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noun

hands n.

A person's power or discretionary action; as, my fate is in your hands.

Synonyms: custody.

The force of workers available; as, all hands on deck.

Synonyms: work force, manpower, men. "A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for."

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Etymology of 'Hands'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hands" Quotes from Famous Books

... on in this style, heaping satire and sorrow upon the crank, when suddenly, at the mouth of one of the farthest cells, he stopped and threw up his hands with an ejaculation of astonishment and dismay. There was a man jammed in a strait waistcoat, pinned against the wall by a strap, and throttling in a huge collar; his face was white, his lips livid, and his eyes rolling ...

— It Is Never Too Late to Mend • Charles Reade

... difficult as it seemed. Dr. Abbott had filled the pulpit with acceptance and had conducted the affairs of the church with rare tact. The pastoral work, which had for some years been practically in the hands of Rev. S. B. Halliday, went on as usual. Now that Mr. Berry was not to come, who could so well meet the need as the one who had stood them in good stead in the time of stress? It was therefore perfectly natural that thoughts should turn ...

— Sixty years with Plymouth Church • Stephen M. Griswold

... were rough and high; his eyes were wide-set; his mouth was cut square across almost from ear to ear; his chin was square and massy; he had an Adam's apple as large as a gilly-flower ripening on his throat; his hands were large and bony, and his voice "grated harsh thunder," as Milton said of the gates ...

— Summerfield - or, Life on a Farm • Day Kellogg Lee

... clerk's care is due the preservation of the Vernon and other monuments in Bakewell Church. Mr. Andrews tells us that "in some instances he placed a wooden framework to keep off the rough hands and rougher knives of the boys and young men of the congregation. He also watched with special care the Wenderley tomb, and even took careful ...

— The Parish Clerk (1907) • Peter Hampson Ditchfield

... to it and opened the door. A whimpering bundle in the corner stretched out hands as ...

— The Man Who Lost Himself • H. De Vere Stacpoole

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