Definition of "nigh-hand" [nigh-hand]

• Nearly.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Tristram, he was nigh-hand araged out of his wit for despite of Sir"
• "Ye've not been seen since morning's light, and it's nigh-hand on midnight Whaur _have_ ye been?"
• "And thus we let pass King Arthur, and a little we will turn unto Sir Palomides, that after he had a fall of Sir Tristram, he was nigh-hand araged out of his wit for despite of Sir Tristram."