stronghand

English

Etymology

strong +‎ hand

Noun

stronghand (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) violence; force; power
   • 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):

     It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand.

References

“stronghand”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.