hander

[Eng. hand; -er.] One who hands or transmits; one who pa es anything on or over. "He shall have £50 for such discovery aforesaid of the printer, or the publisher of it from the pre , and for the lamation (1678). 2. To transmit, to give in succe ion; to pa on hander of it to the pre £100, ."- Life of Marvell: Proc (generally with down ). "I know no other way of securing these monuments, and making them numerous enough to be handed down to future ages."- Add is on : On Medals. 3. To seize; to lay hands on; to touch. "If you can command these elements to silence, and work the peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more." Shakesp .: Tempest , i. 1. 4. To guide or lead by the hand. "This therefore should be carefully watched, and a young man with great diligence handed over it."-Locke. 5. To manage with the hand or hands; to move with the hand. "I ble my chains, I hand my oar." Prior: Lady's Looking Gla . *6. To handfast; to pledge by the hand. "If any two be but once handed in the Church."- Mil ton : Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce . *7. To be or go hand in hand with; to devote one's self to. "When I was young And handed love as you do." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, iv. 4. II. Naut .: To furl, as a sail. "To risk the driving gale Or steer, or row, or agile hand the sail." Grainger: Tibullus , i. 4. *B. In trans.: To go hand in hand with; to cooperate; to agree. "Let but my power and means hand with my will." Mas singer: Renegado, iv. 1.