docibleness (dosiblnes)

Teachablene ; docility. [Rare or obsolete.] I might enlarge myself commendation of HuntI. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 31. ing, and of the noble Hound especially, as also of the doct blene of dogs. The World stands in Admiration of the Capacity and Dociblene of the English. Howell , Letters, iv. 47. docile (dos'il or do's il), a. [Formerly also do cil; = F. docile = Sp. dócil = Pg. docil = It. docile, Dogs soon grow accustomed to whatever they are taught, and being docile and tractable, are very useful. H. Ellis, Voyage to Hudson's Bay. 2. Tractable; easily managed or handled. The ores are docile and contain ruby-silver and sub-sulL. Hamilton, Mex. Handbook, p. 95. phides. The different ores of the Rayo Mine are docile in their réduction, undergoing the common Spanish amalgamation proce . Quoted in Mowry's Arizona and Sonora, p. 148.