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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The short hand on a clock or watch that indicates hours.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The hand or pointed pin which indicates the hour on a timepiece.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours

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