Definition of hand

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Hand (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses..

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Dextrally :: Dextrally (adv.) Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally..
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear..
Onomastic :: Onomastic (a.) Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.
Chandelier :: Chandelier (n.) A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers..
Violet-tip :: Violet-tip (n.) A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.
Box :: Box (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head..
Underhandedly :: Underhandedly (adv.) In an underhand manner.
Penholder :: Penholder (n.) A handle for a pen.
Handfast :: Handfast (a.) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
Manacle :: Manacle (n.) A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. t.) To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond..
Dilluing :: Dilluing (n.) A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve.
Hand :: Hand (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim..
Axe :: Axe (n.) A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle..
Overhand :: Overhand (n.) The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
Legerdemain :: Legerdemain (n.) Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick..
Forelay :: Forelay (v. t.) To lay down beforehand.
Searcher :: Searcher (n.) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc..
Therebiforn :: Therebiforn (adv.) Before that time; beforehand.
Manuscript :: Manuscript (a.) Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume..
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