·vi To use the hands.
II. Handle ·vt To deal with; to make a business of.
III. Handle ·vt To Treat; to use, well or ill.
IV. Handle ·vt To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
V. Handle ·noun That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
VI. Handle ·vt To Touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
VII. Handle ·vt To Manage; to Control; to practice skill upon.
VIII. Handle ·vt To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to Wield; often, to manage skillfully.
IX. Handle ·vt To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an Objection.
X. Handle ·vt 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.
XI. Handle ·noun That part of vessels, instruments, ·etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, ·etc.