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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
handed
    adj 1: having or involving the use of hands; "a handed, tree-
           living animal"; "a four-handed card game" [ant:
           handless]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as,
      to hand a lady into a carriage.
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   3. To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] --Prior.
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   4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]
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   6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. --Totten.
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   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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Handed \Hand"ed\, a.
   1. With hands joined; hand in hand.
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            Into their inmost bower,
            Handed they went.                     --Milton.
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   2. Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
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            As poisonous tongued as handed.       --Shak.
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   Note: Handed is used in composition in the sense of having
         (such or so many) hands; as, bloody-handed;
         free-handed; heavy-handed; left-handed; single-handed.
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