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Hour hand   /ˈaʊər hænd/   Listen
Hour hand

noun
1.
The shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours.  Synonym: little hand.






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"Hour hand" Quotes from Famous Books



... gear are nickel-plated and highly buffed, making a very showy movement, the only instances of such a finish on watches in the author's experience. In figure 12 is shown a 24-hour dial to fit the movement. Special dial gearing would be required for the hour hand ...
— The Auburndale Watch Company - First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch • Edwin A. Battison

... building which he recognized. It was the market that faced Stanley Square in Greensboro, a yellow brick building with a tall tower and a clock. As Teeny-bits gazed upward, trying to read the position of the hour hand in the half-light of the street lamps, the big timepiece boomed out two strokes. It was ...
— The Mark of the Knife • Clayton H. Ernst



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