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Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.

ant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker. To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. Beattie.

Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc. Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health. Bacon.

so as to be on the meridian each day at mean noon. -- Mean time, time as measured by an equable motion, as of a perfect clock, or as reckoned on the supposition that all the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length, in contradistinction from apparent time, or that actually indicated by the sun, and from sidere…

The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening porous structure. The more rapid flow from the thinner to the thicker fluid was then called endosmose, and the opposite, slowe…

rogress; continuous course. Bp. Pearson. That the procession of their life might be More equable, majestic, pure, and free. Trench.

A short and fat woman; a squab. [Obs.]

Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.

Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.

lways the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay. Whewell.

An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.