Meaning of uphand | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Designed to be lifted by the hand, or by both hands
   not-comparable, rare
2. With an upward movement of the hand.
   not-comparable
3. Starting from the bottom and working upwards
   not-comparable
4. Characterized by pushing upwards with a hand or hands.
   not-comparable
5. Enriched; fertile.
   not-comparable, rare

Examples

“the uphand sledge”

“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.”

“There was not anything like it either for extraordinary rapidity of pace with the uphand bowling, or accuracy of length and general steadiness.”

“I called, as soon as the struggle was over, for Poor Tom, but for a long time nothing could be seen of him or his raven; at last a call from John Lee, who, like myself, was unhurt, told me he was found, and close outside the hovel where the women and children who had been carried off by the moor men had been shut up, and who we happily rescued, Poor Tom lay locked close in the arms of a moor man, through whose heart he had driven the Spanish knife, and who had ripped him open by one uphand cut, from the bottom of his belly to the top of his chest.”

“They sparred heavily for nearly ten minutes, neither gaining the advantage until Kathleen, with one furious uphand stroke, snapped Reed's blade in two near the hilt.”

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

“In uphand welding, the previously deposited metal is used as a step to hold up the molten metal, making possible a heavier deposit. Slag flows away from the molten pool and is less likely to be trapped in the metal during uphand welding.”

“When welding thick pipe, the weld may be formed from the bottom up by uphand welding.”

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

“What is desirable is to imitate the calf in sucking; the hand is to be not only sharply closed against the teat, but vigorous uphand pressure against the udder is to be made at the same time.”

“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.”

“Intercropping with cowpea exerted an uphand influence on the soil available N (223 and 236 kg/ha) considerable, build up in the soil available N was noticed with the sorghum + cowpea intercropping system in a ratio of 3:1 which is probably due to the beneficial effect of continuous legume intercropping.”

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