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hand-worked

hand-worked adjective: operated by hand. Also the alternative form of handworked.

Adjective

hand-worked (not comparable)

  1. Operated by hand.
    • Before long, this box will be installed nearer Grosmont (NYM) level crossing to permit control of the crossing gates (presently hand-worked) and to replace the eight-lever ground frame which currently operates the pointwork.1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412

Also used as

hand-worked is also the alternative form of handworked.

Questions about hand-worked

What does hand-worked mean?
Hand-worked means operated by hand.
What part of speech is hand-worked?
Hand-worked is an adjective.

Words near hand-worked in the dictionary

  1. hand-waves
  2. hand-waving
  3. hand-wavy
  4. hand-winged
  5. hand-work
  6. hand-worked
  7. hand-works
  8. hand-woven
  9. hand-wringing
  10. hand-wringingly
  11. hand-wringings

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