Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fleshed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fleshed \Fleshed\, a.
1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh.

2. Glutted; satiated; initiated.

Fleshed with slaughter. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flesh \Flesh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fleshed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fleshing}.]
1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion;
to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and
dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or
other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous
weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first
time.

Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword.
--Shak.

The wild dog Shall flesh his tooth on every
innocent. --Shak.

2. 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.

3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc.,
from, as from hides.


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