up-handed

comparative more up-handed · superlative most up-handed

1. alternativeAlternative form of uphanded.

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

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

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   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.

   1861, Mrs. Francis Guise, The Cravens of Beech hall - Volume 1, page 151

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

   2015, Richard Church, The Dangerous Years, →ISBN

comparative more up-handed · superlative most up-handed

1. By raising the hands.

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

   1909, Workshop Receipts, for Manufacturers and Scientific Amateurs, page 126

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   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.

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

   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.

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