"handbreadth" meaning in English

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      "args": {
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  "etymology_text": "Alteration (due to breadth) of Middle English handbrede, hondbrede (“handbreadth”); equivalent to hand + breadth. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Houndebratte (“handbreadth”), West Frisian hânbreedte (“handbreadth”), Dutch handbreedte (“handbreadth”), German Handbreite (“handbreadth”) and Handbreit, Swedish handsbredd (“handbreadth”), Norwegian håndsbredd (“handbreadth”), Icelandic handbreidd (“handbreadth”).",
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      "glosses": [
        "A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm."
      ],
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        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
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          "palm",
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          "word": "tefach"
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        {
          "word": "tefah"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "A measurement - the width of a hand",
          "word": "tenyérnyi"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "A measurement - the width of a hand",
          "word": "whānuitanga ringa"
        },
        {
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "A measurement - the width of a hand",
          "word": "hondbrede"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "A measurement - the width of a hand",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "dyrnfedd"
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  "word": "handbreadth"
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    },
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    },
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    },
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  "etymology_text": "Alteration (due to breadth) of Middle English handbrede, hondbrede (“handbreadth”); equivalent to hand + breadth. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Houndebratte (“handbreadth”), West Frisian hânbreedte (“handbreadth”), Dutch handbreedte (“handbreadth”), German Handbreite (“handbreadth”) and Handbreit, Swedish handsbredd (“handbreadth”), Norwegian håndsbredd (“handbreadth”), Icelandic handbreidd (“handbreadth”).",
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        "A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm."
      ],
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          "palm",
          "palm"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A measurement - the width of a hand",
      "word": "tenyérnyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "A measurement - the width of a hand",
      "word": "whānuitanga ringa"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "A measurement - the width of a hand",
      "word": "hondbrede"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "A measurement - the width of a hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyrnfedd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "handbreadth"
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