n.
A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
n.
A saw used with one hand.
n.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Handsel
n.
To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
superl.
Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
superl.
Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.
superl.
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
superl.
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
superl.
Ample; moderately large.
adv.
In a handsome manner.
adv.
Carefully; in shipshape style.
n.
The quality of being handsome.
n.
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.