Stable

Stable - Other Definitions

• (v. i.) Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.
  
  
• (v. i.) Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.
  
  
• (v. i.) Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.
  
  
• (v. t.) To fix; to establish.
  
  
• (v. i.) A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.
  
  
• (v. t.) To put or keep in a stable.
  
  
• (v. i.) To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.
  
  
• stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer.