Meaning of cross-handed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Done with hands or forearms crossed over each other.
   not-comparable
2. Done by crossing the hand to the other side of the body.
   not-comparable
3. Involving two opposing directions.
   not-comparable
4. Back-handed.
   not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

“The cross-handed grip helps in maintaining the wrist position.”

“I wonder how it would be to stand right in the beginning of the fast water, at the lip of the pool, and try a cross-handed cast.”

“Appreciable scattering of cross-handed radiation occurred in the middle of the band, leaving regions near the long- and short-wavelength band edges in which scattering of cross-handed radiation was negligible.”

“We believe and are thoroughly convinced that God's blessings come to his church in a cross-handed way, entirely different, in many instances, from the way we expect them.”

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