hour hand

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