Definition of handle

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Handle (v. t.) To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Handle :: Handle (n.) That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
Trephine :: Trephine (n.) An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin..
Sickle :: Sickle (n.) A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap..
Firmer-chisel :: Firmer-chisel (n.) A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it..
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
Handle :: Handle (v. i.) To use the hands.
Maniglion :: Maniglion (n.) Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance.
Handling :: Handling (n.) A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t..
Mustaiba :: Mustaiba (n.) A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like..
Bill :: Bill (n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill..
Stained :: Stail (n.) A handle, as of a mop; a stale..
Gargoulette :: Gargoulette (n.) A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet.
Chandry :: Chandry (n.) Chandlery.
Mopstick :: Mopstick (n.) The long handle of a mop.
Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..
Scimitar :: Scimitar (n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
Cultivator :: Cultivator (n.) An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of..
Manubrial :: Manubrial (a.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.
Meddle :: Meddle (v. i.) To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in..
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