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Webster 1913 Edition
First-hand
First′-handˊ
,Adj.
Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent; – of information;
as, a
.firsthand
report; firsthand
information; firsthand
knowledge
Syn. – direct, original.
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.