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<hw>Hand"bar"row</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.</def>

<h1>Handbill</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Hand"bill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A pruning hook.</def> <altsp>[Usually written <asp>hand bill</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Handbook</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Hand"book`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hand</ets> + <ets>book</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>handb<?/c</ets>, or G. <ets>handbuch</ets>.]</ety> <def>A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.</def>

<h1>Handbreadth</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Hand"breadth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.</def>

<i>Ex. xxxvii. 12.</i>

<h1>Handcart</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Hand"cart`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cart drawn or pushed by hand.</def>

<h1>Handcloth</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Hand"cloth`</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A handkerchief.</def>

<h1>Handcraft</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Hand"craft`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Handicraft</er>.</def>

<h1>Handcraftsman</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Hand"crafts`man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-men</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A handicraftsman.</def>

<h1>Handcuff</h1> <Xpage=667>

<hw>Hand"cuff`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>handcops</ets>; <ets>hand</ets> hand + <ets>cosp</ets>, <ets>cops</ets>, fetter. The second part was confused with E. <ets>cuffs</ets>,]</ety> <def>A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural.</def>

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<h1>Handcuff</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw>Hand"cuff`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Handcuffed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Handcuffing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.</def>

<i>Hay (1754).</i>

<h1>Handed</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw>Hand"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>With hands joined; hand in hand.</def>

<blockquote>Into their inmost bower, <b>Handed</b> they went. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.</def>

<blockquote>As poisonous tongued as <b>handed</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>