Minute \Min"ute\, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.

Minute bell, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to give notice of a death or a funeral.

Minute book, a book in which written minutes are entered.

Minute glass, a glass measuring a minute or minutes by the running of sand.

Minute gun, a discharge of a cannon repeated every minute as a sign of distress or mourning.

Minute hand, the long hand of a watch or clock, which makes the circuit of the dial in an hour, and marks the minutes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)