1835 A. Ure i. i. 20 The principle of the factory system then is, to substitute mechanical science for hand skill.
1902 30 Aug. 732/2 We should give fundamental, generalised hand skill, and then, as the child grows in experience, specialise in different directions.
1999 22 Nov. ii. 4/7 They find a way to learn and relearn the hand-skills.