Reverse Dictionary: HANDLE

ADJECTIVES
1483 — MANIABLE that may be handled or felt, palpable → obs.
1594 — MANUABLE that may be handled easily → obs.
1674 — HANDLESOME capable of being handled → obs.
1873 — PAUMISH awkward in handling → Eng. dial.

NOUNS
1660 — HANDIMENT handling, management → obs.
1801 — TACT the act of touching or handling; a touch → obs.
1905 — THRUMBLE the act of handling overmuch or of groping or fumbling → Sc. (Bk.)

PHRASES
..20C — HANDLES LIKE A DOG ON LINO handles very badly → Aust. sl.

VERBS
1534 — PALP to touch, to feel; to handle gently, to pat
1593 — PALPABRIZE to feel, to touch, to handle → obs.
1632 — THRUMBLE to press or rub between the finger and thumb; to finger, to handle over-much or awkwardly→ chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1656 — GAUM to handle, esp. in some improper fashion → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
.M18 — FAM to feel, to handle; to grope a woman → sl.
1789 — THRIMBLE — THRIMMEL — THRIMPLE to finger or handle anything as if reluctant to part with it; to dole or pay out money grudgingly and reluctantly → Eng. dial.
1790 — THRIMMER to finger or handle anything constantly and as if reluctant to part with it → Eng. dial.
1817 — FEEL OF to touch, to handle → Amer. dial.
1825 — MANDER to handle, to deal → Sc.
1827 — PALM — PAUM to lay hands on; to finger; to handle awkwardly; to maul → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1866 — ELT to handle roughly, to injure anything, such as an animal, the nap of cloth, etc., by too much rough handling; to pull about → Sc.
1898 — CAIR to toss backwards and forwards; to mix up; to handle overmuch, to stir about → Sc. (Bk.)
..L19 — MUMMICK to handle or feel an object or person → US sl.
1905 — NEFFOW to handle, to take in the hands → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — NEIVE to handle, to manipulate; to work with the fists or fingers → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NEVEL to handle or finger things awkwardly so as to soil or disarrange → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THRUM to search for in a confused manner; to bring out after much search; to handle overmuch → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — THRUMMIL to handle, esp. to handle overmuch or awkwardly; to fumble, to grope; to tie up or fasten awkwardly → Sc. (Bk.)
1958 — TATTLE to turn over and soil; to handle carelessly, as to overhandle a pet animal → Sc.