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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hand \Hand\ (h[a^]nd), verb (used with an object) [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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