† inˈstableness Obs.
[f. instable a. + -ness.]
Unstableness, instability.
| 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 32/2 Me thynketh he myght doo no lasse consyderynge our Instableness. 1618 M. Baret Horsemanship i. 46 His hands, being alwaies chocking vpon the snaffle (through the instablenesse of them) will..dull the horses mouth. c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) II. lviii. 84 Ther cannot be two more pregnant instances of the lubricity and instablenes of mankind. |