Definition of hand

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Hand (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.

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Hand :: Hand (n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural..
Handfast :: Handfast (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage..
Chirognomy :: Chirognomy (n.) The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.
Underhand :: Underhand (a.) Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits..
Hand Staves :: Hand staves (pl. ) of Han.
Manuscript :: Manuscript (a.) A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy..
Stenographer :: Stenograph (n.) A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
Handful :: Handful (n.) A hand's breadth; four inches.
Dirty :: Dirty (superl.) Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile..
Impropriate :: Impropriate (v. t.) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.
Backhand :: Backhand (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite..
Manductor :: Manductor (n.) A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music..
Stilt :: Stilt (n.) A crutch; also, the handle of a plow..
Hand :: Hand (n.) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock..
Foredispose :: Foredispose (v. t.) To bestow beforehand.
Hansel :: Hansel (n. & v.) See Handsel.
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