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handmake

verb

Etymology

From hand + make, a back-formation from handmade.

  1. derived from *maǵ-✻ — “to knead, oil”
  2. inherited from *gamakô✻ — “companion, comrade”
  3. inherited from *gamakō✻
  4. inherited from ġemaca — “a mate, an equal, companion, peer”
  5. inherited from make
  6. compounded as handmake — “hand + make”

Definitions

  1. To make by hand

    To make by hand; to manufacture manually.

    • The two are handmaking mirrors, sculptures and furnishings from salvaged materials (or “plundered trash,” as Mr. Welsh calls it), driftwood and Mr. Salaiz’s ceramics pieces.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA