a. and sb. 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).
1471. Ripley, Comp. Alch., Ep. x. in Ashm. (1652), 111. Such bodies which in nature be liquable.
1567. 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.
1657. G. Starkey, Helmont’s Vind., 314. A Salt … liquable in water or Wine.
1768. A. Catcott, Treat. Deluge, 382. The matter contained within the shell exactly resembled any liquable substance cast fluid into a mould.
B. sb. A substance that may be liquefied.
1460–70. Bk. 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.
1612. Sturtevant, 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 Liquableness.
1727. Bailey, vol. II.
