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Inapplicable. Milton.

To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable. Totten.

To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.

Capable of being undertaken; practicable.

andth to the sixty thousandth part of an inch. The theory of ethereal undulations is applicable not only to the phenomena of light, but also to those of heat.

A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.

A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.

Incapable of being treated; not practicable. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv.

The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.

away or out (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope.

A word; a vocable. [Obs.] South.

Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable. A poor man in vile raiment. James ii. 2. The craft either of fishing, which was Peter's, or of making tents, which was Paul's, were [was] more vile than the science of physic. Ridley. The inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing. Abp. Abbot.

Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold. "Virgin Dutch." G. W. Cable. The white cold virgin snow upon my heart. Shak. A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil. Landor.

care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness. "An almost reptile wariness." G. W. Cable. To determine what are little things in religion, great wariness is to be used. Sprat.

A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.

To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass. Totten.

o make with whacks. [Colloq.] Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes. G. W. Cable.

or wooden horses. With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. G. W. Cable.

A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.] Wire bed, Wire mattress, an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways. -- Wire bridge, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire. -- Wire cartridge, a shot car…