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difficult to control or get along with. This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl. Rowe. Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign. Palfrey.

Tempting the appetite; dainty. "Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute." Milton.

Soft; dainty. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

To render delicate or dainty. [Obs.] Howell.

Fine; trim; dainty. [Obs.] "Their... minion dancing." Fryth.

Delicate; refined; dainty; pure. Dear love, continue nice and chaste. Donne. A nice and subtile happiness. Milton.

r fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume. Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers, That dainty odors from them threw around. Spenser. To be in bad odor, to be out of favor, or in bad repute.

A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit.

In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner. I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve.

Sleek; smooth. "Both slick and dainty." Chapman.

To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous. [Obs.] "A spiced conscience." Chaucer.

a sturdy oak. Milton. He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton.

A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel. Jer. Taylor.

ervice. That angry fool . . . Whipping her house, did with his amarting tool Oft whip her dainty self. Spenser.

Fig.: Taste; palate. These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth. Dryden.

; wise from age and experience; hence, aged; old. [Obs.] A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one; He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth. Ford. You are too wise in years, too full of counsel, For my green experience. Ford.