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A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. Jacob.

A factotum. [R.] He is his master's both-hands, I assure you. B. Jonson.

The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand. Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand. Spenser.

A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

A maker or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay.

Like a chandler; in a petty way. [Obs.] Milton.

Commodities sold by a chandler.

An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking. Balfour.

Chandlery. [Obs.] "Torches from the chandry." B. Jonson.

Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.

A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

Having two hands.

Equality. [Obs.] Bacon.

Fair or impartial; unbiased. "Evenhanded justice." Shak. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ly, adv. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ness, n.

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.