In medieval reckoning: a fractional part of an hour, esp. a quarter; = point, n.1 6c. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > time > period > hour > [noun] > specific part of an hour (13) prickOE In medieval reckoning: a fractional part of an hour, esp. a quarter; = point, n.1 6c. Obsolete. momentumOE In medieval reckoning: the fortieth part of an hour. Cf. moment, n. 2a. Obsolete. prickleOE = prick, n. 5a. Obsolete. punctOE A quarter of an hour; = point, n.1 6c. Also: a moment, an instant; = point, n.1 6b. mileway1370 The length of time it would take to travel a mile on foot (cf. mile, n.1 2); spec. a period of twenty minutes; (Astronomy) a third of an hour of… momenta1398 A definite unit of time. In medieval reckoning: the tenth part of a ‘point’ (point, n.1 6c), i.e. the fortieth or the fiftieth part of an hour. Cf… pointa1398 A small part, division, or portion of a whole. In medieval reckoning: any of various divisions of an hour, esp. a quarter of an hour. Cf. atom, n. 1… half-hourc1420 The half of an hour; a period of thirty minutes. quartera1500 As a measure of time. A fourth part of an hour; a point of time marking the transition from one fifteen-minute period to the next, as denoted by a… glass1599 The time taken by the sand of such a glass to run out. Nautical. Usually said of the half-hour glass; (hence) a glass: = half an hour. semi-hore1623 half an hour. scruple1728 As a unit of time. In Rabbinical chronology, the 1080th part of an hour, equal to 1/18 of a minute (= late Hebrew ḥēleq; the attribution of this… part1806 historical. A unit of time equal to 1/15 of an hour (4 minutes). Obsolete. rare. |
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