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fed with oil from an elevated reservoir. -- Fountain pen, a pen with a reservoir in the handle which furnishes a supply of ink. -- Fountain pump. (a) A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump. (b) A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for watering plants, etc. -- Fountain shell (Zoöl.), the large W…

A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.

The process denoted by the verb fry. Frying pan, an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat. vegetables, etc.

To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. Shak.

A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.

To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan. [Obs.] Addison.

ou thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. Shak.

A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet. Mollett.

identical with the Chinese alloy packfong. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys. -- German steel (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel. -- German text (Typog.), a ch…

A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] Wright.

ly associated or on good terms with. "Hand and glove with traitors." J. H. Newman. -- To handle without gloves, to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.] -- To take up the glove, to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel. -- To throw down the glove, to challenge to combat.…

A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle. We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned. Denham.

A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.

The handle of a sword or of an oar.

That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.

That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.

To feel with or use the hands; to handle. [Obs.]

A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt. This brandish'dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. Dryden.

An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. [Written also halbert.]

etals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle. With busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak.