So placed or constituted as to be immediately available when or whenever required; close at hand… In predicative use. Obsolete.

ready to (also at) hand (formerly also †ready to (also at) a person's hand (also hands)): within easy reach; available for immediate or…

Of help or assistance: ready at hand, immediately accessible or available; (of God, a person, etc.) ready with assistance, attentive. Now archaic…

Lying in the same horizontal plane as something else; on a level with. Also figurative, on an equality with; readily accessible or intelligible to.