: Sand (n.) The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life..

Rate :: Rate (n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc..

Old :: Old (superl.) Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old..

Horary :: Horary (a.) Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours.

Horal :: Horal (a.) Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours..

Long :: Long (superl.) Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching..

Chime :: Chime (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions..

Dogwatch :: Dogwatch (n.) A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m..

Stound :: Stound (n.) Hour; time; season.

Leisurable :: Leisurable (a.) Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours.

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand..

Prick :: Prick (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour..

Statedly :: Stated (a.) Recurring at regular time; not occasional; as, stated preaching; stated business hours..

Late :: Late (v.) Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life..

Day :: Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day

Irksome :: Irksome (a.) Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks..

Undern :: Undern (n.) The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper..

Mortal :: Mortal (a.) Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours..

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