MANIPULA'TION, noun [Latin manipulus, supra.] In general, work by hand; manual operation; as in mining, the manner of digging ore; in chimistry, the operation of preparing substances for experiments; in pharmacy, the preparation of drugs.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.