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1 IV, 8| moulded, squeezed; to be tractile or non-tractile, malleable 2 IV, 9| of pottery). They must be tractile (without admitting water) 3 IV, 9| being squeezed.~Things are tractile when their surface can be 4 IV, 9| the mover. Some things are tractile, e.g. hair, thongs, sinew, 5 IV, 9| stone. Some things are both tractile and squeezable, e.g. wool; 6 IV, 9| phlegm, for instance, is tractile but not squeezable, and 7 IV, 9| sponge squeezable but not tractile.~Some things are malleable, 8 IV, 9| being moist or soft, it is tractile. Bodies owe this property