hand-exchanged

Updated: May 27, 2025

'By and by, I perceived that my uncle had acquaintances among those who were under the galleries, and seemed, like ourselves, to be mere spectators of the solemnity. They recognized each other with a single word, sometimes only with a grip of the hand-exchanged some private signs, doubtless and gradually formed a little group, in the centre of which we were placed.

Sir Walter Scott - Redgauntlet