Definition of hand

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Hand (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim..

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Gaff :: Gaff (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish..
Gallant :: Gallant (v. t.) To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan..
Retail :: Retail (n.) To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander..
Handcuff :: Handcuff (v. t.) To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.
Flipper :: Flipper (n.) The hand.
Hobblebush :: Hobblebush (n.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple..
Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season..
Shandygaff :: Shandygaff (n.) A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.
Holograph :: Holograph (n.) A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be..
Maniform :: Maniform (a.) Shaped like the hand.
Exponent :: Exponent (n.) A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated.
Quarterstaff :: Quarterstaff (n.) A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end..
Treat :: Treat (v. i.) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties..
Bonniness :: Bonniness (n.) The quality of being bonny; gayety; handsomeness.
Forelay :: Forelay (v. t.) To lay down beforehand.
Manuduction :: Manuduction (n.) Guidance by the hand.
Right-handed :: Right-handed (a.) Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction.
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Ample; moderately large.
Handkerchief :: Handkerchief (n.) A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands..
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