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Handing

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.

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

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

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

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

  6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail.
    --Totten.

    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.

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handing

n. The act by which something is handed to somebody. vb. (present participle of hand English)

Usage examples of "handing".

But the spirit of the time -- the industrially heroic time in which we live -- is opposed to these retirements, these handings over of life to footmen.