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Handsbreadth   Listen
noun
handsbreadth  n.  Any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.
Synonyms: handbreath.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Handsbreadth" Quotes from Famous Books



... young wheat, And dusky ewes with white lambs in the sun Lay in the valley plain between the hosts Of Israel and Philistia. And on this day Jonathan learnt utter reproach, and love. There on the plain Goliath stood alone, Poised in his mighty bulk, with black locks flowing, A handsbreadth taller even than Saul the king Who shouldered it above the men of Israel, And beat his words of sure defiance out, Ringing across the windless noon. And all Israel heard, and fear was on them, ...
— Preludes 1921-1922 • John Drinkwater



Words linked to "Handsbreadth" :   handbreadth, hand, linear unit, linear measure



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