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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Handling :: Handling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handl.
Tractitious :: Tractitious (a.) Treating of; handling.
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question..
Cream-slice :: Cream-slice (n.) A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream..
Manage :: Manage (n.) The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege..
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..
Treatment :: Treatment (n.) The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment..
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..
Shank :: Shank (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it..
Handling :: Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch..
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..
Blur :: Blur (v. t.) To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink..
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.
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..
Bethumb :: Bethumb (v. t.) To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.
Attrectation :: Attrectation (n.) Frequent handling or touching.
Skid :: Skid (n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
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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