Hand-hole plate

The cover of the above. Hand'-hook, n. An instrument made by smiths to twist square iron. Han'dicap, n. ( Sports .) A weight-for-age race for horses; also, a distance or time-allowance. Han'dicapper, n . ( Sports .) One who adjusts the weights in a handicap, and settles the conditions upon which the horses run. Handicraft, n. [A. S. handcraft .] Work performed by the hand; handcraft; manual occupation. - One who is skilled in some mechanical art. (R.) Handicraftsman, n.; pl . HANDICRAFTSMEN. A man skilled or employed in some manual occupation; a manufacturer; a mechanic; an artisan. Hand'ily, adv . With dexterity, expertne , or skill; adroitly; with ease or convenience; in a handy manner. Hand'ine , n. Quality of being handy; ease of performance derived from practice; dexterity; adroitne . Hand'iwork, n. [Corruption of handwork .] Work of the hands; product of manual labor; manufacture; work performed by power and wisdom. Handkercher, Hanker cher, n. A handkerchief. (Antiquated, but sometimes used as a vulgar colloquialism.) Handkerchief, n. [ Hand , and kerchief. See KERCHIEF.] A piece of cloth, usually silk, linen, or cotton, carried about the person for the purpose of wiping the face, hands, mouth, nose, ., as occasion requires. - A neckerchief; a neckcloth. (In this sense an erroneous term.) heavy timber. Hand's el, n. [A.S. hand - selen , a putting into another's po e ion; hand - syllan , to deliver up- hand , and syllan, to deliver, give, bestow.] A gift, purchase, ., delivered into another's hand; the first sale: money for the first sale; an earnest; a New-Year's gift; the first act of using anything. (Used colloquially.) "The Apostles term it the handsel, or earnest, of that which is to come."- Hooker . -v. a. To give, sell, or deliver, as into the hand of another; to bestow any gift or make any purchase at a particular time or season; to give as an earnest, or earnest penny; to use or do anything the first time. "On timorous deer he handsels his young paws."-Cowley. Hand's el-Monday, n. The first Monday in the New Year, when handsels or presents are given. Handsome, ( han's um ,) a. [Belg. handsaem, fit, made to the hand; D. handzaam; A.S. hand and samer.] Moderately beautiful; well made; having symmetry of parts; comely; nice; good-looking; having a pleasing appearance or expre ion; as, a handsome man, a handsome person.- Graceful in manners; marked with propriety and ease; elegant; correct; appropriate; suitable; becoming; as, a handsome addre , a handsome style. - Ample; liberal; generous; moderately large; as, a handsome fortune, a handsome profit, a handsome offer, . Hand's omely, adv . In a handsome manner; gracefully; neatly; dexterously; with a degree of beauty, or due symmetry or proportion of parts; amply; generously; liberally; as, to endow a school handsomely, a handsomely built ship, the men fought handsomely , . Hand's omene , n. Quality of being handsome; a moderate degree of beauty or elegance; gracefulne ; ease and propriety in manner. Hand's pike, n. A wooden bar used with the hand as a lever, for moving heavy things, as in raising weights. ( Naut .) A wooden lever employed on board a ship in working the windla and capstan, one end being squared to fit the holes in the capstan-head, and in the barrel of the windla . (Ordnance.) A stout ashen pole, 7 feet in length, used as a lever in the service of heavy guns. It is round at the handle, and square toward the other end, the extremity of which is bevelled. When the H. is used as a lever of the first kind, the bevelled side should be down; when used as a lever of the second kind, the bevelled side should be uppermost. Hand-staff, n .; pl . HAND-STAVES. A javelin. - Ezek. Hang'dog, n. A low and degraded man. Hang'er, n. One who, or that which, hangs; as, the hanger of a kettle. - A short broadsword incurvated towards the point, and suspended to the side. - That by which a thing is suspended. Hand'-taut,:. ( Naut .) Tightened with the utmost Hang'-choo-foo. See HANG-TCHEOU. power of the hand. Hand'tree, n. ( Botany .) Same as HAND-PLANT. See