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t. & i. [CONTROL, 8.] IMG:content-0818.png:[blocks in formation] con-trol-la-ble, con-trōl'-a-ble, *con-troula-ble, a . [Eng. control ; -able .] Capable of being controlled, or kept in restraint or check; subject or amenable to command. “.. controllable by reason."-South. con-trolled, pa . par . or a. [CONTROL, v .] con-trōl-ler, *con-troul-er, *conter-roler, s . [Eng. control ; -er.] [COMPTROLLER.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. A Comptroller. " con trovers i on 2. One who exercises control, authority, or re straint; a ruler, a governor, a director. troulers, sauing they only?"-Barnes: Works, p. 186. 3. Spec .: An officer or overseer appointed to verify the accounts of other officers. ( Wharton .) 4. With the matter expre ed in which control is exercised. who will bee kinge's felowes, yea and con "The great controller of our fate, Deign'd to be man, and liv'd in low estate." *5. A censurer or detractor. Dryden. "Saucy controller of our private steps!" Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, ii. 3. II. Naut.: A cast-iron block having depre ions on its upper surface adapted to fit the links of the cable which pa es over the block on its way from the locker to the hawse-hole. ( Knight .) con-trōl-ler-ship, s. [Eng. controller; -ship.] The office, position, or rank of a controller. [COMPTROLLERSHIP.] con-trōl-ling, *con-troul-ling, pr. par., a. & 8. [CONTROL, V. ] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or power of exercising control or authority. the checking and controul ling of our vicious inclinations." -Til lots on , vol. i., ser. 28. con-trol-ment, con-troll-ment, *comp-trolment,*con-trole-ment, *con-troul-ment,*coun