handsel
11handsel — n. gift, especially at New Year; first money taken at shop; earnest money; v.t. give handsel; inaugurate with gift, etc.; attempt for first time. ♦ handseller, n. cheap jack …
12handsel — n. & v. (also hansel) n. 1 a gift at the beginning of the new year, or on coming into new circumstances. 2 = EARNEST(2) 1. 3 a foretaste. v.tr. (handselled, handselling; US handseled, handseling) 1 give a handsel to. 2 inaugurate. 3 be the first… …
13Handsel Monday — is the first Monday of the year, particularly as used to be celebrated in Scotland and northern England. Among the rural population of Scotland, Auld Hansel Monday , is traditionally celebrated on the first Monday after the 12th of January.The… …
14Handsel Monday — Handsel Hand sel (h[a^]nd s[e^]l), n. [Written also {hansel}.] [OE. handsal, hansal, hansel, AS. handselena giving into hands, or more prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See {Sell}, {Sale} …
15handsel monday — noun Usage: usually capitalized H&M : the first Monday of the new year when handsels are given (as to servants, children) especially in Scotland * * * Handsel Monday noun (Scot) The first Monday after New Year s Day, when handsels were given • •… …
16Handsel Monday — first Monday of the New Year on which handsel (presents) were given …
17handsel — I Cleveland Dialect List to make of anything for the first time II North Country (Newcastle) Words the first money received for the sale of goods; an earnest given on hiring a servant …
18handsel — (Roget s Thesaurus II) also hansel noun Chiefly British. Something bestowed freely: gift, present2, presentation. See GIVE …
19handsel — hand·sel || hænsl v. give a gift; give a cash deposit; inaugurate, use for the first time n. inaugural gift; gift given for good luck at the start of something (particularly at new year); first act of using any thing; first payment for… …
20handsel — noun & verb variant spelling of hansel …
