From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishon either/every handon either/every handwritten on both sides or in every direction Thick forest stood on either hand. → hand
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on either/every hand• Ancient oak gave place to modern pine forest on either hand.• Gaston was a fishmonger who left evidence of his occupation on every hand he shook.• Mist curled from the water on either hand.• The drive is spectacular: gorges and tropical rain forests and waterfalls on every hand, but I thought only of Poppy.