safe handn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈseɪf hand/, U.S.

/ˈseɪf ˌhænd/

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

Etymology: < safe adj. + hand n.

A. n.

A trusted and secure bearer or courier; (also) secure care. Now chiefly in by safe hand.

ΚΠ

1643 in J. T. Gilbert Hist. Irish Confederation (1882) II. 207 We aucthorish you..to take £100, for we know not by what saulfe hand heere to returne you a bill of exchange.

1664 Earl of Arlington Let. 24 July (1701) II. 32 As for the mistake of our Cyphers,..I immediately betook my self to the use of Mr. Coventry's, which I shall continue till I have an opportunity of sending you a new one by a safe hand.

1730 R. L'Estrange's Fables & Stories Moralized II. clxx. 169 Not one Word to any Mortal of this Unlucky Affair; your Honour is in safe Hand.

1874 S. J. MacKenna At School with Old Dragoon 376 I want you..to send them up to this address in Paris to be done, and forward them to me by safe hand.

1947 Ld. Mountbatten Let. 12 June in India Office Rec. (1450 GG 43 Coll. I.) p. 31 Please follow it up with the letter, which should be sent by safehand of pilot.

2003 S. Hazzard Great Fire iii. 48 Secrecy..is controlled here by the American Bomb Survey... Even this far from conspiratorial letter goes by safe hand.

B. adj.

Of a letter, document, etc.: securely delivered by a trustworthy bearer. Of a courier, delivery service, etc.: trustworthy, secure. Cf. in safe hands at hand n. Phrases 1f(e)(ii).

ΚΠ

1951 W. D. Edmonds They fought with what they Had ii. ix. 388 A U.S. Army captain..carried a package wrapped in soiled white canvas and tied with cotton rope—a ‘safe-hand’ package, he explained.

1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell xi. 113 The rumblings from London..had ceased with a Safehand letter from the Minister.

1975 N. Luard Robespierre Serial iv. 17 A second safe-hand letter had arrived.

2004 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 14 In the 50 years since the inception of the safe-hand courier service there has been no recorded loss of..classified or sensitive material.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

†P11. (to come) to safe hand: to arrive safely. Obsolete.Perhaps an alteration of to come safe to hand (cf. quot. 1737 at sense 3a) influenced by safe hand n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [verb (intransitive)] > of letter: reach destination > safely

(to come) to safe hand1645

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xiv. 25 Yours of the third of August, came to safe hand in an inclos'd from my Brother.

1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. xviii. 30 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) Your last of the fourth current came to safe hand.

单词	safe hand
释义	safe handn.adj. Brit. /ˈseɪf hand/, U.S. /ˈseɪf ˌhænd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: safe adj., hand n. Etymology: < safe adj. + hand n. A. n. A trusted and secure bearer or courier; (also) secure care. Now chiefly in by safe hand. ΚΠ 1643 in J. T. Gilbert Hist. Irish Confederation (1882) II. 207 We aucthorish you..to take £100, for we know not by what saulfe hand heere to returne you a bill of exchange. 1664 Earl of Arlington Let. 24 July (1701) II. 32 As for the mistake of our Cyphers,..I immediately betook my self to the use of Mr. Coventry's, which I shall continue till I have an opportunity of sending you a new one by a safe hand. 1730 R. L'Estrange's Fables & Stories Moralized II. clxx. 169 Not one Word to any Mortal of this Unlucky Affair; your Honour is in safe Hand. 1874 S. J. MacKenna At School with Old Dragoon 376 I want you..to send them up to this address in Paris to be done, and forward them to me by safe hand. 1947 Ld. Mountbatten Let. 12 June in India Office Rec. (1450 GG 43 Coll. I.) p. 31 Please follow it up with the letter, which should be sent by safehand of pilot. 2003 S. Hazzard Great Fire iii. 48 Secrecy..is controlled here by the American Bomb Survey... Even this far from conspiratorial letter goes by safe hand. B. adj. Of a letter, document, etc.: securely delivered by a trustworthy bearer. Of a courier, delivery service, etc.: trustworthy, secure. Cf. in safe hands at hand n. Phrases 1f(e)(ii). ΚΠ 1951 W. D. Edmonds They fought with what they Had ii. ix. 388 A U.S. Army captain..carried a package wrapped in soiled white canvas and tied with cotton rope—a ‘safe-hand’ package, he explained. 1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell xi. 113 The rumblings from London..had ceased with a Safehand letter from the Minister. 1975 N. Luard Robespierre Serial iv. 17 A second safe-hand letter had arrived. 2004 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 14 In the 50 years since the inception of the safe-hand courier service there has been no recorded loss of..classified or sensitive material. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas (to come) to safe hand †P11. (to come) to safe hand: to arrive safely. Obsolete.Perhaps an alteration of to come safe to hand (cf. quot. 1737 at sense 3a) influenced by safe hand n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [verb (intransitive)] > of letter: reach destination > safely (to come) to safe hand1645 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xiv. 25 Yours of the third of August, came to safe hand in an inclos'd from my Brother. 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. xviii. 30 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) Your last of the fourth current came to safe hand. extracted from safeadj.int. < n.adj.1643 as lemmas
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safe handn.adj.

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