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Pertaining to hemp; hempen. [R.]

A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceæ; hemp. Cannabis Indica (, the Indian hemp, a powerful narcotic, now considered a variety of the common hemp.

The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion. Cinnabar Græcorum (. Etym: [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks.] (Med.) Same as Dragon's blood. -- Green cinnabar, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire. -- Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure…

Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.

Capable of combinding; consistent with. [R.] M. Arnold. -- Com*bin"a*ble*ness, n.

Held in common. "Forests . . . and other commonable places." Bacon.

Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." Mallett. "Companionable wit." Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv.

Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [R.] Barrow.

That may be complained of. [R.] Feltham.

Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable.

Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited. Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall.

Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just. Let my debtors have conscionable satisfaction. Sir H. Wotton.

The quality of being conscionable; reasonableness. Johnson.

Reasonably; justly.

Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint. Hooker.

Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.

Capable of being contaminated.

me bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous. Love and life not conterminable. Sir H. Wotton.

Consistent; accordant; suitable; proper; as, convenable remedies. [Obs.] With his wod his work is convenable. Spenser.