Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Handing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hand \Hand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Handing}.]
1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed
them the letter.

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

3. To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] --Prior.

4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] --Shak.

5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]

6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. --Totten.

{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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