second hand
adj/ˌsɛkənd ˈhænd//ˈsɛkənd ˌhænd/
Etymology
second (“unit of time”) + hand (“pointer”)
Definitions
Alternative form of secondhand.
An intermediate person or means
An intermediate person or means; intermediary.
- “My Lord Oxford, by a second hand, proposed my being his chaplain, which I, by a second hand, excused.
- Under certain circumstances there is always a danger in a young man's playing the benefactor towards the other sex, in his own person. A thousand times better do it by a second hand — engage the services of some kind aunt or female cousin.
On the clock face of a clock or watch, the hand (pointer) that shows the number of…
On the clock face of a clock or watch, the hand (pointer) that shows the number of seconds that have passed.
- ... the ticking of a second hand. Tick, tick, tick. The clock. Jude wrenched himself free of his gift's trance, surprised that there wasn't a tearing sound when his hand came free of the doubloon. The visions fell away, and he felt his ...
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for second hand. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA