stable : Idioms & Phrases

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Augean stable

  • (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
Webster 1913

augean stables

  • noun (Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them
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livery stable

  • noun stable where horses and vehicles are kept for hire
WordNet
Liv"er*y sta`ble
Definitions
  1. . A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) & (g).
Webster 1913

stable companion

  • noun a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person
    stablemate.
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Stable equibrium

  • (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former position, as in the case when the center of gravity is below the point or axis of support; opposed to unstable equilibrium, in which the body if disturbed does not tend to return to its former position, but to move farther away from it, as in the case of a body supported at a point below the center of gravity. Cf. Neutral equilibrium, under Neutral.
Webster 1913

stable factor

  • noun a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K
    factor VII; cothromboplastin; proconvertin.
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Stable fly

  • (Zoöl.), a common dipterous fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) which is abundant about stables and often enters dwellings, especially in autumn. These files, unlike the common house files, which they resemble, bite severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle.
Webster 1913

stable gear

  • noun gear for a horse
    saddlery; tack.
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stable stand

Sta"ble stand`
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  1. (O.Eng. Law) 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. Wharton.
Webster 1913