GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   Hand (hănd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handed; p. pr. & vb. n. Handing.]
   1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, “he handed them the letter”.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, “to hand a lady into a carriage”.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   3. To manage; as, “I hand my oar”. [Obs.]  Prior.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail.  Totten.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor; as, fables are handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court); as, the Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision. -- To hand over, to yield control of; to surrender; to deliver up.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   Handed, a.
   1. With hands joined; hand in hand.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   Into their inmost bower,
   
   Handed they went. Milton.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   2. Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   As poisonous tongued as handed. Shak.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   ☞ Handed is used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) hands; as, bloody-handed; free-handed; heavy-handed; left-handed; single-handed.
   
   [1913 Webster]