tender-handed
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4ADJ.
old
VERB + TENDER-HANDED
cannot, rhyme, treated
TENDER-HANDED + NOUN
breeze, nettle, wife
PREP.
on, on
Definitions
adj
Gentle; Having a light touch and compassionate actions.
Earlston must have remembered once dining in the Manse of Maxton at a Communion time; for, as his tender-handed wife took her place beside his chair to feed her helpless husband, he always lifted up his palsied hand and always said to himself, to her, and above all, to God, the 131st Psalm.
A momentary coolness from the dark Flows inward on the tender-handed breeze.
With hands that are very sensitive and easily hurt.
Resinous splinters or rolled paper tapers were kept on the fireboard for candle lighters; also perhaps tongs for the tender-handed pipe lighter who could not handle a live coal in his hands.
This game of tennis without rackets is not for the tender-handed.
adv
Gently; With a light touch.
You know the old rhyme, — " ' Tender-handed touch the nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.' So, little friend, difficulties vanish before resolution and action."
It cannot be treated tender-handed or it will laugh at the puny fetters that seek to bind it, but it may be mastered at far less cost than the loss which it will produce if let alone, and its proper treatment for the purpose of self-preservation will at the same time make it into an ocean highway from New Orleans to Chicago.
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6Earlston must have remembered once dining in the Manse of Maxton at a Communion time; for, as his tender-handed wife took her place beside his chair to feed her helpless husband, he always lifted up h
WiktionaryA momentary coolness from the dark Flows inward on the tender-handed breeze.
Wiktionary"Because I know all about you Gilly girls. Remember when" -- he slid his thumb lower on her neck, down to the spot where her pulse beat-- "you caught that fish and made me throw it back, and then you
WiktionaryYou know the old rhyme, — " ' Tender-handed touch the nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.' So, little friend, difficulties vanish bef
WiktionaryIt cannot be treated tender-handed or it will laugh at the puny fetters that seek to bind it, but it may be mastered at far less cost than the loss which it will produce if let alone, and its proper t
WiktionaryKinspeople, tender-handed, Found on the foreshore's brim A corpse the harsh sea stranded — And so far well with him.
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