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† unˈbowable, a. Obs. [un-1 7 b.] Unbendable, inflexible.
1537Bible (Matthew) Ps. ii. 9 note, A rodde of yron for a sure and unbowable domynyon. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1879) 76 So long as a sprigge, twist, or braunche, is yong, it is flexible and bowable.., but if we tarie till it be a great tree, it is inflexible and unbowable. 1611Cotgr., Imployable, inflexible, vnbowable. |