Definition of hand

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Hand (n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking..

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Thenar :: Thenar (n.) The palm of the hand.
Howitzer :: Howitzer (n.) A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar..
Preorder :: Preorder (v. t.) To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain.
Leo :: Leo (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle..
Dirty :: Dirty (v. t.) To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands..
Dab :: Dab (n.) A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
Sawhorse :: Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck..
Clamber :: Clamber (v. i.) To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively..
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.
Whisper :: Whisper (v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n..
Predestinate :: Predestinate (v. t.) To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preelect.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..
Import :: Import (n.) Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports..
Fingering :: Fingering (n.) The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.
Muff :: Muff (n.) A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold..
Portcrayon :: Portcrayon (n.) A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.
Slap :: Slap (n.) A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..
Underhand :: Underhand (a.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow..
Hand :: Hand (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature..
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