Definition of movable

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Movable (a.) Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year..

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Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes..
Sham :: Sham (n.) A false front, or removable ornamental covering..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like..
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming..
Court-cupboard :: Court-cupboard (n.) A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions..
Frizel :: Frizel (a.) A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock..
Immovable :: Immovable (a.) Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.
Chop :: Chop (n.) A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise..
Harmonometer :: Harmonometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often a monochord furnished with movable bridges.
Movableness :: Movableness (n.) The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.
Movable :: Movable (a.) Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year..
Impaction :: Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast..
Movable :: Movable (a.) Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine..
Chair :: Chair (n.) A movable single seat with a back.
Niere :: niere (n.) A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.
Block Book :: Block book () A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.
Movables :: Movables (pl. ) of Movabl.
Calash :: Calash (n.) A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage..
Standing :: Standing (a.) Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed)..
Moebles :: Moebles (n. pl.) Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular (moeble).
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