Part 697

Ham"u*lar (hm"*lr), a. Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.

Ham"u*late (-lt), a. Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped. Gray.

Ham"ule (-l), n. [L. hamulus.] A little hook.

Ham"u*lose` (-*ls`), a. [L. hamulus, dim. of hamus a hook.] Bearing a small hook at the end. Gray.

||Ham"u*lus (-ls), n.; pl. Hamuli (-l). [L., a little hook.] 1. (Anat.) ||A hook, or hooklike process.

2. (Zoˆl.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.

Han (hn), contr. inf. & plural pres. of Haven. To have; have. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Him thanken all, and thus they han an end.

Chaucer.

Han"ap (-p), n. [F. hanap. See Hanaper.] A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions. [Obs.]

Han"a*per (-*pr), n. [LL. hanaperium a large vase, fr. hanapus vase, bowl, cup (whence F. hanap); of German origin; cf. OHG. hnapf, G. napf, akin to AS. hnÊp cup, bowl. Cf. Hamper, Nappy, n.] A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper.

Hanaper office, an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public, and the returns to them, were anciently kept in a hanaper or hamper. Blackstone.

Hance (hns), v. t. [See Enhance.] To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] Lydgate.

{ Hance (hns), Hanch (hnch), } n. [See Hanse.] 1. (Arch.) See Hanse.

2. (Naut.) A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway.

Hand (hnd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. hˆnd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin˛an to seize (in comp.). Cf. Hunt.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as: (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.

3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.

4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.

On this hand and that hand, were hangings.

Ex. xxxviii. 15.

The Protestants were then on the winning hand.

Milton.

5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator.

Addison.

6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

To change the hand in carrying on the war.