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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Hand :: Hand (n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
Adze :: Adze (n.) A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood..
Spurner :: Spurn (n.) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
Whist :: Whist (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed..
Flesher :: Flesher (n.) A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife..
Dagon :: Dagon () The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish..
Curling :: Curling (n.) A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.
Merchandise :: Merchandise (n.) The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities..
Vade Mecum :: Vade mecum () A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.
Bonnibel :: Bonnibel (n.) A handsome girl.
Handbreadth :: Handbreadth (n.) A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
Manubrium :: Manubrium (n.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus..
Fin :: Fin (n.) The hand.
Forethought :: Forethought (n.) A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.
Pretentative :: Pretentative (a.) Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.
Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable..
Stained :: Stail (n.) A handle, as of a mop; a stale..
Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..
Prepense :: Prepense (v. t.) To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate.
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