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Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. Milton.

Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.

Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [Obs.] Thy lubrical and glibbery muse. B. Jonson.

hay, lawn. Poa, several species. Mesquite, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass (above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass, ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch,…

actices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer. As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. Shak. Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. Sir T. Browne.

Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Lightness; nimbleness [Archaic] Shak.

Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift. Unmarried men are best friends, best masters . . . but not always best subjects, for they are light to run away. Bacon.

Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.

Nimble; swift of foot. Sir P. Sidney.

Light; nimble; active. Halliwell. -- Lis"some*ness, n.

Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom. -- Lithe"some*ness, n.

as painters, when they show Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. Dryden. Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love. Shak.

In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion.

; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene. The passive air Upbore their nimble tread. Milton. The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all its simple ideas. Locke.

Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling. [R.] "His prestidigital hand." Charles Reade.

Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver fellow." Shak.

One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse. And bade the nimblest racer seize the prize. Pope.

Having power; active; nimble. [Obs.] What! I am rife a little yet. J. Webster. -- Rife"ly, adv. -- Rife"ness, n.

drical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds.