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    second hand
    [ noun ]
    1. an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand'

    2. <noun.person>
      he could learn at second hand from books
    3. hand marking seconds on a timepiece

    4. <noun.artifact>
    [ adv ]
    1. from a source of previously owned goods

    2. <adv.all>
      I prefer to buy second hand


    Second \Sec"ond\, n.
    1. One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next
    and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence,
    or power.

    Man
    An angel's second, nor his second long. --Young.

    2. One who follows or attends another for his support and
    aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as
    another's aid in a duel.

    Being sure enough of seconds after the first onset.
    --Sir H.
    Wotton.

    3. Aid; assistance; help. [Obs.]

    Give second, and my love
    Is everlasting thine. --J. Fletcher.

    4. pl. An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the
    best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.

    5. [F. seconde. See {Second}, a.] The sixtieth part of a
    minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the
    second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves
    about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten
    seconds north of this place.

    6. In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part
    of an inch or prime; a line. See {Inch}, and {Prime}, n.,
    8.

    7. (Mus.)
    (a) The interval between any tone and the tone which is
    represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
    (b) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often
    popularly applied to the alto.

    8. (Parliamentary Procedure) A motion in support of another
    motion which has been moved in a deliberative body; a
    motion without a second dies without discussion.
    [PJC]

    {Second hand}, the hand which marks the seconds on the dial
    of a watch or a clock.

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