second hand

second hand¹

The hand on a clock or watch that marks the seconds.

second hand²

An intermediary person or source: heard the news at second hand.

second hand

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) a pointer on the face of a timepiece that indicates the seconds Compare hour hand, minute hand

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Noun	1.	second hand - an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand'; "he could learn at second hand from books" go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator - a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
	2.	second hand - hand marking seconds on a timepiece hand - a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes" sweep hand, sweep-second - a second hand that is mounted on the same center as the hour and minute hand and is read on the minutes
Adv.	1.	second hand - from a source of previously owned goods; "I prefer to buy second hand"

Translations

second hand n → lancetta dei secondi

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autojumble go-between hand-me-down hour hand Independent seconds watch Intercessor intermediary Intermediator mediator minute hand nearly-new old clothes man opportunity shop preloved problems second second-hand second-hand speech second-hand store	In this way, he had acquired much knowledge of the trade at second hand, and of the various tribes, and the interior country over which it extended. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context For as in this world, head winds are far more prevalent than winds from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim), so for the most part the Commodore on the quarter-deck gets his atmosphere at second hand from the sailors on the forecastle. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context Franklin was welcome to THAT-- but for forcing me to tell her foolish story at second hand. The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context	second cousin second cranial nerve Second Crusade second deck Second distance Second Earl Grey Second Earl of Chatham Second Earl of Guilford Second Empire Second Epistel of John Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy Second Epistle of Peter Second Epistle to the Corinthians Second Epistle to the Thessalonians Second Epistle to Timothy second estate second fiddle second floor second gear second generation Second girl second growth second half second hand Second intention Second International second joint second language Second Lateran Council second law of motion second law of thermodynamics second lieutenant second man Second Marquis of Rockingham second mate second moment second mortgage second name second nature second period second person second power second quantum number second reading Second Reich Second Republic second sacker second sight second stomach	Second Generation Extended Cold Weather Clothing System Second Generation Financial Sector Reform Second Generation FLIR Second Generation Forward Looking Infrared Program Second Generation Landcare Grants second generation language second generation language Second Generation Modem Second generation Network Control Point Second Generation Non Turbo Second Generation Patrol Vessel Second Generation Precipitation Radar Second Generation Tank Sight Second generation wavelet transform Second German Antarctic Expedition Second girl Second Global Conference on Economic Geography Second Great Rectification Movement Second Great War Second Great War Second Great War Second Green identity second growth second growth Second Guinean Franc Second Guinean Franc Second Gulf War second half second half second hand Second Hand Building Centre Second Hand Modellbahn Versand Second hand smoke Second hand smoke Second hand smoke Second hand smoke Second Hand Smoke (album) Second hand smoking Second hand smoking Second hand smoking Second hand store second hands second hands Second Harmonic Distortion Second harmonic generation Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy Second Harvest Food Bank Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Second Harvest Heartland Second Heart second heart sound Second Heartbeat Wave Second Highest Level of Division I College Athletics Second home Second Home Market Index Second Iceland Krona Second Iceland Krona second impact syndrome second impact syndrome second impact syndrome

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autojumble
go-between
hand-me-down
hour hand
Independent seconds watch
Intercessor
intermediary
Intermediator
mediator
minute hand
nearly-new
old clothes man
opportunity shop
preloved
problems
second
second-hand
second-hand speech
second-hand store

In this way, he had acquired much knowledge of the trade at second hand, and of the various tribes, and the interior country over which it extended.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

For as in this world, head winds are far more prevalent than winds from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim), so for the most part the Commodore on the quarter-deck gets his atmosphere at second hand from the sailors on the forecastle.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

Franklin was welcome to THAT-- but for forcing me to tell her foolish story at second hand.

The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context

Second Earl of Chatham

Second Earl of Guilford

Second Empire