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A blow with the hand.

See Handiwork.

Having hard hands, as a manual laborer. Hard-handed men that work in Athens here. Shak.

the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England.

A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.

A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.

A fillet; a band for the head. "The headbands and the tablets." Is. iii. 20.

A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with wheat." Shak.

A Linnæan class of plants having seven stamens.

Having seven stamens.

A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

A Linnæan class of plants having six stamens.

Having six stamens.

Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.

Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland. Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.

An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.

Highlanders, collectively.

The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.

of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and tha…

Same as Hobnob. Tennyson.