English

Adjective

up-handed ‎(comparative more up-handed, superlative most up-handed)

1. Alternative form of uphanded
   • 1861, Mrs. Francis Guise, The Cravens of Beech hall - Volume 1, page 151:

     The R for Richard is not a firm, steady up-handed stroke for the curl at the top; and the end of the n, in Craven, is unfinished, weak, and imperfect.

   • 1912, Munsey's Magazine - Volume 46, page 203:

     But let the judicial system be criticized, and up-handed horror echoes its protest in all directions.

   • 2015, Richard Church, The Dangerous Years, ISBN 1448214866:

     But Tom was at the sideboard, fatiguing the salade with all the up-handed ceremony of a regimental drummer at work.

Adverb

up-handed ‎(comparative more up-handed, superlative most up-handed)

1. By raising the hands.
   • 1909, Workshop Receipts, for Manufacturers and Scientific Amateurs, page 126:

     The lighter sledges are used ' ' up-handed, " that is, for lifting and striking in a circular arc simply, over the work.

   • 1966, George Washington Harris & ‎M. Thomas Inge, Sut Lovingood's yarns, page 66:

     He grabbed the fire shovil, an' bounc'd half bent (the cheer kep him frum straitin up) all over that kitchen, a strikin over-handed, onder-handed, up-handed, down-handed, an' lef-handed, at every 'spishus shadder he seed.

   • 2011, Xiaoxing Chen, Three-Finger Zen: A Basketball Revolution, ISBN 1462047181, page 54:

     The 3fz one-hand-only shooting mechanism allows players to shoot the basketball up-handed by pronating palm (down) and uplifting the arm, as well as underhanded by supinating palm (up) and low-hand Unishots.