(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:58:31

Sec"ond*hand` (?), a.

1.

Not original or primary; received from another.

They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge. Locke.

2.

Not new; already or previously or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment.

At second hand. See Hand, n., 10.

 

© Webster 1913.

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