stronghand en · NOUN
Etymology
From strong + hand.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) violence; force; power
It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand.
1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):