HALF-BLOODED — HAND-FETTER

HALF-BLOODED — HAND-FETTER NWAD HALF-BLOODED.1

HALF-BLOODED, a. Mean; degenerate. [Little used.] NWAD HALF-BLOODED.1

1. Proceeding from a male and female, each of full blood, but of different breeds; as a half-blooded sheep. NWAD HALF-BLOODED.2

HALF-BRED, a. Mixed; mongrel; mean. NWAD HALF-BRED.1

HALF-CAP, n. A cap not wholly put on. NWAD HALF-CAP.1

HALF-DEAD, a. Almost dead; nearly exhausted. NWAD HALF-DEAD.1

HALFEN, a. Wanting half its due qualities. [Not used.] NWAD HALFEN.1

HALFER, n. One that possesses half only. NWAD HALFER.1

1. A male fallow deer gelded. NWAD HALFER.2

HALF-FACED, a. Showing only part of the face. NWAD HALF-FACED.1

HALF-HATCHED, a. Imperfectly hatched; as half-hatched eggs. NWAD HALF-HATCHED.1

HALF-HEARD, a. Imperfectly heard; not heard to the end. NWAD HALF-HEARD.1

And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. NWAD HALF-HEARD.2

HALF-LEARNED, a. Imperfectly learned. NWAD HALF-LEARNED.1

HALF-LOST, a. Nearly lost. NWAD HALF-LOST.1

HALF-MARK, n. A coin; a noble, or 6s. 8d. sterling. NWAD HALF-MARK.1

HALF-MOON, n. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. NWAD HALF-MOON.1

1. Any thing in the shape of a half-moon. In fortification, an outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle, whose gorge is in the form of a crescent or half-moon. NWAD HALF-MOON.2

HALF-PART, n. An equal part. NWAD HALF-PART.1

HALF-PAY, n. Half the amount of wages or salary; as, an officer retires on half-pay. NWAD HALF-PAY.1

H`ALF-PAY, a. Receiving or entitled to half-pay; as half-pay officer. NWAD HALF-PAY.2

HALF-PENNY, n. hap’penny or ha’penny. A copper coin of the value of half a penny; also, the value of half a penny. It is used in the plural. NWAD HALF-PENNY.1

He cheats for half-pence. NWAD HALF-PENNY.2

[This coin is not current in America.] NWAD HALF-PENNY.3

H`ALF-PENNY, a. Of the price or value of half a penny; as a half-penny loaf. NWAD HALF-PENNY.4

HALF-PENNY-WORTH, n. The value of a half-penny. NWAD HALF-PENNY-WORTH.1

HALF-PIKE, n. A small pike carried by officers. NWAD HALF-PIKE.1

1. A small pike used in boarding ships. NWAD HALF-PIKE.2

HALF-PINT, n. The half of a pint, or fourth of a quart. NWAD HALF-PINT.1

HALF-READ, a. Superficially informed by reading. NWAD HALF-READ.1

HALF-SCHOLAR, n. One imperfectly learned. NWAD HALF-SCHOLAR.1

Half-seas over, a low expression denoting half drunk. NWAD HALF-SCHOLAR.2

HALF-SIGHTED, a. Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. NWAD HALF-SIGHTED.1

HALF-SPHERE, n. Hemisphere. NWAD HALF-SPHERE.1

HALF-STARVED, a. Almost starved. NWAD HALF-STARVED.1

HALF-STRAINED, a. Half-bred; imperfect. NWAD HALF-STRAINED.1

HALF-SWORD, n. Within half the length of a sword; close fight. NWAD HALF-SWORD.1

HALF-WAY, adv. In the middle; at half the distance. NWAD HALF-WAY.1

H`ALF-WAY, a. Equally distant from the extremes; as a half-way house. NWAD HALF-WAY.2

HALF-WIT, n. A foolish person; a dolt; a blockhead. NWAD HALF-WIT.1

HALF-WITTED, a. Weak in intellect; silly; foolish. NWAD HALF-WITTED.1

HALIBUT, n. A fish of the genus Pleuronectes, and order of Thoracics. This fish has a compressed body, one side resembling the back, the other the belly; and both eyes on the same side of the head. It grows to a great size; some to the weight of 300 or 400 pounds. It forms an article of food, and some parts of the body are fat, tender and delicious. This fish swims on its side, and hence the name of the genus. NWAD HALIBUT.1

HALIDOM, n. Adjuration by what is holy. NWAD HALIDOM.1

HALING. [See Hauling.] NWAD HALING.1

HALITUOUS, a. [L. halitus, breath.] Like breath; vaporous. NWAD HALITUOUS.1

HALL, n. [L. aula; Heb. a tent, a palace.] NWAD HALL.1

1. In architecture, a large room at the entrance of a house or palace. In the houses of ministers of state, magistrates, etc., it is the place where they give audience and dispatch business. NWAD HALL.2

2. An edifice in which courts of justice are held; as Westminster Hall, which was originally a royal palace, the kings of England formerly holding their parliaments and courts of judicature in their own dwellings, as is still the practice in Spain. NWAD HALL.3

3. A manor-house, in which courts were formerly held. NWAD HALL.4

4. A college, or large edifice belonging to a collegiate institution. NWAD HALL.5

5. A room for a corporation or public assembly; as a town-hall; Fanueil Hall in Boston, etc. NWAD HALL.6

6. A collegiate body in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. NWAD HALL.7

HALLELUIAH, n. [Heb. praise ye Jah or Jehovah, to praise, that is, to throw, or raise the voice, to utter a loud sound; L. ululo.] NWAD HALLELUIAH.1

Praise ye Jehovah; give praise to God; a word used in songs or praise, or a term of rejoicing in solemn ascriptions of thanksgiving to God. It is used as a noun, or as an exclamation. NWAD HALLELUIAH.2

HALLIARD, n. [from hale, haul.] A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering a sail. NWAD HALLIARD.1

HALLIER, n. A particular kind of net for catching birds. NWAD HALLIER.1

HALLOO, v.i. To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to by name, or by the word halloo. NWAD HALLOO.1

Country folks hallooed and hooted after me. NWAD HALLOO.2

HALLOO, v.t. To encourage with shouts. NWAD HALLOO.3

Old John hallooes his hounds again. NWAD HALLOO.4

1. To chase with shouts. NWAD HALLOO.5

2. To call or shout to. NWAD HALLOO.6

[This verb is regular, and pronounced with the accent on the first syllable.] NWAD HALLOO.7

HALLOO, an exclamation, used as a call to invite attention. NWAD HALLOO.8

HALLOOING, ppr. Crying out; as a noun, a loud outcry. NWAD HALLOOING.1

HALLOW, v.t. [L. calleo, to be able.] NWAD HALLOW.1

1. To make holy; to consecrate; to set apart for holy or religious use. Exodus 28:38; Exodus 29:1; 1 Kings 8:64. NWAD HALLOW.2

2. To devote to holy or religious exercises; to treat as sacred. NWAD HALLOW.3

Hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jeremiah 17:24. NWAD HALLOW.4

3. To reverence; to honor as sacred. NWAD HALLOW.5

Hallowed be thy name. NWAD HALLOW.6

HALLOWED, pp. Consecrated to a sacred use, or to religious exercises; treated as sacred; reverenced. NWAD HALLOWED.1

HALLOWING, ppr. Setting apart for sacred purposes; consecrating; devoting to religious exercises; reverencing. NWAD HALLOWING.1

HALLOWMAS, n. [See Mass.] The feast of All Souls. NWAD HALLOWMAS.1

HALLUCINATION, n. [L. hallucinatio, from hallucinor, to blunder.] NWAD HALLUCINATION.1

1. Error; blunder; mistake. [Little used.] NWAD HALLUCINATION.2

2. In medicine, faulty sense [dysaesthesia,] or erroneous imagination. Hallucinations of the senses, arise from some defect in the organs of sense, or from some unusual circumstances attending the object, as when it is seen by moonlight; and they are sometimes symptoms of general disease, as in fevers. Maniacal hallucinations arise from some imaginary or mistaken idea. Similar hallucinations occur in revery. NWAD HALLUCINATION.3

HALM, n. haum. [L. culmus.] Straw. [See Haum.] NWAD HALM.1

HALO, n. A circle appearing round the body of the sun, moon or stars, called also Corona, or crown. Halos are sometimes white and sometimes colored. Sometimes one only appears, and sometimes several concentric circles appear at the same time. NWAD HALO.1

HALSE, n. The neck or throat. NWAD HALSE.1

HALSE, v.i. hals. To embrace about the neck; to adjure; to greet. NWAD HALSE.2

HALSENING, a. Sounding harshly in the throat or tongue. NWAD HALSENING.1

HALSER, n. hawz’er. A large rope of a size between the cable and the tow-line. [See Hawser.] NWAD HALSER.1

HALT, v.i. NWAD HALT.1

1. To stop in walking; to hold. In military affairs, the true sense is retained, to stop in a march. The army halted at noon. NWAD HALT.2

2. To limp; that is, to stop with lameness. NWAD HALT.3

3. To hesitate; to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do. NWAD HALT.4

How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings 18:21. NWAD HALT.5

4. To fail; to falter; as a halting sonnet. NWAD HALT.6

HALT, v.t. To stop; to cause to cease marching; a military term. The general halted his troops for refreshment. NWAD HALT.7

HALT, a. Lame; that is, holding or stopping in walking. NWAD HALT.8

Bring hither the poor, the maimed, the halt, and the blind. Luke 14:21. NWAD HALT.9

HALT, n. A stopping; a stop in marching. NWAD HALT.10

The troops made a halt at the bridge. NWAD HALT.11

1. The act of limping. NWAD HALT.12

HALTER, n. One who halts or limps. NWAD HALTER.1

HALTER, n. NWAD HALTER.2

1. A rope or strap and head-stall for leading or confining a horse. NWAD HALTER.3

2. A rope for hanging malefactors. NWAD HALTER.4

3. A strong cord or string. NWAD HALTER.5

HALTER, v.t. To put a halter on; as, to halter a horse. NWAD HALTER.6

1. To catch and hold, or to bind with a rope or cord. NWAD HALTER.7

HALTING, ppr. Stopping; limping. NWAD HALTING.1

HALTINGLY, adv. With limping; slowly. NWAD HALTINGLY.1

HALVE, v.t. h`av. [from half.] To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple. NWAD HALVE.1

HALVED, a. In botany, hemispherical; covering one side; placed on one side. NWAD HALVED.1

HALVES, n. plu. of half. Two equal parts of a thing. To cry halves, is to claim an equal share. To go halves, is to have an equal share. NWAD HALVES.1

HAM, Sax. ham, a house, is our modern word home, G. heim. It is used in hamlet, and in the names of places, as in Walt-ham, wood-house, walt, a wood, and ham, a house, [not Wal-tham, as it is often pronounced,] Bucking-ham, Notting-ham, Wrent-ham, Dur-ham, etc. NWAD HAM.1

HAM, n. The inner or hind part of the knee; the inner angle of the joint which unites the thigh and the leg of an animal. Hence, NWAD HAM.2

1. The thigh of a beast, particularly of a hog, whether salted and cured or not. But the word is more generally understood to mean the thigh of a hog salted and dried in smoke. NWAD HAM.3

HAMA. [See Ama.] NWAD HAMA.1

HAMADRYAD, n. [Gr. together, and a tree.] A wood nymph, feigned to live and die with the tree to which it was attached. NWAD HAMADRYAD.1

HAMATE, a. [L. hamatus.] Hooked; entangled. NWAD HAMATE.1

HAMATED, a. [L. hamatus, from hama, a hook.] NWAD HAMATED.1

Hooked or set with hooks. NWAD HAMATED.2

HAMBLE, v.t. To hamstring. [Not used.] NWAD HAMBLE.1

HAME, n. plu. hames. A kind or collar for a draught horse, consisting of two bending pieces of wood or bows, and these placed on curving pads or stuffed leather, made to conform to the shape of the neck. NWAD HAME.1

HAMITE, n. The fossil remains of a curved shell. NWAD HAMITE.1

HAMLET, n. A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. NWAD HAMLET.1

This word seems originally to have signified the seat of a freeholder, comprehending the mansion house and adjacent buildings. It now denotes a small collection of houses in the country, in distinction from a city, a large town or township. NWAD HAMLET.2

The country wasted and the hamlets burned. NWAD HAMLET.3

HAMLETED, a. Accustomed to a hamlet, or to a country life. NWAD HAMLETED.1

HAMMER, n. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like. It consists of an iron head, fixed crosswise to a handle. Hammers are of various sizes; a large hammer used by smiths is called a sledge. NWAD HAMMER.1

HAMMER, v.t. To beat with a hammer; as, to hammer iron or steel. NWAD HAMMER.2

1. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. NWAD HAMMER.3

2. To work in the mind; to contrive by intellectual labor; usually with out; as, to hammer out a scheme. NWAD HAMMER.4

HAMMER, v.i. To work; to be busy; to labor in contrivance. NWAD HAMMER.5

1. To be working or in agitation. NWAD HAMMER.6

HAMMERABLE, a. That may be shaped by a hammer. NWAD HAMMERABLE.1

HAMMERCLOTH, n. The cloth which covers a coach-box, so called from the old practice of carrying a hammer, nails, etc. in a little pocket hid by this cloth. NWAD HAMMERCLOTH.1

HAMMERED, pp. Beaten with a hammer. NWAD HAMMERED.1

HAMMERER, n. One who works with a hammer. NWAD HAMMERER.1

HAMMERHARD, n. Iron or steel hardened by hammering. NWAD HAMMERHARD.1

HAMMERING, ppr. Beating with a hammer; working; contriving. NWAD HAMMERING.1

HAMMER-MAN, n. One who beats or works with a hammer. NWAD HAMMER-MAN.1

HAMMER-WORT, n. An herb. NWAD HAMMER-WORT.1

HAMMITE. [See Ammite.] NWAD HAMMITE.1

HAMMOC, n. A kind of hanging bed, suspended between trees or posts, or by hooks. It consists of a piece of hempen cloth about six feet long and three feet wide, gathered at the ends and suspended by cords. It forms a bed, or a receptacle for a bed, on board of ships. NWAD HAMMOC.1

HAMOUS, [L. hamus, a hook.] Hooked; having the end hooked or curved; a term of botany. NWAD HAMOUS.1

HAMPER, n. [contracted form hanaper, or from hand pannier.] NWAD HAMPER.1

1. A large basket for conveying things to market, etc. NWAD HAMPER.2

2. Fetters, or some instrument that shackles. NWAD HAMPER.3

[This signification and that of the verb following indicate that this word is from hanaper, and that the latter is from the sense of interweaving twigs.] NWAD HAMPER.4

HAMPER, v.t. [See the Noun.] To shackle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress, or to render progress difficult. NWAD HAMPER.5

A lion hampered in a net. NWAD HAMPER.6

1. To ensnare; to inveigle; to catch with allurements. NWAD HAMPER.7

2. To tangle; to render complicated. NWAD HAMPER.8

3. To perplex; to embarrass. NWAD HAMPER.9

Hampered by the laws. NWAD HAMPER.10

HAMPERED, pp. Shackled; entangled; ensnared; perplexed. NWAD HAMPERED.1

HAMPERING, ppr. Shackling; entangling; perplexing. NWAD HAMPERING.1

HAMSTER, n. A species of rat, the Mus cricetus, or German marmot. This rat is of the size of the water rat, but is of a browner color, and its belly and legs of a dirty yellow. It is remarkable for two bags, like those of a baboon, on each side of the jaw, under the skin, in which it conveys grain, peas and acorns to its winter residence. NWAD HAMSTER.1

HAMSTRING, n. The tendons of the ham. NWAD HAMSTRING.1

HAMSTRING, v.t. pret. and pp. hamstrung or hamstringed. NWAD HAMSTRING.2

To cut the tendons of the ham, and this to lame or disable. NWAD HAMSTRING.3

HAN, for have, in the plural. NWAD HAN.1

HANAPER, n. The hanaper was used in early days by the kings of England, for holding and carrying with them their money, as they journeyed from place to place. It was a kind of basket, like the fiscus, and hence came to be considered as the king’s treasury. Hence, the clerk or warden of the hanaper, is an officer who receives the fees due to the king for seals of charters, patents, commissions, and writs. There is also an officer who is controller of the hanaper. This word therefore answered to the modern exchequer. NWAD HANAPER.1

HANCE, HAUNCE, for enhance. [See Enhance.] NWAD HANCE.1

HANCES, n. plu. [L. ansa.] In architecture, the ends of elliptical arches, which are the arches of smaller circles than the scheme or middle part of the arch. NWAD HANCES.1

1. In a ship, falls of the fife-rails placed on balusters on the poop and quarter-deck down to the gangway. NWAD HANCES.2

HAND, n. [L. hendo, in prehendo.] NWAD HAND.1

1. In man, the extremity of the arm, consisting of the palm and fingers, connected with the arm at the wrist; the part with which we hold and use any instrument. NWAD HAND.2

2. In falconry, the foot of a hawk; and in the manege, the fore-foot of a horse. NWAD HAND.3

3. A measure of four inches; a palm applied chiefly to horses; as a horse 14 hands high. NWAD HAND.4

4. Side; part; right or left; as on the one hand or the other. This is admitted on all hands, that is, on all sides, or by all parties. NWAD HAND.5

5. Act; deed; performance; external action; that is, the effect for the cause, the hand being the instrument of action. NWAD HAND.6

Thou sawest the contradiction between my heart and hand. NWAD HAND.7

6. Power of performance; skill. NWAD HAND.8

A friend of mine has a very fine hand on the violin. NWAD HAND.9

He had a mind to try his hand at a Spectator. NWAD HAND.10

7. Power of making or producing. NWAD HAND.11

An intelligent being coming out of the hands of infinite perfection. NWAD HAND.12

8. Manner of acting or performance; as, he changed his hand. NWAD HAND.13

9. Agency; part in performing or executing. Punish every man who had a hand in the mischief. We see the hand of God in this event. NWAD HAND.14

10. Conveyance; agency in transmitting. NWAD HAND.15

11. Possession; power. The estate is in the hands of the owner. The papers are in my hands. NWAD HAND.16

12. The cards held at a game; hence, a game. NWAD HAND.17

13. That which performs the office of the hand or of a finger in pointing; as the hand of a clock; the hour hand, and the minute hand. NWAD HAND.18

14. A person; an agent; a man employed in agency or service. The mason employs twenty hands. NWAD HAND.19

15. Form of writing; style of penmanship; as a good hand; a bad hand; a fine hand. NWAD HAND.20

16. Agency; service; ministry. Exodus 4:13; Leviticus 8:36. NWAD HAND.21

17. In Scripture, the hand of God, is his eternal purpose and executive power. Acts 4:28. NWAD HAND.22

18. The providential bounty of God. Psalm 104:28. NWAD HAND.23

19. The power of God exerted in judgments or mercies, in punishing or defending. Judges 2:15; Psalm 32:4. NWAD HAND.24

20. The spirit of God; divine influence. 1 Kings 18:46. NWAD HAND.25

21. The favor of God, or his support. Nehemiah 2:8, 18; Luke 1:66. NWAD HAND.26

At hand, near; either present and within reach, or not far distant. NWAD HAND.27

Your husband is at hand, I hear his trumpet. NWAD HAND.28

1. Near in time; not distant. NWAD HAND.29

The day of Christ is at hand. 2 Thessalonians 2:2. NWAD HAND.30

By hand, with the hands, in distinction from the instrumentality of tools, engines or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw or carry by hand. NWAD HAND.31

In hand, present payment; in respect to the receiver. NWAD HAND.32

Receiving in hand one year’s tribute. NWAD HAND.33

1. In a state of execution. I have a great work in hand. NWAD HAND.34

At my hand, at his hand, etc., denote from the person or being. NWAD HAND.35

Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? Job 2:10. NWAD HAND.36

Of hand, in present possession; as, he has a supply of goods on hand. NWAD HAND.37

1. Under one’s care or management. NWAD HAND.38

Jupiter had a farm on his hands. NWAD HAND.39

Off hand, without delay, hesitation or difficulty; immediately; dexterously; without previous preparation. NWAD HAND.40

Out of hand, ready payment; with regard to the payer. NWAD HAND.41

Let not the wages of any man tarry with thee; but give it him out of hand. NWAD HAND.42

To his hand, to my hand, etc., in readiness; already prepared; ready to be received. NWAD HAND.43

The work is made to his hands. NWAD HAND.44

Under his hand, under her hand, etc., with the proper writing or signature of the name. NWAD HAND.45

This deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner. NWAD HAND.46

Hand over head, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Little used.] NWAD HAND.47

Hand over hand, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another, as to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly, as to come up with a chase hand over hand; ;used by seamen. NWAD HAND.48

Hand to hand, in close union; close fight. NWAD HAND.49

But from hand to hand is from one person to another. NWAD HAND.50

Hand in hand, in union; conjointly; unitedly. NWAD HAND.51

To join hand in hand, is to unite efforts and act in concert. NWAD HAND.52

Hand in hand, fit; pat; suitable. NWAD HAND.53

Hand to mouth. To live from hand to mouth, is to obtain food and other necessaries, as want requires, without making previous provision, or having an abundant previous supply. NWAD HAND.54

To bear in hand, to keep in expectation; to elude. [Not used.] NWAD HAND.55

To bear a hand, to hasten; a seaman’s phrase. NWAD HAND.56

To be hand and glove, to be intimate and familiar, as friends or associates. NWAD HAND.57

To set the hand to, to engage in; to undertake. NWAD HAND.58

That the Lord thy God may bless thee, in all thou settest thine hand to. Deuteronomy 23:20. NWAD HAND.59

To take in hand, to attempt; to undertake. Luke 1:1. Also, to seize and deal with. NWAD HAND.60

To have a hand in, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency in. NWAD HAND.61

To put the last hand or finishing hand to, to complete; to perfect; to make the last corrections, or give the final polish. NWAD HAND.62

To change hands, to change sides; to shift. NWAD HAND.63

Hand, in the sense of rate, price, terms, conditions, as used by Bacon, Taylor, etc., is obsolete; as, “to buy at a dear hand;” “accept the mystery, but at no hand wrest it by pride or ignorance.” So in the sense of advantage, gain, superiority, as used by Hayward; and in that of competition, content, as used by Shakespeare. NWAD HAND.64

To get hand, to gain influence, is obsolete. NWAD HAND.65

A heavy hand, severity or oppression. NWAD HAND.66

A light hand, gentleness; moderation. NWAD HAND.67

A strict hand, severe discipline; rigorous government. NWAD HAND.68

Hands off, a vulgar phrase for keep off, forbear. NWAD HAND.69

To pour water on the hands, in the phraseology of the Scriptures, is to serve or minister to. 2 Kings 3:11. NWAD HAND.70

To wash the hands, to profess in innocence. Matthew 27:24. NWAD HAND.71

To kiss the hand, imports adoration. Job 31:27. NWAD HAND.72

To lean on the hand, imports familiarity. 2 Kings 5:18. NWAD HAND.73

To strike hands, to make a contract, or to become surety for another’s debt or good behavior. Proverbs 17:18. NWAD HAND.74

Putting the hand under the thigh, was an ancient ceremony used in swearing. NWAD HAND.75

To give the hand, is to make a covenant with one, or to unite with him in design. 2 Kings 10:15. NWAD HAND.76

The stretching out of the hand, denotes an exertion of power. But, NWAD HAND.77

The stretching out of the hand to God, imports earnest prayer or solemn dedication of one’s self to him. Psalms 68:31; Psalms 143:6. NWAD HAND.78

The lifting of the hand, was used in affirmation and swearing, and in prayer imported a solemn wishing of blessings from God. Genesis 14:22; Leviticus 19:22. NWAD HAND.79

To lift the hand against a superior, to rebel. 2 Samuel 20:21. NWAD HAND.80

To put forth the hand against one, to kill him. 1 Samuel 24:6, 10. NWAD HAND.81

To put one’s hand to a neighbor’s goods, to steal them. Exodus 22:8, 11. NWAD HAND.82

To lay hands on in anger, to assault or seize, or to smite. Exodus 24:11; Isaiah 11:14. NWAD HAND.83

To lay the hand on the mouth, imports silence. Job 40:4. NWAD HAND.84

The laying on of hands, was also a ceremony used in consecrating one to office. Numbers 27:18, 23; 1 Timothy 4:14. NWAD HAND.85

It was also used in blessing persons. Mark 10:16. NWAD HAND.86

Hiding the hand in the bosom, denotes idleness; inactivity; sluggishness. Proverbs 19:24. NWAD HAND.87

The clapping of hands, denotes joy and rejoicing. But in some instances, contempt or derision, or joy at the calamities of others. Psalm 47:1; Ezekiel 25:6. NWAD HAND.88

A station at the right hand is honorable, and denotes favor, approbation or honor. A station on the left hand is less honorable. Matthew 20:21. NWAD HAND.89

God’s standing at the right hand of men, imports his regard for them, and his readiness to defend and assist them. Psalm 16:8. NWAD HAND.90

Satan’s standing at the right hand of men, imports his readiness to accuse them, or to hinder or torment them. Zechariah 3:1. NWAD HAND.91

Clean hands, denotes innocence and a blameless and holy life. Psalm 24:4. NWAD HAND.92

A slack hand, denotes idleness; carelessness; sloth. Proverbs 10:4. NWAD HAND.93

The right hand, denotes power; strength. Exodus 15:6. NWAD HAND.94

HAND, v.t. To give or transmit with the hand. NWAD HAND.95

Hand me a book. NWAD HAND.96

1. To lead, guide and lift with the hand; to conduct. NWAD HAND.97

2. To manage; as, I hand my oar. NWAD HAND.98

3. To seize; to lay hands on. [Not used.] NWAD HAND.99

4. In seamanship, to furl; to wrap or roll a sail close to the yard, stay or mast, and fasten it with gaskets. NWAD HAND.100

To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor. Fables are handed down from age to age. NWAD HAND.101

HANDBALL, n. An ancient game with a ball. NWAD HANDBALL.1

HANDBARROW, n. A barrow or vehicle borne by the hands of men, and without a wheel. NWAD HANDBARROW.1

HANDBASKET, n. A small or portable basket. NWAD HANDBASKET.1

HANDBELL, n. A small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. NWAD HANDBELL.1

HANDBREADTH, n. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm. Exodus 25:25. NWAD HANDBREADTH.1

HANDCLOTH, n. A handkerchief. NWAD HANDCLOTH.1

HANDCUFF, n. A manacle, consisting of iron rings for the wrists, and a connecting chain to confine the hands. NWAD HANDCUFF.1

HANDCUFF, v.t. To manacle; to confine the hands with handcuffs. NWAD HANDCUFF.2

HANDCRAFT, n. Work performed by the hands; usually written handicraft. NWAD HANDCRAFT.1

HANDED, pp. Given or transmitted by the hands; conducted; furled. NWAD HANDED.1

HANDED, a. With hands joined. NWAD HANDED.2

1. In composition, as right-handed, most dextrous or strong with the right hand; having the right hand most able and ready. NWAD HANDED.3

Left-handed, having the left hand most strong and convenient for principal use. NWAD HANDED.4