houre

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A form of hour — A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).

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Meanings

nounhoure (plural houres)

plural houres

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of hour.

    You come moſt carefully vpon your houre,

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
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APA

houre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houre

MLA

“houre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houre. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “houre,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houre.

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