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== Definitions ==

1. means to [[HANDLE|handle]] things by yourself. You can [[SINGLE|single]]-[[HAND|hand]] when you are all alone or you can single-hand in a large [[GROUP|group]] that is supposed to be working or helping. When [[ONLY_ONE|only one]] [[MAN|man]], senior or junior, is [[DOING|doing]] all the [[CONTROLLING|controlling]] and work of an activity he is said to be single-handing. The [[TERM|term]] derives from the [[SEA|sea]] (like so many English words). Single means "one only" and "hand" means a [[SAILOR|sailor]]. "Handing" is the verb of "single-hand."
''(HCO PL 1 Oct 70)''

2. Single Handing (Def. 1)

3. by single-handing one means do it himself, [[BEING|being]] the one responsible for actually [[HANDLING|handling]] things.
''(HCO PL 28 Jul 71)''

4. by single-hand means to [[RUN|run]] it all by himself performing all [[VITAL|vital]] functions. The term comes from a sailor who runs a boat or [[VESSEL|vessel]] by himself alone with no other [[CREW|crew]].
''(FO 2111)''