单词 | through hand |
释义 | > as lemmasthrough hand (also hands) b. Scottish. through hand (also hands): so as to be handled or dealt with; in process; in hand. Later esp. in to take through hand (also hands): = to take in hand at hand n. Phrases 2p(a). ΚΠ 1763 in Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. (1903) 14 92 He was using the Norfolk plough, and by means of it putting a great deal of work through hand. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 345 I had her through hands once, and could then make little of her. 1854 Cottage Gardener 16 Mar. 457/1 The fast doers, who care not how the world goes round, provided they get every job through hand as fast as anything. 1875 Border Treasury 27 Feb. 353 A' her auld grievances were taen throo haunds, an' kiel-hauld to the utmost. a1917 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick (1927) 22 Let iz ken whan ee've hed the maitter throwe hands. 1986 Glasgow Herald 3 Feb. 8/7 An important presbytery meeting at which Mr Chilton's case will be taken through hand. 2005 Recorded Conversat.: Family from North East Scotl. (SCOTS transcript) in www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Aw that kinda things have been taen through hand. < as lemmas |
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