Definition of wield

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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..

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Wieldance :: Wieldance (n.) The act or power of wielding.
Facile :: Facile (a.) Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen..
Axman :: Axman (n.) One who wields an ax.
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..
Crare :: Crare (n.) A slow unwieldy trading vessel.
Wieldy :: Wieldy (a.) Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy.
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..
Hulk :: Hulk (n.) Anything bulky or unwieldly.
Club :: Club (n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel..
Wielding :: Wielding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wiel.
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..
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..
Bill :: Bill (n.) One who wields a bill; a billman.
Fustilugs :: Fustilugs (n.) A gross, fat, unwieldy person..
Striker :: Striker (n.) One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge..
Welder :: Welder (n.) One who welds, or wields..
Batter :: Batter (n.) One who wields a bat; a batsman.
Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully..
Weld :: Weld (v. t.) To wield.
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