freehand

[Eng. free, and hand.] Executed with the hand alone, without instruments; as, free hand drawing. "The study and practice of freehand drawing gives accuracy to the eye, and refines the perceptive faculties." -Ca ell's Technical Educator , i. 48. free-hand-ěd, a. [Eng. free; hand; -ed.] Openhanded, free, generous, liberal. "He was as freehanded a young fellow as any in the army." Thackeray . (Ogilvie.) IMG:content-0123.png:[blocks in formation]