Definition of Handsil
Hand"sel (hănd"s&ebreve;l), n.
[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. See Sell,
Sale. ] 1. 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.
Their first good handsel of breath in this
world. Fuller.
Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
Herrick.
2. Price; payment. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new
year, when handsels or presents are given to servants,
children, etc.
Hand"sel, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Handseled or Handselled
(hănd"s&ebreve;ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Handseling or Handselling.] [Written also
hansel.] [OE handsellen, hansellen; cf. Icel.
hadsala, handselja. See Handsel,
n.] 1. To give a handsel
to.
2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so
as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
No contrivance of our body, but some good man in
Scripture hath handseled it with prayer.
Fuller.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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 on 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.
Quotations
*Their first good handsel of breath in this world. - Fuller
*Our present tears here, not our present laughter, Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter. - Herrick
- (Obsolete): Price; payment - Spenser
- To give a handsel to.
- To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
'''Quotations'''
*No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. - Fuller
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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