soluble (solubl)

[F. soluble = Sp. soluble = Pg. soluvel = It. solubile, More soluble is this knot By gentlene than war. Tennyson, Prince , v. 31. Relaxed; loose; open. Ale is their eating and their drinking, surely, which keeps their bodies clear and soluble . Beau . and Fl . , Scornful Lady, iv. 1. And then, if Balaam's a hath but an audible voice and a soluble purse, he shall be preferred before his master, were he ten prophets. Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 469. Soluble blue, cotton, gla , indigo. See the nouns.Soluble bougie, a bougie composed of substances which melt at the body-temperature: used for the purpose of administering medicament to the urethral mucous membrane. Soluble guncotton. Same as dinitro cellulose. Soluble oil. See castor -oil.-Soluble soap. See soap, 1. solublene (sol'u-bl-nes), n. Soluble character or property; solubility.