uphand

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Designed to be lifted by the hand, or by both hands

   “the uphand sledge”

2. sıfat With an upward movement of the hand.

   “Girzie, when in her barleyhoods, was apt to enforce her commands with uphand emphases, and Andrew came in for a due share of this practical elocution, and always proved himself as quiet and submissive a disciple as ever fell under a "continual dropping," since the days of the man of Uz.”

3. sıfat Starting from the bottom and working upwards

   “Downhand welding is preferable to uphand welding as it insures better fusion and greater speed.”

4. sıfat Characterized by pushing upwards with a hand or hands.

   “A man to roll rubber off from that, I think, would find rather an uphand business — pushing his hands against the rubber.”

5. sıfat Enriched; fertile.

   “My land is uphand black loam, which I value at fifty dollars per acre, and three crops is the most I have grown consecutively on the same ground.”

6. zarf From bottom to top.

   “One hundred per cent penetration can be obtained by welding in a slight vertical weld uphand on metal up to eight gages.”

7. zarf Moved by hand in an upward direction.

   “As by a leaf to fling On the glass of wind Or up transparent leaf-sides over and over Uphand to swing Into the airy sockets of light And the broad plates tread like a bird Kissing light.”

8. fiil To lift with an upward movement of the hands.

   “To high heaven, all so softly, / The angels uphand him; / In meads of May flowers / Mild Mary will meet him: […]”

9. fiil To strike from below with the hand or fist.

   “Before he had hit, she sprang upright, feinted so that Gull's quick blow whooshed harmlessly past her cheek, and uphanded his chin, stunning him and sending him reeling against Kayser, who had stepped back.”

10. fiil To uphold, promote, or sustain.

    “He's nae Moderate, man; and gin I'm no sair mistaen, he's a wild man himsel, and wull uphand the Veto.”

11. fiil To raise the hands.

    “But the whole thirty-three uphanded and cried, “Mercy, Kamerad '"”

12. isim The upper hand.

    “Such monsters as these have all been, Our fathers and mothers have known : If that they should get the uphand, Us Protestants they would all smother”