Horny-handed
(Horn"y-hand`ed) a. Having the hands horny and callous from labor.
Hornyhead
(Horn"y*head`) n. (Zoöl.) Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H.
biguttatus.
Horography
(Ho*rog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. hour + -graphy: cf. F. horographie.]
1. An account of the hours. Chaucer.
2. The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials.
Horologe
(Hor"o*loge) n. [OE. horologe, orloge, timepiece, OF. horloge, orloge, oriloge, F. horloge,
L. horologium, fr. Gr. hour + to say, tell. See Hour, and Logic.]
1. A servant who called out the hours. [Obs.]
2. An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial. Shak.
Horologer
(Ho*rol"o*ger) n. A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.
Horological
(Hor`o*log"ic*al) a. [L. horologicus, Gr. .] Relating to a horologe, or to horology.
Horologiographer
(Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*pher) n. [See Horologiography.] A maker of clocks, watches, or
dials.
Horologiographic
(Hor`o*lo`gi*o*graph"ic) a. Of or pertaining to horologiography. Chambers.
Horologiography
(Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*phy) n. [Gr. horologe + -graphy.]
1. An account of instruments that show the hour.
2. The art of constructing clocks or dials; horography.
Horologist
(Ho*rol"o*gist) n. One versed in horology.
Horology
(Ho*rol"o*gy) n. [See Horologe.] The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of
constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.
Horometer
(Ho*rom"e*ter) n. [Gr. hour + -meter.] An instrument for measuring time.
Horometrical
(Hor`o*met"ric*al) a. Belonging to horometry.
Horometry
(Ho*rom"e*try) n. [Cf. F. horométrie. See Horometer.] The art, practice, or method of
measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions. "The horometry of antiquity." Sir T. Browne.
Horopter
(Ho*rop"ter) n. [Gr. boundary + one who looks.] (Opt.) The line or surface in which are situated
all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged.
The sum of all the points which are seen single, while the point of sight remains unchanged, is called
the horopter.
J. Le Conte. Horopteric
(Hor`op*ter"ic) a. (Opt.) Of or pertaining to the horopter.
Horoscope
(Hor"o*scope) n. [F. horoscope, L. horoscopus, fr. Gr. adj., observing hours or times, esp.
observing the hour of birth, n., a horoscope; hour + to view, observe. See Hour, and -scope.]
