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up-handed en · ADJ
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of uphanded.
The R for Richard is not a firm, steady up-handed stroke for the curl at the top; and the end of the n, in Craven, is unfinished, weak, and imperfect.
1861, Mrs. Francis Guise, The Cravens of Beech hall - Volume 1, page 151:But let the judicial system be criticized, and up-handed horror echoes its protest in all directions.
1912, Munsey's Magazine - Volume 46, page 203:But Tom was at the sideboard, fatiguing the salade with all the up-handed ceremony of a regimental drummer at work.
2015, Richard Church, The Dangerous Years, →ISBN:
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up-handed en · ADV
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By raising the hands.
The lighter sledges are used ' ' up-handed, " that is, for lifting and striking in a circular arc simply, over the work.
1909, Workshop Receipts, for Manufacturers and Scientific Amateurs, page 126:He grabbed the fire shovil, an' bounc'd half bent (the cheer kep him frum straitin up) all over that kitchen, a strikin over-handed, onder-handed, up-handed, down-handed, an' lef-handed, at every 'spishus shadder he seed.
1966, George Washington Harris, M. Thomas Inge, Sut Lovingood's yarns, page 66:The 3fz one-hand-only shooting mechanism allows players to shoot the basketball up-handed by pronating palm (down) and uplifting the arm, as well as underhanded by supinating palm (up) and low-hand Unishots.
2011, Xiaoxing Chen, Three-Finger Zen: A Basketball Revolution, →ISBN, page 54:
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