second hand
Noun · AdverbOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- an intermediate person; used in the phrase ‘at second hand’“he could learn at second hand from books”Type of mediator, go-between
- hand marking seconds on a timepieceType of handKinds sweep hand, sweep-second
Adverb (1)
- from a source of previously owned goods“I prefer to buy second hand”From secondhand
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Second hand
the hand which marks the seconds on the dial of a watch or a clock.
From the entry Second.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54