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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĕft′hăndˊ)

Adj.

Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right;

as, the

left-hand

side; the

left-hand

road.

Left-hand rope

rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; – called also

water-laid rope

See also: lefthand

of, relating to, or located on the left
designed for use by the left hand
in the opposite direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a left-hand thread)