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

The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband. [Obs.] Shak.

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

Violence; force; power. It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand. Sir W. Raleigh.

A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.

A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.

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

Trenchant. [Obs.] Spenser.

Employing two hangs; as, the two-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.

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

Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.

Underhand; clandestine.

In an underhand manner.

To loose from the hand; to let go. Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon! Eftsoons his hand dropped he. Coleridge.

Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely. Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. Shak. I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe. Woodward.

Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man.

Lifted by the hand, or by both hands; as, the uphand sledge. [R.] Moxon.

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

Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite. Heyse.

[Archaic] And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. Spenser. His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. Tennyson.