hand sb. (the foll. obs. uses of phrases are found)
1.
with preps.: “at ,” (i) at
the beginning, at the start
Cæs. IV. ii. 23
“like horses hot at
”
; (ii) by hand
John V. ii. 75
“a lion foster'd up at
;—at”
or “in any , of all
h-s,” in any case
LLL. IV. iii. 219
“Therefore, of all h-s
must we be forsworn,”
Shr. I. ii. 150
“see that at any ,”
229,
All'sW. III. vi. 44
“in any ;—by this
,
by”
one's own or another's “,”
used freq. in asseverations
Tp. III. ii. 57
“by this , I will supplant
some of your teeth,”
AYL. III. ii. 420
“by the white of
Rosalind,”
All'sW. III. vi. 75,
2H6 V. iii. 29
“by my , lords, 'twas a
glorious day,”
Troil. IV. i. 22
“By Venus' I swear,”
Cor. IV. v. 156, Ven. 80; also “for my ”
Shr. I. i. 193; “in” one's “,” led or held by one John II. i. 236, R3 IV. i. 2, H8 V. iii.
22, Cor. V. iii. 23, Tit. V. iii. 138; “brief in ,” shortly to be
dispatched John IV. iii. 158;
“in with,” occupied
or engaged with
Ven. 912
“In with all things,
nought at all effecting;—of”
one's “h-s,” in
respect of one's actions or valour in fight Wiv. I. iv. 27, Wint. V. ii. 186 [178] “a tall fellow of thy
h-s,” &c., 2H4 II. ii.
74; “out of ,” (i) at
once 1H6 III. ii. 102, 3H6 IV. vii. 63, Tit. V. ii. 77; (ii)
done with
2H4 III. i. 107
“were these inward wars
once out of ;—unto thy ,”
ready for thee Ant. IV. xii.
[xiv.] 29
2.
with verbs: “bear in ” (freq.), to
delude (a person) with false hopes or pretences,
pretend or profess to do something Meas. I. iv. 52, Ado IV. i. 309, Shr. IV. ii. 3, Mac. III. i. 81, Ham. II. ii. 67; “give me your h-s,”
applaud MND. V. ii. 68 [i. 444]; “had . . . by the ,” secured 2H4 I. iii. 21; “have . . . in ” have to do with
Tw.N. I. iii. 70; “holds h-s with,” is the
equal of John II. i. 494; “lay on heart,”
reflect Rom. III. v. 192; “made a fine ” or “fair h-s,” succeeded,
done well H8 V. iv. 76, Cor. IV. vi. 118; “take (join, close) h-s”
refer to the ceremony in the marriage service Ado IV. i. 310, V. iv. 56, AYL. V. iv. 135, Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 374,
396, John II. i. 532-3;
“will to ,” call for
execution Mac. III. iv.
139.