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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)

Davidson, Thomas, 1856-1923 [Editor]· 2 chapters· 204,106 words

HANDICAP, hand'i-kap, _v.t._ to impose special disadvantages or impediments upon in order to offset advantages, and make a better contest--in a horse-race the superior horse carries a heavier weight, while foot-runners are placed at different distances, or start at different t...

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1. xxvii. 24); WITH A HEAVY HAND, oppressively; WITH A HIGH HAND, without

HANDICAP, hand'i-kap, _v.t._ to impose special disadvantages or impediments upon in order to offset advantages, and make a better contest--in a horse-race the superior horse car...

2. iii. 19)--a favourite subject of Christian art, and of our own medieval

HART, härt, _n._ the stag or male deer from the age of six years, when the crown or sur-royal antler begins to appear:--_fem._ HIND.--_ns._ HART'EBEEST, HART'BEEST, a South Afri...