Definition for UN-TRACT'A-BLE

UN-TRACT'A-BLE, a. [L. intractabilis.]

  1. Not tractable; not yielding to discipline; stubborn; indocile; ungovernable; as, an untractable son. Locke.
  2. Rough; difficult. Milton.
  3. Not yielding to the heat or to the hammer; as an ore. [Intractable is more generally used.]

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