Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a person's power or discretionary action.
- noun The force of workers available.
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- noun Plural form of
hand . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hand .
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- noun the force of workers available
- noun (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
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Examples
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Little children and inquisitive young ladies are knocked down or blackened in coiling the hawser, by “hands” who, being nothing but _hands_, evidently cannot say, “I beg your pardon, miss.”
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But he her suppliant hands, those _hands of gold_,
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee
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Whenever the fingers and hands are used at all, it would seem natural to expect for 5 some general expression signifying _hand_, for 10 _both hands_, and for 20
The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Levi Leonard Conant
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_Having_ skill with _both_ hands (as if both were _right hands_).
Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois Elmer W. Cavins
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It is better to say _the hands of the clock_ than _the clock's hands_.
Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood
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Take this letter to the address upon it, and give it into his own hands -- remember, _his own hands_.
Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts Arthur Shirley 1889
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'And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow,' and he put his hand upon it; and '_Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands_.'
Expositions of Holy Scripture Alexander Maclaren 1868
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With further lack of modesty she stretched out two rounded arms worthy of Juno, ending in finely molded hands -- when I say _hands_ I am not exact, for, strictly speaking, only one hand could be seen, and that held a richly embroidered handkerchief.
First Love (Little Blue Book #1195) And Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life Seraf��n Est��banez Calder��n 1833
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_Shaab-al-Yadayn_, it is to be noted that it is a great shelf far to seaward of the northern end of the great bay, all of it above water, like two extended arms with their hands wide open, whence its Arabic name which signifies _shelf of the hands_.
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Cb. If it be ne'er fo falfe, a true gentleman may fwear it in the behalf of his friend: and I'll fwear to the Prince, thou art a tall fellow of thy hands, aod that thou wilt not be drunk; but I know, thou art oo tall fellow of thy hands; and that thou wilt be drunk j but ril fwear it; and, I would, thou would'ft be a tall feUow of thy hands*
The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected 1773
oroboros commented on the word hands
"Having two hands proves nothing."
January 23, 2007
bilby commented on the word hands
*respectfully leaves a pawprint*
October 1, 2008