† accendibilityn.
Obsolete.
Capacity for catching fire; inflammability.
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brimstoniness1398
flammability1646
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sulphurity1650
catchingness1655
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ignitability1809
accendibility1821
1821 A. Ure Dict. Chem. at Combustible This difference thrown into a tabular form, would constitute their scale of accendibility, or degree of accension.
1857 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1856 177 These [sc. public buildings] also could be charged with chemicals of different kinds, so as to diminish their ready accendibility.
1884 Proc. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 15 327 Loss of accendibility over water caused by rise of oxygen from air in the water.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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