Part 704

Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative.

Hare.

Hand"spike` (hnd"spk`), n. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.

Hand"spring` (-sprng), n. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.

Hand"-tight` (-tt`), a. (Naut.) As tight as can be made by the hand. Totten.

Hand"wheel` (-hwl), n. (Mach.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.

Hand"-winged` (hnd"wngd`), a. (Zoˆl.) Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See Cheiroptera.

Hand"writ`ing (-rt"ng), n. 1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.

2. That which is written by hand; manuscript.

The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster. Dan. v. 5.

Hand"y (hnd"), a. [Compar. Handier (-*r); superl. Handiest.] [OE. hendi, AS. hendig (in comp.), fr. hand hand; akin to D. handig, Goth. handugs clever, wise.] 1. Performed by the hand. [Obs.]

To draw up and come to handy strokes.

Milton.

2. Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit. "Each is handy in his way." Dryden.

3. Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.

4. (Naut.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.

Hand"y-dan`dy (-dn`d), n. A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit. Piers Plowman.

Hand"y*fight` (-ft), n. A fight with the hands; boxing. "Pollux loves handyfights." B. Jonson.

Hand"y*gripe` (-grp`), n. Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting. Hudibras.

Hand"y*stroke` (-strk`), n. A blow with the hand.

Hand"y*work` (-w˚rk`), n. See Handiwork.

Hang (hng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hanged (hngd) or Hung (hng); p. pr. & vb. n. Hanging. The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.] [OE. hangen, hongien, v. t. & i., AS. hangian, v. i., fr. hn, v. t. (imp. heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS. hangn, v. i., D. hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i., h‰ngen, v. t., Icel. hanga, v. i., Goth. hhan, v. t. (imp. haÌhah), hhan, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and perh. to L. cunctari to delay. √37. ] 1. To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.

2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.

3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve. [U. S.]

4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.

5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures, trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc.

Hung be the heavens with black.

Shak.