adv. Sc. [f. BY- 1 + HAND.] a. Out of hand, aside, out of the way. b. Incidentally.
1636. Rutherford, Lett., lxxii. (1862), I. 187. Cast them by-hand as we do old clothes.
1834. Galt, in Fraser’s Mag., X. 160. She was far advanced when it was by-hand noticed.
