next handadv.prep.adj.

Brit.

/ˌnɛkst ˈhand/, U.S.

/ˈnɛks(t) ˈhænd/

Forms: see next adj. and hand n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: next adj., hand n.

Etymology: < next adj. + hand n. Compare nearhand adv., prep., and adj. and nigh hand adv. and prep.

Now rare.

†A. adv.

Nearest at hand; directly following. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > nearest or very near

fast byc1300

next a person's handa1400

next handa1400

at (the) nextc1449

hard by1535

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26087 (MED) Grace it es be-for cumand, And siþen him folus luue neist hand [a1400 Fairf. next hand].

1580 A. Munday Zelauto iii. 111 If he frowne, then what is next hand, flyes at the face of his Wife.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 226 To set our mindes and knit our affections to those that come next hand.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 12 Some part of them onely, which came next hand, not the choyce.

1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 70 The Priests themselves..were wont to make use of Herbs next hand to adorn the Altars.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 119 The Poor People of the Town, such as were next Hand, run from both sides the Way and stopp'd the Horse for him.

†B. prep.

Nearest to, next to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > near to [preposition] > next to or beside

nexteOE

toc1000

alongstc1180

besidesc1200

besidec1275

next handa1400

hard byc1450

juxta1860

upsides1883

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9982 Þe fundament þat first es laid Neist hand þe roche.

c1440 St. Christopher (Thornton) 193 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 457/1 Luk þat þou ly nexte-hand þe straa.

c1455 Burgh Laws (Adv.) c. 64 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nixt-, Next-hand Hys nychtburis that duellis next hande him.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. ix. 84 Nixt hand hir went Lavynia the maid.

C. adj. (attributive).

Nearest, closest; next, neighbouring. Cf. next door adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > nearest

nexteOE

nextfoldc1225

prochainc1550

hithermost1565

next hand1642

hitherest1876

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 147 Wedding our selves to our next hand props of children, wealth, meanes.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. 137 Each of us knows and can depend on his next hand man better.

1871 G. T. Chesney Battle of Dorking in Blackwood's Mag. May 39 If a battle is like this, said Dick Wake, who was my next-hand file, it's mild work, to say the least.

1902 W. D. Howells Lit. & Life 159 Could one [man] say to his next-hand man, ‘Will you please keep my place?’ and would this man say to an interloper, ‘Excuse me, this place is engaged’?

1907 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 17 368 If cheating consists only in referring to the book, then your next-hand neighbor who glances at her notes now and then need not be reported.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	next hand
释义	next handadv.prep.adj. Brit. /ˌnɛkst ˈhand/, U.S. /ˈnɛks(t) ˈhænd/ Forms: see next adj. and hand n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: next adj., hand n. Etymology: < next adj. + hand n. Compare nearhand adv., prep., and adj. and nigh hand adv. and prep. Now rare. †A. adv. Nearest at hand; directly following. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > nearest or very near fast byc1300 next a person's handa1400 next handa1400 at (the) nextc1449 hard by1535 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26087 (MED) Grace it es be-for cumand, And siþen him folus luue neist hand [a1400 Fairf. next hand]. 1580 A. Munday Zelauto iii. 111 If he frowne, then what is next hand, flyes at the face of his Wife. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 226 To set our mindes and knit our affections to those that come next hand. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 12 Some part of them onely, which came next hand, not the choyce. 1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 70 The Priests themselves..were wont to make use of Herbs next hand to adorn the Altars. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 119 The Poor People of the Town, such as were next Hand, run from both sides the Way and stopp'd the Horse for him. †B. prep. Nearest to, next to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near to [preposition] > next to or beside nexteOE toc1000 alongstc1180 besidesc1200 besidec1275 next handa1400 hard byc1450 juxta1860 upsides1883 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9982 Þe fundament þat first es laid Neist hand þe roche. c1440 St. Christopher (Thornton) 193 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 457/1 Luk þat þou ly nexte-hand þe straa. c1455 Burgh Laws (Adv.) c. 64 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nixt-, Next-hand Hys nychtburis that duellis next hande him. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. ix. 84 Nixt hand hir went Lavynia the maid. C. adj. (attributive). Nearest, closest; next, neighbouring. Cf. next door adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > nearest nexteOE nextfoldc1225 prochainc1550 hithermost1565 next hand1642 hitherest1876 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 147 Wedding our selves to our next hand props of children, wealth, meanes. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. 137 Each of us knows and can depend on his next hand man better. 1871 G. T. Chesney Battle of Dorking in Blackwood's Mag. May 39 If a battle is like this, said Dick Wake, who was my next-hand file, it's mild work, to say the least. 1902 W. D. Howells Lit. & Life 159 Could one [man] say to his next-hand man, ‘Will you please keep my place?’ and would this man say to an interloper, ‘Excuse me, this place is engaged’? 1907 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 17 368 If cheating consists only in referring to the book, then your next-hand neighbor who glances at her notes now and then need not be reported. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.prep.adj.a1400
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