a special and memorable period; " it was their finest hour"

distance measured by the time taken to cover it; " we live an hour from the airport"; " its just 10 minutes away"

a period of time equal to 1/ 24th of a day; " the job will take more than an hour"

clock time; " the hour is getting late"

Hourly.

The twenty- fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

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?

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

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

A measure of distance traveled.

The 1/ 24 part of a day; 60 minutes; particular time.

60 min. or the 24th part of a day: the time indicated by a clock, etc.: a time or occasion:- pl. ( myth.) the goddesses of the seasons and the hours: in the R. Cath. Church, prayers to be said at certain hours.

The 24th part of a day; a time or occasion.

Sixty minutes.

A set time.

The goddess of the seasons and hours; in the Rom. Cath. Church, prayers at stated hours of the day. To keep good hours, to be at home in good season.

A space of sixty minutes, equal to one twenty- fourth part of a day; the time indicated by a clock, & c.; particular time.

A period of time marked by a clock or watch; 60 minutes; 24th part of a day.

She took you by the hour then, when she started? – San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock

And yet he did not know much more about her than he knew an hour before. – The Children of the World by Paul Heyse

I have been waiting an hour for you. – Frank on the Lower Mississippi by Harry Castlemon

Dave passed through another half hour of waiting. – Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz by H. Irving Hancock

I am to be at home for Mr. Montresor in a half- hour – Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell

And in the end they went with their wounded, less than an hour after John had started. – The Romantic by May Sinclair

" Yes, we will," Bunny agreed, and Charlie, when he heard the news, said: " I'll be at the store in about half an hour – Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store by Laura Lee Hope

" In an hour I knew where he lived. – Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories by Henry Seton Merriman

He has been gone over an hour it surely cannot take him that time to go to Watson's. – The Garies and Their Friends by Frank J. Webb

No one wants to go even an hour before their time! – The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Mrs. Alfred Gatty

Now the hour has come." – A Chapter of Adventures by G. A. Henty

Find out all you want to know about anybody in an hour – The Real Adventure by Henry Kitchell Webster

I thought my last hour had come. – A Mysterious Disappearance by Gordon Holmes

You won't last an hour – One Purple Hope! by Henry Hasse

You will promise, Andrew, not to remain more than an hour – In the Wilds of Africa by W.H.G. Kingston

She was back an hour and a half too soon. – The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton

The hour you left me I knew that I loved you. – Calvert of Strathore by Carter Goodloe

Well, then, we shall be ready in half an hour – Round the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

My hour is not yet come. – The Wonder Book of Bible Stories by Compiled by Logan Marshall

At last his hour seemed to have come. – Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete by John Lothrop Motley