† liquableadj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
That can be liquefied; capable of melting. Also, soluble (in a liquid).
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > [adjective] > able to be made liquid
fluxible1471
liquable1471
frima1475
soluble?a1475
liquefiable1558
liquefactible1644
liquescible1657
colliquable1666
the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > soluble
solublec1400
dissoluble1651
dissolvable1653
liquable1658
solvable1669
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy Ep. x. in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 111 Such bodies which in nature be liquable.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 20 Quicksilver and Brimstone are the..cause of beginning in all thinges liquable or those which melt, which are commonly called Mettals.
1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 314 A Salt..liquable in water or Wine.
1768 A. Catcott Treat. Deluge (ed. 2) iii. 382 The matter contained within the shell exactly resembled any liquable substance cast fluid into a mould.
B. n.
A substance that may be liquefied.
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > [noun] > substance able to be made liquid
liquablea1475
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 7 Wiyn not aloonly holdiþ in it þe propirtees of gold, but myche more þe propirtees of alle liquibles if þei be quenchid þerinne.
1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica xv. 109 Any kind of liquor or liqueable..which is put into the Furnace Pot, Kettle, Caldron or Copper, to be further heated, and boyled.
Derivatives
ˈliquableness n.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
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