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hand-grenade (n.)[hand-grenade 词源字典]: "bomb thrown by hand," 1660s, from hand (n.) + grenade.[hand-grenade etymology, hand-grenade origin, 英语词源]
hand-jive (n.): 1958, from hand (n.) + jive (n.).
hand-loom (n.): 1794, from hand (n.) + loom (n.).
hand-made (adj.): also handmade, 1610s, from hand (n.) + made. Old English had handworht "hand-wrought."
hand-me-down (adj.): 1826, from the verbal phrase; see hand (v.). As a noun from 1874.
hand-out (n.): also handout, hand out, 1882, "alms or food given to a beggar," hobo slang, from the verbal phrase; see hand (v.) + out (adv.). Meaning "distributed printed informational matter" is from 1927.
hand-rail (n.): 1793, from hand (n.) + rail (n.1).
hand-spike (n.): also handspike, 1610s, from hand (n.) + spike (n.).
hand-written (adj.): also handwritten, 1745, from hand (n.) + written. As a verb, hand-write is recorded from 1878, probably a back-formation.
handbag (n.): also hand-bag, "bag for small articles, carried in the hand," 1854, from hand (n.) + bag (n.).
handball (n.): also hand-ball, mid-15c., "small ball, thrown or batted by hand," also the name of a game, from hand (n.) + ball (n.1). Originally a throwing and catching game popular before the use of bats or rackets. The modern sport of that name seems to be so called by 1885.
handbell (n.): one rung by hand rather than by rope, etc., Old English handbelle; see hand (n.) + bell (n.).
handbill (n.): loose paper circulated by hand to make a public announcement, 1753, from hand (n.) + bill (n.1). Also applied to posted bills.
handbook (n.): Old English handboc "handbook, manual;" see hand (n.) + book (n.). It translates Latin manualis, and was displaced in Middle English by manual (from French), and later in part by enchiridion (from Greek). Reintroduced 1814 in imitation of German Handbuch, but execrated through much of 19c. as "that very ugly and very unnecessary word" [Richard Chenevix Trench, "English Past and Present," 1905].
handcraft (n.): Old English handcræft "manual skill, power of the hand; handicraft;" see hand (n.) + craft (n.).
handcuff (n.): 1640s as a decorative addition to a sleeve; 1690s as a type of restraining device, from hand (n.) + cuff (n.). Old English had hondcops "a pair of hand cuffs," but the modern word is a re-invention. The verb is first attested 1720. Related: Handcuffed; handcuffing.
handfast (v.): "betroth (two people), bind in wedlock; pledge oneself to," early 12c., from Old English handfæsten and cognate Old Norse handfesta "to pledge, betroth; strike a bargain by shaking hands;" for first element see hand (n.); second element is from Proto-Germanic causative verb *fastjan "to make firm," from PIE *past- "solid, firm" (see fast (adj.). Related: Handfasted; handfasting. The noun in Old English was >handfæstung.
handful (n.): Old English handful "as much as can be held in the open hand;" see hand (n.) + -ful. Also a linear measurement of four inches, a handbreadth (early 15c.). Meaning "a small portion or part" is from mid-15c. Figurative meaning "as much as one can manage" is from 1755; figurative expression have (one's) hands full "have enough to do" is from late 15c. Plural handfulls. Similar formation in German handvoll, Danish haanfuld.
handgrip (n.): also hand-grip, Old English handgripe "a grasp, a seizing with the hand;" see hand (n.) + grip (n.). Meaning "a handle" is from 1887.
handgun (n.): mid-14c., of unmounted firearms, from hand (n.) + gun (n.). In modern use, "a pistol," from 1930s, American English.