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Topic Options #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.] Top #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... Top #124506 - 03/04/04 12:31 PM Re: handsel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 That's gredtel, cygne. Top #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... Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8419 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209710 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 44 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 81 jenny jenny 66 wofahulicodoc 47 endymion6 43 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 27 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Jackie 16 zmjezhd 15 Faldage 15 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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