Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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UNTRACT'ABLE, adjective [Latin intractabilis.]
1. Not tractable; not yielding to discipline; stubborn; indocile; ungovernable; as an untractable son.
2. Rough; difficult.
3. Not yielding to the heat or to the hammer; as an ore.
[Intractable is more generally used.]
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