handbreadth
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of handbreadth
Example Sentences
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“A tree decays and sprouts afresh; when less than a handbreadth, it is a sapling; when more than a handbreadth, it is a tree.”
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
R. Maier said, “there must be not less than two seahs,58 in height three handbreadths, and over them an handbreadth of dust.”
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
“Less than this he may clear off, but he must leave it a handbreadth high over the ground.”
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
And when the perfect fruition is come, and we enter into the great spaces of Eternity, it will seem as an handbreadth.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
They had spread a handbreadth of mainsail, but the jib was blown out of the boltropes by one big swoop of wind and carried down to leeward, looking like a giant's shirt.
From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
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