handled

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand. [1913 Webster]

Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh.— Luke xxiv. 39.[1913 Webster]

About his altar, handling holy things.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully. [1913 Webster]

That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands. [1913 Webster]

The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts six months every year.— Sir W. Temple.[1913 Webster]

4.To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock. [1913 Webster]

5.To deal with; to make a business of. [1913 Webster]

They that handle the law knew me not.— Jer. ii. 8.[1913 Webster]

6.To treat; to use, well or ill. [1913 Webster]

How wert thou handled being prisoner?— Shak.[1913 Webster]

7.To manage; to control; to practice skill upon. [1913 Webster]

You shall see how I will handle her.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

8.To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection. [1913 Webster]

We will handle what persons are apt to envy others.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

To handle without gloves. See under Glove. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

1.To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2.To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]