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sellable, a.|ˈsɛləb(ə)l|
Also 4 sillable, 6 sellabill.
[f. sell v. + -able.]
That may be sold, saleable. Hence ˈsellably adv.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. x. 10 This forsothe hath his soule sillable, or able to be sold. 1561Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 334 Quhatsumewir schip of gudis sellabill arrywis to the port..of this burght. 1611Cotgr., Venalement, vendibly, salably, sellably. 1620J. Mason Disc. Newfoundland 6 Fish being a staple commoditie with us, and so sellable in other countries. 1633Sc. Acts Chas. I (1870) V. 37/2 To sett downe the pryces of sellable teinds According to the worth thairof. 1886Dict. Nat. Biog. V. 371/1 The..villein regardant—attached to the soil, and sellable with it.
b. Venal.
1650in Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 424 Those were sellable, vendible men, (πρασιµοι,) to be sold for money. |