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- English Word Hounded Definition of Hound
- English Word Houndfish Definition Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.
- English Word Hounding Definition of Hound
- English Word Hounding Definition The act of one who hounds.
- English Word Hounding Definition The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
- English Word Houp Definition See Hoopoe.
- English Word Hour Definition The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
- English Word Hour Definition 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?
- English Word Hour Definition Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
- English Word Hour Definition Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
- English Word Hour Definition A measure of distance traveled.
- English Word Hourglass Definition 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.
- English Word Houri Definition A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.
- English Word Houris Definition of Houri
- English Word Hourly Definition Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.
- English Word Hourly Definition Every hour; frequently; continually.
- English Word Hours Definition Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
- English Word Housage Definition A fee for keeping goods in a house.
- English Word House Definition 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.
- English Word House Definition Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.