
a.
To draw up and come to handy strokes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A fight with the hands; boxing. “Pollux loves handyfights.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A blow with the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Handiwork. [ 1913 Webster ]