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Handle
HAND'LE, v.t. [L. manus.]
1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
The bodies we daily handle--hinder the approach of the part of our hands that press them.
2. To manage; to use; to wield.
That fellow handles a bow like a crow-keeper.
3. To make familiar by frequent touching.
The breeders in Flanders--handle their colts six months every year.
4. To treat; to discourse on; to discuss; to use or manage in writing or speaking. The author handled the subject with address. The speaker handled the arguments to the best advantage.
5. To use; to deal with; to practice.
They that handle the law knew me not. Jer 2.
6. To treat; to use well or ill.
How wert thou handled?
7. To manage; to practice on; to transact with.
You shall see how I will handle her.
HAND'LE, n. [L. ansa.]
1. That part of a vessel or instrument which is held in the hand when used, as the haft of a sword,the bail of a kettle, etc.
2. That of which use is made; the instrument of effecting a purpose.
handle appears in definitions for these words:
Adz Agate Ansated Approach Auger Ax Backsword Bail Ball Bang Bar Batlet Battle-door Bayonet Beetle-stock Bill Bimbow Bistoury Black-chalk Brake Broach Broom Broomstaff Caldron Canvas-climber Card Clasp-knife Corn-chandler Delicate Dexterity Ear Entreaat Feel Finger Fingered Fork Fryingpan Fumble Gad Gallant Goblet Goose Haft Hammer Handle Hatchet Heft Helve Hilt Hod Hoe Informtion Intractable Ladle Lance Loggerhead Maniglions Manual Meak Meddle Mitten Mop Nephrite Oar Overhandle Palm Paw Peel Piggin Pole-ax Pump Pump-spear Rake Rounce Sauce-pan Scoop Shaft Shafted Shave Shovel Slice Snath Spade Spoon Spunge Staff Stale Stalk Stele Stock Stout Stow Subject Sythe Thole Thum Touch Tractable Trade Treat Treated Treater Trephine Tuning-fork Tweedle Under Unhandled Use Warming-pan Web Whip Wield Wimble Windlass
Adz Agate Ansated Approach Auger Ax Backsword Bail Ball Bang Bar Batlet Battle-door Bayonet Beetle-stock Bill Bimbow Bistoury Black-chalk Brake Broach Broom Broomstaff Caldron Canvas-climber Card Clasp-knife Corn-chandler Delicate Dexterity Ear Entreaat Feel Finger Fingered Fork Fryingpan Fumble Gad Gallant Goblet Goose Haft Hammer Handle Hatchet Heft Helve Hilt Hod Hoe Informtion Intractable Ladle Lance Loggerhead Maniglions Manual Meak Meddle Mitten Mop Nephrite Oar Overhandle Palm Paw Peel Piggin Pole-ax Pump Pump-spear Rake Rounce Sauce-pan Scoop Shaft Shafted Shave Shovel Slice Snath Spade Spoon Spunge Staff Stale Stalk Stele Stock Stout Stow Subject Sythe Thole Thum Touch Tractable Trade Treat Treated Treater Trephine Tuning-fork Tweedle Under Unhandled Use Warming-pan Web Whip Wield Wimble Windlass
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