Definition of handle

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Handle (v. t.) To treat; to use, well or ill..

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Twibil :: Twibil (n.) A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted..
Stilt :: Stilt (n.) A crutch; also, the handle of a plow..
Chandler :: Chandler (n.) A maker or seller of candles.
Ladle :: Ladle (v. t.) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot..
Boul :: Boul (n.) A curved handle.
Chandlery :: Chandlery (n.) Commodities sold by a chandler.
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
Feel :: Feel (n.) A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel..
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel..
Burin :: Burin (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble..
Ploughtail :: Ploughtail (n.) The hind part or handle of a plow.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle..
Ironheads :: Ironheads (n.) A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle.
Culverin :: Culverin (n.) A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles..
Blunger :: Blunger (n.) A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi/ing the clay in potteries; a plunger..
Winch :: Winch (n.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword..
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