ppl. a. Obs. exc. dial. Dexterous, clever.
c. 1520. Skelton, Magnyf., 2230. I know well inough ye are bothe well handyd To grope a gardeuyaunce, though it be well bandyd.
1639. Ld. Digby, Lett. conc. Relig. (1651), 116. Giving us the right and well-handed interpretations of Scriptures.
1902. Crockett, Dark o’ Moon, vii. 46. Had ye no a weel-handed, thorough-gaun wife to ready your meat and keep your nakedness decently clad.
