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Credibleness
Credibleness Cred"i*ble*ness, n.
The quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief;
credibility. [R.] --Boyle.
Edible snailSnail Snail (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel,
sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel.
snigill.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix
and many allied genera of the family Helicid[ae].
They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world
except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on
vegetation; a land snail.
(b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true
snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See
Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally
curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the
position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a
striking clock.
4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to
protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.]
They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . .
that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or
of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow
pavises and targets, under the which men, when they
fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail
is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails.
--Vegetius
(Trans.).
5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover.
Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under
Ear, Edible, etc.
Snail borer (Zo["o]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill.
Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Medicago
scuttellata, also, M. Helix); -- so named from its
pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also
snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive.
Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus
Caracalla) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled
like a snail shell.
Snail shell (Zo["o]l.), the shell of snail.
Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above. Edibleness
Edibleness Ed"i*ble*ness, n.
Suitableness for being eaten.
Impedible
Impedible Im*ped"i*ble, a.
Capable of being impeded or hindered. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
IncredibleIncredible In*cred"i*ble, a. [L. incredibilis: cf. OF.
incredible. See In- not, and Credible.]
Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and
improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you,
that God should raise the dead? --Acts xxvi.
8. Incredibleness
Incredibleness In*cred"i*ble*ness, n.
Incredibility.
InedibleInedible In*ed"i*ble, a. [LL. inedibilis. See In- not, and
Edible.]
Not edible; not fit for food. -- In*ed`i*bil"i*ty, n. Obedible
Obedible O*be"di*ble, a.
Obedient. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Uncredible
Uncredible Un*cred"i*ble, a.
Incredible. --Bacon.
Meaning of EDIBLE from wikipedia
- An
edible item is any item that is safe for
humans to eat. "
Edible" is
differentiated from "eatable"
because it does not
indicate how an item tastes,...
- A
cannabis edible, also
known as a cannabis-infused food or
simply an
edible, is a food item (either
homemade or
produced commercially) that contains...
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Edible mushrooms are the
fleshy fruit bodies of
numerous species of
macrofungi (fungi that bear
fruiting structures large enough to be seen with the naked...
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Edible plants include: List of
culinary fruits List of
culinary herbs and ****es List of
culinary nuts List of
edible cacti List of
edible flowers List...
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Edible bird's nests, also
known as
swallow nests (Chinese: 燕窝; pinyin: yànwō), are bird
nests created from
solidified saliva by
edible-nest swiftlets,...
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Legumes (/ˈlɛɡjuːm, ləˈɡjuːm/) are
plants in the
family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the
fruit or
seeds of such plants. When used as a dry
grain for human...
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Edible flowers are
flowers that can be
consumed safely.
Flowers may be
eaten as
vegetables as a main part of a meal, or may be used as herbs.
Flowers are...
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Edible underwear is a
candy product which is made into the form of, and can
function as, underwear, but
which is
edible. The
product was
invented by David...
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Edible ink
printing is the
process of
creating preprinted images with
edible food
colors onto
various confectionery products such as cookies,
cakes and...
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insects and
convenient for
research and
classroom study of zoology. They are
edible by humans. They have been
eaten throughout history and are
considered a...
