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To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. "Fleshed in triumphs." Glanvill. Old soldiers Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. Beau. & Fl.

Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. "Both horse and foot." Milton.

Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. [Eng.]

A band of foot soldiers. [Obs.]

A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.

To provide with forces; to reënforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison. [Obs.] Shak.

A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a corps of detached light troops engaged in forays, skirmishes, scouting, etc.

ree services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. Burrill. -- Free ships, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods. --…

Unskilled; raw. [Colloq.] "Fresh-water soldiers." Knolles.

having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. -- Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsa…

Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy. "With head all frowzy." Spenser. The frowzy soldiers' wives hanging out clothes. W. D. Howells.

A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing. [Written also flugelman.]

he end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. Gen. xii. 1. The man commands Like a full soldier. Shak. I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. Ford.

Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.

Formerly, a soldier armed with a fusil. Hence, in the plural:

Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.

A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward Shak.

To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town.

haped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.

To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.