namable
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They are not summa genera of existences, still less are they to be explained as a classification of namable things in general.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Donauworth never was retaken; but is Bavarian at this hour, A Town namable in History ever since.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas
There are not so many namable varieties, I just now said, of robin as of falcon; but this is somewhat inaccurately stated.
From Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds by Ruskin, John
We shall commence with Feelings, the simplest class of namable things; the term Feeling being of course understood in its most enlarged sense.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart
There her dust mingles with that of John Bunyan, of Daniel de Foe, of Isaac Watts, of William Blake, of Thomas Stothard, and a multitude of nameless or of most namable others.
From London Films by Howells, William Dean
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