Definitions for: Handling


[n] the action of touching with the hands or the skillful use of the hands
[n] manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
[n] the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"



Webster (1913) Definition: Han"dling, n. [AS. handlung.]
1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the
hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.

The heavens and your fair handling Have made you
master of the field this day. --Spenser.

2. (Drawing, Painting, etc.) The mode of using the pencil or
brush, etc.; style of touch. --Fairholt.

Synonyms: manipulation, treatment

See Also: bioremediation, dealing, direction, fielding, loading, management, manual labor, manual labour, materials handling, short shrift, touch, touching, unloading

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