Definition of hand

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Hand (n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural..

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Cist :: Cist (n.) A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix..
Fling :: Fling (n.) A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse..
Hand :: Hand (v. t.) To manage; as, I hand my oar..
Hand :: Hand (n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
Forelay :: Forelay (v. t.) To lay down beforehand.
Handyfight :: Handyfight (n.) A fight with the hands; boxing.
Beforehand :: Beforehand (adv.) By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime..
Premonstrate :: Premonstrate (v. t.) To show beforehand; to foreshow.
Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
Applause :: Applause (n.) The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation..
Bitstock :: Bitstock (n.) A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.
Advance :: Advance (v.) A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand..
Hand :: Hand (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance..
Bobbinet :: Bobbinet (n.) A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand..
Starboard :: Starboard (a.) Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack..
Pointer :: Pointer (n.) The hand of a timepiece.
Flail :: Flail (n.) An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely..
Turnus :: Turnus (n.) A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail..
Index :: Index (n.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger..
Shaky :: Shaky (superl.) Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand..
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