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Webster 1913 Edition
Handed
Hand′ed
,Adj.
1.
With hands joined; hand in hand.
Into their inmost bower,
Handed
they went. Milton.
2.
Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
As poisonous tongued as
handed
. Shakespeare
☞ Handed is used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) hands; as, bloody-handed; free-handed; heavy-handed; left-handed; single-handed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Handed
HAND'ED
,pp.
HAND'ED
,Adj.
1.
In composition, as right-handed,most dextrous or strong with the right hand; having the right hand most able and ready.Left-handed,having the left hand most strong and convenient for principal use.
Definition 2024
handed
handed
English
Adjective
handed (not comparable)
- With hands joined; hand in hand.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV.:
- Into their inmost bower, Handed they went.
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- (in combination) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand or way of treating others.
- circa 1609, Shakespeare, Cymbeline, III-ii:
- As poisonous tongued as handed
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Derived terms
Terms derived from handed
Translations
with hands joined — see hand in hand
having a peculiar or characteristic hand
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Verb
handed
- simple past tense and past participle of hand