▪ I. handled, a.
(ˈhænd(ə)ld)
[f. handle n.1 and v.2 + -ed.]
Furnished with or having a handle: esp. with defining word, as long-handled, ivory-handled. Used in Heraldry when the handle of a tool or weapon is figured of a different tincture from the blade, as ‘a sickle or, handled gules’.
| 1785 Cowper Let. 24 Dec., It..is hinged, handled, and mounted with silver. 1836 T. Hook G. Gurney I. 6 Smart⁓handled knives. 1888 Bell Later Age of Stone 19 The modern aborigines of Australia use daggers formed of handled flakes. 1889 Pall Mall G. 31 July 5/2 As for the ‘handled’ names..Mr. Knowles produces four Duchesses [etc.]. |
▪ II. handled
var. of anleth (ON. andlit), Obs., countenance.
| c 1250 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 214 Bleye was his fair handled [v.r. neb]. |