A handkerchief.

spec. A handkerchief. Now dialect and slang.

A handkerchief. Also (rare): a table napkin; a bib.

A handkerchief. Also figurative. Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern).

A small square of cotton, silk, or other material carried on the person and used for wiping the nose, hands, etc. (cf. pocket handkerchief, n. 1)…

= handkerchief, n.

A bib; a handkerchief; (perhaps) a kerchief.

A cloth or other appliance used for wiping; in slang use, a handkerchief (later replaced by wipe, n. 4).

A handkerchief for carrying in a pocket.

A small cloth or towel for wiping or drying the hands (cf. face cloth n. (c) at face, n. compounds 2). Also: a handkerchief.

= handkerchief, n.

a pocket handkerchief.

slang. A handkerchief. (Superseding the earlier wiper, n. 2.) Also in combinations.

dialect. A handkerchief. Obsolete.

A handkerchief.

slang. (See quots.)

humorous. In extended use: a handkerchief. Obsolete. rare.

a handkerchief.

a handkerchief.

any cloth used for wiping off sweat, or worn round the head to keep sweat out of the eyes.

A vessel (supposedly) intended to collect a mourner's tears; = lachrymatory, n. Also figurative.

In various slang, colloquial, or dialect senses. A pocket-handkerchief.

A pocket-handkerchief. Also in combinations, as stook-buzzer n.,stook-hauler n. one who steals pocket-handkerchiefs.

(See quot. 1864.)

a pocket-handkerchief; also transferred as a term of opprobrium.

= handkerchief, n.

slang. A handkerchief. Now rare.

a disposable handkerchief made from soft tissue paper.

A pocket handkerchief.

a handkerchief.

= paper handkerchief n.