PLIANT
ADJECTIVES
1000 ► LEATHWAKE having the joints flexible; hence, generally, pliant, soft → obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
1175 ► BUXOM obedient; pliant; compliant, tractable → obs.
1440 ► BAIN flexible, lithe, supple, limber, pliant → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1536 ► WALDIN pliant, supple, pliable; chiefly used of the body or limbs → Sc. obs.
1805 ► EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful → Eng. dial.
1808 ► WAFFLE supple, flexible, pliant, limber → Sc.
1847 ► FLIP nimble; pliant; flexible → Eng. dial.
1866 ► WAMFLE limp, flaccid, flexible, pliant, weak, useless → Sc.
1905 ► QUICK-TEMPERED pliant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1898 ► AGIVE to be pliant, yielding → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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