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Handsel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The first act of using any thing; the first sale.

2. An earnest; money for the first sale. [Little used.]

Handsel [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To use or do any thing the first time.

Handsel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 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.

2. Price; payment.

3. To give a handsel to.

4. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.

Handseled Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Handseled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Handseling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Handselling Webster's Dictionary 1913

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