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Definition of: handfast
(hand′fast′, -fäst′) noun Obs.
A contract signified and sealed by clasping hands; hence, a betrothal or marriage contract.
—v.t. Archaic
1. To grasp with the hand.
2. To betroth.
—hand′fast′ing noun
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