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_Skene._
Teut. _hand-haven_, to possess.
~Handy-grips~, _s. pl._ Close grappling, S.
_Rutherford._
~Handsel~, _s._
1. The first money received for goods, S.
2. A gift conferred at a particular season, S.
3. A piece of bread given before breakfast, Galloway.
Su. G. _handsoel_, mercimonii divenditi primitiae.
~Handsel monday~, The first Monday of the New Year, O. S.; when children and servants receive _handsel_, S.
_Statist. Acc._
HAND-STAFF, _s._
1. The upper part of a flail, S.
2. A constellation, supposed to be Orion's sword.
_Douglas._
HAND-WAIL'D, _adj._ Remarkable; carefully selected, S.
_Ramsay._
From _hand_, and _wale_ to choose.
HANDWAVING, _s._ A mode of measuring grain by stroaking it with the hand, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
HANDSENYIE, _s._
1. A standard, corr. from _ensenyie_.
_Hist. Ja. s.e.xt._
2. A token.
_R. Bruce._
HAND-WHILE, commonly ~Hanla-while~, _adv._ A short time, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ HANE, _v. a._ To spare.
V. ~Hain~.
~Haning~, ~Haining~, _s._ Hedges, inclosures.
_Acts Ja. V._
~Hanite~, ~Haned~, _part. pa._ Inclosed, surrounded with a hedge.
_For. Lawes._
Su. G. _haegn-a_, tueri circ.u.mdata sepe, from _hag_, sepimentum.
HANGARELL, HANGRELL, _s._ A piece of wood on which bridles, halters, &c., are _hung_, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
HANGIT-LIKE, _adj._ Out of countenance, S.
HANYIEL SLYP, A vulgar dependant, Aberd.
V. ~Slyp~.
_Journal Lond._
Teut. _hanghel_, something dangling.
_To_ HANK, _v. a._
1. To fasten, S.
_Doug._
2. To tie so tight, as to leave the mark of the cord; _hankle_, id. S.
