Painable

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Painable \Pain"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. p['e]nible.]
     Causing pain; painful. [Obs.]
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           The manacles of Astyages were not . . . the less
           weighty and painable for being composed of gold or


           silver.                                  --Evelyn.
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