horloge, n.f., clock; time-keeper; (nav.) glass. — d’eau; clepsydra. — marine; chronometer. — solaire; sun-dial. Monter une —; to wind up a clock. — de sable; hour-glass. — de la mort; (insect) death-watch. — qui marche huit jours; eight-day clock.
horloger, n.m., clockmaker, watchmaker.
horlogère, n.f., clockmaker’s wife, watchmaker’s wife.
horlogerie (-lo-jrî), n.f., watchmaking, clockmaking; clock-work; horology.
hormis, prep., except, excepting, but, save, saving.
horographie, n.f., horography.
horoscope, n.m., horoscope. Tirer l’— de quelqu’un; to cast any one’s nativity; to predict the fate of. Faire tirer son —; to have one’s fortune told.
horreur (or-reur), n.f., horror, dread, detestation, abomination; awe; enormity; fright (very ugly person). Être saisi d’—; to be seized with horror. J’ai — d’y penser; I dread to think of it. Une belle —; an awful spectacle, sight. Inspirer l’— du vice; to inspire a horror for vice. Avoir — de or avoir en —; to have a horror of; to hold in abomination, in detestation. Faire — à; to horrify, to disgust. On m’a dit des —s de cet homme là; I have been told shocking things about that man.
horrible (or-ribl), adj., horrible, horrid, hideous, frightful, shocking, dreadful, fearful. Il fait un temps —; it is shocking weather.
horriblement (or-ri-), adv., horribly, horridly, shockingly, hideously, frightfully.