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Comparison of handsComparison Com*par"i*son (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay.
The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a
state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared;
as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there
is no comparison between them.
3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30.
4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise,
which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees
of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are
examples of comparison.
5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared
to another, or the two are considered with regard to some
property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g.,
the lake sparkled like a jewel.
6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with;
in proportion to. [Archaic] ``So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was.' --Addison.
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill. Handsaw
Handsaw Hand"saw`
.
A saw used with one hand.
HandselHandsel Hand"sel, n. [Written also hansel.] [OE. handsal,
hansal, hansel, AS. hands?lena giving into hands, or more
prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin
to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See Sell, Sale. ]
1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another;
especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the
first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a
first installment; an earnest; as the first money received
for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money
taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a
young woman on her wedding day, etc.
Their first good handsel of breath in this world.
--Fuller.
Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
--Herrick.
2. Price; payment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when
handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc. HandselHandsel Hand"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handseled or
Handseled; p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling.]
[Written also hansel.] [OE handsellen, hansellen; cf. Icel.
hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n.]
1. To give a handsel to.
2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make
fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
No contrivance of our body, but some good man in
Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. --Fuller. Handsel MondayHandsel Hand"sel, n. [Written also hansel.] [OE. handsal,
hansal, hansel, AS. hands?lena giving into hands, or more
prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin
to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See Sell, Sale. ]
1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another;
especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the
first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a
first installment; an earnest; as the first money received
for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money
taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a
young woman on her wedding day, etc.
Their first good handsel of breath in this world.
--Fuller.
Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
--Herrick.
2. Price; payment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when
handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc. HandseledHandsel Hand"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handseled or
Handseled; p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling.]
[Written also hansel.] [OE handsellen, hansellen; cf. Icel.
hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n.]
1. To give a handsel to.
2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make
fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
No contrivance of our body, but some good man in
Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. --Fuller. HandseledHandsel Hand"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handseled or
Handseled; p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling.]
[Written also hansel.] [OE handsellen, hansellen; cf. Icel.
hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n.]
1. To give a handsel to.
2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make
fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
No contrivance of our body, but some good man in
Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. --Fuller. HandselingHandsel Hand"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handseled or
Handseled; p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling.]
[Written also hansel.] [OE handsellen, hansellen; cf. Icel.
hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n.]
1. To give a handsel to.
2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make
fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
No contrivance of our body, but some good man in
Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. --Fuller. HandsellingHandsel Hand"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handseled or
Handseled; p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling.]
[Written also hansel.] [OE handsellen, hansellen; cf. Icel.
hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n.]
1. To give a handsel to.
2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make
fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
No contrivance of our body, but some good man in
Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. --Fuller. HandsomeHandsome Hand"some (?; 277), a. [Compar. Handsomer; superl.
Handsomest.] [Hand + -some. It at first meant, dexterous;
cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E.
handy.]
1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied
to things as persons. [Obs.]
That they [engines of war] be both easy to be
carried and handsome to be moved and turned about.
--Robynson
(Utopia).
For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was
first invented for him. --Spenser.
2. Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a
pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having
symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than
pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or
woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse. Handsomely
Handsomely Hand"some*ly, adv.
1. In a handsome manner.
2. (Naut.) Carefully; in shipshape style.
Handsomeness
Handsomeness Hand"some*ness, n.
The quality of being handsome.
Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the
mere imaginative. --Hare.
HandsomerHandsome Hand"some (?; 277), a. [Compar. Handsomer; superl.
Handsomest.] [Hand + -some. It at first meant, dexterous;
cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E.
handy.]
1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied
to things as persons. [Obs.]
That they [engines of war] be both easy to be
carried and handsome to be moved and turned about.
--Robynson
(Utopia).
For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was
first invented for him. --Spenser.
2. Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a
pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having
symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than
pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or
woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse. HandsomestHandsome Hand"some (?; 277), a. [Compar. Handsomer; superl.
Handsomest.] [Hand + -some. It at first meant, dexterous;
cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E.
handy.]
1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied
to things as persons. [Obs.]
That they [engines of war] be both easy to be
carried and handsome to be moved and turned about.
--Robynson
(Utopia).
For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was
first invented for him. --Spenser.
2. Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a
pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having
symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than
pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or
woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse. Handspike
Handspike Hand"spike`, n.
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or
capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for
various purposes.
Handspring
Handspring Hand"spring`, n.
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed
upon the ground.
To wash the hands of 4. To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action
of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often
with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the
hands.
Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins.
--Acts xxii.
16.
The tide will wash you off. --Shak.
5. To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint
lightly and thinly.
6. To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed
with silver.
To wash gold, etc., to treat earth or gravel, or crushed
ore, with water, in order to separate the gold or other
metal, or metallic ore, through their superior gravity.
To wash the hands of. See under Hand.
Meaning of HANDS from wikipedia
- true
grasping hands appear in the
mammalian order of primates.
Hands must also have
opposable thumbs, as
described later in the text. The
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Hands-on"
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whose hand becomes possessed and goes on a
killing spree, even
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careers in
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Holding hands is a form of
physical intimacy involving two or more people. It may or may not be romantic.
Couples often hold
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Israel Hands, also
known as
Basilica Hands, was an 18th-century
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Hands Up may
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