n. A factotum. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He is his master's both-hands, I assure you. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. Locke.
pos>n. A saw used with one hand. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.
n.
Their first good handsel of breath in this world. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter. Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]
Handsel Monday,
v. t.
No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Electronics) The mouthpiece and earpiece of a communications device mounted on a single handle;
adj. sewn by hand rather than machine.
a.
That they [ engines of war ] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about. Robynson (Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]
For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Easiness and handsome address in writing. Felton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Handsome is as handsome does. Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ]
He . . . accumulated a handsome sum of money. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]
To do the handsome thing,
v. t. To render handsome. [ Obs. ] Donne [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
n. The quality of being handsome. [ 1913 Webster ]
Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The gymnastic act of supporting oneself by one's hands alone in an upside down position;
adj. same as handsewn.
a.
Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]
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