handed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

having or involving the use of hands“a handed, tree-living animal”“a four-handed card game”

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hand \Hand\ (h[a^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handed; p. pr. & vb. n. Handing.]

1.To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter. [1913 Webster]

2.To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage. [1913 Webster]

3.To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] --Prior. [1913 Webster]

4.To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5.To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.] [1913 Webster]

6.(Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. --Totten. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Handed \Hand"ed\, a.

1.With hands joined; hand in hand. [1913 Webster]

Into their inmost bower, Handed they went.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Having a peculiar or characteristic hand. [1913 Webster]

As poisonous tongued as handed.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Note: Handed is used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) hands; as, bloody-handed; free-handed; heavy-handed; left-handed; single-handed. [1913 Webster]