handraulicadj.
/hanˈdrɒlɪk/, U.S. /hænˈdrɔlɪk/, /hænˈdrɑlɪk/ Chiefly British.
Of motive power: provided by the hands or by human energy; (of a system, device, etc.) operated by hand as opposed to automatically or by machine.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > with the hand or by hand
handraulic1940
1940 M. Meadows in Aeroplane June 499/2 I have seen such Heath Robinson devices being manufactured... And manufactured is the correct word! Handraulic we used to call it!
1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 103 The elementary motive power known in the Navy as ‘handraulic’.
1963 Flight Internat. 83 291/3 There are two general approaches to automation..: either a complete system is designed and tested more or less in isolation.., or the existing ‘handraulic’ system is improved step-by-step.
1986 M. Verney Compl. Bk. Yacht Care ix. 183/2 The handraulic type [of inertia starter], where fluid is hand-pumped under pressure.
2005 Daily Star (Nexis) 2 Sept. 61 Do we really need electric door mirrors? No we don't, so the CPT features handraulic units.
Derivatives
hanˈdraulically adv.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adverb]
by handOE
handraulically1962
1962 Times 4 Aug. 8/6 The ease with which even a battleship could be set in motion ‘handraulically’ was once vividly demonstrated.
2010 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 24 June g17 The 1990 starter car's bucket seats, steel wheels and ‘handraulically’ operated canvas top.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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