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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.

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