HANDLE (thing)
NOUNS
1440 — EAR the handle of a pitcher or drinking vessel
1450 — HANDLING a handle → obs.
1523 — HAND a handle → obs.
1530 — HANK the handle of a jug or pot → Eng. dial.
1577 — CRONGE a hilt or handle → obs.
1660 — MANUBRIUM a handle or haft → obs.
1790 — HAWM a haft, the handle of an axe, hammer, spade, etc. → Eng. dial.
1828 — POLE the long handle of a scythe or similar implement → Eng. dial.
1859 — HAFT a handle, esp. of a knife or small tool → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1881 — HAUVE the haft or handle of an axe or pick → Eng. dial.
1887 — HANDGRIP the handle by which a grip is taken
1892 — TAIL the long handle of an implement, as a rake
1893 — HANDFAST a handle by which anything is grasped, as a flail → Eng.
1900 — ELT a handle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — LEA-SHAFT a scythe handle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TILLER the wooden handle of a spade or shovel → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1939 — HELM a handle → Amer. dial.
1958 — BLISTER END in logging: the handle of a shovel, axe, or other hand tool → Amer. dial.
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