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121hand-carry — /hand kar ee/, v.t., hand carried, hand carrying. to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand carried a message from the president. Also, handcarry. * * * …
122hand-feed — /hand feed /, v.t., hand fed, hand feeding. 1. Agric. to feed (animals) with apportioned amounts at regular intervals. Cf. self feed. 2. to feed (an animal or person) by hand: The students hand fed the baby monkeys with an eyedropper. [1795 1805] …
123hand-me-down — /hand mee down , han /, n. 1. an article of clothing passed on to another person after being used, outgrown, etc.: The younger children wore the hand me downs of the older ones. 2. any item not new that is or can be used again: Our office… …
124hand-ride — /hand ruyd /, v., hand rode, hand ridden, hand riding. v.t. 1. to ride (a horse) in a race without using a whip or spurs, urging it on with only the hands. v.i. 2. to hand ride a horse. * * * …
125hand-to-hand — /hand teuh hand /, adj. close to one s adversary; at close quarters: hand to hand combat. [1400 50; late ME] * * * …
126Hand in Glove — Single par The Smiths extrait de l’album The Smiths Face B Handsome Devil (live) Sortie 13 mai 1983 Enregistrement début 1983 …
127Hand aufs Herz! — Die Redensart ist eine Aufforderung, die Wahrheit zu sagen, und bezieht sich darauf, dass es früher üblich war, bei Eidesleistungen oder feierlichen Erklärungen die Hand auf die linke Brustseite zu legen: Also, Hand aufs Herz! Hast du mit ihr… …
128Hand-Schuller-Christian disease — Hand Schül·ler Chris·tian disease .hand .shü lər kris(h) chən n an inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbances in cholesterol metabolism that occurs chiefly in young children and is marked by cystic defects of the skull and by… …
