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† ˈliquable, a. and n. Obs.
Also 5 liquible, 7 liqueable.
[ad. L. liquābil-is, f. liquāre: see liquate v. and -able.]
A. adj. That can be liquefied; capable of melting. Also, soluble (in a liquid).
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. Ep. x. in Ashm. (1652) 111 Such bodies which in nature be liquable. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 20 Quicksilver and Brimstone are the..cause of beginning in all thinges liquable or those which melt, which are commonly called Mettals. 1657G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. 314 A Salt..liquable in water or Wine. 1768A. Catcott Treat. Deluge 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.
1460–70Bk. Quintessence 7 Wiyn not aloonly holdiþ in it þe propirtees of gold, but myche more þe propirtees of alle liquibles if þei be quenchid þerinne. 1612Sturtevant Metallica 109 Any kind of liquor or liqueable..which is put into the Furnace, Pot, Kettle, Caldron or Copper, to be further heated, and boyled.
Hence ˈliquableness.
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