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Shak., W. T., iv. 3. 71. Uncovenanted civil service. See civil. - Yeoman's service. See yeoman. service2 (sèr'vis), n. [An extended form of serve2 , due to some confusion with servicel : see serve2. The word has nothing to do, as some have supposed, with L. cerevisia , beer.] 1. Same as service - tree . - 2. The fruit of the service-tree. October is drawn in a garment of yellow and carnation; in his left hand a basket of services , medlars, and other fruits that ripen late. Peacham . serviceability (sėr"vi-sa-bil'i-ti), n. [ service able + -ity (see -bility ).] Same as serviceable- [Recent.] The entertainment is of a pretty substantial kind. Be- sides tea, there is a service of cheese, of bacon and beef Jamie son, Dict. (under rocking ). fried, etc. Macaulay , Sir W. Temple. (b) The portion served to an individual; an allowance of ne . food or drink. 6. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function: as, the diplomatic service ; the consular service ; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier or sailor; formerly, a bold and daring performance of such duties; also, the army or navy as a profe ion. At this day, that Vocation [the esquire's) is growne to be the first degree of gentry, taken out of the service in the warrs, from whence all the other degrees of nobility are borowed. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 38. He waylays the reports of services , and cons them without book, damning himself he came new from them. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, Pref. IMG:content-0697.png:[blocks in formation] There are adjustments by which serviceability ... has power still further to improve all adaptations by some proce of self-edification. Pop. Sci . Mo., XXXIII. 73. serviceable (sėr'vi-sa-bl), a . [ servisable , servicyable , serrysiabylle , servisable , serviciabilis , serving, servicium , service: see servicel and -able .] 1. Disposed to be of service; willing; diligent; attentive.