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Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.

To communicate by language; to express in language. Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense. Fuller.

Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films.

Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant. Ayliffe.

One engaged in logging. See Log, v. i. [U.S.] Lowell.

A person engaged in watching.

ge; as, a loose epistle. Dryden. At loose ends, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed. -- Fast and loose. See under Fast. -- To break loose. See under Break. -- Loose pulley. (Mach.) See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast. -- To let loose, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.…

ia, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are called also Ladies of Loreto. They are engaged in teaching girls.

One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment. [U.S.]

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray. The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. Milton.

To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.] Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs Dryden.

to administer; to treat; to handle. Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Sir I. Newton. What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.

Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.

ives motion to it in opposite directions, according to the side in which its teeth are engaged. -- Mangle wheel, a wheel in which the teeth, or pins, on its face, are interrupted on one side, and the pinion, working in them, passes from inside to outside of the teeth alternately, thus converting the continuous circula…

wide-wasting pestilence. Milton. Marasmus senilis Etym: [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged.

The Muse of tragedy.

ic. "Follies and light merriment." Spenser. Methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment. Milton.

Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. -- Mil"i*tant*ly, adv. At which command the powers militant... Moved on in silence. Milton. Church militant, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church…

Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown. Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men. Shak.

In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in e…