ppl. a. Skilled through long or good practice.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., VI. ix. 43. He through long and perfect industry, Therein well practisd was.
1597. Shaks., 2 Hen. IV., V. ii. 121. I will … humble my Intents, To your well-practis’d, wise Directions.
1633. Ford, Love’s Sacrif., II. E 3 b. He’s a well practiz’d gamester.
1634. Milton, Comus, 310. Without the sure guess of well-practiz’d feet.
1701. Norris, Ideal World, I. i. 21. A well-practised Musitian.
1845. J. Coulter, Adv. Pacific, xii. 159. They … paddle [the canoe] away with a well-practised arm.
1855. Tennyson, Maud, I. IV. vii. An eye well-practised in nature.
