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Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy. [Obs.] Our old limbs move [may] well be unweld. Chaucer.

Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous. "A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old." Clarendon. -- Un*wield"i*ly, adv. -- Un*wield"i*ness, n.

A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.

Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm.

s, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.

A manager; an actual occupant. [Ireland. Obs.] "The welder . . . who . . . lives miserably." Swift.

To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway. The famous orators . . . whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democraty. Milton. Her newborn power was wielded from the first by unprincipled and ambitions men. De Quincey.

One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller. A wielder of the great arm of the war. Milton.

Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy. [R.] "Wieldless might." Spenser.

Admitting of being easily wielded or managed. [Obs.] Golding.

Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy. [R.] Johnson.

To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.

The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.

d effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination. "Eminent in wise deport." Milton. To make it wise, to make it a matter of deliberation. [Obs.] " We thought it was not worth to make it wise." Chaucer. -- Wise in years, old enough to be wise; wi…

Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect. Bp. Stillingfleet.

To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.

The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship. Sir T. North.