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The quality of being legible; legibleness. Sir. D. Brewster.

or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; - - used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript. The stone with moss and lichens so overspread, Nothing is legible but the name alone. Longfellow.

The state or quality of being legible.

In a legible manner.

That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration. Within very negligible limits of error. Sir J. Herschel.

Eligble again; capable of reëlection; as, reëligible to the same office. -- Re*ël`i*gi*bil"i*ty (r, n.

The quality of being refrangible.

Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light. -- Re*fran"gi*ble*ness, n.

Governable; tractable. [Obs.]

Capable of being disjoined. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

The quality or state of being tangible.

ssessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. "A tangible blunder." Byron. Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others. Southey. -- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- Tan"gi*bly, adv.

Incorrigible; not capable of correction. [Obs.]

Ineligible. Roger

Infrangible. [Obs.] "Impassible and unfrangible." Jer. Taylor.

That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly.

Intangibility.

Intangible. [R.]

Intangibly. [R.]

Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereæ) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineæ. See Scitamineous.