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handseled |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Handsel \Hand"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handseled} or {Handseled}; 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.
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