4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manhandle \Man*han"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-handled}; p. pr
& vb n. {-handling}.]
1. To move or manage, by human force without mechanical aid;
as to manhandle a cannon.
2. To handle roughly; as the captive was manhandled.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Handle \Han"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Handling} .] [OE. handlen, AS handian akin to D. handelen
to trade G. handeln. See {Hand}.]
1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the
hand.
Handle me and see for a spirit hath not flesh.
--Luke xxiv.
39.
About his altar, handling holy things --Milton.
2. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield;
often to manage skillfully.
That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper.
--Shak.
3. To accustom to the hand; to work upon or take care of
with the hands.
The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to
house and handle their colts six months every year.
--Sir W.
Temple.
4. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands;
hence to buy and sell as a merchant handles a variety
of goods, or a large stock.
5. To deal with to make a business of
They that handle the law knew me not --Jer. ii 8.
6. To treat; to use well or ill.
How wert thou handled being prisoner. --Shak.
7. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon
You shall see how I will handle her --Shak.
8. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a
theme, an argument, or an objection.
We will handle what persons are apt to envy others
--Bacon.
{To handle without gloves}. See under {Glove}. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Handling \Han"dling\, n. [AS. handlung.]
1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the
hand or hands, or as with the hands. See {Handle}, v. t.
The heavens and your fair handling Have made you
master of the field this day --Spenser.
2. (Drawing, Painting, etc.) The mode of using the pencil or
brush, etc.; style of touch. --Fairholt.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
handling
n 1: manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or
working with something
2: the action of touching with the hands or the skillful use of
the hands [syn: {manipulation}]
3: the management of someone or something "the handling of
prisoners" or "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right
to equal treatment in the criminal justice system" [syn: {treatment}]
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