Epyornis

See Æpyornis. equability (e-kwaor ek-wa-bil'i-ti), n. [Formerly æquability; quality regularity, or uniformity: as, the equability the velocity of the blood; the equability of the temperature of the air; equability of temper. For the celestial. bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them to be ordained and governed by wisdom and understanding. Ray , Works of Creation. I should join to these other qualifications a certain æqua bility or evenne of behaviour. Spectator , No. 68. IMG:content-0642.png:[blocks in formation] He was naturally of an equable temper, and inclined to moderation in all things. Pre scott , Ferd. and Isa., ii. 24. His spirits do not seem to have been high, but they were singularly equable . Macaulay. equal Ye say, the way of the Lord is not equal . Ezek. xviii. 25. The condemn'd man Has yet that privilege to speak, my lord; Law were not equal else. Fletcher, Val ent in i an, ii. 3. Oh, equal Heaven, how wisely thou disposest Thy several gifts! Fletcher (and another), Love's Cure, iii. 2. O, you equal gods, Whose justice not a world of wolf-turned men Shall make me to accuse. B. Jonson , Sejanus, iii. 1. It could not but much redound to the lustre of your milde and equall Government. Milton , Areopagitica. 5. Of the same interest or concern; of like moment or importance. They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me. Cheyne. 6. Adequate; having competent power, ability, or means: with to: as, the army was not equal He would have the vast body of a planet to be as elegant and round as a factitious globe represents it; to be everywhere smooth and equable , and as plain as Elysian fields. Bentley. Equable motion, motion by which equal spaces are described in equal times.