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S vs Behand - What's the difference?

s | behand |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb behand is

(lb) to remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    behand

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.
  • *1909 , Theodore L. Flood, The Chautauquan - Volumes 53-54 - Page 55 :
    • 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.
  • *2004 , Susan C. Power, Early Art of the Southeastern Indians :
    • 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).