Definition of hand

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Hand (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim..

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Thenar :: Thenar (n.) The palm of the hand.
Prestidigitator :: Prestidigitator (n.) One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.
Predilect :: Predilect (v. t.) To elect or choose beforehand.
Broom :: Broom (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..
Briarean :: Briarean (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed..
Garland :: Garland (n.) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
Arm :: Arm (n.) The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey..
Foreprize :: Foreprize (v. t.) To prize or rate beforehand.
Trustee :: Trustee (v. t.) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor..
Woolder :: Woolder (n.) One of the handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it. See 1st Top, 2..
Manufacture :: Manufacture (n.) Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc..
Short-handed :: Short-handed (a.) Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers..
Mitten :: Mitten (n.) A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger..
Slap :: Slap (n.) A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad..
Handyy-dandy :: Handyy-dandy (n.) A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on..
Uptake :: Uptake (v. t.) To take into the hand; to take up; to help.
Handy :: Handy (superl.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
Aforehand :: Aforehand (adv.) Beforehand; in anticipation.
Improvise :: Improvise (v. i.) To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand..
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