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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Handling

/(hăn"dlĭng)/ · Han·dling · IPA /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/
01 n. A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.
  1. 1.
    A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t. See: Handle
    “The heavens and your fair handling Have made you master of the field this day.” Spenser.
  2. 2.
    The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.(Drawing, Painting, etc.)