2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Handful \Hand"ful\, n.; pl {Hand flus}. [AS. handfull.]
1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. --Addison.
2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.]
Knap the tongs together about a handful from the
bottom. --Bacon.
3. A small quantity.
This handful of men were tied to very hard duty.
--Fuller.
{To have one's handful}, to have one's hands full; to have
all one can do [Obs.]
They had their handful to defend themselves from
firing. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
handful
n 1: a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were
received" [syn: {smattering}]
2: the quantity that can be held in the hand [syn: {fistful}]
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