Both Uses of
minute
in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- I will about it; better three hours too soon than a minute too late.†
Scene 2.2 *
- The Windsor bell hath struck twelve; the minute draws on.†
Scene 5.5
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Much more commonly, minute and minutes refer to a period of time lasting 60 seconds.
Less commonly, they refer to a measurement of angle where 60 minutes make up a single degree, and where a right angle has 90 degrees and a circle has 360 degrees.