'First-hand' definitions:

Definition of 'First-hand'

From: GCIDE

First-hand \First"-hand`\, a. Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent; -- of information; as, a firsthand report; firsthand information; firsthand knowledge.
Syn: direct, original. [1913 Webster]
One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind. --J. Martineau. [1913 Webster]