handbreadth
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of handbreadth
Example Sentences
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“Less than this he may clear off, but he must leave it a handbreadth high over the ground.”
From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius
It was like a dungeon, absolutely empty, with an uneven, earthen floor, quite dry, and high bare walls, gloomy, with a handbreadth of window high up.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
And it was an handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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 Wilson, Epiphanius
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
From The Annals of the Poor by Richmond, Legh
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