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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hand \hand\ ha^nd, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as,
      to hand a lady into a carriage.
      1913 webster

   3. to manage; as, i hand my oar. obs. --prior.
      1913 webster

   4. to seize; to lay hands on. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to pledge by the hand; to handfast. r.
      1913 webster

   6. naut. to furl; -- said of a sail. --totten.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
handed handing to hand down to hand over 

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