Definition of wield

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Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.

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Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Axe :: Axe (n.) A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle..
Sledge :: Sledge (v. t.) A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer..
Unweldy :: Unweldy (a.) Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy.
Wieldless :: Wieldless (a.) Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy.
Wieldsome :: Wieldsome (a.) Admitting of being easily wielded or managed.
Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse..
Unwieldy :: Unwieldy (a.) Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.
Pick :: Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones..
Cudgel :: Cudgel (n.) A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon..
Welte :: Welte () imp. of Weld, to wield..
Axman :: Axman (n.) One who wields an ax.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..
Hulk :: Hulk (n.) Anything bulky or unwieldly.
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter..
Wielded :: Wielded (imp. & p. p.) of Wiel.
Wieldy :: Wieldy (a.) Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy.
Weld :: Weld (v. t.) To wield.
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To manage, wield, or direct..
Bawson :: Bawson (n.) A large, unwieldy person..
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