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A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs. [Western U.S.]

Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.

Capable of being tested or proved.

Capable of being heated to or somewhat above 55º C. without loss of special properties; -- said of immune substances, etc.

Incontestable.

To disestablish. [R.] The Parliament demanded of the king to unestablish that prelatical government. Milton.

Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow. -- Un*sta"ble*ness, n. Chaucer. Unstable equilibrium. See Stable equilibrium, under Stable.

Detestable. "Pride, abhorrent as it is." I. Taylor.

Detestable. [R.]

To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

sing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.

In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.

Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact.

to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. Shak. -- Ac*curs"ed*ly, adv. -- Ac*curs"ed*ness, n.

The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. Hooker.

of a flying machine to preserve or destroy lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane.

An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable. Prescott.

Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. Heb. vi. 19.

ning to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as, the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.