Handkerchief

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:03:38

Hand"ker*chief [Hand + kerchief.]

1.

A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.

2.

A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.

 

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