- handlian
- \handlian1 wv/t2 to handle, feel; deal with, discuss
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Handle — Han dle (h[a^]n d l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handled} ( d ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Handling} ( dl[i^]ng).] [OE. handlen, AS. handlian; akin to D. handelen to trade, G. handeln. See {Hand}.] 1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Handled — Handle Han dle (h[a^]n d l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handled} ( d ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Handling} ( dl[i^]ng).] [OE. handlen, AS. handlian; akin to D. handelen to trade, G. handeln. See {Hand}.] 1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Handling — Handle Han dle (h[a^]n d l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handled} ( d ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Handling} ( dl[i^]ng).] [OE. handlen, AS. handlian; akin to D. handelen to trade, G. handeln. See {Hand}.] 1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To handle without gloves — Handle Han dle (h[a^]n d l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handled} ( d ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Handling} ( dl[i^]ng).] [OE. handlen, AS. handlian; akin to D. handelen to trade, G. handeln. See {Hand}.] 1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Handeln — Handeln, verb. reg. welches in doppelter Gestalt vorkommt. I. * Als ein Activum, wo es eigentlich oft mit der Hand berühren, mit der Hand bearbeiten bedeutete, tractare; in welchem längst veralteten Verstande hantalon noch in den Monseeischen… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
handle — handleable, adj. handleability, n. handleless, adj. /han dl/, n., v., handled, handling. n. 1. a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand. 2. that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a … Universalium
handeln — Vsw std. (9. Jh., hantalod 8. Jh.), mhd. handeln, ahd. hantalōn, as. handlon, mndd. handelen, mndl. handelen Stammwort. Aus g. * handlō Vsw., auch in anord. handla, ho̧ndla, ae. handlian, afr. handelia, hondelia. Die Bedeutung ist ursprünglich… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
handle — {{11}}handle (n.) O.E. handle, formed from HAND (Cf. hand) (n.) with instrumental suffix le indicating a tool in the way THIMBLE (Cf. thimble) was formed from thumb. The slang sense of nickname is first recorded 1870, originally U.S., from… … Etymology dictionary
handling — (n.) O.E. handlung action of touching or feeling, from handlian (see HANDLE (Cf. handle) (v.)). Meaning way in which something handles (especially a motor vehicle) is from 1962 … Etymology dictionary
handle — verb 1》 feel or manipulate with the hands. 2》 manage or cope with (a situation, person, or problem). ↘control or manage commercially. ↘deal with. ↘receive or deal in (stolen goods). 3》 drive or control a vehicle. ↘(of a vehicle)… … English new terms dictionary
