a. Obs. [ad. L. type *fluibil-is, f. fluĕre to flow.] Capable of flowing, fluid.
1576. T. Newton, trans. Lemnie’s Touchstone, I. iv. 26 b. Now is seede dryer then blood, and yet it is also moyste, fluible and liquide.
1605. Timme, Quersit., I. xv. 70. Both the containing parts of the body, as the fleshy and more solid, and also the contained parts, that is to say, the spiritual and fluible parts, are made, compacted, nourished, and doe draw their life.
1613. Purchas, Pilgrimage, V. xiii. 510. It [the sea] is not capable (being a liquid fluible body) in the greatest depth and widenesse, of such eleuations.
1683. Pettus, Fleta Min., I. II. xxxvii. 199. This Fluss or fluible Composition maketh the scoria’s deft, so that the Gold will settle it self the easier, and precipitate gently, and not suddenly.
