a. [UN-1 7 b and 5 b.] = INDISSOLUBLE a.

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  (a)  1611.  Cotgr., Indissoluble, indissoluble,… vndissolueable.

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1622.  T. Scott, Belg. Pismire, 64. God hath bound vs together by an vndissolueable band of necessitie.

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1656.  Osborne, Adv. Son, 57. This requires Love to be ushered into this undissolveable noose, by Discretion.

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1702.  Rowe, Tamerl., III. i. That holy Knot, which ty’d once, all Mankind Agree to hold Sacred, and Undissolvable.

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  (b)  1705.  T. Greenhill, Art Embalming, 153. The Sands … over-whelm Passengers…, who … are thro’ the power of the hot Sun … so dry’d, they become … for ever undissolvable.

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1756.  F. Home, Exper. Bleaching, 268. There remained half a grain of powder that was undissolvable by the spirit.

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