The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
A branch of an organization.
Power; might; strength; support.
A pitcher
One of the two parts of a chromosome.
A group of patients in a medical trial.
A weapon.
heraldic bearings or insignia
To take by the arm; to take up in one’s arms.
To supply with arms or limbs.
To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.
A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
In linear measurement:
An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
Four inches, a hand’s breadth.
A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.
An instance of helping.
Handwriting; style of penmanship.
A person’s autograph or signature.
Personal possession; ownership.
Management, domain, control.
That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
Three inches.
The set of cards held by a player.
A round of a card game.
A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
Applause.
A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
A whole rhizome of ginger.
The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
Agency in transmission from one person to another.
Rate; price.
To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
To manage.
To seize; to lay hands on.
To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
To furl.
To cooperate.
