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ˈhand-working
Working with the hands; manual labour or operation. Also attrib.
In first two quots. a literal transl. of Gr. χειρουργία surgery.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 7 (MS. B.), For þe ende and þe prophyte of surgerye ys of hand wyrchynge..whyche techiþ vs to worche with handes in a Mannes body. 1548–77Vicary Anat. i. (1888) 13 Ipocras sayth, that Surgerie is hande working in mans body. 1580Sidney Ps. xix. i, The firmament..Shewes His hand-working wonders. |