Definition of Hand down

1. Verb. Passed on, as by inheritance. "This ring was handed down through many generations"

Generic synonyms: Pass On

Definition of Hand down

1. Verb. To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor. ¹

2. Verb. To deliver (the decision of a court, etc.) ¹

3. Verb. To forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court). ¹

4. Verb. (idiomatic) To donate (as second hand.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hand Down

hand ball
hand bill
hand bills
hand blower
hand brake
hand brakes
hand bridge
hand by a hair
hand calculator
hand cart
hand cheese
hand clapping
hand cream
hand down
hand drill
hand dryer
hand dryers
hand dye
hand eczema
hand fern
hand grenade
hand grenades
hand holes
hand in
hand in glove
hand in hand
hand in one's dinner pail

Literary usage of Hand down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"... or to maintain our rights and liberties by force of arms, and hand down the fuir inheritance to our posterity, by a brave and determined defence. ..."

2. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"hand down. An appellate court Is said to "hand down" Its decision In a case, when the opinion Is prepared and filed for transmission to the court below. ..."

3. Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions by Peter Lund Simmonds (1852)
"Although there are now no new continents left to discover, our intrepid British adventurers are but too eager to achieve the bubble reputation, to hand down ..."

4. Physical Education by Archibald Maclaren, Wallace Maclaren (1895)
"In descending, pass the right hand down to the next spar, pass the left hand down to the next spar. Repeat. This exercise to be repeated with the right hand ..."

5. Telegraphy: A Detailed Exposition of the Telegraph System of the British by Thomas Ernest Herbert (1906)
"Principle of forked repeater. levers of auto-switches 2 and 3, the left-hand down auto- relay in parallel through the down transmitting relays and the ..."

6. Young Folk's Entertainments, Comprising Many New and Novel Motion Songs by Emma Cecilia Rook (1914)
"Right foot forward, in front of the left, raise tambourine to erect position on left shoulder by right hand, left hand down at side. ..."

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