Definition of wield

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Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.

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Striker :: Striker (n.) One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge..
Wieldable :: Wieldable (a.) Capable of being wielded.
Cudgel :: Cudgel (n.) A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon..
Wieldance :: Wieldance (n.) The act or power of wielding.
Manage :: Manage (n.) Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans..
Welder :: Welder (n.) One who welds, or wields..
Bill :: Bill (n.) One who wields a bill; a billman.
Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse..
Wielding :: Wielding (n.) Power; authority; rule.
Axman :: Axman (n.) One who wields an ax.
Sledge :: Sledge (v. t.) A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter..
Club :: Club (n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel..
Weld :: Weld (v. t.) To wield.
Fustilugs :: Fustilugs (n.) A gross, fat, unwieldy person..
Axe :: Axe (n.) A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle..
Bawson :: Bawson (n.) A large, unwieldy person..
Unweldy :: Unweldy (a.) Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy.
Unwieldy :: Unwieldy (a.) Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.
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