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incombustible, a. and n.|ɪnkəmˈbʌstɪb(ə)l|
Also 5 -able.
[ad. med.L. incombustibilis, or a. F. incombustible (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.): see in-3 and combustible.]
A. adj. Incapable of being burnt or consumed by fire.
1460–70Bk. Quintessence 10 Manye philosophoris clepiþ þis quinta essencia an oile incombustible. 1471Ripley Comp. Alch. iii. iii, So out of our stone precious, if thou be witty, Oyle incombustable and Water thou shalt draw. 1605Timme Quersit. Ded. 2 The 4 elements..having in every of them 2 other elements, the one putrifying and combustible, the other eternal and incombustible. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xiv. 140 There are in the number of Mineralls, some bodies incombustible; more remarkably that which the Ancients named Asbeston. 1799G. Smith Laboratory I. 427 To make an incombustible wick. 1874tr. Lommel's Light 6 An infusible and incombustible substance, as chalk or magnesia.
B. n. An incombustible substance or matter.
1807T. Thomson Chem (ed. 3) II. 95 The combustibles unite with each other..also with incombustibles and with metals. The incombustibles..do not unite with each other, nor with the metals.
Hence incomˈbustibleness, the quality of being incombustible; also incombustiˈbility.
1653H. More Antid. Ath. iii. ix. (1712) 114 The prodigious Weight of his body..As also the Incombustibleness thereof. a1691Sir T. Robinson in Ray Creation i. (1692) 84 The Bononia Stone..is remarkable for its shining quality. The Amianthus for its Incombustibility. 1747Gentl. Mag. 535 Demonstrates its incombustibleness. 1861A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. vi. 225 Stone..is the most perfect material for groining, if for no other reason, at least for its comparative incombustibility. |