Emily Dickinson Lexicon

hour (-s), n. [OFr < L. < Gk. ὥρα, season, time of day.] (webplay: arrived, clock, day, death, earth, every, fall, half, hand, happy, home, minutes, moon, occasion, pointed, prayers, rest, running, sand, seconds, space, time).

1. Measure of time; sixty consecutive minutes; twenty-fourth measure of a passing day.
2. Time; experience; particular span; limited period in which something transpired.
3. Specific time of day; numerical measure of the passing time on a clock or watch.