noun (n)

• manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  manipulation
  

  source: wordnet30
• the management of someone or something(noun.act)

  Example:
  The handling of prisoners.
  

  Synonym:
  treatment
  

  source: wordnet30
• A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.(noun)

  source: webster1913