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Definition of HANTLE

1. a large amount [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of HANTLE

Hans Eysenck Hans Fischer Hans Geiger Hans Holbein Hans Jurgen Eysenck Hans Zinsser hant hantaan virus hantavirus hantavirus

hantaviruses hantavirus infections hantavirus pulmonary syndrome hanted hanting hantle hantles hants Hanukah Hanukkah

hanuman hanuman hanumans Han dynasty hao haole haoles haoma haomas hap

Literary usage of HANTLE

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1. L. R. A. as Authorities: Including the Citations of Each Case as a Precedent ...by Lawyers' reports annotated, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers' reports annotated, United States Supreme Court (1914)
"... property in hantle of receiver. Cited in George v. Pigford, 97 Miss. 338, 62 So. 79«, holding that debt due from corporation for feed-stuff consumed in ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Sir J. Sinclair abo says ; " Hantle is a corr. of ... He makes a hantle rout an' din, But brings but little woo. HANTY, adj. 1. Convenient, handy, SO Them ..."

3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Some hae a hantle o' fauts ; ye are only a ne'er-do-weel. ... In a few things better ; in a hantle waur. — Noctes Ambrosiana. Hap, to cover, to wrap up. ..."

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