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Webster 1913 Edition

Soluble

Sol′u-ble

,
Adj.
[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
.
Sugar is . . .
soluble
in water and fusible in fire.
Arbuthnot.
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.
3.
Relaxed; open or readily opened.
[R.]
“The bowels must be kept soluble.”
Dunglison.
Soluble glass
.
(Chem.)
See under
Glass
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Soluble

SOL'UBLE

,
Adj.
[L. solubilis, from solvo, to melt.] Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution. Sugar is solube in water; salt is soluble only to a certain extent, that is, till water is saturated.

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