handling
/ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/ noun B2- A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. · baggage handling
- The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
- A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
Plural handlings
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From a distance Dantès recognized the rig and handling of La Jeune Amélie, and dragging himself with affected difficulty towards the landing-place, he met his companions with an assurance that, although considerably better than when they quitted him, he still suffered acutely from his late accident.
He managed by a skillful handling of his net to retain all the large fish and to draw them to the shore; but he could not prevent the smaller fish from falling back through the meshes of the net into the sea.
This entertaining sight brought the people in crowds to laugh at it, till the Ass, not liking the noise nor the strange handling that he was subject to, broke the cords that bound him and, tumbling off the pole, fell into the river.
For years I have been aware of its existence though I have never before had the opportunity of handling it.
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