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<hw>Han"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To use the hands.</def>

<blockquote>They have hands, but they <b>handle</b> not. <i>Ps. cxv. 7.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Handle</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw>Han"dle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>handle</ets>. See <er>Hand</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<cs><col>To give a handle</col>, <cd>to furnish an occasion or means.</cd></cs>

<h1>Handleable</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw>Han"dle*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being handled.</def>

<h1>Handless</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw>Hand"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a hand.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Handling</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw>Han"dling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>handlung</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See <er>Handle</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

<blockquote>The heavens and your fair <b>handling</b> Have made you master of the field this day. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Drawing, Painting, etc.)</fld> <def>The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Handmade</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw>Hand"made"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Manufactured by hand; <as>as, <ex>handmade</ex> shoes</as>.</def>

<h1>Handmaid, Handmaiden</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw><hw>Hand"maid"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hand"maiden</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.</def>

<h1>Handsaw</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw>Hand"saw`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A saw used with one hand.</def>

<h1>Handsel</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw>Hand"sel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hansel</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[OE. <ets>handsal</ets>, <ets>hansal</ets>, <ets>hansel</ets>, AS. <ets>hands<?/len</ets>a giving into hands, or more prob. fr. Icel. <ets>handsal</ets>; <ets>hand</ets> hand + <ets>sal</ets> sale, bargain; akin to AS. <ets>sellan</ets> to give, deliver. See <er>Sell</er>, <er>Sale</er>. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Their first good <b>handsel</b> of breath in this world. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Our present tears here, not our present laughter, Are but the <b>handsels</b> of our joys hereafter. <i>Herrick.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Price; payment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>