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Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy. Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. Thomson.

Easily frightened; timorous. [Written also timersome.] [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its…

A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load.

Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews. Cowper. A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire. Dryden. The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose. J. A. Symonds.

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner. I shall find them tractable enough. Shak.

ence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. Milton.

of a different form a nature; transformable. The fluids and solids of an animal body are easily transmutable into one another. Arbuthnot. -- Trans*mut"a*ble*ness, n. -- Trans*mut"a*bly, adv.

ed by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.

Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Not easily; hardly; scarcely. [Obs.] Uneath may she endure the flinty streets. Shak.

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.

nce, windy; flatulent. Bacon. The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested. Arbuthnot.

e; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird. -- Ver"sa*tile*ly, adv. -- -- Ver"sa*tile*ness, n.

Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aëriform state; subject to evaporation.

Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.

Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.

Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution. H. James.

Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.

The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.