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Not seldom; frequently. [R.]

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.

imp. & p. p. of Uphold.

A region or tract of land; esp., the open field; grass country. [South Africa]

An infective sore mostly on the hands and feet, often contracted in walking on the veldt and apparently due to a specific microörganism.

The guelder-rose.

An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.

See Weregild.

To wield. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A compound of iron, such as puddled steel, made without complete fusion.

Capable of being welded.

One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding.

A process for the recovery or regeneration of manganese dioxide in the manufacture of chlorine, by means of milk of lime and the oxygen of the air; -- so called after the inventor.

also, to possess. [Obs.] When a strong armed man keepeth his house, all things that he wieldeth ben in peace. Wyclif (Luke xi. 21). Wile [ne will] ye wield gold neither silver ne money in your girdles. Wyclif (Matt. x. 9.)

Capable of being wielded.

The act or power of wielding. [Obs.] "Our weak wieldance." Bp. Hall.

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

Power; authority; rule. [Obs.] To have them in your might and in your wielding. Chaucer.

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