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handbreadth [ˈhændˌbrɛtθ -ˌbrɛdθ], hand's-breadth n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) the width of a hand used as an indication of length ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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A handbreadth of basis is enough for me, if it be actually basis and ground! They were eloquent in their dis- tress; but they presently discovered that the fire had eaten so far up under the great log it had been built against (where it curved upward and separated itself from the ground), that a handbreadth or so of it had escaped wetting; so they patiently wrought until, with shreds and bark gathered from the under sides of shel- tered logs, they coaxed the fire to burn again. there are times when the great universe, Like cloth in some unskilful dyer's vat, Shrivels into a handbreadth, and perchance That time is now |
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