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

Open-handed; liberal.

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

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

Having the hands horny and callous from labor.

Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters. Addison.

Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.

Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road. Left-hand rope, rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also water-laid rope.

Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.

The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness. An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the expression) proclaim low education. Chesterfield.

Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.

Having white, delicate hands.

The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.

To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon.

To traffic. [Obs.] Bacon.

Such as can be used or transferred as merchandise.

To make merchandise of; to buy and sell. "Love is merchandised." Shak.

A trader. Bunyan.

Trade; commerce. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.

To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.