SEC'OND-HAND, noun. Possession received from the first possessor. SEC'OND-HAND, adjective. 1. Not original or primary; received from another. The have but a second-hand or implicit knowledge. Locke. 2. Not new; that has been used by another; as a second-hand book.
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