different between hander vs sander

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hænd?(?)/
• Rhymes: -ænd?(r)

Etymology 1

hand (verb) +? -er

Noun

hander (plural handers)

1. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
   • 1682, John Dryden, Religio Laici

     Of that vast Frame, the Church; yet grant they were
     The handers down, can they from thence infer
     A right t'interpret?

Translations

Etymology 2

hand (noun) +? -er

Noun

hander (plural handers)

1. (in combinations) Something having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands
2. (archaic, slang) A blow on the hand as punishment.
   • 1959, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Lords official report (page 507)

     I got six "handers", and it hurt. It taught me my lesson, and I never slid down the banisters again.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Harden, Harned, Hendra, harden

English

Etymology

sand +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sænd?/

Noun

sander (plural sanders)

1. A person employed to sand wood.
2. A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
3. (railway) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy or icy conditions to improve traction.
4. (historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.

Derived terms

• random orbital sander
• belt sander

Related terms

• (sense 3) sanding gear

Translations

Anagrams

• Anders, Andres, Dranes, Naders, Rendas, Snader, dearns, denars, redans, resand, sandre, snared

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sannr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz.

Adjective

sander

1. true, real

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: sann