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OP 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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