Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hand \Hand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Handing}.]
   1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed
      them the letter.

   2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as,
      to hand a lady into a carriage.

   3. To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] --Prior.

   4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] --Shak.

   5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]

   6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. --Totten.

   {To hand down}, to transmit in succession, as from father to
      son, or from predecessor to successor; as, fables are
      handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper
      officer (the decision of a higher court); as, the Clerk of
      the Court of Appeals handed down its decision.

   {To hand over}, to yield control of; to surrender; to deliver
      up.