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So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. [Prov. Eng.]

A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.

Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. Totten.

th rose; -- called also swamp pink. -- Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. Cant hook. -- Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie. -- Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. -- Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Map…

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. He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him have a few more packs. Macaulay.

Soiled by handling.

r 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.

Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. [Obs.] A full tractation of the points controverted. Bp. Hall.

Treating of; handling. [R.]

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.