Found 2 items, similar to handselling.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: handselling handselling See handsel
English → English (gcide) Definition: Handselling Handsel \Hand"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handseled or Handselled (h[a^]nd"s[e^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling.] [Written also hansel.] [OE handsellen, hansellen; cf. Icel. hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n.] 1. To give a handsel to. [1913 Webster] 2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally. [1913 Webster] No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]