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_Weill at hand_, Active.

_Barbour._

_To put hand in_, To put to death.

_G.o.dscroft._

_Fra hand_, _adv._ Forthwith.

_Lyndsay._

_Out of hand_, id. S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

_Spede hand_, Make haste, S.

_Douglas._

~Handcuffs~, _s. pl._ Manacles, S. q. _sleeves_ of iron.

_To_ ~Handcuff~, _v. a._ To manacle, S.

_To_ ~Hand-fast~, _v. a._

1. To betrothe by joining hands, in order to cohabitation before marriage.

_Pitscottie._

2. To contract in order to marriage.

_Ferguson._

A. S. _hand-faest-en_, fidem dare.

~Hand-fasting~, ~Hand-fastnyng~, _s._ Marriage with the inc.u.mbrance of some canonical impediment, not yet bought off.

Su. G. _handfaestning_, id.

_Wyntown._

~Hand-hauand~, _part. pr._ Having in possession, applied to stolen goods.

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