DCHP-1 Online
hand 
v. drag a canoe upstream by hand, walking ahead, hand on gunwale.
See also: lead ((v.))
- 1809 (1950) . . . then up the little River which had also good Water, except the upper part which is rapid & shoal, here we handed much.
- 1934 Lutit was evidently "handing" the canoe up the rapid, walking in the water in front of it, and dragging it up after him.
- 1950 In "handing," the men waded in the stream, keeping hold of the gunwale of the canoe and dragging it upstream against the swift current.
- 1809 (1950) . . . then up the little River which had also good Water, except the upper part which is rapid & shoal, here we handed much.