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in hands
(i) In actual or personal possession, at one's disposal. Of a sum of money: given or held in cash (cf. cash in hand at cash n.1 2b). In early use also: †under one's authority, in one's charge; in custody (obsolete). Formerly also †in hands (obsolete).
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the mind > possession > [phrase] > in one's possession
in handOE
on (also upon) hand (also hands)OE
in or within one's wones1390
OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John xiii. 3 Sciens quia omnia dedit ei pater in manus : uiste þætte alle salde him se fæder in hondum [OE Rushw. in hond].
OE Guthlac A 647 Ic getrywe in þone torhtestan þrynesse þrym, se geþeahtingum hafað in hondum heofon ond eorðan.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17990 Þe faderr..hafeþþ ȝifenn himm inn hannd To weldenn alle þingess.
a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 18 Lutel he wende so be broht in honde.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 15813 (MED) Petre was in hande tane for forfait he had done.
1491 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 196/2 Gif..William contentis and payis the soume of vc frankis now in hand.
a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 A birde in hond is better than thre in the wode.
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Uviij Promised to giue him a great some of mony..and gaue him..halfe in hande.
c1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 196 The croun..quhilk he wald faine haue beine in handis withall.
1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 38 It lyeth us in hand, seriously to consider what our practice is.
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. vii. 54 Then Dermond O Conner layed hold upon James Fits Thomas, and said, My Lord you are in hand.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxi. 127 Apt to judge a little in Hand better than a great deal to come.
1751 Affecting Narr. H.M.S. Wager 43 With a little yet in Hand, we were almost starving.
a1780 W. Mair 28 Lect. (1781) ix. 110 As we use to say, there is a good time coming: you are at least getting so much in hand, as keeps you from sinking altogether.
1839 J. Barker Evangelical Reformer 16 Nov. 271 The man who thought he should be satisfied when he had got out of debt, has no sooner paid his last bill, than he begins to wish for a little in hand.
1884 Curtis Price in Law Times Rep. 51 157/2 His scrupulous desire to keep the mansion-house in hand.
1916 Truth (Sydney) 1 Oct. 12/1 They come out here for their bread and butter, and also good money in hand, more than they got in Pommyland.
2000 Rugby World June 16/4 The key men..helping to provide the grids of support that keep the ball in hand.
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