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handsel
N ของขวัญ ประสบการณ์ ครั้งแรก
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HANDSEL
n. 1. The first act of using any thing; the first sale.
2. An earnest; money for the first sale. [Little used. ]
HANDSEL
v.t.To use or do any thing the first time.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HANDSEL
HANDSEL Hand "sel, n. [Written also hansel. ] Etym: [OE. handsal, hansal,hansel, AS. handsa giving into hands, or more prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See Sell, Sale. ]
1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc. Their first good handsel of breath in this world. Fuller. Our present tears here, not our present laughter, Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter. Herrick.
2. Price; payment. [Obs. ] Spenser. Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc.
HANDSEL
Hand "sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handseled or Handseled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling. ] Etym: [Written also hansel. ] Etym: [OE handsellen, hansellen;cf. Isel. hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n.]
1. To give a handsel to.
2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally. No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. Fuller.
New American Oxford Dictionary
handsel
hand sel |ˈhansəl | ▶noun & verb variant spelling of hansel.
handselling
hand sel ling |ˈhandˈseliNG ˈhændˈsɛlɪŋ | ▶noun the practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing. DERIVATIVES hand sell verb [ with obj. ]
Oxford Dictionary
handsel
hand |sel ▶noun & verb variant spelling of hansel.
handselling
hand sel ling |ˈhandˈseliNG ˈhændˈsɛlɪŋ | ▶noun the practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing. DERIVATIVES hand sell verb [ with obj. ]
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