Definition of hand

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Hand (n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new..

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Unglove :: Unglove (v. t.) To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand..
Precogitate :: Precogitate (v. t.) To cogitate beforehand.
Malleus :: Malleus (n.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far..
Fair :: Fair (n.) A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade..
Abdest :: Abdest (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.
Dial :: Dial (n.) The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body..
Shroud-laid :: Shroud-laid (a.) Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage..
Broadcast :: Broadcast (a.) Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused..
Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
Fist :: Fist (n.) The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow..
Well-favored :: Well-favored (a.) Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye.
Forelook :: Forelook (v. i.) To look beforehand or forward.
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Ample; moderately large.
Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..
Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument..
Resale :: Resale (n.) A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale..
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) Bargaining; merchandise.
Caliver :: Caliver (n.) An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore..
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