Definition of handling

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Handling (n.) A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t..

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Tractation :: Tractation (n.) Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.
Treatment :: Treatment (n.) The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment..
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question..
Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..
Tractitious :: Tractitious (a.) Treating of; handling.
Manage :: Manage (n.) The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege..
Pliers :: Pliers (n. pl.) A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc..
Garland :: Garland (n.) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
Rash :: Rash (superl.) So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn..
Handling :: Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch..
Blur :: Blur (v. t.) To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink..
Fingering :: Fingering (n.) The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.
Attrectation :: Attrectation (n.) Frequent handling or touching.
Thumb :: Thumb (v. t.) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon..
Handling :: Handling (n.) A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t..
Tongs :: Tongs (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs..
Thumbed :: Thumbed (a.) Soiled by handling.
Shank :: Shank (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it..
Skid :: Skid (n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
Bethumb :: Bethumb (v. t.) To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.
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