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r practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

elling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry.

The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture [Obs.]

An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.

One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions.

The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.

e more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down. Chop off your hand, and it to the king. Shak.

Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.

Selected from a number; picked out; choice. Seven hundred chosen men left-handed. Judg. xx. 16.

To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] "Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile." Lord Palmerson.

- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand.

character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.

erm of riducle for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.

rcumlocution; detail. [Obs.] So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit that shake hands and part. Shak.

ound or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix.

Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head. Marsion

To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson.

drawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. Locke.

or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings. Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell.