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Bethumb :: Bethumb (v. t.) To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.

Wimble :: Wimble (n.) An instrument for boring holes, turned by a 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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..

Bail :: Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable..

Manubrial :: Manubrial (a.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.

Maniglion :: Maniglion (n.) Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance.

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

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..

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube..

Pick :: Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones..

Nib :: Nib (n.) One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon..

Tang :: Tang (n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle..

Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..

Rung :: Rung (n.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel..

Chandler :: Chandler (n.) A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by a word prefixed; as, ship chandler, corn chandler..

Knob :: Knob (n.) A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer..

Whipstick :: Whipstick (n.) Whip handle; whipstock.

Mopstick :: Mopstick (n.) The long handle of a mop.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc..

Ironheads :: Ironheads (n.) A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle.

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