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To have; have. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Him thanken all, and thus they han an end. Chaucer.

A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.

A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions. [Obs.]

t, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper. Hanaper office, an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public, and the returns to them, were anciently kept in a hanaper or hamper. Blackstone.

To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] Lydgate.

See Hanse.

That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as:

A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc. Hand-hole plate, the cover of a hand-hole.

As tight as can be made by the hand. Totten.

Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See Cheiroptera.

A ball for throwing or using with the hand.

A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.

A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.

A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm. Ex. xxxvii. 12.

A cart drawn or pushed by hand.

A handkerchief.

Same as Handicraft.

A handicraftsman.

To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. Hay (1754).