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1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand. 2. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully. 3. To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands. 4. 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. 5. To deal with; to make a business of. 6. To treat; to use, well or ill. 7. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon. 8. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection. 9. To use the hands. 10. 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. 11. That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool. 12. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" 
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