stablishment (stabʻlishment)

[ Spenser, F. Q., V. viii. 21. Be hit ordeynyd and stablyd by the M. and Wardens. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 328. This book bore this title, Articles devised by the King's highne to stable Christian quietne and unity among the people. Strype, Abp. Cranmer, i. 12. 2. To make steady, firm, or sure; support. When thou ministers at the heghe autere, With bot he hondes thou serue tho prest in fere, The ton to stabulle the tother Lest thou fayle, my dere brother. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 304. 3t. To fix or hold fast, as in mire; mire; stall. When they the peril that do not forecast In the stiff mud are quickly stabled fast. Drayton , Moon-Calf. II. in trans. To stand firm; be confirmed. Of alegeaunce now lerneth a le on other tweyne, Wher-by it standith and stablithe moste. Richard the Redele , i. 10. stable-boy (stā'bl-boi), n. ployed about a stable. stable-call (sta bl-kal), n. A boy who is em A trumpet-signal in the cavalry and light artillery services, to a emble the troop or battery for the purpose of watering and grooming the horses; hence, the a embling of a troop for this purpose. Will you go down to stable - call and pick out a mount? The Century, XXXVII. 900. stable-fly (stāʼbl-fli), n. 1. The biting housefly, Stomorys calcitrans, common to Europe and North America. It much resembles the common housefly, Musca domestic a, but bites severely and is often very troublesome. As it enters houses before storms, it has given rise to the expre ion "flies bite before a storm." 2. Another fly, Cyrtoneura stabulans, common to Europe and North America. stablelyt, adv. A Middle English form of sta bly. stable-man (stā'bl-man), n. A man who attends in a stable; an ostler; a groom. stablene (sta'bl-nes), n. [ stabler (sta'blėr), n. [ and food for them. There came a man to the stabler (so they call the people at Edinburgh that take in horses to keep), and wanted to know if he could hear of any returned horses for England. Defoe , Col. Jack, p. 240. ( Davies .)