behand

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verb

To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.

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Meanings

verbbehand (third-person singular simple present behands, present participle behanding, simple past and past participle behanded)

present singular third person behands · participle present behanding · participle past behanded · past behanded

  1. transitiveTo remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.

    The pit burial in a Cahokia mound of four beheaded and behanded men "could easily be personifications of the four beheaded, sacred ears of corn in a similar ritual" (Brose and Greber 1979, 264).

    2004, Susan C. Power, Early Art of the Southeastern Indians
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    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.

    1909, Theodore L. Flood, The Chautauquan - Volumes 53-54 - Page 55

Origin

From be- (“off, away”) + hand, modelled after behead.

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APA

behand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behand

MLA

“behand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behand. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “behand,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behand.

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