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Noun:
- obsolete Rate; price.
- Agency in transmission from one person to another; as,
- An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as,
- An instance of helping.
- Applause.
- archaic Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- firearms The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- Each of the pointers on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship; as,
- In long measure, two different lengths:
- Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; ? usually in the plural.
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See '''manus.'''
- That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as
- That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as,
- The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
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Verb:
- intransitive obsolete To cooperate. ? Massinger
- transitive nautical To furl; ? said of a sail. ? Totten
- transitive obsolete To manage; as, I '''hand''' my Matthew Prior
- transitive obsolete To seize; to lay hands on. ? Shakespeare
- transitive rare To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- transitive To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as
- transitive To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct
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