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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hand \Hand\, 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. 2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as to hand a lady into a carriage. 3. To manage; as I hand my oar. [Obs.] --Prior. 4. To seize; to lay hands on [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.] 6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. --Totten. {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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Handed \Hand"ed\, a. 1. With hands joined; hand in hand. Into their inmost bower, Handed they went --Milton. 2. Having a peculiar or characteristic hand. As poisonous tongued as handed. --Shak. Note: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: handed adj : having or involving the use of hands; "a handed, tree-living animal"; "a four-handed card game" [ant: {handless}]
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