Dictionary entry

Handed

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hand″ed, a. 1. With hands joined; hand in hand.

Into their inmost bower,

Handed they went. Milton.

2. Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.

As poisonous tongued as handed. Shak.

Handed is used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) hands; as, bloody-handed; free-handed; heavy-handed; left-handed; single-handed.