nimble

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

NIM'BLE, adjective Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift. It is applied chiefly to motions of the feet and hands, sometimes to other things; as a nimble boy; the nimble-footed deer. Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails.
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