Definition of handling

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Handling (n.) A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t..

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Skid :: Skid (n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
Bethumb :: Bethumb (v. t.) To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.
Treatment :: Treatment (n.) The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment..
Handling :: Handling (n.) A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t..
Garland :: Garland (n.) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
Shank :: Shank (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it..
Rash :: Rash (superl.) So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn..
Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..
Tongs :: Tongs (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs..
Cream-slice :: Cream-slice (n.) A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream..
Bundle :: Bundle (n.) A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes..
Attrectation :: Attrectation (n.) Frequent handling or touching.
Manage :: Manage (n.) The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege..
Handling :: Handling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handl.
Tractation :: Tractation (n.) Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.
Manipulation :: Manipulation (n.) The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art..
Pliers :: Pliers (n. pl.) A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc..
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question..
Tractitious :: Tractitious (a.) Treating of; handling.
Thumb :: Thumb (v. t.) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon..
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