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/hænd ˈoʊvər/ Listen

verb

Hand v. t. (past & past part. handed; pres. part. handing)

To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.

To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.

To manage; as, I hand my oar. (Obs.)

To seize; to lay hands on. (Obs.)

To pledge by the hand; to handfast. (R.)

(Naut.) To furl; said of a sail.

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.

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... Cobb passed his hand over his face, pinched his chin with his thumb and forefinger, and looked out of the window. The answer pleased him. It pleased him, too, to be consulted by the Horns on a matter of this kind. It pleased ...

— The Fortunes of Oliver Horn • F. Hopkinson Smith

... cry out and give the alarm, as Jack could see, but in vain, for one of the ruffians had his hand over his mouth, and there was no chance for Tom's ...

— The Boy Scout Fire Fighters - or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed • Robert Maitland

... spirit of initiative that the Britisher has in attacking the various vicissitudes that every pioneer meets with in the development of a new land. That is why she let her colonies be snapped up by Australia without a pang; that is why as you say, she let her people hand over Rabaul and New Guinea to your Colonel Holmes without a battle. She fancies that when she wins this war as she has convinced herself she will, it will be a simple matter to step into the occupation of ready made colonies of such ...

— The Sequel - What the Great War will mean to Australia • George A. Taylor

... ascend to their rigging on a net webbing, hand over hand sailor fashion. Alfred and Bindley, after their bows and salutes, climbed up the trunk of the tree to the limb on which their trapeze was suspended. Coon like, they crawled out on the limb and ...

— Watch Yourself Go By • Al. G. Field

... War I stayed on wid Marse Fred, an' wukked for wages for six years, an' den farmed on halves wid him. Some of de Niggers went on a buyin' spree, an' dey bought land, hand over fist. Some bought eight an' nine hundred ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Georgia Narratives, Part 3 • Works Projects Administration

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