Handling
['hændlɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means.
(noun.) manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handle
(n.) A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.
(v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.
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Examples
- Capacity freight engine, ten tons net freight; cost of handling a ton of freight per mile per horse-power to be less than ordinary locomotive. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Only by starting with crude material and subjecting it to purposeful handling will he gain the intelligence embodied in finished material. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A recent improvement in the handling of iron from the blast furnace is shown in Fig. 255. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He understood the various processes of handling wool and cotton, although his own work lay outside them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- About 1900, longer films came into use, which necessitated a change in handling. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- For years I have been aware of its existence though I have never before had the opportunity of handling it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Being in a narrow street and a congested district, the plant needed special facilities for the handling of coal and ashes, as well as for ventilation and forced draught. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Neither in Italy, Germany, nor England was there the slightest general manifestation of disapproval at this free handling of the sovereign pontiff. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Many improvements upon the methods for handling the paper were subsequently devised, and double cylinder presses were made which were able to print 4,000 sheets an hour. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Besides being a rough handling of his wounded mind, it seemed to assume that he really was the self-interested deserter he had been called. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In the handling of line work, eight skilled men successively handle each plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The molds are made of cast-iron in sections of such size and weight as will be most convenient for handling, mostly in pieces not exceeding two by four feet in rectangular dimensions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is a privilege to be associated with you in the handling of a case, said the inspector, warmly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I only mention it because, if I had been handling the case, I should have been inclined to make that the starting-point of my investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I must be careful of you, my treasure: nerves like yours were not made for rough handling. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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