Associations to the word «Handsbreadth»

Wiktionary

HANDSBREADTH, noun. A small distance

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras