| 释义 |
next hand, adv. and a. ? Obs.
[f. next a. + hand n. Cf. near- and nigh-hand.]
A. adv.
1. Nearest or first at hand.
a1300Cursor M. 26087 Grace it es be-for cumand And siþen him folus luue neist hand [Fairf. next hand]. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 226 To set our mindes and knit our affections to those that come next hand. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 12 Some part of them onely, which came next hand, not the choyce.
2. Nearest or next to (something).
a1300Cursor M. 9982 Þe fundament þat first es laid Neist⁓hand þe roche. 13..St. Cristofer 193 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 457 Vnto thi bedde when þou sall gaa Luk þat þou ly nexte-hand þe straa.
B. adj. Nearest, closest.
1642Rogers Naaman 147 Wedding our selves to our next hand props of children, wealth, meanes. |