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Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 99. The servants [were] not so many in number as cleanly in apparel and serviceable in behaviour. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. serviceable And Enid... boil'd the flesh and spread the board, And stood behind and waited on the three; And, seeing her so sweet and serviceable , Geraint had longing in him evermore To stoop and ki the tender little thumb That cro ed the trencher. Tennyson, Geraint. turning a cock, the compre ed air suddenly escapes into the pipe, and blows the obstruction before it. service-line (servis-lin), n. In lawn - tennis , one of the two lines drawn acro the court twenty one feet from the net. See lawn - tenns . There is an inward reasonable, and there is a solemn outward serviceable worship belonging unto God. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 4. And all about the courtly stable Bright-harne 'd Angels sit, in order serviceable . Milton , Nativity, 1. 244. 3. Capable of rendering useful service; pro good; useful; beneficial; advantageous. Religion hath force to qualify all sorts of men, and to make them, in public affairs, the more serviceable . Hooker . His gold-headed cane, too-a serviceable staff, of dark polished wood - had similar traits. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, iv. 4. Durable; admitting of hard or long use or wear: as, a serviceable fabric. serviceablene (sèr'vi-sa-bl-nes), n . 1. The state or character of being serviceable; usefulne in promoting good of any kind; beneficial ne . All action being for some end, its aptne to be commanded or forbidden must be founded upon its service ablene or dis serviceablene to some end. Norris. 2. Helpfulne ; readine to do service. He might continually be in her presence, shewing more humble serviceablene and joy to content her than ever before. Sir P. Sidney. serviceably (servi-sa-bli), adv . In a serviceable manner; so as to be serviceable. service a get (ser'vi-sāj), n. [ service1 + -age .] A state of servitude. His threats he feareth, and obeyes the raine Of thraldome base, and seruiceage , though loth. Fairfax , tr. of Ta o's Godfrey of Boulogne, viii. 83. service-berry (servis-ber"i), n. [Early mod. E. also service-berrie, sarvice - berrie ; Pyrus Aria. [Scotch.] -3. A North American shrub or 1. A tree, Pyrus ( Sorbus ) domestic a , native in continental Europe. It grows from 20 to 60 feet high, has leaves like of the mountain-ash, and yields a small pear-shaped or apple-shaped fruit which, like the medlar, is pleasant only in an overripe condition. Its wood is hard and close-grained, and is sought after for mill-work and other purposes-being preferred to all other woods for making the screws of wine-pre es. Old or local names are cor me and checker -tree. 21. In some old books, apparently, the common pear. Wild service-tree, Pyrus torminal is , native of Eu southward in Great Britain and on the rope. It bears a fruit, which in England is locally produced for market, of similar character to that of the service-tree. See swallow - pear , under pearl . servicioust, a. [ME. servycyows, serviciosus , serving, servitium , service: see service1 .] Doing service.