Definition of hand

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Hand (n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new..

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Two-handed :: Two-handed (a.) Using either hand equally well; ambidextrous.
Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands..
Handcuffed :: Handcuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Handcuf.
Bier :: Bier (n.) A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.
Ambidexterity :: Ambidexterity (n.) The quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility.
Handle :: Handle (n.) That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
Buckram :: Buckram (n.) A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise..
Supped :: Sunwise (adv.) In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward..
Hand :: Hand (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.
Import :: Import (n.) Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports..
Operation :: Operation (n.) Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc..
Forehanded :: Forehanded (a.) Early; timely; seasonable.
Goliath Beetle :: Goliath beetle () Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles..
Roustabout :: Roustabout (n.) A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs..
Right-handed :: Right-handed (a.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.
Handy :: Handy (superl.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
Homologue :: Homologue (n.) That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale..
Merchandising :: Merchandising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Merchandis.
Pertinency :: Pertinency (n.) The quality or state of being pertinent; justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; relevancy; suitableness.
Hand :: Hand (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance..
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