Behand
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands. transitive
"Notice the bronze hands over the fireplace. A person sentenced to be "behanded" might by law commute the punishment by paying a certain sum, and presenting a bronze hand marked with the name, crime, etc."
Example
More examples"Notice the bronze hands over the fireplace. A person sentenced to be "behanded" might by law commute the punishment by paying a certain sum, and presenting a bronze hand marked with the name, crime, etc."
Etymology
From be- (“off, away”) + hand, modelled after behead.
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