different between uphand vs uphang

English

Etymology

up- +? hand

Adjective

uphand (not comparable)

1. (rare) Designed to be lifted by the hand, or by both hands

   the uphand sledge

2. With an upward movement of the hand.
3. (welding) Starting from the bottom and working upwards
4. Characterized by pushing upwards with a hand or hands.
5. (rare, of soil) Enriched; fertile.

Adverb

uphand (not comparable)

1. (welding) From bottom to top.
2. Moved by hand in an upward direction.

Verb

uphand (third-person singular simple present uphands, present participle uphanding, simple past and past participle uphanded)

1. To lift with an upward movement of the hands.
2. To strike from below with the hand or fist.
3. To uphold, promote, or sustain.
4. To raise the hands.

Noun

uphand (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The upper hand.

English

Etymology

From Middle English uphongen, equivalent to up- +? hang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?hæ?/

Verb

uphang (third-person singular simple present uphangs, present participle uphanging, simple past and past participle uphung)

1. (rare) To hang up.
2. (rare) To suspend or fix aloft.
   • 1860, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

     When soft stars were brightly uphanging the night.

Anagrams

• hang up, hang-up, hangup