HAND, in the manège, sometimes stands for the fore-foot of a horse. It is also used for a division of the horse into two parts with respect to the rider's hand. The fore-hand includes the head, neck, and fore-quarters; the hind-hand is all the rest of the horse.
HAND is likewise used for a measure of four inches, or
or of a clenched fist, by which the height of a horse is computed.
HAND is also figuratively used in painting, sculpture, &c. for the manner or style of this or that master.
HANDS are borne in coat-armour, dexter and sinister; that is, right and left, expanded or open; and after other manners. A bloody hand in the centre of the escutcheon is the badge of a baronet of Great Britain.
Hand-Breadth, a measure of three inches.