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of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.

ing from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria. Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that screw advances away from the observer when turned with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut.…

The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.

Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.

Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.

Left-handed; hence, unlucky. [Obs.] Lovelace.

Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [R.] -- Strait"-hand`ed*ness, n. [R.]

or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.

hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful. "Two-handed sway." Milton.

Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated. Norway . . . might defy the world, . . . but it is much underhanded now. Coleridge.

In an underhand manner.

Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.

in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses. Macaulay. Roving still about the world. Milton.

Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers. O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton.

In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner. [Obs.] Holland.

Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]

A backhanded blow.

In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded. Rich and much beforehand. Bacon.

Having two hands; two-handed.