1. cross-handed - Adjective
2. cross-handed - Adverb
Done with hands or forearms crossed over each other.
Done by crossing the hand to the other side of the body.
Involving two opposing directions.
(obsolete) Back-handed.
With hands or forearms crossed over each other.
While crossing the hand to the other side of the body.
In two opposing directions.
(rowing) Facing forward and pushing the oars away from the body on the power stroke (rather than facing backward and pulling the oars on the power stroke).
Idly.
(obsolete) Back-handedly.
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