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Uninhabitable. [Obs.] "A land undwellable." Wyclif.

Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. [Obs.] Boyle.

Infallible. [Obs.] "This unfailable word of truth." Bp. Hall.

Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla.

Not produced by labor or toil. "Unlabored harvests." Dryden.

Not salable; unmerchantable. -- n.

Inviolable.

Capable of being violated, broken, or injured. -- Vi"o*la*bly, adv.

A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

ler species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]

Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig.

, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.

make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights. "The bridegroom . . . abridged his visit." Smollett. She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. Fuller.

To cut off. [R.] "Two syllables . . . abscinded from the rest." Johnson.

A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.

Reconcilable; in accordance.

To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.

ind and waves. Also fig. So on the sea shall be set adrift. Dryden. Were from their daily labor turned adrift. Wordsworth.