† unbowableadj.
Obsolete.
Unbendable, inflexible.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid
stithc897
stiff1000
starkOE
inflexiblec1400
rigent?1440
unbowable1537
staffish1545
steya1586
unpliablea1618
rigid1618
unsupple1621
unpliant1624
immercurial1637
steeve1637
starky1657
impliablea1734
tharf1747
stiff as a poker1798
unbending1802
unbowsome1818
crisp1851
unbendable1884
poker-stiff1894
unfluxile1925
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adjective] > rigidly or relentlessly
grima1000
steely1508
unbowable1537
inexorable1553
unrelenting1590
unrelentless1606
rigid1610
implacable1611
unrelentable1611
unsoftened1645
unconniving1671
ramrod1850
unexcusing1853
unsoftening1857
tough1905
1537 Bible (Matthew's) Psalms ii. 9 (note) A rodde of yron for a sure and unbowable domynyon.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fviiv So long as a sprigge twist or braunche, is yong, it is flexible and bowable.., but if we tarie till it be a great tree, it is inflexible and unbowable.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Imployable, inflexible, vnbowable.
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