a. [ L. sorbilis, fr. sorbere to suck in, to drink down. ] Fit to be drunk or sipped. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mobilis, for movibilis, fr. movere to move: cf. F. mobile. See Move. ] 1. Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable. “Fixed or else mobile.” Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids; -- opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle. Testament of Love. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physiol.) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Capable of moving readily, or moving frequenty from place to place; as, a mobile work force. [ PJC ]

7. Having motor vehicles to permit movement from place to place; as, a mobile library; a mobile hospital. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. mobile vulgus. See Mobile, a., and cf. 3d Mob. ] The mob; the populace. [ Obs. ] “The unthinking mobile.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a form of sculpture having several sheets or rods of a stiff material attached to each other by thin wire or twine in a balanced and artfully arranged tree configuration, with the topmost member suspended in air from a support so that the parts may move independently when set in motion by a current of air. [ 1913 Webster ]