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By way of exchange.

One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Matt.

Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious. [Obs.] Bacon.

ntervention of an agent. One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind. J. Martineau.

ity; advantage; start; precedence. And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . . Had the forehand and vantage of a king. Shak.

Early; timely; seasonable. "Forehanded care." Jer. Taylor.

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four- in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four- in-hand coach. -- n.

Having four hands; quadrumanous. Goldsmith.

Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. See under Drawing.

Open-handed; liberal.

A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks.

A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

Having hard hands, as a manual laborer. Hard-handed men that work in Athens here. Shak.

The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion. Abp Potter.

Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.

Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.

Same as Holometabolic.

Having the hands horny and callous from labor.

A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar.

That branch of physics which treats of the mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion.