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Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized. Baxter.

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- She was barren of children. Bp. Hall.

Capable of culti [Obs.] Burton.

part of a work. -- Battery en écharpe, one that plays obliquely. -- Battery gun, a gun capable of firing a number, of shots simultaneously or successively without stopping to load. -- Battery wagon, a wagon employed to transport the tools and materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the battery. -- In batte…

To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change. In all criminal cases the most favorable interpretation should be put on words that they can possibly bear. Swift.

Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable. -- Bear"a*bly, adv.

Capable of being begged.

ief was subject upon its first promulgation. Hooker. Ultimate belief, a first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition. Sir W. Hamilton.

Capable of being believed; credible. -- Be*liev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Be*liev`a*bil"i*ty (, n.

Capable of being bent.

Capable of being bequeathed.

Capable of being divided into two parts.

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue so black! Shak.

A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim.

Free from blushes; incapable of blushing; shameless; impudent. Vice now, secure, her blushless front shall raise. Dodsley.

Capable of being bored. [R.]

Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced; yielding. [Obs.]

Capable of being broken.

Capable of being bribed. A more bribable class of electors. S. Edwards.

Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes. From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh.