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.
v. t.
No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
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,
n. (Electronics) The mouthpiece and earpiece of a communications device mounted on a single handle;
adj. sewn by hand rather than machine.
v. t. To render handsome. [ Obs. ] Donne [ 1913 Webster ]
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,
adv.