3. To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] Prior.
4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]
6. (Naut.)
Defn: 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.
HAND
Hand, v. i.
Defn: To coöperate. [Obs.] Massinger.
HANDBALL
Hand"ball`, n.
1. A ball for throwing or using with the hand.
2. A game played with such a ball, as by players striking it to and fro between them with the hands, or alternately against a wall, until one side or the other fails to return the ball.