Hand″fast′, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Handfasted; p. pr. & vb. n.Handfasting.] To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to permit cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.