DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 hand·sel /ˈhæn(t)səl/
 賀禮,彩金

 Hand·sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handseled or Handselled p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling.]
 1. To give a handsel to.
 2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
    No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath handseled it with prayer.   --Fuller.
 ◄ ►

 Hand·sel n. [Written also hansel.]
 1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as an omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc.
    Their first good handsel of breath in this world.   --Fuller.
 Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
 Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.   --Herrick.
 2. Price; payment. [Obs.]
 Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc.