Handsel :: Handsel (n.) 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..
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse..
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc..
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
Handsomely :: Handsomely (adv.) Carefully; in shipshape style.
Handsomeness :: Handsomeness (n.) The quality of being handsome.
Handspike :: Handspike (n.) A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes..
Handspring :: Handspring (n.) A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
Unhandsome :: Unhandsome (a.) Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.