LekhoriLekhoriThe amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
I put two or three corns in my mouth, liked it, stole a handful, went into my chamber, chewed it, and for two months after never failed taking toll of every pennyworth of oatmeal that came into the house: […]
A hand's breadth; four inches.
Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom.
A small number, usually approximately five.
This handful of men were tied to very hard duty.
From Middle English handful, hondful, from Old English handfull (“handful”), from Proto-Germanic *handufullō, *handufulliz (“handful”), from Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”) + *fullaz (“full”); equival...
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