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poisonable, a.|ˈpɔɪzənəb(ə)l|
[f. prec. + -able.]
†1. Having the property of poisoning; poisonous. Obs.
c1470Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 313 (Bann. MS.) Thy meit wennome, thy drink is pvsonable. c1550R. Bieston Bayte Fortune B iv, Three thinges there be to man as venim poysonable. a1598Rollock Lect. Passion, etc. (1616) 551 The drinking of deadly and poysonable things. 1645Ussher Body Div. (1647) 368 Without the which they may be hurtfull and poisonable unto us. c1720W. Gibson Farrier's Guide ii. liv. (1738) 207 The biting of a mad Dog, is not so poisonable as is generally supposed.
2. Capable of being poisoned; subject to poison.
1846in Worcester. 1871Sir J. Paget in Mem. & Lett. iii. 246 My blood and textures regained the state they had before..and I became again more poisonable. |