HAND

Definitions

1. 1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
2. 2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
3. 3. To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] Prior.
4. 4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] Shak.
5. 5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]
6. 6. 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.