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▪ I. † ˈstably, n. Obs.
Also 4–5 stable.
[a. AF. establie (latinized stabilia, stabilea, stablea: see G. J. Turner, Sel. Pleas of Forest, Gloss.), f. establir to station, establish. Cf. med.L. stabilitiones venationum (Domesday Book).]
1. Hunting. A besetting of a wood with men, hounds in leash, nets, etc. for the purpose of taking deer, etc.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1153 Bot heterly þay were Restayed with þe stablye, þat stoutly ascryed. c1400Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxxv, And if þe sette be wyde, þe forseyd forster..shulde warne þe Sherefe of þe Shyre..forto ordeyne stable suffisaunte and kartes eke forto brynge þe deer þat shulde be slayne. c1425Wyntoun Chron. vi. xvi. 1609 As he past..In til huntynge hym to play,..On his gamyn al thouchty, Þe stable [MS. Wemyss staill] and þe setis set.
2. A stand, halt (of armed men).
c1450Merlin xxii. 386 And ffrolle the Duke of Almayne come oute after and made his stablie vpon a litill river that is cleped Aroaise.
▪ II. † ˈstably, a.1 Obs. rare—1.
[a. OF. establi, pa. pple. of establir: see stable, stablish, estable, establish vbs.]
= stable a.
13..in Herrig's Archiv LXXIX. 448/10 They stoode with stably steven in mayntenance of Moises law.
▪ III. stably, a.2 rare.|ˈsteɪblɪ|
Also stabley.
[f. stable n. + -y.]
Characteristic of, having to do with, or pertaining to a stable or stables. Also Comb., as stably-smelling adj.
1851E. Ward Jrnl. 20 June (1951) iii. 196 Slept at Wortley's on the floor—rather stably. 1864All Year Round 30 Jan. 539 The boots..belonged to short-haired stably gentlemen in large white overcoats. 1884Yates Recoll. I. vii. 251 Fresh air..which..seemed to me to have a somewhat stably twang. 1930J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 12 The musty stably smelling herdic cab. 1968E. McGirr Lead-Lined Coffin iii. 100 The next [shed] had been a stable years ago: there was still a faint stably whiff attached to it.
▪ IV. stably, adv.|ˈsteɪblɪ|
Forms: 3–4 stabliche, 3, 5 stabili, 3–5 stabeliche, 4 stab(e)li, 4–5 stabely, stabilly, stabilli, 5 stabelike, stabelly, stabyly, stabully, 6 stabilie, 4– stably.
[f. stable a. + -ly2.]
In a stable manner, firmly, † steadfastly, † constantly.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 2611 Þe king..bed hom..þat hii hom vnderstode & stabeliche helde to gadere to sauy þat lond. c1300Beket (Percy Soc.) 2172 Ac bihet him stabliche [Laud MS. studefastliche] to stonde al at here rede. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1725) 126 Þat Steuen..suld bere coroun & his gyft certeyn be holden stabilly. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 75 A man þat meynteneþ goddis lawe paciently & stably. c1400Rule St. Benet (Prose) xlvii. 32 Sho þat þabbes cumandis þis office [of reading], wid mekenes sal sho do it, And stabelike wid-vten pride. c1400Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxvi, And if he se an herte stondynge stabely, he muste looke wele what cuntre he shall goo to his leyr. c1440York Myst. xvii. 140 So shall ȝe stabely vndirstande Þer mynde and þer menyng. a1450Le Morte Arth. 2663 By-twene you for to make pees Stabully euer for to stonde. 1488Caxton Chastysing Goddes Chyld. xi. 28 He only beholdeth hymselfe and stondeth stably upon his owne propre wyll. 1563Homilies II. Rogation Week i. 236 Consider the huge substaunce of the earth... Howe coulde it so stande stably in the place as it doth, yf [etc.]? 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. iv. 193 Those are such things as are stably fixed near to the Divinity. 1895J. Orr in Advance (Chicago) 25 Apr. 1066/1 Rome, stably seated on her seven hills. 1907Times 5 Feb. 3/5 The Dean..contends that the teaching..ought to be stably standardized. |