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y, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against. You do fight against your country's foes. Shak. To fight with thee no man of arms will deign. Milton.

One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. Shak.

Qualified for war; fit for battle. An host of fighting men. 2 Chron. xxvi. 11.

Pugnaciously.

A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.

A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain. -- Bull"fight`er (, n.

One accustomed to bushfighting. Parkman.

Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.

A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.

Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]

A match or contest of gamecocks.

The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.

A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.

A fight with the hands; boxing. "Pollux loves handyfights." B. Jonson.

An engagement between ships at sea; a naval battle.

hore. -- To lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.

An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.

An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.

ake ready. [Obs.] His foe was soon addressed. Spenser. Turnus addressed his men to single fight. Dryden. The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. Jer. Taylor.

The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. Blackstone.