Associations to the word «Handbreadth»

Wiktionary

HANDBREADTH, noun. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm - Exodus 37:12

Dictionary definition

HANDBREADTH, noun. Any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne