by-hand,adv.Sc.|ˈbaɪhænd| [f. by- 1 + hand.] a. Out of hand, aside, out of the way. b. Incidentally. 1636Rutherford Lett. lxxii. (1862) I. 187 Cast them by-hand as we do old clothes.1834Galt in Fraser's Mag. X. 160 She was far advanced when it was by-hand noticed.