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Bidding systems devised for contract bridge
their hands as the auction proceeds and additional information about partner's hand and the opponent's hands becomes available. Hand evaluation methods
Hand_evaluation
Characterizing and appraising something
period of time. Evaluation is commonly used to refer specifically to program evaluation or policy evaluation, which involves evaluating social policy and
Evaluation
Draw poker game
) This hand is used to determine the winner of one half of the Baduci pot. The other hand that must be evaluated is the 2-7 triple draw hand. Players
Baduci
Card game
bid indicates a balanced hand. Most systems use a count of high card points as the basic evaluation of the strength of a hand, refining this by reference
Contract_bridge
Draw poker variant
It is usually played six-handed, and uses a unique hand-ranking system where the goal is to make the lowest four-card hand with no pairs and no cards
Badugi
Method of hand evaluation in contract bridge
However, the LTC method of hand evaluation has been used successfully to evaluate unbalanced and balanced opening hands, and overcalls, since 1938 (combined
Losing-Trick_Count
See Hand evaluation. Hold To keep declarer to a particular number of tricks, usually the number required to make the contract. To have in one's hand a particular
Glossary of contract bridge terms
Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms
Bidding convention in contract bridge
Alan Truscott, The New York Times, April 3, 1983. Based on standard hand evaluation methods Klinger, Ron; Husband, Pat; Kambites, Andrew (1994). Basic
Stayman_convention
Bidding system for the bridge card game
Each bid provides information about the hand's high-card strength and suit distribution based on hand evaluation techniques. "Standard American" was the
Standard_American
Bridge convention
April 1982, Bergen raises are based on the Law of total tricks, a hand evaluation concept which states that with a combined nine trumps in the partnership
Bergen_raises
Assigning relative values to playing cards of equal rank based on their suit
split evenly, the odd low-denomination chip can be given to the player whose hand contains the high card by suit. (This solution is not necessary in games
High_card_by_suit
Topics referred to by the same term
band Bright from their self-titled album High card points, used for hand evaluation in contract bridge Le Point, a French weekly On Point, a radio show
Point
System for hand evaluation in contract bridge
system for hand evaluation. A balanced hand contains no voids or singletons, at most one doubleton and not more than five cards in any suit. Hand patterns
Honor_point_count
Bridge system
example, the hand pattern might be 4=4=2=3, so neither major suit is long enough to show with an opening bid). A bid of 1NT shows a balanced hand in a narrow
Bidding_system
Method for evaluating contract bridge hands
method for evaluating contract bridge hands developed by Zar Petkov. The statistical research Petkov conducted in the areas of hand evaluation and bidding
Zar_Points
Assessment of particular interventions
oriented towards evaluation of social sector programs in developing countries, notably conditional cash transfers, impact evaluation is now being increasingly
Impact_evaluation
Card game of the trick-taking family
one hand: 80 Five trump honours (or four aces in No Trump) in one hand: 100 Additional honour in partner's hand, or for three plus between both hands: 10
Auction_bridge
Convention in bridge card games
declare the hand if the final contract is in the suit transferred to, preventing the opponents from seeing the cards of the stronger hand. The use of
Jacoby_transfer
Mathematical probabilities in the game of bridge
Losing-Trick Count is an alternative to the HCP count as a method of hand evaluation. "Mathematical Tables" (Table 4). Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan
Contract_bridge_probabilities
Card game
rubber, cards are drawn to determine partnerships and the dealer of the first hand. A pack of cards is spread face down on the table and each player takes a
Rubber_bridge
Season of television series
Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans is the 50th season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on February 25,
Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans
Survivor_50:_In_the_Hands_of_the_Fans
Free and open-source chess engine
12 adopted a hybrid evaluation system that primarily used the neural network and occasionally relied on the hand-crafted evaluation. In July 2023, Stockfish
Stockfish_(chess)
Medical condition
contralateral hand and will not be able to identify objects such as keys or a cell phone if they are placed into that hand. Evaluation of any suspected
Somatosensory_disorder
injuries of the hand, and neuromuscular disorders. Hand strength testing is frequently used for clinical decision-making and outcome evaluation in evidence-based
Hand_strength
Contract bridge bidding system employing 2/1 as game forcing
the one-level. The 2/1 game force does not apply to responses by a passed hand, or if there is an intervening call by an opponent. Other responses are per
2/1_game_forcing
Bidding system for the game of bridge
League's website. Like SAYC, BBO basic depends upon hand evaluation using the high card point (HCP) method. Hand shape adjustments are made for long suits (1
Bridge_Base_Basic
bridge, the unusual notrump is a conventional overcall showing a two-suited hand. It was originally devised by Al Roth in 1948 with Tobias Stone, to show
Unusual_notrump
Scoring of contract bridge
awarded for any one hand holding four or five of the honors, i.e. an ace, king, queen, jack or ten. 100 points are awarded for any one hand holding any four
Bridge_scoring
drawing trumps not drawing trumps card reading, also known as counting the hand dummy reversal endplay coups squeezes suit combinations play safety play
List of play techniques (bridge)
List_of_play_techniques_(bridge)
Complete Book of Hand Evaluation by Mike Lawrence The Complete Book of Overcalls by Mike Lawrence Declarer Play Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract
List_of_contract_bridge_books
Bridge card game bidding system used in Britain and elsewhere
response allowing suits to be shown. The strongest hands (e.g., 23 or more points or a game force hand, equivalent to the Acol 2♣ opening) are shown by
Acol
German three-player card game
Each holding can thus be evaluated differently by different players. A risk-taking player might be willing to declare Hand on a holding on which another
Skat_(card_game)
Advocacy evaluation, also called public policy advocacy design, monitoring, and evaluation, evaluates the progress or outcomes of advocacy, such as changes
Advocacy_evaluation
positive self-evaluations. An indirect manipulation of evaluation apprehension is demonstrated in Leary et al. (1987)'s study of evaluation apprehension
Evaluation_apprehension_model
Hand with an even distribution of suits
balanced hand or balanced distribution in card games is a hand with an even distribution of suits. In the game of contract bridge, it denotes a hand of thirteen
Balanced_hand
Dutch computer scientist
Validation is executed before the implementation in practice. On the other hand, evaluation is executed after the implementation in practice of the designs. It
Roel_Wieringa
Bridge convention
2♣ is used exclusively for hands too strong for an opening bid at the one-level. Typically, the bid is reserved for hands that are almost strong enough
Strong_two_clubs
Artificial call made during the auction in a game of contract bridge
inform their partners of the content of their hand and to arrive at a suitable contract at which to play the hand (or to prevent the opponents from arriving
Bridge_convention
Preference or tendency to use a specific hand
preferential use of one hand, known as the dominant hand, due to and causing it to be stronger, faster or more dextrous. The other hand, comparatively often
Handedness
Card game terminology
often comes to light after its commission, as trick-taking games play with hands concealed. Trick-taking games normally have several rules regarding which
Revoke
Bridge card game
well suited to club and home play. While the auction and the play of the hand are the same as in rubber bridge, Chicago has the following unique features:
Chicago_(bridge_card_game)
Book by Barbara Seagram
Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand is a book on contract bridge co-written by the Canadian teacher and author Barbara Seagram and the British author David
Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand
Planning_the_Play_of_a_Bridge_Hand
Bidding term in contract bridge
understand that bridge theory and practice suggest that the HCP method of hand evaluation, together with common sense concerning balance and cover in all suits
Quantitative_notrump_bids
Playing of contract bridge with computer software
naturally as the search goes deeper. Other games typically need an artificial evaluation function to enable alpha–beta pruning at limited depth, or must search
Computer_bridge
Variant of contract bridge card game
cards among the four hands) are played by different competitors, and scoring is based on relative performance. In this way, every hand, whether strong or
Duplicate_bridge
Convention in contract bridge
support or better. This may help opener evaluate the probability of a successful game contract. If the passed hand has 10+ points and a real club suit (or
Drury_convention
so; there was a call of no trumps (biritch); and the dealer's partner's hand became dummy. There were other similarities to bridge: points were scored
History_of_contract_bridge
Contract bridge guideline
really a law (because counterexamples are easy to find) but a method of hand evaluation which describes a relationship that seems to exist somewhat regularly
Law_of_total_tricks
Drives for development, maintenance, or modification of self-views
Self-evaluation is the process by which the self-concept is socially negotiated and modified. It is a scientific and cultural truism that self-evaluation is
Self-evaluation_motives
Quantitative measurement of accuracy
deltap'). Hand has highlighted the importance of choosing an appropriate method of evaluation. However, of the many different methods for evaluating the accuracy
Evaluation of binary classifiers
Evaluation_of_binary_classifiers
special treatment of an opening bid of 3NT. The bid is used to describe a hand containing a minor suit of at least seven cards in length and headed by the
Gambling_3NT
and others in Sweden in the sixties and seventies EHAA, acronym for Every Hand An Adventure Four Aces Team Goren Nordic Official System Reith One-over-one
List_of_bidding_systems
Card playing technique
tricks should there be a favorable position of one or more cards in the hands of the opponents. The player attempts to win either the current trick or
Finesse
Bid of the opponents' suit in contract bridge
partner to describe their hand. An immediate cue bid is made directly over opponent's opening bid. Traditionally, it denotes a hand unsuited for a takeout
Cue_bid
Bid made after an opening bid has been made by an opponent
HCP in a balanced hand, with at least one stopper in opponent's suit. Usually, Stayman is on but transfers are off. Example The hand ♠ KJ63 ♥ AQ2 ♦ A84 ♣ Q93
Overcall
Statistical tool used in project management
The program evaluation and review technique (PERT) is a statistical tool used in project management, which was designed to analyze and represent the tasks
Program evaluation and review technique
Program_evaluation_and_review_technique
Bidding system
further describe his hand. This opening indicates one of four hands: a balanced hand with 21-22 points and seven controls a balanced hand with 27-28 points
Romex_system
Trump play in trick-taking card games
that the hand being finessed and the next hand have only trumps so that the hand being finessed is forced to trump, allowing the next hand to over-ruff
Ruff_(cards)
Bidding system in the game of contract bridge
the Precision system is that an opening bid of one club is used for any hand with 16 or more high card points (HCP), regardless of distribution. An opening
Precision_Club
Device used in contract bridge
stationary on the tables. (Left-handed bidding cards overlap in the opposite direction from right-handed ones, and a left-handed player may take their own bidding
Bidding_box
Advice for playing contract bridge
play after the strong hand). Likewise it may give partner more opportunity for tricks, or to win with a lower card, if the last hand (after they play a card)
Bridge_maxims
Bridge
of a minor suit opening to show a weak supporting hand and a double raise as showing a stronger hand of limit raise strength. Using the inverted minor
Inverted_minors
Old English trading procedure that inspired the word handicap
This serves two purposes: It incentivizes the umpire to make a fair evaluation because the umpire can only collect the forfeit if certain conditions
Hand-in-cap
Contract bridge convention
bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2♦ shows a defined range of hand types. These always include a weak-two bid in a major suit, and the second
Multi_two_diamonds
Bid in contract bridge
to their best contract, with some safety, and (2) to fully describe one's hand to one's partner in a single bid. A preemptive bid is usually made by jumping
Preempt
Hand in contract bridge, a card game
In contract bridge, a one suiter is a hand containing at least six cards in one suit. Many hand patterns can be classified as one suiters. Typical examples
One_suiter
Specific subset of the cards of one suit
subset of the cards of one suit held respectively in declarer's and dummy's hands at the onset of play. While the ranks of the remaining cards held by the
Suit_combination
Card game terminology
to be void in a suit of cards is to not have cards of that suit in one's hand. This is useful in games such as bridge. For instance, one player can lead
Void_(cards)
Term in the game of bridge
with duck or ducking more common. There are no side entries to the North hand. South is on lead and if he plays to the ace and then the king and another
Duck_(bridge)
Bidding convention in contract bridge
opener. Holding a weak hand with diamonds, one can now pass. Other bids are invitational, describing also the nature of the hand. A 2♦ response to 1NT
XY_Notrump_convention
Design-focused evaluation (DFE) is an approach to the evaluation of educational quality. In DFE, the evaluation specifically focuses on the effectiveness
Design-focused_evaluation
Topics referred to by the same term
Semitic language, ISO 639-3 language code sqt Suit Quality Test, part of hand evaluation in contract bridge This disambiguation page lists articles associated
SQT
Topics referred to by the same term
curves, see Counting points on elliptic curves An evaluation system in bridge, see Hand evaluation A method of estimating bird population; see Avian ecology
Point_counting
Contract bridge bidding treatment
often one extra trick can be taken due to the extra trump card in declarer's hand because if the opponent's five trump cards are distributed 3-2 or 2-3, then
Five-card_majors
Contract bridge technique
declarer's and dummy's hands can, between them, hold more cards with the potential to take extra tricks than a single defender's hand can protect or guard
Squeeze_play_(bridge)
Bridge bidding system
and 1♠ and 1♦ openings are limited (12-16 HCP), Canapé. With two-suited hands, the opener's second bid is in the longer suit, whereas other more popular
Blue_Club
Card game variant
or supper. 3 Bock - 3 Ramsch: three Bock hands then three Ramsch hands are played alternately (for four-hand games, obviously 4 x Bock and 4 x Ramsch)
Bierlachs
Deliberate violation of bridge rules
and cards played, along with the visible contents of their own hand (and dummy's hand when exposed). Unauthorized information (UI) (Law 16) is any information
Cheating_in_bridge
Defensive play in contract bridge
declarer will result in the promotion of a trump card in their partner's hand into a winner. Thus, the technique presents a type of trump promotion. It
Uppercut_(bridge)
Robotics problem on coordinating two parts of a robot
Robot-Sensor Calibration Methods for Evaluation of Perception Systems." Algo Li, et al. "Simultaneous robot-world and hand-eye calibration using dual-quaternions
Hand–eye_calibration_problem
Declarer play in contract bridge
declarer might well decide to play the ace and king of trumps earlier in the hand, in an attempt to drop a doubleton QJ. Smother play Trump coup Francis, Henry
Devil's_coup
Low-level conventional call
best suit but may pass if (a) his right hand opponent intervenes or (b) on the more rare occasions when his hand is such that he wishes to convert the takeout
Takeout_double
Unblocking technique in contract bridge
leads the ♣2 to the ace. In this layout there is no way to get back to the hand by playing the ♣2 to the ace. In this case, the ♥A must have been cashed
Vienna_coup
Artificial bridge bidding system
meanings. In Roman, it includes weak balanced hands, stronger hands with secondary club suit, and very strong hands. Other 1-bids are made in strict accordance
Roman_Club
Bidding sequence in bridge card game
foregoing definitions and is a reverse showing a stronger than minimum opening hand and forcing responder to bid for one more round. Responder's bid of 1♠ bypassed
Reverse_(bridge)
added Model (VAM) are all evaluation tools that aim to measure student achievement using teacher evaluation. MET evaluates teacher effectiveness through
Teacher_quality_assessment
British bridge player and writer
(London, Tiger Books International, 1995) Play These Hands with Brian Senior (Batsford, 1996) Hand Evaluation in Bridge (Batsford, 1998) It's Your Lead (1998)
Brian_Senior
Bid in the card game of bridge
support points) opener is in a quandary: if responder has a maximum strength hand, with well-positioned high cards, then game will probably make; but the information
Game_try
Official rule book of duplicate bridge promulgated by the World Bridge Federation
spread his hand and become the dummy, and his partner declarer Accept the lead, spread partner's hand as dummy and play second from declarer's hand Refuse
Laws_of_Duplicate_Bridge
Bridge (card game) tactic
rebid 1NT since a bid of 2♦ would be a reverse and show a more powerful hand than he has. The partnership could easily be down several tricks in 1NT if
Prepared_opening_bid
Contract bridge bidding system
a strong hand; in most versions of this system it shows either a weak balanced hand (about 12-14HCP), a natural 1♣ opening or any strong hand. Consequently
Polish_Club
1929 murder in the United States
Hofmans began to pull ahead, the Bennetts began to bicker. In the final hand, John failed to make his four spades contract and Myrtle, frustrated by the
Bridge_Murder_case
characteristic features of the Vienna System were not in its methods of hand evaluation, but in its bidding structure: 1♣ - minimum opener (up to about 17
Vienna_System_(bridge)
Type of coup in bridge
between defenders. By discarding a card or cards either from declarer's hand or from dummy or both, declarer can stop them from transferring the lead
Scissors_coup
Seven of diamonds playing card
diamonds (7♦). Players may agree that if a player wins the last trick of a hand with the 7♦, their partner must buy them a beer. This is not considered as
Beer_card
Italian bridge team
contract, holding ♠ J84 ♥ 9 ♦ A10763 ♣ A986. With a singleton in partner's hand the defense won two aces and two club ruffs. According to a review by John
Blue_Team_(bridge)
Re-invention of the game with very different rules
point. A playable hand must contains at least four points, or as may otherwise be agreed. If any one player does not have a playable hand, the deal may be
Singaporean_bridge
Act of cleaning one's hands
benefits of hand washing and lead to long-term behavior change of the population. For this to work effectively, monitoring and evaluation are necessary
Hand_washing
Type of endplay in bridge
following end-position: Spades are trumps, and the lead is in the North (dummy) hand, declarer needing 2 tricks. It appears that the declarer is fated to take
Smother_play
Type of coup in contract bridge
high trumps in the opponent's hand. In the example, South would lose all remaining tricks if the lead were in East's hand. However, if a heart is played
Coup_en_passant
HAND EVALUATION
HAND EVALUATION
Boy/Male
German, Spanish
Famous Land
Male
Scottish
Pet form of Scottish Aindrea, DAND means "man; warrior."
Female
Japanese
(花) Japanese name HANA means "favorite" or "flower." Compare with other forms of Hana.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Han(n), which is usually a short form of Johan (see John). In some cases, however, it may be from Henry and even Randolph (for the replacement of R- by H- in Germanic names introduced by the Normans, compare Hick).German : from an aphetic form of the personal name Johann (see John).
Surname or Lastname
English (central and northern)
English (central and northern) : nickname for a gentle or timid person, from Middle English, Old English hind ‘female deer’.English and Scottish : variant of Hine ‘servant’, with excrescent -d.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : nickname for someone with a deformed hand or who had lost one hand, from Middle English hand, Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithimh (see Guthrie), resulting from an erroneous association of the Gaelic name with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, e.g. Claffey, Glavin, and McClave.Dutch : from a variant of hont ‘dog’, ‘hound’, either a derogatory nickname, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a dog.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Rand(e), a short form of any of the various Germanic compound personal names with the first element rand ‘(shield) rim’, as for example Randolph.English : topographic name for someone who lived on the margin of a settlement or on the bank of a river (from Old English rand ‘rim’, used in a topographical sense), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Rand in Lincolnshire and Rand Grange in North Yorkshire.German : from a short form of any of the various compound names formed with rand- ‘rim’. Compare 1.German : topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German rand, rant ‘edge’, ‘rim’.
Female
Turkish
Turkish name HANDE means "smile."
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : variant of Hand.
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name HANH means "has good conduct."
Boy/Male
British, English
Worker
Girl/Female
Indian, Kannada, Sindhi
Proper Name; India; Land of Hindus
Male
English
Pet form of English Henry, HANK means "home-ruler."
Female
Hebrew
(×—Ö·× Ö¸Ö¼×”)Â Variant spelling of Hebrew Chana, HANA means "favor; grace."Â Compare with other forms of Hana.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name from Old English land, Middle High German lant, ‘land’, ‘territory’. This had more specialized senses in the Middle Ages, being used to denote the countryside as opposed to a town or an estate.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a forest glade, Middle English, Old French la(u)nde, or a habitational name from Launde in Leicestershire or Laund in West Yorkshire, which are named with this word.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads so named, from Old Norse land ‘land’, ‘territory’ (see 1 above).
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoops and bands, etc., from Middle English band, bond, Middle High German, Middle Low German bant, German Band denoting something used for tying or binding: ‘hoop’, ‘metal band’, ‘fetter’, ‘shackle’.Old spelling of the Dutch cognates Bant, Bande, from Middle Dutch bant ‘band’.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, Scottish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : topographic name for someone who lived on patch of sandy soil, from the vocabulary word sand. As a Swedish or Jewish name it was often purely ornamental.Dutch and Belgian : reduced form of Van den Sand(e), Van den Zande, a habitational name from places such as Zande in West Flanders or various minor places named with zand ‘sand’.English and Scottish : from a short form of Alexander.French : from a Germanic personal name, Sando.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Happy and New; Lord Hanuman
Male
Hindi/Indian
(चणà¥à¤¡) Masculine form of Hindi Chanda, CHAND means "bright" or "fierce."
Male
German
German short form of Latin Johannes, HANS means "God is gracious."
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HAND EVALUATION
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Leighton, LAYTON means "leek garden."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil, Traditional
Name of Lord Shiva; Lord Vishnu; Vault; Easy
Boy/Male
Hindu
Roar of clouds, Thunder
Boy/Male
African, American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, German, Jamaican
Shield Wolf
Boy/Male
Hindu
Earthly
Boy/Male
Hindu
A part of our self
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Bengali, British, English, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
The Fine Arts; Art; Miracle; Phases of Moon; Princess; Most Beautiful
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian
Holding High
Male
Polish
Czech and Polish form of Greek Markos, MAREK means "defense" or "of the sea."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Conciseness
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n.
A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.
v. t.
To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
superl.
Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.
v. t.
To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
n.
Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.
pl.
of Hand
n.
Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
n.
That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
n.
That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
n.
An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
n.
Hand.
superl.
Performed by the hand.
n.
An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
n.
That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
v. t.
To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
n.
The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
v. t.
To manage; as, I hand my oar.
v. t.
To seize; to lay hands on.
a.
Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.
n.
Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.