a. [UP- 3.] Operated, or performed, by raising the hand or hands.
1677. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., i. 4. The Uphand Sledge, used by under-Workmen when your work is not of the largest;… they use it with both their hands before them, and seldom lift their Hammer higher than their Head.
1688. Holme, Armoury, III. 321/2. The third is termed the up-hand Hammer, or up-hand sledge, of some termed the Fore-Hammer.
1835. J. D. Carrick, etc., Laird of Logan, 85 (E.D.D.). Girzie … was apt to enforce her commands with uphand empbases.
