uphand

the uphand sledge

Girzie, when in her barleyhoods, was apt to enforce her commands with uphand emphases, and Andrew came in for a due share of this practical elocution, and always proved himself as quiet and submissive a disciple as ever fell under a "continual dropping," since the days of the man of Uz.

Downhand welding is preferable to uphand welding as it insures better fusion and greater speed.

A man to roll rubber off from that, I think, would find rather an uphand business — pushing his hands against the rubber.

My land is uphand black loam, which I value at fifty dollars per acre, and three crops is the most I have grown consecutively on the same ground.