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Definition of Two-handed

1. Adjective. Equally skillful with each hand. "An ambidextrous surgeon"

2. Adjective. Requiring two hands or designed for two people. "A machine designed for bimanual operation"

Definition of Two-handed

1. Adjective. operated by both hands at once ¹

2. Adjective. operated by two people ¹

3. Adjective. ambidextrous ¹

4. Adjective. having two hands ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Two-handed

1. 1. Having two hands; often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful. "Two-handed sway." 2. Used with both hands; as, a two-nanded sword. "That two-handed engine [the sword]" (Milton) 3. Using either hand equally well; ambidextrous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Two-handed

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Literary usage of Two-handed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... arquebuses, and two-handed swords. After a few words they drew their weapons, and the four boys so harried the guard, that if Captain ..."

2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... A Reckless Frontiersman — The Monomania of Assassination — A Wonderful two-handed Shot — Desperate Combat of Two Border Ruffians— Dying Happy — Slade, ..."

3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"But, with two-handed wrath, If baseness or pretension crossed his path, Struck once nor needed to strike more. His magic was not far to seek,— 171 He was so ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"The one-handed players were very few; the two- handed proportionately numerous. Nevertheless, three one-handed players challenged the two-handed. ..."

5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1882)
"The one is a one-handed weapon like a heavy carving-knife, the other is a two-handed cutlass. Each has its proper name, use, and mode of wearing. ..."

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