Definition of handle

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Handle (v. t.) To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine..
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
Handling :: Handling (n.) A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t..
Capling :: Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel..
Dumb-bell :: Dumb-bell (n.) A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise..
Handle :: Handle (v. t.) 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..
Hatchet :: Hatchet (n.) A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand..
Corncutter :: Corncutter (n.) An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle..
Broom :: Broom (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..
Maniglion :: Maniglion (n.) Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance.
Meddle :: Meddle (v. i.) To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in..
Knife :: Knife (n.) An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc...
Feel :: Feel (v. t.) To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out..
Bell Jar :: Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view..
Hilt :: Hilt (n.) A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like..
Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
Knob :: Knob (n.) A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer..
Deadlatch :: Deadlatch (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key..
Tang :: Tang (n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle..
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