hancornia

[Named after Phil. Hancorn.] Bot.: A genus of Apocynaceæ, tribe Car is see. Hancornia pubescens is a tree with a viscid, milky juice, pendulous branches, fragrant flowers, and a delicious fruit about as large as a plum. It grows in Brazil. IMG:content-0942.png:[blocks in formation] (2) Power or capability of performance; skill. (3) An act, a deed, that which is done. "Thou sawest the contradiction between my heart and hand."- King Charles : Eikon Basilike . (4) Action, labor; act of the hand; exertion. *(5) Manner of proceeding or action. "As her majesty hath received great profit, so may she, by a moderate hand , from time to time reap the like."" Bacon : Henry VII . (6) Agency; part or share in acting or performing. "God must have set a more than ordinary esteem upon that which David was not thought fit to have an hand in." -South: Sermons. (7) Agency, medium. "The word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet."-1 Kings xiv. 18. (8) Side, direction, part: whether right or left. "For the other side of the court-gate on this hand , and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits."- Exodus xxxviii. 15. (9) Part, quarter, side. (10) Po e ion, power, control, management, superintendence. "Sacraments serve as the model instruments of God to that purpose; the use whereof is in our hands ."-Hooker: Eccles. Polity. hand *(11) Advantage, gain, superiority. "The French king, supposing to make his hand by those rude ravages in England."-Hayward. *(12) Influence, power, control. "Flattery, the dangerous nurse of vice, Got hand upon his youth."- Daniel : Civil Wars. *(13) Method of government; discipline; restraint. "Menelaus bare an heavy hand over the citizens."-2 Maccabees v. 23. *(14) An agent; a person or medium employed. ( Swift .) (15) A workman; an agent. "A dictionary, containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time."- Locke. (16) A person employed, a workman; as, There are so many hands engaged. Specif., used of the atembemayhands engages sel 1; as, She carried so IMG:content-0943.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0944.png:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small] 1. The Scaphoid. 2. The Semilunar. 3. The Cuneiform. 4. The Pisiform. 5. The Trapezium. 6. The Trapezoides. 7. The Os Magnum. 8. The Unciform. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. The Metacarpal bones. 14 to 27. The three rows of Phalanges. muscles, flexors and extensors, the former on the palmar aspect of the hand, the latter on the back, and with nerves and blood-ve els, ligaments, articulations, skin, nails, and in most cases, on the back of the hand, especially in the male sex, a quantity of hair. (2) Compar .: All vertebrate animals have their anterior extremities terminated by bones corresponding to those of the human hand, but the latter is more complicated and susceptible of being used for a greater variety of purposes than in their case. The footprints of the Labyrinthodont Amphibians are so much like those which would be left by a hand that they were called originally Cheirotherium. As genuine internal bones do not exist in the Invertebrata, parts superficially resembling the human hand are not homologous with the anatomical structure of that organ in man. 2. Horol.: The pointer or index-finger of a watch, clock, or counter: hour, minute, seconds, as the case may be; or known by the dial to which it belongs, as in the respective dials of the gas-meter or other dial-register. "An idler is a watch that wants both hands." Cowper: Retirement, 681. 3. Firearms: The small of a gun-stock. 4. Cards: (1) The cards held by a single player. "When they came and looked over the hands , a game the like of which had never been seen was played for their edification." -Pall Mall Gazette. IMG:content-0945.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0946.png:[blocks in formation] 2121 22. Hand to hand, *Hande to hande: (1) As adj .: Close together. (2) As adv .: In close fight. "Saubarzanes there made a challenge to fyght hande to hande."-Brende: Quintus Curtius, fo. 184. 23. Hand to mouth : As present or pre ing wants require, without making provision for the future. "I can get bread from hand to mouth, and make even at the year's end." - L ' Estrange. 24. Hands off : Stand off! forbear to touch! 25. Heavy on hand: Hard to manage. 26. Hot at hand : Difficult to manage. "Hollow men, like horses hot at hand." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iv. 2. 27. Light in hand : Easy to manage. These last three meanings are borrowed from 7. By hand: (1) With the hands, as distinguished from the use of instruments or machines; as, a drawing done by hand . (2) By the medium of a me enger or agent; as, to send a letter by hand . (3) A term applied to the artificial rearing of children or the young of the lower animals. "Be grateful, boy, to them which brought you up by hand." Dickens: Great Expectations , ch. iv. 8. For one's own hand : For one's self; for one's own account or interest. 9. From hand to hand: From one person to another. "Lapse from hand to hand." 10. In hand: Tennyson: Tulking Oak, 258. (1) In a state of preparation or execution. "What revels are in hand?" Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, v. 1. (2) Present payment; in respect to the receiver. "A considerable reward in hand." -Til lots on. (3) Under consideration or debate. "It is indifferent to the matter in hand."-Locke. (4) Under control; as, to keep a horse well in hand. 11. In one's hand : In one's contro, management, or discretion. "Leaving the matter entirely in their hands." -Lewis: Cred. Early Roman Hist . (1855), ch. xi., pt. i., § i., vol. i., p. 411. 12. Off one's hands : Finished, done with. 13. On hand: In present po e ion; in stock. 14. On one's hands : In one's care, control, or management; as, a burden to one. 15. Out of hand : (1) Done, ended, completed. (2) At once, off hand, directly; without hesitation. "They executed his commandment out of hand."Goldinge: Cæsar , fo. 120. 16. To one's hand : Ready, prepared; in readine . 17. Under one's hand : With the proper signature of the person's name. *18. Hand in and out : An old game prohibited by Edward IV. ( Eng .) 19. Hana in hand , hand-in-hand: (1) Lit .: With hands mutually clasped. "Enoch and Annie sitting hand in hand." (2) Figuratively: (a) In union; unitedly. Tennyson: Enoch Arden, 69. IMG:content-0947.png:[blocks in formation] 28. To ask (or give ) the hand of : To ask (or give) in marriage. 29. To be hand and glove with : To be very intimate with. IMG:content-0948.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small] *34. To get hand : To gain influence. *35. To give one's hands : To applaud, to approve by applause. 36. To give the hand to: To be reconciled to. 37. To have a hand in : To have a share in; to be concerned in; to be mixed up in. 38. To have one's hands full: To be fully occupied; to be full of busine . *39. To hold hand with: To be equal; to hold one's own; to vie; to rival. "She in beauty, education, blood, Holds hands with any prince in the world." 40. To lay hands on: (1) To a ault. (2) To seize. Shakesp.: King John, ii. 2. 41. To lend a hand: To help, to give a istance. *42. To make a hand: To gain an advantage; to profit. *43. To put (or stretch ) forth the hand against: Scrip.: To use violence against; to attack. *44. To put one's hands to another's goods : Scrip.: To steal them. *45. To put the last (or finishing ) hand to: To finish off; to give the last touch or polish to. 46. To set the hand to : To undertake; to engage in. "That the Lord thy God may ble thee, in all that thou set test thine hand to ." - Deut . xxiii. 20. 47. To shake hands: To clasp the right hand mutually in token of friendship, greeting, or reconciliation. *48. To strike hands: To make a bargain or contract; to become surety. 49. To take by the hand : To take under one's protection, care, or guidance. 50. To take in hand : To undertake, to attempt. "Out of them you dare take in hand to lay open the original of such a nation."-Spenser: Present State of Ireland. 51. To wash one's hands of : To declare one's self no longer responsible for; to renounce forever. 52. A cool hand : One who is not easily abashed or put out of countenance. 53. A heavy hand : Severity, oppre ion. 54. A light hand : Gentlene , moderation, kind ne . 55. An old hand : One who is experienced, not a novice. 56. A slack hand : Idlene , carele ne . 57. A strict hand : Severe or vigorous discipline. 58. Clean hands: Innocence, freedom from guilt. 59. To stand one in hand: To concern, to be of importance to. "It standeth Him in hand, it toucheth Him in honor." Andrewes: Sermons, iv. 14. hand-anvil, s. Locksmith. A small movable anvil used by locksmiths. It may be supported by the work-bench or held in one hand; a stake. hand-ball, 8. [HANDBALL.] hand-barrow, 8. [HANDBARROW.] hand-bill, 8. A bill-hook; a chopping-tool. [BILL-HOOK.]