'Four-o'clock' definitions:
Definition of 'Four-o'clock'
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- Four-o'clock \Four"-o'clock`\, n.
- 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which resembles these words. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'four-o'clock'
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- marvel of Peru \marvel of Peru\, marvel-of-Peru \marvel-of-Peru\ n. (Bot.) A common garden plant (Mirabilis jalapa or {Mirabilis uniflora}) of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon; called also four-o'clock. See four-o'clock.
- Syn: common four-o'clock, marvel of Peru, Mirabilis jalapa, Mirabilis uniflora. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'four-o'clock'
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- Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See Brother.]
- 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b) Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides. [1913 Webster]
- Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus.
- Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. --Brande & C.
- Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.
- Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
- Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. --Milton.
- Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate (Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border ray}, scad, and doctor. [1913 Webster]