Meaning of nearhand | Babel Free

Definitions

Nearby; close at hand; nigh; adjacent.

Examples

“We are nearer hand to the great coal districts, and there is a tendency for the men to go there. We are nearer hand to the great mining centres than are those that Mr. Scott represented”

“But whether, when he should break⟳ his camp at Forney's plantation, he would go northward after Morgan and the prisoners, or cross the river at some nearhand ford to chase⟳ our main, none of our scouts could tell⟳ us.”

“The person discovering the fire will immediately endeavor to extinguish it by the use⟳ of the nearest means at hand, such as suffocation by blankets or other material, use⟳ of w7ater, or the nearest hand fire extinguisher or pyrene outfit”

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