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Left-handed
(Judg. 3:15; 20:16), one unable to use the right hand skilfully, and who therefore uses the left; an...

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left-handed wife
A concubine; an allusion to an ancient German custom, according to which, when a man married his con...

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Left
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Leave>>. II. Left ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Leave>>. III. Left ·noun That part of surr...

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Handed
·adj With hands joined; hand in hand. II. Handed ·adj Having a peculiar or characteristic hand. II...

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Left-hand
·adj Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-han...

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Left-handedness
·noun ·Alt. of Left-handiness. ...

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Left-handiness
·noun The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness. ...

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Left-off
·adj Laid aside; cast-off. ...

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Left hand
Among the Hebrews, denoted the north (Job 23:9; Gen. 14:15), the face of the person being supposed t...

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left over
left off. ...

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Double-handed
·adj Having two hands. II. Double-handed ·adj Deceitful; deceptive. ...

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Fast-handed
·adj Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious. ...

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Free-handed
·adj Open-handed; liberal. ...

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Hard-handed
·adj Having hard hands, as a manual laborer. ...

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

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Horny-handed
·adj Having the hands horny and callous from labor. ...

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Large-handed
·adj Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful. ...

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

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Lily-handed
·adj Having white, delicate hands. ...

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Open-handed
·adj Generous; liberal; munificent. ...

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Red-handed
(·adj / ·adv) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; — said ...

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Right-handed
·adj Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left. II. Right-handed ·adj Having th...

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Short-handed
·adj Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers. ...

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Single-handed
·adj Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted. ...

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Sinister-handed
·adj Left-handed; hence, unlucky. ...

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Strait-handed
·adj Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. ...

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Three-handed
·adj Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, ...

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Two-handed
·adj Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword. II. Two-handed ·adj Using either hand equally we...

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Wing-handed
·adj Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls. ...

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caw-handed, or caw-pawed
Awkward, not dextrous, ready, or nimble. ...

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cow-handed
Awkward. ...

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two-handed
Great. A two-handed fellow or wench; a great strapping man orwoman, ...

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fore-handed
To be fore-handed is to be in good circumstances; to be comfortably off. The expression is much used...

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cooche-handed
left-handed. Devon. ...

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light-handed
Short of the complement of men. ...

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short-handed
A deficient complement of men, or short-handed by many being on the sick-list. ...

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two handed put
The amorous congress. ...

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two-handed fellows
Those who are both seamen and soldiers, or artificers; as the marines and, specially, marine artille...

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two-handed saw
A very useful instrument in ship-carpentry; it is much longer than the hand-saw, and requires two me...

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muzzle to the left!
See muzzle to the right! ...

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Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).
No later mention. Named after an owner or builder. ...

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