Definition of "hand-making" [hand-making]

• The act of pilfering; theft. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The main activities there were hand-weaving, hand-making pottery, and singing madrigals, for none of which I had either taste or talent."
• "Artisan booksmith Todd Sanders is hand-making a few bound copies of my zeppelin story "Love in the Balance.""
• "From its northern border with Canada to Lake Champlain in the west to the spine of mountains running down its center, the state is nurturing a growing number of independent farmers who are moving beyond cheddar and hand-making a variety of sophisticated cheeses, some of which are beginning to rival Europe's best."