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Two-hand. World English Historical Dictionary

Two-hand. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1916, rev. 2022. Two-hand a. Also 5 two-handes.

1   1.  Requiring both hands to wield or manage: = next, 1.

2 c. 1410.  Master of Game (MS. Digby 182), xi. Makary had a gret twohande staffe.

3 a. 1440.  Sir Degrev., 1643. Two-honde swerde.

4 c. 1500.  Melusine, xxii. 145. He held a two handes ax.

5 1630.  R. Johnson’s Kingd. & Commw., 312. Men of large stature … [who] serve onely with the Pike or two-hand-sword.

6 1807.  Hogg, Gilmanscleuch, lvii. His twa-hand sword hang round his neck.

7   2.  Done, or worked, by two persons: = next, 2. † Two-hand battle, a single combat, a duel (obs.).

8 c. 1500.  Arnolde’s Chron., Index (1811), 2. That noo citezen doo twoo hand batayle.

9 1538.  MS. Acc. St. John’s Hosp., Canterb. Payd for haftyng off the ij hand saw. Ibid. (1614). Payd for the baryng of a too hand sawe xij d.

10   † 3.  Leading in two directions (right-hand and left-hand). Obs. rare–1.

11 1607.  Hieron, Defence, I. 38. At some crosse or two hand way.

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