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dirigible, a. and n.|ˈdɪrɪdʒɪb(ə)l|
Also 7 derigible, 9 dirigeable.
[ad. L. type *dīrigibil-is, f. dīrigĕre to direct. Cf. mod.F. dirigeable.]
A. adj. Capable of being directed or guided.
1581Lambarde Eiren. i. x. (1588) 62 It would avayle greatly to the furtherance of the Service, if the Dedimus potestatem to giue these Oaths were dirigible to the Iustices (and none other). 1649Bp. Reynolds Hosea vii. 119 The proper conclusions deducible from these principles, and derigible unto those ends. 1688Norris Theory Love ii. i. 63 Why love as Dirigible is made the subject of Morality rather than understanding. 1833Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1852) 137 Intellectual operations..in so far as they were dirigible, or the subject of laws. 1881Sat. Rev. LI. 110/1 For eighteen years..no attempt was made to render balloons dirigible. 1884Cassell's Fam. Mag. 764 The balloon was dirigeable. 1887St. Jas'. Gaz. 23 Sept. 5 A greater speed than has yet been attained by any other dirigible torpedo.
B. n. A dirigible balloon or airship. Also transf. (Cf. Fr. dirigeable n.)
1885Sci. Amer. 26 Dec. 405/1 He has devised two systems of dirigible balloons... The first of these, the independent dirigible, is of much the greater importance. 1907Daily Chron. 26 July 5/6 He had been up in a captive balloon, but never before in a dirigible. 1910Daily Mail 6 June 8/1 Night-flying dirigibles. 1927Glasgow Herald 28 Apr. 15 A new dictionary of air terms has been compiled... So far as England is concerned, the word ‘dirigible’ will disappear and only ‘airship’ remain. 1953[see aqualung]. |