| Handsel (handsel) |
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| n. | (h nd"s l) |
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| Hand"sel |
| [Written also hansel.] [OE. handsal, hansal,
hansel, AS. handselena giving into hands, or more prob.
fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale,
bargain; akin to AS. sellan to give, deliver. S |
A sale, gift, or delivery into
the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using
which is the first of a series, and regarded as an omen for the rest;
a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the
sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly
opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day,
etc.
Price; payment.
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| Handsel (handsel) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Hand"sel |
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To give a handsel
to.
To use or do for the first time, esp. so
as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
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