minute hand
[min-it]
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noun
the hand that indicates the minutes on a clock or watch, usually longer than the hour hand.
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Origin of minute hand
First recorded in 1720–30
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Examples from the Web for minute hand
Historical Examples of minute hand
I did; the minute-hand was exactly there, under the point of that Cupid's foot.
The Room in the Dragon VolantJ. Sheridan LeFanu
His conversation does not show the minute-hand, but he strikes the hour very correctly.
Familiar QuotationsJohn Bartlett
At last the minute-hand reached the highest point of the dial.
Over the TeacupsOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
He sat looking at the minute-hand of the eviscerated Mission clock.
A Collection of Stories, Reviews and EssaysWilla Cather
In the doing of which they held the minute-hand, and disturbed the clock's economy.
Tom Brown's School DaysThomas Hughes
minute hand
noun
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