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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Manage :: Manage (n.) To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.
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..
Curling :: Curling (n.) A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.
Hand :: Hand (v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter..
Main :: Main (n.) A hand or match at dice.
Foreknow :: Foreknow (v. t.) To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand.
Whittle :: Whittle (v. t.) To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife..
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..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light..
Carvist :: Carvist (n.) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year.
Hand :: Hand (n.) Rate; price.
Imminent :: Imminent (a.) Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.
Adroit :: Adroit (a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply..
Blur :: Blur (v. t.) To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink..
Ancillary :: Ancillary (a.) Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary..
Palm :: Palm (v. t.) To handle.
Syringed :: Syringe (n.) A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc..
Motion :: Motion (v. t.) To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat..
Surveyorship :: Surveyor (n.) In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port..
Mustaiba :: Mustaiba (n.) A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like..
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