*soluble*

n. The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indissolubilis: cf. F. indissoluble. See In- not, and Dissoluble, and cf. Indissolvable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not dissoluble; not capable of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied; insoluble; as, few substances are indissoluble by heat, but many are indissoluble in water. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble league or covenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the which my duties
Are with a most indissoluble tie
Forever knit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Indissolubility. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. insolubilis indissoluble, that can not be loosed: cf. F. insoluble. See In- not, and Soluble, and cf. Insolvable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Strong. “An insoluble wall.” [ Obs. ] Holland [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. irresolubilis: cf. F. irrésoluble. See Resoluble, and cf. Irresolvable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Incapable of being relieved or assisted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The second is in the irresoluble condition of our souls after a known sin committed. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. resolubolis: cf. F. résoluble. See Resolve, and cf. Resolvable. ] Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire. Boyle. -- Res"o*lu*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See Solve, and cf. Solvable. ] 1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. “More soluble is this knot.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [ R. ] “The bowels must be kept soluble.” Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Soluble glass. (Chem.) See under Glass. [ 1913 Webster ]