STABILITY, STABLE
ADJECTIVES
1340 — SICKER stable, assured, certain; not liable to be disturbed or unsettled → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1552 — BALLASTED rendered stable or steady
1980 — GLUED stable, sane → sl., orig. US students’ usage
1984 — BUTTONED UP emotionally stable; ‘together’ → Amer. sl.
ADVERBS
1375 — SICKERLY in a stable or steady manner → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1412 — TACK stability, endurance, strength, substance, solidity → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1612 — BALLAST that which tends to give stability in morals or politics, to steady the mind or feelings, etc.
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