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spec. Of a telephone exchange or system: having a central switchboard operated by hand.
operated by hand, non-automatic.
that may be operated by pressure of the foot.
Engineering. Of an operation: carried out with the workpiece held in the hand. Of a machine: intended for operations carried out with the workpiece…