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quenchable, a.|ˈkwɛnʃəb(ə)l|
[f. prec. + -able.]
That may be quenched.
1611Cotgr., Amortissable, quenchable, stintable, dissolueable. a1620J. Dyke Sel. Serm. (1640) 8 If..it be a quenchable fire. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. v, Had we thought that your..drought was quenchable. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. iv. ix, Fire itself is quenchable, yet only quenchable at first.
Hence ˈquenchableness (Bailey vol. II. 1727). |