Definition of handkerchief

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Handkerchief (n.) A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands..

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Bandana :: Bandana (n.) A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form..
Scarf :: Scarf (n.) An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth..
Sudary :: Sudarium (n.) The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion..
Kerchief :: Kerchief (n.) A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in compounds; as, neckerchief; breastkerchief; and later, handkerchief..
Hemstitched :: Hemstitched (a.) Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief..
Mokadour :: Mokadour (n.) A handkerchief.
Prig :: Prig (v. t.) To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief..
Sudation :: Sudary (n.) A napkin or handkerchief.
Hemstitch :: Hemstitch (v. t.) To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief..
Pi–a Cloth :: Pi–a cloth () A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow..
Pullicate :: Pullicate (n.) A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
Wipe :: Wipe (n.) A handkerchief.
Mop :: Mop (v. t.) To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief..
Handcloth :: Handcloth (n.) A handkerchief.
Flirt :: Flirt (v. t.) To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief..
Muckender :: Muckender (n.) A handkerchief.
Neckerchief :: Neckerchief (n.) A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief.
Napkin :: Napkin (n.) A handkerchief.
Sachet :: Sachet (n.) A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them..
Mouchoir :: Mouchoir (n.) A handkerchief.
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