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Definition of Handselling
1. handsel [v] - See also: handsel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handselling
Literary usage of Handselling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Grettir the Strong by Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris (1900)
"The handselling of Peace. SAYS he, "Herewith / establish peace betwixt all men,
but most of all betwixt all men and this same Guest who sits here, ..."
2. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1905)
"... handselling THE ORCHARD I AN OLD DEVONSHIRE CUSTOM WHICH STILL SURVIVES.
cake and cider as an offering to the principal trees. ..."
3. The Málavikágnimitra: A Sanskrit Play by Kālidāsa (1875)
"... the first handselling of the tiring-room or theatre. ... implies that the
handselling was regarded as a religious ceremony, and therefore ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"A company of Professors, handselling a newly appointed Professor;'—appointed, as
the next question taught, to the very Chair poor Quintus had come for! ..."
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