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ˈhand-made, a.
a. Made by hand. Formerly distinguished from the work of nature (= artificial), now usually from that of machinery.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 511 A hand-made strait of Sea water. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 209/2 Hand-made paper is now commonly marked with the name of the maker, and the date of the year when it was made. 1879Lubbock Sci. Lect. v. 156 Hand-made pottery is abundant. 1959Halas & Manvell Technique Film Animation vi. 69 The animated film is essentially a hand-made art. 1968Times 31 Aug. 19/4 Some biographical facts (including the..item of her using the blue hand-made paper fabricated for Colette).
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1936Punch 7 Oct. 418/2 (heading) The hand-made short story. 1937B. H. L. Hart Europe in Arms iv. 49 The fortified region..is garrisoned by units of varying composition which are ‘hand-made’ to suit the sector allotted to them. 1958Listener 9 Oct. 549/2 By the very terms of his [sc. de Gaulle's] own newly adopted hand⁓made constitution, the President must not be anything but an arbitrator. |