Webster's Dictionary 1828

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HANDLING

HAND'LING, participle present tense Touching; feeling; treating; managing.

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HANDMAID

HAND'MAIDHAND'MAIDEN, noun A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

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HANDMILL

HAND'MILL, noun A mill moved by the hand.

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HANDSAILS

HAND'SAILS, noun Sails managed by the hand.

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HANDSAW

HAND'SAW, noun A saw to be used with the hand.

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HANDSCREW

HAND'SCREW, noun An engine for raising heavy timbers or weights; a jack.

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HANDSEL

HAND'SEL, noun1. The first act of using any thing; the first sale.2. An earnest; money for the first sale. [Little used.]HAND'SEL, verb transitive To use or do any thing the fir...

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HANDSOME

HAND'SOME, adjective1. Properly, dexterous; ready; convenient.For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him.This sense is either from the original m...

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HANDSOMELY

HAND'SOMELY, adverb Dexterously; cleverly; with skill.1. Gracefully; with propriety and ease.2. Neatly; with due symmetry or proportions; as, a thing is handsomely made or finis...

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HANDSOMENESS

HAND'SOMENESS, noun A moderate degree of beauty or elegance; as the handsomeness of the person or of an edifice.1. Grace; gracefulness; ease and propriety in manner.

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HANDSPIKE

HAND'SPIKE, noun A wooden bar, used with the hand as a lever, for various purposes, as in raising weights, heaving about a windlass, etc.

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HANDSTAFF

HAND'ST'AFF, noun A javelin; plural handstaves. Ezekiel 39:1.

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HANDVISE

HAND'VISE, noun A vise used by hand, or for small work.

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HANDWEAPON

HAND'WEAPON, noun Any weapon to be wielded by the hand. Numbers 35:1.

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HANDWRITING

HAND'WRITING, noun The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person.1. Any writing.

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HANDY

HAND'Y, adjective1. Performed by the hand.They came to handy blows.2. Dexterous; ready; adroit; skilled to use the hands with ease in performance; applied to persons. He is hand...

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HANDY-DANDY

HAND'Y-DANDY, noun A play in which children change hands and places.

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HANDYBLOW

HAND'YBLOW, noun A blow with the hand; an act of hostility.

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HANDYGRIPE

HAND'YGRIPE, noun Seizure by the hand.

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HANDYSTROKE

HAND'YSTROKE, noun A blow inflicted by the hand.

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HANG

HANG, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive hanged or hung.1. To suspend; to fasten to some fixed object above, in such a manner as to swing or move; as, to hang ...

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HANGBY

HANG'BY, noun A dependent, in contempt.

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HANGED

HANG'ED, participle passive Suspended; put to death by being suspended by the neck.

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HANGER

HANG'ER, noun That by which a thing is suspended.1. A short broad sword, incurvated towards the point.2. One that hangs, or causes to be hanged.

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HANGER-ON

HANG'ER-ON, noun One who besets another importunately in soliciting favors.1. A dependant; one who eats and drinks without payment.

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HANGING

HANG'ING, participle present tense Suspending to something above.1. Being suspended; dangling; swinging.2. Foreboding death by the halter.What a hanging face!3. Requiring punish...

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HANGING-SIDE

HANG'ING-SIDE, noun In mining, the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein.