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The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.

Easily frightened; timorous. [Written also timersome.] [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse. -- Tire"some*ly, adv. -- Tire"some*ness, n.

Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work. What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks Milton. -- Toil"some*ly, adv. -- Toil"some*ness, n.

Grateful to the taste; palable. -- Tooth"some*ly, adv. -- Tooth"some*ness, n. Though less toothsome to me, they were more wholesome for me. Fuller.

Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton. [R.] Ford.

The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids.

Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome. This troublesome world. Book of Common Prayer. These troublesome disguises that we wear. Milton. My mother will never be troublesome to me. Pope.

Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy. [R.] " Twigsome trees." Dickens.

Ugly. [Obs.] "Such an uglesome countenance." Latimer.

Ugly; offensive; loathsome. [Obs.] -- Ug"some*ness, n. [Obs.] "The horror and ugsomeness of death." Latimer.

One who unbosoms, or discloses. [R.] "An unbosomer of secrets." Thackeray.

Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely. Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. Shak. I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe. Woodward.

The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods.

nture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n.

Pleasing to the sight; sightly. [Prov. Eng.]

Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book. These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out our miles, and makes them wearisome. Shak.

Prosperous; well. [Obs.] Wyclif. -- Wel"some*ly, adv. Wyclif.

Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. A Smith.

Admitting of being easily wielded or managed. [Obs.] Golding.