Wield

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 521

weld, v. t. To use with full command or poworgans, er, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to use or other. employ, control; to swing, sway, manage, handle. fare; 2nd, eve, term; In, Ice; 6dd, tone, 6r; 509 WIFE Wife, wif, n.; pi. 521