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Definition of Handselled
1. handsel [v] - See also: handsel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handselled
Literary usage of Handselled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Frederick York Powell, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1905)
"... would not take it up unless the stewardship and the property of the see were
handselled to him, but the bishop-elect was slow to handsel him the place. ..."
2. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1910)
"... the festive board, — may unexpectedly come forth from amidst society's most
trivial and handselled furniture, to enjoy its perfect summer life at last! ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"... the festive board, — may unexpectedly come forth from amidst society's most
trivial and handselled furniture, to enjoy its perfect summer life at last! ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"So a man might say, ' I have not handselled my new plough,' ie not used it: in
which case the word is taken as an active verb. On receiving a handsel tho ..."
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