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#124504 - 03/04/04 11:46 AM handsel
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Date: Thu Sep 9 00:01:43 EDT 1999 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--handsel handsel (HAND-sehl) also hansel (HAN-) noun (Chiefly British) 1. A gift to express good wishes at the beginning of a new year or enterprise. 2. The first money or barter taken in, as by a new business or on the opening day of business, especially when considered a token of good luck. 3. A first payment. A specimen or foretaste of what is to come. verb tr. 1. To give a handsel to. 2. To launch with a ceremonial gesture or gift. 3. To do or use for the first time. [Middle English hanselle, from Old English handselen, a handing over : hand, hand + selen, gift, and from Old Norse handsal, legal transfer : hand, hand + sal, a giving.]
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#124505 - 03/04/04 12:26 PM Re: handsel
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	and gretel? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#124506 - 03/04/04 12:31 PM Re: handsel
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	That's gredtel, cygne.
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#124507 - 03/04/04 12:33 PM Re: handsel
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	ah. I was using the "Chiefly British" spelling... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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