Handling

n.	1.	A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t. The heavens and your fair handling Have made you master of the field this day. - Spenser.
	2.	(Drawing, Painting, etc.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.

Noun	1.	handling - manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
	2.	handling - the action of touching with the hands or the skillful use of the hands Synonyms: manipulation
	3.	handling - the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system" Synonyms: treatment

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