Found 3 items, similar to Second hand.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: second hand
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: second hand
second hand
n 1: an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand';
“he could learn at second hand from books”
2: hand marking seconds on a timepiece
adv : from a source of previously owned goods;
“I prefer to buy
second hand”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Second hand
Second
\Sec"ond\, n.
1. One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next
and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence,
or power.
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Man
An angel's second, nor his second long. --Young.
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2. One who follows or attends another for his support and
aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as
another's aid in a duel.
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Being sure enough of seconds after the first onset.
--Sir H.
Wotton.
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3. Aid; assistance; help. [Obs.]
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Give second, and my love
Is everlasting thine. --J. Fletcher.
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4. pl. An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the
best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
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5. [F. seconde. See
Second, a.] The sixtieth part of a
minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the
second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves
about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten
seconds north of this place.
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6. In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part
of an inch or prime; a line. See
Inch, and
Prime, n.,
8.
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7. (Mus.)
(a) The interval between any tone and the tone which is
represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
(b) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often
popularly applied to the alto.
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8. (Parliamentary Procedure) A motion in support of another
motion which has been moved in a deliberative body; a
motion without a second dies without discussion.
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Second hand, the hand which marks the seconds on the dial
of a watch or a clock.
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