Meaning

(rare) Designed to be lifted by the hand, or by both hands.

Definitions by Sense

1. (rare) Designed to be lifted by the hand, or by both hands
2. With an upward movement of the hand.
3. (welding) Starting from the bottom and working upwards
4. Characterized by pushing upwards with a hand or hands.
5. (rare, of soil) Enriched; fertile.
6. (welding) From bottom to top.
7. Moved by hand in an upward direction.
8. To lift with an upward movement of the hands.

Example Sentences

the uphand sledge

Girzie, when in her barleyhoods, was apt to enforce her commands with uphand emphases, and Andrew came in for a due share of this practical elocution, and always proved himself as quiet and submissive a disciple as ever fell under a "continual dropping," since the days of the man of Uz.

There was not anything like it either for extraordinary rapidity of pace with the uphand bowling, or accuracy of length and general steadiness.

I called, as soon as the struggle was over, for Poor Tom, but for a long time nothing could be seen of him or his raven; at last a call from John Lee, who, like myself, was unhurt, told me he was found, and close outside the hovel where the women and children who had been carried off by the moor men had been shut up, and who we happily rescued, Poor Tom lay locked close in the arms of a moor man, through whose heart he had driven the Spanish knife, and who had ripped him open by one uphand cut, from the bottom of his belly to the top of his chest.

They sparred heavily for nearly ten minutes, neither gaining the advantage until Kathleen, with one furious uphand stroke, snapped Reed's blade in two near the hilt.

Downhand welding is preferable to uphand welding as it insures better fusion and greater speed.

In uphand welding, the previously deposited metal is used as a step to hold up the molten metal, making possible a heavier deposit. Slag flows away from the molten pool and is less likely to be trapped in the metal during uphand welding.

When welding thick pipe, the weld may be formed from the bottom up by uphand welding.

Word Forms

• uphands
• uphanding
• uphanded

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When Should You Use Uphand?

Use uphand when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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