(a) having beautiful, nicely shaped, or fair-skinned hands (in later use sometimes implying unfamiliarity with hard work); also figurative (now rare…

Fixed or secure in position. Of the hands: Steady, not tremulous. Also of shooting: Steady. Obsolete.

Having white or pale hands. Frequently with connotations of gentility, refinement, or effeminacy. Also figurative.

Having hardened, rough, or strong hands, typically from manual labour. Cf. horny-handed adj. at horny, adj. n.compounds 1.

transferred. Callous or hardened so as to be horn-like in texture.

literal. Having large hands.

Having red or reddish hands. Now chiefly Zoology: in the names of monkeys with reddish hands and feet (see compounds).

White or fair as a lily; lily-white; lily-like. Also in parasynthetic combinations, as lily-cheeked, lily-fingered, lily-handed, lily-wristed adjs.

attributive and in other combinations, as talon-like, talon-tipped adjs.