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To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand. Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh. Luke xxiv. 39. About his altar, handling holy things. Milton.

Capable of being handled.

Without a hand. Shak.

A maker or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay.

Like a chandler; in a petty way. [Obs.] Milton.

Commodities sold by a chandler.

To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon.

To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. Shak.

The handle of a pan; hence, fig., any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho.

West Virginia; -- a nickname.

carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.

e; -- often with on or upon. Watts. He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. South.

A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.

An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.

Having a handle. Johnson.

of Ambrose in the fourth century. -- Apostle spoon (Antiq.), a spoon of silver, with the handle terminating in the figure of an apostle. One or more were offered by sponsors at baptism as a present to the godchild. B. Jonson.

A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.…

strument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.