The terminal part of the human arm beyond the wrist, consisting of the palm, four fingers, and thumb, and used for grasping, holding, and…

A clutch.

The hand, not necessarily clenched or closed. Obsolete except in jocular use.

The hand.

The hand, or more commonly in plural ‘hands in a sense of rapacity and cruelty’ (Johnson). In the expressions in, into, out of his clutches, the…

The hand held in the position for grasping or clutching. Obsolete.

A hand.

‘Sometimes a hand, in contempt’ (Johnson).

A hand.

A paw; (humorously) a hand. rare.

Chiefly literary. The hand. Obsolete. rare.

A person who steals, esp. small things that may be readily picked up; a pilferer, a petty thief (in later use usually one who picks pockets).

jocularly. The hand.

A child's word for: the hand or the forefoot of an animal; a little hand or paw. Now rare.

The hand or fist. Frequently in tip us your daddle: ‘give me your hand’.

Something resembling a fish's fin. jocularly. The arm and hand (of a man), or simply the hand.

A hand, a fist.

slang. The hand. Also (usually in plural): the finger.

colloquial. A hand, fist. Obsolete.

transferred. The hand.

slang. The hand. (Cf. flipper, n.2 2).

One who or that which grapples. slang, a hand.

slang. Also dook. The hand or fist. Usually plural. Also in Boxing, to get (have,etc.) the duke, to be awarded the verdict; conversely, to lose the…

slang (originally U.S.) and regional. A hand or fist. Usually in plural.