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Horary adj.

Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours.

Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral. "Horary, or soon decaying, fruits of summer."

Horary circles. See Circles.

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Etymology of 'Horary'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Horary" Quotes from Famous Books

... from a foresight into the coming events of the opening day. They differ also from the 'spae-wife,' who, manipulating the cup from which she has taken her morning draught of tea, looks at the various forms and shapes the leaves and dregs have taken, and deduces thence such simple horary prognostications as the name of the person from whom 'postie' will presently bring up the glen a letter or a parcel or a remittance of money; or as to whether she is likely to go a journey, or to hear news from across the sea, or to obtain a good price for the hose she has knitted or for ...

— Tea-Cup Reading, and the Art of Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves • 'A Highland Seer'

... from below, "he has got the money! Glad to hear it. But," he added, as he glanced at sundry weird and astrological symbols with which he had been diverting himself, "that's not it. The true horary question, is, WHAT WILL ...

— What Will He Do With It, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... then, we piped and we tippled Canary, Till my watch pointed one in the circle horary; When thinking it now was high time to depart, His worship I thanked with a most grateful heart; And because to great men presents are acceptable, I presented the may'r, ere I rose from the table, With a certain fantastical box and ...

— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan

... Sir Thomas Overbury's matters were questioned. He lived in Lambeth, with a very good report of the neighbourhood, especially of the poor, unto whom he was very charitable. He was a person that in horary questions (especially thefts) was very judicious and fortunate; so also in sicknesses, which indeed was his master-piece. In resolving questions about marriage he had good success: in other questions very moderate. He was a person of indefatigable pains. I have seen sometimes ...

— William Lilly's History of His Life and Times - From the Year 1602 to 1681 • William Lilly

Words linked to "Horary" : hour, archaicism, archaism