A foreman, serving under an overseer. "Section hands" were assistant second hands responsible for a specific section of weaving or spinning machinery. Both were privately referred to by workers as "straw bosses."

foreman or second person in charge of a room in a mill.

an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand'; "he could learn at second hand from books"

a third pointer that moves uniformly clockwise through the circle once every minute

(1) the player second to have the opportunity to bid (i.e., at the dealer's left);(2) the player second to play to a trick.