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ˈtwo-hand, a.
Also 5 two-handes.
1. Requiring both hands to wield or manage: = next, 1.
c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xi, Makary had a gret twohande staffe. a1440Sir Degrev. 1643 Two⁓honde swerde. c1500Melusine xxii. 145 He held a two handes ax. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 312 Men of large stature..[who] serve onely with the Pike or two-hand-sword. 1807Hogg Gilmanscleuch lvii, His twa-hand sword hang round his neck.
2. Done, or worked, by two persons: = next, 2. † two-hand battle, a single combat, a duel (obs.).
c1500Arnolde's Chron. Index (1811) 2 That noo citezen doo twoo hand batayle. 1538MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., Payd for haftyng off the ij hand saw. 1614Ibid., Payd for the baryng of a too hand sawe xij d.
†3. Leading in two directions (right-hand and left-hand). Obs. rare—1.
1607Hieron Defence i. 38 At some crosse or two hand way. |