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Somewhat bad; inferior. Jeffrey.

Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. "Bardish impostures." Selden.

Same as Beetrave.

To make agreeable and enticing. Mustering all her wiles, With blandished parleys. Milton.

One who uses blandishments.

The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. Cowering low with blandishment. Milton. Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments. Macaulay.

se and move in various directions; to shake or flourish. The quivering lance which he brandished bright. Drake.

One who brandishes.

Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike.

Rather broad; moderately broad.

Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.

Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.

Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." Macaulay.

In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.

The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.

Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne. -- Clod"dish*ness, n.

Somewhat cold; cool; chilly.

Cowardly. [Obs.] " A base and a cowardish mind." Robynson (More's Utopia).

Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike. The lips put on a deadish paleness. A. Stafford.

Druidic.