6. (noun)hand, deal the cards held in a cardgame by a givenplayer at any giventime "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"
7. (noun)hand one of two sides of an issue "on the one hand..., but on the other hand..."
8. (noun)hand a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece "the big hand counts the minutes"
9. (noun)hand a unit of lengthequal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses "the horse stood 20 hands"
10. (noun)hand a member of the crew of a ship "all hands on deck"
11. (noun)bridge player, hand a cardplayer in a game of bridge "we need a 4th hand for bridge"
12. (noun)hand a round of applause to signify approval "give the little lady a great big hand"
13. (noun)hand terminalpart of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos) "the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"- Springfield (Mass.) Union
14. (verb)hand, helping hand physical assistance "give me a hand with the chores"
15. (verb)pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give place into the hands or custody of "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
1. (noun)hand that part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus
2. (noun)hand that which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a humanhand
3. (noun)hand a limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey
5. (noun)hand a measureequal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses
6. (noun)hand side; part; direction, either right or left
7. (noun)hand power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity
8. (noun)hand actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance
9. (noun)hand an agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performermore or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking
10. (noun)hand handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature
11. (noun)hand personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural
12. (noun)hand 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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