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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..

Firmer-chisel :: Firmer-chisel (n.) A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it..

Swabber :: Swab (n.) A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm..

Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted..

Overhandle :: Overhandle (v. t.) To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often..

Skeet :: Skeet (n.) A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck..

Wheelbarrow :: Wheelbarrow (n.) A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person..

Treat :: Treat (v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly..

Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To deal with; to make a business of.

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) The handle of a scythe; a snead.

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite..

Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.

Behave :: Behave (v. t.) To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

Fumble :: Fumble (v. i.) To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.

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...

Gimlet :: Gimlet (n.) A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle..

Stock :: Stock (n.) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.

Poleaxe :: Poleaxe (n.) Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel..

Lift :: Lift (n.) A handle.

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