handing

Verb

hand (third-person singular simple present hands, present participle handing, simple past and past participle handed)

1. (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
   • He handed them the letter. She handed me an opportunity.
2. (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
   • to hand a lady into a carriage
3. (obsolete, transitive) To manage.
   • I bleſs my Chain, I hand my Oar, / Nor think on all I left on Shoar.1709, Mat[thew] Prior, “The Lady's Looking-Glass”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 45
4. (obsolete, transitive) To seize; to lay hands on.
   • wee will not hand a rope more1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
5. (rare, transitive) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
6. (transitive) To furl (a sail).
   • send the people up to hand the sail, and when up, before they goon the yard, I'll clap the rolling tackle on to steady it1814, John Hamilton Moore, “Examination of a Young Sea Officer”, in The new practical navigator, nineteenth edition

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