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- English Word Handfast Definition Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
- English Word Handfast Definition To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage.
- English Word Handfast Definition Strong; steadfast.
- English Word Handfasted Definition of Handfast
- English Word Handfasting Definition of Handfast
- English Word Handfastly Definition In a handfast or publicly pledged manner.
- English Word Handfish Definition The frogfish.
- English Word Handful Definition As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
- English Word Handful Definition A hand's breadth; four inches.
- English Word Handful Definition A small quantity.
- English Word Handi-craftsman Definition A man skilled or employed in handcraft.
- English Word Handicap Definition An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.
- English Word Handicap Definition A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
- English Word Handicap Definition An old game at cards.
- English Word Handicap Definition To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.
- English Word Handicapped Definition of Handicap
- English Word Handicapper Definition One who determines the conditions of a handicap.
- English Word Handicapping Definition of Handicap
- English Word Handicraft Definition A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
- English Word Handicraft Definition A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
- English Word Handily Definition In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently.
- English Word Handiness Definition The quality or state of being handy.
- English Word Handing Definition of Hand
- English Word Handiron Definition See Andrion.
- English Word Handiwork Definition Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.
- English Word Handkercher Definition A handkerchief.
- English Word Handkerchief Definition A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.
- English Word Handkerchief Definition A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.
- English Word Handle Definition To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
- English Word Handle Definition To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.