Word Meanings - HANDSEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Usufruct
  The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance.
• Firstling
  The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock.
• Usurper
  One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
• Morn
  The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry.
• Womankind
  The females of the human race; women, collectively.
• Open-hearted
  Candid; frank; generous.
• ANOTHERGUESS
  Of another sort. [Archaic] It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• Presentiate
  To make present.
• RECEIVERSCERTIFICATE
  An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that of b
• Receive
  To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.
• Usage
  The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
• Ushering
  of Usher
• Usufructuary
  A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it.
• Firstly
  In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.
• Usurpingly
  In a usurping manner.
• Morne
  Of or pertaining to the morn; morning.
• Womanless
  Without a woman or women.
• Openly
  In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy.
• FIRSTCLASS
  Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended for passengers wh
• Presentient
  Feeling or perceiving beforehand.

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