…them smaller, the reverse is predicted. To see your hands soiled, denotes that you will be envious and unjust to others. To wash your hands, you will participate in some joyous festivity. For a woman to admire her own hands, is proof that she will win and hold the sincere regard of the man she prizes above all others. To admire the hands of others, she will be subjected to the whims of a jealous man. To have a man hold her hands, she will be enticed into illicit engagements. If she lets others kiss her hands, she will have gossips busy with her reputation. To handle fire without burning her hands, she will rise to high rank and commanding positions. Dreaming that your hands are tied, denotes that you will be involved in difficulties. In loosening them, you will force others to submit to your dictations. See Fingers….
Dream dictionary: hold hands dream meanings
… I hurried on, urged whither I knew not. It seemed to me that I was seeking some familiar spot some known harbour of refuge against a vague, unimagined danger that pursued me; and, as I pressed forward, the air grew more and more oppressive. Then I met things horrible things with clammy hands that tried to keep me back; and as I felt their loathsome touch and foetid breath a great weakness filled my limbs.”God of mercy!” I cried, ”Help me, and keep me from these.”Then in some inexplicable manner a new strength came into my body. Taking courage, I leaped forward; I hurled aside my assailants, and I could hear them mocking and cursing as I broke through them.Just as the haven I longed-for came in sight and I know not what it was or how I knew it I saw a beautiful maiden…
…as I beat and prodded it against the jagged edges of my teeth. But all to no purpose; my head remained full and my stomach empty.”A whole lifetime seemed to pass in this tantalising, agonising manner, and then into the room, in Indian file, stalked all my friends and relations, each carrying in their hands a champagne glass. My uncle, who had been dead and buried at the very least thirty years, headed the procession. Walking solemnly up to me, he took hold of my nose, twisted it round like a tap, and down through my foaming mouth poured the whiskey. As soon as his glass was full he raised it above his head, and exclaimed in a sepulchral voice, ‘ Health! Health! Health!’ to which all the company in chorus responded ‘ Amen! Amen! Amen!’ One after another my relatives and friends followed his example, and twisted my nose…
…from the danger of his enemies. If one who is dismissed from his work sees himself on a boat in a dream, it means that he will be rehired to occupy the same office and regain his authority, or that he may take a dangerous trip during which he may either die or escape from death. If one thinks that the ship does not befit his class or rank in the dream, it means that he will face danger. If one’s ship is drowning, and if another ship comes to its rescue in the dream, it means that one will escape from a great danger to fall into the hands of a strong person, or that he will escape from a danger, though should he disobey its captain and abandon the second ship in his dream, it means that he may disobey his leader and go astray. Recovering one’s ship…
…For a woman Dreaming of chalking her face, denotes that she will scheme to obtain admirers. Dreaming of using chalk on a board, you will attain public honors, unless it is the blackboard | then it indicates ill luck. To hold hands full of chalk, disappointment is foretold….
…damage. To have the head larger or more elevated than people usually have, professional dignity according to the estate of the dreamer, gain of a lawsuit, triumph over adversaries. If the dreamer, or whoever he sees in the dream, is engaged in commerce or any other trade marketing, and his head is off, then it shows disappointments with his business. Have the head swollen, riches and profit for the dreamer’s employers or children. Have the head of a wolf or other savage beast means complete success in all undertakings, competitors vanquished, the respect of fellow citizens. To have the headache, means loss of credit. Have two heads, society or association. To hold your head in your hands loss of something important in your life, otherwise it could indicate the happiness and achieved goals. See a death’s-head, you must be more cautious if you wish to win against your rivals….
Hold them is a great sign, particularly for youth, in as much as love affairs and all undertakings will eventuate in accordance with desires. It will obtain victories over enemies and secure the esteem and benevolence of everybody. To see them in the hands of another, represents the discovery of an evil contemplated. If they are extinct, the sign is the reverse. (See Fire, Candles.)