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What does handbreadth mean?

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Noun
  1. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
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And he made for it a border of an handbreadth round about, and made a golden rim to the border thereof round about.
The long table presented a stately appearance, for there was not a handbreadth which was not covered with a dish or a bowl.
Behold, my days are as a handbreadth before Thee, and my life as nothing in Thy sight.
The stasis should be carried out by the assistant, preferably gripping firmly around the arm a handbreadth above the wrist.
A handbreadth of basis is enough for me, if it be actually basis and ground!
A man in a suit opened the door a handbreadth and peered out, without showing a glimmer of recognition.

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