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Definition of By hand
1. Adverb. Without the use of a machine. "This dress is sewn by hand"
Definition of By hand
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) Manually; without the use of automation or machines. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of By Hand
Literary usage of By hand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"One propelled by hand. 1836 [He was] bound down upon a large hand sled by a strong
cotton handkerchief.— Yale Lit. Mag., ii. 87 (Dec.). ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Parts of vases were modelled by hand at all periods by way of decoration. Even in
the geometrical period we find horses modelled in the - round on the Fic- ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1902)
"Lithographed, colored by hand. Map of the Consolidated City Brooklyn. ...
Engraved on copper, colored by hand. Muslin to fold in cloth cover, ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"This machine imitated with some improvements the processes used in paper by hand.
Its chief advantages were that it produced paper of any size, ..."
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