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

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams