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Abdicable
Abdicable Ab"di*ca*ble, a.
Capable of being abdicated.
AmicableAmicable Am"i*ca*ble, a. [L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend,
fr. amare to love. See Amiable.]
Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after
the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable
disposition, or arrangement.
That which was most remarkable in this contest was . .
. the amicable manner in which it was managed.
--Prideoux.
Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted
by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of
obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law
involved in it. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Amicable numbers (Math.), two numbers, each of which is
equal to the sum of all the aliquot parts of the other.
Syn: Friendly; peaceable; kind; harmonious.
Usage: Amicable, Friendly. Neither of these words denotes
any great warmth of affection, since friendly has by
no means the same strength as its noun friendship. It
does, however, imply something of real cordiality;
while amicable supposes very little more than that the
parties referred to are not disposed to quarrel.
Hence, we speak of amicable relations between two
countries, an amicable adjustment of difficulties.
``Those who entertain friendly feelings toward each
other can live amicably together.' Amicable actionAmicable Am"i*ca*ble, a. [L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend,
fr. amare to love. See Amiable.]
Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after
the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable
disposition, or arrangement.
That which was most remarkable in this contest was . .
. the amicable manner in which it was managed.
--Prideoux.
Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted
by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of
obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law
involved in it. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Amicable numbers (Math.), two numbers, each of which is
equal to the sum of all the aliquot parts of the other.
Syn: Friendly; peaceable; kind; harmonious.
Usage: Amicable, Friendly. Neither of these words denotes
any great warmth of affection, since friendly has by
no means the same strength as its noun friendship. It
does, however, imply something of real cordiality;
while amicable supposes very little more than that the
parties referred to are not disposed to quarrel.
Hence, we speak of amicable relations between two
countries, an amicable adjustment of difficulties.
``Those who entertain friendly feelings toward each
other can live amicably together.' Amicable numbersAmicable Am"i*ca*ble, a. [L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend,
fr. amare to love. See Amiable.]
Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after
the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable
disposition, or arrangement.
That which was most remarkable in this contest was . .
. the amicable manner in which it was managed.
--Prideoux.
Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted
by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of
obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law
involved in it. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Amicable numbers (Math.), two numbers, each of which is
equal to the sum of all the aliquot parts of the other.
Syn: Friendly; peaceable; kind; harmonious.
Usage: Amicable, Friendly. Neither of these words denotes
any great warmth of affection, since friendly has by
no means the same strength as its noun friendship. It
does, however, imply something of real cordiality;
while amicable supposes very little more than that the
parties referred to are not disposed to quarrel.
Hence, we speak of amicable relations between two
countries, an amicable adjustment of difficulties.
``Those who entertain friendly feelings toward each
other can live amicably together.' Amicableness
Amicableness Am"i*ca*ble*ness, n.
The quality of being amicable; amicability.
ApplicableApplicable Ap"pli*ca*ble, a. [Cf. F. aplicable, fr. L.
applicare. See Apply.]
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied;
having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the
case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. --
Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. ApplicablenessApplicable Ap"pli*ca*ble, a. [Cf. F. aplicable, fr. L.
applicare. See Apply.]
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied;
having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the
case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. --
Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. Bridle cableBridle Bri"dle, n. [OE. bridel, AS. bridel; akin to OHG.
britil, brittil, D. breidel, and possibly to E. braid. Cf.
Bridoon.]
1. The head gear with which a horse is governed and
restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins,
with other appendages.
2. A restraint; a curb; a check. --I. Watts.
3. (Gun.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which
holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
4. (Naut.)
(a) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends,
so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached
to its middle.
(b) A mooring hawser.
Bowline bridle. See under Bowline.
Branches of a bridle. See under Branch.
Bridle cable (Naut.), a cable which is bent to a bridle.
See 4, above.
Bridle hand, the hand which holds the bridle in riding; the
left hand.
Bridle path, Bridle way, a path or way for saddle horses
and pack horses, as distinguished from a road for
vehicles.
Bridle port (Naut.), a porthole or opening in the bow
through which hawsers, mooring or bridle cables, etc., are
passed.
Bridle rein, a rein attached to the bit.
Bridle road.
(a) Same as Bridle path. --Lowell.
(b) A road in a pleasure park reserved for horseback
exercise.
Bridle track, a bridle path.
Scolding bridle. See Branks, 2.
Syn: A check; restrain. Cable railwayRailroad Rail"road`, Railway Rail"way`, n.
1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of
iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks
for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a
bed or substructure.
Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
the older tramway.
2. The road, track, etc., with al the lands, buildings,
rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
constituting one property; as, certain railroad has been
put into the hands of a receiver.
Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the
commoner word in the United States.
Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and
railway are used interchangeably:
Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Elevated, etc.
Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable.
Perry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated
platform runs, fro carrying a train of cars across a water
course.
Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
elevated point by stationary engines.
Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
locomotives.
Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]
Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]
Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.
Railway slide. See Transfer table, under Transfer.
Railway spine (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe
concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other
disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
some months after the injury.
Underground railroad or railway.
(a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
beneath the streets of a city.
(b) Formerly, a system of co["o]peration among certain
active antislavery people in the United States, by
which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
Canada.
Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
used.] ``Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t of the
underground railroad.' --W. D. Howells. Cablelaid
Cablelaid Ca"ble*laid` (-l[=a]d`), a.
1. (Naut.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or
hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.
2. Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold
chain. --Simmonds.
Cablet
Cablet Ca"blet, n. [Dim. of cable; cf. F. c[^a]blot.]
A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.
CommunicableCommunicable Com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a. [Cf. F. communicable, LL.
communicabilis.]
1. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a
communicable disease; communicable knowledge.
2. Communicative; free-speaking. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. --
Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv. CommunicablenessCommunicable Com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a. [Cf. F. communicable, LL.
communicabilis.]
1. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a
communicable disease; communicable knowledge.
2. Communicative; free-speaking. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. --
Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv. Confiscable
Confiscable Con*fis"ca*ble, a. [Cf. F. confiscable.]
Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
Deprecable
Deprecable Dep"re*ca*ble, a. [L. deprecabilis exorable.]
That may or should be deprecated. --Paley.
DespicableDespicable Des"pi*ca*ble, a. [L. despicabilis, fr. despicari
to despise; akin to despicere. See Despise.]
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile;
worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a
despicable gift.
Syn: Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry;
sordid; low; base. See Contemptible. Despicableness
Despicableness Des"pi*ca*ble*ness, n.
The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness;
worthlessness.
Eradicable
Eradicable E*rad"i*ca*ble, a.
Capable of being eradicated.
ExcommunicableExcommunicable Ex`com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a. [See Excommunicate.]
Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making
excommunication possible or proper. ``Persons excommunicable
.' --Bp. Hall.
What offenses are excommunicable ? --Kenle. Explicable
Explicable Ex"pli*ca*ble, a. [L. explicabilis: cf. F.
explicable.]
Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or
accounted for; admitting explanation.
It is not explicable upon any grounds. --Burke.
Explicableness
Explicableness Ex"pli*ca*ble*ness, n.
Quality of being explicable.
Extricable
Extricable Ex"tri*ca*ble, a.
Capable of being extricated. --Sir W. Jones.
Ferranti cables
Ferranti cables Fer*ran"ti ca"bles, Ferranti mains Fer*ran"ti
mains" (Elec.)
A form of conductor, designed by Ferranti, for currents of
high potential, and consisting of concentric tubes of copper
separated by an insulating material composed of paper
saturated with black mineral wax.
ImmedicableImmedicable Im*med"i*ca*ble, a. [L. Immedicabilis. See In-
not, and Medicable.]
Not to be healed; incurable. ``Wounds immedicable.'
--Milton. ImpacableImpacable Im*pa"ca*ble, a. [L. pref. im- not + pacare to
quiet. See Pacate.]
Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
Im*pa"ca*bly, adv. Impeccable
Impeccable Im*pec"ca*ble, a. [L. impeccabilis; pref. im- not +
peccare to err, to sin: cf. F. impeccable.]
Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing
wrong. -- n. One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of
Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness.
God is infallible, impeccable, and absolutely perfect.
--P. Skelton.
ImplacableImplacable Im*pla"ca*ble, a. [L. implacabilis; pref. im- not +
placabilis: cf. F. implacable. See Placable.]
1. Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being
pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.
I see thou art implacable. --Milton.
An object of implacable enmity. --Macaulay.
2. Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable.
[R.]
O! how I burn with implacable fire. --Spenser.
Which wrought them pain Implacable, and many a
dolorous groan. --Milton.
Syn: Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting;
relentless; unyielding. Implacableness
Implacableness Im*pla"ca*ble*ness, n.
The quality of being implacable; implacability.
ImpracticableImpracticable Im*prac"ti*ca*ble, a.
1. Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or
accomplished by the means employed, or at command;
impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.
2. Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any
reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable
of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as
applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control
or get along with.
This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a
dainty-fingered girl. --Rowe.
Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh
with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign.
--Palfrey.
3. Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an
impracticable road; an impracticable method.
Syn: Impossible; infeasible. -- Impracticable,
Impossible. A thing is impracticable when it can not
be accomplished by any human means at present possessed;
a thing is impossible when the laws of nature forbid it.
The navigation of a river may now be impracticable, but
not impossible, because the existing obstructions may
yet be removed. ``The barons exercised the most despotic
authority over their vassals, and every scheme of public
utility was rendered impracticable by their continued
petty wars with each other.' --Mickle. ``With men this
is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'
--Matt. xix. 26. Impracticableness
Impracticableness Im*prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n.
The state or quality of being impracticable;
impracticability.
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