What does handing mean?
Handing means present participle and gerund of hand.
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/ˈhændɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of hand.
Silently and patiently did the doctor bear all this, and all the handings of negus, and watching for glasses, and darting for biscuits, and coquetting, that ensued […]
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Handing means present participle and gerund of hand.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Silently and patiently did the doctor bear all this, and all the handings of negus, and watching for glasses, and darting for biscuits, and coquetting, that ensued […]
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