What is a hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.] Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. Bacon called?
handful — A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.] Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. Bacon. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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