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<point26>I.</point26>
<hw>I</hw> (&imacr;). <sn>1.</sn> <def>I, the ninth letter

of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Ph&oelig;nician,
through the Latin and the Greek. The Ph&oelig;nician letter was
probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same
as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete.
Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y,
j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage,
L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS.
þynne; E. dominion, donjon,
dungeon.</def>
In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in
p&imacr;ne, &imacr;ce; and the short sound, as in
p&ibreve;n. It has also three other sounds: (a) That of
e in term, as in thirst. (b) That of
e in mete (in words of foreign origin), as in
machine, pique, regime. (c) That of
consonant y (in many words in which it precedes another
vowel), as in bunion, million, filial,
Christian, etc. It enters into several digraphs, as in
fail, field, seize, feign. friend;
and with o often forms a proper diphtong, as in oil,
join, coin.
See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 98-106.
The dot which we place over the small or lower case i dates
only from the 14th century. The sounds of I and J were originally
represented by the same character, and even after the introduction of
the form J into English dictionaries, words containing these letters
were, till a comparatively recent time, classed together.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>In our old authors, I was often

used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly
like it.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2,
etc.</def>
<hw>I-</hw> (?), <pos>prefix.</pos> <def>See Y-

.</def>
<hw>I</hw> (&imacr;), <pos>pron.</pos>

[<pos>poss.</pos> My (m&imacr;) or Mine
(m&imacr;n); <pos>object.</pos> Me (m&emacr;).
pl. <pos>nom.</pos> <plw>We</plw> (w&emacr;);
<pos>poss.</pos> <plw>Our</plw> (our) or
<plw>Ours</plw> (ourz); <pos>object.</pos>
<plw>Us</plw> (&ubreve;s).] [OE. i, ich,
ic, AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih,
G. ich, Icel. ek, Dan. jeg, Sw. jag,
Goth. ik, OSlav. az', Russ. ia, W. i, L.
ego, Gr. <grk>'egw`</grk>, <grk>'egw`n</grk>, Skr.
aham. √179. Cf. Egoism.] <def>The nominative
case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a
speaker or writer denotes himself.</def>
<hw>I*amà*tol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;,

medicine + -logy.] (Med.) <def>Materia Medica; that
branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.</def>
<hw>I"amb</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. iambe. See

Lambus.] <def>An iambus or iambic.</def> [R.]
<hw>I*am"bic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. iambicus,

Gr. &?;: cf. F. iambique.] <sn>1.</sn> (Pros.)
<def>Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an
unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic
foot.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics;

as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See
Lambus.</def>
<hw>I*am"bic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Pros.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An iambic foot; an
iambus.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A verse composed of iambic
feet.</def>
&fist; The following couplet consists of iambic verses.
<blockquote>Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase

fame 
In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- |
agram.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A satirical poem (such poems having been

anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.</def>
<hw>I*am"bic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Iambic.</def>

[Obs. or R.]
<hw>I*am"bic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a iambic

manner; after the manner of iambics.</def>
<hw>I*am"bize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Gr. &?;.] <def>To

satirize in iambics; to lampoon.</def> [R.]
<hw>I*am"bus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.

<plw>Iambi</plw> (#), E. <plw>Iambuses</plw> (#). [L.
iambus, Gr. &?;; prob. akin to &?; to throw, assail (the
iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere
to throw. Cf. Jet a shooting forth.] (Pros.) <def>A
foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in
&abreve;m&amacr;ns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by
an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under
Iambic, <pos>n.</pos></def>
<hw>||I*an"thi*na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.

<plw>Ianthinæ</plw> (#), E. <plw>Ianthinas</plw>
(#). [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. &?;; &?; violet +
&?; flower.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any gastropod of the genus
Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid
ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet
snail.</def> [Written also janthina.]
&fist; It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it

constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened
mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from
mollusks of this genus.
<hw>I*a`tra*lip"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;; &?;

physician + &?; belonging to the &?; or anointer, fr. &?; to anoint:
cf. F. iatraliptique.] <def>Treating diseases by anointing and
friction; as, the iatraliptic method.</def> [Written also
iatroleptic.]
{ <hw>I*at"ric</hw> (?), <hw>I*at"ric*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?; healing, fr. &?; physician, fr. &?; to
heal.] <def>Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical
men.</def>
<hw>I*a`tro*chem"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.</def>
<hw>I*a`tro*chem"ist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;

physician + E. chemist.] <def>A physician who explained or
treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced
iatrochemistry.</def>
<hw>I*a`tro*chem"is*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially
with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in
Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the
proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who
endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical
principles.</def>
<hw>I*a`tro*mathè*mat"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their
doctrine.</def>
<hw>I*a`tro*mathè*ma*ti"cian</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.
&?; physician + E. mathematician.] (Hist. Med.)
<def>One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the
17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and
mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of
anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.</def>
<hw>I*be"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Iberia.</def>
<hw>I"bex</hw> (&imacr;"b&ebreve;ks), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. E. <plw>Ibexes</plw> (-&ebreve;z), L.
<plw>Ibices</plw> (&imacr;b"&ibreve;*s&emacr;z). [L., a kind
of goat, the chamois.] (Zoöl.) <def>One of several
species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely
ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.</def>
&fist; The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) is the best known. The
Spanish, or Pyrenean, ibex (C. Hispanica) has smoother and
more spreading horns.
<hw>||I*bi"dem</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [L.] <def>In the

same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.</def>
<hw>I"bis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. ibis, Gr. &?;;

of Egyptian origin.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any bird of the genus
Ibis and several allied genera, of the family
Ibidæ, inhabiting both the Old World and the New.
Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a
long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.</def>
&fist; The sacred ibis of the ancient Egyptians (Ibis

Æthiopica) has the head and neck black, without feathers.
The plumage of the body and wings is white, except the tertiaries,
which are lengthened and form a dark purple plume. In ancient times
this bird was extensively domesticated in Egypt, but it is now seldom
seen so far north. The glossy ibis (Plegadis autumnalis),
which is widely distributed both in the Old World and the New, has
the head and neck feathered, except between the eyes and bill; the
scarlet ibis (Guara rubra) and the white ibis (G. alba)
inhabit the West Indies and South America, and are rarely found in
the United States. The wood ibis (Tantalus loculator) of
America belongs to the Stork family (Ciconidæ). See
Wood ibis.
<hw>-i*ble</hw> (?). <def>See -able.</def>
<hw>-ic</hw> (?). [L. -icus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. -ique.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A suffix signifying, in general, relating
to, or characteristic of; as, historic,
hygienic, telegraphic, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>A suffix, denoting that the

element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest
valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds
where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric,
sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of
pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic,
calcic.</def>
<hw>I*ca"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. Icarius,

Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, the mythic son of Dædalus, who, when flying
from Crete on wings cemented with wax, mounted so high that the sun
melted the wax, and he fell into the sea.] <def>Soaring too high for
safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.</def>
<hw>Ice</hw> (&imacr;s), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. is,

iis, AS. &imacr;s; aksin to D. ijs, G.
eis, OHG. &imacr;s, Icel. &imacr;ss, Sw.
is, Dan. iis, and perh. to E. iron.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the
solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent
colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its
specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4° C. being 1.0) being
less than that of water, ice floats.</def>
&fist; Water freezes at 32° F. or 0° Cent., and ice melts

at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large
amount of heat required to melt it.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Concreted sugar.</def>

Johnson.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened,

flavored, and artificially frozen.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Any substance having the appearance of

ice; as, camphor ice.</def>
<col>Anchor ice</col>, <cd>ice which sometimes forms about

stones and other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and
is thus attached or anchored to the ground.</cd> --
<col>Bay ice</col>, <cd>ice formed in bays, fiords, etc.,
often in extensive fields which drift out to sea.</cd> --
<col>Ground ice</col>, <cd>anchor ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice
age</col> (Geol.), <cd>the glacial epoch or period. See
under Glacial.</cd> -- <col>Ice anchor</col>
(Naut.), <cd>a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a field of
ice.</cd> Kane. -- <col>Ice blink</col> [Dan.
iisblink], <cd>a streak of whiteness of the horizon, caused by
the reflection of light from ice not yet in sight.</cd> --
<col>Ice boat</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A boat fitted
with skates or runners, and propelled on ice by sails; an ice
yacht.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A strong steamboat for breaking a
channel through ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice box</col> or
<col>chest</col>, <cd>a box for holding ice; a box in which
things are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator.</cd> --
<col>Ice brook</col>, <cd>a brook or stream as cold as
ice.</cd> [Poetic] Shak. -- <col>Ice cream</col> [for
iced cream], <cd>cream, milk, or custard, sweetened, flavored,
and frozen.</cd> -- <col>Ice field</col>, <cd>an extensive
sheet of ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice float</col>, <col>Ice
floe</col>, <cd>a sheet of floating ice similar to an ice field,
but smaller.</cd> -- <col>Ice foot</col>, <cd>shore ice in
Arctic regions; an ice belt.</cd> Kane. -- <col>Ice
house</col>, <cd>a close-covered pit or building for storing
ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice machine</col> (Physics), <cd>a
machine for making ice artificially, as by the production of a low
temperature through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the
rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.</cd> -- <col>Ice
master</col>. <cd>See Ice pilot (below).</cd> --
<col>Ice pack</col>, <cd>an irregular mass of broken and
drifting ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice paper</col>, <cd>a transparent
film of gelatin for copying or reproducing; papier
glacé.</cd> -- <col>Ice petrel</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a shearwater (Puffinus gelidus) of
the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice
pick</col>, <cd>a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small
pieces.</cd> -- <col>Ice pilot</col>, <cd>a pilot who has
charge of a vessel where the course is obstructed by ice, as in polar
seas; -- called also ice master.</cd> -- <col>Ice
pitcher</col>, <cd>a pitcher adapted for ice water.</cd> --
<col>Ice plow</col>, <cd>a large tool for grooving and cutting
ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice sludge</col>, <cd>bay ice broken small
by the wind or waves; sludge.</cd> -- <col>Ice spar</col>
(Min.), <cd>a variety of feldspar, the crystals of which are
very clear like ice; rhyacolite.</cd> -- <col>Ice tongs</col>,
<cd>large iron nippers for handling ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice
water</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Water cooled by ice.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Water formed by the melting of ice.</cd> --
<col>Ice yacht</col>. <cd>See Ice boat (above).</cd> --
<col>To break the ice</col>. <cd>See under Break.</cd>
-- <col>Water ice</col>, <cd>a confection consisting of water
sweetened, flavored, and frozen.</cd>
<hw>Ice</hw> (&imacr;s), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Iced (&imacr;st); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Icing (&imacr;"s&ibreve;ng).] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something
resembling ice.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cover with icing, or frosting made of

sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts,
etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To chill or cool, as with ice; to

freeze.</def>
<hw>Ice"berg`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. of Scand.

origin; cf. Dan. iisbierg, Sw. isberg, properly, a
mountain of ice. See Ice, and Berg.] <def>A large mass
of ice, generally floating in the ocean.</def>
&fist; Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in

cold regions often project into the sea.
<hw>Ice"bird`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.</def>
<hw>Ice"bound`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Totally

surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an
icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as
to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.</def>
<hw>Ice"-built`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Composed of ice.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Loaded with ice.</def> "Ice-built

mountains." Gray.
<hw>Iced</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced
water.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Covered with something resembling ice, as

sugar icing; frosted; as, iced cake.</def>
<col>Iced cream</col>. <cd>Same as Ice cream, under

Ice.</cd>
<hw>Ice"fall`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A frozen

waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall.</def>
Coleridge.
<hw>Ice"land*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native, or

one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.</def>
<hw>Ice*lan"dic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the
Icelanders.</def>
<hw>Ice*lan"dic</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The language

of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more
nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now
spoken.</def>
<hw>Ice"land moss`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A kind of lichen

(Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the
North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms
of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a
demulcent.</def>
<hw>Ice"land spar`</hw> (?). (Min.) <def>A transparent

variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is
used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double
refraction. Cf. Calcite.</def>
<hw>Ice"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Icemen</plw> (&?;). <sn>1.</sn> <def>A man who is
skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who deals in ice; one who retails or

delivers ice.</def>
<hw>Ice" plant`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A plant

(Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid,
watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the
Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is
said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in
making glass.</def>

Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing an ice skate; esp. an
athlete who performs athletic or artistic movements on a sheet of
ice, wearing ice skates; including speed skater and figure skater --
>
<! p. 724 !>
<hw>Ice"quake`</hw> (&imacr;s"kw&amacr;k`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of
ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.</def>
<hw>Ich</hw> (&ibreve;k), <pos>pron.</pos> <def>I.</def>

[Obs.] Chaucer.
&fist; In the Southern dialect of Early English this is the

regular form. Cf. Ik.
<hw>Ich*neu"mon</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. Gr. &?;,

lit., the tracker; so called because it hunts out the eggs of the
crocodile, fr. &?; to track or hunt after, fr. <grk>'i`chnos</grk>
track, footstep.] <sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any
carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family
Viverridæ. Numerous species are found in Asia and
Africa. The Egyptian species (H. ichneumon), which ranges to
Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of
the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was
considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of
India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits
and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the
cobra.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any hymenopterous

insect of the family Ichneumonidæ, of which several
thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.</def>
&fist; The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of
other insects, such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc. The larva lives
upon the internal tissues of the insect in which it is parasitic, and
finally kills it. Hence, many of the species are beneficial to
agriculture by destroying noxious insects.
<col>Ichneumon fly</col>. <cd>See Ichneumon,

2.</cd>
<hw>Ich`neu*mon"i*dan</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to the
Ichneumonidæ, or ichneumon flies.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the
Ichneumonidæ.</def>
<hw>||Ich`neu*mon"i*des</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.

See Ichneumon.] (Zoöl.) <def>The ichneumon
flies.</def>
<hw>Ich"nite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'i`chnos</grk> track, footstep.] <def>A fossil footprint; as,
the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone.</def>
Page.
{ <hw>Ich`no*graph"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Ich`no*graph"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. ichonographique.] <def>Of or
pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground plot.</def>
<hw>Ich*nog"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;;

<grk>'i`chnos</grk> track, footstep + &?; to describe: cf. F.
ichonographie.] (Drawing) <def>A horizontal section of
a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to
a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such
plans.</def>
<hw>Ich"no*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'i`chnos</grk> track, footstep + -lite.] <def>A fossil
footprint; an ichnite.</def>
<hw>Ich`no*li*thol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'i`chnos</grk> footstep + -lith + -logy.] <def>Same as
Ichnology.</def> Hitchcock.
<hw>Ich`no*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to ichnology.</def>
<hw>Ich*nol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'i`chnos</grk> a footstep + -logy.] (Geol.)
<def>The branch of science which treats of fossil
footprints.</def>
<hw>Ich*nos"co*py</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'i`chnos</grk> footstep + -scopy.] <def>The search for
the traces of anything.</def> [R.]
<hw>I"chor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;: cf.

F. ichor.] <sn>1.</sn> (Class. Myth.) <def>An
ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the
gods.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an

ulcer, wound, etc.</def>
<hw>||I`chor*hæ"mi*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.,

fr. Gr. &?; ichor + &?; blood.] (Med.) <def>Infection of the
blood with ichorous or putrid substances.</def>
<hw>I"chor*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

ichoreux.] <def>Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous;
sanious.</def>
<hw>Ich"thi*din</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Physiol.

Chem.) <def>A substance from the egg yolk of osseous
fishes.</def>
<hw>Ich"thin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk> fish.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>A nitrogenous
substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of
cartilaginous fishes.</def>
<hw>Ich"thu*lin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Physiol.
Chem.) <def>A substance from the yolk of salmon's eggs.</def>
<hw>Ich"thus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>.] <def>In early Christian and eccesiastical art,
an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined
the initials of the Greek words <grk>Ihsoy^s</grk>,
<grk>Christo`s</grk>, <grk>Qeoy^ Gio`s</grk> <grk>Swth`r</grk>,
Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.</def>
<hw>Ich"thy*ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Like, or pertaining to, fishes.</def>
{ <hw>Ich"thy*o*col</hw> (?), <hw>Ich`thy*o*col"la</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [L. ichthyocolla, Gr. &?;;
<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + &?; glue: cf. F.
ichthyocolle.] <def>Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from
the sounds of certain fishes.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*o*cop"ro*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + E. coprolite.]
(Geol.) <def>Fossil dung of fishes.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*o*dor"u*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + &?; a spear + -
lite.] (Zoöl.) <def>One of the spiny plates found on
the back and tail of certain skates.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*og"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk> + graphy: cf. F.
ichthyographie.] <def>A treatise on fishes.</def>
{ <hw>Ich"thy*oid</hw> (?), <hw>Ich`thy*oid"al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;: <grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>,
a fish + &?; form.] (Zoöl.) <def>Somewhat like a fish;
having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some
amphibians.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*ol"a*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + &?; to worship.]
<def>Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.</def>
Layard.
<hw>Ich"thy*o*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + -lite.]
(Paleon.) <def>A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish.</def>
{ <hw>Ich`thy*o*log"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Ich`thy*o*log"ic*al</hw> (?),

} <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. ichthyologique.] <def>Of or
pertaining to ichthyology.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*ol"o*gist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

ichthyologiste.] <def>One versed in, or who studies,
ichthyology.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*ol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + -logy: cf. F.
ichthyologie.] <def>The natural history of fishes; that branch
of zoölogy which relates to fishes, including their structure,
classification, and habits.</def>
<hw>Ich"thy*o*man`cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + -mancy: cf. F.
ichthyomancie.] <def>Divination by the heads or the entrails
of fishes.</def>
<hw>||Ich`thy*o*mor"pha</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.,

fr. Gr. &?; fish-shaped; <grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a
fish + &?; form.] (Zoöl.) <def>The Urodela.</def>
{ <hw>Ich`thy*o*mor"phic</hw> (?), <hw>Ich`thy*o*mor"phous</hw>

(?), } <pos>a.</pos> [See Ichthyomorpha.] <def>Fish-
shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient
Assyria.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*oph"a*gist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Ichthyophagous.] <def>One who eats, or subsists on,
fish.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*oph"a*gous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ichthyophagus, Gr. &?;; <grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>,
a fish + &?; to eat.] <def>Eating, or subsisting on, fish.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*oph"a*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqyofagià</grk>: cf. F. ichthyophagie.] <def>The
practice of eating, or living upon, fish.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*oph*thal"mite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + &?; eye.] <def>See
Apophyllite.</def> [R.]
<hw>||Ich`thy*oph*thi"ra</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.,

fr. Gr. <grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + &?; a louse.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A division of copepod crustaceans, including
numerous species parasitic on fishes.</def>
<hw>||Ich`thy*op"si*da</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.,

fr. Gr. <grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + &?;
appearance.] (Zoöl.) <def>A grand division of the
Vertebrata, including the Amphibia and Fishes.</def>
<hw>||Ich`thy*op`te*ryg"i*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>

[NL. See Ichthyopterygium.] (Paleon.) <def>See
Ichthyosauria.</def>
<hw>||Ich`thy*op`te*ryg"i*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.,

fr. Gr. <grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + &?; a fin.]
(Anat.) <def>The typical limb, or lateral fin, of
fishes.</def>
<hw>||Ich`thy*or"nis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + &?; bird.]
(Paleon.) <def>An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the
American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave
vertebræ, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings
were well developed. It is the type of the order
Odontotormæ.</def>
<hw>Ich"thy*o*saur</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

ichthyosaure.] (Paleon.) <def>One of the
Ichthyosaura.</def>
<hw>||Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.

See Ichthyosaurus.] (Paleon.) <def>An extinct order of
marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called
also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the
Cretaceous period.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Paleon.) <def>Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Ichthyosauria.</def>
<hw>||Ich`thy*o*sau"rus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Ichthyosauri</plw> (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + <grk>say^ros</grk> a
lizard.] (Paleon.) <def>An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -
- so named from their short, biconcave vertebræ, resembling
those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to
thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oölitic, and Cretaceous
formations.</def>
<hw>||Ich`thy*o"sis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk> fish.] (Med.) <def>A disease in which the
skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also
fishskin.</def> -- <wf>Ich`thy*ot"ic</wf> (#),
<pos>a.</pos>
<hw>Ich`thy*ot"o*mist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

skilled in ichthyotomy.</def>
<hw>Ich`thy*ot"o*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk>, <grk>-yòs</grk>, a fish + &?; to cut.] <def>The
anatomy or dissection of fishes.</def> [R.]
<hw>||Ich"thys</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>'ichqy`s</grk> a fish.] <def>Same as Ichthus.</def>
<hw>I"ci*cle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. isikel,

AS. &imacr;sgicel; &imacr;s ice + gicel icicle;
akin to Icel. jökull; cf. Gael. eigh ice, Ir.
aigh.] <def>A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice,
formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the
eaves of a house.</def>
<hw>I"ci*cled</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having icicles

attached.</def>
<hw>I"ci*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an icy

manner; coldly.</def>
<blockquote>Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly

null, 
Dead perfection, no more.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>I"ci*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or
quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.</def>
<hw>I"cing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A coating or

covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg;
frosting.</def>
<hw>Ic"kle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. ikil. See

Icicle.] <def>An icicle.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<hw>I"con</hw> (&imacr;"k&obreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr.

Gr. <grk>e'ikw`n</grk>.] <def>An image or representation; a portrait
or pretended portrait.</def>
<blockquote>Netherlands whose names and icons are

published.</blockquote> Hakewill.
<hw>I*con"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to,

or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any
kind.</def>
<hw>I"con*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. iconismus,

Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to mold, delineate, fr. <grk>e'ikw`n</grk> an image:
cf. F. iconisme.] <def>The formation of a figure,
representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.</def>
<blockquote>Some kind of apish imitations, counterfeit

iconisms.</blockquote> Cudworth.
<hw>I"con*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>e'ikoni`zein</grk>.] <def>To form an image or likeness of.</def>
[R.] Cudworth.
<hw>I*con"o*clasm</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

iconoclasme. See Iconoclast.] <def>The doctrine or
practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.</def>
<hw>I*con"o*clast</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>e'ikw`n</grk> image + &?; to break: cf. F. iconoclaste.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a
determined enemy of idol worship.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who exposes or destroys impositions or

shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.</def>
<hw>I*conò*clas"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking.</def>
Milman.
{<hw>I*con"o*dule</hw> (?), <hw>I*con"o*du`list</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>e'ikw`n</grk> an image + &?; a slave.]
(Eccl. Hist.) <def>One who serves images; -- opposed to an
iconoclast.</def> Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
<hw>I`co*nog"ra*pher</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A maker

of images.</def> Fairholt.
<hw>I*conò*graph"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to iconography.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Representing by means of pictures or

diagrams; as, an icongraphic encyclopædia.</def>
<hw>I`co*nog"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; a

sketch or description; <grk>e'ikw`n</grk> an image + &?; to describe:
cf. F. iconographie.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The art or
representation by pictures or images; the description or study of
portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the
iconography of the ancients.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The study of representative art in

general.</def>
<col>Christian iconography</col>, <cd>the study of the

representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity,
angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc.</cd>
<hw>I`co*nol"a*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>e'ikw`n</grk> an image + &?; to worship: cf. F.
iconolâtre.] <def>One who worships images.</def>
<hw>I`co*nol"a*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Iconolater.] <def>The worship of images as symbols; --
distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images
themselves.</def>
<hw>I`co*nol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;;

<grk>e'ikw`n</grk> an image + &?; discourse: cf. F.
iconologie.] <def>The discussion or description of portraiture
or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.</def>
<hw>I`co*nom"a*chy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; a war

against images; <grk>e'ikw`n</grk> an image + &?; fight.]
<def>Hostility to images as objects of worship.</def> [R.]
<hw>I`co*nom"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;;

<grk>e'ikw`n</grk> image + &?; fight.] <def>Opposed to pictures or
images as objects of worship.</def> [R.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>I`co*noph"i*list</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>e'ikw`n</grk> an image + &?; to love.] <def>A student, or lover
of the study, of iconography.</def>
<hw>I`co*sa*he"dral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Icosahedron.] (Geom.) <def>Having twenty equal sides or
faces.</def>
<hw>I`co*sa*he"dron</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;; &?;

twenty + &?; seat, base, fr. &?; to sit.] (Geom.) <def>A solid
bounded by twenty sides or faces.</def>
<col>Regular icosahedron</col>, <cd>one of the five regular

polyhedrons, bounded by twenty equilateral triangules. Five triangles
meet to form each solid angle of the polyhedron.</cd>
<hw>||I`co*san"dri*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. &?; twenty +&?;, &?;, man, male: cf. F. icosandrie.]
(Bot.) <def>A Linnæan class of plants, having twenty or
more stamens inserted in the calyx.</def>
{ <hw>I`co*san"dri*an</hw> (?), <hw>I`co*san"drous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Bot.) <def>Pertaining to the class
Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the
calyx.</def>
<hw>I`co*si*tet`ra*he"dron</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;

twenty + &?;, combining form of &?; four + &?; seat, base.]
(Crystallog.) <def>A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal
trisoctahedron or trapezohedron.</def>
<hw>-ics</hw> (?). <def>A suffix used in forming the names of

certain sciences, systems, etc., as acoustics,
mathematics, dynamics, statistics,
politics, athletics.</def>
&fist; The names sciences ending in ics, as

mathematics, mechanics, metaphysics,
optics, etc., are, with respect to their form, nouns in the
plural number. The plural form was probably introduced to mark the
complex nature of such sciences; and it may have been in imitation of
the use of the Greek plurals &?;, &?;, &?;, &?;, etc., to designate
parts of Aristotle's writings. Previously to the present century,
nouns ending in ics were construed with a verb or a pronoun in
the plural; but it is now generally considered preferable to treat
them as singular. In Greman we have die Mathematik, die
Mechanik, etc., and in French la metaphysique, la
optique, etc., corresponding to our mathematics,
mechanics, metaphysics, optics, etc.
<blockquote>Mathematics have for their object the

consideration of whatever is capable of being numbered or
measured.</blockquote> John Davidson.
The citations subjoined will serve as examples of the best present

usage.
<blockquote>Ethics is the sciences of the laws which govern our

actions as moral agents.</blockquote> Sir W. Hamilton.
<blockquote>All parts of knowledge have their origin in

metaphysics, and finally, perhaps, revolve into
it.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<blockquote>Mechanics, like pure mathematics, may be

geometrical, or may be analytical; that is, it may treat space
either by a direct consideration of its properties, or by a
symbolical representation.</blockquote> Whewell.

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<hw>Ic*ter"ic</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A remedy for the

jaundice.</def>
{ <hw>Ic*ter"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Ic*ter"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos>a.</pos> [L. ictericus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; jaundice:
cf. F. ictérique.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining
to, or affected with, jaundice.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Good against the jaundice.</def>

Johnson.
{ <hw>Ic`ter*i"tious</hw> (?), <hw>Ic*ter"i*tous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is
affected by the jaundice.</def>
<hw>Ic"ter*oid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?; jaundice +

-oid.] <def>Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice;
yellow; as, an icteroid tint or complexion.</def>
<hw>||Ic"te*rus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Icteric, <pos>a.</pos>] (Med.) <def>The
jaundice.</def>
<hw>Ic"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. ictus blow.]

<def>Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.</def> [R.]
H. Bushnell.
<hw>||Ic"tus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. icere,

ictum, to strike.] <sn>1.</sn> (Pros.) <def>The
stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf.
Arsis.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>A stroke or blow, as in a

sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery,
etc.</def>
<hw>I"cy</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [<pos>Compar.</pos>

Icier (?); <pos>superl.</pos> Iciest.] [AS.
&imacr;sig. See Ice.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold;
frosty.</def> "Icy chains." Shak. "Icy region."
Boyle. "Icy seas." Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Characterized by coldness, as of manner,

influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.</def>
<blockquote>Icy was the deportment with which Philip

received these demonstrations of affection.</blockquote>
Motley.
<hw>I"cy-pearlèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Spangled

with ice.</def>
<blockquote>Mounting up in icy-pearled car.</blockquote>

Milton.
<hw>I'd</hw> (?). <def>A contraction from I would or I

had.</def>
<hw>Id</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>A

small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus or Idus
idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the
goldfish, is called orfe in Germany.</def>
<hw>I*da"li*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus,
to whom it was sacred.</def> "Idalian Aphrodité."
Tennyson.
<hw>Ide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Same as Id.</def>
<hw>-ide</hw> (?). (Chem.) <def>A suffix used to denote:

<sd>(a)</sd> The nonmetallic, or negative,
element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide,
sulphide, chloride. <sd>(b)</sd> A compound
which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide.
<sd>(c)</sd> Any one of a series of derivatives; as,
indogenide, glucoside, etc.</def>
<hw>I*de"a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Ideas</plw> (#). [L. idea, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to
see; akin to E. wit: cf. F. idée. See
Wit.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The transcript, image, or
picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a
similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or
spiritual.</def>
<blockquote>Her sweet idea wandered through his

thoughts.</blockquote> Fairfax.
<blockquote>Being the right idea of your father 

Both in your form and nobleness of mind.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>This representation or likeness of the object being

transmitted from thence [the senses] to the imagination, and lodged
there for the view and observation of the pure intellect, is aptly
and properly called its idea.</blockquote> P.
Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A general notion, or a conception formed

by generalization.</def>
<blockquote>Alice had not the slightest idea what latitude

was.</blockquote> L. Caroll.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived,

or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the
real object that is conceived or thought of.</def>
<blockquote>Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or as the

immediate object of perception, thought, or undersanding, that I call
idea.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A belief, option, or doctrine; a

characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential
idea; the idea of development.</def>
<blockquote>That fellow seems to me to possess but one
idea, and that is a wrong one.</blockquote>
Johnson.
<blockquote>What is now "idea" for us? How infinite the

fall of this word, since the time where Milton sang of the Creator
contemplating his newly-created world, - 
"how it showed . . . 
Answering his great idea," - 
to its present use, when this person "has an idea that the
train has started," and the other "had no idea that the dinner
would be so bad!"</blockquote> Trench.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A plan or purpose of action; intention;

design.</def>
<blockquote>I shortly afterwards set off for that capital, with an

idea of undertaking while there the translation of the
work.</blockquote> W. Irving.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A rational conception; the complete

conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements
or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes
and relations, when conceived in the abstract.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>A fiction object or picture created by the

imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a
standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created
things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from
eternity in the mind of the Deity.</def>
<blockquote>Thence to behold this new-created world, 

The addition of his empire, how it showed 
In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair, 
Answering his great idea.</blockquote> Milton.
&fist; "In England, Locke may be said to have been the first who
naturalized the term in its Cartesian universality. When, in common
language, employed by Milton and Dryden, after Descartes, as before
him by Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Hooker, etc., the meaning is
Platonic." Sir W. Hamilton.
<col>Abstract idea</col>, <col>Association of

ideas</col>, <cd>etc. See under Abstract,
Association, etc.</cd>
Syn. -- Notion; conception; thought; sentiment; fancy;

image; perception; impression; opinion; belief; observation;
judgment; consideration; view; design; intention; purpose; plan;
model; pattern. There is scarcely any other word which is subjected
to such abusive treatment as is the word idea, in the very
general and indiscriminative way in which it is employed, as it is
used variously to signify almost any act, state, or content of
thought.
<hw>I*de"al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. idealis: cf.

F. idéal.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Existing in idea or
thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal
knowledge.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Reaching an imaginary standard of

excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal
beauty.</def> Byron.
<blockquote>There will always be a wide interval between practical

and ideal excellence.</blockquote> Rambler.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Existing in fancy or imagination only;

visionary; unreal.</def> "Planning ideal common wealth."
Southey.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the

ideal theory or philosophy.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Math.) <def>Imaginary.</def>
Syn. -- Intellectual; mental; visionary; fanciful;

imaginary; unreal; impracticable; utopian.
<hw>I*de"al</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mental

conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of
excellence, beauty, etc.</def>
<blockquote>The ideal is to be attained by selecting and

assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are
usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective
or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species. Thus, the
Apollo Belvedere is the ideal of the beauty and proportion of
the human frame.</blockquote> Fleming.
<col>Beau ideal</col>. <cd>See Beau ideal.</cd>
<hw>I*de"a*less</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of

an idea.</def>
<hw>I*de"al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

idéalisme.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or
state of being ideal.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Conception of the ideal;

imagery.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Philos.) <def>The system or theory that

denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no
rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and
their relations.</def>
<hw>I*de"al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

idéaliste.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who idealizes;
one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic
expectations.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who holds the doctrine of

idealism.</def>
<hw>I*deàl*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to idealists or their theories.</def>
<hw>I`de*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Idealities</plw> (&?;). <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
quality or state of being ideal.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The capacity to form ideals of beauty or

perfection.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Phren.) <def>The conceptive

faculty.</def>
<hw>I*deàl*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of idealizing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Fine Arts) <def>The representation of

natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most
important characteristics; the study of the ideal.</def>
<hw>I*de"al*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Idealized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Idealizing (?).] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make
ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal
characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real
life.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Fine Arts) <def>To treat in an ideal

manner. See Idealization, 2.</def>
<hw>I*de"al*ize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [Cf. F.

idéaliser.] <def>To form ideals.</def>
<hw>I*de"al*i`zer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

idealist.</def>
<hw>I*de"al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an ideal

manner; by means of ideals; mentally.</def>
<hw>I*deà*log"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.</def>
<hw>I*de"a*logue</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Idea +

-logue, as in theologue: cf. F.
idéologue.] <def>One given to fanciful ideas or
theories; a theorist; a spectator.</def> [R.] Mrs.
Browning.
{ <hw>I*de"at</hw> (?), <hw>I*de"ate</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [LL. ideatum. See Idea.]
(Metaph.) <def>The actual existence supposed to correspond
with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a
thought or existence.</def>
<hw>I*de"ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To form in idea; to fancy.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The ideated man . . . as he stood in the

intellect of God.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To apprehend in thought so as to fix and

hold in the mind; to memorize.</def> [R.]
<hw>I`de*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The faculty or

capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this
capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are
apprehended and retained as objects of thought.</def>
<blockquote>The whole mass of residua which have been accumulated

. . . all enter now into the process of ideation.</blockquote>
J. D. Morell.
<hw>I`de*a"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to, or characterized by, ideation.</def>
<blockquote>Certain sensational or ideational

stimuli.</blockquote> Blackw. Mag.
<hw>I"dem</hw> (?), <pos>pron. or adj.</pos> [L.] <def>The

same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.</def>
<hw>I*den"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Identical.</def>

[Obs.] Hudibras.
<hw>I*den"tic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

identique. See Identity.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the
identical person or thing.</def>
<blockquote>I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago,

without a conviction . . . that I, the same identical person
who now remember that event, did then exist.</blockquote>
Reid.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Uttering sameness or the same truth;

expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in
the subject; tautological.</def>
<blockquote>When you say body is solid, I say that you make an

identical proposition, because it is impossible to have the
idea of body without that of solidity.</blockquote>
Fleming.
<col>Identical equation</col> (Alg.), <cd>an

equation which is true for all values of the algebraic symbols which
enter into it.</cd>
<hw>I*den"tic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

identical manner; with respect to identity.</def> "Identically
the same." Bp. Warburton. "Identically different."
Ross.
<hw>I*den"tic*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or state of being identical; sameness.</def>
<hw>I*den"ti*fià*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable

of being identified.</def>
<hw>I*den`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

identification.] <def>The act of identifying, or proving to be
the same; also, the state of being identified.</def>
<hw>I*den"ti*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Identified (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Identifying (?).] [Cf. F. identifier. See
Identity, and -fy.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make to
be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to
treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider
as the same in any relation.</def>
<blockquote>Every precaution is taken to identify the

interests of the people and of the rulers.</blockquote> D.
Ramsay.
<blockquote>Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves

with the people.</blockquote> Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To establish the identity of; to prove to

be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to
identify stolen property.</def>
<hw>I*den"ti*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become

the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.</def>
[Obs. or R.]
<blockquote>An enlightened self-interest, which, when well

understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more
enlarged and public.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>I*den"tism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Identity.] (Metaph.) <def>The doctrine taught by
Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are
identical in the Absolute; -- called also the system or doctrine
of identity.</def>
<hw>I*den"ti*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Identities</plw> (#). [F. identité, LL.
identitas, fr. L. idem the same, from the root of
is he, that; cf. Skr. idam this. Cf. Item.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being identical, or
the same; sameness.</def>
<blockquote>Identity is a relation between our cognitions

of a thing, not between things themselves.</blockquote> Sir W.
Hamilton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The condition of being the same with

something described or asserted, or of possessing a character
claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen
goods.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Math.) <def>An identical

equation.</def>
<hw>I"de*o-</hw> (?). <def>A combining form from the Gr. &?;, an
idea.</def>
<hw>I`de*o*gen"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

relating to ideology.</def>
<hw>I`de*og"e*ny</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ideo- +

-geny, from the same root as Gr. &?;, birth: cf. F.
idéogénie.] <def>The science which treats of the
origin of ideas.</def>
<hw>I*de"o*gram</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ideo- +

-gram; cf. F. idéograme.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph
expressing no sound, but only an idea.</def>
<blockquote>Ideograms may be defined to be pictures

intended to represent either things or thoughts.</blockquote> I.
Taylor (The Alphabet).
<blockquote>You might even have a history without language written

or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture.</blockquote>
J. Peile.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A symbol used for convenience, or for

abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, &?;, $, &?;, etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A phonetic symbol; a letter.</def>
<hw>I*de"o*graph</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Ideogram.</def>
{ <hw>I`de*o*graph"ic</hw> (?), <hw>I`de*o*graph"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. idéographique.] <def>Of or
pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols,
independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but
the idea of the number itself.</def> --
<wf>I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>I`de*o*graph"ics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so
written.</def>
<hw>I`de*og"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic
manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc.</def>
<hw>I`de*o*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

idéologique.] <def>Of or pertaining to
ideology.</def>
<hw>I`de*ol"o*gist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the
science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of
ideology.</def>


<hw>I`de*ol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ideo- +
-logy: cf. F. idéologie.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The science of ideas.</def> Stewart.
<sn>2.</sn> (Metaph.) <def>A theory of the origin of

ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.</def>
&fist; By a double blunder in philosophy and Greek,

idéologie . . . has in France become the name
peculiarly distinctive of that philosophy of mind which exclusively
derives our knowledge from sensation. Sir W. Hamilton.
<hw>I`de*o-mo"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Physiol.) <def>An ideo-motor movement.</def>
<hw>I`de*o-mo"tor</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Ideo- +

motor.] (Physiol.) <def>Applied to those actions, or
muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant
ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the
act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the
mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence.</def>
Carpenter.
<hw>Ides</hw> (&imacr;dz), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L.

idus: cf. F. ides.] (Anc. Rom. Calendar)
<def>The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the
thirteenth day of the other months.</def>
<blockquote>The ides of March remember.</blockquote>

Shak.
&fist; Eight days in each month often pass by this name, but only
one strictly receives it, the others being called respectively the
day before the ides, and so on, backward, to the eighth from
the ides.
<hw>Id"i*o-</hw> (&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*&osl;-). <def>A combining

form from the Greek <grk>'i`dios</grk>, meaning private, personal,
peculiar, distinct.</def>
<hw>Id"i*o*blast</hw> (&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*&osl;*bl&abreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> [Ideo- + -blast.] (Bot.)
<def>An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in
regard to size, structure, or contents.</def>
<hw>||Idì*o*cra"sis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.]

<def>Idiocracy.</def>
<hw>Idì*oc"ra*sy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Idiocrasies</plw> (#). [Idio- + Gr.
<grk>kra^sis</grk> a mixture, fr. &?; to mix: cf. F.
idiocrasie.] <def>Peculiarity of constitution; that
temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person;
idiosyncrasy.</def>
{ <hw>Idì*o*crat"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Idì*o*crat"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Peculiar in constitution or temperament;
idiosyncratic.</def>
<hw>Id"i*o*cy</hw> (&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*&osl;*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [From idiot; cf. Gr. &?; uncouthness,
want of education, fr. &?;. See Idiot, and cf.
Idiotcy.] <def>The condition or quality of being an idiot;
absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.</def>
<blockquote>I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if

he can not see the proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to
two right angles.</blockquote> F. W. Robertson.
<hw>Idì*o*cy*cloph"a*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Idio- + Gr. &?; circle + &?; to appear.] (Crystallog.)
<def>Same as Idiophanous.</def>
<hw>Idì*o*e*lec"tric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Idio-

+ electric: cf. F. idioélectrique.]
(Physics) <def>Electric by virtue of its own peculiar
properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed
to anelectric.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An
idioelectric substance.</def>
<hw>Id"i*o*graph</hw> (&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*&osl;*gr&adot;f),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; autographic; <grk>'i`dios</grk> one's
own + <grk>gra`fein</grk> to write.] <def>A mark or signature
peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark.</def>
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{ <hw>Idì*o*graph"ic</hw>
(&ibreve;d`&ibreve;*&osl;*gr&abreve;f"&ibreve;k),
<hw>Idì*o*graph"ic*al</hw> (?), } <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to an idiograph.</def>
<hw>Idì*ol"a*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Idio- +

Gr. &?; to worship.] <def>Self-worship; excessive self-
esteem.</def>
<hw>Id"i*om</hw> (&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*&ubreve;m),
<pos>n.</pos> [F. idiome, L. idioma, fr. Gr.
<grk>'idi`wma</grk>, fr. <grk>'idioy^n</grk> to make a person's own,
to make proper or peculiar; fr. <grk>'i`dios</grk> one's own, proper,
peculiar; prob. akin to the reflexive pronoun <grk>o"y^</grk>,
<grk>o'i^</grk>, <grk>'e`</grk>, and to <grk>"eo`s</grk>,
<grk>'o`s</grk>, one's own, L. suus, and to E. so.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The syntactical or structural form peculiar
to any language; the genius or cast of a language.</def>
<blockquote>Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively

as a synonym of language or dialect, but in its proper sense it
signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which
characterize the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it
from other tongues.</blockquote> G. P. Marsh.
<blockquote>By idiom is meant the use of words which is

peculiar to a particular language.</blockquote> J. H.
Newman.
<blockquote>He followed their language [the Latin], but did not
comply with the idiom of ours.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An expression conforming or appropriate to

the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an
expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and
not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the
phrase forms peculiar to a particular author.</def>
<blockquote>Some that with care true eloquence shall teach, 

And to just idioms fix our doubtful speech.</blockquote>
Prior.
<blockquote>Sometimes we identify the words with the object --

though by courtesy of idiom rather than in strict propriety of
language.</blockquote> Coleridge.
<blockquote>Every good writer has much idiom.</blockquote>

Landor.
<blockquote>It is not by means of rules that such idioms as

the following are made current: "I can make nothing of it."
"He treats his subject home." Dryden. "It is
that within us that makes for righteousness." M.
Arnold.</blockquote> Gostwick (Eng. Gram.)
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Dialect; a variant form of a

language.</def>
Syn. -- Dialect. -- Idiom, Dialect. The

idioms of a language belong to its very structure; its
dialects are varieties of expression ingrafted upon it in
different localities or by different professions. Each county of
England has some peculiarities of dialect, and so have most of
the professions, while the great idioms of the language are
everywhere the same. See Language.
{ <hw>Idì*o*mat"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Idì*o*mat"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. <grk>'idiwmatiko`s</grk>.] <def>Of or
pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a
language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic
phrase.</def> -- <wf>Idì*o*mat"ic*al*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Idì*o*morph"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Idiomorphous.</def>
<hw>Idì*o*morph"ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'idio`morfos</grk> of peculiar form; <grk>'i`dios</grk> peculiar
+ &?; form.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a form of its
own.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Crystallog.) <def>Apperaing in distinct

crystals; -- said of the mineral constituents of a rock.</def>
<hw>Idì*o*mus"cu*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Idio-

+ muscular.] (Physiol.) <def>Applied to a semipermanent
contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.</def>
<hw>Idì*o*pa*thet"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Idiopathic.</def> [R.]
{ <hw>Idì*o*path"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Idì*o*path"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. idiopathique.] (Med.)
<def>Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising
primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; --
opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and
traumatic.</def> -- <wf>Idì*o*path"ic*al*ly</wf>,
<hw>Idì*op"a*thy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Idiopathies</plw> (#). [Gr. &?;; <grk>'i`dios</grk>
proper, peculiar + &?;, &?;, to suffer: cf. F. idiopathie.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or
affection.</def>
<blockquote>All men are so full of their own fancies and

idiopathies, that they scarce have the civility to interchange
any words with a stranger.</blockquote> Dr. H. More.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>A morbid state or condition

not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary
disease.</def>
<hw>Idì*oph"a*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Idio- +

&?; to appear.] (Crystallog.) <def>Exhibiting interference
figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain
crystals.</def>
<hw>Id"i*o*plasm</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Biol.)

<def>Same as Idioplasma.</def>
<hw>||Idì*o*plas"ma</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>'i`dios</grk> proper, peculiar + &?; a form, mold.]
(Biol.) <def>That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the
seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of
hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion,
which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.</def>

<hw>Idì*o*re*pul"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Idio-

 + repulsive.] <def>Repulsive by itself; as, the
idiorepulsive power of heat.</def>
<hw>Idì*o*syn"cra*sy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Idiosyncrasies</plw> (#). [Gr. &?;; <grk>'i`dios</grk>
proper, peculiar + &?; a mixing together, fr. &?; to mix together;
&?; with + &?; to mix: cf. F. idiosyncrasie. See Idiom,
and Crasis.] <def>A peculiarity of physical or mental
constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and
distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility;
idiocrasy; eccentricity.</def>
<blockquote>The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the

idiosyncrasies of the body.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
{ <hw>Idì*o*syn*crat"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Idì*o*syn*crat"ic*al</hw>
(?), } <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of peculiar temper or disposition;
belonging to one's peculiar and individual character.</def>
<hw>Id"i*ot</hw> (&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*&obreve;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [F. idiot, L. idiota an
uneducated, ignorant, ill-informed person, Gr. <grk>'idiw`ths</grk>,
also and orig., a private person, not holding public office, fr.
<grk>'i`dios</grk> proper, peculiar. See Idiom.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A man in private station, as distinguished
from one holding a public office.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture

are sufficient to all laics, and all idiots or private
persons.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person,

as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Christ was received of idiots, of the vulgar

people, and of the simpler sort, while he was rejected, despised, and
persecuted even to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes,
doctors, and rabbis.</blockquote> C. Blount.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A human being destitute of the ordinary

intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or
accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a
natural fool; a natural; an innocent.</def>
<blockquote>Life . . . is a tale 
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, 
Signifying nothing.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of

reproach.</def>
<blockquote>Weenest thou make an idiot of our

dame?</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Id"i*ot*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Idiocy.]

<def>Idiocy.</def> [R.]
<hw>Id"i*ot*ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Rendered

idiotic; befooled.</def> [R.] Tennyson.
<hw>Idì*o*ther"mic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Idio- +

thermic.] <def>Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by
process going on within itself.</def>
{ <hw>Idì*ot"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Idì*ot"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. idioticus ignorant, Gr. &?;: cf. F.
idiotique. See Idiot.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Common;
simple.</def> [Obs.] Blackwall.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or like, an idiot;

characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic
person, speech, laugh, or action.</def>
<hw>Idì*ot"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an
idiotic manner.</def>
<hw>Idì*ot"i*con</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;

belonging to a private man, private. See Idiot.] <def>A
dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases
peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.</def>
<hw>Id"i*ot*ish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like an idiot;

foolish.</def>
<hw>Id"i*ot*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

idiotisme, L. idiotismus the way of fashion of a
private person, the common or vulgar manner of speaking, Gr. &?;, fr.
&?; to put into or use common language, fr. &?;. See Idiot.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or
signification, peculiar to a language.</def>
<blockquote>Scholars sometimes give terminations and

idiotisms, suitable to their native language, unto words newly
invented.</blockquote> M. Hale.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lack of knowledge or mental capacity;

idiocy; foolishness.</def>
<blockquote>Worse than mere ignorance or

idiotism.</blockquote> Shaftesbury.
<blockquote>The running that adventure is the greatist

idiotism.</blockquote> Hammond.
<hw>Id"i*ot*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become

stupid.</def> [R.]
<hw>Id"i*ot*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Idiocy.</def>

[R.] Bp. Warburton.
<hw>I"dle</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Idler (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Idlest.] [OE. idel, AS.
&imacr;del vain, empty, useless; akin to OS.
&imacr;dal, D. ijdel, OHG. &imacr;tal vain,
empty, mere, G. eitel, Dan. & Sw. idel mere, pure, and
prob. to Gr. &?; clear, pure, &?; to burn. Cf. Ether.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of no account; useless; vain; trifling;
unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.</def> "Deserts
idle." Shak.
<blockquote>Every idle word that men shall speak, they

shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.</blockquote>
Matt. xii. 36.
<blockquote>Down their idle weapons dropped.</blockquote>

Milton.
<blockquote>This idle story became important.</blockquote>

Macaulay.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not called into active service; not turned
to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.</def>
<blockquote>The idle spear and shield were high

uphing.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not employed; unoccupied with business;

inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.</def>
<blockquote>Why stand ye here all the day

idle?</blockquote> Matt. xx. 6.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Given rest and ease; averse to labor or

employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Light-headed; foolish.</def> [Obs.]

Ford.
<col>Idle pulley</col> (Mach.), <cd>a pulley that

rests upon a belt to tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and
is not used to transmit power.</cd> -- <col>Idle wheel</col>
(Mach.), <cd>a gear wheel placed between two others, to
transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction
of revolution.</cd> -- <col>In idle</col>, <cd>in vain.</cd>
[Obs.] "God saith, thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in
idle." Chaucer.
Syn. -- Unoccupied; unemployed; vacant; inactive; indolent;

sluggish; slothful; useless; ineffectual; futile; frivolous; vain;
trifling; unprofitable; unimportant. -- Idle,
Indolent, Lazy. A propensity to inaction is expressed
by each of these words; they differ in the cause and degree of this
characteristic. Indolent denotes an habitual love to ease, a
settled dislike of movement or effort; idle is opposed to
busy, and denotes a dislike of continuous exertion.
Lazy is a stronger and more contemptuous term than
indolent.
<hw>I"dle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Idled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Idling (?).] <def>To lose or spend time in inaction, or
without being employed in business.</def> Shak.
<hw>I"dle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To spend in idleness;

to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to
idle away an hour a day.</def>
<hw>I"dle-headèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Foolish; stupid.</def> [Obs.] "The
superstitious idle-headed eld." Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Delirious; infatuated.</def> [Obs.]

L'Estrange.
<hw>I"dle*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

&imacr;delnes.] <def>The condition or quality of being idle
(in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness;
triviality; inactivity; laziness.</def>
Syn. -- Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.
<hw>I"dle-patèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Idle-headed;

stupid.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>I"dler</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy
person; a sluggard.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>One who has constant day

duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch.</def>
Totten.
<sn>3.</sn> (Mach.) <def>An idle wheel or pulley.

See under Idle.</def>
{ <hw>I"dless</hw>, <hw>I"dlesse</hw> } (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Idleness.</def> [Archaic] "In ydlesse."
Spenser.
<blockquote>And an idlesse all the day 

Beside a wandering stream.</blockquote> Mrs. Browning.
<hw>I"dly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a idle manner;

ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.)
foolishly.</def>
<hw>Id"o*crase</hw> (&ibreve;d"&osl;*kr&amacr;s; 277),

<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form +
<grk>kra^sis</grk> mixture, fr. <grk>keranny`nai</grk> to mix; cf. F.
idocrase.] (Min.) <def>Same as
Vesuvianite.</def>
<hw>I"dol</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. idole, F.

idole, L. idolum, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; that which is
seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. &?; to see. See Wit, and
cf. Eidolon.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>An image or
representation of anything.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Do her adore with sacred reverence, 

As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An image of a divinity; a representation

or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an
object of worship; a similitude of a false god.</def>
<blockquote>That they should not worship devils, and idols

of gold.</blockquote> Rev. ix. 20.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That on which the affections are strongly

(often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person
or thing greatly loved or adored.</def>
<blockquote>The soldier's god and people's

idol.</blockquote> Denham.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A false notion or conception; a
fallacy.</def> Bacon.
<blockquote>The idols of preconceived opinion.</blockquote>

<hw>I`do*las"tre</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE., for

idolatre.] <def>An idolater.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>I*dol"a*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

idolâtre: cf. L. idololatres, Gr. &?;. See
Idolatry.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A worshiper of idols; one
who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of
anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not
God; a pagan.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An adorer; a great admirer.</def>
<blockquote>Jonson was an idolater of the

ancients.</blockquote> Bp. Hurd.
<hw>I*dol"a*tress</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female

worshiper of idols.</def>
<hw>I`do*lat"ric*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

idolâtrique.] <def>Idolatrous.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>I*dol"a*trize</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Idolatrized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Idolatrizing (?).] <def>To worship idols; to pay
idolatrous worship.</def>
<hw>I*dol"a*trize</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make in

idol of; to idolize.</def>
<hw>I*dol"a*trous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of
the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false
gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices.</def>
<blockquote>[Josiah] put down the idolatrous

priests.</blockquote> 2 Kings xxiii. 5.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting in, or partaking of, an

excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous
veneration for antiquity.</def>
<hw>I*dol"a*trous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

idolatrous manner.</def>
<hw>I*dol"a*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Idolatries</plw> (#). [F. idolâtrie, LL.
idolatria, L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. &?;; &?; idol + &?;
service.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The worship of idols, images, or
anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.</def>
<blockquote>His eye surveyed the dark idolatries 

Of alienated Judah.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Excessive attachment or veneration for

anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.</def>
Shak.
<hw>I"dol*ish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Idolatrous.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<hw>I"dol*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The worship of

idols.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>I"dol*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A worshiper of

idols.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<hw>I"dol*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Idolized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Idolizing (?).] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make an idol of; to
pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in
Egypt.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To love to excess; to love or reverence to

adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.</def>
<hw>I"dol*ize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To practice

idolatry.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>To idolize after the manner of

Egypt.</blockquote> Fairbairn.
<hw>I"dol*i`zer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater.</def>
<hw>I*dol"o*clast</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; idol +

&?; to break.] <def>A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.</def>
<hw>I*dolò*graph"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Idol + -graph.] <def>Descriptive of idols.</def> [R.]
Southey.
<hw>I"dol*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Idolatrous.</def> [Obs.] Bale.
<hw>I*do"ne*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

idoneus.] <def>Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit;
adequate.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>An ecclesiastical benefice . . . ought to be conferred

on an idoneous person.</blockquote> Ayliffe.
<hw>Id*or"gan</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; form + E.

organ.] (Biol.) <def>A morphological unit, consisting
of two or more plastids, which does not possess the positive
character of the person or stock, in distinction from the
physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon.</def>
{ <hw>Id"ri*a*line</hw> (?), <hw>Id"ri*a*lite</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. idrialine.] (Min.) <def>A
bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria,
where it occurs mixed with cinnabar.</def>
<hw>Idù*me"an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in Western Asia.</def>
-- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inhabitant of Idumea, an
Edomite.</def>
<hw>I"dyl</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. idyllium, Gr.

&?;, fr. &?; form; literally, a little form of image: cf. F.
idylle. See Idol.] <def>A short poem; properly, a short
pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem,
especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted
and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily
flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic
life, of pastoral scenes, and the like.</def> [Written also
idyll.]
<blockquote>Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted
idyl.</blockquote> Mrs. Browning.
<blockquote>His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's

home.</blockquote> F. Harrison.
<hw>I*dyl"lic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or belonging

to idyls.</def>
<hw>I. e.</hw> <def>Abbreviation of Latin id est, that

is.</def>
<hw>If</hw> (?), <pos>conj.</pos> [OE. if,

gif, AS. gif; akin to OFries. ief, gef,
ef, OS. ef, of, D. of, or, whether, if,
G. ob whether, if, OHG. oba, ibu, Icel.
ef, Goth. iba, ibai, an interrogative particle;
properly a case form of a noun meaning, doubt (cf. OHG. iba
doubt, condition, Icel. if, ef, ifi,
efi), and therefore orig. meaning, on condition that.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>In case that; granting, allowing, or
supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition.</def>
<blockquote>Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, 

Assist, if &OElig;dipus deserve thy care.</blockquote>
Pope.
<blockquote>If thou be the Son of God, command that these

stones be made bread.</blockquote> Matt. iv. 3.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Whether; -- in dependent

questions.</def>
<blockquote>Uncertain if by augury or chance.</blockquote>

Dryden.
<blockquote>She doubts if two and two make

four.</blockquote> Prior.
<col>As if</col>, <col>But if</col>. <cd>See under

As, But.</cd>
<hw>I' faith"</hw> (?). <def>In faith; indeed; truly.</def>

Shak.
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<hw>I*fere"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Corrupted fr. in

fere.] <def>Together.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Igà*su"ric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Igasurine.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or obtained
from, nux vomica or St. Ignatius's bean; as, igasuric
acid.</def>
<hw>Igà*su"rine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Malay

igasura the nux vomica.] (Chem.) <def>An alkaloid found
in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline
substance.</def>
<hw>Ig"loo</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>An Eskimo snow house.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A cavity, or

excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in
the ice.</def>
<hw>Ig*na"tius bean`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>See Saint

Ignatius's bean, under Saint.</def>
<hw>Ig"ne*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. igneus,

fr. ignis fire; allied to Skr. agni, Lith.
ugnis, OSlav. ogne.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining
to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as,
an igneous appearance.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Geol.) <def>Resulting from, or produced

by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous
rocks.</def>
<hw>Ig*nes"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ignescens, p. pr. of ignescere to become inflamed, fr.
ignis fire: cf. F. ignescent.] <def>Emitting sparks of
fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent
stones.</def>
<hw>Ig*nic"o*list</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. ignis

fire + colere to worship.] <def>A worshiper of fire.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Ig*nif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ignifer; ignis fire + ferre to bear.]
<def>Producing fire.</def> [R.] Blount.
<hw>Ig*nif"lu*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ignifluus; ignis fire + fluere to flow.]
<def>Flowing with fire.</def> [Obs.] Cockerman.
<hw>Ig"ni*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> Ignified (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Ignifying (?).] [L. ignis fire + -fy.] <def>To
form into fire.</def> [R.] Stukeley.
<hw>Ig*nig"e*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ignigenus; ignis fire + genere, ginere,
to beget, produce.] <def>Produced by the action of fire, as
lava.</def> [R.]
<hw>Ig*nip"o*tence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Power over

fire.</def> [R.]
<hw>Ig*nip"o*tent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ignipotens; ignis fire + potens powerful.]
<def>Presiding over fire; also, fiery.</def>
<blockquote>Vulcan is called the powerful

ignipotent.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>||Ig"nis fat"u*us</hw> (?); pl. <plw>Ignes

fatui</plw> (#). [L. ignis fire + fatuus foolish.
So called in allusion to its tendency to mislead travelers.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A phosphorescent light that appears, in the
night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the
decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some
inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp,
or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or
Jack-o'-lantern.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: A misleading influence; a

decoy.</def>
<blockquote>Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of

popular superstition.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Ig*nite"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Ignited (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Igniting.] [L. ignitus, p. p. of ignire to
ignite, fr. ignis fire. See Igneous.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To kindle or set on fire; as, to
ignite paper or wood.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>To subject to the action of

intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or
infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or
platinum.</def>
<hw>Ig*nite"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To take fire; to

begin to burn.</def>
<hw>Ig*nit"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being ignited.</def>
<hw>Ig*ni"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

ignition.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of igniting,
kindling, or setting on fire.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being ignited or
kindled.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Ig*nit"or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the
powder in a torpedo or the like.</def> [Written also
igniter.]
<hw>Ig*niv"o*mous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ignivomus; ignis fire + vomere 8vomit.]
<def>Vomiting fire.</def> [R.]
<hw>Ig`no*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

ignobilitas: cf. F. ignobilité.]
<def>Ignobleness.</def> [Obs.] Bale.
<hw>Ig*no"ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. ignobilis;

pref. in- not + nobilis noble: cf. F. ignoble.
See In- not, and Noble, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of low birth or family; not noble; not
illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.</def>
<blockquote>I was not ignoble of descent.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Her royal stock graft with ignoble

plants.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not honorable, elevated, or generous;

base.</def>
<blockquote>'T is but a base, ignoble mind, 

That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>Far from the madding crowd's ignoble

strife.</blockquote> Gray.
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Not a true or noble

falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.</def>
Syn. -- Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable;

reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous.
<hw>Ig*no"ble</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make

ignoble.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>Ig*no"ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State or

quality of being ignoble.</def>
<hw>Ig*no"bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an ignoble

manner; basely.</def>
<hw>Ig`no*min"i*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ignominiosus: cf. F. ignominieux.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace; dishonorable;
shameful.</def>
<blockquote>Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, 
Fled ignominious.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Deserving ignominy; despicable.</def>
<blockquote>One single, obscure, ignominious

projector.</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Humiliating; degrading; as, an

ignominious judgment or sentence.</def> Macaulay.
<hw>Ig`no*min"i*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully;
ingloriously.</def>
<hw>Ig"no*min*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Ignominies</plw> (#). [L. ignominia ignominy
(i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not +
nomen name: cf. F. ignominie. See In- not, and
Name.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Public disgrace or dishonor;
reproach; infamy.</def>
<blockquote>Their generals have been received with honor after

their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest.</blockquote>
Addison.
<blockquote>Vice begins in mistake, and ends in

ignominy.</blockquote> Rambler.
<blockquote>Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is

made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made
honorable by the Commonwealth.</blockquote> Hobbes.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An act deserving disgrace; an infamous

act.</def>
Syn. -- Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.
<hw>Ig"no*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Ignominy.</def>

[R. & Obs.]
<blockquote>I blush to think upon this ignomy.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>Ig`no*ra"mus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., we are

ignorant. See Ignore.] <sn>1.</sn> (Law) <def>We
are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill
of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence
to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is,
"No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some
jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used.</def> Wharton (Law Dict.
). Burn.
<sn>2.</sn> (pl. <plw>Ignoramuses</plw> (&?;).)

<def>A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a
dunce.</def>
<blockquote>An ignoramus in place and power.</blockquote>

South.
<hw>Ig"no*rance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L.

ignorantia.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition of being
ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a
particular subject; the state of being uneducated or
uninformed.</def>
<blockquote>Ignorance is the curse of God, 

Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> (Theol.) <def>A willful neglect or

refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty
to have.</def> Book of Common Prayer.
<col>Invincible ignorance</col> (Theol.),

<cd>ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which,
therefore, he is not responsible before God.</cd>
<hw>Ig"no*rant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F., fr. L.

ignorans, -antis, p. pr. of ignorare to be
ignorant. See Ignore.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Destitute of
knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught;
unenlightened.</def>
<blockquote>He that doth not know those things which are of use
for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know
besides.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware;

-- used with of.</def>
<blockquote>Ignorant of guilt, I fear not

shame.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Unknown; undiscovered.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Ignorant concealment.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>Alas, what ignorant sin have I

committed?</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Resulting from ignorance; foolish;

silly.</def>
<blockquote>His shipping, 
Poor ignorant baubles! -- on our terrible seas, 
Like eggshells moved.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed;

unlearned; unlettered; illiterate. -- Ignorant,
Illiterate. Ignorant denotes want of knowledge, either
as to single subject or information in general; illiterate
refers to an ignorance of letters, or of knowledge acquired by
reading and study. In the Middle Ages, a great proportion of the
higher classes were illiterate, and yet were far from being
ignorant, especially in regard to war and other active
pursuits.
<blockquote>In such business 

Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant 
More learned than the ears.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>In the first ages of Christianity, not only the

learned and the wise, but the ignorant and illiterate,
embraced torments and death.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<hw>Ig"no*rant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person untaught

or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous.</def>
<blockquote>Did I for this take pains to teach 

Our zealous ignorants to preach?</blockquote>
Denham.
<hw>Ig"no*rant*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The spirit

of those who extol the advantage of ignorance;
obscurantism.</def>
<hw>Ig"no*rant*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One opposed to

the diffusion of knowledge; an obscurantist.</def>
<hw>Ig"no*rant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a ignorant

manner; without knowledge; inadvertently.</def>
<blockquote>Whom therefoer ye ignorantly worship, him

declare I unto you.</blockquote> Acts xvii. 23.
<hw>Ig*nore"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Ignored (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Ignoring.] [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the
root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted
with. See Know, and cf. Narrate.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.</def> [Archaic]
<blockquote>Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would

more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those
that they ignore.</blockquote> Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>To throw out or reject as

false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for
want of evidence. See Ignoramus.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to

shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and
causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the
presence of an objectionable person.</def>
<blockquote>Ignoring Italy under our feet, 

And seeing things before, behind.</blockquote> Mrs.
Browning.
<hw>Ig*nos"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ignoscibilis, fr. ignoscere to pardon, lit., not to
wish to know; pref. in- not + gnoscere, noscere,
to learn to know. See In- not, and Know.]
<def>Pardonable.</def> [Obs.] Bailey.
<hw>Ig*note"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. ignotus;

pref. in- not + gnotus, notus, known, p. p. of
gnocere, nocere, to learn to know.] <def>Unknown.</def>
[Obs.] Sir E. Sandys. -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is
unknown.</def> Bp. Hacket.
<hw>I*gua"na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Sp. iguana,

from the native name in Hayti. Cf. Guana.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Any species of the genus Iguana, a
genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidæ.
They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed
chiefly upon fruits.</def>
&fist; The common iguana (Iguana iguana, formerly Iguana

tuberculata, and also called by <a href="more\iguana.htm">other
synonyms@</a>) of the West Indies and South America is sometimes five
feet long. Its flesh is highly prized as food. The horned
iguana (Iguana cornuta) has a conical horn between the
eyes.
<hw>I*gua"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana.</def>
<hw>I*gua"nid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Same as Iguanoid.</def>
<hw>I*gua"no*don</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iguana +

Gr. &?;, &?;, a tooth.] (Paleon.) <def>A genus of gigantic
herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs
with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth
resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are
known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See
Illustration in Appendix.</def>
<hw>I*gua"no*dont</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Paleon.)

<def>Like or pertaining to the genus Iguanodon.</def>
<hw>I*gua"noid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iguana +

-oid.] (Zoöl.) <def>Pertaining to the
Iguanidæ.</def>
<hw>Ih*lang`-ih*lang"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Malayan,

flower of flowers.] <def>A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the
volatile oil of the flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian
tree.</def> [Also written ylang-ylang.]
<hw>||Ih*ram"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The peculiar

dress worn by pilgrims to Mecca.</def>
<hw>Ik</hw> (?), <pos>pron.</pos> [See I.]

<def>I.</def> [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
&fist; The Northern dialectic form of I, in Early English,

corresponding to ich of the Southern.
<hw>Il-</hw> (?). <def>A form of the prefix in-, not, and
in-, among. See In-.</def>
<hw>Ile</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. egl.] <def>Ear

of corn.</def> [Obs.] Ainsworth.
<hw>Ile</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See Aisle.] <def>An

aisle.</def> [Obs.] H. Swinburne.
<hw>Ile</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See Isle.] <def>An

isle.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Il"e*ac</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Ileum.]

<sn>1.</sn> (Anat.) <def>Pertaining to the ileum.</def>
[Written also iliac.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>See Iliac, 1.</def> [R.]
<col>Ileac passion</col>. (Med.) <cd>See

Ileus.</cd>
<hw>Ilè*o*cæ"cal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Ileum + cæcal.] (Anat.) <def>Pertaining
to the ileum and cæcum.</def>
<hw>Ilè*o*col"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or
ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large
intestine.</def>
<hw>||Il"e*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. ile,

ileum, ilium, pl. ilia, groin, flank.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The last, and usually the
longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the
jejunum and large intestine.</def> [Written also ileon, and
ilium.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>See Ilium.</def>

[R.]
&fist; Most modern writers restrict ileum to the division

of the intestine and ilium to the pelvic bone.
<hw>||Il"e*us</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;,

&?;, fr. &?; to roll up.] (Med.) <def>A morbid condition due
to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by complete
constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly
distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter.
Called also ileac, or iliac, passion.</def>
<hw>||I"lex</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., holm oak.]

(Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The holm oak (Quercus
Ilex).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A genus of evergreen trees
and shrubs, including the common holly.</def>
<hw>Il"i*ac</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. Iliacus, Gr.

&?;. See Iliad.] <def>Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or
Troy.</def> Gladstone.
<hw>Il"i*ac</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. iliaque. See
Ileum, and cf. Jade a stone.] <sn>1.</sn>
(Anat.) <def>Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or
dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery.</def>
[Written also ileac.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>See Ileac, 1.</def> [R.]
<col>Iliac crest</col>, <cd>the upper margin of the

ilium.</cd> -- <col>Iliac passion</col>. <cd>See
Ileus.</cd> -- <col>Iliac region</col>, <cd>a region of
the abdomen, on either side of the hypogastric regions, and below the
lumbar regions.</cd>
<hw>I*li"a*cal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Iliac.</def>

[R.]
<hw>Il"i*ad</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. Ilias, -

adis, Gr. &?;, &?; (sc. &?;), fr. &?;, &?;, Ilium, the city of
Ilus, a son of Tros, founder of Ilium, which is a poetical name of
Troy.] <def>A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on
the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to
Homer.</def>
<hw>Il"i*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Pertaining to the ilium; iliac.</def>
<hw>I*liche"</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [OE., fr. AS.

gel&imacr;c. Cf. Alike.] <def>Alike.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>I*lic"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. ilex,

ilicis, holm oak.] <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the
holly (Ilex), and allied plants; as, ilicic
acid.</def>
<hw>Il"i*cin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>The bitter principle of the holly.</def>
<hw>Il"i*o-</hw> (?). [From Ilium.] <def>A combining form

used in anatomy to denote connection with, or relation
to, the ilium; as, ilio-femoral, ilio-
lumbar, ilio-psoas, etc.</def>
<hw>Ilì*o*fem"o*ral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral
ligaments.</def>
<hw>Ilì*o*lum"bar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the
iliolumbar artery.</def>
<hw>Ilì*o*pso"as</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two
parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct
muscles.</def>
<hw>||Il"i*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Ileum.]
(Anat.) <def>The dorsal one of the three principal bones
comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper
part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under
Innominate.</def> [Written also ilion, and
ileum.]
<hw>Ilìx*an"thin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ilex the

genus including the holly + Gr. &?; yellow.] (Chem.) <def>A
yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly.</def>
<hw>Ilk</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Scot. ilk, OE.

ilke the same, AS. ilca. Cf. Each.] <def>Same;
each; every.</def> [Archaic] Spenser.
<col>Of that ilk</col>, <cd>denoting that a person's

surname and the title of his estate are the same; as, Grant of
that ilk, i.e., Grant of Grant.</cd> Jamieson.
<hw>Il"ke</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Ilk.]

<def>Same.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ <hw>Il*kon"</hw>, <hw>Il*koon"</hw> (?) },

<pos>pron.</pos> [See Ilk, and One.] <def>Each
one; every one.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Ill</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [The regular comparative

and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by
worse (&?;) and worst (&?;), from another root.] [OE.
ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa,
adv., Dan. ilde, adv.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Contrary to
good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage,
happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable;
unfavorable.</def>
<blockquote>Neither is it ill air only that maketh an

ill seat, but ill ways, ill markets, and
ill neighbors.</blockquote> Bacon.
<blockquote>There 's some ill planet reigns.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil;

wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.</def>
<blockquote>Of his own body he was ill, and gave 

The clergy ill example.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased;

disordered; as, ill of a fever.</def>
<blockquote>I am in health, I breathe, and see thee

ill.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Not according with rule, fitness, or

propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant.</def>
<blockquote>That 's an ill phrase.</blockquote>

Shak.
<col>Ill at ease</col>, <cd>uneasy; uncomfortable;

anxious.</cd> "I am very ill at ease." Shak. --
<col>Ill blood</col>, <cd>enmity; resentment.</cd> --
<col>Ill breeding</col>, <cd>want of good breeding;
rudeness.</cd> -- <col>Ill fame</col>, <cd>ill or bad repute;
as, a house of ill fame, a house where lewd persons meet for
illicit intercourse.</cd> -- <col>Ill humor</col>, <cd>a
disagreeable mood; bad temper.</cd> -- <col>Ill nature</col>,
<cd>bad disposition or temperament; sullenness; esp., a disposition
to cause unhappiness to others.</cd> -- <col>Ill temper</col>,
<cd>anger; moroseness; crossness.</cd> -- <col>Ill turn</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An unkind act.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A
slight attack of illness.</cd> [Colloq. U.S.] -- <col>Ill
will</col>, <cd>unkindness; enmity; malevolence.</cd>
Syn. -- Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.
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<hw>Ill</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil
of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills
of humanity.</def>
<blockquote>Who can all sense of others' ills escape 

Is but a brute at best in human shape.</blockquote> Tate.
<blockquote>That makes us rather bear those ills we

have 
Than fly to others that we know not of.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral

sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.</def>
<blockquote>Strong virtue, like strong nature, struggles

still, 
Exerts itself, and then throws off the ill.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<hw>Ill</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a ill manner; badly;

weakly.</def>
<blockquote>How ill this taper burns!</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a

prey, 
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.</blockquote>
Goldsmith.
&fist; Ill, like above, well, and so,

is used before many participal adjectives, in its usual adverbal
sense. When the two words are used as an epithet preceding the noun
qualified they are commonly hyphened; in other cases they are written
separatively; as, an ill-educated man; he was ill
educated; an ill-formed plan; the plan, however ill
formed, was acceptable. Ao, also, the following: ill-affected
or ill affected, ill-arranged or ill arranged,
ill-assorted or ill assorted, ill-boding or
ill boding, ill-bred or ill bred, ill-
conditioned, ill-conducted, ill-considered, ill-
devised, ill-disposed, ill-doing, ill-fairing,
ill-fated, ill-favored, ill-featured,
ill-formed, ill-gotten, ill-imagined,
ill-judged, ill-looking, ill-mannered,
ill-matched, ill-meaning, ill-minded,
ill-natured, ill-omened, ill-proportioned,
ill-provided, ill-required, ill-sorted,
ill-starred, ill-tempered, ill-timed,
ill-trained, ill-used, and the like.
<hw>I' ll</hw> (?). <def>Contraction for I will or I

shall.</def>
<blockquote>I'll by a sign give notice to our

friends.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Il*lab"ile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable of

falling or erring; infalliable.</def> [Obs.] --
<wf>Il`la*bil"i*ty</wf> (#), <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>Il*lac"er*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

illacerabilis: cf. F. illacérable. See In-
 not, and Lacerable.] <def>Not lacerable; incapable of
being torn or rent.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Il*lac"ry*ma*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

illacrimabilis; pref. il- not + lacrimabilis
worthy of tears.] <def>Incapable of weeping.</def> [Obs.]
Bailey.
<hw>Il*laps"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. il-

not + lapsable.] <def>Incapable of slipping, or of
error.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Morally immutable and illapsable.</blockquote>

Glanvill.
<hw>Il*lapse"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Illapsed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Illapsing.] [L. illapsus, p. p. of illabi; pref.
il- in + labi to fall, slide.] <def>To fall or glide;
to pass; -- usually followed by into.</def>
Cheyne.
<hw>Il*lapse"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. illapsus. See

Illapse, <pos>v. i.</pos>] <def>A gliding in; an
immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden
descent or attack.</def> Akenside.
<blockquote>They sit silent . . . waiting for an illapse of

the spirit.</blockquote> Jeffrey.
<hw>Il*la"que*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being insnared or entrapped.</def> [R.] Cudworth.
<hw>Il*la"que*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Illaqueated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Illaqueating.] [L. illaqueatus, p. p. of
illaqueare; pref. il- in + laqueare to insnare,
fr. laqueus, noose, snare.] <def>To insnare; to entrap; to
entangle; to catch.</def>
<blockquote>Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you,

nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate
your good sense.</blockquote> Coleridge.
<hw>Il*la`que*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of catching or insnaring.</def> [R.]
Sir T. Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A snare; a trap.</def>

Johnson.
<hw>Il*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. illatio,

fr. illatus, used as p. p. of inferre to carry or bring
in, but from a different root: cf. F. illation. See 1st In-
, and Tolerate, and cf. Infer.] <def>The act or
process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the
connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference;
deduction; conclusion.</def>
<blockquote>Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations

from a false conception of things.</blockquote> Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Il"la*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

illativus: cf. F. illatif.] <def>Relating to, dependent
on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an
illative consequence or proposition; an illative word,
as then, therefore, etc.</def>
<col>Illative conversion</col> (Logic), <cd>a

converse or reverse statement of a proposition which in that form
must be true because the original proposition is true.</cd> --
<col>Illative sense</col> (Metaph.), <cd>the faculty of
the mind by which it apprehends the conditions and determines upon
the correctness of inferences.</cd>
<hw>Il"la*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An illative

particle, as for, because.</def>
<hw>Il"la*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By inference;

as an illative; in an illative manner.</def>
<hw>Il*laud"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

illaudabilis. See In- not, and Laudable.]
<def>Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or
disapprobation.</def> Milton.
-- <wf>Il*laud"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]

Broome.
<hw>Ill`-bod"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Boding evil;
inauspicious; ill-omened.</def> "Ill-boding stars."
Shak.
<hw>Ill"-bred`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Badly educated

or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill,
<pos>adv.</pos></def>
<hw>Il*lecè*bra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Illecebrous.] <def>Allurement.</def> [R.] T.
Brown.
<hw>Il*lec"e*brous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

illecebrosus, fr. illecebra allurement, fr.
illicere to allure.] <def>Alluring; attractive;
enticing.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
<hw>Il*le"gal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. il- not

+ legal: cf. F. illégal.] <def>Not according to,
or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of,
human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal
act; illegal trade; illegal love.</def> Bp.
Burnet.
<hw>Il`le*gal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Illegalities</plw> (#). [Cf. F.
illégalité.] <def>The quality or condition of
being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or
of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.</def>
<hw>Il*le"gal*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Illegalized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Illegalizing (?).] <def>To make or declare
illegal or unlawful.</def>
<hw>Il*le"gal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a illegal

manner; unlawfully.</def>
<hw>Il*le"gal*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Illegality,

unlawfulness.</def>
<hw>Il*legì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being illegible.</def>
<hw>Il*leg"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable of

being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an
illegible inscription.</def> -- <wf>Il*leg"i*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Il*leg"i*bly</wf>,
<hw>Il`le*git"i*ma*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being illegitimate.</def> Blackstone.
<hw>Il`le*git"i*mate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not according to law; not regular or
authorized; unlawful; improper.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock;
bastard; as, an illegitimate child.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not legitimately deduced or inferred;

illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Not authorized by good usage; not genuine;

spurious; as, an illegitimate word.</def>
<col>Illegitimate fertilization</col>, or
<col>Illegitimate union</col> (Bot.), <cd>the
fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in
heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.</cd>
Darwin.
<hw>Il`le*git"i*mate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Illegitimated (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Illegitimating.] <def>To render
illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to
bastardize; to illegitimatize.</def>
<blockquote>The marriage should only be dissolved for the future,

without illegitimating the issue.</blockquote> Bp.
Burnet.
<hw>Il`le*git"i*mate*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

illegitimate manner; unlawfully.</def>
<hw>Il`le*gitì*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of illegitimating;
bastardizing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being illegitimate;

illegitimacy.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Gardiner had performed his promise to the queen of

getting her illegitimation taken off.</blockquote> Bp.
Burnet.
<hw>Il`le*git"i*ma*tize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

render illegitimate; to bastardize.</def>
<hw>Il*le"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. il-

not + L. laedere, laesum, to injure.] <def>Not
injurious; harmless.</def> [R.]
<hw>Il*lev"i*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected.</def> [R.]
Sir M. Hale.
<hw>Ill`-fa"vored</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wanting

beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.</def>
<blockquote>Ill-favored and lean-fleshed.</blockquote>

Gen. xli. 3.
-- <wf>Ill`-fa"vored*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ill`-

fa"vored*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Il*lib"er*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
illiberalis; pref. il- not + liberalis liberal:
cf. F. illibéral.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not liberal;
not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.</def> "A
thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Indicating a lack of breeding, culture,

and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not well authorized or elegant; as,

illiberal words in Latin.</def> [R.] Chesterfield.
<hw>Il*lib"er*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Illiberality.</def> [R.]
<hw>Il*libèr*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

illiberalitas: cf. F. illibéralité.]
<def>The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind;
meanness; niggardliness.</def> Bacon.
<hw>Il*lib"er*al*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Illiberalized (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Illiberalizing (?).] <def>To make
illiberal.</def>
<hw>Il*lib"er*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably;
parsimoniously.</def>
<hw>Il*lib"er*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being illiberal; illiberality.</def>
<hw>Il*lic"it</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. illicitus;

pref. il- not + licitus, p. p. of licere to be
allowed or permitted: cf. F. illicite. See In- not, and
License.] <def>Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful;
as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse; illicit
pleasure.</def>
<blockquote>One illicit . . . transaction always leads to

another.</blockquote> Burke.
-- <wf>Il*lic"it*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Il*lic"it*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Il*lic"it*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Illicit.</def> [R.] Cotgrave.
<hw>||Il*li"ci*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [So called, in

allusion to its aroma, from L. illicium an allurement.]
(Bot.) <def>A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous
trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium
anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used
in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true
oil of anise.</def>
<hw>Il*light"en</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

enlighten.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Il*lim"it*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. il-

 not + limitable: cf. F. illimitable.]
<def>Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless;
boundless; as, illimitable space.</def>
<blockquote>The wild, the irregular, the illimitable, and

the luxuriant, have their appropriate force of beauty.</blockquote>
De Quincey.
Syn. -- Boundless; limitless; unlimited; unbounded;

immeasurable; infinite; immense; vast.
-- <wf>Il*lim"it*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Il*lim"it*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Il*limìt*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. il-

 not + limitation: cf. F. illimitation.] <def>State
of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation.</def>
Bp. Hall.
<hw>Il*lim"it*ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not limited;

interminable.</def> Bp. Hall. -- <wf>Il*lim"it*ed*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos>
<blockquote>The absoluteness and illimitedness of his

commission was generally much spoken of.</blockquote>
Clarendon.
<hw>Il`li*ni"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

illinire, illinere, to besmear; pref. il- in, on
+ linire, linere, to smear.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed
on, as ointment or liniment.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A thin crust of some extraneous substance

formed on minerals.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>A thin crust or illinition of black

manganese.</blockquote> Kirwan.
<hw>Il`li*nois"</hw> (?), <pos>n.sing. & pl.</pos>

(Ethnol.) <def>A tribe of North American Indians, which
formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi
rivers.</def>
<hw>Il`li*qua"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. il-

 in + L. liquare to melt.] <def>The melting or dissolving
of one thing into another.</def>
<hw>Ill"ish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat

ill.</def> [Obs.] Howell.
<hw>Il*li"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. illisio,

fr. illidere, illisum, to strike against; pref. il-
 in + laedere to strike.] <def>The act of dashing or
striking against.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Il*lit"er*a*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.
<plw>Illiteracies</plw> (#). [From Illiterate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being illiterate, or uneducated;
want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to
read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last
census.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An instance of ignorance; a literary

blunder.</def>
<blockquote>The many blunders and illiteracies of the first

publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works.</blockquote>
Pope.
<hw>Il*lit"er*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

literal.</def> [R.] B. Dawson.
<hw>Il*lit"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

illiteratus: pref. il- not + literatus learned.
See In- not, and Literal.] <def>Ignorant of letters or
books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate
man, or people.</def>
Syn. -- Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered;

unscholary. See Ignorant.
-- <wf>Il*lit"er*ate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Il*lit"er*ate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Il*lit"er*a*ture</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

learning; illiteracy.</def> [R.] Ayliffe. Southey.
<hw>Ill"-judged`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not well

judged; unwise.</def>
<hw>Ill"-lived`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Leading a

wicked life.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ill"-lookìng</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a bad

look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill,
<hw>Ill`-man"nered</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Impolite;

rude.</def>
<hw>Ill"-mindèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ill-

disposed.</def> Byron.
<hw>Ill`-na"tured</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious;
cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature;

spiteful.</def> "The ill-natured task refuse."
Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Intractable; not yielding to

culture.</def> [R.] "Ill-natured land." J.
Philips.
-- <wf>Ill`-na"tured*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ill`-

na"tured*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Ill"ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Ill.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition of being ill, evil, or bad;
badness; unfavorableness.</def> [Obs.] "The illness of the
weather." Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder

of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe
illness.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Wrong moral conduct; wickedness.</def>

Shak.
Syn. -- Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment. --

Illness, Sickness. Within the present century, there
has been a tendency in England to use illness in the sense of
a continuous disease, disorder of health, or sickness, and to confine
sickness more especially to a sense of nausea, or "sickness of
the stomach."
<hw>Ill"-nur`tured</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ill-

bred.</def> Shak.
<hw>Il`lo*cal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

locality or place.</def> [R.] Cudworth.
<hw>Il*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ignorant or

negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an
illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound
reasoning; as, an illogical inference.</def> --
<wf>Il*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>Il*log"ic*al*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Ill`-o"mened</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill,
<hw>Ill"-starred`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fated to be

unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.</def>
<hw>Ill`-tem"pered</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour;
peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unhealthy; ill-conditioned.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I

shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt
away.</blockquote> Pepys.
<hw>Ill"-timed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Done,

attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time.</def>
<hw>Ill`treat"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To treat
cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.</def>
<hw>Il*lude"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Illuded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Illuding.] [L. illudere, illusum; pref. il-
 in + ludere to play: cf. OF. illuder. See
Ludicrous.] <def>To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to
mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.</def>
<hw>Il*lume"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Illumed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Illuming.] [Cf. F. illuminer. See Illuminate.]
<def>To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to
illuminate; to illumine.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>The mountain's brow, 

Illumed with fluid gold.</blockquote> Thomson.
<hw>Il*lu"mi*na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being illuminated.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"mi*nant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

illuminans, -antis, p. pr. of illuminare.]
<def>That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum
are illuminants.</def> Boyle.
<hw>Il*lu"mi*na*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Illuminative.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Illuminated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Illuminating (?).] [L. illuminatus, p. p.
of illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to
enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf.
Illume, Illumine, Enlimn, Limn.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To make light; to throw light on; to supply
with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To light up; to decorate with artificial

lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or
respect.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To adorn, as a book or page with borders,

initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was
done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To make plain or clear; to dispel the

obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to
illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.</def>
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<hw>Il*lu"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To light

up in token or rejoicing.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

illuminatus, p. p.] <def>Enlightened.</def> Bp.
Hall.
<hw>Il*lu"mi*nate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and
<hw>||Il*lu`mi*na"ti</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L.

illuminatus. See Illuminate, <pos>v. t.</pos>,
and cf. Illuminee.] <def>Literally, those who are
enlightened</def>; -- variously applied as follows: --
<sn>1.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>Persons in the early church

who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given
them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by
that sacrament.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Eccl. Hist.) <def>Members of a sect

which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal
doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so
perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good
works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados,
Perfectibilists, etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mod. Hist.) <def>Members of certain

associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social
reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to
perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt,
professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a
time, but ceased after a few years.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> Also applied to: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An

obscure sect of French Familists;</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The
Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists;</def> <sd>(c)</sd>
<def>The Rosicrucians.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Any persons who profess special spiritual

or intellectual enlightenment.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"mi*na`ting</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Giving or

producing light; used for illumination.</def>
<col>Illuminating gas</col>. <cd>See Gas,

<pos>n.</pos>, 2 <sd>(a)</sd>.</cd>
<hw>Il*lu`mi*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

illuminatio: cf. F. illumination.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of
being illuminated.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Festive decoration of houses or buildings

with lights.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Adornment of books and manuscripts with

colored illustrations. See Illuminate, <pos>v.
t.</pos>, 3.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>That which is illuminated, as a house;

also, an ornamented book or manuscript.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>That which illuminates or gives light;

brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or
<blockquote>The illumination which a bright genius giveth

to his work.</blockquote> Felton.
<sn>6.</sn> (Theol.) <def>The special communication

of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.</def>
<blockquote>Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation

beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are
inspired.</blockquote> Hooker.
<hw>Il*lu"mi*na*tism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Illuminism.</def> [R.]
<hw>Il*lu"mi*na*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

illuminatif.] <def>Tending to illuminate or illustrate;
throwing light; illustrative.</def> "Illuminative reading."
Carlyle.
<hw>Il*lu"mi*na`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., an

enlightener, LL. also, an illuminator of books.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts,
with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, <pos>v.
t.</pos>, 3.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A condenser or reflector of light in

optical apparatus; also, an illuminant.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"mine</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. F.

illuminer. See Illuminate.] <def>To illuminate; to
light up; to adorn.</def>
<hw>Il*lu`mi*nee"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

illuminé. Cf. Illuminati.] <def>One of the
Illuminati.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"mi*ner</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, illuminates.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"mi*nism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

illuminisme.] <def>The principles of the Illuminati.</def>
<hw>Il*lu`mi*nis"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to illuminism, or the Illuminati.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"mi*nize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Illuminized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Illuminizing (?).] <def>To initiate the doctrines
or principles of the Illuminati.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"mi*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bright;

clear.</def> [R.] H. Taylor.
<hw>Il*lure"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. il-
in + lure.] <def>To deceive; to entice; to lure.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>The devil insnareth the souls of many men, by

illuring them with the muck and dung of this
world.</blockquote> Fuller.
<hw>Ill`-used"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Misapplied;

treated badly.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. illusion,

L. illusio, fr. illudere, illusum, to illude.
See Illude.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>An unreal image presented
to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show;
mockery; hallucination.</def>
<blockquote>To cheat the eye with blear

illusions.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and

charming; enchantment; witchery; glamour.</def>
<blockquote>Ye soft illusions, dear deceits,

arise!</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> (Physiol.) <def>A sensation originated

by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an
erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for
thunder.</def>
&fist; Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion

and hallucination, regarding the former as originating with
some external object, and the latter as having no objective occasion
whatever.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk,

used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.</def>
Syn. -- Delusion; mockery; deception; chimera; fallacy. See

Delusion. Illusion, Delusion. Illusion
refers particularly to errors of the sense; delusion to false
hopes or deceptions of the mind. An optical deception is an
illusion; a false opinion is a delusion. E.
Edwards.
<hw>Il*lu"sion*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Liable to

illusion.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"sion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One given to

illusion; a visionary dreamer.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Illude.]

<def>Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory;
unreal.</def>
<blockquote>Truth from illusive falsehood to

command.</blockquote> Thomson.
<hw>Il*lu"sive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a illusive
manner; falsely.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"sive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.</def>
<hw>Il*lu"so*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

illusore.] <def>Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious;
illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.</def>
<hw>Il*lus"tra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

illustration.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Il*lus"trate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Illustrated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Illustrating (?).] [L. illustratus, p. p.
of illustrare to illustrate, fr. illustris bright. See
Illustrious.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make clear, bright,
or luminous.</def>
<blockquote>Here, when the moon illustrates all the

sky.</blockquote> Chapman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To set in a clear light; to exhibit

distinctly or conspicuously.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>To prove him, and illustrate his high

worth.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To make clear, intelligible, or

apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of
figures, comparisons, and examples.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To adorn with pictures, as a book or a

subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a
romance.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To give renown or honor to; to make

illustrious; to glorify.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Matter to me of glory, whom their hate 

Illustrates.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Il*lus"trate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

illustratus, p. p.] <def>Illustrated; distinguished;
illustrious.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>This most gallant, illustrate, and learned

gentleman.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Il`lus*tra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

illustratio: cf. F. illustration.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct;
education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made
clear and distinct.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which illustrates; a comparison or

example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove
obscurity.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A picture designed to decorate a volume or

elucidate a literary work.</def>
<hw>Il*lus"tra*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify,
or elucidate.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Making illustrious.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Il*lus"tra*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By way of

illustration or elucidation.</def> [R.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Il*lus"tra*tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>One

who illustrates.</def>
<hw>Il*lus"tra*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Serving

to illustrate.</def>
<hw>Il*lus"tri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

illustris, prob. for illuxtris; fr. il- in + the
root of lucidus bright: cf. F. illustre. See
Lucid.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Possessing luster or
brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid.</def>
<blockquote>Quench the light; thine eyes are guides

illustrious.</blockquote> Beau. & Fl.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Characterized by greatness, nobleness,

etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished.</def>
<blockquote>Illustrious earls, renowened

everywhere.</blockquote> Drayton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as,

illustrious deeds or titles.</def>
Syn. -- Distinguished; famous; remarkable; brilliant;

conspicuous; noted; celebrated; signal; renowened; eminent; exalted;
noble; glorious. See Distinguished, Famous.
<hw>Il*lus"tri*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously.</def>
Milton.
<hw>Il*lus"tri*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur; glory;
fame.</def>
<hw>Il*lus"trous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. il-

not + lustrous.] <def>Without luster.</def> [Obs. & R.]
<hw>Il`lu*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. il-

in + L. lutum mud: cf. F. illutation.] <def>The act or
operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment
from mineral springs; a mud bath.</def>
<hw>Il`lux*u"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not
luxurious.</def> [R.] Orrery.
<hw>Ill`-will"</hw> (?). <def>See under Ill,

<pos>a.</pos></def>
<hw>Ill`-wish"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

wishes ill to another; an enemy.</def>
<hw>Il"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [A word not fully

approved, but sometimes used for the adverb ill.]
<hw>Il"men*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [So called from

Ilmen, a branch of the Ural Mountains.] (Min.)
<def>Titanic iron. See Menaccanite.</def>
<hw>Il*me"ni*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Ilmenite.] (Chem.) <def>A supposed element claimed to
have been discovered by R.Harmann.</def>
<hw>Il"va*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From L. Ilva,

the island now called Elba.] (Min.) <def>A silicate of iron
and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and columnar
masses.</def>
<hw>I'm</hw> (?). <def>A contraction of I am.</def>
<hw>Im-</hw> (?). <def>A form of the prefix in- not, and

in- in. See In-. Im- also occurs in composition
with some words not of Latin origin; as, imbank,
imbitter.</def>
<hw>Im"age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L.

imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to
imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An imitation, representation, or similitude
of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or
otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a
copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.</def>
<blockquote>Even like a stony image, cold and

numb.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Whose is this image and

superscription?</blockquote> Matt. xxii. 20.
<blockquote>This play is the image of a murder done in

Vienna.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>And God created man in his own

image.</blockquote> Gen. i. 27.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: The likeness of anything to which

worship is paid; an idol.</def> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,

. . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them.</blockquote> Ex.
xx. 4, 5.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Show; appearance; cast.</def>
<blockquote>The face of things a frightful image

bears.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A representation of anything to the mind;

a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.</def>
<blockquote>Can we conceive 
Image of aught delightful, soft, or great?</blockquote>
Prior.
<sn>5.</sn> (Rhet.) <def>A picture, example, or

illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to
illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor.</def> Brande
& C.
<sn>6.</sn> (Opt.) <def>The figure or picture of any

object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from
the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected
to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a
screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed
directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and
microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to
see one's image in a mirror.</def>
<col>Electrical image</col>. <cd>See under

Electrical.</cd> -- <col>Image breaker</col>, <cd>one
who destroys images; an iconoclast.</cd> -- <col>Image
graver</col>, <col>Image maker</col>, <cd>a sculptor.</cd>
-- <col>Image worship</col>, <cd>the worship of images as
symbols; iconolatry distinguished from idolatry; the worship of
images themselves.</cd> -- <col>Image Purkinje</col>
(Physics), <cd>the image of the retinal blood vessels
projected in, not merely on, that membrane.</cd> -- <col>Virtual
image</col> (Optics), <cd>a point or system of points, on
one side of a mirror or lens, which, if it existed, would emit the
system of rays which actually exists on the other side of the mirror
or lens.</cd> Clerk Maxwell.
<hw>Im"age</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imaged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imaging (?).] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To represent or form an
image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror
imaged her figure.</def> "Shrines of imaged saints."
J. Warton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To represent to the mental vision; to form

a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.</def>
<blockquote>Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore, 

And image charms he must behold no more.</blockquote>
Pope.
<hw>Im"age*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may be

imaged.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im"age*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no
image.</def> Shelley.
<hw>Im"a*ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who images or

forms likenesses; a sculptor.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare

imager.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Im"age*ry</hw> (&ibreve;m"&asl;j*r&ybreve;; 277),

<pos>n.</pos> [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The work of one who makes images or visible
representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in
mass.</def> "Painted imagery." Shak.
<blockquote>In those oratories might you see 

Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: Unreal show; imitation;

appearance.</def>
<blockquote>What can thy imagery of sorrow

mean?</blockquote> Prior.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The work of the imagination or fancy;

false ideas; imaginary phantasms.</def>
<blockquote>The imagery of a melancholic

fancy.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Rhetorical decoration in writing or

speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of
sensible objects; figures in discourse.</def>
<blockquote>I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good

imagery.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Im*agì*na*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Capacity for imagination.</def> [R.] Coleridge.
<hw>Im*ag"i*na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imaginabilis: cf. F. imaginable.] <def>Capable of being
imagined; conceivable.</def>
<blockquote>Men sunk into the greatest darkness

imaginable.</blockquote> Tillotson.
-- <wf>Im*ag"i*na*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Im*ag"i*na*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im*ag"i*nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imaginalis.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Characterized by
imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical
figures or imagins.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to an

imago.</def>
<col>Imaginal disks</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>masses

of hypodermic cells, carried by the larvæ of some insects after
leaving the egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult
are subsequently formed.</cd>
<hw>Im*ag"i*nant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imaginans, p. pr. of imaginari: cf. F.
imaginant.] <def>Imagining; conceiving.</def> [Obs.]
Bacon. -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An imaginer.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*ag"i*na*ri*ly</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>In a

imaginary manner; in imagination.</def> B. Jonson.
<hw>Im*ag"i*na*ri*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being imaginary; unreality.</def>
<hw>Im*ag"i*na*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] <def>Existing only in
imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.</def>
<blockquote>Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer 

Imaginary ills and fancied tortures?</blockquote>
Addison.
<col>Imaginary calculus</col> <cd>See under

Calculus.</cd> -- <col>Imaginary expression</col> or
<col>quantity</col> (Alg.), <cd>an algebraic expression
which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of
a negative quantity; as, √-9, a + b √-
1.</cd> -- <col>Imaginary points</col>,
<col>lines</col>, <col>surfaces</col>, etc.
(Geom.), <cd>points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist,
although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact
ceased to have a real existence.</cd>
Syn. -- Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied;

unreal; illusive.
<hw>Im*ag"i*na*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Alg.) <def>An

imaginary expression or quantity.</def>
<hw>Im*ag"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Imaginative.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>Im*agì*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

imaginacionum, F. imagination, fr. L.
imaginatio. See Imagine.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce
ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up
mental imagines.</def>
<blockquote>Our simple apprehension of corporeal objects, if

present, is sense; if absent, is imagination.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Imagination is of three kinds: joined with
belief of that which is to come; joined with memory of that which is
past; and of things present, or as if they were present.</blockquote>
Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The representative power; the power to

reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct
apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic
or creative power; the fancy.</def>
<blockquote>The imagination of common language -- the

productive imagination of philosophers -- is nothing but the
representative process plus the process to which I would give the
name of the "comparative."</blockquote> Sir W. Hamilton.
<blockquote>The power of the mind to decompose its conceptions,

and to recombine the elements of them at its pleasure, is called its
faculty of imagination.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<blockquote>The business of conception is to present us with an

exact transcript of what we have felt or perceived. But we have
moreover a power of modifying our conceptions, by combining the parts
of different ones together, so as to form new wholes of our creation.
I shall employ the word imagination to express this
power.</blockquote> Stewart.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The power to recombine the materials

furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an
elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the
ideal.</def>
<blockquote>The lunatic, the lover, and the poet 

Are of imagination all compact . . . 
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, 
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, 
And as imagination bodies forth 
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen 
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing 
A local habitation and a name.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A mental image formed by the action of the

imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.</def>
Shak.
Syn. -- Conception; idea; conceit; fancy; device;

origination; invention; scheme; design; purpose; contrivance. --
Imagination, Fancy. These words have, to a great
extent, been interchanged by our best writers, and considered as
strictly synonymous. A distinction, however, is now made between them
which more fully exhibits their nature. Properly speaking, they are
different exercises of the same general power -- the plastic or
creative faculty. Imagination consists in taking parts of our
conceptions and combining them into new forms and images more select,
more striking, more delightful, more terrible, etc., than those of
ordinary nature. It is the higher exercise of the two. It creates by
laws more closely connected with the reason; it has strong
emotion as its actuating and formative cause; it aims at results
of a definite and weighty character. Milton's fiery lake, the debates
of his Pandemonium, the exquisite scenes of his Paradise, are all
products of the imagination. Fancy moves on a lighter wing; it
is governed by laws of association which are more remote, and
sometimes arbitrary or capricious. Hence the term fanciful,
which exhibits fancy in its wilder flights. It has for its actuating
spirit feelings of a lively, gay, and versatile character; it seeks
to please by unexpected combinations of thought, startling contrasts,
flashes of brilliant imagery, etc. Pope's Rape of the Lock is an
exhibition of fancy which has scarcely its equal in the literature of
any country. -- "This, for instance, Wordsworth did in respect of the
words ‘imagination' and ‘fancy.' Before he wrote, it was,
I suppose, obscurely felt by most that in ‘imagination' there
was more of the earnest, in ‘fancy' of the play of the spirit;
that the first was a loftier faculty and gift than the second; yet
for all this words were continually, and not without loss,
confounded. He first, in the preface to his Lyrical Ballads, rendered
it henceforth impossible that any one, who had read and mastered what
he has written on the two words, should remain unconscious any longer
of the important difference between them." Trench.
<blockquote>The same power, which we should call fancy if

employed on a production of a light nature, would be dignified with
the title of imagination if shown on a grander
scale.</blockquote> C. J. Smith.
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<hw>Im*agì*na"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination.</def>
<hw>Im*agì*na"tion*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Idealism.</def> J. Grote.
<hw>Im*ag"i*na*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

imaginatif.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Proceeding from, and
characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of
the word.</def>
<blockquote>In all the higher departments of imaginative

art, nature still constitutes an important element.</blockquote>
Mure.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Given to imagining; full of images,

fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive;
creative.</def>
<blockquote>Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very

fanciful mind.</blockquote> Coleridge.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Unreasonably suspicious; jealous.</def>

-- <wf>Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Im*ag"ine</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imagined (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imagining.] [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p. p.
imaginatus, fr. imago image. See Image.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to
form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the
imagination.</def>
<blockquote>In the night, imagining some fear, 

How easy is a bush supposed a bear!</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to

devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, <pos>v.
t.</pos>, 5.</def>
<blockquote>How long will ye imagine mischief against a

man?</blockquote> Ps. lxii. 3.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To represent to one's self; to think; to

believe.</def> Shak.
Syn. -- To fancy; conceive; apprehend; think; believe;

suppose; opine; deem; plan; scheme; devise.
<hw>Im*ag"ine</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To think; to suppose.</def>
<blockquote>My sister is not so defenseless left 

As you imagine.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Im*ag"in*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who forms

ideas or conceptions; one who contrives.</def> Bacon.
<hw>Im*ag"in*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Imaginative.</def> [R.] Chapman.
<hw>||I*ma"go</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Imagoes</plw> (#). [L. See Image.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An image.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The final adult, and

usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant-
lion, and Army worm.</def>
{ <hw>||I*mam"</hw> (?), <hw>||I*man"</hw> (?), <hw>||I*maum"</hw>

(?), } <pos>n.</pos> [Ar. im&amacr;m.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest
who performs the regular service of the mosque.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of

Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal
power.</def>
<hw>I*ma"ret</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Turk., fr. Ar.

'im&amacr;ra.] <def>A lodging house for Mohammedan
pilgrims.</def> Moore.
<hw>Im*balm"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Embalm.</def>
<hw>Im*ban"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To put under a
ban.</def> [R.] Barlow.
<hw>Im*band"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To form into a

band or bands.</def> "Imbanded nations." J.
Barlow.
<hw>Im*bank"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imbanked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imbanking.] [Pref. im- in + bank. Cf.
Embank.] <def>To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See
Embank.</def>
<hw>Im*bank"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a
roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment.</def>
<hw>Im*ban"nered</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

banners.</def>
<hw>Im*bar"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To bar in; to

secure.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>To imbar their crooked titles.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>Im*bar"go</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Embargo.</def>
<hw>Im*bark"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i. & t.</pos> <def>See

Embark.</def>
<hw>Im*barn"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To store in a

barn.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*base"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Embase.</def>
<hw>Im*base"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To diminish in

value.</def> [Obs.] Hales.
<hw>Im*bas"tard*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

bastardize; to debase.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<hw>Im*bathe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. im-

in + bathe. Cf. Embathe.] <def>To bathe; to wash
freely; to immerse.</def>
<blockquote>And gave her to his daughters to imbathe 

In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Im*bay"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Embay.</def>
<hw>Im"be*cile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imbecillis, and imbecillus; of unknown origin: cf. F.
imbécile.] <def>Destitute of strength, whether of body
or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as,
hospitals for the imbecile and insane.</def>
Syn. -- Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic.
<hw>Im"be*cile</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One destitute of

strength; esp., one of feeble mind.</def>
<hw>Im"be*cile</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To weaken; to

make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage.</def> [Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Im`be*cil"i*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble.</def> [R.] A.
Wilson.
<hw>Im`be*cil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Imbecilities</plw> (#). [L. imbecillitas: cf. F.
imbécillité.] <def>The quality of being
imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.</def>
<blockquote>Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of

nature, but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of
mind.</blockquote> Sir W. Temple.
&fist; This term is used specifically to denote natural weakness

of the mental faculties, affecting one's power to act reasonably or
intelligently.
Syn. -- Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness;

impotence. See Debility.
<hw>Im*bed"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imbedded (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imbedding.] [Pref. im- in + bed. Cf.
Embed.] <def>To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a
partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth,
sand, etc.</def>
<hw>Im*bel"lic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. imbellis;

pref. im- = in- not + bellum war; cf.
bellicus warlike.] <def>Not warlike or martial.</def> [Obs.]
R. Junius.
<hw>Im*bench"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. im-

in + bench.] <def>A raised work like a bench.</def> [Obs.]
Parkhurst.
<hw>Im"ber-goose`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The loon. See Ember-goose.</def>
<hw>Im*bez"zle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Embezzle.</def>
<hw>Im*bibe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imbibed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imbibing.] [L. imbibere; pref. im- in +
bibere to drink: cf. F. imbiber. Cf. Bib,
Imbue, Potable.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To drink in;
to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a
person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes
moisture.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To receive or absorb into the mind and

retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe
errors.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To saturate; to imbue.</def> [Obs.]

"Earth, imbibed with . . . acid." Sir I. Newton.
<hw>Im*bib"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, imbibes.</def>
<hw>Im`bi*bi"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

imbibition.] <def>The act or process of imbibing, or
absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.</def>
Bacon.
<hw>Im*bit"ter</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Imbittered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Imbittering.] [Pref. im- in +
bitter. Cf. Embitter.] [Written also embitter.]
<def>To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing;
to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.</def>
<blockquote>Is there anything that more imbitters the

enjoyment of this life than shame?</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>Imbittered against each other by former

contests.</blockquote> Bancroft.
<hw>Im*bit"ter*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, imbitters.</def>
<hw>Im*bit"ter*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.</def>
<hw>Im*blaze"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Emblaze.</def>
<hw>Im*bla"zon</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Emblazon.</def>
<hw>Im*bod"y</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [See

Embody.] <def>To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of
a material body. See Embody.</def>
<blockquote>The soul grows clotted by contagion, 

Imbodies, and imbrutes.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Im*boil"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> [Obs.]

<def>See Emboil.</def>
<hw>Im*bold"en</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Embolden.</def>
<hw>Im*bon"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. im-
not + L. bonitas goodness.] <def>Want of goodness.</def>
[Obs.] Burton.
<hw>Im*bor"der</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Imbordered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Imbordering.] [Pref. im- in +
border. Cf. Emborder.] <def>To furnish or inclose with
a border; to form a border of.</def> Milton.
<hw>Im*bosk"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imbosked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imbosking.] [CF. It. imboscare to imbosk,
imboscarsi to retire into a wood; pref. im- in +
bosco wood. See Boscage, and cf. Ambush.]
<def>To conceal, as in bushes; to hide.</def> [Obs.]
Shelton.
<hw>Im*bosk"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be

concealed.</def> [R.] Milton.
<hw>Im*bos"om</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imbosomed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imbosoming.] [Pref. im- in + bosom. Cf.
Embosom.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To hold in the bosom; to
cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To inclose or place in the midst of; to

surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove.</def>
"Villages imbosomed soft in trees." Thomson.
<blockquote>The Father infinite, 

By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Im*boss"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Emboss.</def>
<hw>Im*bos"ture</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Emboss.] <def>Embossed or raised work.</def> [Obs.] Beau.
& Fl.
<hw>Im*bound"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inclose in

limits; to shut in.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Im*bow"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. im- in

+ bow. Cf. Embow.] <def>To make like a bow; to curve;
to arch; to vault; to embow.</def> "Imbowed windows."
Bacon.
<hw>Im*bow"el</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Embowel.</def>
<hw>Im*bow"er</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>See

Embower.</def>
<hw>Im*bow"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>act of

imbowing; an arch; a vault.</def> Bacon.
<hw>Im*box"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inclose in a

box.</def>
<hw>Im*bra"cer*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Embracery.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*braid"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Embraid.</def>
<hw>Im*bran"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To entangle

as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly.</def> [R.] Hudibras.
<blockquote>Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable

logic.</blockquote> Coleridge.
<hw>Im*breed"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf.

Inbreed.] <def>To generate within; to inbreed.</def> [Obs.]
Hakewill.
{ <hw>Im"bri*cate</hw> (?), <hw>Im"bri*ca`ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare
to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex,
-icis, a hollow tile, gutter tile, fr. imber rain.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter
tile.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lying over each other in regular order, so

as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on
the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of
fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in
æstivation.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>In decorative art: Having scales lapping

one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an
imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.</def>
<hw>Im"bri*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To lay in

order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated
surface.</def>
<hw>Im`bri*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

imbrication.] <def>An overlapping of the edges, like that of
tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or
decoration representing such a structure.</def>
<hw>Im"bri*ca*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Imbricate.</def>
<hw>Im`bro*ca"do</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Imbrocadoes</plw> (#). [See Brocade.] <def>Cloth
of silver or of gold.</def> [R.]
{ <hw>||Im`bro*ca"ta</hw> (?), <hw>Im`broc*ca"ta</hw> },

<pos>n.</pos> [It. imbroccata.] <def>A hit or
thrust.</def> [Obs.] B. Jonson.
<hw>Im*brogl"io</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.
<plw>Imbroglios</plw> (#). [Written also embroglio.]
[It. See 1st Broil, and cf. Embroil.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama
or work of fiction.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A complicated and embarrassing state of

things; a serious misunderstanding.</def>
<blockquote>Wrestling to free itself from the baleful

imbroglio.</blockquote> Carlyle.
<hw>Im*brown"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. im-

in + brown. Cf. Embrown.] <def>To make brown; to
obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by
exposure.</def>
<blockquote>The mountain mass by scorching skies

imbrowned.</blockquote> Byron.
<hw>Im*brue"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imbureed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imbureing.] [Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver,
embreuver, embrever, to give to drink, soak (see pref.
En-, 1, 1st In-, and Breverage), but also OE.
enbrewen, enbrowen, to stain, soil (cf.
Brewis).] <def>To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench,
especially in blood.</def>
<blockquote>While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots

imbrued.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Im*brue"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

imbruing or state of being imbrued.</def>
<hw>Im*brute"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imbruted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imbruting.] [Pref. im- in + brute: cf. F.
abrutir. Cf. Embrute.] <def>To degrade to the state of
a brute; to make brutal.</def>
<blockquote>And mixed with bestial slime, 

THis essence to incarnate and imbrute.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Im*brute"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To sink to the

state of a brute.</def>
<blockquote>The soul grows clotted by contagion, 

Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose 
The divine property of her first being.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Im*brute"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

imbruting, or the state of being imbruted.</def> [R.]
Brydges.
<hw>Im*bue"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imbued (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imbuing.] [L. imbuere; pref. im- in + perh. a
disused simple word akin to L. bibere to drink. Cf.
Imbibe.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To tinge deeply; to dye; to
cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with
black.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To tincture deply; to cause to become

impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with
good principles.</def>
<blockquote>Thy words with grace divine 

Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Im*bue"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture.</def>
<hw>Im*burse"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. im-

in + burse: cf. F. embourser to put into one's purse.
See Burse, and Purse.] <def>To supply or stock with
money.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*burse"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of imbursing, or the state of being
imbursed.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Money laid up in stock.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*bu"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

imbuing.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>I*mes"a*tin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[Imide + isatin.] (Chem.) <def>A dark
yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on
isatin.</def>
<hw>Im"ide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A

compound with, or derivative of, the imido group; specif., a compound
of one or more acid radicals with the imido group, or with a
monamine; hence, also, a derivative of ammonia, in which two atoms of
hydrogen have been replaced by divalent basic or acid radicals; --
frequently used as a combining form; as,
succinimide.</def>
<hw>Im"i*do</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH,
which is called the imido group.</def>
<col>Imido acid</col>, <cd>an organic acid, consisting of

one or more acid radicals so united with the imido group that it
contains replaceable acid hydrogen, and plays the part of an acid;
as, uric acid, succinimide, etc., are imido acids.</cd>
<hw>Imìt*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Imitable.] <def>The quality of being imitable.</def>
Norris.
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<hw>Im"i*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imitabilis: cf. F. imitable. See Imitate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being imitated or
copied.</def>
<blockquote>The characters of man placed in lower stations of life

are more usefull, as being imitable by great
numbers.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Worthy of imitation; as, imitable

character or qualities.</def> Sir W. Raleigh.
<hw>Im"i*ta*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.</def>
<hw>Im"i*tan*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From L.

imitans, p. pr. of imitare.] <def>Tendency to
imitation.</def> [R.] Carlyle.
<hw>Im"i*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imitated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imitating (?).] [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari
to imitate; of unknown origin. Cf. Image.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to
copy, in acts, manners etc.</def>
<blockquote>Despise wealth and imitate a dog.</blockquote>

Cowlay.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To produce a semblance or likeness of, in

form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to
counterfeit; to copy.</def>
<blockquote>A place picked out by choice of best alive 

The Nature's work by art can imitate.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<blockquote>This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, 

And that sustained an imitated shield.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> (Biol.) <def>To resemble (another

species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color,
ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage
thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in
color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in
color, one having secretion offensive to birds.</def>
<hw>Im"i*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

imitatio: cf. F. imitation.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of imitating.</def>
<blockquote>Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to

say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth.</blockquote>
Sir P. Sidney.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is made or produced as a copy;
that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable
or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.</def>
<blockquote>Both these arts are not only true imitations of

nature, but of the best nature.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> (Mus.) <def>One of the principal means

of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the
repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive,
on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of
voises. Cf. Canon.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Biol.) <def>The act of condition of

imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object.
See Imitate, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 3.</def>
&fist; Imitation is often used adjectively to characterize

things which have a deceptive appearance, simulating the qualities of
a superior article; -- opposed to real or genuine; as,
imitation lace; imitation bronze; imitation
modesty, etc.
<hw>Imì*ta"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational
propensities.</def>
<hw>Im"i*ta*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some
of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent
on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being;
painting is an imitative art.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Formed after a model, pattern, or

original.</def>
<blockquote>This temple, less in form, with equal grace, 

Was imitative of the first in Thrace.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> (Nat. Hist.) <def>Designed to imitate

another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some
useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resemblance
to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative
habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are
imitative.</def>
-- <wf>Im"i*ta*tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Im"i*ta*tive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Im"i*ta*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Gram.) <def>A

verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im"i*ta"tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>One who

imitates.</def>
<hw>Im"i*ta`tor*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

office of an imitator.</def> "Servile imitatorship."
Marston.
<hw>Im"i*ta`tress</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who

is an imitator.</def>
<hw>Im"i*ta`trix</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

imitatress.</def>
<hw>Im*mac"u*late</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

immaculatus; pref. im- not + maculatus, p. p. of
maculare to spot, stane, fr. macula spot. See
Mail armor.] <def>Without stain or blemish; spotless;
undefiled; clear; pure.</def>
<blockquote>Were but my soul as pure 

From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold 
One more immaculate.</blockquote> Denham.
<blockquote>Thou sheer, immaculate and silver

fountain.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>Immaculate conception</col> (R. C. Ch.),

<cd>the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original
sin.</cd>
-- <wf>Im*mac"u*late*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Im*mac"u*late*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Im*mailed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wearing mail or

armor; clad of armor.</def> W. Browne.
<hw>Im*mal"le*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

maleable.</def>
<hw>Im*man"a*cle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Immanacled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Immanacling (?).] <def>To manacle; to fetter;
hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.</def>
<blockquote>Although this corporal rind 

Thou hast immanacled.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Im"ma*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. im-

in + L. manare to flow; cf. mantio a flowing.] <def>A
flowing or entering in; -- opposed to emanation.</def> [R.]
Good.
<hw>Im*mane"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. immanis.]

<def>Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman;
atrocious; fierce.</def> [Obs.] "So immane a man."
Chapman.
-- <wf>Im*mane"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
{ <hw>Im"ma*nence</hw> (?), <hw>Im"ma*nen*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition or quality of being immanent;
inherence; an indwelling.</def>
<blockquote>[Clement] is mainly concerned in enforcing the
immanence of God. Christ is everywhere presented by him as
Deity indwelling in the world.</blockquote> A. V. G.
Allen.
<hw>Im"ma*nent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. immanens,

p. pr. of immanere to remain in or near; pref. im- in +
manere to remain: cf. F. immanent.] <def>Remaining
within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or
subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the
subject or associated acts; -- opposed to emanant,
transitory, transitive, or objective.</def>
<blockquote>A cognition is an immanent act of

mind.</blockquote> Sir W. Hamilton.
<blockquote>An immanent power in the life of the

world.</blockquote> Hare.
<hw>Im*man"i*fest</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

manifest.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Im*man"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immanitas.] <def>The state or quality of being immane;
barbarity.</def> [R.] Shak.
<hw>Im*man"tle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Emmantle.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*man"u*el</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Heb.

'imm&amacr;n&?;&emacr;l, fr. 'im with +
&amacr;n&?; us + &emacr;l God.] <def>God with us; -- an
appellation of the Christ.</def> Is. vii. 14. Matt. i.
23.
<hw>Im`mar*ces"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

immarcescibilis; pref. im- not + marcescere to
fade: cf. F. immarcescible.] <def>Unfading; lasting.</def>
[Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>Im`mar*ces"ci*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Unfadingly.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>Im*mar"gin*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Not having a distinctive margin or border.</def>
Grey.
<hw>Im*mar"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not martial;

unwarlike.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*mask"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cover, as

with a mask; to disguise or conceal.</def> [R.] Shak.
<hw>Im*match"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Matchless;

peerless.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>Im`ma*te"ri*al</hw>
(&ibreve;m`m&adot;*t&emacr;"r&ibreve;*al),
<pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im- not + material: cf. F.
immatériel.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not consisting of
matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.</def>
<blockquote>Angels are spirits immaterial and

intellectual.</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of no substantial consequence; without

weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly
immaterial whether he does so or not.</def>
Syn. -- Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant;

inconsiderable; trifling.
<hw>Im`ma*te"ri*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

immatérialisme.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The doctrine
that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are
possible.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Philos.) <def>The doctrine that

external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any
doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, esp. a system that
maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop
Berkeley's theory of idealism.</def>
<hw>Im`ma*te"ri*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

immatérialiste.] (Philos.) <def>One who believes
in or professes, immaterialism.</def>
<hw>Im`ma*te`ri*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Immaterialities</plw> (#). [Cf. F.
immatérialité.] <def>The state or quality of
being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the
soul.</def>
<hw>Im`ma*te"ri*al*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. F.

immatérialiser.] <def>To render immaterial or
incorporeal.</def>
<blockquote>Immateralized spirits.</blockquote>
<hw>Im`ma*te"ri*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>In an immaterial manner; without matter or
corporeal substance.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>In an unimportant manner or

degree.</def>
<hw>Im`ma*te"ri*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.</def>
<hw>Im`ma*te"ri*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Immaterial.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>Im`ma*ture"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

immaturus; pref. im- not + maturus mature, ripe.
See Mature.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not mature; unripe; not
arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as,
immature fruit; immature character; immature
plans.</def> "An ill-measured and immature counsel."
Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Premature; untimely; too early; as, an

immature death.</def> [R.] Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Im`ma*tured"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Immature.</def>
<hw>Im`ma*ture"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

immature manner.</def> Warburion.
<hw>Im`ma*ture"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being immature; immaturity.</def> Boyle.
<hw>Im`ma*tu"ri*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immaturitas: cf. F. immaturité.] <def>The state
or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness;
incompleteness.</def>
<blockquote>When the world has outgrown its intellectual

immaturity.</blockquote> Caird.
<hw>Im`me*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + L. meabilis passable, fr. meare to pass.]
<def>Want of power to pass, or to permit passage;
impassableness.</def>
<blockquote>Immeability of the juices.</blockquote>

Arbuthnot.
<hw>Im*measùr*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being immeasurable; immensurability.</def>
<hw>Im*meas"ur*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + measurable: cf. F. measurable. Cf.
Immensurable, Unmeasurable.] <def>Incapable of being
measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable;
vast.</def>
<blockquote>Of depth immeasurable.</blockquote>

Milton.
<hw>Im*meas"ur*a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being immeasurable.</def>
<blockquote>Eternity and immeasurableness belong to thought

alone.</blockquote> F. W. Robertson.
<hw>Im*meas"ur*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

immeasurable manner or degree.</def> "Immeasurably distant."
Wordsworth.
<hw>Im*meas"ured</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Immeasurable.</def> [R.] Spenser.
<hw>Im`me*chan"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not
mechanical.</def> [Obs.] Cheyne. --
<wf>Im"me*chan"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*me"di*a*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The relation

of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness.</def>
Shak.
<hw>Im*me"di*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

immédiat. See In- not, and Mediate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not separated in respect to place by anything
intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate
contact.</def>
<blockquote>You are the most immediate to our

throne.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not deferred by an interval of time;

present; instant.</def> "Assemble we immediate council."
Shak.
<blockquote>Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, 

By some immediate stroke.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Acting with nothing interposed or between,

or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or
agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an
immediate cause.</def>
<blockquote>The immediate knowledge of the past is

therefore impossible.</blockquote> Sir. W. Hamilton.
<col>Immediate amputation</col> (Surg.), <cd>an

amputation performed within the first few hours after an injury, and
before the the effects of the shock have passed away.</cd>
Syn. -- Proximate; close; direct; next.
<hw>Im*me"di*ate*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>In an immediate manner; without intervention
of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to
mediately; as, immediately contiguous.</def>
<blockquote>God's acceptance of it either immediately by

himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop.</blockquote>
South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Without interval of time; without delay;

promptly; instantly; at once.</def>
<blockquote>And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou

clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.</blockquote>
Matt. viii. 3.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8,

Note.</def>
Syn. -- Directly; instantly; quickly; forthwith;
straightway; presently. See Directly.
<hw>Im*me"di*ate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption
from second or interventing causes.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>Im*me"di*a*tism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Immediateness.</def>
<hw>Im*med"i*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

Immedicabilis. See In- not, and Medicable.]
<def>Not to be healed; incurable.</def> "Wounds immedicable."
Milton.
<hw>Im`me*lo"di*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

melodious.</def>
<hw>Im*mem"o*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

immemorabilis; pref. im- not + memorabilis
memorable: cf. F. immémorable. See Memorable.]
<def>Not memorable; not worth remembering.</def> Johnson.
<hw>Im`me*mo"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + memorial: cf. F. immémorial.]
<def>Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition;
indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial.</def>
"Immemorial elms." Tennyson. "Immemorial usage
or custom." Sir M. Hale.
<col>Time immemorial</col> (Eng. Law.), <cd>a time

antedating (legal) history, and beyond "legal memory" so called;
formerly an indefinite time, but in 1276 this time was fixed by
statute as the begining of the reign of Richard I. (1189). Proof of
unbroken possession or use of any right since that date made it
unnecessary to establish the original grant. In 1832 the plan of
dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned and the principle
substituted that rights which had been enjoyed for full twenty years
(or as against the crown thirty years) should not be liable to
impeachment merely by proving that they had not been enjoyed
before.</cd>
<hw>Im`me*mo"ri*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Beyond

memory.</def> Bentley.
<hw>Im*mense"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. immensus;

pref. im- not + mensus, p. p. of metiri to
measure: cf. F. immense. See Measure.]
<def>Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast;
huge.</def> "Immense the power" Pope. "Immense
and boundless ocean." Daniel.
<blockquote>O Goodness infinite! Goodness

immense!</blockquote> Milton.
Syn. -- Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded;

unlimited; interminable; vast; prodigious; enormous; monstrous. See
Enormous.
<hw>Im*mense"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In immense
manner or degree.</def>
<hw>Im*mense"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being immense.</def>
<hw>Im*men"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Immense +

-ible.] <def>Immeasurable.</def> [Obs.] Davies.
<hw>Im*men"si*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Immensities</plw> (#). [L. immensitas: cf. F.
immensité.] <def>The state or quality of being immense;
inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or
bulk; greatness.</def>
<blockquote>Lost in the wilds of vast

immensity.</blockquote> Blackmore.
<blockquote>The immensity of the material

system.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<hw>Im*men"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Huge.</def>

[Obs.] Herrick.
<hw>Im*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being immensurable.</def>
<hw>Im*men"su*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + L. mensurabilis measurable: cf. F.
immensurable. Cf. Immeasurable.]
<def>Immeasurable.</def>
<blockquote>What an immensurable space is the

firmament.</blockquote> Derham.
<hw>Im*men"su*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + mensurate.] <def>Unmeasured; unlimited.</def> [R.]
W. Montagu.
<hw>Im*merge"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Immerged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Immerging (?).] [L. immergere; pref. im- in +
mergere to dip, plunge: cf. F. immerger. See
Merge, and cf. Immerse.] <def>To plungel into, under,
or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See
Immerse.</def>
<blockquote>We took . . . lukewarm water, and in it

immerged a quantity of the leaves of senna.</blockquote>
Boyle.
<blockquote>Their souls are immerged in

matter.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Im*merge"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To dissapear

by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the
sun.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*mer"it</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of worth;
demerit.</def> [R.] Suckling.
<hw>Im*mer"it*ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Unmerited.</def>

[Obs.] Charles I.
<hw>Im*mer"it*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

immeritus; pref. im- not + meritus, p. p. of
merere, mereri, to deserve.] <def>Undeserving.</def>
[Obs.] Milton.
<hw>Im*mers"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Immersible.</def>
<hw>Im*merse"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. immersus,

p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.] <def>Immersed;
buried; hid; sunk.</def> [Obs.] "Things immerse in matter."
Bacon.
<hw>Im*merse"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Immersed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Immersing.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To plunge into anything
that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink;
to bury; to immerge.</def>
<blockquote>Deep immersed beneath its whirling

wave.</blockquote> J Warton.
<blockquote>More than a mile immersed within the

wood.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To baptize by immersion.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To engage deeply; to engross the attention

of; to involve; to overhelm.</def>
<blockquote>The queen immersed in such a

trance.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<blockquote>It is impossible to have a lively hope in another

life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of
this.</blockquote> Atterbury.
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<hw>Im*mersed"</hw> (?), <pos>p. p. & a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Deeply plunged into anything, especially a
fluid.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Deeply occupied; engrossed;

entangled.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Growing wholly under

water.</def> Gray.
<hw>Im*mers"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Immerse.] <def>Capable of being immersed.</def>
<hw>Im*mers"i*ble</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im- not
+ L. mersus, p. p. of mergere to plunge.] <def>Not
capable of being immersed.</def>
<hw>Im*mer"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immersio; cf. F. immersion.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking
within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in
the Styx.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Submersion in water for the purpose of

Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The state of being overhelmed or deeply

absorbed; deep engagedness.</def>
<blockquote>Too deep an immersion in the affairs of

life.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<sn>4.</sn> (Astron.) <def>The dissapearance of a

celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the
occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a
satellite; -- opposed to emersion.</def>
<col>Immersion lens</col>, <cd>a microscopic objective of

short focal distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil,
between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is
practically immersed.</cd>
<hw>Im*mer"sion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Eccl.)

<def>One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to
Christian baptism.</def>
<hw>Im*mesh"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Immeshed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Immeshing.] [Pref. im- in + mesh. Cf.
Inmesh.] <def>To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of
a net. or in a web; to insnare.</def>
<hw>Im`me*thod"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

methodical; without method or systematic arrangement; without order
or regularity; confused.</def> Addison.
Syn. -- Irregular; confused; disoderly; unsystematic;

desultory.
<hw>Im`me*thod"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

method; confusedly; unsystematically.</def>
<hw>Im`me*thod"ic*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

method.</def>
<hw>Im*meth"od*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Im*met"ric*al</hw> (&?;), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

metrical or rhythmical.</def> [R.] Chapman.
<hw>Im*mew"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Emmew.</def>
<hw>Im"mi*grant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immigrans, p. pr. of immigrare to go into: cf. F.
immigrant. See Immigrate.] <def>One who immigrates; one
who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; --
correlative of emigrant.</def>
Syn. -- See Emigrant.
<hw>Im"mi*grate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Immigrated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Immigrating (?).] [L. immigrare,
immigratum, to immigrate; pref. im- in + migrare
to migrate. See Migrate.] <def>To come into a country of which
one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See
Emigrate.</def>
<hw>Im"mi*gra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

immigration.] <def>The act of immigrating; the passing or
coming into a country for the purpose of permanent
residence.</def>
<blockquote>The immigrations of the Arabians into

Europe.</blockquote> T. Warton.
<hw>Im"mi*nence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

imminence, L. imminentia, See Imminent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition or quality of being imminent; a
threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any
danger or distress.</def> Fuller.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is imminent; impending evil or

danger.</def> "But dare all imminence." Shak.
<hw>Im"mi*nent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. imminens,

p. pr. of imminere to project; pref. im- in +
minere (in comp.) to jut, project. See Eminent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Threatening to occur immediately; near at
hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.</def> "In
danger imminent." Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Full of danger; threatening; menacing;

perilous.</def>
<blockquote>Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly

breach.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>(With upon) Bent upon; attentive

to.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly

matters.</blockquote> Milton.
Syn. -- Impending; threatening; near; at hand. --

Imminent, Impending, Threatening.
Imminent is the strongest: it denotes that something is ready
to fall or happen on the instant; as, in imminent danger of
one's life. Impending denotes that something hangs suspended
over us, and may so remain indefinitely; as, the impending
evils of war. Threatening supposes some danger in prospect,
but more remote; as, threatening indications for the
future.
<blockquote>Three times to-day 

You have defended me from imminent death.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>No story I unfold of public woes, 

Nor bear advices of impending foes.</blockquote>
Pope.
<blockquote>Fierce faces threatening war.</blockquote>

Milton.
<hw>Im"mi*nent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an imminent

manner.</def>
<hw>Im*min"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To mingle;

to mix; to unite; to blend.</def> [R.] Thomson.
<hw>Im`mi*nu"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

imminutio, fr. imminuere, imminutum, to lessen;
pref. im- in + minuere.] <def>A lessening; diminution;
decrease.</def> [R.] Ray.
<hw>Im*mis"ci*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

immiscibilité.] <def>Incapability of being mixed, or
mingled.</def>
<hw>Im*mis"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

not + miscible: cf. F. immiscible.] <def>Not capable of
being mixed or mingled.</def>
<blockquote>A chaos of immiscible and conflicting

particles.</blockquote> Cudworth.
<hw>Im*mis"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immissio: cf. F. immission. See Immit.] <def>The
act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; -- the
correlative of emission.</def>
<hw>Im*mit"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Immitted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Immiting.] [L. immittere, immissum; pref. im-
 in + mittere to send.] <def>To send in; to inject; to
infuse; -- the correlative of emit.</def> [R.]
Boyle.
<hw>Im*mit"i*ga*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

immitigabilis; fr. pref. im- not + mitigare to
mitigate.] <def>Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or
appeased.</def> Coleridge.
<hw>Im*mit"i*ga*bly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an
immitigable manner.</def>
<hw>Im*mix"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in- in

+ mix.] <def>To mix; to mingle.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Amongst her tears immixing prayers

meek.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>Im*mix"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

mixable.</def> Bp. Wilkins.
<hw>Im*mixed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- not

+ mixed, p. p. of mix.] <def>Unmixed.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>How pure and immixed the design

is.</blockquote> Boyle.
<hw>Im*mix"ture</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Freedom from

mixture; purity.</def> [R.] W. Montagu.
<hw>Im*mo"bile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See Immobility.]
<def>Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable.</def>
Prof. Shedd.
<hw>Im`mo*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immobilitas, fr. immobilis immovable; pref. im-
not + mobilis movable: cf. F. immobilité. See
Mobile.] <def>The condition or quality of being immobile;
fixedness in place or state.</def>
<hw>Im*mob"i*lize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. im-

 in + mobilize; cf. f. immobiliser.] <def>To make
immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as
a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.</def>
<hw>Im*mo"ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Immobile.</def>
<hw>Im*mod"er*a*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Immoderate.] <def>Immoderateness.</def> [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Im*mod"er*an*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immoderantia.] <def>Immoderateness; excess.</def> [R.] Sir
T. Browne.
<hw>Im*mod"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

immoderatus; pref. im- not + moderatus moderate.
See Moderate.] <def>Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and
suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as,
immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate
laughter.</def>
<blockquote>So every scope by the immoderate use 

Turns to restraint.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; extravagant;
intemperate; inordinate.
<hw>Im*mod"er*ate*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

immoderate manner; excessively.</def>
<hw>Im*mod"er*ate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

of being immoderate; excess; extravagance.</def> Puller.
<hw>Im*modèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immoderatio: cf. F. imodération.] <def>Want of
moderation.</def> Hallywell.
<hw>Im*mod"est</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

immodeste, L. immodestus immoderate; pref. im-
not + modestus modest. See Modest.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not modest; wanting in the reserve or

restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate;
obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words,
pictures, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, 

But we proscribe the least immodest thought.</blockquote>
Dryden.
Syn. -- Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful;

impudent; indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.
<hw>Im*mod"est*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an immodest

manner.</def>
<hw>Im*mod"es*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immodestia: cf. F. immodestie.] <def>Want of modesty,
delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency.</def> "A piece of
immodesty." Pope.
<hw>Im"mo*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Immolated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Immolating.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of
immolare to sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with
sacrifical meal; pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of
spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also, mill. See
Molar, Meal ground grain.] <def>To sacrifice; to offer
in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.</def>
<blockquote>Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the

deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of
women.</blockquote> Boyle.
<hw>Im`mo*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immolatio: cf. F. immolation.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or
sacrificed.</def> Sir. T. Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is immolated; a

sacrifice.</def>
<hw>Im"mo*la`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>One who

offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics
who practice self-mutilation and sacrifice.</def>
{ <hw>Im*mold"</hw>, <hw>Im*mould"</hw> } (?), <pos>v.

t.</pos> <def>To mold into shape, or form.</def> [Obs.] G.
Fletcher.
<hw>Im*mo"ment</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Immomentous.] <def>Trifling.</def> [R.] "Immoment
toys." Shak.
<hw>Im`mo*men"tous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + momentous.] <def>Not momentous; unimportant;
insignificant.</def> [R.] A. Seward.
<hw>Im*mor"al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im- not

+ moral: cf. F. immoral.] <def>Not moral; inconsistent
with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the
divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an
immoral man; an immoral deed.</def>
Syn. -- Wicked; sinful; criminal; vicious; unjust;

dishonest; depraved; impure; unchaste; profligate; dissolute;
abandoned; licentious; lewd; obscene.
<hw>Im`mo*ral"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Immoralities</plw> (#). [Cf. F.
immoralité.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or
quality of being immoral; vice.</def>
<blockquote>The root of all immorality.</blockquote> Sir

W. Temple.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An immoral act or practice.</def>
<blockquote>Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies

and immoralities broke loose among them.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Im*mor"al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

immoral manner; wickedly.</def>
<hw>Im`mo*rig"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + morigerous.] <def>Rude; uncivil; disobedient.</def>
[Obs.] -- <wf>Im`mo*rig"er*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*mor"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

immortalis; pref. im- not + mortalis mortal: cf.
F. immortel. See Mortal, and cf. Immortelle.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not mortal; exempt from liability to die;
undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal,
existance.</def>
<blockquote>Unto the King eternal, immortal,

invisible.</blockquote> 1 Tim. i. 17.
<blockquote>For my soul, what can it do to that, 

Being a thing immortal as itself?</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Connected with, or pertaining to

immortality.</def>
<blockquote>I have immortal longings in me.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Destined to live in all ages of this

world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as,
immortal fame.</def>
<blockquote>One of the few, immortal names, 

That were not born to die.</blockquote> Halleck.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Great; excessive; grievous.</def> [Obs.]

Hayward.
<col>Immortal flowers</col>, <cd>immortelles;

everlastings.</cd>
Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless;

perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible;
deathless; undying.
<hw>Im*mor"tal</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who will

never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or
annihilation.</def> Bunyan.
<hw>Im*mor"tal*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who holds

the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.</def> [R.] Jer.
Taylor.
<hw>Im`mor*tal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Immortalities</plw> (#). [L. immortalitas: cf. F.
immortalité.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or
state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation;
unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul.</def>
<blockquote>This mortal must put on

immortality.</blockquote> 1 Cor. xv. 53.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as,

the immortality of fame.</def>
<hw>Im*mor`tal*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.</def>
<hw>Im*mor"tal*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Immortalized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Immortalizing (?).] [Cf. F. immortaliser.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To render immortal; to cause to live or exist
forever.</def> S. Clarke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in
fame.</def>
<blockquote>Alexander had no Homer to immortalize his

guilty name.</blockquote> T. Dawes.
<hw>Im*mor"tal*ize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become

immortal.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*mor"tal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an immortal

manner.</def>
<hw>Im`mor*telle"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Immortelles</plw> (#). [F. See Immortal.]
(Bot.) <def>A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering
involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum,
Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.</def>
<hw>Im*mor`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Failure to mortify the passions.</def> [R.] Jer.
Taylor.
<hw>Im*mov"a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as,
immovability of a heavy body; immovability of
purpose.</def>
<hw>Im*mov"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of
material things; as, an immovable foundation.</def>
<blockquote>Immovable, infixed, and frozen

round.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Steadfast; fixed; unalterable;

unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable
purpose, or a man who remains immovable.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not capable of being affected or moved in

feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.</def>
Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> (Law.) <def>Not liable to be removed;

permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate.
See Immovable, <pos>n.</pos></def>
Blackstone.
<col>Immovable apparatus</col> (Med.), <cd>an

appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured
parts firmly in place.</cd> -- <col>Immovable feasts</col>
(Eccl.), <cd>feasts which occur on a certain day of the year
and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany,
etc.</cd>
<hw>Im*mov"a*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>That which can not be moved.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> pl. (Civil Law) <def>Lands and

things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as
buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds,
plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as
servitudes.</def> Ayliffe. Bouvier.
<hw>Im*mov"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of

being immovable.</def>
<hw>Im*mov"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an immovable

manner.</def>
<hw>Im*mund"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. immundus;

pref. im- not + mundus clean.] <def>Unclean.</def> [R.]
Burton.
<hw>Im`mun*dic"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

immondicité, L. immunditia, immundities.]
<def>Uncleanness; filthiness.</def> [R.] W. Montagu.
<hw>Im*mune"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. immunis.

See Immunity.] <def>Exempt; protected by inoculation.</def> --
<wf>Im*mu"nize</wf> (#), <pos>v. t.</pos>
<hw>Im*mu"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Immunities</plw> (#). [L. immunitas, fr.
immunis free from a public service; pref. im- not +
munis complaisant, obliging, cf. munus service, duty:
cf. F. immunité. See Common, and cf.
Mean, <pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Freedom or
exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition,
penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the
immunities of the free cities of Germany; the
immunities of the clergy.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Freedom; exemption; as, immunity

from error.</def>
<hw>Im*mure"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Immured (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Immuring.] [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F.
emmurer.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To wall around; to surround
with walls.</def> [Obs.] Sandys.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To inclose whithin walls, or as within

walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.</def>
<blockquote>Those tender babes 

Whom envy hath immured within your walls.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>This huge convex of fire, 

Outrageous to devour, immures us round.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Im*mure"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A wall; an

inclosure.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Im*mure"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

immuring, or the state of being immured; imprisonment.</def>
<hw>Im*mu"sic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inharmonious;

unmusical; discordant.</def> Bacon.
<hw>Im*mu`ta*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immutabilitas: cf. F. immutabilité.] <def>The
state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.</def> Heb.
vi. 17.
<hw>Im*mu"ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

immutabilis; pref. im- not + mutabilis mutable.
See Mutable.] <def>Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of
change; unchangeable; unalterable.</def>
<blockquote>That by two immutable things, in which it was

impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong
consolation.</blockquote> Heb. vi. 18.
<blockquote>Immutable, immortal, infinite, 

Eternal King.</blockquote> Milton.
-- <wf>Im*mu"ta*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Im*mu"ta*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
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<hw>Im*mu"tate</hw> (&ibreve;m*m&umacr;"t&asl;t),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. immutatus, p. p. of immature.]
<def>Unchanged.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im"mu*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

immutatio, from immutare, immutatum, to change.
See Immute.] <def>Change; alteration; mutation.</def> [R.]
Dr. H. More.
<hw>Im*mute"</hw> (&ibreve;m*m&umacr;t"), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[L. immutare, immutatum; perf. im- in +
mutare to change : cf. OF. immuter.] <def>To change or
alter.</def> [Obs.] J. Salkeld.
<hw>Imp</hw> (&ibreve;mp), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. imp a

graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp,
prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. &?; engrafted, innate, fr. &?; to
implant; &?; in + &?; to produce; akin to E. be. See 1st
In-, Be.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A shoot; a scion; a
bud; a slip; a graft.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An offspring; progeny; child; scion.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>The tender imp was weaned.</blockquote>

Fairfax.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A young or inferior devil; a little,

malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.</def>
<blockquote>To mingle in the clamorous fray 

Of squabbling imps.</blockquote> Beattie.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Something added to, or united with,

another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a
beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of
twisted hair in a fishing line.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Imp</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imped (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imping.] [AS. impian to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to
Dan. ympe, Sw. ympa, OHG. impf&omacr;n,
impit&omacr;n, G. impfen. See Imp,
<pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To graft; to insert as
a scion.</def> [Obs.] Rom. of R.
<sn>2.</sn> (Falconry) <def>To graft with new

feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To
repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen; to equip.</def>
[Archaic]
<blockquote>Imp out our drooping country's broken

wing.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Who lazily imp their wings with other men's

plumes.</blockquote> Fuller.
<blockquote>Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled

wing.</blockquote> Holmes.
<blockquote>Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage 

With all the scorpions that should whip this age.</blockquote>
Cleveland.
<hw>Im*pa"ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. pref. im-

 not + pacare to quiet. See Pacate.] <def>Not to be
appeased or quieted.</def> [Obs.] Spenser. --
<wf>Im*pa"ca*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im*pack"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. im-

in + pack.] <def>The state of being closely surrounded,
crowded, or pressed, as by ice.</def> [R.] Kane.
<hw>Im*pact"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impacted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impacting.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to
push, strike against. See Impinge.] <def>To drive close; to
press firmly together: to wedge into a place.</def>
Woodward.
<hw>Im"pact</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact;
force communicated.</def>
<blockquote>The quarrel, by that impact

driven.</blockquote> Southey.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mech.) <def>The single instantaneous

stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at
rest.</def>
<hw>Im*pact"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Driven together

or close.</def>
<col>Impacted fracture</col> (Surg.), <cd>a fracture

in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be
immovable.</cd>
<hw>Im*pac"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. impactio

a striking : cf. F. impaction.] <sn>1.</sn>
(Surg.) <def>The driving of one fragment of bone into another
so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as,
impaction of the skull or of the hip.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An immovable packing; (Med.), a

lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as,
impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis;
impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or
beast.</def>
<hw>Im*paint"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To paint; to

adorn with colors.</def> [R.] "To impaint his cause."
Shak.
<hw>Im*pair"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impaired (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impairing.] [Written also empair.] [OE.
empeiren, enpeiren, OF. empeirier,
empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L. pref.
im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr. pejor
worse. Cf. Appair.] <def>To make worse; to diminish in
quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to
impair health, character, the mind, value.</def>
<blockquote>Time sensibly all things impairs.</blockquote>

Roscommon.
<blockquote>In years he seemed, but not impaired by

years.</blockquote> Pope.
Syn. -- To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble;

debilitate; reduce; debase; deteriorate.
<hw>Im*pair"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To grow worse; to

deteriorate.</def> Milton.
<hw>Im"pair</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. impair

uneven, L. impar; im- not + par equal.] <def>Not
fit or appropriate.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*pair"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Diminution;

injury.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*pair"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, impairs.</def>
<hw>Im*pair"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

enpeirement, OF. empirement.] <def>The state of being
impaired; injury.</def> "The impairment of my health."
Dryden.
<hw>Im*pal"a*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unpalatable.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*pale"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impaled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impaling.] [See 2d Empale.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See
Empale.</def>
<blockquote>Then with what life remains, impaled, and

left 
To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to

surround.</def>
<blockquote>Impale him with your weapons round

about.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Impenetrable, impaled with circling

fire.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> (Her.) <def>To join, as two coats of

arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable
mention.</def>
<blockquote>Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be

matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor
thereof.</blockquote> Fuller.
<hw>Im*pale"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.</def>
Byron.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the

space so inclosed.</def> H. Brooke.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which hedges in; inclosure.</def>

[R.] Milton.
<sn>4.</sn> (Her.) <def>The division of a shield

palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side
by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.</def>
<hw>Im*pal"la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The pallah deer of South Africa.</def>
<hw>Im*pal"lid</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make

pallid; to blanch.</def> [Obs.] Feltham.
<hw>Im*palm"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To grasp with

or hold in the hand.</def> [R.] J. Barlow.
<hw>Im*pal`pa*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.
impalpabilité.] <def>The quality of being
impalpable.</def> Jortin.
<hw>Im*pal"pa*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

not + palpable: cf. F. impalpable.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no
grit can be perceived by touch.</def> "Impalpable powder."
Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not material; intangible;

incorporeal.</def> "Impalpable, void, and bodiless."
Holland.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not apprehensible, or readily

apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable
distinctions.</def>
<hw>Im*pal"pa*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

impalpable manner.</def>
<hw>Im*pal"sy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To palsy; to

paralyze; to deaden.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*pa"nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

impanatus, p. p. of impanare to impanate; L. pref.
im- in + panis bread.] <def>Embodied in bread, esp. in
the bread of the eucharist.</def> [Obs.] Cranmer.
<hw>Im*pa"nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Impanated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Impanating.] <def>To embody in bread, esp. in the
bread of the eucharist.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im"pa*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

impanation. See Impanate, <pos>a.</pos>]
(Eccl.) <def>Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence
and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substance of
the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; --
distinguished from transubstantiation, which supposes a
miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to
consubstantiation.</def>
<hw>Im*pa"na*tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.]

(Eccl.) <def>One who holds the doctrine of
impanation.</def>
<hw>Im*pan"el</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impaneled (?) or Impanelled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impaneling or Impanelling.] [Pref. im- in +
panel. Cf. Empanel.] [Written also empanel.]
<def>To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a
panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of
justice.</def> Blackstone.
<hw>Im*pan"el*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled.</def>
<hw>Im*par"a*dise</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.
& p. p.</pos> Imparadised (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Imparadising (?).] [Pref. im- +
paradise: cf. F. emparadiser.] <def>To put in a state
like paradise; to make supremely happy.</def> "Imparadised in
one another's arms." Milton.
<hw>Im*par"al*leled</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unparalleled.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*par"don*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

impardonnable.] <def>Unpardonable.</def> [Obs.]
South.
<hw>Im*parì*dig"i*tate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impar unequal + digitus finger.] (Anat.)
<def>Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or
five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.</def>
<hw>Im*par"i*pin"nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impar unequal + E. pinnate.] (Bot.) <def>Pinnate
with a single terminal leaflet.</def>
<hw>Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impar unequal + E. syllabic: cf. F.
imparisyllabique.] (Gram.) <def>Not consisting of an
equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one
which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as,
lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.</def>
<hw>Im*par"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. im- +

parity: cf. F. imparité.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree,
rank, excellence, number, etc.</def> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lack of comparison, correspondence, or

suitableness; incongruity.</def>
<blockquote>In this region of merely intellectual notion we are at

once encountered by the imparity of the object and the faculty
employed upon it.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Indivisibility into equal parts;

oddness.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*park"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imparked (?), <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imparking.] [Cf. Empark.] <def>To inclose for a park;
to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up.</def>
<blockquote>They . . . impark them [the sheep] within

hurdles.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Im*parl"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [OF.

emparler; pref. em- (L. in) + parler to
speak. See In, prep., and Parley.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To hold discourse; to parley.</def> [Obs.] Sir. T.
North.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>To have time before pleading;
to have delay for mutual adjustment.</def> Blackstone.
<hw>Im*par"lance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Emparlance, Parlance.] [Written also
inparliance.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Mutual discourse;
conference.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Time

given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally
with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of
the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain
further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of the opposite
party.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Hence, the delay or continuance
of a suit.</def>
&fist; Imparlance and continuance by imparlance have

been abolished in England. Wharton (Law Dict. ).
<hw>Im*par`son*ee"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OF.

empersone. See 1st In-, and Parson.] (Eng.
Eccl. Law) <def>Presented, instituted, and inducted into a
rectory, and in full possession.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A
clergyman so inducted.</def>
<hw>Im*part"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imparted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imparting.] [OF. impartir, empartir, L.
impartire, impertire; pref. im- in +
partire to part, divide, fr. pars, partis, part,
share. See Part, <pos>n.</pos> ] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate;
to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the
poor; the sun imparts warmth.</def>
<blockquote>Well may he then to you his cares

impart.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To obtain a share of; to partake of.</def>

[R.] Munday.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To communicate the knowledge of; to make

known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.</def>
<blockquote>Gentle lady, 
When I did first impart my love to you.</blockquote>
Shak.
Syn. -- To share; yield; confer; convey; grant; give;

reveal; disclose; discover; divulge. See Communicate.
<hw>Im*part"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To give a part or share.</def>
<blockquote>He that hath two coats, let him impart to him

that hath none.</blockquote> Luke iii. 11.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To hold a conference or
consultation.</def> Blackstone.
<hw>Im*part"ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Impartation.</def>
<hw>Im`par*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

imparting, or the thing imparted.</def>
<blockquote>The necessity of this impartation.</blockquote>

I. Taylor.
<hw>Im*part"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

imparts.</def>
<hw>Im*par"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

not + partial: cf. F. impartial.] <def>Not partial; not
favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced;
unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.</def>
Shak.
<blockquote>Jove is impartial, and to both the

same.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>A comprehensive and impartial

view.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<hw>Im*par"tial*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

impartial.</def> [R.] Boyle.
<hw>Im*par`ti*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

impartialité.] <def>The quality of being impartial;
freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness;
fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and

passion.</blockquote> South.
<hw>Im*par"tial*ly</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>In an

impartial manner.</def>
<hw>Im*par"tial*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Impartiality.</def> Sir W. Temple.
<hw>Im*partì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being impartible; communicability.</def>
<hw>Im*partì*bil"i*ty</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

impartibilité.] <def>The quality of being incapable of
division into parts; indivisibility.</def> Holland.
<hw>Im*part"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Impart.] <def>Capable of being imparted or
communicated.</def>
<hw>Im*part"i*ble</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im- not

+ partible: cf. F. impartible.] <def>Not partible; not
subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible
estate.</def> Blackstone.
<hw>Im*part"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

imparting, or that which is imparted, communicated, or
disclosed.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>It beckons you to go away with it, 

As if it some impartment did desire 
To you alone.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Im*pass"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf.

Unpassable.] <def>Incapable of being passed; not admitting a
passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf.</def>
Milton. -- <wf>Im*pass"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -
- <wf>Im*pass"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im*pas`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impassibilitas: cf. F. impassibilité.] <def>The
quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury
from external things.</def>
<hw>Im*pas"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impassibilis; pref. im- not + passibilis
passable: cf. F. impassible. See Passible.]
<def>Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be
touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing
feeling; without sensation.</def> "Impassible to the critic."
Sir W. Scott.
<blockquote>Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart 

Though naked, and impassible depart.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<hw>Im*pas"si*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Impassibility.</def>
<hw>Im*pas"sion</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. im-

 in + passion. Cf. Empassion, Impassionate,
<pos>v.</pos>] <def>To move or affect strongly with
passion.</def> [Archaic] Chapman.
<hw>Im*pas"sion*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.</def>
<hw>Im*pas"sion*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Strongly

affected.</def> Smart.
<hw>Im*pas"sion*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of.</def> Dr. H.
More.
<hw>Im*pas"sion*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + passionate.] <def>Without passion or feeling.</def>
Burton.
<hw>Im*pas"sioned</hw> (?), <pos>p. p. & a.</pos>

<def>Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of
feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator
or discourse.</def>
<hw>Im*pas"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible;
unmoved.</def>
<blockquote>Impassive as the marble in the

quarry.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<blockquote>On the impassive ice the lightings

play.</blockquote> Pope.
-- <wf>Im*pas"sive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Im*pas"sive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Im`pas*siv"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering;
impassiveness.</def>
<hw>Im`pas*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. See

Impaste.] <def>The act of making into paste; that which is
formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of
different substances by means of cements.</def>
<hw>Im*paste"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impasted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impasting.] [Pref. im- in + paste: cf. It.
impastare, OF. empaster, F. empâter. See
1st In- and Paste.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To knead;
to make into paste; to concrete.</def> "Blood . . . baked and
impasted." Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> (Paint.) <def>To lay color on canvas by

uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. Impasto.</def>
<hw>Im*past"ing</hw>, (Paint.) <def>The laying on of colors

to produce impasto.</def>
<hw>Im*pas"to</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [It. See

Impaste.] (Paint.) <def>The thickness of the layer or
body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial
reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in
forming a harmonious whole.</def> Fairholt.
<hw>Im*pas"ture</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To place in

a pasture; to foster.</def> [R.] T. Adams.
<hw>Im*pat"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impatibilis; pref. im- not + patibilis
supportable. See Patible.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not capable
of being borne; impassible.</def>
<blockquote>A spirit, and so impatible of material

fire.</blockquote> Fuller.
<hw>Im*pa"tience</hw> (?) <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

impacience, F. impatience, fr. L. impatientia.]
<def>The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain,
suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for
something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness;
passion; as, the impatience of a child or an
invalid.</def>
<blockquote>I then, . . . 

Out of my grief and my impatience, 
Answered neglectingly.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>With huge impatience he inly swelt 

More for great sorrow that he could not pass, 
Than for the burning torment which he felt.</blockquote>
Spenser.
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<hw>Im*pa"tien*cy</hw> (&ibreve;m*p&amc;"shen*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Impatience.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>||Im*pa"ti*ens</hw> (-sh&ibreve;*&ebreve;nz),
<pos>n.</pos> [L., impatient.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of
plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so
called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter
the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not,
jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina
(sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden
balsam.</def>
<hw>Im*pa"tient</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE.

impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref.
im- not + patiens patient. See Patient.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not patient; not bearing with composure;
intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or
opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty;
passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of,
and under.</def>
<blockquote>A violent, sudden, and impatient

necessity.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<blockquote>Fame, impatient of extremes, decays 

Not more by envy than excess of praise.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>The impatient man will not give himself time to

be informed of the matter that lies before him.</blockquote>
Addison.
<blockquote>Dryden was poor and impatient of

poverty.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not to be borne; unendurable.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience;

as, impatient speeches or replies.</def> Shak.
Syn. -- Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful;
intolerant; passionate.
<hw>Im*pa"tient</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

impatient.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*pa"tient*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

impatient manner.</def>
<hw>Im*pat`ron*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such
possession.</def> [R.] Cotgrave.
<hw>Im*pat"ron*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Impatronized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Impatronizing (?).] <def>To make lord or master;
as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory.</def> [R.]
Bacon.
<hw>Im*pave"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To pave.</def>

[Poetic]
<blockquote>Impaved with rude fidelity 

Of art mosaic.</blockquote> Wordsworth.
<hw>Im*pav"id</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. impavidus.

See In- not, and Pavid.] <def>Fearless.</def> --
<wf>Im*pav"id*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im*pawn"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impawned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impawning.] [Pref. im- + pawn: cf.
Empawn.] <def>To put in pawn; to pledge.</def>
Shak.
<hw>Im*peach"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impeached (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impeaching.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar,
F. empêcher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref.
im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis,
foot. See Foot, and Appeach, Dispatch,
Impede.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To hinder; to impede; to
prevent.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>These ungracious practices of his sons did

impeach his journey to the Holy Land.</blockquote> Sir J.
Davies.
<blockquote>A defluxion on my throat impeached my

utterance.</blockquote> Howell.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to

accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent
tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for
judgment of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a
judge. See Impeachment.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, to charge with impropriety; to

dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to
impeach one's motives or conduct.</def>
<blockquote>And doth impeach the freedom of the

state.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> (Law) <def>To challenge or discredit the

credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial
paper.</def>
&fist; When used in law with reference to a witness, the term

signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of
belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the
term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The
credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has
made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the
trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad,
etc.
Syn. -- To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict;

impair; disparage; discredit. See Accuse.
<hw>Im*peach"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Hindrance;

impeachment.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*peach"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may be

impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime.</def>
<blockquote>Owners of lands in fee simple are not

impeachable for waste.</blockquote> Z. Swift.
<hw>Im*peach"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

impeaches.</def>
<hw>Im*peach"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

empêchement.] <def>The act of impeaching, or the state
of being impeached</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Hindrance;
impediment; obstruction.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Willing to march on to Calais, 

Without impeachment.</blockquote> Shak.
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A calling to account; arraignment;

especially, of a public officer for maladministration.</def>
<blockquote>The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had

like to have been fatal to their state.</blockquote>
Swift.
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>A calling in question as to purity of

motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation;
reproach; as, an impeachment of motives.</def>
Shak.
&fist; In England, it is the privilege or right of the House of

Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of Lords to try and
determine impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the
House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and
determine impeachments.
<col>Articles of impeachment</col>. <cd>See under

Article.</cd> -- <col>Impeachment of waste</col>
(Law), <cd>restraint from, or accountability for, injury;
also, a suit for damages for injury.</cd> Abbott.
<hw>Im*pearl"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impearled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impearling.] [Pref. im- in + pearl: cf. F.
emperler.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into pearls, or
into that which resembles pearls.</def> [Poetic]
<blockquote>Dewdrops which the sun 

Impearls on every leaf and every flower.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To decorate as with pearls or with

anything resembling pearls.</def> [Poetic]
<blockquote>With morning dews impearled.</blockquote>

Mrs. Browning.
<blockquote>The dews of the morning impearl every

thorn.</blockquote> R. Digby.
<hw>Im*pec`ca*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

impeccabilité.] <def>The quality of being impeccable;
exemption from sin, error, or offense.</def>
<blockquote>Infallibility and impeccability are two of his

attributes.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Im*pec"ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impeccabilis; pref. im- not + peccare to err, to
sin: cf. F. impeccable.] <def>Not liable to sin; exempt from
the possibility of doing wrong.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos>
<def>One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics
who asserted their sinlessness.</def>
<blockquote>God is infallible, impeccable, and absolutely

perfect.</blockquote> P. Skelton.
<hw>Im*pec"can*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Sinlessness.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>Im*pec"cant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Sinless;

impeccable.</def> Byron.
<hw>Im`pe*cu`ni*os"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being impecunious.</def> Thackeray. Sir W.
Scott.
<hw>Im"pe*cu"ni*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. im-

not + pecunia money: cf. F. impécunieux.]
<def>Not having money; habitually without money; poor.</def>
<blockquote>An impecunious creature.</blockquote> B.

Jonson.
<hw>Im*pede"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impeded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impeding.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet;
pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See
Foot, and cf. Impeach.] <def>To hinder; to stop in
progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of
troops.</def>
<blockquote>Whatever hinders or impedes 

The action of the nobler will.</blockquote> Logfellow.
<hw>Im*ped"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being impeded or hindered.</def> [R.] Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Im*ped"i*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

impedimentum: cf. F. impediment.] <def>That which
impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.</def>
<blockquote>Thus far into the bowels of the land 

Have we marched on without impediment.</blockquote>
Shak.
<col>Impediment in speech</col>, <cd>a defect which

prevents distinct utterance.</cd>
Syn. -- Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty;

incumbrance. -- Impediment, Obstacle,
Difficulty, Hindrance. An impediment literally
strikes against our feet, checking our progress, and we remove it. An
obstacle rises before us in our path, and we surmount or
remove it. A difficulty sets before us something hard to be
done, and we encounter it and overcome it. A hindrance holds
us back for a time, but we break away from it.
<blockquote>The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon,

a difficulty to be met with his best resources, an
obstacle to his own ambition, and an impediment in his
political career.</blockquote> C. J. Smith.
<hw>Im*ped"i*ment</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

impede.</def> [R.] Bp. Reynolds.
<hw>Im*pedì*men"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the

nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing;
impeditive.</def>
<blockquote>Things so impedimental to success.</blockquote>

G. H. Lewes.
<hw>Im"pe*dite</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impeditus, p. p. See Impede.] <def>Hindered;
obstructed.</def> [R.] Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Im"pe*dite</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To impede.</def>

[Obs.] Boyle.
<hw>Im"pe*di"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
impeditio.] <def>A hindering; a hindrance.</def> [Obs.]
Baxier.
<hw>Im*ped"i*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

impéditif.] <def>Causing hindrance; impeding.</def>
"Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion." Bp. Hall.
<hw>Im*pel"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impelled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impelling.] [L. impellere; pref. im- in +
pellere, pulsum, to drive. See Pulse a beat, and
cf. Impulse.] <def>To drive or urge forward or on; to press
on; to incite to action or motion in any way.</def>
<blockquote>The surge impelled me on a craggy

coast.</blockquote> Pope.
Syn. -- To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force;

drive; urge; actuate; move.
<hw>Im*pel"lent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impellens, p. pr. of impellere.] <def>Having the
quality of impelling.</def>
<hw>Im*pel"lent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An impelling power

or force.</def> Glanvill.
<hw>Im*pel"ler</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, impels.</def>
<hw>Im*pen"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impenned (?) and Impent (&?;); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Impenning.] <def>To shut up or inclose,
as in a pen.</def> Feltham.
<hw>Im*pend"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

impend&ebreve;re; pref. im- in + pend&ebreve;re
to weigh out, pay.] <def>To pay.</def> [Obs.] Fabyan.
<hw>Im*pend"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impended; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impending.] [L. impend&emacr;re; pref. im- in +
pend&emacr;re to hang. See Pendant.] <def>To hang over;
to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to
be imminent. See Imminent.</def>
<blockquote>Destruction sure o'er all your heads

impends.</blockquote> Pope.
{ <hw>Im*pend"ence</hw> (?), <hw>Im*pend"en*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of impending; also, that which
impends.</def> "Impendence of volcanic cloud."
Ruskin.
<hw>Im*pend"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impendens, p. pr. of impend&emacr;re.] <def>Impending;
threatening.</def>
<blockquote>Impendent horrors, threatening hideous
fall.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Im*pend"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hanging over;

overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet;
threatening.</def>
<blockquote>An impending brow.</blockquote>

Hawthorne.
<blockquote>And nodding Ilion waits th' impending

fall.</blockquote> Pope.
Syn. -- Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.
<hw>Im*penè*tra*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

impénétrabilité.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Quality of being impenetrable.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Physics) <def>That property in virtue

of which two portions of matter can not at the same time occupy the
same portion of space.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Insusceptibility of intellectual or

emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.</def>
<hw>Im*pen"e*tra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impenetrabilis; pref. im- not + penetrabilis
penetrable: cf. F. impénétrable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not
admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious;
as, an impenetrable shield.</def>
<blockquote>Highest woods impenetrable 

To star or sunlight.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> (Physics) <def>Having the property of

preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the
same time.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason,

sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or
motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart.</def>
<blockquote>They will be credulous in all affairs of life, but

impenetrable by a sermon of the gospel.</blockquote> Jer.
Taylor.
<hw>Im*pen"e*tra*ble*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.</def>
<hw>Im*pen"e*tra*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.</def>
"Impenetrably armed." Milton. "Impenetrably
dull." Pope.
<hw>Im*pen"i*tence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

impenitentia: cf. F. impénitence.] <def>The
condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness
of heart.</def>
<blockquote>He will advance from one degree of wickedness and

impenitence to another.</blockquote> Rogers.
<hw>Im*pen"i*ten*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Impenitence.</def> Milton.
<hw>Im*pen"i*tent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impaenitens; pref. im- not + paenitens penitens:
cf. F. impénitent. See Penitent.] <def>Not
penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.</def>
"They . . . died impenitent." Milton. "A careless and
impenitent heart." Bp. Hall.
<hw>Im*pen"i*tent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is not

penitent.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*pen"i*tent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

repentance.</def>
<hw>Im*pen"nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling
scales, as the penguins.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of
the Impennes.</def>
<hw>||Im*pen"nes</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr. L.

pref. im- not + penna feather.] (Zoöl.)
<def>An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the
wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.</def>
<hw>Im*pen"nous</hw> (?) <pos>a.</pos> [L. pref. im-

not + penna wing.] (Zoöl.) <def>Having no wings,
as some insects.</def>
<hw>Im*peo"ple</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Impeopled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Impeopling (?).] [See Empeople.] <def>To
people; to give a population to.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Thou hast helped to impeople hell.</blockquote>

Beaumont.
<hw>Im"pe*rant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. imperans,

p. pr. of imperare to command.] <def>Commanding.</def> [R.]
Baxter.
<hw>Im"pe*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imperatus, p. p. of imperare to command.] <def>Done by
express direction; not involuntary; communded.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire

of the soul.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<hw>Im*perà*ti"val</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Gram.)

<def>Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.</def>
<hw>Im*per"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
imperativus, fr. imperare to command; pref. im-
in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F.
impératif. See Perade, and cf. Empire.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Expressive of command; containing positive
command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding;
authoritative; as, imperative orders.</def>
<blockquote>The suit of kings are imperative.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory;

binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or
order.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Gram.) <def>Expressive of commund,

entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.</def>
<hw>Im*per"a*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Gram.)

<def>The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative
mood.</def>
<hw>Im*per"a*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

imperative manner.</def>
<hw>||Im`pe*ra"tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. See

Emperor.] (Rom. Antiq.) <def>A commander; a leader; an
emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman
soldiers saluted their general after an important victory.
Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great
military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some
special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed
by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now
attached to the word emperor.</def>
<hw>Im*perà*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imperatorius.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Commanding; imperative;
authoritative.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the title or office of

imperator.</def> "Imperatorial laurels." C.
Merivale.
<hw>Im*perà*to"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Imperial.</def> [R.] Gauden.
<hw>Im*per"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Imperative.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im`per*ceiv"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Imperceptible.</def> [R.] South. --
<wf>Im`per*ceiv"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
Sharp.
<hw>Im`per*ceived"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

perceived.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im`per*cep`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
state or quality of being imperceptible.</def>
<hw>Im`per*cep"ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + perceptible: cf. F. imperceptible.] <def>Not
perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the senses; not
discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.</def>
<blockquote>Almost imperceptible to the touch.</blockquote>

Dryden.
<blockquote>Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost

imperceptible.</blockquote> Burke.
-- <wf>Im`per*cep"ti*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Im`per*cep"ti*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<blockquote>Their . . . subtilty and

imperceptibleness.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<hw>Im`per*cep"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

perception.</def>
<hw>Im`per*cep"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Unable to

perceive.</def>
<blockquote>The imperceptive part of the soul.</blockquote>

<hw>Im`per*cip"i*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

perceiving, or not able to perceive.</def> A. Baxter.
<hw>Im*per`di*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being imperdible.</def> [Obs.]
Derham.
<hw>Im*per"di*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

not + L. perdere to destroy.] <def>Not destructible.</def>
[Obs.] -- <wf>Im*per"di*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*per"fect</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imperfectus: pref. im- not + perfectus perfect:
cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not perfect; not complete in
all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.</def>
<blockquote>Something he left imperfect in the

state.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Why, then, your other senses grow

imperfect.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Wanting in some elementary organ that is

essential to successful or normal activity.</def>
<blockquote>He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,

imperfect person.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not fulfilling its design; not realizing
an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the
taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.</def>
<blockquote>Nothing imperfect or deficient left 

Of all that he created.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in

fault; 
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought.</blockquote>
Pope.
<col>Imperfect arch</col>, <cd>an arch of less than a

semicircle; a skew arch.</cd> -- <col>Imperfect cadence</col>
(Mus.), <cd>one not ending with the tonic, but with the
dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half
close.</cd> -- <col>Imperfect consonances</col> (Mus.),
<cd>chords like the third and sixth, whose ratios are less simple
than those of the fifth and forth.</cd> -- <col>Imperfect
flower</col> (Bot.), <cd>a flower wanting either stamens
or pistils.</cd> Gray. -- <col>Imperfect interval</col>
(Mus.), <cd>one a semitone less than perfect; as, an
imperfect fifth.</cd> -- <col>Imperfect number</col>
(Math.), <cd>a number either greater or less than the sum of
its several divisors; in the former case, it is called also a
defective number; in the latter, an abundant
number.</cd> -- <col>Imperfect obligations</col>
(Law), <cd>obligations as of charity or gratitude, which
cannot be enforced by law.</cd> -- <col>Imperfect power</col>
(Math.), <cd>a number which can not be produced by taking any
whole number or vulgar fraction, as a factor, the number of times
indicated by the power; thus, 9 is a perfect square, but an
imperfect cube.</cd> -- <col>Imperfect tense</col>
(Gram.), <cd>a tense expressing past time and incomplete
action.</cd>
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<hw>Im*per"fect</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Gram.)

<def>The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the
imperfect tense.</def>
<hw>Im*per"fect</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make

imperfect.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im`per*fec`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being imperfectible.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im`per*fec"ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Incapable of being made perfect.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im`per*fec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

imperfectio: cf. F. imperfection. See Imperfect,
<pos>a.</pos>] <def>The quality or condition of being
imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or
blemish.</def>
<blockquote>Sent to my account 
With all my imperfections on my head.</blockquote>
Shak.
Syn. -- Defect; deficiency; incompleteness; fault; failing;

weakness; frailty; foible; blemish; vice.
<hw>Im*per"fect*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being imperfect.</def>
<hw>Im*per"fo*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Imperforate.] <def>Incapable of being perforated, or bored
through.</def>
<hw>||Im*per"fo*ra"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See

Imperforate.] (Zoöl.) <def>A division of
Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not
porous.</def>
{ <hw>Im*per"fo*rate</hw> (?), <hw>Im*per"fo*ra"ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. pref. im- not + perforatus, p.
p. of perforate to perforate. See Perforate.] <def>Not
perforated; having no opening or aperture.</def> Sir J.
Banks.
<hw>Im*per`fo*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

imperforation.] <def>The state of being without
perforation.</def>
<hw>Im*pe"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE.

emperial, OF. emperial, F. impérial, fr.
L. imperialis, fr. imperium command, sovereignty,
empire. See Empire.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining
to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government;
imperial authority or edict.</def>
<blockquote>The last 
That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme

authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.</def>
"The imperial democracy of Athens." Mitford.
<blockquote>Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns 

With an imperial voice.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, 

These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<blockquote>He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole

line of battle.</blockquote> E. Everett.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Of superior or unusual size or excellence;

as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.</def>
<col>Imperial bushel</col>, <col>gallon</col>,

<cd>etc. See Bushel, Gallon, etc.</cd> --
<col>Imperial chamber</col>, <cd>the, the sovereign court of
the old German empire.</cd> -- <col>Imperial city</col>,
<cd>under the first German empire, a city having no head but the
emperor.</cd> -- <col>Imperial diet</col>, <cd>an assembly of
all the states of the German empire.</cd> -- <col>Imperial
drill</col>. (Manuf.) <cd>See under 8th Drill.</cd>
-- <col>Imperial eagle</col>. (Zoöl.) <cd>See
Eagle.</cd> -- <col>Imperial green</col>. <cd>See
Paris green, under Green.</cd> -- <col>Imperial
guard</col>, <cd>the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.</cd> -
- <col>Imperial weights and measures</col>, <cd>the standards
legalized by the British Parliament.</cd>
<hw>Im*pe"ri*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F.

impériale: cf. Sp. imperial.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and

chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An outside seat on a diligence.</def>

T. Hughes.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A luggage case on the top of a

coach.</def> Simmonds.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Anything of unusual size or excellence, as

a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of
drawing, printing, or writing paper, etc.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or

about eight dollars.</def> McElrath.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A kind of fine cloth brought into England

from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle
Ages.</def>
<hw>Im*pe"ri*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The power

or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of
empire.</def>
<blockquote>Roman imperialism had divided the

world.</blockquote> C. H. Pearson.
<hw>Im*pe"ri*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

impérialiste.] <def>One who serves an emperor; one who
favors imperialism.</def>
<hw>Im*pe`ri*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Imperialities</plw> (&?;).
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Imperial power.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An imperial right or privilegs. See

Royalty.</def>
<blockquote>The late empress having, by ukases of grace,

relinquished her imperialities on the private mines, viz., the
tenths of the copper, iron, silver and gold.</blockquote> W.
Tooke.
<hw>Im*pe"ri*al*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Imperialized (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Imperializing (?).] <def>To invest with
imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an
empire.</def> Fuller.
<hw>Im*pe"ri*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

imperial manner.</def>
<hw>Im*pe"ri*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Imperial

power.</def> [R.] Sheldon.
<hw>Im*per"il</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imperiled (?) or Imperilled; <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Imperiling or Imperilling.]
<def>To bring into peril; to endanger.</def>
<hw>Im*per"il*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.</def>
<hw>Im*pe"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imperiosus: cf. F. impérieux. See
Imperial.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Commanding; ascendant;
imperial; lordly; majestic.</def> [Obs.] "A vast and imperious
mind." Tilloison.
<blockquote>Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles

witness, 
Imperious.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an

imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.</def>
<blockquote>This imperious man will work us all 

From princes into pages.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit

soon made him conspicuous.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Imperative; urgent; compelling.</def>
<blockquote>Imperious need, which can not be

withstood.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- Dictatorial; haughty; domineering; overbearing;

lordly; tyrannical; despotic; arrogant; imperative; authoritative;
commanding; pressing. -- Imperious, Lordly,
Domineering. One who is imperious exercises his
authority in a manner highly offensive for its spirit and tone; one
who is lordly assumes a lofty air in order to display his
importance; one who is domineering gives orders in a way to
make others feel their inferiority.
<hw>Im*pe"ri*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

imperious manner.</def>
<hw>Im*pe"ri*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality
or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness.</def>
<blockquote>Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of

treating men who have reason of their own to guide them.</blockquote>
Locke.
<hw>Im*perìsh*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being imperishable: indstructibility.</def> "The
imperishability of the universe." Milman.
<hw>Im*per"ish*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + perishable: cf. F. impérissable.]
<def>Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring
permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable
renown.</def> -- <wf>Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
-- <wf>Im*per"ish*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im*per"i"wigged</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wearing a

periwig.</def>
{ <hw>Im*per"ma*nence</hw> (?), <hw>Im*per"ma*nen*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>lack of permanence.</def>
<hw>Im*per"ma*nent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

permanent.</def>
<hw>Im*per`me*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref.

im- not + permeability: cf. F.
imperméabilité.] <def>The quality of being
impermeable.</def>
<hw>Im*per"me*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + permeable: cf. F. imperméable, L.
impermeabilis.] <def>Not permeable; not permitting passage, as
of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as,
India rubber is impermeable to water and to air.</def> --
<wf>Im*per"me*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>Im*per"me*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im`per*mis"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

permissible.</def>
<hw>Im`per*scru"ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imperscrutabilis.] <def>Not capable of being searched out;
inscrutable.</def> [Obs.] -- <wf>Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>Im`per*sev"er*ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

persevering; fickle; thoughtless.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*per"son*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impersonalis; pref. im- not + personalis
personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal.] <def>Not
personal; not representing a person; not having
personality.</def>
<blockquote>An almighty but impersonal power, called

Fate.</blockquote> Sir J. Stephen.
<col>Impersonal verb</col> (Gram.), <cd>a verb used

with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the
impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows;
methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly
impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes well with
him.</cd>
<hw>Im*per"son*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which wants

personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal
verb.</def>
<hw>Im*per`son*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being impersonal; want or absence of
personality.</def>
<hw>Im*per"son*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

impersonal manner.</def>
<hw>Im*per"son*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Impersonated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Impersonating.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To invest
with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To ascribe the qualities of a person to;

to personify.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To assume, or to represent, the person or

character of; to personate; as, he impersonated
Macbeth.</def>
<blockquote>Benedict impersonated his age.</blockquote>

Milman.
{ <hw>Im*per`son*a"tion</hw> (?), <hw>Im`per*sonì*fi*ca"tion</hw>

(?), } <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of impersonating;
personification; investment with personality; representation in a
personal form.</def>
<hw>Im*per"son*a`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

impersonates; an actor; a mimic.</def>
<hw>Im*per`spi*cu"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

perspicuity or clearness; vagueness; ambiguity.</def>
<hw>Im`per*spic"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambiguous.</def>
<hw>Im`per*suad"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf.

Impersuasible.] <def>Not to be persuaded; obstinate;
unyielding; impersuasible.</def> -- <wf>Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<hw>Im`per*sua"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + persuasible: cf. OF. impersuasible.]
<def>Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible;
impersuadable.</def> Dr. H. More. --
<wf>Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty</wf> (#), <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Im*per"ti*nence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

impertinence. See Impertinent.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of
pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Conduct or language unbecoming the person,

the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.</def>
<blockquote>We should avoid the vexation and impertinence

of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be
understood.</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is impertinent; a thing out of

place, or of no value.</def>
<blockquote>There are many subtile impertinences learned in

schools.</blockquote> Watts.
<hw>Im*per"ti*nen*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Impertinence.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>O, matter and impertinency mixed! 

Reason in madness!</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Im*per"ti*nent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F., fr. L.

impertinens, -entis; pref. im- not +
pertinens. See Pertinent.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not
pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on
the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.</def>
<blockquote>Things that are impertinent to us.</blockquote>

Tillotson.
<blockquote>How impertinent that grief was which served no

end!</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Contrary to, or offending against, the

rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude,
unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient
coxcomb; an impertient remark.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.</def>
Syn. -- Rude; officious; intrusive; saucy; unmannerly;

meddlesome; disrespectful; impudent; insolent. --
Impertinent, Officious, Rude. A person is
officious who obtrudes his offices or assistance where
they are not needed; he is impertinent when he intermeddles in
things with which he has no concern. The former shows a want of tact,
the latter a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer
impudence. A person is rude when he violates the proprieties
of social life either from ignorance or wantonness. "An
impertinent man will ask questions for the mere gratification
of curiosity; a rude man will burst into the room of another,
or push against his person, inviolant of all decorum; one who is
officious is quite as unfortunate as he is troublesome; when
he strives to serve, he has the misfortune to annoy." Crabb.
See Impudence, and Insolent.
<hw>Im*per"ti*nent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An impertinent

person.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*per"ti*nent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

impertinent manner.</def> "Not to betray myself
impertinently." B. Jonson.
<hw>Im`per*tran`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The quality or state of being impertransible.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im`per*tran"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. pref.

im- not + pertransire to go through. See Per-
and Transient.] <def>Incapable of being passed through.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Im`per*turbà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The state or quality of being imperturbable.</def> 
[1913 Webster]
<hw>Im`per*turb"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imperturbabilis; pref. im- not + perturbare to
disturb: cf. F. imperturbable. See Perture.]
<def>Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as,
imperturbable gravity.</def>
<hw>Im`per*turb"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

imperturbable manner; calmly.</def> C. Bronté.
<hw>Im*per`tur*ba"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

imperturbatio.] <def>Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness;
quietude.</def> W. Montagu.
<hw>Im`per*turbed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

perturbed.</def>
<hw>Im*per`vi*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being imperviable.</def>
<hw>Im*per"vi*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

pervious; impervious.</def> [R.] -- <wf>Im*per"vi*a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> [R.]
<hw>Im*per"vi*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impervius; pref. im- not + per through +
via way. See Voyage.] <def>Not pervious; not admitting
of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to
water or air.</def>
<blockquote>This gulf impassable, impervious.</blockquote>

Milton.
<blockquote>The minds of these zealots were absolutely

impervious.</blockquote> Macaulay.
Syn. -- Impassable; pathless; impenetrable; imperviable;

impermeable.
-- <wf>Im*per"vi*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Im*per"vi*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Im"per*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Empery.</def>

[Archaic] Joye.
<hw>Im*pest"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To affict with

pestilence; to infect, as with plague.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*pes"ter</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Pester.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im`pe*tig"i*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impetiginous: cf. F. impétigineux.] <def>Of the
nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo.</def>
<hw>||Im`pe*ti"go</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr.

impetere to attack.] (Med.) <def>A cutaneous, pustular
eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with
pustulation.</def>
<hw>Im"pe*tra*ble</hw> (?) <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impetrabilis: cf. F. impétrable. See
Impetrate.] <def>Capable of being obtained or moved by
petition.</def> [Obs.] Bailey.
<hw>Im"pe*trate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impetratus, p. p. of impetrare to obtain; pref. im-
 in + patrare to bring to pass.] <def>Obtained by
entreaty.</def> [Obs.] Ld. Herbert.
<hw>Im"pe*trate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Impetrated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Impetrating (?).] <def>To obtain by request or
entreaty.</def> Usher.
<hw>Im`pe*tra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

impetratio: cf. F. impétration.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of impetrating, or obtaining by
petition or entreaty.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>In way of impertation procuring the removal or

allevation of our crosses.</blockquote> Barrow.
<sn>2.</sn> (Old Eng. Law) <def>The obtaining of

benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the
disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.</def>
<hw>Im"pe*tra*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impetrativus obtained by entreaty.] <def>Of the nature of
impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im"pe*tra*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing

or expressing entreaty.</def> [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Im*petù*os"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.
impétuosité.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper.</def>

Shak.
<hw>Im*pet"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

impetueux, L. impetuosus. See Impetus.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Rushing with force and violence; moving with
impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an
impetuous torrent.</def>
<blockquote>Went pouring forward with impetuous

speed.</blockquote> Byron.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate;

violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.</def>
<blockquote>The people, on their holidays, 

Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable.</blockquote>
Milton.
Syn. -- Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious;

boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate.
-- <wf>Im*pet"u*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Im*pet"u*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Im"pe*tus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr.

impetere to rush upon, attack; pref. im- in +
petere to fall upon, seek. See Petition.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A property possessed by a moving body in
virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is
driven or impelled; momentum.</def>
&fist; Momentum is the technical term, impetus its

popular equivalent, yet differing from it as applied commonly to
bodies moving or moved suddenly or violently, and indicating the
origin and intensity of the motion, rather than its quantity or
effectiveness.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor;

force.</def> Buckle.
<sn>3.</sn> (Gun.) <def>The altitude through which a

heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a
ball is discharged from a piece.</def>
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<hw>Im"pey*an pheas"ant</hw> (&ibreve;m"p&ibreve;*an

f&ebreve;z"ant). [From Lady Impey, who attempted to
naturalize the bird in England.] (Zoöl.) <def>An Indian
crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are
known. Called also monaul, monal.</def>
&fist; They are remarkable for the bright color and brilliant
matallic hues of their plumage. The best known species (L.
Impeyanus) has the neck of a brilliant metallic red, changing to
golden yellow in certain lights.
<hw>Im"phee</hw> (&ibreve;m"f&emacr;), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>The African sugar cane (Holcus
saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar
cane.</def>
<hw>Im*pic"tured</hw> (&ibreve;m*p&ibreve;k"t&usl;rd; 135),

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Pictured; impressed.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<hw>Im*pierce"</hw> (&ibreve;m*p&emacr;rs"), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [Pref. im- in + pierce. Cf.
Empierce.] <def>To pierce; to penetrate.</def> [Obs.]
Drayton.
<hw>Im*pierce"a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l) <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<hw>Im*pi"e*ty</hw> (&ibreve;m*p&imacr;"&esl;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Impieties</plw> (-
t&ibreve;z). [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F.
impiété. See Impious, Piety.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being impious; want of piety;
irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness;
wickedness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An impious act; an act of

wickedness.</def>
<blockquote>Those impieties for the which they are now

visited.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness;

sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.
<hw>Im*pig"no*rate</hw> (&ibreve;m*p&ibreve;g"n&osl;*r&amacr;t),
<pos>v. t.</pos> [LL. impignoratus, p. pl of
impignorare to pawn. See Pignoration.] <def>To pledge
or pawn.</def> [Obs.] Laing.
<hw>Im*pig`no*ra"tion</hw> (-r&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [LL. impignoratio: cf. F.
impignoration.] <def>The act of pawning or pledging; the state
of being pawned.</def> [Obs.] Bailey.
<hw>Imp"ing</hw> (&ibreve;mp"&ibreve;ng), <pos>n.</pos>

[See Imp to graft.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process
of grafting or mending.</def> [Archaic]
<sn>2.</sn> (Falconry) <def>The process of repairing

broken feathers or a deficient wing.</def>
<hw>Im*pinge"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impinged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impinging (?).] [L. impingere; pref. im- in +
pangere to fix, strike; prob. akin to pacisci to agree,
contract. See Pact, and cf. Impact.] <def>To fall or
dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to clash with; --
with on or upon.</def>
<blockquote>The cause of reflection is not the impinging of

light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies.</blockquote> Sir
I. Newton.
<blockquote>But, in the present order of things, not to be

employed without impinging on God's justice.</blockquote>
Bp. Warburton.
<hw>Im*pinge"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

impinging.</def>
<hw>Im*pin"gent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impingens, p. pr.] <def>Striking against or upon.</def>
<hw>Im*pin"guate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

impinguatus, p. p. of impinguare to fatten; pref.
im- in + pinguis fat.] <def>To fatten; to make
fat.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>Im`pin*gua"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im"pi*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. impius;

pref. im- not + pius piou. See Pious.] <def>Not
pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane;
wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious
deed; impious language.</def>
<blockquote>When vice prevails, and impious men bear

away, 
The post of honor is a private station.</blockquote>
Addison.
Syn. -- Impious, Irreligious, Profane.

Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are
positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a
profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an
impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest
sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular.
C. J. Smith.
-- <wf>Im"pi*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Im"pi*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Im"pire</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Umpire.</def> [Obs.] Huloet.
<hw>Imp"ish</hw> (&ibreve;mp"&ibreve;sh), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an
imp.</def>
<hw>Imp"ish*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of

an imp.</def>
<hw>Im*pit"e*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pitiless;

cruel.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*pla`ca*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

implacabilitas: cf. F. implacabilité.] <def>The
quality or state of being implacable.</def>
<hw>Im*pla"ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

implacabilis; pref. im- not + placabilis: cf. F.
implacable. See Placable.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not
placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified;
inexorable; as, an implacable prince.</def>
<blockquote>I see thou art implacable.</blockquote>

Milton.
<blockquote>An object of implacable enmity.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>Incapable of being relieved or assuaged;

inextinguishable.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>O! how I burn with implacable

fire.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>Which wrought them pain 

Implacable, and many a dolorous groan.</blockquote>
Milton.
Syn. -- Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable;

unrelenting; relentless; unyielding.
<hw>Im*pla"ca*ble*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being implacable; implacability.</def>
<hw>Im*pla"ca*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

implacable manner.</def>
<hw>Im`pla*cen"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Without a placenta, as marsupials and
monotremes.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mammal having no
placenta.</def>
<hw>||Im`pla*cen*ta"li*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.

See In- not, and Placental.] (Zoöl.) <def>A
primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and
marsupials, in which no placenta is formed.</def>
<hw>Im*plant"</hw> (?) <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Implanted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Implanting.] [Pref. im- in + plant: cf. F.
implanter.] <def>To plant, or infix, for the purpose of
growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to
implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge,
in the minds of youth.</def>
<blockquote>Minds well implanted with solid . . .
breeding.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Im`plan*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

implantation.] <def>The act or process of
implanting.</def>
<hw>Im*plate"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Implated; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Implating.] <def>To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to
implate a ship with iron.</def>
<hw>Im*plau`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want

of plausibility; the quality of being implausible.</def>
<hw>Im*plau"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + plausible: cf. F. implausible.] <def>Not
plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and
not likely to be believed.</def> "Implausible harangues."
Swift.
-- <wf>Im*plau"si*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Im*plau"si*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im*pleach"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To pleach;

to interweave.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Im*plead"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impleaded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impleading.] [Cf. Emplead.] (Law) <def>To
institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute
at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.</def>
<hw>Im*plead"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To sue at

law.</def>
<hw>Im*plead"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous.</def> [R.] T.
Adams.
<hw>Im*plead"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Law)

<def>One who prosecutes or sues another.</def>
<hw>Im*pleas"ing</hw> (&?;), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Unpleasing;

displeasing.</def> [Obs.] Overbury.
<hw>Im*pledge"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

pledge.</def> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Im"ple*ment</hw> (&ibreve;m"pl&esl;*ment),
<pos>n.</pos> [LL. implementum accomplishment, fr. L.
implere, impletum, to fill up, finish, complete; pref.
im- in + plere to fill. The word was perh. confused
with OF. empleier, emploier, to employ, F.
employer, whence E. employ. See Plenty.]
<def>That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an
instrument, tool, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as,
the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.</def>
<blockquote>Genius must have talent as its complement and
implement.</blockquote> Coleridge.
<hw>Im"ple*ment</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To accomplish; to fulfill.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Revenge . . . executed and implemented by the

hand of Vanbeest Brown.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To provide with an implement or

implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by
means of an implement or implements.</def>
<blockquote>The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer are

implemented in such an instrument as the
following.</blockquote> Nichol.
<sn>3.</sn> (Scots Law) <def>To fulfill or perform,

as a contract or an engagement.</def>
<hw>Im`ple*men"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to, or characterized by, implements or their use;
mechanical.</def>
<hw>Im*ple"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

impletio. See Implement.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
act of filling, or the state of being full.</def> Sir T.
Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which fills up; filling.</def>

<hw>Im"plex</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. implexus, p.

p. of implectere to infold; pref. im- in +
plectere to plait: cf. F implexe.] <def>Intricate;
entangled; complicated; complex.</def>
<blockquote>The fable of every poem is . . . simple or

implex. it is called simple when there is no change of fortune
in it; implex, when the fortune of the chief actor changes
from bad to good, or from good to bad.</blockquote>
Addison.
<hw>Im*plex"ion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

implexio.] <def>Act of involving, or state of being involved;
involution.</def>
<hw>Im*pli"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not pliable;

inflexible; unyielding.</def>
<hw>Im"pli*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Implicated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Implicating.] [L. implicatus, p. p. of
implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to
fold. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Imply,
Implicit.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To infold; to fold
together; to interweave.</def>
<blockquote>The meeting boughs and implicated
leaves.</blockquote> Shelley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To bring into connection with; to involve;

to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the
evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be
implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault,
etc.</def>
<hw>Im`pli*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

implicatio: cf. F. implication.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of implicating, or the state of being
implicated.</def>
<blockquote>Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness,

the quiet contact, and the implication of component
parts.</blockquote> Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An implying, or that which is implied, but

not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be
understood, though not expressed in words.</def>
<blockquote>Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the

king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were
other things which he could not do.</blockquote> Hallam.
<hw>Im"pli*ca*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to

implicate.</def>
<hw>Im"pli*ca*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

implication.</def> Sir G. Buck.
<hw>Im*plic"it</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

implicitus, p. p. of implicare to entwine, entangle,
attach closely: cf. F. implicite. See Implicate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Infolded; entangled; complicated;
involved.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<blockquote>In his woolly fleece 

I cling implicit.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Tacitly comprised; fairly to be

understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit
contract or agreement.</def> South.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Resting on another; trusting in the word

or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning;
complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit
obedience.</def>
<blockquote>Back again to implicit faith I

fall.</blockquote> Donne.
<col>Implicit function</col>. (Math.) <cd>See under

Function.</cd>
<hw>Im*plic"it*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>In an implicit manner; without reserve; with
unreserved confidence.</def>
<blockquote>Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but

humbly and implicitly to acquiesce in and adore
them.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the

providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence.</def>
Bentley.
<hw>Im*plic"it*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State or

quality of being implicit.</def>
<hw>Im*plic"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Implicitness.</def> [Obs.] Cotgrave.
<hw>Im*plied"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Virtually

involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly
conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See
Imply.</def>
<hw>Im*pli"ed*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

implication or inference.</def> Bp. Montagu.
<hw>Im*plod"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Phon.)

<def>Formed by implosion.</def> Ellis.
<hw>Im*plod"ent</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Phon.)

<def>An implosive sound.</def> Ellis.
<hw>Im`plo*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

imploratio: cf. OF. imploration. See Implore.]
<def>The act of imploring; earnest supplication.</def> Bp.
Hall.
<hw>Im"plo*ra`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

implores.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Mere implorators of unholy suits.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>Im*plor"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Supplicatory; entreating.</def> [R.] Carlyle.
<hw>Im*plore"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Implored (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imploring.] [L. implorare; pref. im- in +
plorare to cry aloud. See Deplore.] <def>To call upon,
or for, in supplication; to beseech; to pray to, or for, earnestly;
to petition with urgency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by
the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is
sought.</def>
<blockquote>Imploring all the gods that reign

above.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>I kneel, and then implore her

blessing.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg;

solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See Beseech.
<hw>Im*plore"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To entreat; to

beg; to prey.</def>
<hw>Im*plore"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Imploration.</def>

[Obs.] Spencer.
<hw>Im*plor"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

implores.</def>
<hw>Im*plor"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That implores;

beseeching; entreating.</def> -- <wf>Im*plor"ing*ly</wf>,
<hw>Im*plo"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Formed by

substitution of pref. im- in for pref. ex- in
explosion.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A bursting inwards, as of
a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with
explosion.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Phon.) <def>A sudden compression of the

air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by
the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or
k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to
Pronunciation, §§159, 189); also, a similar compression
made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying
explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and
g, heard in Southern Germany.</def> H. Sweet.
<hw>Im*plo"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Phon.)

<def>Formed by implosion.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An
implosive sound, an implodent.</def> -- <wf>Im*plo"sive*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> H. Sweet.
<hw>Im*plumed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not plumed;

without plumes or feathers; featherless.</def> [R.]
Drayton.
<hw>Im*plunge"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

plunge.</def> Fuller.
<hw>||Im*plu"vi*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr.

impluere to rain into; pref. im- in + pluere to
rain.] (Arch.) <def>In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set
in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by
means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with
flowers and works of art around its birm.</def>
<hw>Im*ply"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Implied (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Implying.] [From the same source as employ. See Employ,
Ply, and cf. Implicate, Apply.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To infold or involve; to wrap up.</def>
[Obs.] "His head in curls implied." Chapman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To involve in substance or essence, or by
fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include
virtually; as, war implies fighting.</def>
<blockquote>Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention

is implied.</blockquote> Bp. Sherlock.
<blockquote>When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . .

the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he
shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services.</blockquote>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To refer, ascribe, or attribute.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>Whence might this distaste arise?</blockquote>
<blockquote>If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. 

To which I most imply it.</blockquote> J. Webster.
Syn. -- To involve; include; comprise; import; mean;

denote; signify; betoken. See Involve.
<hw>Im*poi"son</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf.

Empoison.] <def>To poison; to imbitter; to impair.</def>
<hw>Im*poi"son*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

poisoner.</def> [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
<hw>Im*poi"son*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Empoisonment.] <def>The act of poisoning or impoisoning.</def>
[Obs.] Pope.
{ <hw>Im*po"lar*i*ly</hw> (?), <hw>Im*po"lar*ly</hw> (?), }

<pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not according to or in, the direction of
the poles.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Im*pol"i*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed;
bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud.</def> Bp.
Horsley.
<hw>Im`po*lite"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus,
p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See Polite.]
<def>Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners;
discourteous; uncivil; rude.</def> -- <wf>Im`po*lite"ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Im`po*lite"ness</wf>,
<hw>Im*pol"i*tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

not + politic; cf. F. impolitique.] <def>Not politic;
contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet;
inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or
measure.</def>
<blockquote>The most unjust and impolitic of all things,

unequal taxation.</blockquote> Burke.
Syn. -- Indiscreet; inexpedient; undiplomatic.
<! p. 737 !>
<hw>Im`po*lit"i*cal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Impolitic.</def> [Obs.] -- <wf>Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>Im*pol"i*tic*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

impolitic manner.</def>
<hw>Im*pol"i*tic*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

of being impolitic.</def>
<hw>Im*pon`der*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

impondérabilité.] <def>The quality or state of
being imponderable; imponderableness.</def>
<hw>Im*pon"der*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + ponderable: cf. F. impondérable.]
<def>Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight;
incapable of being weighed.</def>
<hw>Im*pon"der*a*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Physics)

<def>An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural,
a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism,
regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science
little used.</def>
<hw>Im*pon"der*a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being imponderable.</def>
<hw>Im*pon"der*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Imponderable.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. --
<wf>Im*pon"der*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*pone"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

imponere, impositum, to place upon; pref. im- in
+ ponere to place. See Position.] <def>To stake; to
wager; to pledge.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Against the which he has imponed, as I take it,

six French rapiers and poniards.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>||Im*poo"fo</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The eland.</def> [Written also impoofoo.]
<hw>||Im*poon"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The duykerbok.</def>
<hw>Im*poor"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

impoverish.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im`po*ros"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Perf. im-

 not + porosity: cf. F. imporosité.]
<def>The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity;
compactness.</def> "The . . . imporosity betwixt the tangible
parts." Bacon.
<hw>Im*por"ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of

pores; very close or compact in texture; solid.</def> Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Im*port"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imported; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Importing.] [L. importare to bring in, to occasion, to
cause; pref. im- in + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes
through F. importer, from the Latin. See Port
demeanor.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To bring in from abroad; to
introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise)
into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions
of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from
China, coffee from Brasil, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To carry or include, as meaning or

intention; to imply; to signify.</def>
<blockquote>Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a

multitude of speakers together.</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To be of importance or consequence to; to

have a bearing on; to concern.</def>
<blockquote>I have a motion much imports your

good.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>If I endure it, what imports it

you?</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- To denote; mean; signify; imply; indicate; betoken;

interest; concern.
<hw>Im*port"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To signify; to

purport; to be of moment.</def> "For that . . . importeth to
the work." Bacon.
<hw>Im"port</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its
boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to
exports.</def>
<blockquote>I take the imports from, and not the exports

to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we
derived from them.</blockquote> Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which a word, phrase, or document

contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a
word, action, event, and the like.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Importance; weight; consequence.</def>
<blockquote>Most serious design, and the great

import.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Im*port"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.
importable. See Import.] <def>Capable of being
imported.</def>
<hw>Im*port"a*ble</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L.

importabilis; pref. im- not + portabilis
bearable: cf. OF. importable. See Portable.] <def>Not
to be endured; insupportable; intolerable.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer. -- <wf>Im*port"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
[Obs.]
<hw>Im*por"tance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

importance. See Important.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment;
significance.</def>
<blockquote>Thy own importance know, 

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Subject; matter.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Upon importance of so slight and trivial a

nature.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Import; meaning; significance.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>The wisest beholder could not say if the

importance were joy or sorrow.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Importunity; solicitation.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>At our importance hither is he

come.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Im*por"tan*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Importance;

significance; consequence; that which is important.</def> [Obs.]
Shak. "Careful to conceal importancies."
Fuller.
<hw>Im*por"tant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

important. See Import, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with
great interests; restless; anxious.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Thou hast strength as much 

As serves to execute a mind very important.</blockquote>
Chapman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Carrying or possessing weight or

consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant;
weighty.</def>
<blockquote>Things small as nothing . . . 

He makes important.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Bearing on; forcible; driving.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>He fiercely at him flew, 

And with important outrage him assailed.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Importunate; pressing; urgent.</def>

[Obs.] Shak.
Syn. -- Weighty; momentous; significant; essential;

necessary; considerable; influential; serious.
<hw>Im*por"tant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

important manner.</def>
<hw>Im`por*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

importation. See Import, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of carrying, conveying, or
delivering.</def> [R.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act or practice of importing, or

bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to
exportation.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is imported; commodities or

wares introduced into a country from abroad.</def>
<hw>Im*port"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; --
opposed to exporter.</def>
<hw>Im*port"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of

meaning.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Im*port"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Void of

meaning.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Im*por"tu*na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Heavy;

insupportable.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. More.
<hw>Im*por"tu*na*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Importunate.] <def>The quality of being importunate;
importunateness.</def>
<hw>Im*por"tu*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Importune.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Troublesomely urgent;
unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent;
teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.</def>
Whewell.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hard to be borne; unendurable.</def> [R.]

Donne.
-- <wf>Im*por"tu*nate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Im*por"tu*nate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Im*por"tu*na`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

importunes; an importuner.</def> [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
<hw>Im`por*tune"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

importun, L. importunus; pref. im- not + a
derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus
therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See Port harbor, and
cf. Importunate.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Inopportune;
unseasonable.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Troublesome; vexatious; persistent;

urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or
pertinacious solicitation.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>And their importune fates all

satisfied.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>Of all other affections it [envy] is the most

importune and continual.</blockquote> Bacon.
<hw>Im`por*tune"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Importuned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Importuning.] [From Importune, <pos>a.</pos>:
cf. F. importuner.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To request or
solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or
troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate;
to worry.</def>
<blockquote>Their ministers and residents here have perpetually

importuned the court with unreasonable demands.</blockquote>
Swift.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To import; to signify.</def> [Obs.] "It

importunes death." Spenser.
<hw>Im`por*tune"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To require; to

demand.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>We shall write to you, 

As time and our concernings shall importune.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>Im`por*tune"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

importune manner.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im`por*tun"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

importunes.</def>
<hw>Im`por*tu"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Importunities</plw> (#). [L. importunitas
unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunité.] <def>The
quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation;
urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome
pertinacity.</def>
<blockquote>O'ercome with importunity and

tears.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Im*por"tu*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

importuosus; pref. im- not + portuosus abounding
in harbors, fr. portus harbor.] <def>Without a port or
harbor.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*pos"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

imposable.] <def>Capable of being imposed or laid on.</def>
Hammond.
<hw>Im*pos"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of

being imposable.</def>
<hw>Im*pose"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imposed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imposing.] [F. imposer; pref. im- in +
poser to place. See Pose, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To lay on; to set or place; to put; to
deposit.</def>
<blockquote>Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose 

Within a wicker basket.</blockquote> Chapman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty,

obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict;
as, to impose a toll or tribute.</def>
<blockquote>What fates impose, that men must needs

abide.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Death is the penalty imposed.</blockquote>

Milton.
<blockquote>Thou on the deep imposest nobler

laws.</blockquote> Waller.
<sn>3.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>To lay on, as the hands, in

the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Print.) <def>To arrange in proper order

on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; --
said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.</def>
<hw>Im*pose"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To practice tricks

or deception.</def>
<col>To impose on</col> or <col>upon</col>, <cd>to

pass or put a trick on; to delude.</cd> "He imposes on
himself, and mistakes words for things." Locke.
<hw>Im*pose"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A command;

injunction.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Im*pose"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Imposition.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*pos"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

imposes.</def>
<blockquote>The imposers of these oaths might

repent.</blockquote> Walton.
<hw>Im*pos"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Laying as a duty; enjoining.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive;

commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing
spectacle.</def> "Large and imposing edifices." Bp.
Hobart.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Deceiving; deluding; misleading.</def>
<hw>Im*pos"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Print.) <def>The

act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See
Impose, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 4.</def>
<col>Imposing stone</col> (Print.), <cd>the stone on

which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -
- called also imposing table.</cd>
<hw>Im*pos"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an imposing

manner.</def>
<hw>Im*pos"ing*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being imposing.</def>
<hw>Im`po*si"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L.

impositio the application of a name to a thing. See
Impone.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of imposing, laying
on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.</def>
"From imposition of strict laws." Milton.
<blockquote>Made more solemn by the imposition of

hands.</blockquote> Hammond.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is imposed, levied, or

enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Eng. Univ.) <def>An extra exercise

enjoined on students as a punishment.</def> T. Warton.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful

exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others;
cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture.</def>
<blockquote>Reputation is an idle and most false

imposition.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>The act of laying on the

hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation,
etc.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Print.) <def>The act or process of

imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, <pos>v.
t.</pos>, 4.</def>
Syn. -- Deceit; fraud; imposture. See Deception.

<hw>Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.
<plw>Impossibilities</plw> (#). [L. impossibilitas: cf.
F. impossibilité.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality
of being impossible; impracticability.</def>
<blockquote>They confound difficulty with

impossibility.</blockquote> South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An impossible thing; that which can not be

thought, done, or endured.</def>
<blockquote>Impossibilities! O, no, there's

none.</blockquote> Cowley.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Inability; helplessness.</def> [R.]

Latimer.
<col>Logical impossibility</col>, <cd>a condition or

statement involving contradiction or absurdity; as, that a thing can
be and not be at the same time. See Principle of
Contradiction, under Contradiction.</cd>
<hw>Im*pos"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F., fr. L.

impossibilis; pref. im- not + possibilis
possible. See Possible.] <def>Not possible; incapable of being
done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by
means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances;
absurd or impracticable; not feasible.</def>
<blockquote>With men this is impossible; but with God all

things are possible.</blockquote> Matt. xix. 26.
<blockquote>Without faith it is impossible to please

him.</blockquote> Heb. xi. 6.
<col>Impossible quantity</col> (Math.), <cd>an

imaginary quantity. See Imaginary.</cd>
Syn. -- See Impracticable.
<hw>Im*pos"si*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

impossibility.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>"Madam," quoth he, "this were an

impossible!"</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Im*pos"si*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not

possibly.</def> Sir. T. North.
<hw>Im"post</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. impost, F.

impot, LL. impostus, fr. L. impostus, p. p. of
imponere to impose. See Impone.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty;
especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a
country.</def>
<blockquote>Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce

to have been an unconstitutional impost.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> (Arch.) <def>The top member of a pillar,

pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.</def>
&fist; The impost is called continuous, if the moldings of

the arch or architrave run down the jamb or pier without a break.
Syn. -- Tribute; excise; custom; duty; tax.
<hw>Im*post"hu*mate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Imposthume.] <def>To apostemate; to form an imposthume or
abscess.</def> Arbuthnot.
<hw>Im*post"hu*mate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Imposthumated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Imposthumating (?).] <def>To affect with an
imposthume or abscess.</def>
<hw>Im*post"hu*mate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Imposthumated.</def>
<hw>Im*post`hu*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of forming an abscess; state of being
inflamed; suppuration.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An abscess; an imposthume.</def>

Coxe.
<hw>Im*post"hume</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [A corruption of

aposteme. See Aposteme.] <def>A collection of pus or
purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.</def>
<hw>Im*post"hume</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>Same as

Imposthumate.</def>
<hw>Im*pos"tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. impostor

a deceiver, fr. imponere to impose upon, deceive. See
Impone.] <def>One who imposes upon others; a person who
assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of
deception; a pretender.</def> "The fraudulent impostor foul."
Milton.
Syn. -- Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See Deceiver.
<hw>Im*pos"tor*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition,

character, or practice of an impostor.</def> Milton.
{ <hw>Im*pos"tress</hw> (?), <hw>Im*pos"trix</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [LL. impostrix. See Impostor.]
<def>A woman who imposes upon or deceives others.</def> [R.]
Fuller.
<hw>Im*pos"trous</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Characterized

by imposture; deceitful.</def> "Impostrous pretense of
knowledge." Grote.
<hw>Im*pos"tur*age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Imposture;

cheating.</def> [R.] Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Im*pos"ture</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

impostura: cf. F. imposture. See Impone.]
<def>The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a
false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.</def>
<blockquote>From new legends 

And fill the world with follies and impostures.</blockquote>
Johnson.
Syn. -- Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.
<hw>Im*pos"tured</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Done by

imposture.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*pos"tur*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Impostrous;

deceitful.</def>
<blockquote>Strictness fales and impostrous.</blockquote>

Beau. & Fl.
<hw>Im*pos"tur*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Imposture.</def> [Obs.] Fuller.
{ <hw>Im"po*tence</hw> (?), <hw>Im"po*ten*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [L. impotenia inability, poverty, want of
moderation. See Impotent.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality
or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal,
intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability;
imbecility.</def>
<blockquote>Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young

fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and
cripples.</blockquote> Hayward.
<blockquote>O, impotence of mind in body

strong!</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Want of self-restraint or self-

control.</def> [R.] Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law & Med.) <def>Want of procreative

power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes,
sterility; barrenness.</def>
<hw>Im"po*tent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. impotent,

L. impotens, -entis; pref. im- not +
potens potent, powerful. See Potent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not potent; wanting power, strength. or
vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in
capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.</def>
<blockquote>There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent

inhis feet.</blockquote> Acts xiv. 8.
<blockquote>O most lame and impotent

conclusion!</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Not slow to hear, 
Nor impotent to save.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Wanting the power of self-restraint;

incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.</def>
<blockquote>Impotent of tongue, her silence

broke.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <def>Wanting the power of

procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile;
barren.</def>
<hw>Im"po*tent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

impotent.</def> [R.] Shak.
<hw>Im"po*tent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an impotent

manner.</def>
<hw>Im*pound"</hw> (&?;), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Impounded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impounding.] <def>To shut up or place in an inclosure called a
pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to
impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe
keeping.</def>
<blockquote>But taken and impounded as a stray, 

The king of Scots.</blockquote> Shak.
<! p. 738 !>
<hw>Im*pound"age</hw> (&ibreve;m*pound"&asl;j),
<pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of impounding,
or the state of being impounded.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The fee or fine for impounding.</def>
<hw>Im*pound"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

impounds.</def>
<hw>Im*pov"er*ish</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Impoverished (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Impoverishing.] [OF. empovrir; pref.
em- (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf.
OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-
, L. ad. Cf. Empoverish, and see Poor, and
-ish.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make poor; to reduce to
poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish
families.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To exhaust the strength, richness, or

fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish
land.</def>
<hw>Im*pov"er*ish*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who,

or that which, impoverishes.</def>
<hw>Im*pov"er*ish*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.
empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement.] <def>The act
of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to
poverty.</def> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Im*pow"er</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Empower.</def>
<hw>Imp"-pole`</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> (Building)

<def>A pole for supporting a scaffold.</def>
<hw>Im*prac`ti*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Impracticabilities</plw> (&?;).
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being impracticable;
infeasibility.</def> Goldsmith.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An impracticable thing.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Intractableness; stubbornness.</def>
<hw>Im*prac"ti*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not practicable; incapable of being
performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command;
impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not to be overcome, persuaded, or

controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not
capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as
applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get
along with.</def>
<blockquote>This though, impracticable heart 

Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl.</blockquote> Rowe.
<blockquote>Patriotic but loyal men went away disgusted afresh

with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign.</blockquote>
Palfrey.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Incapable of being used or availed of; as,

an impracticable road; an impracticable
method.</def>
Syn. -- Impossible; infeasible. -- Impracticable,

Impossible. A thing is impracticable when it can not be
accomplished by any human means at present possessed; a thing is
impossible when the laws of nature forbid it. The navigation
of a river may now be impracticable, but not
impossible, because the existing obstructions may yet be
removed. "The barons exercised the most despotic authority over their
vassals, and every scheme of public utility was rendered
impracticable by their continued petty wars with each other."
Mickle. "With men this is impossible, but with God all
things are possible." Matt. xix. 26.
<hw>Im*prac"ti*ca*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability.</def>
<hw>Im*prac"ti*ca*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

impracticable manner.</def>
<blockquote>Morality not impracticably rigid.</blockquote>

Johnson.
<hw>Im*prac"ti*cal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

practical.</def>
<hw>Im"pre*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Imprecated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Imprecating (?).] [L. imprecatus, p. p. of
imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on +
precari to pray. See Pray.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.</def>
<blockquote>Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty

empire.</blockquote> Mickle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear

at.</def>
<blockquote>In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, 

And the forlorn physicians imprecate.</blockquote>
Rochester.
<hw>Im`pre*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

imprecatio: cf. F. imprécation.] <def>The act of
imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or
calamity may fall on any one; a curse.</def>
<blockquote>Men cowered like slaves before such horrid

imprecations.</blockquote> Motley.
Syn. -- Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See

Malediction.
<hw>Im"pre*ca*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the

nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the
imprecatory psalms.</def>
<hw>Im`pre*ci"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

precision.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*pregn"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. F.

impregner. See Impregnate.] <def>To impregnate; to make
fruitful.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>His pernicious words, impregned 

With reason.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Semele doth Bacchus bear 

Impregned of Jove.</blockquote> Dr. H. More.
<hw>Im*preg`na*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.</def>
<hw>Im*preg"na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

imprenable; pref. im- not + prenable pregnable,
fr. prendre to take, L. prehendere. See
Comprehend, Get to obtain.] <def>Not to be stormed, or
taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack;
unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable
virtue.</def>
<blockquote>The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and

impregnable.</blockquote> South.
-- <wf>Im*preg"na*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Im*preg"na*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im*preg"na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Impregnate.] (Biol.) <def>Capable of being impregnated, as the
egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.</def>
<hw>Im*preg"nant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Impregnate.] <def>That which impregnates.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*preg"nant</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im- not

+ pregnant.] <def>Not pregnant; unfertilized or
infertile.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*preg"nate</hw> (&ibreve;m*pr&ebreve;g"n&amacr;t),
<pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>
Impregnated (-n&asl;*t&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Impregnating (-n&asl;*t&ibreve;ng).] [LL.
impraegnatus, p. p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr.
L. pref. im- in + praegnans pregnant. See
Pregnant.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make pregnant; to cause
to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or
young.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Biol.) <def>To come into contact with

(an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to
fecundate.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To infuse an active principle into; to

render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to
imbue.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To infuse particles of another substance

into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be
filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to
impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing
impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with
ore.</def>
<hw>Im*preg"nate</hw> (&ibreve;m*pr&ebreve;g"n&amacr;t),
<pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become pregnant.</def>
Addison.
<hw>Im*preg"nate</hw> (-n&asl;t), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

impraegnatus, p. p.] <def>Impregnated; made
prolific.</def>
<blockquote>The scorching ray 

Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease.</blockquote>
Byron.
<hw>Im`preg*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

imprégnation, LL. impraegnatio.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of impregnating or the state of being
impregnated; fecundation.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Biol.) <def>The fusion of a female germ

cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoön)
to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a
new individual; fertilization; fecundation.</def>
&fist; In the broadest biological sense, impregnation, or sexual

generation, consists simply in the coalescence of two similar masses
of protoplasmic matter, either derived from different parts of the
same organism or from two distinct organisms. From the single mass,
which results from the fusion, or coalescence, of these two masses, a
new organism develops.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That with which anything is

impregnated.</def> Derham.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Intimate mixture; infusion;

saturation.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Mining) <def>An ore deposit, with

indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.</def>
Raymond.
<hw>Im`pre*ju"di*cate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

prejudged; unprejudiced; impartial.</def> [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Im*pre"na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Impregnable.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*prepà*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

preparation.</def> [Obs.] Hooker.
<hw>||Im*pre"sa</hw> (&esl;m*pr&amacr;"s&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [It. See Emprise, and cf. Impress,
<pos>n.</pos>, 4.] (Her.) <def>A device on a shield or
seal, or used as a bookplate or the like.</def> [Written also
imprese and impress.]
<blockquote>My impresa to your lordship; a swain 

Flying to a laurel for shelter.</blockquote> J. Webster.
<hw>||Im`pre*sa"ri*o</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Impresarios</plw> (#). [It., from impresa
enterprise.] <def>The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera
or concert company.</def>
<hw>Im`pre*scrip`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

F. imprescriptibilité.] <def>The quality of being
imprescriptible.</def>
<hw>Im`pre*scrip"ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.
im- not + prescriptible: cf. F.
imprescriptible.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not capable of being
lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another
founded on prescription.</def>
<blockquote>The right of navigation, fishing, and others that may

be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right of mere ability, are
imprescriptible.</blockquote> Vattel (Trans. )
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not derived from, or dependent on,

external authority; self-evidencing; obvious.</def>
<blockquote>The imprescriptible laws of the pure

reason.</blockquote> Colerridge.
<hw>Im`pre*scrip"ti*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

imprescriptible manner; obviously.</def>
<hw>Im*prese"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A device. See

Impresa.</def>
<blockquote>An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a

device in picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or learned
personages.</blockquote> Camden.
<hw>Im*press"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impressed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impressing.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere
to impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See
Press to squeeze, and cf. Imprint.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by
pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the
impression).</def>
<blockquote>His heart, like an agate, with your print

impressed.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp,

image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to

present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to
inculcate.</def>
<blockquote>Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own

hearts till we feel the force of them.</blockquote> I.
Watts.
<sn>4.</sn> [See Imprest, Impress,

<pos>n.</pos>, 5.] <def>To take by force for public service;
as, to impress sailors or money.</def>
<blockquote>The second five thousand pounds impressed for

the service of the sick and wounded prisoners.</blockquote>
Evelyn.
<hw>Im*press"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be impressed;

to rest.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Such fiendly thoughts in his heart

impress.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Im"press</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Impresses</plw> (&?;). <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of
impressing or making.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A mark made by pressure; an indentation;

imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if
by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.</def>
<blockquote>The impresses of the insides of these

shells.</blockquote> Woodward.
<blockquote>This weak impress of love is as a figure 

Trenched in ice.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Characteristic; mark of distinction;

stamp.</def> South.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A device. See Impresa.</def>

Cussans.
<blockquote>To describe . . . emblazoned shields, 

Impresses quaint.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>5.</sn> [See Imprest, Press to force into

service.] <def>The act of impressing, or taking by force for the
public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is
impressed.</def>
<blockquote>Why such impress of shipwrights?</blockquote>

Shak.
<col>Impress gang</col>, <cd>a party of men, with an

officer, employed to impress seamen for ships of war; a press
gang.</cd> -- <col>Impress money</col>, <cd>a sum of money
paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been
impressed.</cd>
<hw>Im*pressì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being impressible; susceptibility.</def>
<hw>Im*press"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

impressible.] <def>Capable of being impressed; susceptible;
sensitive.</def> -- <wf>Im*press"i*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Im*press"i*bly</wf>,
<hw>Im*pres"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

impression, L. impressio.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication
of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by
influence.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is impressed; stamp; mark;

indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from
without.</def>
<blockquote>The stamp and clear impression of good

sense.</blockquote> Cowper.
<blockquote>To shelter us from impressions of weather, we

must spin, we must weave, we must build.</blockquote>
Barrow.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which impresses, or exercises an

effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in

the air.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>A fiery impression falling from out of

Heaven.</blockquote> Holland.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Influence or effect on the senses or the

intellect hence, interest, concern.</def> Reid.
<blockquote>His words impression left.</blockquote>

Milton.
<blockquote>Such terrible impression made the

dream.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>I have a father's dear impression, 

And wish, before I fall into my grave, 
That I might see her married.</blockquote> Ford.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>An indistinct notion, remembrance, or

belief.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Impressiveness; emphasis of

delivery.</def>
<blockquote>Which must be read with an

impression.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>7.</sn> (Print.) <def>The pressure of the type

on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its
appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor,
impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or
the whole edition printed at a given time.</def>
<blockquote>Ten impressions which his books have

had.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>In painting, the first coat of color, as

the priming in house painting and the like.</def> [R.]
<sn>9.</sn> (Engraving) <def>A print on paper from a

wood block, metal plate, or the like.</def>
<col>Proof impression</col>, <cd>one of the early

impressions taken from an engraving, before the plate or block is
worn.</cd>
<hw>Im*pres`sion*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The quality of being impressionable.</def>
<hw>Im*pres"sion*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

impressionnable.] <def>Liable or subject to impression;
capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible.</def>
<blockquote>He was too impressionable; he had too much of

the temperament of genius.</blockquote> Motley.
<blockquote>A pretty face and an impressionable

disposition.</blockquote> T. Hook.
<hw>Im*pres"sion*a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being impressionable.</def>
<hw>Im*pres"sion*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

impressionnisme.] (Fine Arts) <def>The theory or method
of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the
details; -- a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and
etching.</def>
<hw>Im*pres"sion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F.

impressionniste.] (Fine Arts) <def>One who adheres to
the theory or method of impressionism, so called.</def>
<hw>Im*pres`sion*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.</def>
<hw>Im*pres"sion*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the

quality of not being impressed or affected; not
susceptible.</def>
<hw>Im*press"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

impressif.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Making, or tending to make, an
impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and
feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an
impressive discourse; an impressive scene.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of being impressed.</def> [Obs.]

Drayton.
- <wf>Im*press"ive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Im*press"ive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Im*press"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service;
compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of
sailors.</def>
<blockquote>The great scandal of our naval service --

impressment -- died a protracted death.</blockquote> J. H.
Burton.
<hw>Im*press"or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL., a printer.]

<def>One who, or that which, impresses.</def> Boyle.
<hw>Im*pres"sure</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.
impressure, LL. impressura.] <def>Dent;
impression.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Im*prest"</hw> (&?;), <pos>v. t.</pos> [ <pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Imprested; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impresting.] [Pref. im- + prest: cf. It.
imprestare. See Prest, <pos>n.</pos>] <def>To
advance on loan.</def> Burke.
<hw>Im"prest</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. It.

impresto, imprestito, LL. impraestitum. See
Imprest, <pos>v. t.</pos>, and Impress
compulsion to serve.] <def>A kind of earnest money; loan; --
specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in
enlistment.</def> Burke.
<blockquote>The clearing of their imprests for what little

of their debts they have received.</blockquote> Pepys.
{ <hw>Im*prev"a*lence</hw> (?), <hw>Im*prev"a*len*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of prevalence.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im`pre*ventà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being impreventable.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im`pre*vent"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

preventable; inevitable.</def>
<hw>||Im`pri*ma"tur</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., let it be

printed.] (Law) <def>A license to print or publish a book,
paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the
press, approval of that which is published.</def>
<hw>Im*prim"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

imprimerie, fr. imprimer to imprint.] [Obs.]
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A print; impression.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A printing establishment.</def>
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>The art of printing.</def>
<hw>Im*prim"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

beginning.</def> [Obs.] "Their springings and imprimings."
Sir H. Wotton.
<hw>||Im*pri"mis</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [L., for in

primis among the first, chiefly; in in + primus
first.] <def>In the first place; first in order.</def>
<hw>Im*print"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imptrinted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imprinting.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p.
of empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres,
imprint. See 1st In-, Print, and cf. Impress.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent;
to stamp.</def>
<blockquote>And sees his num'rous herds imprint her

sands.</blockquote> Prior.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by

means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark
(figures, letters, etc., upon something).</def>
<blockquote>Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, 

That has a heart and life in it, "Be free."</blockquote>
Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the

mind or memory; to impress.</def>
<blockquote>Ideas of those two different things distinctly

imprinted on his mind.</blockquote> Locke.
<! p. 739 !>
<hw>Im"print</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

empreinte impress, stamp. See Imprint, <pos>v.
t.</pos>] <def>Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or
mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or
publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-
page of a book, or on any printed sheet.</def> "That imprint
of their hands." Buckle.
<hw>Im*pris"on</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Imprisoned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Imprisoning.] [OE. enprisonen, OF.
enprisoner, F. emprisonner; pref. en- (L.
in) + F. & OF. prison. See Prison.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To put in prison or jail; To arrest and
detain in custody; to confine.</def>
<blockquote>He imprisoned was in chains

remediless.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To limit, restrain, or confine in any

way.</def>
<blockquote>Try to imprison the resistless

wind.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- To incarcerate; confine; immure.
<hw>Im*pris"on*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

imprisons.</def>
<hw>Im*pris"on ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

enprisonment; F. emprisonnement.] <def>The act of
imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement;
restraint.</def>
<blockquote>His sinews waxen weak and raw 

Through long imprisonment and hard constraint.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<blockquote>Every confinement of the person is an

imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a
private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public
streets.</blockquote> Blackstone.
<col>False imprisonment</col>. (Law) <cd>See under

False.</cd>
Syn. -- Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance;

restraint.
<hw>Im*probà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Improbabilities</plw> (#). [Cf. F.
improbabilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an
improbable event or result.</def>
<hw>Im*prob"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

improbabilis; pref. im- not + probabilis
probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable.] <def>Not
probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the
circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an
improbable story or event.</def>
<blockquote>He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an

improbable letter, as some of the contents
discover.</blockquote> Milton.
-- <wf>Im*prob"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Im*prob"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im"pro*bate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

improbatus, p. p. of improbare to disapprove; pref.
im- not + probare to approve.] <def>To disapprove of;
to disallow.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im`pro*ba"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

improbatio.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of disapproving;
disapprobation.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Scots Law) <def>The act by which

falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose
of having some instrument declared false or forged.</def>
Bell.
{ <hw>Im"pro*ba*tive</hw> (?), <hw>Im"pro*ba`to*ry</hw> (?) },

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Implying, or tending to,
improbation.</def>
<hw>Im*prob"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

improbitas; pref. im- not + probitas probity:
cf. F. improbité.] <def>Lack of probity; want of
integrity or rectitude; dishonesty.</def>
<blockquote>Persons . . . cast out for notorious

improbity.</blockquote> Hooker.
{ <hw>Im`pro*fi"cience</hw> (?), <hw>Im`pro*fi"cien*cy</hw>, }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of proficiency.</def> [R.]
Bacon.
<hw>Im*prof"it*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + profitable: cf. F. improfitable.]
<def>Unprofitable.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im`pro*gress"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

progressive.</def> De Quincey. --
<wf>Im"pro*gress"ive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im`pro*lif"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

not + prolific: cf. F. improlifique.] <def>Not
prolific.</def> [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.
<hw>Im`pro*lif"ic*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref.

im- in + prolificate.] <def>To impregnate.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*prompt"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

ready.</def> [R.] Sterne.
<hw>Im*promp"tu</hw> (?), <pos>adv. or a.</pos> [F.

impromptu, fr. L. in promptu in readiness, at hand;
in in + promptus visibility, readiness, from
promptus visible, ready. See Prompt.] <def>Offhand;
without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an
impromptu verse.</def>
<hw>Im*promp"tu</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without
previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or
remark.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mus.) <def>A piece composed or played

at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore
piece.</def>
<hw>Im*prop"er</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. impropre,

L. improprius; pref. im- not + proprius proper.
See Proper.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not proper; not suitable;
not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming;
incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper
medicine; improper thought, behavior, language,
dress.</def>
<blockquote>Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service, 

Improper for a slave.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>And to their proper operation still, 

Ascribe all Good; to their improper, Ill.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not peculiar or appropriate to

individuals; general; common.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Not to be adorned with any art but such

improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and
poetry.</blockquote> J. Fletcher.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not according to facts; inaccurate;
erroneous.</def>
<col>Improper diphthong</col>. <cd>See under

Diphthong.</cd> -- <col>Improper feud</col>, <cd>an
original feud, not earned by military service.</cd> Mozley &
W. -- <col>Improper fraction</col>. <cd>See under
Fraction.</cd>
<hw>Im*prop"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To appropriate;

to limit.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>He would in like manner improper and inclose

the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.</blockquote>
Jewel.
<hw>Im*propèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

improperare, improperatum, to taunt.] <def>The act of
upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Improperatios and terms of

scurrility.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne
<hw>||Im`pro*pe"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L.,

reproaches.] (Mus.) <def>A series of antiphons and responses,
expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; --
sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily
Mass of the Roman ritual.</def> Grove.
<hw>Im*prop"er*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.</def>
<hw>Im*prop"er*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Impropriety.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im`pro*pi"tious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unpropitious; unfavorable.</def> [Obs.] "Dreams were
impropitious." Sir H. Wotton.
<hw>Im`pro*por"tion*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

proportionable.</def> [Obs.] B. Jonson.
<hw>Im`pro*por"tion*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

proportionate.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*pro"pri*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Impropriated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Impropriating (?).] [Pref. im- in + L.
propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See
Appropriate.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To appropriate to one's
self; to assume.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>To impropriate the thanks to

himself.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> (Eng. Eccl. Law) <def>To place the

profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for
care and disbursement.</def>
<hw>Im*pro"pri*ate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become an

impropriator.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*pro"pri*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Eng. Eccl.

Law) <def>Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.</def>
<hw>Im*pro`pri*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of impropriating; as, the
impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is
impropriated.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Eng. Eccl. Law) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a
layman, or lay corporation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A benefice
in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.</def>
<hw>Im*pro"pri*a`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church
property.</def>
<hw>Im*pro`pri*a"trix</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

E. <plw>-trixes</plw>, L. <plw>-trices</plw> (&?;).
<def>A female impropriator.</def>
<hw>Im`pro*pri"e*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Improprieties</plw> (#). [L. improprietas; cf. F.
impropriété. See Improper.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being improper; unfitness or
unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as,
impropriety of behavior or manners.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is improper; an unsuitable or

improper act, or an inaccurate use of language.</def>
<blockquote>But every language has likewise its

improprieties and absurdities.</blockquote>
Johnson.
<blockquote>Many gross improprieties, however authorized by

practice, ought to be discarded.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>Im`pros*per"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

improspérité.] <def>Want of prosperity.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>Im*pros"per*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + prosperous: cf. F. improspère, L.
improsper.] <def>Not prosperous.</def> [Obs.] Dryden. -
- <wf>Im*pros"per*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.] --
<wf>Im*pros"per*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>Im*provà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being improvable; improvableness.</def>
<hw>Im*prov"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Improve.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being improved;
susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable
of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities.</def>
<blockquote>Man is accommodated with moral principles,

improvable by the exercise of his faculties.</blockquote>
<blockquote>I have a fine spread of improvable

lands.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of being used to advantage;

profitable; serviceable; advantageous.</def>
<blockquote>The essays of weaker heads afford improvable

hints to better.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
-- <wf>Im*pro"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Im*prov"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Im*prove"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. im-

not + prove: cf. L. improbare, F. improuver.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To disprove or make void; to refute.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>Neither can any of them make so strong a reason which

another can not improve.</blockquote> Tyndale.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To disapprove; to find fault with; to

reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence.</def> [Obs.]
Chapman.
<blockquote>When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto

the high apostles, they could improve nothing.</blockquote>
Tyndale.
<hw>Im*prove"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Improved (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Improving.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in
approve. See Approve, Prove.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To make better; to increase the value or good
qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to
improve land.</def> Donne.
<blockquote>I love not to improve the honor of the living

by impairing that of the dead.</blockquote> Denham.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To use or employ to good purpose; to make

productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to
improve one's time; to improve his means.</def>
Shak.
<blockquote>We shall especially honor God by improving

diligently the talents which God hath committed to us.</blockquote>
Barrow.
<blockquote>A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and

improved.</blockquote> Addison.
<blockquote>The court seldom fails to improve the
opportunity.</blockquote> Blackstone.
<blockquote>How doth the little busy bee 

Improve each shining hour.</blockquote> I. Watts.
<blockquote>Those moments were diligently

improved.</blockquote> Gibbon.
<blockquote>True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion,

binds us to improve the occasion.</blockquote>
Washington.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To advance or increase by use; to augment

or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>We all have, I fear, . . . not a little

improved the wretched inheritance of our
ancestors.</blockquote> Bp. Porteus.
Syn. -- To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance;

heighten; mend; correct; rectify; amend; reform.
<hw>Im*prove"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is
desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in
health.</def>
<blockquote>We take care to improve in our frugality and

diligence.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To advance or progress in bad qualities;

to grow worse.</def> "Domitian improved in cruelty."
Milner.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in

value; as, the price of cotton improves.</def>
<col>To improve on</col> or <col>upon</col>, <cd>to

make useful additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring
nearer to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of
tillage.</cd>
<hw>Im*prove"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of improving; advancement or growth;
promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better;
melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>I look upon your city as the best place of

improvement.</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>Exercise is the chief source of improvement in

all our faculties.</blockquote> Blair.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of making profitable use or

applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a
turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine,
principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.</def> "A good
improvement of his reason." S. Clarke.
<blockquote>I shall make some improvement of this

doctrine.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The state of being improved; betterment;

advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an
improvement on the old.</def>
<blockquote>The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are

improvements on the Greek poet.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Increase; growth; progress;

advance.</def>
<blockquote>There is a design of publishing the history of

architecture, with its several improvements and
decays.</blockquote> Addison.
<blockquote>Those vices which more particularly receive

improvement by prosperity.</blockquote> South.
<sn>5.</sn> pl. <def>Valuable additions or

betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on
premises.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Patent Laws) <def>A useful addition to,

or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.</def>
Kent.
<hw>Im*prov"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, improves.</def>
<hw>Im`pro*vid"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Unforeseen;

unexpected; not provided against; unprepared.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>All improvided for dread of death.</blockquote>

E. Hall.
<hw>Im*prov"i*dence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

improvidentia; OF. improvidence. Cf.
Imprudence.] <def>The quality of being improvident; want of
foresight or thrift.</def>
<blockquote>The improvidence of my neighbor must not make

me inhuman.</blockquote> L'Estrange.
<hw>Im*prov"i*dent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + provident: cf. L. improvidus. See
Provident, and cf. Imprudent.] <def>Not provident;
wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the
future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident
man.</def>
<blockquote>Improvident soldiers! had your watch been

good, 
This sudden mischief never could have fallen.</blockquote>
Shak.
Syn. -- Inconsiderable; negligent; careless; shiftless;

prodigal; wasteful.
<hw>Im*provì*den"tial*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Improvidently.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*prov"i*dent*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

improvident manner.</def> "Improvidently rash."
Drayton.
<hw>Im*prov"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to

improve, beneficial; growing better.</def> --
<wf>Im*prov"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<col>Improving lease</col> (Scots Law), <cd>an

extended lease to induce the tenant to make improvements on the
premises.</cd>
<hw>Im*prov"i*sate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Improvise.] <def>Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Im*prov"i*sate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Improvisated (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Improvisating (?).] <def>To improvise;
to extemporize.</def>
<hw>Im*provì*sa"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

improvisation.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or art of
composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like,
extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is improvised; an

impromptu.</def>
<hw>Im`pro*vis"a*tize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos>

<def>Same as Improvisate.</def>
<hw>Im*prov"i*sa`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

improviser, or improvvisatore.</def>
<hw>||Im`pro*vi`sa*to"re</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Improvvisatore.</def>
{ <hw>Im*provì*sa*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <hw>Im*prov"i*sa*to*ry</hw>

(?), } <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to improvisation or
extemporaneous composition.</def>
<hw>||Im`pro*vi`sa*tri"ce</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Improvvisatrice.</def>
<hw>Im`pro*vise"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Improvised (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Improvising.] [F. improviser, it.
improvvisare, fr. improvviso unprovided, sudden,
extempore, L. improvisus; pref. im- not +
provisus foreseen, provided. See Proviso.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously,
especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an
instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To bring about, arrange, or make, on a

sudden, or without previous preparation.</def>
<blockquote>Charles attempted to improvise a

peace.</blockquote> Motley.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the

spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a
stone.</def>
<hw>Im`pro*vise"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To produce or

render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music,
without previous preparation; hence, to do anything
offhand.</def>
<hw>Im`pro*vis"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

improvises.</def>
<hw>Im`pro*vi"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. im-

 not + provision.] <def>Improvidence.</def> [Obs.] Sir
T. Browne.
<hw>Im`pro*vi"so</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

improvisus unforeseen; cf. It. improvviso.] <def>Not
prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous.</def> [Obs.]
Jonhson.
<hw>||Im`prov*vi`sa*to"re</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Improvvisatori</plw> (#). [It. See
Improvise.] <def>One who composes and sings or recites rhymes
and short poems extemporaneously.</def> [Written also
improvisatore.]
<hw>||Im`prov*vi`sa*tri"ce</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Improvvisatrici</plw> (#). [It. See
Improvise.] <def>A female improvvisatore.</def> [Written also
improvisatrice.]
<hw>Im*pru"dence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

imprudentia: cf. F. imprudence. Cf.
Improvidence.] <def>The quality or state of being imprudent;
want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences;
indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; also, an imprudent act; as,
he was guilty of an imprudence.</def>
<blockquote>His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own

imprudence.</blockquote> Mickle.
<hw>Im*pru"dent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imprudens; pref. im- not + prudens prudent: cf.
F. imprudent. See Prudent, and cf. Improvident.]
<def>Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet;
injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.</def> --
<wf>Im*pru"dent*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<blockquote>Her majesty took a great dislike at the

imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and
readers.</blockquote> Strype.
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Syn. -- Indiscreet; injudicious; incautious; ill-advised;

unwise; heedless; careless; rash; negligent.
<hw>Im*pu"ber*al</hw> (&ibreve;m*p&umacr;"b&etilde;r*al),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Not having arrived at puberty;
immature.</def>
<blockquote>In impuberal animals the cerebellum is, in

proportion to the brain proper, greatly less than in
adults.</blockquote> Sir W. Hamilton.
<hw>Im*pu"ber*ty</hw> (-t&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

condition of not having reached puberty, or the age of ability to
reproduce one's species; want of age at which the marriage contract
can be legally entered into.</def>
<hw>Im"pu*dence</hw> (&ibreve;m"p&usl;*dens),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. impudentia: cf. F. impudence.
See Impudent.] <def>The quality of being impudent; assurance,
accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others;
shamelessness; forwardness; want of modesty.</def>
<blockquote>Clear truths that their own evidence forces us to

admit, or common experience makes it impudence to
deny.</blockquote> Locke.
<blockquote>Where pride and impudence (in fashion knit) 

Usurp the chair of wit.</blockquote> B. Jonson.
Syn. -- Shamelessness; audacity; insolence; effrontery;

sauciness; impertinence; pertness; rudeness. -- Impudence,
Effrontery, Sauciness. Impudence refers more
especially to the feelings as manifested in action. Effrontery
applies to some gross and public exhibition of shamelessness.
Sauciness refers to a sudden pert outbreak of impudence,
especially from an inferior. Impudence is an unblushing kind
of impertinence, and may be manifested in words, tones, gestures,
looks, etc. Effrontery rises still higher, and shows a total
or shameless disregard of duty or decorum under the circumstances of
the case. Sauciness discovers itself toward particular
individuals, in certain relations; as in the case of servants who are
saucy to their masters, or children who are saucy to their teachers.
See Impertinent, and Insolent.
<hw>Im"pu*den*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Impudence.</def> [Obs.] Burton.
<blockquote>Audacious without impudency.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>Im"pu*dent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. impudens,
-entis; pref. im- not + pudens ashamed, modest,
p. pr. of pudere to feel shame: cf. F. impudent.]
<def>Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward;
impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy.</def>
<blockquote>More than impudent sauciness.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>When we behold an angel, not to fear 

Is to be impudent.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- Shameless; audacious; brazen; bold-faced; pert;

immodest; rude; saucy; impertinent; insolent.
<hw>Im"pu*dent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an impudent

manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.</def>
<blockquote>At once assail 

With open mouths, and impudently rail.</blockquote>
Sandys.
<hw>Im`pu*dic"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

impudicus immodest; im- not + pudicus
shamefaced, modest: cf. F. impudicité, L.
impudicitia.] <def>Immodesty.</def> Sheldon.
<hw>Im*pugn"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Impugned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Impugning.] [OE. impugnen, F. impugner, fr. L.
impugnare; in on, against + pugnare to flight.
See Pugnacious.] <def>To attack by words or arguments; to
contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations
against; to gainsay; to oppose.</def>
<blockquote>The truth hereof I will not rashly impugn, or

overboldly affirm.</blockquote> Peacham.
<hw>Im*pugn"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being impugned; that may be gainsaid.</def>
<hw>Im`pug*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

impugnatio: cf. OF. impugnation.] <def>Act of
impugning; opposition; attack.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>A perpetual impugnation and self-

conflict.</blockquote> Bp. Hall.
<hw>Im*pugn"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

impugns.</def>
<hw>Im*pugn"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

impugning, or the state of being impugned.</def> Ed. Rev.
<hw>Im*pu"is*sance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

impuissance.] <def>Lack of power; inability.</def>
Bacon.
<blockquote>Their own impuissance and
weakness.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Im*pu"is*sant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F., fr. pref.

im- not + puissant. See Puissant.] <def>Weak;
impotent; feeble.</def>
<hw>Im"pulse</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. impulsus,

fr. impellere. See Impel.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of impelling, or driving onward

with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to
produced motion suddenly, or immediately.</def>
<blockquote>All spontaneous animal motion is performed by

mechanical impulse.</blockquote> S. Clarke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The effect of an impelling force; motion

produced by a sudden or momentary force.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mech.) <def>The action of a force

during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as,
the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic
body.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A mental force which simply and directly

urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or
transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement;
as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent
impulse to the will.</def>
<blockquote>These were my natural impulses for the

undertaking.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- Force; incentive; influence; motive; feeling;

incitement; instigation.
<hw>Im*pulse"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Impel.] <def>To impel; to incite.</def> [Obs.]
Pope.
<hw>Im*pul"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

impulsio: cf. F. impulsion. See Impel.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of impelling or driving onward, or

the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body
in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or
impulse.</def> "The impulsion of the air." Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Influence acting unexpectedly or

temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse.</def>
"The impulsion of conscience." Clarendon. "Divine
impulsion prompting." Milton.
<hw>Im*pul"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

impulsif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the power of driving or impelling;
giving an impulse; moving; impellent.</def>
<blockquote>Poor men! poor papers! We and they 

Do some impulsive force obey.</blockquote> Prior.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Actuated by impulse or by transient

feelings.</def>
<blockquote>My heart, impulsive and wayward.</blockquote>

Longfellow.
<sn>3.</sn> (Mech.) <def>Acting momentarily, or by

impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.</def>
<hw>Im*pul"sive</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which

impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.</def> Sir W.
Wotton.
<hw>Im*pul"sive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

impulsive manner.</def>
<hw>Im*pul"sive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

of being impulsive.</def>
<hw>Im*pul"sor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>One who,

or that which, impels; an inciter.</def> [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Im*punc"tate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not punctate

or dotted.</def>
<hw>Im*punc"tu*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

not + punctual: cf. F. imponctuel.] <def>Not
punctual.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*punc`tu*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Neglect

of, or failure in, punctuality.</def> [R.] A. Hamilton.
<hw>Im*pune"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. impunis.]

<def>Unpunished.</def> [R.]
<hw>Im*pu"ni*bly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

punishment; with impunity.</def> [Obs.] J. Ellis.
<hw>Im*pu"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

impunitas, fr. impunis without punishment; pref. im-
 not + poena punishment: cf. F. impunité.
See Pain.] <def>Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or
loss.</def>
<blockquote>Heaven, though slow to wrath, 

Is never with impunity defied.</blockquote> Cowper.
<blockquote>The impunity and also the

recompense.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Im`pu*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Defilement;

obscuration.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>Im*pure"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. impurus;

pref. im- not + purus pure: cf. F. impur. See
Pure.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy;

containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or
impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure
water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy;

unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as,

impure language or ideas.</def> "Impure desires."
Cowper.
<sn>4.</sn> (Script.) <def>Not purified according to

the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Language) <def>Not accurate; not

idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.</def>
<hw>Im*pure"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To defile; to

pollute.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>Im*pure"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an impure

manner.</def>
<hw>Im*pure"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or

condition of being impure; impurity.</def> Milton.
<hw>Im*pu"ri*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

Impurities (#). [L. impuritas: cf. F.
impureté.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition or quality of being impure

in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.</def>
<blockquote>Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not

wit.</blockquote> Buckminster.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is, or which renders anything,

impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign
ingredient.</def>
<blockquote>Foul impurities reigned among the monkish

clergy.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<sn>3.</sn> (Script.) <def>Want of ceremonial

purity; defilement.</def>
<hw>Im*pur"ple</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Impurpled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Impurpling (?).] [Pref. im- in +
purple. Cf. Empurple.] <def>To color or tinge with
purple; to make red or reddish; to purple; as, a field
impurpled with blood.</def>
<blockquote>Impurpled with celestial roses,

smiled.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>The silken fleece impurpled for the

loom.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Im*putà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being imputable; imputableness.</def>
<hw>Im*put"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

imputable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That may be imputed; capable of being

imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable.</def>
<blockquote>A prince whose political vices, at least, were

imputable to mental incapacity.</blockquote>
Prescott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Accusable; culpable.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The fault lies at his door, and she is no wise

imputable.</blockquote> Ayliffe.
<hw>Im*put"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of

being imputable.</def>
<hw>Im*put"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

imputation.</def>
<hw>Im`pu*ta"tion</hw> (?), [L. imputatio an account, a

charge: cf. F. imputation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of imputing or charging;

attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.</def>
<blockquote>Shylock. Antonio is a good man. 

Bassanio. Have you heard any imputation to the
contrary?</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his

men with the imputation of being near their
master.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Charge or attribution of evil; censure;

reproach; insinuation.</def>
<blockquote>Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these

groundless imputation of our enemies.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> (Theol.) <def>A setting of something to

the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal
righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of
Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Opinion; intimation; hint.</def>
<hw>Im*put"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

imputativus: cf. F. imputatif.] <def>Transferred by
imputation; that may be imputed.</def> -- <wf>Im*put"a*tive*ly</wf>,
<blockquote>Actual righteousness as well as

imputative.</blockquote> Bp. Warburton.
<hw>Im*pute"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Imputed; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Imputing.] [F. imputer, L. imputare to bring
into the reckoning, charge, impute; pref. im- in +
putare to reckon, think. See Putative.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to

set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible
originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense.</def>
<blockquote>Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the

fault, 
If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise.</blockquote>
Gray.
<blockquote>One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -

- envy.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>2.</sn> (Theol.) <def>To adjudge as one's own

(the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of
Christ is imputed to us.</def>
<blockquote>It was imputed to him for

righteousness.</blockquote> Rom. iv. 22.
<blockquote>They merit 
Imputed shall absolve them who renounce 
Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To take account of; to consider; to

regard.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>If we impute this last humiliation as the cause

of his death.</blockquote> Gibbon.
Syn. -- To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider;

imply; insinuate; refer. See Ascribe.
<hw>Im*put"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

imputes.</def>
<hw>Im`pu*tres"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. im-

 + putrescible: cf. F. imputrescible.] <def>Not
putrescible.</def>
<hw>Im"righ</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Scot.; Gael. eun-

bhrigh chicken soup.] <def>A peculiar strong soup or broth, made
in Scotland.</def> [Written also imrich.]
<hw>In-</hw> (?). [See In, <pos>prep.</pos> Cf.

Em-, En-.] <def>A prefix from Eng. prep. in,
also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into,
on, among; as, inbred, inborn,
inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In
words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before
l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial;
as, illusion, irruption, imblue,
immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an
simple intensive force.</def>
<hw>In-</hw> (?). [L. in-; akin to E. un-. See

Un-.] <def>An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning
not, non-, un- as, inactive,
incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il-
 before l, ir- before r, and im-
before a labial.</def>
<hw>-in</hw>. <def>A suffix. See the Note under -

ine.</def>
<hw>In</hw>, <pos>prep.</pos> [AS. in; akin to D. &

G. in, Icel. &imacr;, Sw. & Dan. i, OIr. & L.
in, Gr. <grk>'en</grk>. √197. Cf. 1st In-,
Inn.] <def>The specific signification of in is
situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment,
encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting,
or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any
kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly
or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the
meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within,
into, on, at, of, and among.</def>
It is used: --
<sn>1.</sn> <def>With reference to space or place; as, he

lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles
in the air.</def>
<blockquote>The babe lying in a manger.</blockquote>

Luke ii. 16.
<blockquote>Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly

west.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Situated in the forty-first degree of

latitude.</blockquote> Gibbon.
<blockquote>Matter for censure in every page.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>With reference to circumstances or

conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a
blaze of light.</def> "Fettered in amorous chains."
Shak.
<blockquote>Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright

veils.</blockquote> Shelley.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>With reference to a whole which includes

or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family;
the first regiment in the army.</def>
<blockquote>Nine in ten of those who enter the

ministry.</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>With reference to physical surrounding,

personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt;
the room is in darkness; to live in fear.</def>
<blockquote>When shall we three meet again, 

In thunder, lightning, or in rain?</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>With reference to character, reach, scope,

or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be
in one's favor.</def> "In sight of God's high throne."
Milton.
<blockquote>Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and

harsh.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>With reference to movement or tendency

toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to
into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in
love; to end in death; to put our trust in
God.</def>
<blockquote>He would not plunge his brother in

despair.</blockquote> Addison.
<blockquote>She had no jewels to deposit in their

caskets.</blockquote> Fielding.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>With reference to a limit of time; as,

in an hour; it happened in the last century; in
all my life.</def>
<col>In as much as</col>, or <col>Inasmuch as</col>,

<cd>in the degree that; in like manner as; in consideration that;
because that; since. See Synonym of Because, and cf.
For as much as, under For, <pos>prep.</pos></cd>
-- <col>In that</col>, <cd>because; for the reason that.</cd>
"Some things they do in that they are men . . . ; some things
in that they are men misled and blinded with error."
Hooker. -- <col>In the name of</col>, <cd>in behalf of;
on the part of; by authority; as, it was done in the name of
the people; -- often used in invocation, swearing, praying, and the
like.</cd> -- <col>To be in for it</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a course.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be unable to escape from a danger,
penalty, etc.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col>To be</col> (or
<col>keep</col>) <col>in with</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To be close or near; as, to keep a
ship in with the land.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be on
terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy with; to secure and
retain the favor of.</cd> [Colloq.]
Syn. -- Into; within; on; at. See At.
<hw>In</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not

out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by
omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an
adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is;
as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it
in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e.,
in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i.
e., in or into the head); his side was in
(i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in
(i. e., into the house).</def>
<blockquote>Their vacation . . . falls in so pat with

ours.</blockquote> Lamb.
&fist; The sails of a vessel are said, in nautical language, to be

in when they are furled, or when stowed.
 In certain cases in has an adjectival sense; as, the

in train (i. e., the incoming train); compare up
grade, down grade, undertow, afterthought,
etc.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>With privilege or possession;

-- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by
descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her
husband.</def> Burrill.
<col>In and in breeding</col>. <cd>See under

Breeding.</cd> -- <col>In and out</col> (Naut.),
<cd>through and through; -- said of a through bolt in a ship's
side.</cd> Knight. -- <col>To be in</col>, <cd>to be at
home; as, Mrs. A. is in.</cd> -- <col>To come in</col>.
<cd>See under Come.</cd>
<hw>In</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Usually in the plural.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who is in office; -- the opposite of
out.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A reëntrant angle; a nook or

corner.</def>
<col>Ins and outs</col>, <cd>nooks and corners; twists and

turns.</cd>
<blockquote>All the ins and outs of this

neighborhood.</blockquote> D. Jerrold.
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<hw>In</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inclose; to take

in; to harvest.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave

to in the crop.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Inà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + ability: cf. F. inhabileté. See
Able, and cf. Unable.] <def>The quality or state of
being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength,
resources, or capacity.</def>
<blockquote>It is not from an inability to discover what

they ought to do, that men err in practice.</blockquote>
Blair.
Syn. -- Impotence; incapacity; incompetence; weakness;

powerlessness; incapability. See Disability.
<hw>In*a"ble</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enable.</def>
<hw>In*a"ble*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Enablement.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*ab"sti*nence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + abstinence: cf. F. inabstinence.] <def>Want
of abstinence; indulgence.</def> [Obs.] "The inabstinence of
Eve." Milton.
<hw>Inàb*stract"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

abstracted.</def>
<hw>Inà*bu"sive*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

abuse.</def>
<hw>Inàc*cessì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inaccessibilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
inaccessible; inaccessibleness.</def> "The inaccessibility of
the precipice." Bp. Butler.
<hw>Inàc*cess"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inaccessibilis: cf. F. inaccessible. See In-
not, and Accessible.] <def>Not accessible; not to be reached,
obtained, or approached; as, an inaccessible rock, fortress,
document, prince, etc.</def> -- <wf>Inàc*cess"i*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Inàc*cess"i*bly</wf>,
<hw>Inàc*cord"ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

accordant; discordant.</def>
<hw>In*ac"cu*ra*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Inaccuracies</plw> (&?;).
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being inaccurate; want of

accuracy or exactness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is inaccurate or incorrect;

mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech,
copying, calculation, etc.</def>
<hw>In*ac"cu*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not
accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as,
in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>The expression is plainly

inaccurate.</blockquote> Bp. Hurd.
Syn. -- Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect;

incomplete; defective.
<hw>In*ac"cu*rate*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.</def>
<hw>Inàc*quaint"ance</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Want of

acquaintance.</def> Good.
<hw>In*ac`qui*es"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

acquiescent or acquiescing.</def>
<hw>In*ac"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in.

not + action: cf. inaction.] <def>Want of action or
activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.</def>
Berkeley.
<hw>In*ac"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + active: cf. F. inactif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not active; having no power to move; that

does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself,
inactive.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not disposed to action or effort; not

diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive
officer.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Chem. & Opt.) <def>Not active; inert;

esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light;
optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances,
in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as,
racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.</def>
Syn. -- Inert; dull; sluggish; idle; indolent; slothful;

lazy. See Inert.
<hw>In*ac"tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an inactive

manner.</def> Locke.
<hw>Inàc*tiv"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inactivité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being inactive;

inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Idleness; habitual indisposition to action

or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness.</def>
<blockquote>The gloomy inactivity of despair.</blockquote>

Cook.
<hw>In*ac"tose</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically
inactive.</def>
<hw>In*ac"tu*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To put in

action.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*ac`tu*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Operation.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*adàp*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

adaptation; unsuitableness.</def>
<hw>In*ad"e*qua*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Inadequate.] <def>The quality or state of being inadequate or
insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.</def>
<blockquote>The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the

alleged causes.</blockquote> Dr. T. Dwight.
<hw>In*ad"e*quate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + adequate: cf. F. inadéquat.] <def>Not
adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as,
inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations,
etc.</def> Dryden.
-- <wf>In*ad"e*quate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*ad"e*quate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*adè*qua"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

exact correspondence.</def> [Obs.] Puller.
<hw>Inàd*her"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not adhering.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Free; not connected with the

other organs.</def>
<hw>Inàd*he"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

adhesion.</def>
<hw>Inàd*mis`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inadmissibilité.] <def>The state or quality of being
inadmissible, or not to be received.</def>
<hw>Inàd*mis"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + admissible: cf. F. inadmissible.] <def>Not
admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as,
inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or
explanation.</def> -- <wf>Inàd*mis"si*bly</wf>,
{ <hw>Inàd*vert"ence</hw> (?); pl. <plw>-ces</plw>

(&?;), <hw>Inàd*vert"en*cy</hw> (?); pl. <plw>-
cies</plw> (&?;), } <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.
inadvertance.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being inadvertent; lack of
heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many
mistakes proceed from inadvertence.</def>
<blockquote>Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the

sense and intention of our prayers.</blockquote> Jer.
Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An effect of inattention; a result of

carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from
negligence.</def>
<blockquote>The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an

inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an
inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact.</blockquote>
Addison.
Syn. -- Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness;

negligence; thoughtlessness. See Inattention.
<hw>Inàd*vert"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inadvertant. See 2d In-, and Advert.] <def>Not
turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent;
inattentive.</def>
<blockquote>An inadvertent step may crush the snail 

That crawls at evening in the public path.</blockquote>
Cowper.
-- <wf>Inàd*vert"ent*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Inàd*vis"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

advisable.</def> -- <wf>Inàd*vis"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<hw>In*af`fa*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inaffabilité.] <def>Want of affability or sociability;
reticence.</def>
<hw>In*af"fa*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + affable.] <def>Not affable; reserved in social
intercourse.</def>
<hw>In*af`fec*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + affectation: cf. F. inaffectation.]
<def>Freedom from affectation; naturalness.</def> [R.]
<hw>Inàf*fect"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unaffected.</def> [Obs.] -- <wf>Inàf*fect"ed*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>In*aid"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable of

being assisted; helpless.</def> [R.] Shak.
<hw>In*alìen*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inalienable.</def>
<hw>In*al"ien*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-
 not + alienable: cf. F. inaliénable.]
<def>Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to
another; not alienable; as, in inalienable
birthright.</def>
<hw>In*al"ien*a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability.</def>
<hw>In*al"ien*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner

that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably
vested.</def>
<hw>In*alì*men"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Affording

no aliment or nourishment.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In*al`ter*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inaltérabilité.] <def>The quality of being
unalterable or unchangeable; permanence.</def>
<hw>In*al"ter*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + alterable: cf. F. inaltérable.]
<def>Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed;
unalterable.</def> -- <wf>In*al"ter*a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>In*al"ter*a*bly</wf>,
<hw>In*a"mi*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unamiable.</def> [Obs.] -- <wf>In*a"mi*a*ble*ness</wf>,
<hw>Inà*mis"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inamissibilis: cf. F. inamissible.] <def>Incapable of
being lost.</def> [R.] Hammond. --
<wf>Inà*mis"si*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> [R.]
<hw>In*a`mo*ra"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [It.

innamorata, fem., innamorato, masc., p. p. of
innamorare to inspire with love. See Enamor.] <def>A
woman in love; a mistress.</def> "The fair inamorata."
Sherburne.
<hw>In*am"o*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Enamored.</def> Chapman. -- <wf>In*am"o*rate*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> [R.]
<hw>||In*a`mo*ra"to</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Inamoratos</plw> (#). [See Inamorata.] <def>A male
lover.</def>
<hw>Inà*mov"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

amovable or removable.</def> [R.] Palgrave.
<hw>In"-and-in"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An old game

played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice
alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice
alike.</def>
<hw>In and in</hw>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>Applied to
breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. See under
Breeding.</def>
<hw>In*ane"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. inanis.]

<def>Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence;
purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.</def> "Vague and
inane instincts." I. Taylor. -- <wf>In*ane"ly</wf>,
<hw>In*ane"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is void or

empty.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The undistinguishable inane of infinite

space.</blockquote> Locke.
<hw>In*an"gu*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

angular.</def> [Obs.]
{ <hw>Inà*nil"o*quent</hw> (?), <hw>Inà*nil"o*quous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. inanis empty + loqui to
speak.] <def>Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous.</def>
[R.]
<hw>In*an"i*mate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in (or intensively) + animate.] <def>To animate.</def>
[Obs.] Donne.
<hw>In*an"i*mate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inanimatus; pref. in- not + animatus animate.]
<def>Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead;
inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate
substances.</def>
<blockquote>Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er

grieves.</blockquote> Byron.
Syn. -- Lifeless; dead; inert; inactive; dull; soulless;

spiritless. See Lifeless.
<hw>In*an"i*ma`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute

of life; lacking animation; unanimated.</def> Pope.
<hw>In*an"i*mate*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inanimate.</def>
<blockquote>The deadness and inanimateness of the

subject.</blockquote> W. Montagu.
<hw>In*anì*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See 2d

Inanimate.] <def>Want of animation; lifeless;
dullness.</def>
<hw>In*anì*ma"tion</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See 1st

Inanimate.] <def>Infusion of life or vigor; animation;
inspiration.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The inanimation of Christ living and breathing

within us.</blockquote> Bp. Hall.
<hw>Inà*ni"ti*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

produce inanition in; to exhaust for want of nourishment.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Inà*ni`ti*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Inanition.</def> [R.]
<hw>Inà*ni"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr. inanire to
empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf. Inane.] <def>The
condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the
vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of
food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder
of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.</def>
<blockquote>Feeble from inanition, inert from

weariness.</blockquote> Landor.
<blockquote>Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two

contrary extremes.</blockquote> Burton.
<hw>In*an"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Inanities</plw> (#). [L. inanitas, fr.
inanis empty: cf. F. inanité. See
Inane.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Inanition; void space; vacuity;

emptiness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Want of seriousness; aimlessness;

frivolity.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a

vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the
inanities of the world.</def>
<hw>In*an"ther*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.</def>
<hw>||In an"tis</hw> (?). [L.] (Arch.) <def>Between

antæ; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns
are set between two antæ, forming the angles of the building.
See Anta.</def>
<hw>In*ap"a*thy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Sensibility;

feeling; -- opposed to apathy.</def> [R.]
<hw>Inàp*peal"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

admitting of appeal; not appealable.</def> Coleridge.
<hw>Inàp*peas"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable.</def>
<hw>Inàp*pel`la*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being inappellable; finality.</def>
<blockquote>The inappellability of the
councils.</blockquote> Coleridge.
<hw>Inàp*pel"la*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inappealable; final.</def>
{ <hw>In*ap"pe*tence</hw> (?), <hw>In*ap"pe*ten*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in- not + appetence: cf. F.
inappétence.] <def>Want of appetency; want of
desire.</def>
<hw>In*ap`pli*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inapplicabilité.] <def>The quality of being
inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.</def>
<hw>In*ap"pli*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + applicable.] <def>Not applicable; incapable of
being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is
inapplicable to the case.</def> J. S. Mill.
Syn. -- Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate;

inapposite; irrelevant.
-- <wf>In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*ap"pli*ca*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*ap`pli*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + application: cf. F. inapplication.]
<def>Want of application, attention, or diligence; negligence;
indolence.</def>
<hw>In*ap"po*site</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent.</def> --
<wf>In*ap"po*site*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Inàp*pre"ci*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + appreciable: cf. F.
inappréciable.] <def>Not appreciable; too small to be
perceived; incapable of being duly valued or estimated.</def>
Hallam.
<hw>Inàp*pre"ci*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want

of appreciation.</def>
<hw>In*ap`pre*hen"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inapprehensibilis: cf. F. inappréhensible.]
<def>Not apprehensible; unintelligible; inconceivable.</def>
Milton.
<hw>In*ap`pre*hen"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

apprehension.</def>
<hw>In*ap`pre*hen"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned.</def> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Inàp*proach"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled.</def> --
<wf>Inàp*proach"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Inàp*pro"pri*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not
instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not
specially fitted; -- followed by to or for.</def> --
<wf>Inàp*pro"pri*ate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>Inàp*pro"pri*ate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*apt"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- not +

apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf. Inept.] <def>Unapt; not
apt; unsuitable; inept.</def> -- <wf>In*apt"ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>In*apt"ness</wf>,
<hw>In*apt"i*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [In- +

aptitude: cf. F. inaptitude. Cf. Ineptitude.]
<def>Want of aptitude.</def>
<hw>In*a"quate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inaquatus, p. p. of inaquare to make into water; pref.
in- in + aqua water.] <def>Embodied in, or changed
into, water.</def> [Obs.] Cranmer.
<hw>Inà*qua"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being inaquate.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Gardiner.
<hw>In*ar"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

arable.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*arch"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inarched (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inarching.] <def>To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock,
without separating either from its root before the union is complete;
-- also called to graft by approach.</def> P.
Miler.
<hw>In*arch"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A method of

ingrafting. See Inarch.</def>
<hw>Inàr*tic"u*late</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inarticulatus; pref. in- not + articulatus
articulate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not uttered with articulation or

intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.</def>
<blockquote>Music which is inarticulate poesy.</blockquote>

Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments;
as, an inarticulate worm.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>Without a hinge; -- said of an order (Inarticulata or
Ecardines) of brachiopods.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Incapable of articulating.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The poor earl, who is inarticulate with

palsy.</blockquote> Walpole.
<hw>Inàr*tic"u*la`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not
articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint.</def>
<hw>Inàr*tic"u*late*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In

an inarticulate manner.</def> Hammond.
<hw>Inàr*tic"u*late*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being inarticulate.</def>
<hw>Inàr*ticù*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inarticulation.] <def>Inarticulateness.</def>
Chesterfield.
<hw>In*ar`ti*fi"cial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + artificial: cf. F. inartificiel.] <def>Not
artificial; not made or elaborated by art; natural; simple; artless;
as, an inartificial argument; an inartificial
character.</def> -- <wf>In*ar`ti*fi"cial*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>In*ar`ti*fi"cial*ness</wf>,
<hw>Inàs*much"</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [In +

as + much.] <def>In like degree; in like manner; seeing
that; considering that; since; -- followed by as. See In as
much as, under In, <pos>prep.</pos></def>
<blockquote>Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least

of these, ye did it not to me.</blockquote> Matt. xxv. 45.
Syn. -- Because; since; for; as. See Because.
<hw>Inàt*ten"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + attention: cf. F. inattention.] <def>Want of
attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness;
neglect.</def>
<blockquote>Novel lays attract our ravished ears; 

But old, the mind inattention hears.</blockquote>
Pope.
Syn. -- Inadvertence; heedlessness; negligence;

carelessness; disregard; remissness; thoughtlessness; neglect. --
Inattention, Inadvertence. We miss seeing a thing
through inadvertence when do not happen to look at it;
through inattention when we give no heed to it, though
directly before us. The latter is therefore the worse.
Inadvertence may be an involuntary accident;
inattention is culpable neglect. A versatile mind is often
inadvertent; a careless or stupid one is
inattentive.
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<hw>Inàt*ten"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inattentif.] <def>Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an
object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an
inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive
habit.</def> I. Watts.
Syn. -- Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless;

negligent; remiss; inadvertent.
-- <wf>Inàt*ten"tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Inàt*ten"tive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*au`di*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being inaudible; inaudibleness.</def>
<hw>In*au"di*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inaudibilis; pref. in- not + audire to hear: cf.
F. unaudible. See In- not, and Audible.]
<def>Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent.</def> --
<wf>In*au"di*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>In*au"di*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*au"gur</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. F.

inaugurer. See Inaugurate.] <def>To inaugurate.</def>
[Obs.] Latimer.
<hw>In*au"gu*ral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inaugural.] <def>Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at,
an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the
inaugural exercises.</def>
<hw>In*au"gu*ral</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inaugural

address.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>In*au"gu*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inauguratus, p. p. of inaugurare to take omens from the
flight of birds (before entering upon any important undertaking);
hence, to consecrate, inaugurate, or install, with such divination;
pref. in- in + augurare, augurari, to augur. See
Augur.] <def>Invested with office; inaugurated.</def>
Drayton.
<hw>In*au"gu*rate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Inaugurated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inaugurating (?).]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To introduce or induct into an office with

suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority
in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president;
to inaugurate a king.</def> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cause to begin, esp. with formality or

solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to
initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or
public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new
methods, etc.</def>
<blockquote>As if kings did choose remarkable days to

inaugurate their favors.</blockquote> Sir H.
Wotton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To celebrate the completion of, or the

first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue.</def> [Colloq.]
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To begin with good omens.</def> [Obs.]

<hw>In*au`gu*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inauguratio a beginning: cf. F. inauguration.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inuagurating, or inducting into

office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate
ceremonies.</def>
<blockquote>At his regal inauguration, his old father

resigned the kingdom to him.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The formal beginning or initiation of any

movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a
new system, a new condition, etc.</def>
<hw>In*au"gu*ra`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

inaugurates.</def>
<hw>In*au"gu*ra*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Suitable

for, or pertaining to, inauguration.</def> Johnson.
<hw>In*au"rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inauratus, p. p. inaurare to gild; pref. in- in
+ aurum gold.] <def>Covered with gold; gilded.</def>
<hw>In*au"rate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cover

with gold; to gild.</def>
<hw>Inàu*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inauration.] <def>The act or process of gilding or covering
with gold.</def>
<hw>In*aus"pi*cate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inauspicatus; pref. in- not + auspicatus, p. p.
auspicari. See Auspicate.] <def>Inauspicious.</def>
[Obs.] Sir G. Buck.
<hw>Inàus*pi"cious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.</def>
"Inauspicious stars." Shak. "Inauspicious love."
Dryden.
-- <wf>Inàus*pi"cious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Inàus*pi"cious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Inàu*thor"i*ta*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Without authority; not authoritative.</def>
<hw>In"barge</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To

embark; to go or put into a barge.</def> [Obs.] Drayton.
<hw>In"beamìng</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Shining

in.</def> South.
<hw>In"beìng</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Inherence;
inherent existence.</def> I. Watts.
<hw>In*bind"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

inclose.</def> [Obs.] Fairfax.
<hw>In"blown`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Blown in or

into.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In"board`</hw> (?), <pos>a. & adv.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> (Naut.) <def>Inside the line of a vessel's
bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an
inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mech.) <def>From without inward; toward

the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston,
the inward or return stroke.</def>
<hw>In"born`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Born in or with;

implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions.</def>
Cowper.
Syn. -- Innate; inherent; natural.
{ <hw>In"break`</hw> (?), <hw>In"breakìng</hw>, }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>A breaking in; inroad; invasion.</def>
<hw>In*breathe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inbreathed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inbreathing.] <def>To infuse by breathing; to
inspire.</def> Coleridge.
<hw>In"bred`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bred within;

innate; as, inbred worth.</def> "Inbred sentiments."
Burke.
<hw>In*breed"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inbred (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inbreeding.] [Cf. Imbreed.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To produce or generate within.</def>

Bp. Reynolds.
<blockquote>To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of

virtue.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To breed in and in. See under

Breed, <pos>v. i.</pos></def>
<hw>In"burnìng</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Burning

within.</def>
<blockquote>Her inburning wrath she gan abate.</blockquote>

Spenser.
<hw>In"burnt`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Burnt in;

ineffaceable.</def>
<blockquote>Her inburnt, shamefaced thoughts.</blockquote>
P. Fletcher.
<hw>In"burst`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A bursting in or

into.</def>
<hw>Inc</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Japanese measure of

length equal to about two and one twelfth yards.</def> [Written also
ink.]
<hw>In"ca</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the
Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have
been descendants of the sun.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> pl.
<def>The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua
tribe.</def>
<col>Inca dove</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a small dove

(Scardafella inca), native of Arizona, Lower California, and
Mexico.</cd>
<hw>In*cage"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Incaged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Incaging (?).] [Cf. Encage.] <def>To confine in, or as
in, a cage; to coop up.</def> [Written also encage.]
"Incaged birds." Shak.
<hw>In*cage"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Confinement

in, or as in, cage.</def> [Obs.] Shelton.
<hw>In*cal`cu*la*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being incalculable.</def>
<hw>In*cal"cu*la*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + calculable: cf. F. incalculable.] <def>Not
capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great.</def> --
<wf>In*cal"cu*la*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>In*cal"cu*la*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`ca*les"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

of being incalescent, or of growing warm.</def> Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>In`ca*les"cen*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Incalescence.</def> Ray.
<hw>In`ca*les"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incalescens, -entis, p. pr. of incalescere to
grow hot. See 1st In-, and Calescence.] <def>Growing
warm; increasing in heat.</def>
<hw>In*camèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in + L. camera chamber, LL., also, jurisdiction: cf. F.
incamération, It. incamerazione.] (R. C.
Ch.) <def>The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or
revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's
domain.</def>
<hw>In"can</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
the Incas.</def>
<hw>In`can*des"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incandescence.] <def>A white heat, or the glowing or luminous
whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.</def>
<hw>In`can*des"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incandecens, -entis, p. pr. of incandescere to
become warm or hot; pref. in- in + candescere to become
of a glittering whiteness, to become red hot, incho. fr.
candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf. F.
incandescent. See Candle.] <def>White, glowing, or
luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or
platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.</def>
<blockquote>Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might

say, incandescent throughout.</blockquote> I.
Taylor.
<col>Incandescent lamp</col> or <col>light</col>

(Elec.), <cd>a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by
a thin filament of conducting material, usually carbon, contained in
a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by an electric current, as in
the Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp, and
glowlamp.</cd>
<hw>In`ca*nes"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incanescens, p. pr. incanescere to become gray.]
<def>Becoming hoary or gray; canescent.</def>
<hw>In*ca"nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. incanus;

pref. in- in + canus hoary.] (Bot.) <def>Hoary
with white pubescence.</def>
<hw>In`can*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incantatio, fr. incantare to chant a magic formula over
one: cf. F. incantation. See Enchant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of using formulas sung

or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising
spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results;
enchantment.</def> "Mysterious ceremony and incantation."
Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A formula of words used as

above.</def>
<hw>In*cant"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dealing by

enchantment; magical.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*cant"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Enchanting.</def>

[Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
<hw>In*can"ton</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To unite to,

or form into, a canton or separate community.</def>
Addison.
<hw>In*ca`pa*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being incapable;
incapacity.</def> Suckling.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>Want of legal qualifications,

or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an
office.</def>
<hw>In*ca"pa*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + capable: cf. F. incapable, L. incapabilis
incomprehensible.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Wanting in ability or qualification for

the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold;
deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not
capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of
liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of
perseverance, of reform, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not capable of being brought to do or

perform, because morally strong or well disposed; -- used with
reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or
falsehood.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not in a state to receive; not receptive;

not susceptible; not able to admit; as, incapable of pain, or
pleasure; incapable of stain or injury.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Law) <def>Unqualified or disqualified,

in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is
incapable of holding the office of president of the United
States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made
incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the
government.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Mil.) <def>As a term of disgrace,

sometimes annexed to a sentence when an officer has been cashiered
and rendered incapable of serving his country.</def>
&fist; Incapable is often used elliptically.
<blockquote>Is not your father grown incapable of

reasonable affairs?</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Incompetent; unfit; unable; insufficient;

inadequate; deficient; disqualified. See Incompetent.
<hw>In*ca"pa*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a
simpleton.</def>
<hw>In*ca"pa*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or state of being incapable; incapability.</def>
<hw>In*ca"pa*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an incapable

manner.</def>
<hw>In`ca*pa"cious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + capacious: cf. L. incapax incapable.]
<def>Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an
incapacious soul.</def> Bp. Burnet. --
<wf>In`ca*pa"cious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`ca*pac"i*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Incapacitated (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Incapacitating (?).] [Pref. in-
not + capacitate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To deprive of capacity or natural power;

to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age
incapacitated him for war.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>To deprive of legal or

constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the
performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify.</def>
<blockquote>It absolutely incapacitated them from holding

rank, office, function, or property.</blockquote> Milman.
<hw>In`ca*pacì*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity;
disqualification.</def> Burke.
<hw>In`ca*pac"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Incapacities</plw> (&?;). [Cf. F.
incapacité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Want of capacity; lack of physical or

intellectual power; inability.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>Want of legal ability or

competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability;
disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make
binding contracts, etc.</def>
Syn. -- Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness;

disqualification; disability.
<hw>In*cap"su*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

(Physiol.) <def>To inclose completely, as in a
membrane.</def>
<hw>In*cap`su*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Physiol.) <def>The process of becoming, or the state or
condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the
ovum in the uterus.</def>
<hw>In*car"cer*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Incarcerated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Incarcerating (?).] [Pref. in- in + L.
carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr.
carcer prison.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To imprison; to confine in a jail or

prison.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem
in.</def>
<col>Incarcerated hernia</col> (Med.), <cd>hernia in

which the constriction can not be easily reduced.</cd>
<hw>In*car"cer*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Imprisoned.</def> Dr. H. More.
<hw>In*car`cer*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incarcération.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of confining, or the state of

being confined; imprisonment.</def> Glanvill.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but
not great enough to cause strangulation.</def>
<hw>In*car"cer*a`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

incarcerates.</def>
<hw>In*carn"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. F.

incarner. See Incarnate.] <def>To cover or invest with
flesh.</def> [R.] Wiseman.
<hw>In*carn"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To develop

flesh.</def> [R.] Wiseman.
<hw>In*car"na*dine</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

incarnadin, It. incarnatino; L. pref. in- in +
caro, carnis, flesh. Cf. Carnation,
Incarnate.] <def>Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red
color.</def> [Obs.] Lovelace.
<hw>In*car"na*dine</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To dye red

or crimson.</def>
<blockquote>Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood 

Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather 
The multitudinous seas incarnadine, 
Making the green one red.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*car"nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + carnate.] <def>Not in the flesh; spiritual.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or

incarnate can fairly do.</blockquote> Richardson.
<hw>In*car"nate</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L. incarnatus,

p. p. of incarnare to incarnate, pref. in- in +
caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Invested with flesh; embodied in a human

nature and form; united with, or having, a human body.</def>
<blockquote>Here shalt thou sit incarnate.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils

incarnate, sent into the world for the destruction of
mankind.</blockquote> Jortin.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Flesh-colored; rosy; red.</def> [Obs.]

Holland.
<hw>In*car"nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Incarnated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Incarnating (?).] <def>To clothe with flesh; to
embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human
from or nature.</def>
<blockquote>This essence to incarnate and imbrute, 

That to the height of deity aspired.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In*car"nate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To form flesh;

to granulate, as a wound.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just
beginning to incarnate.</blockquote> Sterne.
<hw>In`car*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

incarnation, LL. incarnatio.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of clothing with flesh, or the

state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in,
a human body and nature.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Theol.) <def>The union of the second

person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An incarnate form; a personification; a

manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking
exemplification in person or act.</def>
<blockquote>She is a new incarnation of some of the

illustrious dead.</blockquote> Jeffrey.
<blockquote>The very incarnation of

selfishness.</blockquote> F. W. Robertson.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A rosy or red color; flesh color;

carnation.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>5.</sn> (Med.) <def>The process of healing

wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.</def>
<hw>In*car"na*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

incarnatif.] <def>Causing new flesh to grow; healing;
regenerative.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An incarnative
medicine.</def>
<hw>In*car`ni*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Incarnation, and -fy.] <def>The act of assuming, or
state of being clothed with, flesh; incarnation.</def>
<hw>In*case"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Incased (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Incasing.] [F. encaisser; pref. en- (L.
in) + caisse case. See Case a box, and cf.
Encase, Enchase.] <def>To inclose in a case; to
inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.</def>
<blockquote>Rich plates of gold the folding doors

incase.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>In*case"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Casement.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of inclosing with a

case, or the state of being incased.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which forms a case, covering, or

inclosure.</def>
<hw>In*cask"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cover with

a casque or as with a casque.</def> Sherwood.
<hw>In*cas"tel*la`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Confined

or inclosed in a castle.</def>
<hw>In*cas"telled</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Far.)

<def>Hoofbound.</def> Crabb.
<hw>In*catè*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

incatenatio; L. pref. in- in + catena chain. See
Enchain.] <def>The act of linking together; enchaining.</def>
[R.] Goldsmith.
<hw>In*cau"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

caution.</def> Pope.
<hw>In*cau"tious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + cautious: cf. L. incautus.] <def>Not cautious;
not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety
and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious
step; an incautious remark.</def>
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<blockquote>You . . . incautious tread 

On fire with faithless embers overspread.</blockquote>
Francis.
<blockquote>His rhetorical expressions may easily captivate any

incautious reader.</blockquote> Keill.
Syn. -- Unwary; indiscreet; inconsiderate; imprudent;

impolitic; careless; heedless; thoughtless.
-- <wf>In*cau"tious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*cau"tious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In"ca*va`ted</hw> (&ibreve;n"k&adot;*v&amacr;`t&ebreve;d),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. incavatus, p. p. of incavare
to make hollow: pref in- in + cavare to hollow out, fr.
cavus hollow.] <def>Made hollow; bent round or in.</def>
<hw>In`ca*va"tion</hw> (&ibreve;n`k&adot;*v&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an
excavation; a depression.</def>
<hw>In*caved"</hw> (&ibreve;n*k&amacr;vd), <pos>a.</pos>

[Pref. in- in + cave. Cf. Encave,
Incavated.] <def>Inclosed in a cave.</def>
<hw>In*cav"erned</hw> (&ibreve;n*k&abreve;v"&etilde;rnd),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern.</def>
Drayton.
<hw>In*ced"ing*ly</hw> (&ibreve;n*s&emacr;d"&ibreve;ng*l&ybreve;),
<pos>adv.</pos> [L. incedere to walk majestically.]
<def>Majestically.</def> [R.] C. Bronté.
<hw>In`ce*leb"ri*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

celebrity or distinction; obscurity.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*cend"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

incendere, incensum, to kindle, burn. See
Incense to inflame.] <def>To inflame; to excite.</def> [Obs.]
Marston.
<hw>In*cen"di*a*rism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Incendiary.] <def>The act or practice of maliciously setting
fires; arson.</def>
<hw>In*cen"di*a*ry</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Incendiaries</plw> (#). [L. incendiarius: cf. F.
incendiaire. See Incense to inflame.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Any person who maliciously sets fire to a

building or other valuable or other valuable property.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A person who excites or inflames factions,

and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.</def>
<blockquote>Several cities . . . drove them out as

incendiaries.</blockquote> Bentley.
<hw>In*cen"di*a*ry</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incendiarius, fr. incendium a fire, conflagration: cf.
F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the

malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary
material; as incendiary crime.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Tending to excite or inflame factions,

sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious.</def>
Paley.
<col>Incendiary shell</col>, <cd>a bombshell. See

Carcass, 4.</cd>
<hw>In*cen"di*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incendiosus burning, hot.] <def>Promoting faction or
contention; seditious; inflammatory.</def> [Obs.] Bacon. --
<wf>In*cen"di*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>In*cen"sant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Incense

to anger.] (Her.) <def>A modern term applied to animals (as a
boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect.</def>
<hw>In`cen*sa"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (R. C.

Ch.) <def>The offering of incense.</def> [R.] Encyc.
Brit.
<hw>In*cense"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Incensed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Incensing.] [L. incensus, p. p. of incendere;
pref. in- in + root of candere to glow. See
Candle.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to

burn.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to

incense 
Thy glorious heap of funeral.</blockquote> Chapman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to

fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.</def>
<blockquote>The people are incensed him.</blockquote>

Shak.
Syn. -- To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate;

heat; fire; instigate.
<hw>In"cense</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Incensed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Incensing.] [LL. incensare: cf. F. encenser. See
Incense, <pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To offer incense to. See

Incense.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To perfume with, or as with,

incense.</def> "Incensed with wanton sweets."
Marston.
<hw>In"cense</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. encens, F.

encens, L. incensum, fr. incensus, p. p. of
incendere to burn. See Incense to inflame.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The perfume or odors exhaled from spices

and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering
to some deity.</def>
<blockquote>A thick cloud of incense went up.</blockquote>

Ezek. viii. 11.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The materials used for the purpose of

producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices,
frankincense, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of

them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense
thereon.</blockquote> Lev. x. 1.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Also used figuratively.</def>
<blockquote>Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, 

With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.</blockquote>
Gray.
<col>Incense tree</col>, <cd>the name of several balsamic

trees of the genus Bursera (or Icica) mostly tropical
American. The gum resin is used for incense. In Jamaica the
Chrysobalanus Icaco, a tree related to the plums, is called
incense tree.</cd> -- <col>Incense wood</col>, <cd>the
fragrant wood of the tropical American tree Bursera
heptaphylla.</cd>
<hw>In"cense-breathìng</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Breathing or exhaling incense.</def> "Incense-breathing
morn." Gray.
<hw>In*censed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Angered; enraged.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Her.) <def>Represented as enraged, as

any wild creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth and
eyes.</def>
<hw>In*cense"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fury; rage;

heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement.</def>
Shak.
<hw>In*cen"ser</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

instigates or incites.</def>
<hw>In*cen"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incensio. See Incense to inflame.] <def>The act of
kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire.</def>
Bacon.
<hw>In*cen"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to

excite or provoke; inflammatory.</def> Barrow.
<hw>In*cen"sor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>A kindler

of anger or enmity; an inciter.</def>
<hw>In*cen"so*ry</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Incensories</plw> (#). [LL. incensorium: cf. F.
encensoir. See 2d Incense, and cf. Censer.]
<def>The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a
thurible.</def> [R.] Evelyn.
<hw>In*cen"sur*a*ble</hw> (?; 135), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + censurable: cf. F. incensurable.]
<def>Not censurable.</def> Dr. T. Dwight. --
<wf>In*cen"sur*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*cen"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Geom.)

<def>The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle.</def>
<hw>In*cen"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incentivus, from incinere to strike up or set the tune;
pref. in- + canere to sing. See Enchant,
Chant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing

to action; stimulative.</def>
<blockquote>Competency is the most incentive to

industry.</blockquote> Dr. H. More.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Serving to kindle or set on fire.</def>

[R.]
<blockquote>Part incentive reed 

Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In*cen"tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. incentivum.]

<def>That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the
passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to
determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive;
spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two
powerful incentives to action.</def>
<blockquote>The greatest obstacles, the greatest terrors that come

in their way, are so far from making them quit the work they had
begun, that they rather prove incentives to them to go on in
it.</blockquote> South.
Syn. -- Motive; spur; stimulus; incitement; encouragement;

inducement; influence.
<hw>In*cen"tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Incitingly;

encouragingly.</def>
<hw>In*cep"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inceptio, fr. incipere to begin; pref. in- in +
capere to take. See Capable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Beginning; commencement; initiation.</def>

Bacon.
<blockquote>Marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of

progress, and prematureness of decay.</blockquote> Rawle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Reception; a taking in.</def> [R.]
Poe.
<hw>In*cep"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Beginning;

expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive
proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning
of action; -- called also inchoative.</def> --
<wf>In*cep"tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*cep"tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inceptive word,

phrase, or clause.</def>
<hw>In*cep"tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A beginner; one in the rudiments.</def>
Johnson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who is on the point of taking the

degree of master of arts at an English university.</def>
Walton.
<hw>In`cer*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incerare to smear with wax; pref. in- in +
cerare to wax, fr. cera wax: cf. F.
incération.] <def>The act of smearing or covering with
wax.</def> B. Jonson.
<hw>In*cer"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Cleaving or

sticking like wax.</def> Cotgrave.
<hw>In*cer"tain</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + certain: cf. F. incertain, L. incertus.
See Certain.] <def>Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.</def> --
<wf>In*cer"tain*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<blockquote>Very questionable and of uncertain

truth.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*cer"tain*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Uncertainty.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>In*cer"ti*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incertitude, LL. incertitudo, fr. L. incertus.
See Incertain.] <def>Uncertainty; doubtfulness;
doubt.</def>
<blockquote>The incertitude and instability of this

life.</blockquote> Holland.
<blockquote>He fails . . . from mere incertitude or

irresolution.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<hw>||In*cer"tum</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Doubtful; not

of definite form.</def>
<col>Opus incertum</col> (Anc. Arch.), <cd>a kind of

masonry employed in building walls, in which the stones were not
squared nor laid in courses; rubblework.</cd>
<hw>In*ces"sa*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
incessabilis; pref. in- not + cessare to cease.]
<def>Unceasing; continual.</def> [Obs.] Shelton. --
<wf>In*ces"sa*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>In*ces"san*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Incessant.] <def>The quality of being incessant; unintermitted
continuance; unceasingness.</def> Dr. T. Dwight.
<hw>In*ces"sant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incessans, -antis; pref. in- not +
cessare to cease: cf. F. incessant. See Cease.]
<def>Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing;
unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors;
incessant pain, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Against the castle gate, 

. . . Which with incessant force and endless hate, 
They batter'd day and night and entrance did await.</blockquote>
Spenser.
Syn. -- Unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted;

unremitting; ceaseless; continual; constant; perpetual.
<hw>In*ces"sant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Unceasingly;

continually.</def> Shak.
<hw>In*ces"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incedere, incessum, to walk.] <def>Motion on foot;
progress in walking.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The incession or local motion of

animals.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In"cest</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. inceste, L.

incestum unchastity, incest, fr. incestus unchaste;
pref. in- not + castus chaste. See Chaste.]
<def>The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons
related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by
law.</def> Shak.
<col>Spiritual incest</col>. (Eccl. Law)

<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The crime of cohabitation committed between
persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or
confirmation.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The act of a vicar, or
other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the
collation of the other.</cd>
<hw>In*cest"tu*ous</hw> (?; 135), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incestuosus: cf. F. incestueux.] <def>Guilty of incest;
involving, or pertaining to, the crime of incest; as, an
incestuous person or connection.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>Ere you reach to this incestuous love, 

You must divine and human rights remove.</blockquote>
Dryden.
-- <wf>In*cest"tu*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*cest"tu*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Inch</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gael. inis.]

<def>An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the
coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith,
etc.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Inch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. inche,

unche, AS. ynce, L. uncia the twelfth part,
inch, ounce. See Ounce a weight.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A measure of length, the twelfth part of a

foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths,
etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve
parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called
barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from
three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also
sometimes called a prime (′), composed of twelve seconds
(′′), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic.</def>

<blockquote>12 seconds (′′) make 1 inch or

prime. 12 inches or primes (′) make 1
foot.</blockquote> B. Greenleaf.
&fist; The meter, the accepted scientific standard of length,

equals 39.37 inches; the inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters. See
Metric system, and Meter.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A small distance or degree, whether of

time or space; hence, a critical moment.</def>
<blockquote>Beldame, I think we watched you at an

inch.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>By inches</col>, <cd>by slow degrees, gradually.</cd>

-- <col>Inch of candle</col>. <cd>See under
Candle.</cd> -- <col>Inches of pressure</col>,
<cd>usually, the pressure indicated by so many inches of a mercury
column, as on a steam gauge.</cd> -- <col>Inch of water</col>.
<cd>See under Water.</cd> -- <col>Miner's inch</col>,
(Hydraulic Mining), <cd>a unit for the measurement of water.
See Inch of water, under Water.</cd>
<hw>Inch</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inched (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inching.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To drive by inches, or small

degrees.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>He gets too far into the soldier's grace 

And inches out my master.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To deal out by inches; to give

sparingly.</def> [R.]
<hw>Inch</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To advance or retire

by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.</def>
<blockquote>With slow paces measures back the field, 

And inches to the walls.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Inch</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Measuring an inch in any

dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in
composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch
plank.</def>
<col>Inch stuff</col>, <cd>boards, etc., sawed one inch

thick.</cd>
<hw>In*cham"ber</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inchambered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inchambering.] [Pref. in- in +
chamber: cf. OF. enchambrer.] <def>To lodge in a
chamber.</def> [R.] Sherwood.
<hw>In*changeà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Unchangeableness.</def> [Obs.] Kenrick.
<hw>In*chant"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enchant.</def>
<hw>In*char"i*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

incharitable.] <def>Uncharitable; unfeeling.</def> [Obs.]
Shak.
<hw>In*char"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incharité.] <def>Want of charity.</def> [Obs.]
Evelyn.
<hw>In*chase"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enchase.</def>
<hw>In*chas"ti*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + chastity: cf. F. inchasteté.]
<def>Unchastity.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<hw>Inched</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having or measuring

(so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge.</def>
Shak.
<hw>In*chest"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To put into a

chest.</def>
<hw>Inch"i*pin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Inchpin.</def>
<hw>Inch"meal`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Meal a

part, and cf. Piecemeal.] <def>A piece an inch long.</def>
<col>By inchmeal</col>, <cd>by small degrees; by

inches.</cd> Shak.
<hw>Inch"meal`</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Little by little;

gradually.</def>
<hw>In"cho*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p. of incohare
to begin.] <def>Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but
not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements;
incomplete.</def> -- <wf>In"cho*ate*ly</wf>,
<blockquote>Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance

inchoate.</blockquote> Raleigh.
<hw>In"cho*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

begin.</def> [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
<hw>In`cho*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inchoatio, incohatio.] <def>Act of beginning;
commencement; inception.</def>
<blockquote>The setting on foot some of those arts, in those

parts, would be looked on as the first inchoation of
them.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<blockquote>It is now in actual progress, from the rudest

inchoation to the most elaborate finishing.</blockquote> I.
Taylor.
<hw>In*cho"a*tive</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inchoativus, incohativus: cf. F. inchoatif.]
<def>Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an
inchoative verb.</def> "Some inchoative or imperfect
rays." W. Montagu. -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inchoative
verb. See Inceptive.</def>
<hw>Inch"pin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Written also

inchipin, inche-pinne, inne-pinne.] [Cf. Gael.
inne, innidh, bowel, entrail.] <def>The sweetbread of a
deer.</def> Cotgrave.
<hw>Inch"worm`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The larva of any geometrid moth. See Geometrid.</def>
<hw>In*cic"u*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incicur not tame; pref. in- not + cicur name.]
<def>Untamable.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*cide"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

incidere; pref. in- in + caedere to cut. See
Concise, and cf. Incise.] <def>To cut; to separate and
remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In"ci*dence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incidence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A falling on or upon; an incident; an

event.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<sn>2.</sn> (Physics) <def>The direction in which a

body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface.</def>
<blockquote>In equal incidences there is a considerable

inequality of refractions.</blockquote> Sir I. Newton.
<col>Angle of incidence</col>, <cd>the angle which a ray of

light, or the line of incidence of a body, falling on any surface,
makes with a perpendicular to that surface; also formerly, the
complement of this angle.</cd> -- <col>Line of
incidence</col>, <cd>the line in the direction of which a surface
is struck by a body, ray of light, and the like.</cd>
<hw>In"ci*den*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Incidence.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>In"ci*dent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. incidens,

-entis, p. pr. & of incidere to fall into or upon;
pref. in- in, on + cadere to fall: cf. F.
incident. See Cadence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Falling or striking upon, as a ray of

light upon a reflecting surface.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Coming or happening accidentally; not in

the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design;
not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.</def>
<blockquote>As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed

of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident
necessities and utilities should be with special equity
considered.</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling;

hence, naturally happening or appertaining.</def>
<blockquote>All chances incident to man's frail

life.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>The studies incident to his

profession.</blockquote> Milward.
<sn>4.</sn> (Law) <def>Dependent upon, or

appertaining to, another thing, called the
principal.</def>
<col>Incident proposition</col> (Logic), <cd>a

proposition subordinate to another, and introduced by who,
which, whose, whom, etc.; as, Julius, whose
surname was Cæsar, overcame Pompey.</cd> I.
Watts.
<hw>In"ci*dent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incident.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which falls out or
takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence.</def>
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<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which happens aside from the main

design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.</def>
<blockquote>No person, no incident, in a play but must be

of use to carry on the main design.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>Something appertaining to,

passing with, or depending on, another, called the
principal.</def> Tomlins.
Syn. -- Circumstance; event; fact; adventure; contingency;

chance; accident; casualty. See Event.
<hw>In`ci*den"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Happening,

as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design;
casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate;
collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an
incidental occurrence; incidental expenses.</def>
<blockquote>By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded

. . . as an incidental business.</blockquote>
Rogers.
Syn. -- Accidental; casual; fortuitous; contingent; chance;

collateral. See Accidental.
-- <wf>In`ci*den"tal*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In`ci*den"tal*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<blockquote>I treat either or incidentally of

colors.</blockquote> Boyle.
<hw>In`ci*den"tal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An incident;

that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of
subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense
of tuition and incidentals.</def> Pope.
<hw>In"ci*dent*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Incidentally.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*cin"er*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being incinerated or reduced to ashes.</def> Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>In*cin"er*ate</hw> (?), [LL. incineratus, p. p. of

incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in +
cinis, cineris, ashes.] <def>Reduced to ashes by
burning; thoroughly consumed.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In*cin"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Incinerated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Incinerating (?).] <def>To burn to ashes; to
consume; to burn.</def> Bacon.
<blockquote>It is the fire only that incinerates

bodies.</blockquote> Boyle.
<hw>In*cinèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

incineratio: cf. F. incinération.] <def>The act
of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated;
cremation.</def>
<blockquote>The phenix kind, 

Of whose incineration, 
There riseth a new creation.</blockquote> Skelton.
{ <hw>In*cip"i*ence</hw> (?), <hw>In*cip"i*en*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [L. incipientia.] <def>Beginning;
commencement; incipient state.</def>
<hw>In*cip"i*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incipiens, p. pr. of incipere to begin. See
Inception.] <def>Beginning to be, or to show itself;
commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever;
incipient light of day.</def> -- <wf>In*cip"i*ent*ly</wf>,
<hw>In*cir"cle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Encircle.</def>
<hw>In*cir"clet</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Encirclet.] <def>A small circle.</def> [Obs.] Sir P.
Sidney.
<hw>In*cir`cum*scrip"ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + circumscriptible: cf. LL.
incircumscriptibilis.] <def>Incapable of being circumscribed
or limited.</def> Cranmer.
<hw>In*cir`cum*scrip"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Condition or quality of being incircumscriptible or
limitless.</def> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>In*cir"cum*spect</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + circumspect.] <def>Not circumspect; heedless;
careless; reckless; impolitic.</def> Tyndale.
<hw>In*cir`cum*spec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incirconspection.] <def>Want of circumspection.</def> Sir
T. Browne.
<hw>In*cise"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Incised (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Incising.] [L. incisus, p. p. of incidere to
incise: cf. F. inciser. See Incide.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To cut in or into with a sharp instrument;

to carve; to engrave.</def>
<blockquote>I on thy grave this epitaph

incise.</blockquote> T. Carew.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp

instrument; to cut off.</def>
<hw>In*cised"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Cut in; carved; engraved.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Having deep and sharp
notches, as a leaf or a petal.</def>
<hw>In*cise"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an incised

manner.</def>
<hw>In*ci"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. incisio:

cf. F. incision. See Incise.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of incising, or cutting into a

substance.</def> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is produced by incising; the

separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed
instrument; a cut; a gash.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Separation or solution of viscid matter by

medicines.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*ci"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

incisif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the quality of incising, cutting,

or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp;
acute; sarcastic; biting.</def> "An incisive, high voice."
G. Eliot.
<blockquote>And her incisive smile accrediting 

That treason of false witness in my blush.</blockquote> Mrs.
Browning.
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>Of or pertaining to the

incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the
premaxillaries.</def>
<hw>In*ci"sor</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.]

(Anat.) <def>One of the teeth in front of the canines in
either jaw; an incisive tooth. See Tooth.</def>
<hw>In*ci"sor</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Adapted for cutting;

of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor
nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth.</def>
<hw>In*ci"so*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the

quality of cutting; incisor; incisive.</def>
<hw>In*cis"ure</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incisura: cf. F. incisure.] <def>A cut; an incision; a
gash.</def> Derham.
<hw>In*cit"ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. incitans,

-antis, p. pr. of incitare. See Incite.]
<def>Inciting; stimulating.</def>
<hw>In*cit"ant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which incites;

an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant.</def> E. Darwin.
<hw>In`ci*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
incitatio: cf. F. incitation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inciting or moving to

action.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which incites to action; that which

rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.</def>
<blockquote>The noblest incitation to honest

attempts.</blockquote> Tatler.
<hw>In*cit"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

provocative; an incitant; a stimulant.</def> [R.] Jervas.
<hw>In*cite"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Incited (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inciting.] [L. incitare; pref. in- in +
citare to rouse, stir up: cf. F. inciter. See
Cite.] <def>To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur
or urge on.</def>
<blockquote>Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in

war, set before him the greatness of the Romans.</blockquote>
Bacon.
<blockquote>No blown ambition doth our arms

incite.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse;

move; urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate. See
Excite.
<hw>In*cite"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incitement.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inciting.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which incites the mind, or moves to

action; motive; incentive; impulse.</def> Burke.
<blockquote>From the long records of a distant age, 

Derive incitements to renew thy rage.</blockquote>
Pope.
Syn. -- Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse;

encouragement.
<hw>In*cit"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, incites.</def>
<hw>In*cit"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>So as to

incite or stimulate.</def>
<hw>In*ci`to-mo"tor</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incitus incited + E. motor.] (Physiol.)
<def>Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case
of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the
muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor.</def>
<hw>In*ci`to-mo"to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Physiol.) <def>Incitomotor.</def>
<hw>In*civ"il</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. incivilis;

pref. in- not + civilis civil: cf. F. incivil.]
<def>Uncivil; rude.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>In`ci*vil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Incivilities</plw> (#). [L. incivilitas: cf. F.
incivilité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being uncivil;

want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.</def> Shak.
Tillotson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any act of rudeness or ill

breeding.</def>
<blockquote>Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in

civil account, are called indecencies and
incivilities.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Want of civilization; a state of rudeness

or barbarism.</def> [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Syn. -- Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness;

disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
<hw>In*civì*li*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + civilization.] <def>The state of being
uncivilized; want of civilization; barbarism.</def>
<hw>In*civ"il*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Uncivilly.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>In*civ"ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + civism: cf. F. incivisme.] <def>Want of civism;
want of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's
state or government.</def> [R.] Macaulay.
<hw>In`cla*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inclamatio. See 1st In-, and Claim.]
<def>Exclamation.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*clasp"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

in + clasp. Cf. Enclasp.] <def>To clasp within; to
hold fast to; to embrace or encircle.</def> [Written also
enclasp.]
<blockquote>The flattering ivy who did ever see 

Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree.</blockquote> F.
Beaumont.
<hw>In*clau"dent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not closing

or shutting.</def>
<hw>In"cla*va`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.
inclavatus; L. pref. in- in + clavare to fasten
with nails, fr. clavus nail.] <def>Set; fast; fixed.</def>
Dr. John Smith.
<hw>In*clave"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Inclavated.] (Her.) <def>Resembling a series of
dovetails; -- said of a line of division, such as the border of an
ordinary.</def>
<hw>In"cle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Inkle.</def>
<hw>In*clem"en*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Inclemencies</plw> (#). [L. inclementia: cf. F.
inclémence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being inclement;

want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness;
severity.</def>
<blockquote>The inclemency of the late pope.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>Physical severity or harshness (commonly

in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor;
severe cold, wind, rain, or snow.</def>
<blockquote>The inclemencies of morning air.</blockquote>

Pope.
<blockquote>The rude inclemency of wintry

skies.</blockquote> Cowper.
Syn. -- Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness;

storminess; boisterousness.
<hw>In*clem"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inclemens; pref. in- not + clemens mild: cf. F.
inclément. See Clement.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind

temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Physically severe or harsh (generally

restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy;
rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather.</def>
Cowper.
<blockquote>The guard the wretched from the inclement

sky.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>Teach us further by what means to shun 

The inclement seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow!</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In*clem"ent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inclement manner.</def>
<hw>In*clin"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
inclinabilis. See Incline.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Leaning; tending.</def>
<blockquote>Likely and inclinable to fall.</blockquote>

Bentley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Having a propensity of will or feeling;

leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind
inclinable to truth.</def>
<blockquote>Whatsoever other sins he may be inclinable

to.</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>The very constitution of a multitude is not so

inclinable to save as to destroy.</blockquote>
Fuller.
<hw>In*clin"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being inclinable; inclination.</def>
<hw>In`cli*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inclinatio: cf. F. inclination.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as,
an inclination of the head.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A direction or tendency from the true

vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a
column, or of a road bed.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A tendency towards another body or

point.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Geom.) <def>The angle made by two lines

or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's
equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23° 28′; the
inclination of two rays of light.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A leaning or tendency of the mind,

feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more
favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire;
love.</def>
<blockquote>A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a

willing of that thing.</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>How dost thou find the inclination of the

people?</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A person or thing loved or admired.</def>

Sir W. Temple.
<sn>7.</sn> (Pharm.) <def>Decantation, or tipping

for pouring.</def>
<col>Inclination compass</col>, <cd>an inclinometer.</cd> -

- <col>Inclination of an orbit</col> (Astron.), <cd>the
angle which the orbit makes with the ecliptic.</cd> --
<col>Inclination of the needle</col>. <cd>See Dip of the
needle, under Dip.</cd>
Syn. -- Bent; tendency; proneness; bias; proclivity;

propensity; prepossession; predilection; attachment; desire;
affection; love. See Bent, and cf. Disposition.
<hw>In*clin"a*to*ry</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the
inclinatory needle.</def> -- <wf>In*clin"a*to*ri*ly</wf> (#),
<pos>adv.</pos> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*cline"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inclined (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inclining.] [OE. inclinen, enclinen, OF.
encliner, incliner, F. incliner, L.
inclinare; pref. in- in + clinare to bend,
incline; akin to E. lean. See Lean to incline.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To deviate from a line, direction, or

course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines
incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north
or south.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual

or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a
person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be
disposed.</def>
<blockquote>Their hearts inclined to follow

Abimelech.</blockquote> Judges ix. 3.
<blockquote>Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease 

In both the scales, and each inclines to peace.</blockquote>
Parnell.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To bow; to incline the head.</def>

Chaucer.
Syn. -- To lean; slope; slant; tend; bend.
<hw>In*cline"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give
a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post
to the east; incline your head to the right.</def>
<blockquote>Incline thine ear, O Lord, and

hear.</blockquote> Is. xxxvii. 17.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To impart a tendency or propensity to, as

to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to
<blockquote>Incline my heart unto thy

testimonies.</blockquote> Ps. cxix. 36.
<blockquote>Incline our hearts to keep this
law.</blockquote> Book of Com. Prayer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to

incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or
civility.</def>
<blockquote>With due respect my body I

inclined.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>In*cline"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inclined plane;

an ascent or descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.</def>
<hw>In*clined"</hw> (?), <pos>p. p. & a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away
from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a
man inclined to virtue.</def> "Each pensively
inclined." Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <def>Making an angle with some

line or plane; -- said of a line or plane.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Bent out of a perpendicular

position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.</def>
<col>Inclined plane</col>. (Mech.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A plane that makes an oblique angle with the
plane of the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce pressure,
or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of the mechanical powers,
so called.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> (Railroad & Canal) <cd>An
inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or
lowered from one level to another.</cd>
<hw>In*clin"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined dial.</def>
<hw>In*clin"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.) <def>Same

as Inclined, 3.</def>
<hw>In*clin"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Inclination; disposition.</def>
<blockquote>On the first inclining towards

sleep.</blockquote> Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Party or side chosen; a

following.</def>
<blockquote>Both you of my inclining, and the

rest.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In`clin*nom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[Incline + -meter.] (Magnetism) <def>An
apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force
to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination
compass, and dip circle.</def>
<hw>In*clip"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To clasp; to

inclose.</def>
<blockquote>Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky

inclips.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*clois"ter</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in + cloister: cf. F. encloîtrer. Cf.
Encloister.] <def>To confine as in a cloister; to
cloister.</def> Lovelace.
<hw>In*close"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inclosed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inclosing.] [See Enclose, and cf. Include.]
[Written also enclose.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To surround; to shut in; to confine on all

sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a
fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with
walls.</def>
<blockquote>How many evils have inclosed me

round!</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To put within a case, envelope, or the

like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as,
to inclose a letter or a bank note.</def>
<blockquote>The inclosed copies of the treaty.</blockquote>

<sn>3.</sn> <def>To separate from common grounds by a

fence; as, to inclose lands.</def> Blackstone.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To put into harness; to harness.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>They went to coach and their horse

inclose.</blockquote> Chapman.
<hw>In*clos"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common
grounds.</def>
<hw>In*clo"sure</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Inclose, Enclosure.] [Written also
enclosure.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inclosing; the state of being

inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common
ground by a fence.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is inclosed or placed within

something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced
up.</def>
<blockquote>Within the inclosure there was a great store of

houses.</blockquote> Hakluyt.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which incloses; a barrier or
fence.</def>
<blockquote>Breaking our inclosures every

morn.</blockquote> W. Browne.
<hw>In*cloud"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To envelop as

in clouds; to darken; to obscure.</def> Milton.
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<hw>In*clude"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Included; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Including.] [L. includere, inclusum; pref.
in- in + claudere to shut. See Close, and cf.
Enclose.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To confine within; to hold; to contain; to

shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the
kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the

species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to
contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes
his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family;
to and including page twenty-five.</def>

<blockquote>The whole included race, his purposed

prey.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>The loss of such a lord includes all

harm.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To conclude; to end; to terminate.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>Come, let us go; we will include all jars 

With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.</blockquote>
Shak.
Syn. -- To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace;

involve.
<hw>In*clud"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclosed;

confined.</def>
<col>Included stamens</col> (Bot.), <cd>such as are

shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within
them.</cd>
<hw>In*clud"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being included.</def>
<hw>||In*clu"sa</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr. L.

inclusus, p. p. of includere to shut in.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized
by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship
borer (Teredo navalis) is an example.</def>
<hw>In*clu"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inclusio: cf. F. inclusion. See Include.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of including, or the state of

being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of
inclusion of his policy.</def> Sir W. Temple.
<sn>2.</sn> (Min.) <def>A foreign substance, either

liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a
mineral.</def>
<hw>In*clu"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inclusif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Inclosing; encircling;

surrounding.</def>
<blockquote>The inclusive verge 

Of golden metal that must round my brow.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Comprehending the stated limit or

extremes; as, from Monday to Saturday inclusive, that is,
taking in both Monday and Saturday; -- opposed to
exclusive.</def>

<hw>In*clu"sive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inclusive manner.</def>
<hw>In*coach"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To put a

coach.</def>
{ <hw>In`co*act"</hw> (?), <hw>In`co*act"ed</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. incoactus; pref. in- not +
coactus forced. See Coact.] <def>Not compelled;
unconstrained.</def> [Obs.] Coles.
<hw>In`co*ag"u*la*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

coagulable.</def>
<hw>In`co*a*les"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of not coalescing.</def>
<hw>In*coct"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf.

Concoct.] <def>Raw; indigestible.</def> [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
<hw>In`co*er"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + coercible: cf. F. incoercible.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not to be coerced; incapable of being

compelled or forced.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Physics) <def>Not capable of being

reduced to the form of a liquid by pressure; -- said of any gas above
its critical point; -- also particularly of oxygen, hydrogen,
nitrogen, and carbon monoxide, formerly regarded as incapable of
liquefaction at any temperature or pressure.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Physics) <def>That can note be confined

in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; --
said of the imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity,
etc.</def>
<hw>In`co*ex*ist"ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of not coexisting.</def> [Obs.] Locke.
<hw>In*cog"</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Incognito.</def>

[Colloq.]
<blockquote>Depend upon it -- he'll remain

incog.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>In*cog"i*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incogitabilis; pref. in- not + cogitabilis
cogitable.] <def>Not cogitable; inconceivable.</def> Sir T.
More.
{ <hw>In*cog"i*tance</hw> (?), <hw>In*cog"i*tan*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [L. incogitantia.] <def>Want of thought,
or of the power of thinking; thoughtlessness;
unreasonableness.</def>
<blockquote>'T is folly and incogitancy to argue anything,

one way or the other, from the designs of a sort of beings with whom
we so little communicate.</blockquote> Glanvill.
<hw>In*cog"i*tant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incogitans; pref. in- not + cogitans, p. pr. of
cogitare to think. See Cogitate.] <def>Thoughtless;
inconsiderate.</def> [R.] Milton.
<blockquote>Men are careless and incogitant.</blockquote>

J. Goodman.
<hw>In*cog"i*tant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

incogitant manner.</def>
<hw>In*cog"i*ta*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

cogitative; not thinking; wanting the power of thought; as, a
vegetable is an incogitative being.</def> Locke.
<hw>In*cogì*ta*tiv"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of the power of
thinking.</def> Wollaston.
<hw>In*cog"ni*ta</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Incognito.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A woman who is unknown or in

disguise.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being in disguise; -- said of

a woman.</def>
<hw>In*cog"ni*tant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Ignorant.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*cog"ni*to</hw> (?), <pos>a. or adv.</pos> [It.

incognito, masc., incognita, fem., L. incognitus
unknown; pref. in- not + cognitus known, p. p. of
cognoscere: cf. F. incognito, fr. It. See
Cognition.] <def>Without being known; in disguise; in an
assumed character, or under an assumed title; -- said esp. of great
personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in
order to avoid notice.</def>
<blockquote>'T was long ago 

Since gods come down incognito.</blockquote> Prior.
<blockquote>The prince royal of Persia came thither

incognito.</blockquote> Tatler.
<hw>In*cog"ni*to</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Incognitos</plw> (#). [See Incognito,
<pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One unknown or in disguise, or under an

assumed character or name.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The assumption of disguise or of a feigned

character; the state of being in disguise or not
recognized.</def>
<blockquote>His incognito was endangered.</blockquote>

<hw>In*cog"ni*za*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

cognizable; incapable of being recognized, known, or
distinguished.</def> H. Spenser.
<blockquote>The Lettish race, not a primitive stock of the Slavi,

but a distinct branch, now become incognizable.</blockquote>
Tooke.
<hw>In*cog"ni*zance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Failure to

cognize, apprehended, or notice.</def>
<blockquote>This incognizance may be

explained.</blockquote> Sir W. Hamilton.
<hw>In*cog"ni*zant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.</def>
<blockquote>Of the several operations themselves, as acts of

volition, we are wholly incognizant.</blockquote> Sir W.
Hamilton.
<hw>In`cog*nos"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Incognizable.</def> -- <wf>In`cog*nos"ci*bil"i*ty</wf> (#),
{ <hw>In`co*her"ence</hw> (?), <hw>In`co*her"en*cy</hw> (?), }
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. incohérence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being incoherent;

want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence.</def>
Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Want of connection; incongruity;

inconsistency; want of agreement or dependence of one part on
another; as, the incoherence of arguments, facts,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>Incoherences in matter, and suppositions

without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong
reason.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is incoherent.</def>
<blockquote>Crude incoherencies . . . and nauseous

tautologies.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In`co*her"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + coherent: cf. F. incohérent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose;

unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of
material substances.</def> Woodward.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Wanting coherence or agreement;

incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on
another; logically disconnected.</def> "The same rambling,
incoherent manner." Bp. Warburton.
<hw>In`co*herèn*tif"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [E.

incoherent + L. facere to make.] <def>Causing
incoherence.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`co*her"ent*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

incoherent manner; without due connection of parts.</def>
<hw>In`co*her"ent*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Incoherence.</def>
<hw>In`co*in"ci*dence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`co*in"ci*dent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

coincident; not agreeing in time, in place, or principle.</def>
<hw>In`co*lu"mi*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incolumitas, fr. incolumis uninjured, safe; perh. fr.
in intens. + (doubtful) columis safe.] <def>Safety;
security.</def> [Obs.] Howell.
<hw>In*com"ber</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Encumber.</def>
<hw>In`com*bine"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be
incapable of combining; to disagree; to differ.</def> [Obs.]
Milton.
<hw>In`com*bus`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incombustilité.] <def>The quality of being
incombustible.</def>
<hw>In`com*bus"ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + combustible: cf. F. incombustible.] <def>Not
combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by
fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible
substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas.</def>
<col>Incombustible cloth</col>, <cd>a tissue of amianthus

or asbestus; also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible
substance.</cd>
-- <wf>In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In`com*bus"ti*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In"come</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion.</def>
<blockquote>More abundant incomes of light and strength

from God.</blockquote> Bp. Rust.
<blockquote>At mine income I louted low.</blockquote>

Drant.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is caused to enter;

inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted.</def>
[R.]
<blockquote>I would then make in and steep 

My income in their blood.</blockquote> Chapman.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That gain which proceeds from labor,

business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm,
the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the
profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or
stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the
annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property;
as, a large income.</def>
<blockquote>No fields afford 

So large an income to the village lord.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> (Physiol.) <def>That which is taken into

the body as food; the ingesta; -- sometimes restricted to the
nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See Food.
Opposed to output.</def>
<col>Income bond</col>, <cd>a bond issued on the income of

the corporation or company issuing it, and the interest of which is
to be paid from the earnings of the company before any dividends are
made to stockholders; -- issued chiefly or exclusively by railroad
companies.</cd> -- <col>Income tax</col>, <cd>a tax upon a
person's incomes, emoluments, profits, etc., or upon the excess
beyond a certain amount.</cd>
Syn. -- Gain; profit; proceeds; salary; revenue; receipts;

interest; emolument; produce.
<hw>In"comèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who comes in.</def>
<blockquote>Outgoers and incomers.</blockquote> Lew

Wallace.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who succeeds another, as a tenant of

land, houses, etc.</def> [Eng.]
<hw>In"comìng</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Coming in; accruing.</def>
<blockquote>A full incoming profit on the product of his

labor.</blockquote> Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Coming in, succeeding, or following, as

occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant.</def>
<hw>In"comìng</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of coming in; arrival.</def>
<blockquote>The incomings and outgoings of the

trains.</blockquote> Dickens.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Income; gain.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Many incomings are subject to great

fluctuations.</blockquote> Tooke.
<hw>In*com"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

comity; incivility; rudeness.</def> [R.]
<hw>||In com*men"dam</hw> (?). [See Commendam.]

(Law) <def>See Commendam, and Partnership in
Commendam, under Partnership.</def>
<hw>In`com*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

F. incommensurabilité.] <def>The quality or state of
being incommensurable.</def> Reid.
<hw>In`com*men"su*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + commensurable: cf. F.
incommensurable.] <def>Not commensurable; having no common
measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are
incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an
aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are
incommensurable with each other; the diameter and
circumference of a circle are incommensurable.</def>
<blockquote>They are quantities

incommensurable.</blockquote> Burke.
-- <wf>In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In`com*men"su*ra*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`com*men"su*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

of two or more quantities which have no common measure.</def>
<hw>In`com*men"su*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not commensurate; not admitting of a common
measure; incommensurable.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not of equal of sufficient measure or

extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our
wants.</def>
Syn. -- Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate.
-- <wf>In`com*men"su*rate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In`com*men"su*rate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`com*mis"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incommiscibilis; pref. in- not + commiscibilis
that can be mingled.] <def>Not commiscible; not mixable.</def>
<hw>In`com*mix"ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

state of being unmixed; separateness.</def> Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>In*com"mo*date</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Incommodated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Incommodating (?).] [L. incommodare. See
Incommode.] <def>To incommode.</def> [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
<hw>In*com`mo*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being incommoded; inconvenience.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`com*mode"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Incommoded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Incommoding.] [F. incommoder, L. incommodare
inconvenient; pref. in- not + commodus convenient. See
Commodious.] <def>To give inconvenience or trouble to; to
disturb or molest; to discommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are
incommoded by want of room.</def>
Syn. -- To annoy; disturb; trouble; molest; disaccomodate;

inconvenience; disquiet; vex; plague.
<hw>In`com*mode"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

inconvenience.</def> [R.] Strype.
<hw>In`com*mode"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of incommoded.</def> [Obs.] Cheyne.
<hw>In`com*mo"di*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + commodious: cf. LL. incommodious, L.
incommodus, F. incommode.] <def>Tending to incommode;
not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving
trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an
incommodious arrangement.</def> --
<wf>In`com*mo"di*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>In`com*mo"di*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`com*mo"di*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Incommodities</plw> (#). [L. incommoditas: cf. F.
incommodité. See Incommodious.]
<def>Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage;
encumbrance.</def> [Archaic] Bunyan.
<blockquote>A great incommodity to the body.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Buried him under a bulk of

incommodities.</blockquote> Hawthorne.
<hw>In`com*mu`ni*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

F. incommunicabilité.] <def>The quality or state of
being incommunicable, or incapable of being imparted.</def>
<hw>In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incommunicabilis: cf. F. incommunicable. See In-
not, and Communicable.] <def>Not communicable; incapable of
being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others.</def>
<blockquote>Health and understanding are

incommunicable.</blockquote> Southey.
<blockquote>Those incommunicable relations of the divine

love.</blockquote> South.
-- <wf>In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In`com*mu"ni*ca*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`com*mu"ni*ca`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

communicated or imparted.</def> [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
<hw>In`com*mu"ni*ca`ting</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no

communion or intercourse with each other.</def> [Obs.] Sir M.
Hale.
<hw>In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation;
reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative;
hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others;
exclusive.</def>
<blockquote>The Chinese . . . an incommunicative

nation.</blockquote> C. Buchanan.
-- <wf>In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
Lamb.
<blockquote>His usual incommunicativeness.</blockquote>

G. Eliot.
<hw>In`com*mu`ta*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
incommutabilitas: cf. F. incommutabilité.]
<def>The quality or state of being incommutable.</def>
<hw>In`com*mut"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incommutabilis: cf. F. incommutable. See In-
not, and Commutable.] <def>Not commutable; not capable of
being exchanged with, or substituted for, another.</def>
Cudworth. -- <wf>In`com*mut"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>In`com*mut"a*bly</wf>,
{ <hw>In`com*pact"</hw> (?), <hw>In`com*pact"ed</hw>, }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Not compact; not having the parts firmly
united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete.</def>
Boyle.
<hw>In*com"pa*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incomparabilis: cf. F. incomparable. See In-
not, and Comparable.] <def>Not comparable; admitting of no
comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or
equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.</def>
<blockquote>A merchant of incomparable wealth.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>A new hypothesis . . . which hath the

incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron.</blockquote>
-- <wf>In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*com"pa*ra*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<blockquote>Delights incomparably all those corporeal

things.</blockquote> Bp. Wilkins.
<hw>In`com*pared"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Peerless;

incomparable.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>In*com"pass</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Encompass.</def>
<hw>In`com*pas"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + compassion: cf. F. incompassion.] <def>Want
of compassion or pity.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.
<hw>In`com*pas"sion*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless.</def> --
<wf>In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`com*patì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>-ties</plw> (&?;). [Cf. F.
incompatibilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.</def>
<hw>In`com*pat"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + compatible: cf. F. incompatible.] [It was
formerly sometimes written incompetible.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not compatible; so differing as to be

incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in
thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of
incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires,
ambition.</def>
<blockquote>A strength and obduracy of character

incompatible with his meek and innocent nature.</blockquote>
Southey.
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<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>Incapable of being together

without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain
medicines.</def>
<col>Incompatible terms</col> (Logic), <cd>terms

which can not be combined in thought.</cd>
Syn. -- Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar;

irreconcilable; unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant;
repugnant; contradictory. See Inconsistent.
<hw>In`com*pat"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Med. &

Chem.) <def>An incompatible substance; esp., in pl.,
things which can not be placed or used together because of a change
of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the
incompatibles of iron.</def>
<hw>In`com*pat"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being incompatible; incompatibility.</def>
<hw>In`com*pat"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

incompatible manner; inconsistently; incongruously.</def>
{ <hw>In*com"pe*tence</hw> (?), <hw>In*com"pe*tency</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. incompétence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being incompetent;

want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency;
inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child for hard labor, or
of an idiot for intellectual efforts.</def> "Some inherent
incompetency." Gladstone.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>Want of competency or legal

fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as
a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a
cause.</def>
Syn. -- Inability; insufficiency; inadequacy;

disqualification; incapability; unfitness.
<hw>In*com"pe*tent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incompetens: cf. F. incompétent. See In-
not, and Competent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not competent; wanting in adequate
strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like;
incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.</def>
<blockquote>Incompetent to perform the duties of the

place.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>Wanting the legal or

constitutional qualifications; inadmissible; as, a person professedly
wanting in religious belief is an incompetent witness in a
court of law or equity; incompetent evidence.</def>
<blockquote>Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his

brethren, to disable their issues, upon false and incompetent
pretexts, the one of attainder, the other of
illegitimation.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not lying within one's competency,

capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.</def>
Syn. -- Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient;

inefficient; disqualified; unfit; improper. -- Incompetent,
Incapable. Incompetent is a relative term, denoting a
want of the requisite qualifications for performing a given act,
service, etc.; incapable is absolute in its meaning, denoting
want of power, either natural or moral. We speak of a man as
incompetent to a certain task, of an incompetent judge,
etc. We say of an idiot that he is incapable of learning to
read; and of a man distinguished for his honor, that he is
incapable of a mean action.
<hw>In*com"pe*tent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably.</def>
<hw>In`com*petì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Incompatibility.</def>
<hw>In`com*pet"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Incompatible.</def>
<hw>In`com*plete"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incompletus: cf. F. incomplet. See In- not, and
Complete.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not complete; not filled up; not finished;

not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect;
defective.</def>
<blockquote>A most imperfect and incomplete

divine.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Wanting any of the usual

floral organs; -- said of a flower.</def>
<col>Incomplete equation</col> (Alg.), <cd>an

equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the
coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity
is equal to 0.</cd>
<hw>In`com*plete"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

incomplete manner.</def>
<hw>In`com*plete"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness.</def>
Boyle.
<hw>In`com*ple"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

completion; incompleteness.</def> Smart.
<hw>In`com*plex"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + complex: cf. F. incomplexe.] <def>Not complex;
uncompounded; simple.</def> Barrow.
<hw>In`com*pli"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

compliable; not conformable.</def>
<hw>In`com*pli"ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being incompliant;
unyielding temper; obstinacy.</def>
<blockquote>Self-conceit produces peevishness and

incompliance of humor in things lawful and
indifferent.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Refusal or failure to comply.</def>

Strype.
<hw>In`com*pli"ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command;
stubborn.</def> -- <wf>In`com*pli"ant*ly</wf>,
<hw>In`com*posed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Disordered;

disturbed.</def> [Obs.] Milton. -- <wf>In`com*po"sed*ly</wf>
(#), <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.] -- <wf>In`com*pos"ed*ness</wf>,
<hw>In`com*pos"ite</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incompositus. See Composite.] <def>Not composite;
uncompounded; simple.</def>
<col>Incomposite numbers</col>. <cd>See Prime

numbers, under Prime.</cd>
<hw>In`com*pos"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + compossible: cf. F. incompossible.] <def>Not
capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>Ambition and faith . . . are . . .

incompossible.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
-- <wf>In`com*pos`si*bil"i*ty</wf> (#), <pos>n.</pos>

[Obs.]
<hw>In*com`pre*hense"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
incomprehensus.] <def>Incomprehensible.</def> [Obs.]
"Incomprehense in virtue." Marston.
<hw>In*com`pre*hen`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

F. incompréhensibilité.] <def>The quality of
being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect;
incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability.</def>
<blockquote>The constant, universal sense of all antiquity

unanimously confessing an incomprehensibility in many of the
articles of the Christian faith.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In*com`pre*hen"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompréhensible. See
In- not, and Comprehensible.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not capable of being contained within

limits.</def>
<blockquote>An infinite and incomprehensible

substance.</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not capable of being comprehended or

understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect;
inconceivable.</def>
<blockquote>And all her numbered stars that seem to roll 

Spaces incomprehensible.</blockquote> Milton.
-- <wf>In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*com`pre*hen"si*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*com`pre*hen"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want

of comprehension or understanding.</def> "These mazes and
incomprehensions." Bacon.
<hw>In*com`pre*hen"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not
extensive; limited.</def> -- <wf>In*com`pre*hen"sive*ly</wf>,
<pos>a.</pos> Sir W. Hamilton. --
<wf>In*com`pre*hen"sive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> T.
Warton.
<hw>In`com*pressì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incompressibilité.] <def>The quality of being
incompressible, or incapable of reduction in volume by pressure; --
formerly supposed to be a property of liquids.</def>
<blockquote>The incompressibility of water is not

absolute.</blockquote> Rees.
<hw>In`com*press"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + compressible: cf. F. incompressible.]
<def>Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or
pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as,
many liquids and solids appear to be almost
incompressible.</def> -- <wf>In`com*press"i*ble*ness</wf>,
<hw>In`com*put"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

computable.</def>
<hw>In`con*ceal"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

concealable.</def> "Inconcealable imperfections." Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>In`con*ceivà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being inconceivable; inconceivableness.</def>
<blockquote>The inconceivability of the

Infinite.</blockquote> Mansel.
<hw>In`con*ceiv"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.] <def>Not
conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable
by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies;
incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will
acts in producing muscular motion.</def>
<blockquote>It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual

substance should represent an extended figure.</blockquote>
Locke.
-- <wf>In`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In`con*ceiv"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<blockquote>The inconceivableness of a quality existing

without any subject to possess it.</blockquote> A. Tucker.
<hw>In`con*cep"ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inconceivable.</def> [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
<hw>In`con*cern"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unimportant; trifling.</def> [Obs.] "Trifling and
inconcerning matters." Fuller.
<hw>In`con*cinne"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Inconcinnous.] <def>Dissimilar; incongruous; unsuitable.</def>
[Obs.] Cudworth.
<hw>In`con*cin"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inconcinnitas.] <def>Want of concinnity or congruousness;
unsuitableness.</def>
<blockquote>There is an inconcinnity in admitting these

words.</blockquote> Trench.
<hw>In`con*cin"nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconcinnus. See In- not, and Concinnity.]
<def>Not concinnous; unsuitable; discordant.</def> [Obs.]
Cudworth.
<hw>In`con*clud"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

inferring a conclusion or consequence; not conclusive.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>In`con*clud"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inferring no
consequence.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`con*clu"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point
in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is
inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed
case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to
debate or doubt.</def>
<blockquote>Arguments . . . inconclusive and

impertinent.</blockquote> South.
-- <wf>In`con*clu"sive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In`con*clu"sive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`con*coct"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. pref. in-

 not + concoctus, p. p. of concoquere. See
Concoct.] <def>Inconcocted.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`con*coct"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + concocted.] <def>Imperfectly digested, matured, or
ripened.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In`con*coc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

of being undigested; unripeness; immaturity.</def> [Obs.]
Bacon.
<hw>In*con"crete</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconcretus incorporeal.] <def>Not concrete.</def> [R.] L.
Andrews.
<hw>In`con*cur"ring</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

concurring; disagreeing.</def> [R.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In`con*cus"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + L. concussibilis that can be shaken. See
Concussion.] <def>Not concussible; that cannot be
shaken.</def>
{ <hw>In`con*den`sa*bil"i*ty</hw> (?),

<hw>In`con*den`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), } <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
quality or state of being incondensable.</def>
{ <hw>In`con*den"sa*ble</hw> (?), <hw>In`con*den"si*ble</hw>, }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Not condensable; incapable of being made
more dense or compact, or reduced to liquid form.</def>
<hw>In"con*dite</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconditus; pref. in- not + conditus, p. p. of
condere to put or join together. See Condition.]
<def>Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished;
irregular.</def> "Carol incondite rhymes." J.
Philips.
<hw>In`con*di"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + conditional: cf. F. inconditionnel.]
<def>Unconditional.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In`con*di"tion*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + conditionate: cf. F.
inconditionné.] <def>Not conditioned; not limited;
absolute.</def> [Obs.] Boyle.
<hw>In`con*form"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + conform.] <def>Unconformable.</def> [Obs.]
Gauden.
<hw>In`con*form"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unconformable.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`con*form"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inconformité.] <def>Want of conformity;
nonconformity.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`con*fused"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

confused; distinct.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`con*fu"sion</hw> (?) <pos>n.</pos> <def>Freedom from

confusion; distinctness.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In`con*fut"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

confutable.</def> -- <wf>In`con*fut"a*bly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
<hw>In`con*geal"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incongelabilis. See Congeal.] <def>Not congealable;
incapable of being congealed.</def> --
<wf>In`con*geal"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`con*gen"ial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

congenial; uncongenial.</def> [R.] -- <wf>In`con*ge`ni*al"i*ty</wf>
(#). [R.]

<hw>In*con"gru*ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incongruentia.] <def>Want of congruence; incongruity.</def>
Boyle.
<hw>In*con"gru*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incongruens. See In- not, and Congruent.]
<def>Incongruous.</def> Sir T. Elyot.
<hw>In`con*gru"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Incongruities</plw> (#). [Pref. in- not +
congruity: cf. F. incongruité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being incongruous;

want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency;
impropriety.</def>
<blockquote>The fathers make use of this acknowledgment of the

incongruity of images to the Deity, from thence to prove the
incongruity of the worship of them.</blockquote> Bp.
Stillingfleet.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or
of harmony.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is incongruous; want of

congruity.</def>
<hw>In*con"gru*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incongruus. See In- not, and Congruous.]
<def>Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of
harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate;
unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an
incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action,
dress, etc.</def> "Incongruous mixtures of opinions." I.
Taylor. "Made up of incongruous parts."
<blockquote>Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of

harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men
takes cognizance.</blockquote> C. J. Smith.
<col>Incongruous numbers</col> (Arith.), <cd>two

numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their
difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two
numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the
third; as, twenty and twenty-five are incongruous with respect
to four.</cd>
Syn. -- Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious;

disagreeing; absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See
Inconsistent.
-- <wf>In*con"gru*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*con"gru*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`con*nect"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

connected; disconnected.</def> [R.] Bp. Warburton.
<hw>In`con*nec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Disconnection.</def>
<hw>In`con*nex"ed*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + connexed (p. p. of connex) + -
ly.] <def>Not connectedly; without connection.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*con"scion*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unconscionable.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>In*con"scious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unconscious.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`con*sec"u*tive*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of not being consecutive.</def> J. H.
Newman.
<hw>In*con"se*quence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inconsequentia: cf. F. inconséquence.] <def>The
quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical
inference or argument; inconclusiveness.</def> Bp.
<blockquote>Strange, that you should not see the

inconsequence of your own reasoning!</blockquote> Bp.
Hurd.
<hw>In*con"se*quent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconsequens: cf. F. inconséquent. See In-
 not, and Consequent.] <def>Not following from the
premises; not regularly inferred; invalid; not characterized by
logical method; illogical; arbitrary; inconsistent; of no
consequence.</def>
<blockquote>Loose and inconsequent

conjectures.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*con`se*quen"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant;
unimportant; of no consequence.</def> Chesterfield. --
<wf>In*con`se*quen"tial*ly</wf> (#), <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*con`se*quen`ti*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The state of being inconsequential.</def>
<hw>In*con"se*quent*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Inconsequence.</def>
<hw>In`con*sid"er*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

considerable; unworthy of consideration or notice; unimportant;
small; trivial; as, an inconsiderable distance; an
inconsiderable quantity, degree, value, or sum.</def> "The
baser scum and inconsiderable dregs of Rome." Stepney.
-- <wf>In`con*sid"er*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>In`con*sid"er*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`con*sid"er*a*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Inconsiderateness; thoughtlessness.</def> [Obs.]
Chesterfield.
<hw>In`con*sid"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconsideratus. See In- not, and
Considerate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not considerate; not attentive to safety

or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others;
hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally
inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct.</def>
<blockquote>It is a very unhappy token of our corruption, that

there should be any so inconsiderate among us as to sacrifice
morality to politics.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Inconsiderable.</def> [Obs.] E.

Terry.
Syn. -- Thoughtless; inattentive; inadvertent; heedless;

negligent; improvident; careless; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious;
injudicious; rash; hasty.
<hw>In`con*sid"er*ate*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inconsiderate manner.</def>
<hw>In`con*sid"er*ate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inconsiderate.</def> Tillotson.
<hw>In`con*sidèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inconsideratio: cf. F. inconsidération.]
<def>Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences;
inconsiderateness.</def>
<blockquote>Blindness of mind, inconsideration,

precipitation.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<blockquote>Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the

effects of inconsideration.</blockquote> Sharp.
<hw>In`con*sist"ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Inconsistency.</def>
<hw>In`con*sist"en*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Inconsistencies</plw> (#). [Cf. F.
inconsistance.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being

inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such
contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true
together; disagreement; incompatibility.</def>
<blockquote>There is a perfect inconsistency between that

which is of debt and that which is of free gift.</blockquote>
South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Absurdity in argument ore narration;

incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement,
argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent.</def>
<blockquote>If a man would register all his opinions upon love,

politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of
inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at
last!</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Want of stability or uniformity;

unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.</def>
<blockquote>Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with

ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature.</blockquote>
Addison.
<hw>In`con*sist"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + consistent: cf. F. inconsistant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not consistent; showing inconsistency;

irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character,
sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous;
contradictory.</def>
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<blockquote>Compositions of this nature . . . show that wisdom and

virtue are far from being inconsistent with politeness and
good humor.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not exhibiting uniformity of sentiment,

steadiness to principle, etc.; unequal; fickle; changeable.</def>
<blockquote>Ah, how unjust to nature, and himself, 

Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man.</blockquote>
Young.
Syn. -- Incompatible; incongruous; irreconcilable;

discordant; repugnant; contradictory. -- Inconsistent,
Incongruous, Incompatible. Things are
incongruous when they are not suited to each other, so that
their union is unbecoming; inconsistent when they are opposed
to each other, so as render it improper or wrong; incompatible
when they can not coexist, and it is therefore impossible to
unite them. Habitual levity of mind is incongruous with the
profession of a clergyman; it is inconsistent with his
ordination vows; it is incompatible with his permanent
usefulness. Incongruity attaches to the modes and qualities of
things; incompatibility attaches to their essential
attributes; inconsistency attaches to the actions, sentiments,
etc., of men.
<hw>In`con*sist"ent*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inconsistent manner.</def>
<hw>In`con*sist"ent*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Inconsistency.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`con*sist"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inconsistent.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`con*sol"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconsolabilis: cf. F. inconsolable. See In-
not, and Console.] <def>Not consolable; incapable of being
consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort;
disconsolate.</def> Dryden.
<blockquote>With inconsolable distress she griev'd, 

And from her cheek the rose of beauty fled.</blockquote>
Falconer.
-- <wf>In`con*sol"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In`con*sol"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
{ <hw>In*con"so*nance</hw> (?), <hw>In*con"so*nan*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of consonance or harmony of sound,
action, or thought; disagreement.</def>
<hw>In*con"so*nant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconsonans. See In- not, and Consonant.]
<def>Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant.</def> --
<wf>In*con"so*nant*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`con*spic"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconspicuus. See In- not, and Conspicuous.]
<def>Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible.</def> --
<wf>In`con*spic"u*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>In`con*spic"u*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
Boyle.
<hw>In*con"stance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. See

Inconstancy.] <def>Inconstancy.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>In*con"stan*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inconstantia.] <def>The quality or state of being inconstant;
want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness.</def>
<blockquote>For unto knight there was no greater shame, 

Than lightness and inconstancie in love.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<hw>In*con"stant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconstans: cf. F. inconstant. See In- not, and
Constant.] <def>Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject
to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose,
etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of
persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship.</def>
"The inconstant moon." Shak.
<blockquote>While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, 

Inconstant as the shadows we survey!</blockquote>
Boyse.
Syn. -- Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable;

changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.
<hw>In*con"stant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inconstant manner.</def>
<hw>In`con*sum"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent.</def>
Paley. -- <wf>In`con*sum"a*bly</wf>,
<hw>In`con*sum"mate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconsummatus. See In- not, and Consummate.]
<def>Not consummated; not finished; incomplete.</def> Sir M.
Hale. -- <wf>In`con*sum"mate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`con*sump"ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconsumptibilis.] <def>Inconsumable.</def> [Obs.] Sir K.
Digby.
<hw>In`con*tam"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incontaminatus. See In- not, and not, and
Contaminate.] <def>Not contaminated; pure.</def> Moore.
-- <wf>In`con*tam"i*nate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*con`ten*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See In-
 not, and Content.] <def>Discontent.</def> [Obs.]
Goodwin.
<hw>In`con*testà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being incontestable.</def>
<hw>In`con*test"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + contestable: cf. F. incontestable.] <def>Not
contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or
controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as,
incontestable evidence, truth, or facts.</def>
Locke.
Syn. -- Incontrovertible; indisputable; irrefragable;

undeniable; unquestionable; intuitable; certain.
-- <wf>In`con*test"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In`con*test"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`con*test"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

contested.</def> Addison.
<hw>In`con*tig"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incontiguus that can not be touched. See In- not, and
Contiguous.] <def>Not contiguous; not adjoining or in contact;
separate.</def> Boyle. -- <wf>In`con*tig"u*ous*ly</wf>,
{ <hw>In*con"ti*nence</hw> (?), <hw>In*con"ti*nen*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [L. incontinentia: cf. F.
incontinence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to

hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent;
want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites;
indulgence of lust; lewdness.</def>
<blockquote>That Satan tempt you not for your

incontinency.</blockquote> 1 Cor. vii. 5.
<blockquote>From the rash hand of bold

incontinence.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>The inability of any of the

animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the
discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of
urine.</def>
<hw>In*con"ti*nent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incontinens: cf. F. incontinent. See In- not,
and Continent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not continent; uncontrolled; not

restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual
appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>Unable to restrain natural

evacuations.</def>
<hw>In*con"ti*nent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

unchaste.</def> B. Jonson.
<hw>In*con"ti*nent</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Cf. F.

incontinent.] <def>Incontinently; instantly;
immediately.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>He says he will return

incontinent.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*con"ti*nent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>In an incontinent manner; without restraint,
or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or
appetites.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Immediately; at once; forthwith.</def>

[Archaic]
<blockquote>Immediately he sent word to Athens that he would

incontinently come hither with a host of men.</blockquote>
Golding.
<hw>In`con*tract"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Uncontracted.</def> [Obs.] Blackwall.
<hw>In`con*trol"la*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + controllable: cf. F.
incontrôlable.] <def>Not controllable;
uncontrollable.</def> -- <wf>In`con*trol"la*bly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> South.
<hw>In*con`tro*ver`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The state or condition of being incontrovertible.</def>
<hw>In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute;
indisputable.</def> Sir T. Browne. --
<wf>In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>In*con`tro*ver"ti*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`con*ven"ience</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF.
inconvenience.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or condition of being

inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness;
inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the
arrangement.</def>
<blockquote>They plead against the inconvenience, not the

unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial.</blockquote>
Hooker.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which gives trouble, embarrassment,

or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes
prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one
inconvenience of life is poverty.</def>
<blockquote>A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds
of rain, or other inconvenience.</blockquote> Sir W.
Raleigh.
<blockquote>Man is liable to a great many

inconveniences.</blockquote> Tillotson.
Syn. -- Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage;

disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance.
<hw>In`con*ven"ience</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To put to

inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a
neighbor.</def>
<hw>In`con*ven"ien*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Inconvenience.</def>
<hw>In`con*ven"ient</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconveniens unbefitting: cf. F. inconvénient.
See In- not, and Convenient.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not becoming or suitable; unfit;

inexpedient.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not convenient; giving trouble,

uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success;
uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an
inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time.</def>
Syn. -- Unsuitable; uncomfortable; disaccommodating;

awkward; unseasonable; inopportune; incommodious; disadvantageous;
troublesome; cumbersome; embarrassing; objectionable.
<hw>In`con*ven"ient*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably;
unseasonably.</def>
<hw>In`con*vers"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*con"ver*sant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.</def>
<hw>In`con*vert"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not turned

or changed about.</def> [R.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In`con*vertì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inconvertibilitas.] <def>The quality or state of being
inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into,
something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable
currency, or of lead, into gold.</def>
<hw>In`con*vert"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconvertibilis: cf. F. inconvertible. See In-
not, and Convertible.] <def>Not convertible; not capable of
being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as,
one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are
sometimes inconvertible into specie.</def> Walsh.
<hw>In`con*vert"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Inconvertibility.</def>
<hw>In`con*vert"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inconvertible manner.</def>
<hw>In`con*vin"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inconvincibilis. See In- not, and Convince.]
<def>Not convincible; incapable of being convinced.</def>
<blockquote>None are so inconvincible as your half-witted

people.</blockquote> Gov. of the Tongue.
<hw>In`con*vin"ci*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

manner not admitting of being convinced.</def>
<hw>In*co"ny</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. Conny,

Canny.] <def>Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar

wit!</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In`co*ör"di*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

coördinate.</def>
<hw>In`co*ör`di*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Want of coördination; lack of harmonious adjustment or
action.</def>
<col>Incoördination of muscular movement</col>

(Physiol.), <cd>irregularity in movements resulting from
inharmonious action of the muscles in consequence of loss of
voluntary control over them.</cd>
<hw>In*cor"o*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

in + coronate.] <def>Crowned.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*cor"po*ral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incorporalis. See In- not, and Corporal, and cf.
Incorporeal.] <def>Immaterial; incorporeal; spiritual.</def>
[Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
<hw>In*cor`po*ral"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incorporalitas: cf. F. incorporalité.]
<def>Incorporeality.</def> [Obs.] Bailey.
<hw>In*cor"po*ral*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Incorporeally.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*cor"po*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incorporatus. See In- not, and Corporate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not consisting of matter; not having a

material body; incorporeal; spiritual.</def>
<blockquote>Moses forbore to speak of angles, and things

invisible, and incorporate.</blockquote> Sir W.
Raleigh.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not incorporated; not existing as a

corporation; as, an incorporate banking association.</def>
<hw>In*cor"po*rate</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incorporatus, p. p. of incorporare to incorporate;
pref. in- in + corporare to make into a body. See
Corporate.] <def>Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or
united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined;
embodied.</def>
<blockquote>As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds 

Had been incorporate.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>A fifteenth part of silver incorporate with

gold.</blockquote> Bacon.
<hw>In*cor"po*rate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Incorporated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Incorporating (?).]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into a body; to combine, as

different ingredients, into one consistent mass.</def>
<blockquote>By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, 

Till holy church incorporate two in one.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To unite with a material body; to give a

material form to; to embody.</def>
<blockquote>The idolaters, who worshiped their images as gods,

supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein.</blockquote>
Bp. Stillingfleet.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To unite with, or introduce into, a mass

already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used
with with and into.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To unite intimately; to blend; to

assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether
material or mental; as, to incorporate provinces into the
realm; to incorporate another's ideas into one's
work.</def>
<blockquote>The Romans did not subdue a country to put the

inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into
their own community.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To form into a legal body, or body

politic; to constitute into a corporation recognized by law, with
special functions, rights, duties and liabilities; as, to
incorporate a bank, a railroad company, a city or town,
etc.</def>
<hw>In*cor"po*rate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To unite

in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; --
usually followed by with.</def>
<blockquote>Painters' colors and ashes do better

incorporate will oil.</blockquote> Bacon.
<blockquote>He never suffers wrong so long to grow, 

And to incorporate with right so far 
As it might come to seem the same in show.</blockquote>
Daniel.
<hw>In*cor"po*ra`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>United in

one body; formed into a corporation; made a legal entity.</def>
<hw>In*cor`po*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incorporatio: cf. F. incorporation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of incorporating, or the state of

being incorporated.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The union of different ingredients in one

mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The union of something with a body already

existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the
incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman
republic.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Law) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act

of creating a corporation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A body
incorporated; a corporation.</def>
<hw>In*cor"po*ra*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Incorporating or tending to incorporate; as, the
incorporative languages (as of the Basques, North American
Indians, etc. ) which run a whole phrase into one word.</def>
<blockquote>History demonstrates that incorporative unions

are solid and permanent; but that a federal union is
weak.</blockquote> W. Belsham.
<hw>In*cor"po*ra`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of a

number of persons who gets a company incorporated; one of the
original members of a corporation.</def>
<hw>In`cor*po"re*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + corporeal: cf. L. incorporeus. Cf.
Incorporal.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not corporeal; not having a material body

or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial.</def>
<blockquote>Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms 

Reduced their shapes immense.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from
some incorporeal substance within us.</blockquote>
Bentley.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>Existing only in

contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or
possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to
corporeal.</def>
<col>Incorporeal hereditament</col>. <cd>See under

Hereditament.</cd>
Syn. -- Immaterial; unsubstantial; bodiless; spiritual.
<hw>In`cor*po"re*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.</def>
<hw>In`cor*po"re*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

believes in incorporealism.</def> Cudworth.
<hw>In`cor*po`re*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality;
incorporealism.</def> G. Eliot.
<hw>In`cor*po"re*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

incorporeal manner.</def> Bacon.
<hw>In*cor`po*re"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + corporeity: cf. F. incorporéite.]
<def>The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality.</def>
<hw>In*corpse"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

incorporate.</def> [R.] Shak.
<hw>In`cor*rect"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incorrectus: cf. F. incorrect. See In- not, and
Correct.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not correct; not according to a copy or

model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.</def>
<blockquote>The piece, you think, is

incorrect.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not in accordance with the truth;

inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or
calculation.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not accordant with duty or morality; not

duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as,
incorrect conduct.</def>
<blockquote>It shows a will most incorrect to

heaven.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The wit of the last age was yet more incorrect

than their language.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- Inaccurate; erroneous; wrong; faulty.
<hw>In`cor*rec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + correction: cf. F. incorrection.] <def>Want
of correction, restraint, or discipline.</def> [Obs.]
Arnway.
<hw>In`cor*rect"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not

correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing
incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly
stated.</def>
<hw>In`cor*rect"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard;
inaccuracy; inexactness; as, incorrectness may consist in
defect or in redundance.</def>
{ <hw>In*cor`re*spond"ence</hw> (?),

<hw>In*cor`re*spond"en*cy</hw> (?), } <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want
of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*cor`re*spond"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

corresponding; disagreeing.</def> [R.] Coleridge.
<hw>In*cor`ri*gi*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incorrigibilité.] <def>The state or quality of being
incorrigible.</def>
<blockquote>The ingratitude, the incorrigibility, the

strange perverseness . . . of mankind.</blockquote>
Barrow.
<hw>In*cor"ri*gi*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incorrigibilis: cf. F. incorrigible. See In-
not, and Corrigible.] <def>Not corrigible; incapable of being
corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as,
incorrigible error.</def> "Incorrigible fools."
Dryden.
<hw>In*cor"ri*gi*ble</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

is incorrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual
imprisonment of incorrigibles.</def>
<! p. 748 !>
<hw>In*cor"ri*gi*ble*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Incorrigibility.</def> Dr. H. More.
<hw>In*cor"ri*gi*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

incorrigible manner.</def>
<hw>In`cor*rod"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away.</def>
<hw>In`cor*rupt"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incorruptus. See In- not, and Corrupt.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not affected with corruption or decay;
unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not defiled or depraved; pure; sound;

untainted; above the influence of bribes; upright; honest.</def>
Milton.
<blockquote>Your Christian principles . . . which will preserve

you incorrupt as individuals.</blockquote> Bp.
Hurd.
<hw>In`cor*rupt"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Uncorrupted.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Breathed into their incorrupted

breasts.</blockquote> Sir J. Davies.
<hw>In`cor*ruptì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incorruptibilitas: cf. F. incorruptibilité.]
<def>The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of
corruption.</def> Holland.
<hw>In`cor*rupt"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incorruptibilis: cf. F. incorruptible. See In-
not, and Corrupt.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not corruptible; incapable of corruption,

decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible.</def>
<blockquote>Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible

and immortal substances.</blockquote> Wake.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Incapable of being bribed or morally

corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.</def>
<hw>In`cor*rupt"i*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Eccl.

Hist.) <def>One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in
the reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the body
of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst,
pain, only in appearance.</def>
<hw>In`cor*rupt"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being incorruptible.</def> Boyle.
<hw>In`cor*rupt"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

incorruptible manner.</def>
<hw>In`cor*rup"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incorruptio: cf. F. incorruption. See In- not,
and Corruption.] <def>The condition or quality of being
incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from,
corruption.</def>
<blockquote>It is sown in corruption; it is raised in

incorruption.</blockquote> 1 Cor. xv. 42.
<blockquote>The same preservation, or, rather,

incorruption, we have observed in the flesh of turkeys,
capons, etc.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In`cor*rupt"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incorruptivus.] <def>Incorruptible; not liable to decay.</def>
Akenside.
<hw>In`cor*rupt"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

corruption.</def>
<blockquote>To demean themselves incorruptly.</blockquote>

Milton.
<hw>In`cor*rupt"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Probity; integrity; honesty.</def>

<hw>In*cras"sate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Incrassated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Incrassating.] [L. incrassatus, p. p. of
incrassare; pref. in- in + crassus thick.]
<def>To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy,
to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by
evaporating the thinner parts.</def>
<blockquote>Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or

incrassate.</blockquote> Sir I. Newton.
<blockquote>Liquors which time hath incrassated into

jellies.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*cras"sate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become

thick or thicker.</def>
{ <hw>In*cras"sate</hw> (?), <hw>In*cras"sa*ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. incrassatus, p. p.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Made thick or thicker; thickened;

inspissated.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Thickened; becoming

thicker.</def> Martyn.
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Swelled out on some

particular part, as the antennæ of certain insects.</def>
<hw>In`cras*sa"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incrassation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of thickening or making

thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being incrassated or made

thick; inspissation.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*cras"sa*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the

quality of thickening; tending to thicken.</def> Harvey.
<hw>In*cras"sa*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A substance

which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to
thicken the humors.</def> Harvey.
<hw>In*creas"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being increased.</def> Sherwood. --
<wf>In*creas"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<blockquote>An indefinite increasableness of some of our

ideas.</blockquote> Bp. Law.
<hw>In*crease"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Increased (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Increasing.] [OE. incresen,
encresen, enrescen, OF. encreistre, fr. L.
increscere; pref. in- in + crescere to grow. See
Crescent, and cf. Decrease.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To become greater or more in size,

quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority,
reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to
decrease.</def>
<blockquote>The waters increased and bare up the

ark.</blockquote> Gen. vii. 17.
<blockquote>He must increase, but I must

decrease.</blockquote> John iii. 30.
<blockquote>The heavens forbid 

But that our loves and comforts should increase, 
Even as our days do grow!</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To multiply by the production of young; to

be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.</def>
<blockquote>Fishes are more numerous or increasing than

beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn.</blockquote>
<sn>3.</sn> (Astron.) <def>To become more nearly

full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon
increases.</def>
<col>Increasing function</col> (Math.), <cd>a

function whose value increases when that of the variable increases,
and decreases when the latter is diminished.</cd>
Syn. -- To enlarge; extend; multiply; expand; develop;

heighten; amplify; raise; enhance; spread; aggravate; magnify;
augment; advance. -- To Increase, Enlarge,
Extend. Enlarge implies to make larger or broader in
size. Extend marks the progress of enlargement so as to have
wider boundaries. Increase denotes enlargement by growth and
internal vitality, as in the case of plants. A kingdom is
enlarged by the addition of new territories; the mind is
enlarged by knowledge. A kingdom is extended when its
boundaries are carried to a greater distance from the center. A man's
riches, honors, knowledge, etc., are increased by accessions
which are made from time to time.
<hw>In*crease"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To augment

or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to
add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to
increase one's possessions, influence.</def>
<blockquote>I will increase the famine.</blockquote>

Ezek. v. 16.
<blockquote>Make denials 
Increase your services.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In"crease</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

encres, encresse. See Increase, <pos>v.
i.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Addition or enlargement in size, extent,

quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation;
growth.</def>
<blockquote>As if increase of appetite had grown 

By what it fed on.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>For things of tender kind for pleasure made 

Shoot up with swift increase, and sudden are
decay'd.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is added to the original stock

by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.</def>
<blockquote>Take thou no usury of him, or

increase.</blockquote> Lev. xxv. 36.
<blockquote>Let them not live to taste this land's

increase.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Progeny; issue; offspring.</def>
<blockquote>All the increase of thy house shall die in the

flower of their age.</blockquote> 1 Sam. ii. 33.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Generation.</def> [Obs.] "Organs of

increase." Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> (Astron.) <def>The period of increasing

light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.</def>
<blockquote>Seeds, hair, nails, hedges, and herbs will grow

soonest if set or cut in the increase of the
moon.</blockquote> Bacon.
<col>Increase twist</col>, <cd>the twixt of a rifle groove

in which the angle of twist increases from the breech to the
muzzle.</cd>
Syn. -- Enlargement; extension; growth; development;
increment; addition; accession; production.
<hw>In*crease"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of

increase; abundant in produce.</def> "Increaseful crops." [R.]
Shak.
<hw>In*crease"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Increase.</def> [R.] Bacon.
<hw>In*creas"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that, increases.</def>
<hw>In*creas"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>More and

more.</def>
<hw>In`cre*ate"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Increated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Increating.] [Pref. in- in +
create.] <def>To create within.</def> [R.]
{ <hw>In"cre*ate</hw> (?), <hw>In"cre*a`ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. increatus. See In- not, and
Create.] <def>Uncreated; self-existent.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Bright effluence of bright essence

increate.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In*credì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incredibilitas: cf. F.
incrédibilité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being incredible;

incredibleness.</def> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is incredible.</def>

Johnson.
<hw>In*cred"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incredibilis: cf. OF. incredible. See In- not,
and Credible.] <def>Not credible; surpassing belief; too
extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous;
fabulous.</def>
<blockquote>Why should it be thought a thing incredible

with you, that God should raise the dead?</blockquote> Acts xxvi.
8.
<hw>In*cred"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Incredibility.</def>
<hw>In*cred"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

incredible manner.</def>
<hw>In*cred"it*ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Uncredited.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`cre*du"li*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
incredulitas: cf. F. incrédulité.]
<def>The state or quality of being incredulous; a withholding or
refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.</def>
<blockquote>Of every species of incredulity, religious

unbelief is the most irrational.</blockquote> Buckminster.
<hw>In*cred"u*lous</hw> (?; 135), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incredulus. See In- not, and Credulous.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not credulous; indisposed to admit or

accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving.</def>
Bacon.
<blockquote>A fantastical incredulous fool.</blockquote>

Bp. Wilkins.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Indicating, or caused by, disbelief or

incredulity.</def> "An incredulous smile."
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Incredible; not easy to be believed.</def>

[R.] Shak.
<hw>In*cred"u*lous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

incredulous manner; with incredulity.</def>
<hw>In*cred"u*lous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Incredulity.</def>
<hw>In*crem"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + L. cremabilis combustible, fr. cremare to burn.]
<def>Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe.</def> Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>In"cre*mate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in + cremate.] <def>To consume or reduce to ashes by
burning, as a dead body; to cremate.</def>
<hw>In`cre*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Burning;

esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation.</def>
<hw>In"cre*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incrementum: cf. F. incrément. See
Increase.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of increasing; growth

in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation;
enlargement.</def>
<blockquote>The seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation

and increment of animal and vegetable bodies.</blockquote>
<blockquote>A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its

increment by nations more civilized than itself.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Matter added; increase; produce;
production; -- opposed to decrement.</def> "Large
increment." J. Philips.
<sn>3.</sn> (Math.) <def>The increase of a variable

quantity or fraction from its present value to its next ascending
value; the finite quantity, generally variable, by which a variable
quantity is increased.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Rhet.) <def>An amplification without

strict climax,</def> as in the following passage:
<blockquote>Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,

whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are
of good report, . . . think on these things.</blockquote> Phil.
iv. 8.
<col>Infinitesimal increment</col> (Math.), <cd>an

infinitesimally small variation considered in Differential Calculus.
See Calculus.</cd> -- <col>Method of increments</col>
(Math.), <cd>a calculus founded on the properties of the
successive values of variable quantities and their differences or
increments. It differs from the method of fluxions in treating
these differences as finite, instead of infinitely small, and is
equivalent to the calculus of finite differences.</cd>
<hw>In`cre*men"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Biol.)

<def>Pertaining to, or resulting from, the process of growth; as, the
incremental lines in the dentine of teeth.</def>
<hw>In"cre*pate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

increpatus, p. p. of increpare to upbraid; pref. in-
 in, against + crepare to talk noisily.] <def>To chide; to
rebuke; to reprove.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`cre*pa"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

increpatio.] <def>A chiding; rebuke; reproof.</def> [Obs.]
Hammond.
<hw>In*cres"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

increscens, -entis, p. pr. of increscere. See
Increase.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling;

enlarging.</def>
<blockquote>Between the incresent and decrescent

moon.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> (Her.) <def>Increasing; on the increase;

-- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points
turned toward the dexter side.</def>
<hw>In*crest"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To adorn with

a crest.</def> [R.] Drummond.
<hw>In*crim"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.
& p. p.</pos> Incriminated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Incriminating.] [LL. incriminatus, p. p.
of incriminare; in- in + criminare,
criminari, to accuse one of a crime. See Criminate.]
<def>To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to
criminate.</def>
<hw>In*crimì*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of incriminating; crimination.</def>
<hw>In*crim"i*na*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate;
criminatory.</def>
<hw>In`cru*en"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incruentus. See In- not, and Cruentous.]
<def>Unbloody; not attended with blood; as, an incruental
sacrifice.</def> [Obs.] Brevint.
<hw>In*crust"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Incrusted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Incrusting.] [L. incrustare; pref. in- in +
crustare to cover with a crust: cf. F. incruster. See
Crust.] [Written also encrust.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To cover or line with a crust, or hard

coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted
with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat
incrusted with sugar.</def>
<blockquote>And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow, 

Incrusted hard.</blockquote> Thomson.
<sn>2.</sn> (Fine Arts) <def>To inlay into, as a

piece of carving or other ornamental object.</def>
<hw>In*crus"tate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incrustatus, p. p. See Incrust.] <def>Incrusted.</def>
Bacon.
<hw>In*crus"tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

incrust.</def> [R.] Cheyne.
<hw>In`crus*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incrustatio: cf. F. incrustation. See
Incrust.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of incrusting, or the state of

being incrusted.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A crust or hard coating of anything upon

or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on
the inner surface of a steam boiler.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Arch.) <def>A covering or inlaying of

marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or
cement.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Fine Arts) <def>Anything inlaid or
imbedded.</def>
<hw>In*crust"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Incrustation.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*crys"tal*li`za*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals.</def>
<hw>In"cu*bate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i. & t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Incubated (?); <pos>p. pr.
& vb. n.</pos> Incubating (?).] [L. incubatus, p.
p. incubare to lie on; pref. in- in, on + cubare
to lie down. Cf. Cubit, Incumbent.] <def>To sit, as on
eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs,
for the purpose of hatching.</def>
<hw>In`cu*ba"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incubatio: cf. F. incubation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A sitting on eggs for the purpose of

hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the
life within, by any process.</def> Ray.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>The development of a disease

from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A sleeping in a consecrated place for the

purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.</def> Tylor.
<col>Period of incubation</col>, or <col>Stage of

incubation</col> (Med.), <cd>the period which elapses
between exposure to the causes of a disease and the attack resulting
from it; the time of development of the supposed germs or
spores.</cd>
<hw>In"cu*ba*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation.</def>
<hw>In"cu*ba`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which

incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are
hatched by artificial heat.</def>
<hw>In*cu"ba*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Serving for

incubation.</def>
<hw>In*cube"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To fix firmly,

as in cube; to secure or place firmly.</def> [Obs.]
Milton.
<hw>In*cu"bi*ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. L.

incubitus.] <def>Incubation.</def> [Obs.] J.
Ellis.
<hw>In"cu*bous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From L.

incubare to lie on.] (Bot.) <def>Having the leaves so
placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf
next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania.
See Succubous.</def>
<hw>In"cu*bus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. E.

<plw>Incubuses</plw> (#), L. <plw>Incubi</plw> (#).
[L., the nightmare. Cf. Incubate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit,

supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.</def>
Tylor.
<blockquote>The devils who appeared in the female form were

generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi,
though this distinction was not always preserved.</blockquote>
Lecky.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>The nightmare. See

Nightmare.</def>
<blockquote>Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-

ridden, as we call it.</blockquote> Burton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Any oppressive encumbrance or burden;

anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.</def>
<blockquote>Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most

heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey.</blockquote> J.
L. Farley.
<hw>In*cul"cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inculcated; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inculcating (?).] [L. inculcatus, p. p. of
inculcare to tread on; pref. in- in, on +
calcare to tread, fr. calx the heel; perh. akin to E.
heel. Cf. 2d Calk, Heel.] <def>To teach and
impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind;
as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility.</def>
<blockquote>The most obvious and necessary duties of life they

have not yet had authority enough to enforce and inculcate
upon men's minds.</blockquote> S. Clarke.
Syn. -- To instill; infuse; implant; engraft; impress.
<hw>In`cul*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inculcatio: cf. F. inculcation.] <def>A teaching and
impressing by frequent repetitions.</def> Bp. Hall.
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<hw>In*cul"ca*tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>One who

inculcates.</def> Boyle.
<hw>In*culk"</hw> (?). <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. F.

inculquer. See Inculcate.] <def>To inculcate.</def>
[Obs.] Sir T. More.
<hw>In*culp"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf.

inculper. See Inculpate.] <def>To inculpate.</def>
[Obs.] Shelton.
<hw>In*cul"pa*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inculpabilis: cf. F. incupable.] <def>Faultless;
blameless; innocent.</def> South.
<blockquote>An innocent and incupable piece of

ignorance.</blockquote> Killingbeck.
<hw>In*cul"pa*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Blamelessness; faultlessness.</def>
<hw>In*cul"pa*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Blamelessly.</def> South.
<hw>In*cul"pate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inculpated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inculpating (?).] [LL. inculpatus, p. p.
of inculpare to blame; pref. in- in + culpa
fault. See Culpable.] [A word of recent introduction.] <def>To
blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in
guilt.</def>
<blockquote>That risk could only exculpate her and not

inculpate them -- the probabilities protected them so
perfectly.</blockquote> H. James.
<hw>In`cul*pa"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inculpation.] <def>Blame; censure; crimination.</def>
Jefferson.
<hw>In*cul"pa*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Imputing

blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.</def>
<hw>In*cult"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. incultus;

pref. in- not + cultus, p. p. of colere to
cultivate: cf. F. inculte.] <def>Untilled; uncultivated;
crude; rude; uncivilized.</def>
<blockquote>Germany then, says Tacitus, was incult and

horrid, now full of magnificent cities.</blockquote>
Burton.
<blockquote>His style is diffuse and incult.</blockquote>

M. W. Shelley.
<hw>In*cul"ti*va`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Uncultivated.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
<hw>In*cul`ti*va"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

cultivation.</def> [Obs.] Berington.
<hw>In*cul"ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + culture: cf. F. inculture.] <def>Want or
neglect of cultivation or culture.</def> [Obs.] Feltham.
<hw>In*cum"ben*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Incumbencies</plw> (#). [From Incumbent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being incumbent; a lying or

resting on something.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is physically incumbent; that

which lies as a burden; a weight.</def> Evelyn.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is morally incumbent, or is

imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility.</def> "The
incumbencies of a family." Donne.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The state of holding a benefice; the full

possession and exercise of any office.</def>
<blockquote>These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during

his incumbency.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>In*cum"bent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incumbens, -entis, p. pr. of incumbere to lie
down upon, press upon; pref. in- in, on + cumbere (in
comp.); akin to cubare to lie down. See Incubate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent;

superimposed; superincumbent.</def>
<blockquote>Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon

it.</blockquote> Sir H. Wotton.
<blockquote>To move the incumbent load they

try.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or

obligation; obligatory; always with on or
upon.</def>
<blockquote>All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works

that are incumbent on all Christians.</blockquote>
Sprat.
<sn>3.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Leaning or resting; -- said

of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of
cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of
them.</def> Gray.
<sn>4.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Bent downwards so that

the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent
toe of a bird.</def>
<hw>In*cum"bent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who is in

present possession of a benefice or of any office.</def>
<blockquote>The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his

patron.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>In*cum"bent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.</def>
<hw>In*cum"ber</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> Incumbered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Incumbering.] <def>See Encumber.</def>
<hw>In`cum*bi"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Incubation.</def> [R.] Sterne.
<hw>In*cum"brance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Encumbrance.] [Written also encumbrance.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A burdensome and troublesome load;

anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or
laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.</def>
Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>A burden or charge upon

property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its
value.</def>
<hw>In*cum"bran*cer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Law)

<def>One who holds an incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or
charge on an estate.</def> Kent.
<hw>In*cum"brous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. OF.

encombros.] <def>Cumbersome; troublesome.</def> [Written also
encombrous.] [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>||In`cu*nab"u*lum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Incunabula</plw> (#). [L. incunabula cradle,
birthplace, origin. See 1st In-, and Cunabula.] <def>A
work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a
book printed before a. d. 1500.</def>
<hw>In*cur"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Incurred (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Incurring (?).] [L. incurrere to run into or toward;
pref. in- in + currere to run. See Current.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To meet or fall in with, as something

inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of;
to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring
down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur
debt, danger, displeasure, penalty, responsibility, etc.</def>
<blockquote>I know not what I shall incur to pass it, 

Having no warrant.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To render liable or subject to; to

occasion.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame

than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.</blockquote>
Chapman.
<hw>In*cur"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To pass; to

enter.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Light is discerned by itself because by itself it

incurs into the eye.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In*curà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

incurabilité incurability, LL. incurabilitas
negligence.] <def>The state of being incurable;
irremediableness.</def> Harvey.
<hw>In*cur"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

incurable, L. incurabilis. See In- not, and
Curable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not capable of being cured; beyond the

power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable
disease.</def>
<blockquote>A scirrhus is not absolutely

incurable.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not admitting or capable of remedy or

correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable
evils.</def>
<blockquote>Rancorous and incurable hostility.</blockquote>

Burke.
<blockquote>They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might

have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance.</blockquote>
Sir J. Stephen.
Syn. -- Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable;

irretrievable; irreparable; hopeless.
<hw>In*cur"a*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person diseased

beyond cure.</def>
<hw>In*cur"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being incurable; incurability.</def> Boyle.
<hw>In*cur"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner

that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably.</def>
"Incurably diseased." Bp. Hall. "Incurably
wicked." Blair.
<hw>In*cu`ri*os"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incuriositas: cf. F. incurosité.] <def>Want of
curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference.</def> Sir
H. Wotton.
<hw>In*cu"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incuriosus: cf. F. incurieux. See In- not, and
Curious.] <def>Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or
interest in; inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless.</def>
<blockquote>Carelessnesses and incurious deportments toward

their children.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>In*cu"ri*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

curious manner.</def>
<hw>In*cu"ri*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Unconcernedness; incuriosity.</def>
<blockquote>Sordid incuriousness and slovenly

neglect.</blockquote> Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*cur"rence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Incur.] <def>The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting
one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the
incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc.</def>
<hw>In*cur"rent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incurrens, p. pr. incurere, incursum, to run in;
in- + currere to run.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the
incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca.</def>
<hw>In*cur"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incursio: cf. F. incursion. See Incur.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A running into; hence, an entering into a

territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory
or harassing inroad; a raid.</def>
<blockquote>The Scythian, whose incursions wild 

Have wasted Sogdiana.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>The incursions of the Goths disordered the

affairs of the Roman Empire.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Attack; occurrence.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Sins of daily incursion.</blockquote>

South.
Syn. -- Invasion; inroad; raid; foray; sally; attack;

onset; irruption. See Invasion.
<hw>In*cur"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Making an

incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile.</def>
<hw>In*cur"tain</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

curtain.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*cur"vate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

incurvatus, p. p. of incurvare to crook; pref. in-
 in + curvus bent. See Curve, and cf.
Incurve.] <def>Curved; bent; crooked.</def>
Derham.
<hw>In*cur"vate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Incurvated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Incurvating.] <def>To turn from a straight line
or course; to bend; to crook.</def> Cheyne.
<hw>In`cur*va"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

incurvatio: cf. F. incurvation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of bending, or curving.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being bent or curved;

curvature.</def>
<blockquote>An incurvation of the rays.</blockquote>

Derham.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The act of bowing, or bending the body, in

respect or reverence.</def> "The incurvations of the knee."
<hw>In*curve"</hw> (&ibreve;n*kûv"), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Incurved (-kûvd");
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Incurving.] [See
Incurvate.] <def>To bend; to curve; to make crooked.</def>
<hw>In*curved"</hw> (&ibreve;n*kûvd"), <pos>a.</pos>

[Pref. in- in + curved.] (Bot.) <def>Bending
gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals.</def>
<hw>In*cur"vi*ty</hw> (&ibreve;n*kû"v&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [From L. incurvus bent. See
Incurvate.] <def>A state of being bent or curved; incurvation;
a bending inwards.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>||In"cus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., anvil.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An anvil.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>One of the small bones in

the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The central portion of

the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.</def>
<hw>In*cuse"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Incuse,

<pos>v. t.</pos>] (Numismatics) <def>Cut or stamped in,
or hollowed out by engraving.</def> "Irregular incuse square."
Dr. W. Smith.
{ <hw>In*cuse"</hw> (?), <hw>In*cuss"</hw> (?), } <pos>v.

t.</pos> [L. incussus, p. p. of incutere to strike.
See 1st In-, and Concuss.] <def>To form, or mold, by
striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.</def>
<hw>In*cute"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Incuse.] <def>To strike or stamp in.</def> [Obs.]
Becon.
<hw>In*cyst"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Encyst.</def>
<hw>In*cyst"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Encysted.</def>
<hw>Ind</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>India.</def>

[Poetical] Shak. Milton.
<hw>In"da*gate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

indagatus, p. p. of indagare to seek.] <def>To seek or
search out.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`da*ga"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indagatio: cf. F. indagation.] <def>Search; inquiry;
investigation.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In"da*ga*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Searching;

exploring; investigating.</def> [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
<hw>In"da*ga`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>A

searcher; an explorer; an investigator.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Searched into by such skillful indagators of

nature.</blockquote> Boyle.
<hw>In*dam"age</hw> (?; 48), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Endamage.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*dam"aged</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

damaged.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<hw>In*dart"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To pierce, as

with a dart.</def>
<hw>In"da*zol</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indol +

azote.] (Chem.) <def>A nitrogenous compound,
C7H6N2, analogous to indol, and
produced from a diazo derivative of cinnamic acid.</def>
<hw>Inde</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Azure-colored; of a

bright blue color.</def> [Obs.] Rom. of R.
<hw>In*dear"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Endear.</def>
<hw>In*debt"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Indebted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Indebting.] [OE. endetten, F. endetter; pref.
en- (L. in) + F. dette debt. See Debt.]
<def>To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly used
in the participle indebted.</def>
<blockquote>Thy fortune hath indebted thee to

none.</blockquote> Daniel.
<hw>In*debt"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or
requital; beholden.</def>
<blockquote>By owing, owes not, but still pays, at once 

Indebted and discharged.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Placed under obligation for something

received, for which restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are
indebted to our parents for their care of us in infancy;
indebted to friends for help and encouragement.</def>
Cowper.
<hw>In*debt"ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The state of being indebted.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The sum owed; debts,

collectively.</def>
<hw>In*debt"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

endettement.] <def>Indebtedness.</def> [R.] Bp.
Hall.
<hw>In*de"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Indecency.</def> [Obs.] "An indecence of barbarity."
Bp. Burnet.
<hw>In*de"cen*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Indecencies</plw> (#). [L. indecentia
unseemliness: cf. F. indécence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being indecent;

want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is indecent; an indecent word

or act; an offense against delicacy.</def>
<blockquote>They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or

the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I allude to, are
pests of society.</blockquote> Beattie.
Syn. -- Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity;

obscenity. See Indecorum.
<hw>In*de"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. indecens

unseemly, unbecoming: cf. F. indécent. See In-
not, and Decent.] <def>Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard;
offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent
language.</def> Cowper.
Syn. -- Unbecoming; indecorous; indelicate; unseemly;

immodest; gross; shameful; impure; improper; obscene; filthy.
<hw>In*de"cent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an indecent

manner.</def>
<hw>In`de*cid"u*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Indeciduous.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>Having no decidua;

nondeciduate.</def>
<hw>In`de*cid"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting;
evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial.</def>
<blockquote>The indeciduous and unshaven locks of

Apollo.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*dec"i*ma*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + LL. decimare to tithe: cf. F.
indécimable. See Decimate.] <def>Not decimable,
or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.</def>
Cowell.
<hw>In`de*ci"pher*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or
solved.</def> -- <wf>In`de*ci"pher*a*bly</wf>,
<hw>In`de*ci"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + decision: cf. F. indécision.] <def>Want of
decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination;
wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.</def>
<blockquote>The term indecision . . . implies an idea very

nicely different from irresolution; yet it has a tendency to produce
it.</blockquote> Shenstone.
<blockquote>Indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of

violence.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In`de*ci"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

indécisif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not decisive; not bringing to a final or

ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument,
answer.</def>
<blockquote>The campaign had everywhere been

indecisive.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Undetermined; prone to indecision;

irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an
indecisive state of mind; an indecisive
character.</def>
<hw>In`de*ci"sive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

decision.</def>
<hw>In`de*ci"sive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

of being indecisive; unsettled state.</def>
<hw>In`de*clin"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indeclinabilis: cf. F. indéclinable. See In-
 not, and Decline.] (Gram.) <def>Not declinable;
not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil (nothing), in
Latin, is an indeclinable noun.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos>
<def>An indeclinable word.</def>
<hw>In`de*clin"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Without variation.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Gram.) <def>Without variation of

termination.</def>
<hw>In*de`com*pos"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.
in- not + decomposable: cf. F.
indécomposable.] <def>Not decomposable; incapable or
difficult of decomposition; not resolvable into its constituents or
elements.</def>
<hw>In*de`com*pos"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence;
durability.</def>
<hw>In`de*co"rous</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indecorous. See In- not, and Decorous.] <def>Not
decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or
etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous
conduct.</def>
<blockquote>It was useless and indecorous to attempt

anything more by mere struggle.</blockquote> Burke.
Syn. -- Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse;

impolite; uncivil; ill-bred.
<hw>In`de*co"rous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indecorous manner.</def>
<hw>In`de*co"rous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

of being indecorous; want of decorum.</def>
<hw>In`de*co"rum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + decorum: cf. L. indecorous unbecoming.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior;

that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of
civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An indecorous or unbecoming action.</def>

Young.
Syn. -- Indecorum is sometimes synonymous with

indecency; but indecency, more frequently than
indecorum, is applied to words or actions which refer to what
nature and propriety require to be concealed or suppressed.
Indecency is the stronger word; indecorum refers to any
transgression of etiquette or civility, especially in public.
<hw>In*deed"</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [Prep. in +

deed.] <def>In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used
in a variety of senses. Esp.: <sd>(a)</sd> Denoting emphasis;
as, indeed it is so. <sd>(b)</sd> Denoting concession
or admission; as, indeed, you are right. <sd>(c)</sd>
Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning is not
intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression
which it accompanies.</def>
<! p. 750 !>
<blockquote>The carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not

subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.</blockquote>
Rom. viii. 7.
<blockquote>I were a beast indeed to do you

wrong.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>There is, indeed, no great pleasure in visiting

these magazines of war.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>In`de*fatì*ga*bil"i*ty</hw>
(&ibreve;n`d&esl;*f&abreve;t`&ibreve;*g&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&y
breve;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being
indefatigable.</def>
<hw>In`de*fat"i*ga*ble</hw>
(&ibreve;n`d&esl;*f&abreve;t"&ibreve;*g&adot;*b'l),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. indefatigabilis: cf. OF.
indefatigable. See In- not, and Defatigable, and
cf. Infatigable.] <def>Incapable of being fatigued; not
readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring;
unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; as, indefatigable
exertions, perseverance, application.</def> "A constant,
indefatigable attendance." South.
<blockquote>Upborne with indefatigable wings.</blockquote>

Milton.
Syn. -- Unwearied; untiring; persevering; persistent.
<hw>In`de*fat"i*ga*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Indefatigable quality; unweariedness; persistency.</def>
Parnell.
<hw>In`de*fat"i*ga*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

weariness; without yielding to fatigue; persistently.</def>
Dryden.
<hw>In`de*fatì*ga"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Indefatigableness; unweariedness.</def> [Obs.] J.
Gregory.
<hw>In`de*fea`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being indefeasible.</def>
<hw>In`de*fea`si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + defeasible: cf. OF. indefaisable.] <def>Not
to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made
void; as, an indefeasible or title.</def>
<blockquote>That the king had a divine and an indefeasible

right to the regal power.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<hw>In`de*fectì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indéfectibilité.] <def>The quality of being
indefectible.</def> Barrow.
<hw>In`de*fect"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + defectible: cf. F. indéfectible.]
<def>Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or
decay.</def>
<blockquote>An indefectible treasure in the

heavens.</blockquote> Barrow.
<blockquote>A state of indefectible virtue and

happiness.</blockquote> S. Clarke.
<hw>In`de*fect"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

defective; perfect; complete.</def> "Absolute, indefective
obedience." South.
<hw>In`de*fei"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Indefeasible.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`de*fen`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of not being defensible.</def> Walsh.
<hw>In`de*fen"si*ble</hw> (?), [Pref. in- not +

defensible: cf. OF. indefensible, indefensable.]
<def>Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained,
vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an
indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Men find that something can be said in favor of what,

on the very proposal, they thought utterly
indefensible.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In`de*fen"si*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indefensible manner.</def>
<hw>In`de*fen"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Defenseless.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The sword awes the indefensive

villager.</blockquote> Sir T. Herbert.
<hw>In`de*fi"cien*cy</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of not being deficient.</def> [Obs.] Strype.
<hw>In`de*fi"cient</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indeficiens. See In- not, and Deficient.]
<def>Not deficient; full.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Brighter than the sun, and indeficient as the

light of heaven.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>In`de*fin"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being defined or described; inexplicable.</def> Bp.
Reynolds.
<hw>In`de*fin"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indefinable manner.</def>
<hw>In*def"i*nite</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indefinitus. See In- not, and Definite.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not definite; not limited, defined, or
specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise;
uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time,
plan, etc.</def>
<blockquote>It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off

that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or
"the chymists affirm that."</blockquote> Boyle.
<blockquote>The time of this last is left

indefinite.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Having no determined or certain limits;

large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as,
indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a
straight line.</def>
<blockquote>Though it is not infinite, it may be

indefinite; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so
to human comprehension.</blockquote> Spectator.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Boundless; infinite.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Indefinite and omnipresent God, 

Inhabiting eternity.</blockquote> W. Thompson (1745).
<sn>4.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Too numerous or variable to

make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a
flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate.</def>
<col>Indefinite article</col> (Gram.), <cd>the word

a or an, used with nouns to denote any one of a common
or general class.</cd> -- <col>Indefinite inflorescence</col>.
(Bot.) <cd>See Indeterminate inflorescence, under
Indeterminate.</cd> -- <col>Indefinite
proposition</col> (Logic), <cd>a statement whose subject
is a common term, with nothing to indicate distribution or
nondistribution; as, Man is mortal.</cd> -- <col>Indefinite
term</col> (Logic), <cd>a negative term; as, the not-
good.</cd>
Syn. -- Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled;

indeterminate; loose; equivocal; inexact; approximate.
<hw>In*def"i*nite*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely;
not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word
indefinitely.</def>
<blockquote>If the world be indefinitely extended, that is,

so far as no human intellect can fancy any bound of it.</blockquote>
Ray.
<hw>In*def"i*nite*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

of being indefinite.</def>
<hw>In`de*fin"i*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited
by our understanding, though yet finite.</def> [Obs.] Sir M.
Hale.
<hw>In`de*his"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indéhiscence.] (Bot.) <def>The property or state
of being indehiscent.</def>
<hw>In`de*his"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + dehiscent: cf. F. indéhiscent.]
(Bot.) <def>Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along
regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut.</def>
<hw>In`de*lec"ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable.</def> [R.]
Richardson.
<hw>In`de*lib"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indeliberatus. See In- not, and Deliberate.]
<def>Done without deliberation; unpremeditated.</def> [Obs.] --
<wf>In`de*lib"er*ate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>In`de*lib"er*a`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Indeliberate.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*delì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indélébilité.] <def>The quality of being
indelible.</def> Bp. Horsley.
<hw>In*del"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indelebilis; pref. in- not + delebilis capable
of being destroyed: cf. F. indélébile. See
In- not, and Deleble.] [Formerly written also
indeleble, which accords with the etymology of the word.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That can not be removed, washed away,

blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or
forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible
stain; an indelible impression on the memory.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That can not be annulled;

indestructible.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>They are endued with indelible power from

above.</blockquote> Sprat.
<col>Indelible colors</col>, <cd>fast colors which do not

fade or tarnish by exposure.</cd> -- <col>Indelible ink</col>,
<cd>an ink not obliterated by washing; esp., a solution of silver
nitrate.</cd>
Syn. -- Fixed; fast; permanent; ineffaceable.
-- <wf>In*del"i*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*del"i*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<blockquote>Indelibly stamped and impressed.</blockquote>

J. Ellis.
<hw>In*del"i*ca*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.
<plw>Indelicacies</plw> (#). [From Indelicate.]
<def>The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice
sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners,
language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive
to refined taste or purity of mind.</def>
<blockquote>The indelicacy of English comedy.</blockquote>

Blair.
<blockquote>Your papers would be chargeable with worse than

indelicacy; they would be immoral.</blockquote>
Addison.
<hw>In*del"i*cate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + delicate: cf. F. indélicat.] <def>Not
delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity
of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion;
indelicate behavior.</def> Macaulay. --
<wf>In*del"i*cate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse;

broad; impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper; unchaste;
impure; unrefined.
<hw>In*dem`ni*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of indemnifying,
preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty;
reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being
indemnified.</def>
<blockquote>Indemnification is capable of some estimate;

dignity has no standard.</blockquote> Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which indemnifies.</def>
<blockquote>No reward with the name of an

indemnification.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<hw>In*dem"ni*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Indemnified (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Indemnifying (?).] [L. indemnis unhurt
(in- not + damnum hurt, damage) + -fy. Cf.
Damn, Damnify.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To save harmless; to secure against loss

or damage; to insure.</def>
<blockquote>The states must at last engage to the merchants here

that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall
out.</blockquote> Sir W. Temple.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To make restitution or compensation for,

as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to
compensate.</def> Beattie.
<hw>In*dem"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Indemnities</plw> (#). [L. indemnitas, fr.
indemnis uninjured: cf. F. indemnité. See
Indemnify.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Security; insurance; exemption from loss

or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment
of past offenses; amnesty.</def>
<blockquote>Having first obtained a promise of indemnity

for the riot they had committed.</blockquote> Sir W.
Scott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Indemnification, compensation, or

remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.</def>
<blockquote>They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a

large and lucrative indemnity for their pretended
wrongs.</blockquote> Ld. Mahon.
&fist; Insurance is a contract of indemnity.

Arnould. The owner of private property taken for public use is
entitled to compensation or indemnity. Kent.
<col>Act of indemnity</col> (Law), <cd>an act or law

passed in order to relieve persons, especially in an official
station, from some penalty to which they are liable in consequence of
acting illegally, or, in case of ministers, in consequence of
exceeding the limits of their strict constitutional powers. These
acts also sometimes provide compensation for losses or damage, either
incurred in the service of the government, or resulting from some
public measure.</cd>
<hw>In`de*mon`stra*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The quality of being indemonstrable.</def>
<hw>In`de*mon"stra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indemonstrabilis. See In- not, and
Demonstrable.] <def>Incapable of being demonstrated.</def> --
<wf>In`de*mon"stra*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*denì*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of naturalizing; endenization.</def> [R.] Evelyn.
<hw>In*den"ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

naturalize.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*den"i*zen</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Indenizened (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Indenizening.] <def>To invest with the privileges
of a denizen; to naturalize.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Words indenizened, and commonly used as

English.</blockquote> B. Jonson.
<hw>In*dent"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Indented; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Indenting.] [OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF.
endenter, LL. indentare, fr. L. in + dens,
dentis, tooth. See Tooth, and cf.
Indenture.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To notch; to jag; to cut into points like

a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To dent; to stamp or to press in; to

impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to
indent wax with a stamp.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> [Cf. Indenture.] <def>To bind out by

indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to
indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a
servant.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Print.) <def>To begin (a line or lines)

at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent
the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second
paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and
Indention.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Mil.) <def>To make an order upon; to

draw upon, as for military stores.</def> [India] Wilhelm.
<hw>In*dent"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To be cut, notched, or dented.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to

zigzag.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To contract; to bargain or covenant.</def>

Shak.
<blockquote>To indent and drive bargains with the

Almighty.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In*dent"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a
notch.</def> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A stamp; an impression.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A certificate, or intended certificate,

issued by the government of the United States at the close of the
Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.</def>
D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton.
<sn>4.</sn> (Mil.) <def>A requisition or order for

supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.</def> [India]
Wilhelm.
<hw>In`den*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of indenting or state of being
indented.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A notch or recess, in the margin or border

of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast,
etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A recess or sharp depression in any
surface.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Print.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The

act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance
within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of
beginning the first line of a paragraph.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one
em, or of two ems.</def>
<col>Hanging</col>, or <col>Reverse</col>,
<col>indentation</col>, <cd>indentation of all the lines of a
paragraph except the first, which is a full line.</cd>
<hw>In*dent"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged;
notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Having an uneven, irregular border;

sinuous; undulating.</def> Milton. Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Her.) <def>Notched like the part of a

saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border
or ordinary.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed;

indentured; as, an indented servant.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Notched along the

margin with a different color, as the feathers of some
birds.</def>
<col>Indented line</col> (Fort.), <cd>a line with

alternate long and short faces, with salient and receding angles,
each face giving a flanking fire along the front of the
next.</cd>
<hw>In*dent"ed*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With

indentations.</def>
<hw>In*dent"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Indentation;

an impression like that made by a tooth.</def>
<hw>In*den"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Print.)

<def>Same as Indentation, 4.</def>
<hw>In*dent"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Indenture.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*den"ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

endenture, OF. endenture, LL. indentura a deed
in duplicate, with indented edges. See the Note below. See
Indent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of indenting, or state of being

indented.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>A mutual agreement in writing

between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a
counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form
for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a
youth is bound apprentice to a master.</def>
<blockquote>The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are

like a pair of indentures: they answer in every
part.</blockquote> C. Leslie.
&fist; Indentures were originally duplicates, laid together and

indented by a notched cut or line, or else written on the same piece
of parchment and separated by a notched line so that the two papers
or parchments corresponded to each other. But indenting has gradually
become a mere form, and is often neglected, while the writings or
counterparts retain the name of indentures.
<hw>In*den"ture</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Indentured (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Indenturing.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To indent; to make hollows, notches, or

wrinkles in; to furrow.</def>
<blockquote>Though age may creep on, and indenture the

brow.</blockquote> Woty.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To bind by indentures or written contract;

as, to indenture an apprentice.</def>
<hw>In*den"ture</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To run or wind

in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.</def>
Heywood.
<hw>In`de*pend"ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indépendance.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being independent;

freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by,
others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own
affairs without interference.</def>
<blockquote>Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never

makes us lose our honesty and our independence.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Sufficient means for a comfortable

livelihood.</def>
<col>Declaration of Independence</col> (Amer.

Hist.), <cd>the declaration of the Congress of the Thirteen
United States of America, on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they
formally declared that these colonies were free and independent
States, not subject to the government of Great Britain.</cd>
<hw>In`de*pend"en*cy</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Independence.</def>
<blockquote>"Give me," I cried (enough for me), 

"My bread, and independency!"</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>Doctrine and polity of the

Independents.</def>
<hw>In`de*pend"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + dependent: cf. F. indépendant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not dependent; free; not subject to

control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few
men are wholly independent.</def>
<blockquote>A dry, but independent crust.</blockquote>

Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an

independent property.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not subject to bias or influence; not

obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent
mind.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Expressing or indicating the feeling of

independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an
independent air or manner.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Separate from; exclusive;

irrespective.</def>
<blockquote>That obligation in general, under which we conceive

ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources
which the law provides for its own enforcement.</blockquote> R. P.
Ward.
<sn>6.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>Belonging or pertaining to,

or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the
Independents.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Math.) <def>Not dependent upon another

quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of
quantities or functions.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> (U. S. Politics) <def>Not bound by

party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any
party.</def>
<col>Independent company</col> (Mil.), <cd>one not

incorporated in any regiment.</cd> -- <col>Independent seconds
watch</col>, <cd>a stop watch having a second hand driven by a
separate set of wheels, springs, etc., for timing to a fraction of a
second.</cd> -- <col>Independent variable</col>.
(Math.) <cd>See Dependent variable, under
Dependent.</cd>
Syn. -- Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-

reliant; bold; unconstrained; unrestricted.
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<hw>In`de*pend"ent</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>One who believes that an
organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-
government, and independent of all ecclesiastical
authority.</def>
&fist; In England the name is often applied (commonly in the

pl.) to the Congregationalists.
<sn>2.</sn> (Politics) <def>One who does not

acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all
circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.</def>
<hw>In`de*pend"ent*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Independency; the church system of Independents.</def> Bp.
Gauden.
<hw>In`de*pend"ent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

independent manner; without control.</def>
<hw>In`de*pos"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being deposed.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Princes indeposable by the pope.</blockquote>

Bp. Stillingfleet.
<hw>In*dep"ra*vate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indepravatus.] <def>Undepraved.</def> [R.] Davies (Holy
Roode).
<hw>In*dep"re*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indeprecabilis. See In- not, and Deprecate.]
<def>Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated.</def>
Cockeram.
<hw>In*dep`re*hen"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indeprehensibilis. See In- not, and
Deprehensible.] <def>Incapable of being found out.</def>
Bp. Morton.
<hw>In`de*priv"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being deprived, or of being taken away.</def>
<hw>In`de*scrib"a*ble</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable of

being described.</def> -- <wf>In`de*scrib"a*bly</wf>,
<hw>In`de*scrip"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

descriptive.</def>
<hw>In`de*sert"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Ill

desert.</def> [R.] Addison.
<hw>In*des"i*nent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indesinens. See In- not, and Desinent.] <def>Not
ceasing; perpetual.</def> [Obs.] Baxter. --
<wf>In*des"i*nent*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
Ray.
<hw>In`de*sir"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Undesirable.</def>
<hw>In`de*struc`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indestructibilité.] <def>The quality of being
indestructible.</def>
<hw>In`de*struc"ti*ble</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + destructible: cf. F. indestructible.]
<def>Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being
destroyed.</def> -- <wf>In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>In`de*struc"ti*bly</wf>,
<hw>In`de*ter"mi*na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indeterminabilis: cf. F. indéterminable. See
In- not, and Determine.] <def>Not determinable; impossible to
be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or
limited.</def> -- <wf>In`de*ter"mi*na*bly</wf>,
<hw>In`de*ter"mi*na*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

indeterminable thing or quantity.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In`de*ter"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indeterminatus.] <def>Not determinate; not certain or fixed;
indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of
years.</def> Paley.
<col>Indeterminate analysis</col> (Math.), <cd>that

branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of
indeterminate problems.</cd> -- <col>Indeterminate
coefficients</col> (Math.), <cd>coefficients arbitrarily
assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some
artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined.</cd>
-- <col>Indeterminate equation</col> (Math.), <cd>an
equation in which the unknown quantities admit of an infinite number
of values, or sets of values. A group of equations is
indeterminate when it contains more unknown quantities than
there are equations.</cd> -- <col>Indeterminate
inflorescence</col> (Bot.), <cd>a mode of inflorescence in
which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the terminal bud
going on to grow and sometimes continuing the stem indefinitely; --
called also acropetal, botryose, centripetal, &and; indefinite
inflorescence.</cd> Gray. -- <col>Indeterminate
problem</col> (Math.), <cd>a problem which admits of an
infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are fewer imposed
conditions than there are unknown or required results.</cd> --
<col>Indeterminate quantity</col> (Math.), <cd>a
quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in
accordance with any proposed condition.</cd> -- <col>Indeterminate
series</col> (Math.), <cd>a series whose terms proceed by
the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with
indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients.</cd>
-- <wf>In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly</wf> <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`de*ter`mi*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + determination: cf.
indétermination.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Want of determination; an unsettled or

wavering state, as of the mind.</def> Jer. Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Want of fixed or stated direction.</def>

Abp. Bramhall.
<hw>In`de*ter"mined</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Undetermined.</def>
<hw>In`de*vir"gin*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See In-

 not, Devirginate.] <def>Not devirginate.</def> [Obs.]
Chapman.
<hw>In*de*vote"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indevotus: cf. F. indévot. Cf.
Indevout.] <def>Not devoted.</def> [Obs.] Bentley.
Clarendon.
<hw>In`de*vo"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indevotio: cf. F. indévotion.] <def>Want of
devotion; impiety; irreligion.</def> "An age of indevotion."
<hw>In*de*vout"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + devout. Cf. Indevote.] <def>Not devout.</def> --
<wf>In*de*vout"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*dew"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To indue.</def>

[Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>In"dex</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. E.

<plw>Indexes</plw> (#), L. <plw>Indices</plw> (#)(&?;).
[L.: cf. F. index. See Indicate, Diction.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That which points out; that which shows,

indicates, manifests, or discloses.</def>
<blockquote>Tastes are the indexes of the different

qualities of plants.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which guides, points out, informs, or

directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of
a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated
instrument. In printing, a sign [&fist;] used to direct particular
attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also
fist.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A table for facilitating reference to

topics, names, and the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in
arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A prologue indicating what follows.</def>

<sn>5.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The second digit, that next

to the pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index
finger.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Math.) <def>The figure or letter which

shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.</def> [In this
sense the plural is always <plw>indices</plw>.]
<col>Index error</col>, <cd>the error in the reading of a

mathematical instrument arising from the zero of the index not being
in complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its
theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a correction to be
applied to the instrument readings equal to the error of the zero
adjustment.</cd> -- <col>Index expurgatorius</col>. [L.]
<cd>See Index prohibitorius (below).</cd> -- <col>Index
finger</col>. <cd>See Index, 5.</cd> -- <col>Index
glass</col>, <cd>the mirror on the index of a quadrant, sextant,
etc.</cd> -- <col>Index hand</col>, <cd>the pointer or hand of
a clock, watch, or other registering machine; a hand that points to
something.</cd> -- <col>Index of a logarithm</col>
(Math.), <cd>the integral part of the logarithm, and always
one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. It
is also called the characteristic.</cd> -- <col>Index of
refraction</col>, or <col>Refractive index</col>
(Opt.), <cd>the number which expresses the ratio of the sine
of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction.
Thus the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when
light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the angle of
incidence is double the sine of the angle of refraction.</cd> --
<col>Index plate</col>, <cd>a graduated circular plate, or one
with circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in machines for
graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.</cd> -- <col>Index
prohibitorius</col> [L.], or <col>Prohibitory index</col>
(R. C. Ch.), <cd>a catalogue of books which are forbidden by
the church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or
expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which passages
marked as against faith or morals must be removed before Catholics
can read them. These catalogues are published with additions, from
time to time, by the Congregation of the Index, composed of
cardinals, theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope.</cd>
Hook. -- <col>Index rerum</col> [L.], <cd>a tabulated
and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items,
quotations, etc.</cd>
<hw>In"dex</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Indexed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Indexing.] <def>To provide with an index or table of
references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its
contents.</def>
<hw>In"dex*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes an

index.</def>
<hw>In*dex"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of,

pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an
index.</def>
<hw>In*dex"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the
manner of an index.</def>
<hw>In`dex*ter"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + dexterity: cf. F.
indextérité.] <def>Want of dexterity or
readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness;
awkwardness.</def> Harvey.
<hw>In"di*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Indian.]

<def>A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and
Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or
Hindostan.</def>
<col>India ink</col>, <cd>a nearly black pigment brought

chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in
square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue.
Called also China ink. The true India ink is sepia. See
Sepia.</cd> -- <col>India matting</col>, <cd>floor
matting made in China, India, etc., from grass and reeds; -- also
called Canton, or China, matting.</cd> -- <col>India
paper</col>, <cd>a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not
glossy surface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts,
etc.</cd> -- <col>India proof</col> (Engraving), <cd>a
proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper.</cd> -
- <col>India rubber</col>. <cd>See Caoutchouc.</cd> --
<col>India-rubber tree</col> (Bot.), <cd>any tree
yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian Ficus
elastica, often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical
leaves.</cd>
<hw>In*di"a*dem</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To place or set

in a diadem, as a gem or gems.</def>
<hw>In"di*a*man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Indiamen</plw> (&?;). <def>A large vessel in the India
trade.</def> Macaulay.
<hw>In"di*an</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [From

India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia,
L. Indus, Gr. &?;, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on
the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf.
Hindoo.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to India proper; also to

the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or

Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian
tomahawk.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Made of maize or Indian corn; as,

Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the
like.</def> [U.S.]
<col>Indian</col> bay (Bot.), <cd>a lauraceous tree

(Persea Indica).</cd> -- <col>Indian bean</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a name of the catalpa.</cd> -- <col>Indian
berry</col>. (Bot.) <cd>Same as Cocculus
indicus.</cd> -- <col>Indian bread</col>. (Bot.)
<cd>Same as Cassava.</cd> -- <col>Indian club</col>,
<cd>a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic
exercise.</cd> -- <col>Indian cordage</col>, <cd>cordage made
of the fibers of cocoanut husk.</cd> -- <col>Indian corn</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a plant of the genus Zea (Z. Mays);
the maize, a native of America. See Corn, and
Maize.</cd> -- <col>Indian cress</col> (Bot.),
<cd>nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.</cd> -- <col>Indian
cucumber</col> (Bot.), <cd>a plant of the genus
Medeola (M. Virginica), a common in woods in the United
States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.</cd> --
<col>Indian currant</col> (Bot.), <cd>a plant of the
genus Symphoricarpus (S. vulgaris), bearing small red
berries.</cd> -- <col>Indian dye</col>, <cd>the puccoon.</cd>
-- <col>Indian fig</col>. (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>The banyan. See Banyan.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The
prickly pear.</cd> -- <col>Indian file</col>, <cd>single file;
arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the
usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the
war path.</cd> -- <col>Indian fire</col>, <cd>a pyrotechnic
composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant
white light.</cd> -- <col>Indian grass</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a coarse, high grass (Chrysopogon nutans), common in the
southern portions of the United States; wood grass.</cd> Gray.
-- <col>Indian hemp</col>. (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>A plant of the genus Apocynum (A. cannabinum),
having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The
root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in
properties.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The variety of common hemp
(Cannabis Indica), from which hasheesh is obtained.</cd> --
<col>Indian mallow</col> (Bot.), <cd>the velvet leaf
(Abutilon Avicennæ). See Abutilon.</cd> --
<col>Indian meal</col>, <cd>ground corn or maize.</cd> [U.S.]
-- <col>Indian millet</col> (Bot.), <cd>a tall annual
grass (Sorghum vulgare), having many varieties, among which
are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is
called also Guinea corn. See Durra.</cd> --
<col>Indian ox</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the zebu.</cd> -
- <col>Indian paint</col>. <cd>See Bloodroot.</cd> --
<col>Indian paper</col>. <cd>See India paper, under
India.</cd> -- <col>Indian physic</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a plant of two species of the genus Gillenia (G.
trifoliata, and G. stipulacea), common in the United
States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; --
called also American ipecac, and bowman's root.</cd>
Gray. -- <col>Indian pink</col>. (Bot.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The Cypress vine (Ipom&oelig;a
Quamoclit); -- so called in the West Indies.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>See China pink, under
China.</cd> -- <col>Indian pipe</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a low, fleshy herb (Monotropa uniflora), growing in
clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary
nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in
drying.</cd> -- <col>Indian plantain</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a name given to several species of the genus Cacalia, tall
herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States
in rich woods.</cd> Gray. -- <col>Indian poke</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a plant usually known as the white
hellebore (Veratrum viride).</cd> -- <col>Indian
pudding</col>, <cd>a pudding of which the chief ingredients are
Indian meal, milk, and molasses.</cd> -- <col>Indian
purple</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A dull purple color.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The pigment of the same name, intensely blue
and black.</cd> -- <col>Indian red</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron
and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called
also Persian red.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>See
Almagra.</cd> -- <col>Indian rice</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a reedlike water grass. See Rice.</cd> -- <col>Indian
shot</col> (Bot.), <cd>a plant of the genus Canna
(C. Indica). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
See Canna.</cd> -- <col>Indian summer</col>, <cd>in the
United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late
in autumn. See under Summer.</cd> -- <col>Indian
tobacco</col> (Bot.), <cd>a species of Lobelia. See
Lobelia.</cd> -- <col>Indian turnip</col>
(Bot.), <cd>an American plant of the genus
Arisæma. A. triphyllum has a wrinkled farinaceous
root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See
Jack in the Pulpit, and Wake-robin.</cd> --
<col>Indian wheat</col>, <cd>maize or Indian corn.</cd> --
<col>Indian yellow</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An intense
rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than
cadmium.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>See Euxanthin.</cd>
<hw>In"di*an</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A native or inhabitant of India.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One of the aboriginal inhabitants of

America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of
America with India.</def>
<hw>In`di*an*eer"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>An Indiaman.</def>
<hw>In"di*a rub"ber</hw> (?). <def>See

Caoutchouc.</def>
<hw>In"dic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From L.

index, indicis, an index.] <def>Indexical.</def> [R.]
Fuller.
<hw>In"di*can</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Indigo.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Chem.) <def>A glucoside obtained from

woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown
sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, and decomposes on drying. By
the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and
indigo. It is the source of natural indigo.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Physiol. Chem.) <def>An indigo-forming

substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible
into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin).
Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash,
C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the
indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also
uroxanthin.</def>
<hw>In"di*cant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. indicans,

p. pr. indicare. See Indicate.] <def>Serving to point
out, as a remedy; indicating.</def>
<hw>In"di*cant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which

indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a
disease.</def>
<hw>In"di*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Indicated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Indicating (?).] [L. indicatus, p. p. of
indicare to indicate; pref. in- in + dicare to
proclaim; akin to dicere to say. See Diction, and cf.
Indict, Indite.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To point out; to discover; to direct to a

knowledge of; to show; to make known.</def>
<blockquote>That turns and turns to indicate 

From what point blows the weather.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>To show or manifest by

symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration
of strength indicates the use of stimulants.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mach.) <def>To investigate the

condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an
indicator.</def>
Syn. -- To show; mark; signify; denote; discover; evidence;

evince; manifest; declare; specify; explain; exhibit; present;
reveal; disclose; display.
<hw>In"di*ca`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Shown;

denoted; registered; measured.</def>
<col>Indicated power</col>. <cd>See Indicated horse

power, under Horse power.</cd>
<hw>In`di*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indicatio: cf. F. indication.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Act of pointing out or

indicating.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which serves to indicate or point

out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.</def>
<blockquote>The frequent stops they make in the most convenient

places are plain indications of their weariness.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Discovery made; information.</def>
Bentley.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Explanation; display.</def> [Obs.]

Bacon.
<sn>5.</sn> (Med.) <def>Any symptom or occurrence in

a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.</def>
Syn. -- Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence;

signal.
<hw>In*dic"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indicativus: cf. F. indicatif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving

intimation or knowledge of something not visible or
obvious.</def>
<blockquote>That truth is productive of utility, and utility

indicative of truth, may be thus proved.</blockquote> Bp.
Warburton.
<sn>2.</sn> (Fine Arts) <def>Suggestive;

representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a
tree, etc.</def>
<col>Indicative mood</col> (Gram.), <cd>that mood or

form of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or
denies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing;
has the mail arrived?</cd>
<hw>In*dic"a*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Gram.)

<def>The indicative mood.</def>
<hw>In*dic"a*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.</def>
<hw>In"di*ca`tor</hw> (&ibreve;n"d&ibreve;*k&amacr;`t&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F. indicateur.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, shows or points

out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mach.) <def>A pressure gauge; a water

gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing
the working of a machine or moving part</def>; as:
<sd>(a)</sd> (Steam Engine) <def>An instrument which
draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an
engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small
cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a
piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against
the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which
traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is
turned back and forth by a string connected with the piston rod of
the engine. See Indicator card (below).</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A telltale connected with a hoisting
machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the
shaft of a mine, etc.</def>
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<sn>3.</sn> (Mech.) <def>The part of an instrument

by which an effect is indicated, as an index or pointer.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any bird of the genus

Indicator and allied genera. See Honey guide, under
Honey.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Chem.) <def>That which indicates the

condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or
sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance,
disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric
analysis.</def>
&fist; The common indicators are litmus, tropæolin, phenol

phthalein, potassic permanganate, etc.
<col>Indicator card</col>, <cd>the figure drawn by an

engine indicator, by means of which the working of the engine can be
investigated and its power calculated. The Illustration shows one
form of indicator card, from a steam engine, together with scales by
which the pressure of the steam above or below that of the
atmosphere, corresponding to any position of the engine piston in its
stroke, can be measured. Called also indicator diagram.</cd> -
- <col>Indicator telegraph</col>, <cd>a telegraph in which the
signals are the deflections of a magnetic needle, as in the trans-
Atlantic system.</cd>
<hw>In"di*ca*to*ry</hw>
(&ibreve;n"d&ibreve;*k&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;; 277),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Serving to show or make known; showing;
indicative; signifying; implying.</def>
<hw>In`di*ca"trix</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.] (Geom.

of Three Dimensions) <def>A certain conic section supposed to be
drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the
accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The
curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel
to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when
the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is
anticlastic.</def>
<hw>||In`di*ca"vit</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., he has

indicated.] (Eng. Law) <def>A writ of prohibition against
proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit
belongs to the common-law courts.</def> Wharton (Law Dict.
).
<hw>In"dice</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. indice

indication, index. See Index.] <def>Index; indication.</def>
[Obs.] B. Jonson.
<hw>In"di*ces</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See

Index.</def>
<hw>||In*di"ci*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L., pl. of
indicium, fr. index an index.] (Law)
<def>Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications;
appearances.</def> Burrill.
<hw>In*dic"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.]

<def>Unspeakable.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*dic"o*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indicum indigo + -lite: cf. F. indicolithe.]
(Min.) <def>A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue
color.</def>
<hw>In*dict"</hw> (-d&imacr;t"), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Indicted (-
d&imacr;t"&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Indicting.] [OE. enditen. See Indite.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To write; to compose; to dictate; to

indite.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To appoint publicly or by authority; to

proclaim or announce.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I am told shall have no Lent indicted this

year.</blockquote> Evelyn.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>To charge with a crime, in

due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to
find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It
is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is
of a house of representatives to impeach.</def>
<hw>In*dict"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an
indictable offender or offense.</def>
<hw>In`dict*ee"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Law) <def>A

person indicted.</def>
<hw>In*dict"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

indicts.</def>
<hw>In*dic"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indictio: cf. F. indiction. See Indict,
Indite.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Declaration; proclamation; public notice

or appointment.</def> [Obs.] "Indiction of a war."
Bacon.
<blockquote>Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the

indiction of, synods of bishops.</blockquote> Jer.
Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A cycle of fifteen years.</def>
&fist; This mode of reckoning time is said to have been introduced

by Constantine the Great, in connection with the payment of tribute.
It was adopted at various times by the Greek emperors of
Constantinople, the popes, and the parliaments of France. Through the
influence of the popes, it was extensively used in the ecclesiastical
chronology of the Middle Ages. The number of indictions was reckoned
at first from 312 a. d., but since the twelfth century it has
been reckoned from the birth of Christ. The papal indiction is the
only one ever used at the present day. To find the indiction and year
of the indiction by the first method, subtract 312 from the given
year a. d., and divide by 15; by the second method, add 3 to
the given year a. d., and the divide by 15. In either case,
the quotient is the number of the current indiction, and the
remainder the year of the indiction. See Cycle of indiction,
under Cycle.
<hw>In*dic"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indictivus. See Indict.] <def>Proclaimed; declared;
public.</def> Kennet.
<hw>In*dict"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Inditement.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of indicting, or the state of

being indicted.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>The formal statement of an

offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and
found by the grand jury.</def>
&fist; To the validity of an indictment a finding by the grand

jury is essential, while an information rests only on presentation by
the prosecuting authority.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An accusation in general; a formal

accusation.</def>
<col>Bill of indictment</col>. <cd>See under

Bill.</cd>
<hw>In*dict"or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Law)

<def>One who indicts.</def> Bacon.
<hw>In"dies</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>A name

designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.</def>
<blockquote>Our king has all the Indies in his

arms.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*dif"fer*ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indifferentia similarity, want of difference: cf. F.
indifférence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being indifferent,

or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to
constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Passableness; mediocrity.</def>

<sn>3.</sn> <def>Impartiality; freedom from prejudice,
prepossession, or bias.</def>
<blockquote>He . . . is far from such indifference and

equity as ought and must be in judges which he saith I
assign.</blockquote> Sir T. More.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Absence of anxiety or interest in respect

to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire
indifference to all that occurs.</def>
<blockquote>Indifference can not but be criminal, when it

is conversant about objects which are so far from being of an
indifferent nature, that they are highest importance.</blockquote>
Addison.
Syn. -- Carelessness; negligence; unconcern; apathy;

insensibility; coldness; lukewarmness.
<hw>In*dif"fer*en*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Absence

of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness;
equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference.</def>
Gladstone.
<blockquote>To give ourselves to a detestable indifferency

or neutrality in this cause.</blockquote> Fuller.
<blockquote>Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, consist in a

power of indifferency, or in a power of choosing without
regard to motives.</blockquote> Hazlitt.
<hw>In*dif"fer*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

indifférent, L. indifferens. See In- not,
and Different.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not making a difference; having no

influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern,
or attention; of no account; without significance or
importance.</def>
<blockquote>Dangers are to me indifferent.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Everything in the world is indifferent but

sin.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<blockquote>His slightest and most indifferent acts . . .

were odious in the clergyman's sight.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Neither particularly good, not very bad;

of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.</def>
<blockquote>The staterooms are in indifferent

order.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not inclined to one side, party, or choice

more than to another; neutral; impartial.</def>
<blockquote>Indifferent in his choice to sleep or
die.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care,

respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless;
as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's
family.</def>
<blockquote>It was a law of Solon, that any person who, in the

civil commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or an
indifferent spectator of the contending parties, should be
condemned to perpetual banishment.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>5.</sn> (Law) <def>Free from bias or prejudice;

impartial; unbiased; disinterested.</def>
<blockquote>In choice of committees for ripening business for the

counsel, it is better to choose indifferent persons than to
make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both
sides.</blockquote> Bacon.
<col>Indifferent tissue</col> (Anat.), <cd>the

primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into
connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue.</cd>
<hw>In*dif"fer*ent</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>To a moderate

degree; passably; tolerably.</def> [Obs.] "News indifferent
good." Shak.
<hw>In*dif"fer*ent*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indifférentisme.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>State of indifference; want of interest or

earnestness; especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true
or false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism.</def>
<blockquote>The indifferentism which equalizes all

religions and gives equal rights to truth and error.</blockquote>
Cardinal Manning.
<sn>2.</sn> (Metaph.) <def>Same as

Identism.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (R. C. Ch.) <def>A heresy consisting in

an unconcern for any particular creed, provided the morals be right
and good.</def> Gregory XVI.
<hw>In*dif"fer*ent*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

governed by indifferentism.</def>
<hw>In*dif"fer*ent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially;
without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably;
passably.</def>
<blockquote>That they may truly and indifferently minister

justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the
maintenance of thy true religion, and virtue.</blockquote> Book of
Com. Prayer [Eng. Ed. ]
<blockquote>Set honor in one eye and death i' the other, 

And I will look on both indifferently.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>I hope it may indifferently entertain your

lordship at an unbending hour.</blockquote> Rowe.
<hw>In`di*ful"vin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indican +

L. fulvus reddish yellow.] (Chem.) <def>A reddish
resinous substance, obtained from indican.</def>
<hw>In`di*fus"cin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indican +

L. fuscus dusky.] (Chem.) <def>A brown amorphous
powder, obtained from indican.</def>
<hw>In"di*geen</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Indigene.</def> Darwin.
<hw>In"di*gence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indigentia: cf. F. indigence. See Indigent.]
<def>The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of
comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless
indigence.</def> Cowper.
Syn. -- Poverty; penury; destitution; want; need;

privation; lack. See Poverty.
<hw>In"di*gen*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Indigence.</def>
<blockquote>New indigencies founded upon new

desires.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In"di*gene</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. indigena:

cf. F. indigène. See Indigenous.] <def>One born
in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon.</def>
Evelyn. Tylor.
<hw>In*dig"e*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indigenus, indigena, fr. OL. indu (fr. in
in) + the root of L. gignere to beget, bear. See In,
and Gender.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Native; produced, growing, or living,

naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not
imported.</def>
<blockquote>Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not

indigenous or proper natives of America.</blockquote> Sir
T. Browne.
<blockquote>In America, cotton, being indigenous, is

cheap.</blockquote> Lion Playas.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Native; inherent; innate.</def>

<blockquote>Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the
human mind.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<hw>In"di*gent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. indigent,

L. indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, fr.
OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L. egere to be needy, to
need.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used

with of.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Destitute of property or means of

comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.</def>
<blockquote>Indigent faint souls past corporal

toil.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Charity consists in relieving the

indigent.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>In"di*gent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an indigent

manner.</def>
<hw>In`di*gest"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indigestus unarranged. See Indigested.] <def>Crude;
unformed; unorganized; undigested.</def> [Obs.] "A chaos rude and
indigest." W. Browne. "Monsters and things
indigest." Shak.
<hw>In`di*gest"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Something

indigested.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>In`di*gest"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- not

+ digested.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not digested; undigested.</def>

"Indigested food." Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not resolved; not regularly disposed and

arranged; not methodical; crude; as, an indigested array of
facts.</def>
<blockquote>In hot reformations . . . the whole is generally

crude, harsh, and indigested.</blockquote> Burke.
<blockquote>This, like an indigested meteor, appeared and

disappeared almost at the same time.</blockquote> South.
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Not in a

state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an
abscess or its contents.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Not softened by heat, hot water, or

steam.</def>
<hw>In`di*gest"ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being undigested; crudeness.</def> Bp.
Burnet.
<hw>In*di*gestì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being indigestible; indigestibleness.</def>
<hw>In`di*gest"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indigestibilis: cf. F. indigestible. See In-
not, and Digest.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not digestible; not readily soluble in the

digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for
absorption.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not digestible in the mind; distressful;

intolerable; as, an indigestible simile.</def> T.
Warton.
-- <wf>In`di*gest"i*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In`di*gest"i*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`di*ges"tion</hw> (?; 106), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indigestio: cf. F. indigestion. See In- not, and
Digest.] <def>Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of
the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal;
dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.</def>
<hw>In*dig"i*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in + L. digitus finger.] <def>To communicate ideas by the
fingers; to show or compute by the fingers.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*dig"i*tate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Indigitated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Indigitating (?).] <def>To point out with the
finger; to indicate.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The depressing this finger, . . . in the right hand

indigitates six hundred.</blockquote> Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>In*digì*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of pointing out as with the finger; indication.</def> [Obs.] Dr.
H. More.
<hw>In`di*glu"cin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indican +

glucin.] (Chem.) <def>The variety of sugar (glucose)
obtained from the glucoside indican. It is unfermentable, but reduces
Fehling's solution.</def>
<hw>In*dign"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. indignus;

pref. in- not + dignus worthy: cf. F. indigne.
See Dignity.] <def>Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful;
degrading.</def> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Counts it scorn to draw 

Comfort indign from any meaner thing.</blockquote>
Trench.
{ <hw>In*dig"nance</hw> (?), <hw>In*dig"nan*cy</hw> (?), }
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Indignation.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<hw>In*dig"nant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indignans, -antis, p. pr. of indignari to be
indignant, disdain. See Indign.] <def>Affected with
indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a
person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean
action, or by a degrading accusation.</def>
<blockquote>He strides indignant, and with haughty

cries 
To single fight the fairy prince defies.</blockquote>
Tickell.
<hw>In*dig"nant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indignant manner.</def>
<hw>In`dig*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

indignation, L. indignatio. See Indign.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The feeling excited by that which is

unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust,
or abhorrence.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>Indignation expresses a strong and elevated

disapprobation of mind, which is also inspired by something
flagitious in the conduct of another.</blockquote> Cogan.
<blockquote>When Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he

stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation
against Mordecai.</blockquote> Esther v. 9.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The effect of anger; punishment.</def>

Shak.
<blockquote>Hide thyself . . . until the indignation be

overpast.</blockquote> Is. xxvi. 20.
Syn. -- Anger; ire wrath; fury; rage. See Anger.
<hw>In*dig"ni*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

indignus unworthy + -fy.] <def>To treat disdainfully or
with indignity; to contemn.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>In*dig"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Indignities</plw> (#). [L. indignitas: cf. F.
indignité. See Indign.] <def>Any action toward
another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal
dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or
injury, accompanied with insult.</def>
<blockquote>How might a prince of my great hopes forget 

So great indignities you laid upon me?</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>A person of so great place and worth constrained to

endure so foul indignities.</blockquote> Hooker.
<hw>In*dign"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Unworthily.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In"di*go</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Indigoes</plw> (#). [F. indigo, Sp. indigo,
indico, L. indicum indigo, fr. Indicus Indian.
See Indian.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of deep blue, one of the seven

prismatic colors.</def>
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<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>A blue dyestuff obtained

from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders;
as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria,
I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue
earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster
when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is
obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican.</def>
&fist; Commercial indigo contains the essential coloring principle

indigo blue or indigotine, with several other dyes; as,
indigo red, indigo brown, etc., and various impurities.
Indigo is insoluble in ordinary reagents, with the exception of
strong sulphuric acid.
<col>Chinese indigo</col> (Bot.), <cd>Isatis

indigotica, a kind of woad.</cd> -- <col>Wild indigo</col>
(Bot.), <cd>the American herb Baptisia tinctoria which
yields a poor quality of indigo, as do several other species of the
same genus.</cd>
<hw>In"di*go</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the color

of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.</def>
<col>Indigo berry</col> (Bot.), <cd>the fruit of the

West Indian shrub Randia aculeata, used as a blue dye.</cd> --
<col>Indigo bird</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a small North
American finch (Cyanospiza cyanea). The male is indigo blue in
color. Called also indigo bunting.</cd> -- <col>Indigo
blue</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The essential coloring
material of commercial indigo, from which it is obtained as a dark
blue earthy powder, with a reddish luster,
C16H10N2O2, which may be
crystallized by sublimation. Indigo blue is also made from artificial
amido cinnamic acid, and from artificial isatine; and these methods
are of great commercial importance. Called also
indigotin.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A dark, dull blue
color like the indigo of commerce.</cd> -- <col>Indigo
brown</col> (Chem.), <cd>a brown resinous substance found
in crude indigo.</cd> -- <col>Indigo copper</col>
(Min.), <cd>covellite.</cd> -- <col>Indigo green</col>,
<cd>a green obtained from indigo.</cd> -- <col>Indigo
plant</col> (Bot.), <cd>a leguminous plant of several
species (genus Indigofera), from which indigo is prepared. The
different varieties are natives of Asia, Africa, and America. Several
species are cultivated, of which the most important are the I.
tinctoria, or common indigo plant, the I. Anil, a larger
species, and the I. disperma.</cd> -- <col>Indigo
purple</col>, <cd>a purple obtained from indigo.</cd> --
<col>Indigo red</col>, <cd>a dyestuff, isomeric with indigo
blue, obtained from crude indigo as a dark brown amorphous
powder.</cd> -- <col>Indigo snake</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>the gopher snake.</cd> -- <col>Indigo white</col>, <cd>a
white crystalline powder obtained by reduction from indigo blue, and
by oxidation easily changed back to it; -- called also
indigogen.</cd> -- <col>Indigo yellow</col>, <cd>a
substance obtained from indigo.</cd>
<hw>||In`di*gof"e*ra</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., from E.

indigo + L. ferre to bear.] (Bot.) <def>A genus
of leguminous plants having many species, mostly in tropical
countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera
tinctoria, and I. Anil.</def>
<hw>In"di*go*gen</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indigo +

-gen.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Chem.) <def>See Indigo white,

under Indigo.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Physiol. Chem.) <def>Same as

Indican, 2.</def>
<hw>In`di*gom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indigo

+ -meter.] <def>An instrument for ascertaining the strength of
an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis.</def> Ure.
<hw>In`di*gom"e*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or

method of determining the coloring power of indigo.</def>
<hw>In`di*got"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

indigotique.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or derived
from, indigo; as, indigotic acid, which is also called
anilic or nitrosalicylic acid.</def>
<hw>In"di*go*tin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>See Indigo blue, under Indigo.</def>
<hw>In`dig*ru"bin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indigo +

L. ruber red.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>Same as
Urrhodin.</def>
<hw>In`di*hu"min</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indican +

humin.] (Chem.) <def>A brown amorphous substance
resembling humin, and obtained from indican.</def>
<hw>In*dil"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

dilatory.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*dil"i*gence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indiligentia: cf. F. indiligence.] <def>Want of
diligence.</def> [Obs.] B. Jonson.
<hw>In*dil"i*gent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
indiligens: cf. F. indiligent. See Diligent.]
<def>Not diligent; idle; slothful.</def> [Obs.] Feltham. --
<wf>In*dil"i*gent*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>In`di*min"ish*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Incapable of being diminished.</def> [R.] Milton.
<hw>In"din</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Indigo.]

(Chem.) <def>A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with
and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and
dioxindol.</def>
<hw>In`di*rect"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + direct: cf. F. indirect.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not direct; not straight or rectilinear;

deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an
indirect road.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result

by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or
consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation,
attack, answer, or proposal.</def>
<blockquote>By what bypaths and indirect, crooked ways 

I met this crown.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not straightforward or upright; unfair;

dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.</def>
<blockquote>Indirect dealing will be discovered one time or

other.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Not resulting directly from an act or

cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it;
as, indirect results, damages, or claims.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Logic & Math.) <def>Not reaching the

end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an
indirect proof, demonstration, etc.</def>
<col>Indirect claims</col>, <cd>claims for remote or

consequential damage. Such claims were presented to and thrown out by
the commissioners who arbitrated the damage inflicted on the United
States by the Confederate States cruisers built and supplied by Great
Britain.</cd> -- <col>Indirect demonstration</col>, <cd>a mode
of demonstration in which proof is given by showing that any other
supposition involves an absurdity (reductio ad absurdum), or
an impossibility; thus, one quantity may be proved equal to another
by showing that it can be neither greater nor less.</cd> --
<col>Indirect discourse</col>. (Gram.) <cd>See
Direct discourse, under Direct.</cd> --
<col>Indirect evidence</col>, <cd>evidence or testimony which
is circumstantial or inferential, but without witness; -- opposed to
direct evidence.</cd> -- <col>Indirect tax</col>, <cd>a
tax, such as customs, excises, etc., exacted directly from the
merchant, but paid indirectly by the consumer in the higher price
demanded for the articles of merchandise.</cd>
<hw>In`di*rect"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not directed;

aimless.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`di*rec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indirection.] <def>Oblique course or means; dishonest
practices; indirectness.</def> "By indirections find
directions out." Shak.
<hw>In`di*rect"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express
terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly;
wrongly.</def>
<blockquote>To tax it indirectly by taxing their

expense.</blockquote> A. Smith.
<blockquote>Your crown and kingdom indirectly

held.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In`di*rect"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness;
crookedness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Deviation from an upright or

straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty.</def> W.
Montagu.
<hw>In`di*re"tin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indian +

Gr. &?; resin.] (Chem.) <def>A dark brown resinous substance
obtained from indican.</def>
<hw>In`di*ru"bin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indigo +

L. ruber red.] (Chem.) <def>A substance isomeric with,
and resembling, indigo blue, and accompanying it as a side product,
in its artificial production.</def>
<hw>In`dis*cern"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + discernible: cf. F. indiscernable.] <def>Not
to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or
visible.</def>
<blockquote>Secret and indiscernible ways.</blockquote>

-- <wf>In`dis*cern"i*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In`dis*cern"i*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
{ <hw>In`dis*cerpì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?),

<hw>In`dis*cerp`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> (?) }, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
state or quality of being indiscerpible.</def> [Obs.] Dr. H.
More.
{ <hw>In`dis*cerp"i*ble</hw> (?), <hw>In`dis*cerp"ti*ble</hw> (?)

}, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not discerpible; inseparable.</def>
[Obs.] Bp. Butler. -- <wf>In`dis*cerp"i*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos>, <wf>In`dis*cerp"ti*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] -- <wf>In`dis*cerp"ti*bly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>In*dis"ci*plin*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + disciplinable: cf. F.
indisciplinable.] <def>Not disciplinable;
undisciplinable.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*dis"ci*pline</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indisplina: cf. F. indiscipline. See In- not,
and Discipline.] <def>Want of discipline or instruction.</def>
[R.]
<hw>In`dis*cov"er*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

discoverable; undiscoverable.</def> J. Conybeare.
<hw>In`dis*cov"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

discovery.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`dis*creet"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE.

indiscret, F. indiscret, fr. L. indiscretus
unseparated, indiscreet. See In- not, and Discreet, and
cf. Indiscrete.] <def>Not discreet; wanting in
discretion.</def>
<blockquote>So drunken, and so indiscreet an

officer.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Imprudent; injudicious; inconsiderate; rash; hasty;

incautious; heedless; undiscerning; foolish.
-- <wf>In`dis*creet"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In`dis*creet"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`dis*crete"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indiscretus unseparated. See Indiscreet.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Indiscreet.</def> [Obs.]

Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not discrete or separated; compact;

homogenous.</def>
<blockquote>An indiscrete mass of confused

matter.</blockquote> Pownall.
<hw>In`dis*cre"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + discretion: cf. F. indiscrétion.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being indiscreet;

want of discretion; imprudence.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An indiscreet act; indiscreet

behavior.</def>
<blockquote>Past indiscretion is a venial

crime.</blockquote> Cowper.
<hw>In`dis*crim"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not
discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; not making
any distinction; confused; promiscuous.</def> "Blind or
indiscriminate forgiveness." I. Taylor.
<blockquote>The indiscriminate defense of right and

wrong.</blockquote> Junius.
-- <wf>In`dis*crim"i*nate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>

Cowper.
<hw>In`dis*crim"i*na`ting</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

discriminating.</def> -- <wf>In`dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly</wf>,
<hw>In`dis*crimì*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want

of discrimination or distinction; impartiality.</def>
<hw>In`dis*crim"i*na*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Making no distinction; not discriminating.</def>
<hw>In`dis*cussed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + discuss: cf. L. indiscussus.] <def>Not
discussed.</def> [Obs.] Donne.
<hw>In`dis*pen`sa*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indispensabilité.] <def>Indispensableness.</def>
<hw>In`dis*pen"sa*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + dispensable: cf. F. indispensable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted,

remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>Not admitting dispensation;

not subject to release or exemption.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The law was moral and

indispensable.</blockquote> Bp. Burnet.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Unavoidable; inevitable.</def> [Obs.]

Fuller.
<hw>In`dis*pen"sa*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely
necessary.</def> S. Clarke.
<hw>In`dis*pen"sa*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indispensable manner.</def> "Indispensably necessary." Bp.
Warburton.
<hw>In`dis*persed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

dispersed.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`dis*pose"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Indisposed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Indisposing.] [OE. indispos indisposed,
feeble, or F. indisposé indisposed. See In- not,
and Dispose.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To render unfit or unsuited; to

disqualify.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To disorder slightly as regards health; to

make somewhat.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>It made him rather indisposed than

sick.</blockquote> Walton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To disincline; to render averse or

unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to
severe study; the pride and selfishness of men indispose them
to religious duties.</def>
<blockquote>The king was sufficiently indisposed towards

the persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples.</blockquote>
<hw>In`dis*pos"ed*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

condition or quality of being indisposed.</def> [R.] Bp.
Hall.
<hw>In*dis`po*si"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indisposition.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being indisposed;

disinclination; as, the indisposition of two substances to
combine.</def>
<blockquote>A general indisposition towards

believing.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A slight disorder or illness.</def>
<blockquote>Rather as an indisposition in health than as

any set sickness.</blockquote> Hayward.
<hw>In*dis`pu*ta*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indisputabilité.] <def>Indisputableness.</def>
<hw>In*dis"pu*ta*ble</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + disputable: cf. F. indisputable.]
<def>Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of
dispute.</def>
Syn. -- Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible;

undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure;
infallible.
-- <wf>In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*dis"pu*ta*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`dis*put"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Undisputed.</def>
<hw>In*dis"si*pa*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable
o&?; being dissipated.</def>
<hw>In*dis`so*lu*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indissolubilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
indissoluble.</def>
<hw>In*dis"so*lu*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indissolubilis: cf. F. indissoluble. See In-
not, and Dissoluble, and cf. Indissolvable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not dissoluble; not capable of being

dissolved, melted, or liquefied; insoluble; as, few substances are
indissoluble by heat, but many are indissoluble in
water.</def> Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Incapable of being rightfully broken or

dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an
indissoluble league or covenant.</def>
<blockquote>To the which my duties 

Are with a most indissoluble tie 
Forever knit.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*dis"so*lu*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Indissolubility.</def> Sir M. Hale.
<hw>In*dis"so*lu*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indissoluble manner.</def>
<blockquote>On they move, indissolubly firm.</blockquote>

Milton.
<hw>In`dis*solv"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + dissolvable. Cf. Indissoluble.] <def>Not
dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated; incapable of
separation; perpetually firm and binding; indissoluble; as, an
indissolvable bond of union.</def> Bp. Warburton.
<hw>In`dis*solv"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Indissolubleness.</def>
<hw>In*dis"tan*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

distance or separation; nearness.</def> [Obs.] Bp.
Pearson.
<hw>In`dis*tinct"</hw> (&ibreve;n`d&ibreve;s*t&ibreve;&nsm;kt"),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. indistinctus: cf. F.
indistinct. See In- not, and Distinct.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not distinct or distinguishable; not

separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the
indistinct parts of a substance.</def> "Indistinct as
water is in water." Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear;

not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct
vision; an indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or
recollection.</def>
<blockquote>When we come to parts too small four our senses, our

ideas of these little bodies become obscure and
indistinct.</blockquote> I. Watts.
<blockquote>Their views, indeed, are indistinct and

dim.</blockquote> Cowper.
Syn. -- Undefined; indistinguishable; obscure; indefinite;

vague; ambiguous; uncertain; confused.
<hw>In`dis*tinc"ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Indistinguishable.</def> [Obs.] T. Warton.
<hw>In`dis*tinc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indistinction.] <def>Want of distinction or
distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty;
indiscrimination.</def>
<blockquote>The indistinction of many of the same name . .

. hath made some doubt.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<blockquote>An indistinction of all persons, or equality of

all orders, is far from being agreeable to the will of
God.</blockquote> Sprat.
<hw>In`dis*tinc"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

nothing distinctive; common.</def> -- <wf>In`dis*tinc"tive*ness</wf>,
<hw>In`dis*tinct"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as, certain ideas
are indistinctly comprehended.</def>
<blockquote>In its sides it was bounded distinctly, but on its

ends confusedly and indistinctly.</blockquote> Sir I.
Newton.
<hw>In`dis*tinct"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or condition of being indistinct; want of definiteness; dimness;
confusion; as, the indistinctness of a picture, or of
comprehension; indistinctness of vision.</def>
<hw>In`dis*tin"guish*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or
discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being
perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was
indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in
form or color; the difference between them was
indisguishable.</def>
<hw>In`dis*tin"guish*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

indistinguishable manner.</def> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>In`dis*tin"guished</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Indistinct.</def> [R.] "That indistinguished mass."
<hw>In`dis*tin"guish*ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as,
indistinguishing liberalities.</def> [Obs.]
Johnson.
<hw>In`dis*turb"ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Freedom

from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference.</def>
<hw>In*ditch"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To bury in,

or cast into, a ditch.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*dite"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Indited; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inditing.] [OE. enditen to indite, indict, OF.
enditer to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, and
endicter to accuse; both fr. LL. indictare to show, to
accuse, fr. L. indicere to proclaim, announce; pref. in-
 in + dicere to say. The word was influenced also by L.
indicare to indicate, and by dictare to dictate. See
Diction, and cf. Indict, Indicate,
Dictate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To compose; to write; to be author of; to

dictate; to prompt.</def>
<blockquote>My heart is inditing a good

matter.</blockquote> Ps. xlv. 1.
<blockquote>Could a common grief have indited such

expressions?</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>Hear how learned Greece her useful rules

indites.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To invite or ask.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>She will indite him to some

supper.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To indict; to accuse; to censure.</def>

<hw>In*dite"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To compose; to

write, as a poem.</def>
<blockquote>Wounded I sing, tormented I

indite.</blockquote> Herbert.
<hw>In*dite"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Indictment.] <def>The act of inditing.</def>
Craig.
<hw>In*dit"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

indites.</def> Smart.
<hw>In"di*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Indigo.] (Chem.) <def>A rare metallic element,
discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic
spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it
resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily
fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or
gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4.</def>
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<hw>In`di*vert"i*ble</hw>
(&ibreve;n`d&ibreve;*v&etilde;rt"&ibreve;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Not to be diverted or turned aside.</def> [R.] Lamb.
<hw>In`di*vid"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Indivisible.</def> [R.] Shak.
<hw>In`di*vid"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Undivided.</def>

[R.] Bp. Patrick.
<hw>In`di*vid"u*al</hw> (?; 135), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

individuus indivisible; pref. in- not + dividuus
divisible, fr. dividere to divide: cf. F. individuel.
See Divide.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not divided, or not to be divided;

existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as,
an individual man, animal, or city.</def>
<blockquote>Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all

other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual
substance.</blockquote> A. Tucker.
<blockquote>United as one individual soul.</blockquote>

Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to,

or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as,
individual traits of character; individual exertions;
individual peculiarities.</def>
<hw>In`di*vid"u*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being
incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity;
especially, a human being; a person.</def> Cowper.
<blockquote>An object which is in the strict and primary sense

one, and can not be logically divided, is called an
individual.</blockquote> Whately.
<blockquote>That individuals die, his will

ordains.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An

independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound
animal.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The product of a single egg,
whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or
fission.</def>
<hw>In`di*vid"u*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.
individualisme.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being individual;

individuality; personality.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An excessive or exclusive regard to one's

personal interest; self-interest; selfishness.</def>
<blockquote>The selfishness of the small proprietor has been

described by the best writers as individualism.</blockquote>
Ed. Rev.
<hw>In`di*vidù*al*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of

or pertaining to the individual or individualism.</def> London
Athenæum.
<hw>In`di*vidù*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Individualities</plw> (#). [Cf. F.
individualité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being individual

or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence;
oneness; unity.</def> Arbuthnot.
<blockquote>They possess separate

individualities.</blockquote> H. Spencer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The character or property appropriate or

peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one
person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits;
distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked
individuality.</def>
<hw>In`di*vidù*al*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

F. individualization.] <def>The act of individualizing; the
state of being individualized; individuation.</def>
<hw>In`di*vid"u*al*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Individualized (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Individualizing (?).] [Cf. F.
individualiser.] <def>To mark as an individual, or to
distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with
individuality.</def>
<blockquote>The peculiarities which individualize and

distinguish the humor of Addison.</blockquote> N. Drake.
<hw>In`di*vid"u*al*i`zer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

who individualizes.</def>
<hw>In`di*vid"u*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>In an individual manner or relation; as
individuals; separately; each by itself.</def> "Individually
or collectively." Burke.
<blockquote>How should that subsist solitarily by itself which

hath no substance, but individually the very same whereby
others subsist with it?</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>In an inseparable manner; inseparably;

incommunicably; indivisibly; as, individually the
same.</def>
<blockquote>[Omniscience], an attribute individually proper

to the Godhead.</blockquote> Hakewill.
<hw>In`di*vid"u*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Individual.] <def>Undivided.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`di*vid"u*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Individuated (&?;); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Individuating.] <def>To distinguish
from others of the species; to endow with individuality; to divide
into individuals; to discriminate.</def>
<blockquote>The soul, as the prime individuating principle,

and the said reserved portion of matter as an essential and radical
part of the individuation, shall . . . make up and restore the same
individual person.</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>Life is individuated into infinite numbers,

that have their distinct sense and pleasure.</blockquote> Dr. H.
More.
<hw>In`di*vidù*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

individuation.] <def>The act of individuating or state of
being individuated; individualization.</def> H. Spencer.
<hw>In`di*vid"u*a`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who,

or that which, individuates.</def> Sir K. Digby.
<hw>In`di*vi*du"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

individuitas.] <def>Separate existence; individuality;
oneness.</def> Fuller.
<hw>In`di*vin"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + divinity: cf. F. indivinité.]
<def>Want or absence of divine power or of divinity.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`di*visì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

indivisibilité.] <def>The state or property of being
indivisible or inseparable; inseparability.</def> Locke.
<hw>In`di*vis"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indivisibilis: cf. F. indivisible. See In- not,
and Divisible.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not divisible; incapable of being divided,

separated, or broken; not separable into parts.</def> "One
indivisible point of time." Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <def>Not capable of exact

division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable.</def>
<hw>In`di*vis"i*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>That which is indivisible.</def>
<blockquote>By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a

perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural
bodies.</blockquote> Digby.
<sn>2.</sn> (Geom.) <def>An infinitely small

quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.</def>
<col>Method of indivisibles</col>, <cd>a kind of calculus,

formerly in use, in which lines were considered as made up of an
infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number
of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of
surfaces.</cd>
<hw>In`di*vis"i*ble*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being indivisible; indivisibility.</def> W.
Montagu.
<hw>In`di*vis"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indivisible manner.</def>
<hw>In`di*vi"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + division: cf. F. indivision, LL.
indivisio.] <def>A state of being not divided; oneness.</def>
<hw>In"do-</hw> (?). [From L. Indus East Indian.] <def>A

prefix signifying Indian (i. e., East Indian); of or
pertaining of India.</def>
<hw>In`do*an"i*line</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indigo

+ aniline.] (Chem.) <def>Any one of a series of
artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they
are often used as substitutes.</def>
<hw>In`do-Brit"on</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indo- +

Briton.] <def>A person born in India, of mixed Indian and
British blood; a half-caste.</def> Malcom.
<hw>In`do-Chi*nese"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Indo- +

Chinese.] <def>Of or pertaining to Indo-China (i. e.,
Farther India, or India beyond the Ganges).</def>
<hw>In*docì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being indocible; indocibleness; indocility.</def>
<hw>In*doc"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indocibilis. See In- not, and Docible.]
<def>Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in
intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile.</def> Bp. Hall.
-- <wf>In*doc"i*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*doc"ile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indocilis: cf. F. indocile. See In- not, and
Docile.] <def>Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained,
or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull;
intractable.</def>
<hw>In`do*cil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indocilitas: cf. F. indocilité.] <def>The
quality or state of being indocile; dullness of intellect;
unteachableness; intractableness.</def>
<blockquote>The stiffness and indocility of the

Pharisees.</blockquote> W. Montagu.
<hw>In*doc"tri*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Indoctrinated (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Indoctrinating.] [Pref. in- in +
L. doctrina doctrine: cf. F. endoctriner.] <def>To
instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch
of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with,
principles or doctrines; to teach; -- often followed by
in.</def>
<blockquote>A master that . . . took much delight in

indoctrinating his young, unexperienced favorite.</blockquote>
<hw>In*doc`tri*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated;
instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or system
of belief; information.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In`do-Eng"lish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Indo- +

English.] <def>Of or relating to the English who are born or
reside in India; Anglo-Indian.</def>
<hw>In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Aryan; -

- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from
the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or
nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or
Aryan family.</def>
<blockquote>The common origin of the Indo-European

nations.</blockquote> Tylor.
<hw>In"do*gen</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indigo + -

gen.] (Chem.) <def>A complex, nitrogenous radical,
C8H5NO, regarded as the essential nucleus of
indigo.</def>
<hw>In"do*gen*ide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group
as a nucleus.</def>
<hw>In`do-Ger*man"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Indo-

+ Germanic.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Same as Aryan, and Indo-

European.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to or denoting the Teutonic

family of languages as related to the Sanskrit, or derived from the
ancient Aryan language.</def>
<hw>In"do*in</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A

substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain
isatogen compounds.</def>
<hw>In"dol</hw> (&ibreve;n"d&omacr;l), <pos>n.</pos>

[Indigo + -ol of phenol.] (Physiol.
Chem.) <def>A white, crystalline substance,
C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost
all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed
from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by
fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as
well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora.</def>
<hw>In"do*lence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indolentia freedom from pain: cf. F. indolence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Freedom from that which pains, or

harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I have ease, if it may not rather be called

indolence.</blockquote> Bp. Hough.

indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding
from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness;
indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity.</def>
<blockquote>Life spent in indolence, and therefore

sad.</blockquote> Cowper.
<blockquote>As there is a great truth wrapped up in "diligence,"

what a lie, on the other hand, lurks at the root of our present use
of the word "indolence"! This is from "in" and "doleo," not to
grieve; and indolence is thus a state in which we have no
grief or pain; so that the word, as we now employ it, seems to affirm
that indulgence in sloth and ease is that which would constitute for
us the absence of all pain.</blockquote> Trench.
<hw>In"do*len*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Indolence.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>In"do*lent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + L. dolens, -entis, p. pr. of dolere to
feel pain: cf. F. indolent. See Dolorous.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Free from toil, pain, or trouble.</def>

[Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and

exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent
man.</def>
<blockquote>To waste long nights in indolent

repose.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <def>Causing little or no pain or

annoyance; as, an indolent tumor.</def>
Syn. -- Idle; lazy; slothful; sluggish; listless; inactive;

inert. See Idle.
<hw>In"do*lent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an indolent

manner.</def>
<blockquote>Calm and serene you indolently

sit.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>||In"do*les</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. Cf.

Adolescence.] <def>Natural disposition; natural quality or
abilities.</def>
<hw>In"do*lin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Indol.]

(Chem.) <def>A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol,
and obtained by the reduction of indigo white.</def>
<hw>In*dom"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indomabilis; pref. in- not + domabilis tamable.]
<def>Indomitable.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*dom"i*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indomitabilis; pref. in- not + domitare, intens.
fr. domare to tame. See Tame.] <def>Not to be subdued;
untamable; invincible; as, an indomitable will, courage,
animal.</def>
<hw>In*dom"ite</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indomitus.] <def>Not tamed; untamed; savage; wild.</def>
[Obs.] J. Salkeld.
<hw>In*domp"ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

indomptable, L. indomitabilis.] <def>Indomitable.</def>
[Obs.] Tooke.
<hw>In"door`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Done or being

within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as,
indoor work.</def>
<hw>In"doors`</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Within the

house; -- usually separated, in doors.</def>
<hw>In`do*phe"nol</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indigo +

phenol.] (Chem.) <def>Any one of a series of artificial
blue dyestuffs, resembling indigo in appearance, and obtained by the
action of phenol on certain nitrogenous derivatives of quinone.
Simple indophenol proper has not yet been isolated.</def>
<hw>In*dors"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being indorsed; transferable; convertible.</def>
<hw>In`dor*sa"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Indorsement.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*dorse"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Indorsed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Indorsing.] [LL. indorsare. See Endorse.]
[Written also endorse.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To cover the back of; to load or

burden.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Elephants indorsed with towers.</blockquote>

Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To write upon the back or outside of a

paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or
address.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Law & Com.) <def>To write one's name,

alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the
purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a note,
draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment,
performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of
(a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.).</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To give one's name or support to; to

sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; as, to indorse an
opinion.</def>
<col>To indorse in blank</col>, <cd>to write one's name on

the back of a note or bill, leaving a blank to be filled by the
holder.</cd>
<hw>In*dorsed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Her.)

<def>See Addorsed.</def>
<hw>In`dor*see"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The person to

whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by
indorsement.</def>
<hw>In*dorse"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Indorse; cf. Endorsement.] [Written also
endorsement.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of writing on the back of a note,

bill, or other written instrument.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is written on the back of a

note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of,
payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon
the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by
which the property therein is assigned and transferred.</def>
Story. Byles. Burrill.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Sanction, support, or approval; as, the

indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course,
conduct.</def>
<col>Blank indorsement</col>. <cd>See under

Blank.</cd>
{ <hw>In*dors"er</hw> (?), <hw>In*dors"or</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>The person who indorses.</def> [Written
also endorser.]
<hw>In*dow"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Endow.</def>
<hw>In*dow"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Endowment.</def>
<hw>In*dox"yl</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indigo +

hydroxyl.] (Chem.) <def>A nitrogenous substance,
C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an
oily liquid.</def>
<hw>In`dox*yl"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Of or pertaining to, or producing, indoxyl; as, indoxylic
acid.</def>
<hw>In"draught`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet.</def> [Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A draught of air or flow of water setting

inward.</def>
<hw>In"drawn`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Drawn

in.</def>
<hw>In*drench"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To overwhelm

with water; to drench; to drown.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
{ <hw>In"dris</hw> (?), <hw>In"dri</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>Any lemurine animal of
the genus Indris.</def>
&fist; Several species are known, all of them natives of

Madagascar, as the diadem indris (I. diadema), which has a
white ruff around the forehead; the woolly indris (I.
laniger); and the short-tailed or black indris (I.
brevicaudatus), which is black, varied with gray.
<hw>In*du"bi*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indubius. See In- not, and Dubious.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not dubious or doubtful;

certain.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not doubting; unsuspecting.</def>

"Indubious confidence." Harvey.
<hw>In*du"bi*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indubitabilis: cf. F. indubitable. See In- not,
and Dubitable.] <def>Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to
admit of doubt; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; as, an
indubitable conclusion.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos>
<def>That which is indubitable.</def>
Syn. -- Unquestionable; evident; incontrovertible;

incontestable; undeniable; irrefragable.
<hw>In*du"bi*ta*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state
or quality of being indubitable.</def>
<hw>In*du"bi*ta*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Undoubtedly;

unquestionably; in a manner to remove all doubt.</def>
<blockquote>Oracles indubitably clear and infallibly

certain.</blockquote> Barrow.
<hw>In*du"bi*tate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indubitatus; pref. in- not + dubitatus, p. p. of
dubitare to doubt.] <def>Not questioned or doubtful; evident;
certain.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In*du"bi*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

indubitatus, p. p. of indubitare; pref. in- in +
dubitare to doubt.] <def>To bring into doubt; to cause to be
doubted.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>To conceal, or indubitate, his

exigency.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*duce"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Induced (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inducing (?).] [L. inducere, inductum; pref.
in- in + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf.
Induct.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To lead in; to introduce.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The poet may be seen inducing his personages in

the first Iliad.</blockquote> Pope.
<! p. 755 !>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To draw on; to overspread.</def> [A

Latinism] Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To lead on; to influence; to prevail on;

to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.</def>
Shak.
<blockquote>He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though

he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon,
tempted.</blockquote> Paley.
<blockquote>Let not the covetous desire of growing rich

induce you to ruin your reputation.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a

fever induced by fatigue or exposure.</def>
<blockquote>Sour things induces a contraction in the

nerves.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>5.</sn> (Physics) <def>To produce, or cause, by

proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric
or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in
an opposite electric or magnetic state.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Logic) <def>To generalize or conclude

as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of
deduce.</def>
Syn. -- To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press;

influence; actuate.
<hw>In*duce"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Induce.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inducing, or the state of being

induced.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which induces; a motive or

consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as,
reward is an inducement to toil.</def> "Mark the
inducement." Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>Matter stated by way of

explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a
pleading; a leading to.</def>
Syn. -- Motive; reason; influence. See Motive.
<hw>In*du"cer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, induces or incites.</def>
<hw>In*du"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Capable of being induced, caused, or made to take
place.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Obtainable by induction; derivable;

inferable.</def>
<hw>In*duct"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inducted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inducting.] [L. inductus, p. p. of inducere. See
Induce.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To bring in; to introduce; to usher

in.</def>
<blockquote>The independent orator inducting himself

without further ceremony into the pulpit.</blockquote> Sir W.
Scott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To introduce, as to a benefice or office;

to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an
ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary
forms and ceremonies.</def>
<blockquote>The prior, when inducted into that dignity,

took an oath not to alienate any of their lands.</blockquote> Bp.
Burnet.
<hw>In*duc"te*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Elec.)
<def>Rendered electro-polar by induction, or brought into the
opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive
bodies.</def>
<hw>In*duc"tile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + ductile: cf. F. inductile.] <def>Not ductile;
incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic;
tough.</def>
<hw>In`duc*til"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inductile.</def>
<hw>In*duc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inductio: cf. F. induction. See Induct.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of inducting or

bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning;
commencement.</def>
<blockquote>I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this

time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your
acquaintance.</blockquote> Beau. & Fl.
<blockquote>These promises are fair, the parties sure, 

And our induction dull of prosperous hope.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An introduction or introductory scene, as

to a play; a preface; a prologue.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>This is but an induction: I will draw 

The curtains of the tragedy hereafter.</blockquote>
Massinger.
<sn>3.</sn> (Philos.) <def>The act or process of

reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or
from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference
so reached.</def>
<blockquote>Induction is an inference drawn from all the

particulars.</blockquote> Sir W. Hamilton.
<blockquote>Induction is the process by which we conclude

that what is true of certain individuals of a class, is true of the
whole class, or that what is true at certain times will be true in
similar circumstances at all times.</blockquote> J. S.
Mill.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The introduction of a clergyman into a

benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or
ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living
or its temporalities.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Math.) <def>A process of demonstration

in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of
particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination
being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding
one; -- called also successive induction.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Physics) <def>The property by which one

body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in
another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or
magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual
contact.</def>
<col>Electro-dynamic induction</col>, <cd>the action by

which a variable or interrupted current of electricity excites
another current in a neighboring conductor forming a closed
circuit.</cd> -- <col>Electro-magnetic induction</col>,
<cd>the influence by which an electric current produces magnetic
polarity in certain bodies near or around which it passes.</cd> --
<col>Electro-static induction</col>, <cd>the action by which a
body possessing a charge of statical electricity develops a charge of
statical electricity of the opposite character in a neighboring
body.</cd> -- <col>Induction coil</col>, <cd>an apparatus
producing induced currents of great intensity. It consists of a coil
or helix of stout insulated copper wire, surrounded by another coil
of very fine insulated wire, in which a momentary current is induced,
when a current (as from a voltaic battery), passing through the inner
coil, is made, broken, or varied. The inner coil has within it a core
of soft iron, and is connected at its terminals with a condenser; --
called also inductorium, and Ruhmkorff's coil.</cd> --
<col>Induction pipe</col>, <col>port</col>, or
<col>valve</col>, <cd>a pipe, passageway, or valve, for
leading or admitting a fluid to a receiver, as steam to an engine
cylinder, or water to a pump.</cd> -- <col>Magnetic
induction</col>, <cd>the action by which magnetic polarity is
developed in a body susceptible to magnetic effects when brought
under the influence of a magnet.</cd> -- <col>Magneto-electric
induction</col>, <cd>the influence by which a magnet excites
electric currents in closed circuits.</cd>
<col>Logical induction</col>, (Philos.), <cd>an act

or method of reasoning from all the parts separately to the whole
which they constitute, or into which they may be united collectively;
the operation of discovering and proving general propositions; the
scientific method.</cd> -- <col>Philosophical induction</col>,
<cd>the inference, or the act of inferring, that what has been
observed or established in respect to a part, individual, or species,
may, on the ground of analogy, be affirmed or received of the whole
to which it belongs. This last is the inductive method of
Bacon. It ascends from the parts to the whole, and forms, from the
general analogy of nature, or special presumptions in the case,
conclusions which have greater or less degrees of force, and which
may be strengthened or weakened by subsequent experience and
experiment. It relates to actual existences, as in physical science
or the concerns of life. Logical induction is founded on the
necessary laws of thought; philosophical induction, on the
interpretation of the indications or analogy of nature.</cd>
Syn. -- Deduction. -- Induction, Deduction.

In induction we observe a sufficient number of individual
facts, and, on the ground of analogy, extend what is true of them to
others of the same class, thus arriving at general principles
or laws. This is the kind of reasoning in physical science. In
deduction we begin with a general truth, which is
already proven or provisionally assumed, and seek to connect it with
some particular case by means of a middle term, or class of objects,
known to be equally connected with both. Thus, we bring down the
general into the particular, affirming of the latter the distinctive
qualities of the former. This is the syllogistic method. By
induction Franklin established the identity of lightning and
electricity; by deduction he inferred that dwellings might be
protected by lightning rods.
<hw>In*duc"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive.</def>
<hw>In*duct"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

inductivus: cf. F. inductif. See Induce.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting;

-- usually followed by to.</def>
<blockquote>A brutish vice, 

Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Tending to induce or cause.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>They may be . . . inductive of

credibility.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Leading to inferences; proceeding by,

derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive
reasoning.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Physics) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical
machine.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Facilitating induction;
susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as, certain substances
have a great inductive capacity.</def>
<col>Inductive embarrassment</col> (Physics),

<cd>the retardation in signaling on an electric wire, produced by
lateral induction.</cd> -- <col>Inductive</col>
<col>philosophy or method</col>. <cd>See Philosophical
induction, under Induction.</cd> -- <col>Inductive
sciences</col>, <cd>those sciences which admit of, and employ,
the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc.</cd>
<hw>In*duct"ive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By induction

or inference.</def>
<hw>In`duc*tom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[Induction + -meter.] (Elec.) <def>An instrument
for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical
induction.</def>
<hw>In*duct"or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., one who stirs

up or rouses. See Induce.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The person who inducts another into an
office or benefice.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Elec.) <def>That portion of an

electrical apparatus, in which is the inducing charge or
current.</def>
<hw>In`duc*to"ri*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. E.

<plw>Inductoriums</plw> (#), L. <plw>Inductoria</plw>
(#). [NL., fr. E. induction.] (Elec.) <def>An induction
coil.</def>
{ <hw>In*duc"tric</hw> (?), <hw>In*duc"tric*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Elec.) <def>Acting by, or in a state of,
induction; relating to electrical induction.</def>
<hw>In*due"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Indued (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Induing.] [Written also endue.] [L. induere to
put on, clothe, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + a root seen
also in L. exuere to put off, divest, exuviae the skin
of an animal, slough, induviae clothes. Cf. Endue to
invest.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To put on, as clothes; to draw

on.</def>
<blockquote>The baron had indued a pair of jack

boots.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to

furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities.</def>
<blockquote>Indu'd with robes of various hue she

flies.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>Indued with intellectual sense and

souls.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*due"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Indue;

cf. Indument, Enduement.] <def>The act of induing, or
state of being indued; investment; endowment.</def> W.
Montagu.
<hw>In*dulge"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Indulged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Indulging (?).] [L. indulgere to be kind or tender to
one; cf. OIr. dilgud, equiv. to L. remissio, OIr.
dligeth, equiv. to L. lex, Goth. dulgs
debt.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To be complacent toward; to give way to;

not to oppose or restrain</def>; <sd>(a)</sd> when said of a
habit, desire, etc.: <def>to give free course to; to give one's self
up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or
inclinations;</def> <sd>(b)</sd> when said of a person:
<def>to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor;
to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their
caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or
in pleasure.</def>
<blockquote>Hope in another life implies that we indulge

ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly.</blockquote>
Atterbury.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To grant as by favor; to bestow in

concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.</def>
<blockquote>Persuading us that something must be indulged

to public manners.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<blockquote>Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light 

Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!</blockquote>
Pope.
&fist; It is remarked by Johnson, that if the matter of indulgence

is a single thing, it has with before it; if it is a habit, it
has in; as, he indulged himself with a glass of wine or
a new book; he indulges himself in idleness or intemperance.
See Gratify.
<hw>In*dulge"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To indulge one's

self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up
(to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint;
-- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.</def>
"Willing to indulge in easy vices." Johnson.
<hw>In*dulge"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Indulgence.</def> [R.] Wood.
<hw>In*dul"gence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indulgentia: cf. F. indulgence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of indulging or humoring; the

quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or
control.</def>
<blockquote>If I were a judge, that word indulgence should

never issue from my lips.</blockquote> Tooke.
<blockquote>They err, that through indulgence to others, or

fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance anything
less.</blockquote> Hammond.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An indulgent act; favor granted;

gratification.</def>
<blockquote>If all these gracious indulgences are without

any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly.</blockquote>
Rogers.
<sn>3.</sn> (R. C. Ch.) <def>Remission of the

temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been
remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and
public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice
to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to
the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to
diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.</def>
<hw>In*dul"gence</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To grant

an indulgence to.</def>
<hw>In*dul"gen*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Indulgence.</def> Dryden.
<hw>In*dul"gent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

indulgens, -entis, p. pr. of indulgere: cf. F.
indulgent. See Indulge.] <def>Prone to indulge;
yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's
care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild;
favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent.</def>
Shak.
<blockquote>The indulgent censure of

posterity.</blockquote> Waller.
<blockquote>The feeble old, indulgent of their

ease.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>In`dul*gen"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating

to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church.</def>
Brevint.
<hw>In*dul"gent*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

indulgent manner; mildly; favorably.</def> Dryden.
<hw>In*dul"ger</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

indulges.</def> W. Montagu.
<hw>In*dul"gi*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

indulge.</def> [R.] Sandys.
<hw>In"du*line</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Perh. fr.

indigo.] (Chem.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Any one of a
large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented
by aniline violet.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A dark green
amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the
presence of copper or vanadium salts; -- called also aniline
black.</def>
{ <hw>In*dult"</hw> (?), <hw>In*dul"to</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [L. indultum indulgence, favor, fr.
indultus, p. p. of indulgere: cf. It. indulto,
F. indult. See Indulge.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A privilege or exemption; an indulgence; a

dispensation granted by the pope.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Spain) <def>A duty levied on all

importations.</def>
<hw>In"du*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

indumentum a covering. See Indue, and cf.
Induement.] (Zoöl.) <def>Plumage;
feathers.</def>
<hw>In*du"pli*cate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having the edges bent abruptly toward the
axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in
æstivation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having the edges
rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -
- said of leaves in vernation.</def>
<hw>In*du"pli*ca*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having induplicate sepals or petals in
æstivation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having induplicate
leaves in vernation.</def>
<hw>In*dur"ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Endurance.</def>
<hw>In"du*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

induratus, p. p. of indurare to harden. See
Endure.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Hardened; not soft; indurated.</def>

Tyndale.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Without sensibility; unfeeling;

obdurate.</def>
<hw>In"du*rate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Indurated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Indurating (?).]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To make hard; as, extreme heat

indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure
to the air.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To make unfeeling; to deprive of

sensibility; to render obdurate.</def>
<hw>In"du*rate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow hard; to

harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by
heat.</def>
<hw>In"du*ra`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hardened; as,

indurated clay; an indurated heart.</def>
<hw>In`du*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

induration, L. induratio hardness of heart.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of hardening, or the process of

growing hard.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>State of being indurated, or of having

become hard.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Hardness of character, manner,

sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or
feeling.</def>
<blockquote>A certain induration of character had arisen
from long habits of business.</blockquote> Coleridge.
<hw>In*du"sial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Indusium.] <def>Of, pertaining to, or containing, the
petrified cases of the larvæ of certain insects.</def>
<col>Indusial limestone</col> (Geol.), <cd>a fresh-

water limestone, largely composed of the agglomerated cases of
caddice worms, or larvæ of caddice flies (Phryganea). It
is found in Miocene strata of Auvergne, France, and some other
localities.</cd>
{ <hw>In*du"si*ate</hw> (?), <hw>In*du"si*a`ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Bot.) <def>Furnished with an
indusium.</def>
<hw>||In*du"si*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Indusia</plw> (-&adot;). [L., an under garment, fr.
induere to put on: cf. F. indusie the covering of the
seed spots of ferns.] (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A
collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing
the stigma of a flower.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The immediate
covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin
scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet.</def>
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>A peculiar covering found in certain
fungi.</def>
<hw>In*dus"tri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

industriel, LL. industrialis. See Industry.]
<def>Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and
products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially
in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.</def>
<blockquote>The great ideas of industrial development and

economic social amelioration.</blockquote> M. Arnold.
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<col>Industrial exhibition</col>, <cd>a public exhibition

of the various industrial products of a country, or of various
countries.</cd> -- <col>Industrial school</col>, <cd>a school
for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for
educating neglected children, and training them to habits of
industry.</cd>
<hw>In*dus"tri*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor;
industry.</def> J. S. Mill.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The principles or policy applicable to

industrial pursuits or organized labor.</def>
<blockquote>Industrialism must not confounded with

industriousness.</blockquote> H. Spencer.
<hw>In*dus"tri*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With

reference to industry.</def>
<hw>In*dus"tri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

industrius, industriosus: cf. F. industrieux.
See Industry.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Given to industry; characterized by

diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy;
assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to
lawful and useful labor.</def>
<blockquote>Frugal and industrious men are commonly

friendly to the established government.</blockquote> Sir W.
Temple.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Steadily and perseveringly active in a

particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but
industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief
maker.</def>
<blockquote>Industrious to seek out the truth of all

things.</blockquote> Spenser.
-- <wf>In*dus"tri*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*dus"tri*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In"dus*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Industries</plw> (#). [L. industria, cf.
industrius diligent; of uncertain origin: cf. F.
industrie.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Habitual diligence in any employment or

pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business;
assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as,
industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase
them.</def>
<blockquote>We are more industrious than our forefathers, because

in the present times the funds destined for the maintenance of
industry are much greater in proportion to those which are
likely to be employed in the maintenance of idleness, than they were
two or three centuries ago.</blockquote> A. Smith.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any department or branch of art,

occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and
capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar
industry; the iron industry; the cotton
industry.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Polit. Econ.) <def>Human exertion of

any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as
a species of capital or wealth; labor.</def>
Syn. -- Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity;

laboriousness; attention. See Diligence.
<hw>In*du"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. indutus,

p. p. of induere to put on. See Indue.] (Bot.)
<def>Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary
covering.</def>
<hw>||In*du"vi*æ</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L.,

clothes, fr. induere to put on. See Indue.]
(Bot.) <def>Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also,
leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for
a long time.</def>
<hw>In*du"vi*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Covered with induviæ, as the upper part of the trunk of a
palm tree.</def>
<hw>In"dwell`</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Indwelt (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Indwelling.] <def>To dwell in; to abide within;
to remain in possession.</def>
<blockquote>The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as

a constantly indwelt form.</blockquote> Milman.
<hw>In"dwellèr</hw> (?) <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

inhabitant.</def> Spenser.
<hw>In"dwellìng</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Residence within,

as in the heart.</def>
<blockquote>The personal indwelling of the Spirit in

believers.</blockquote> South.
<hw>-ine</hw> (?; 104). <sn>1.</sn> (Chem.) <def>A

suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part
are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.</def>
&fist; All organic bases, and basic substances (especially

nitrogenous substances), are systematically written with the
termination -ine; as, quinine, morphine,
guanidine, etc. All indifferent and neutral substances, as
proteids, glycerides, glucosides, etc., should commonly be spelled
with -in; as, gelatin, amygdalin, etc. This rue
has no application to those numerous commercial or popular names with
the termination -ine; as, gasoline, vaseline,
etc.
<sn>2.</sn> (Organ. Chem.) <def>A suffix, used to

indicate hydrocarbons of the second degree of unsaturation; i.
e., members of the acetyline series; as, hexine,
heptine, etc.</def>

<hw>In*earth"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

inter.</def> [R.] Southey.
<hw>In*e"bri*ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inebrians, p. pr. of inebriare. See Inebriate.]
<def>Intoxicating.</def>
<hw>In*e"bri*ant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything that

intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant.</def>
Smart.
<hw>In*e"bri*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inebriated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inebriating (?).] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of
inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk,
fr. ebrius drunk. See Ebriety.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To make drunk; to intoxicate.</def>
<blockquote>The cups 
That cheer but not inebriate.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to

exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense
and judgment; also, to stupefy.</def>
<blockquote>The inebriating effect of popular

applause.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<hw>In*e"bri*ate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become

drunk.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In*e"bri*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inebriatus, p. p.] <def>Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given
to drink; stupefied.</def>
<blockquote>Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made

drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he
said.</blockquote> Udall.
<hw>In*e"bri*ate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is drunk

or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for
inebriates.</def>
<blockquote>Some inebriates have their paroxysms of

inebriety.</blockquote> E. Darwin.
<hw>In*e`bri*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inebriatio.] <def>The condition of being inebriated;
intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by
anything that exhilarates, as success.</def> Sir T.
Browne.
<blockquote>Preserve him from the inebriation of

prosperity.</blockquote> Macaulay.
Syn. -- See Drunkenness.
<hw>Inè*bri"e*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Inebriate, Ebriety.] <def>Drunkenness;
inebriation.</def> E. Darwin.
<hw>In*e"bri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Intoxicated,

or partially so; intoxicating.</def> [R.] T. Brown.
<hw>In*ed"it*ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not edited;

unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript.</def> T.
Warton.
<hw>||I`née"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>An

arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthus
hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also
onaye.</def>
<hw>In*ef`fa*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

ineffabilitas: cf. F. ineffabilité.] <def>The
quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness;
unspeakableness.</def>
<hw>In*ef"fa*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See In- not, and
Effable, Fame.] <def>Incapable of being expressed in
words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the
ineffable joys of heaven.</def>
<blockquote>Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse

ineffable contentment over the soul.</blockquote>
Beattie.
<hw>In*ef"fa*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or state of being ineffable or unutterable;
unspeakableness.</def>
<hw>In*ef"fa*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner not

to be expressed in words; unspeakably.</def> Milton.
<hw>Inèf*face"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + effaceable: cf. F. ineffaçable.]
<def>Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.</def>
<hw>Inèf*face"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>So as not

to be effaceable.</def>
<hw>Inèf*fect"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Ineffectual; impracticable.</def> [R.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>Inèf*fect"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + effective: cf. F. ineffectif.] <def>Not
effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an
ineffective appeal.</def>
<blockquote>The word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead and

ineffective letter.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Inèf*fect"ive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently;
ineffectually.</def>
<hw>Inèf*fect"ive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of

being ineffective.</def>
<hw>Inèf*fec"tu*al</hw> (?; 135), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak;
useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an
ineffectual expedient.</def> Pope.
<blockquote>The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet

has been by many found ineffectual.</blockquote>
Boyle.
Syn. -- Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain;

fruitless; unavailing; futile. See Useless,
Inefficacious.
<hw>Inèf*fec`tu*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Ineffectualness.</def> [R.]
<hw>Inèf*fec"tu*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

effect; in vain.</def>
<blockquote>Hereford . . . had been besieged for about two months

ineffectually by the Scots.</blockquote> Ludlow.
<hw>Inèf*fec"tu*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.</def>
<blockquote>The ineffectualness of some men's

devotion.</blockquote> Wake.
<hw>In*ef`fer*ves"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want

of effervescence.</def> Kirwan.
<hw>In*ef`fer*ves"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence;
quiescent.</def>
<hw>In*ef`fer*ves`ci*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The quality of being ineffervescible.</def>
<hw>In*ef`fer*ves"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable or susceptible of effervescence.</def>
<hw>In*ef`fi*ca"cious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + efficacious: cf. F. inefficace, L.
inefficax.] <def>Not efficacious; not having power to produce
the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient;
impotent.</def> Boyle.
<blockquote>The authority of Parliament must become

inefficacious . . . to restrain the growth of
disorders.</blockquote> Burke.
&fist; Ineffectual, says Johnson, rather denotes an actual

failure, and inefficacious an habitual impotence to any
effect. But the distinction is not always observed, nor can it be;
for we can not always know whether means are inefficacious
till experiment has proved them ineffectual.
Inefficacious is therefore sometimes synonymous with
ineffectual.
<hw>In*ef`fi*ca"cious*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

efficacy or effect.</def>
<hw>In*ef`fi*ca"cious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of
effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy.</def>
<hw>In*ef"fi*ca*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inefficacia. See In- not, and Efficacy.]
<def>Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect;
inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness;
as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.</def>
<blockquote>The seeming inefficacy of

censures.</blockquote> Bp. Hall.
<blockquote>The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of

many similar medicines.</blockquote> James Gregory.
<hw>Inèf*fi"cien*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient for
the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged
from his position for inefficiency.</def>
<hw>Inèf*fi"cient</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not efficient; not producing the effect
intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or
measures.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective

action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as,
inefficient workmen; an inefficient
administrator.</def>
<hw>Inèf*fi"cient*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inefficient manner.</def>
<hw>Inè*lab"o*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inelaboratus. See In- not, and Elaborate.]
<def>Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude;
unfinished.</def>
<hw>Inè*las"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

elastic.</def>
<hw>Inè*las*tic"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

elasticity.</def>
{ <hw>In*el"e*gance</hw> (?), <hw>In*el"e*gan*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Inelegances</plw> (#),
<plw>Inelegancies</plw> (#). [L. inelegantia: cf. F.
inélégance.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being inelegant; want of

elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language,
composition, or manners.</def>
<blockquote>The notorious inelegance of her

figure.</blockquote> T. Hook.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything inelegant; as, inelegance

of style in literary composition.</def>
<hw>In*el"e*gant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inelegans: cf. F. inélégant. See In-
 not, and Elegant.] <def>Not elegant; deficient in beauty,
polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which
correct taste requires.</def>
<blockquote>What order so contrived as not to mix 

Tastes, not well joined, inelegant.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and

inelegant.</blockquote> Blair.
<hw>In*el"e*gant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inelegant manner.</def>
<hw>In*elì*gi*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inéligibilité.] <def>The state or quality of
being ineligible.</def>
<hw>In*el"i*gi*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + eligible: cf. F. inéligible.]
<def>Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not
worthy to be chosen or preferred; not expedient or desirable.</def>
Burke.
<hw>In*el"li*gi*bly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

ineligible manner.</def>
<hw>In*e"lo*quent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ineloquens: cf. F. inéloquent. See In-
not, and Eloquent.] <def>Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful,
or pathetic; not persuasive; as, ineloquent
language.</def>
<blockquote>Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, 

Nor tongue ineloquent.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In*e"lo*quent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

eloquence.</def>
<hw>Inè*luc"ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis to be
surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf.
F. inéluctable. See Eluctate.] <def>Not to be
overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.</def> Bp.
Pearson.
<blockquote>The ineluctable conditions of

matter.</blockquote> Hamerton.
<hw>Inè*lud"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.</def>
<blockquote>Most pressing reasons and ineludible

demonstrations.</blockquote> Glanvill.
<hw>In*em"bry*o*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Biol.)
<def>Not embryonate.</def>
<hw>Inè*nar"ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inenarrabilis; pref. in- not + enarrabilis that
may be related; fr. enarrare to relate: cf. F.
inénarrable. See Enarration.] <def>Incapable of
being narrated; indescribable; ineffable.</def> [Obs.]
"Inenarrable goodness." Bp. Fisher.
<hw>In*ept"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. ineptus;

prefix. in- not + aptus apt, fit: cf. F. inepte.
Cf. Inapt.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable;

improper; unbecoming.</def>
<blockquote>The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new

discoveries.</blockquote> Glanvill.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd;

foolish.</def>
<blockquote>To view attention as a special act of intelligence,

and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly
inept.</blockquote> Sir W. Hamilton.
<hw>In*ept"i*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

ineptitudo.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being inept; unfitness;

inaptitude; unsuitableness.</def>
<blockquote>That ineptitude for society, which is

frequently the fault of us scholars.</blockquote> Tatler.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Absurdity; nonsense;

foolishness.</def>
<hw>In*ept"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Unfitly;

unsuitably; awkwardly.</def>
<blockquote>None of them are made foolishly or

ineptly.</blockquote> Dr. H. More.
<hw>In*ept"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Unfitness;

ineptitude.</def>
<blockquote>The feebleness and miserable ineptness of

infancy.</blockquote> Dr. H. More.
<hw>In*e"qua*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unequable.</def> [R.] Bailey.
<hw>In*e"qual</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inaequalis. See In- not, and Equal.]
<def>Unequal; uneven; various.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Inè*qual"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.
<plw>Inequalities</plw> (#). [L. inaequalitas.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being unequal; difference,

or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an
inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances,
motions, rank, property, etc.</def>
<blockquote>There is so great an inequality in the length

of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all
four.</blockquote> Ray.
<blockquote>Notwithstanding which inequality of number, it

was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch
fleet.</blockquote> Ludlow.
<blockquote>Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great

inequality of condition.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unevenness; want of levelness; the

alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the
inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>The country is cut into so many hills and

inequalities as renders it defensible.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy;

lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the
weather, feelings, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Inequality of air is ever an enemy to

health.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Disproportion to any office or purpose;

inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial
things to the wants of a rational soul.</def> South.
<sn>5.</sn> (Alg.) <def>An expression consisting of

two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (> or <)
between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 >
1.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Astron.) <def>An irregularity, or a

deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform
mean motion; the amount of such deviation.</def>
<hw>Inè*qua"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Math.)

<def>An inequality.</def>
<hw>In*e`qui*dis"tant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

equally distant; not equidistant.</def>
<hw>In*e`qui*lat"er*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-
sided.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Having the two ends

unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch
shells.</def>
<hw>In*e`qui*lo"bate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + equi- + lobate.] (Biol.)
<def>Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or
sizes.</def>
<hw>In*eq"ui*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

equitable; not just.</def> Burke.
<hw>In*eq"ui*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

inequitatus, p. p. inequitare to ride over. See 1st
In-, and Equitant.] <def>To ride over or through.</def>
[Obs.] Dr. H. More.
<hw>In*eq"ui*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

equity; injustice; wrong.</def> "Some form of inequity."
H. Spencer.
{ <hw>In*e"qui*valve</hw> (?), <hw>In*e`qui*val"vu*lar</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>Having unequal valves,
as the shell of an oyster.</def>
<hw>Inè*rad"i*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Incapable of being eradicated or rooted out.</def>
<blockquote>The bad seed thus sown was

ineradicable.</blockquote> Ld. Lytton.
<hw>Inè*rad"i*ca*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>So as not

to be eradicable.</def>
{ <hw>Inèr*get"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Inèr*get"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- not + energetic, -
ical.] <def>Having no energy; sluggish.</def> [R.]
Boyle.
<hw>Inèr*get"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

energy.</def> [R.]
{ <hw>In*erm"</hw> (?), <hw>In*er"mous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Bot.) <def>Same as
Inermis.</def>
<hw>||In*er"mis</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. inermis,

inermus; pref. in- not + arma arms: cf. F.
inerme.] (Bot.) <def>Unarmed; destitute of prickles or
thorns, as a leaf.</def> Gray.
<hw>In*er`ra*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Freedom

or exemption from error; infallibility.</def> Eikon
Basilike.
<hw>In*er"ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inerrabilis. See In- not, and Err.]
<def>Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring.</def>
"Inerabble and requisite conditions." Sir T. Browne.
"Not an inerrable text." Gladstone.
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<hw>In*er"ra*ble*ness</hw>
(&ibreve;n*&ebreve;r"r&adot;*b'l*n&ebreve;s), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Exemption from error; inerrability; infallibility.</def>
Hammond.
<hw>In*er"ra*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With security

from error; infallibly; unerringly.</def>
<hw>In*er"ran*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Exemption

from error.</def>
<blockquote>The absolute inerrancy of the

Bible.</blockquote> The Century.
<hw>Inèr*rat"ic</hw> (&ibreve;n`&ebreve;r*r&abreve;t"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Not erratic or wandering; fixed; settled;
established.</def>
<hw>In*err"ing*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly.</def> Glanvill.
<hw>In*ert"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. iners,

inertis, unskilled, idle; pref. in- + ars art:
cf. F. inerte. See Art.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Destitute of the power of moving itself,

or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is
inert.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Indisposed to move or act; very slow to

act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.</def>
<blockquote>The inert and desponding party of the

court.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<blockquote>It present becomes extravagant, then imbecile, and at

length utterly inert.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not having or manifesting active

properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact
with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.</def>
Syn. -- Inactive; dull; passive; indolent; sluggish;

slothful; lazy; lifeless; irresolute; stupid; senseless; insensible.
-- Inert, Inactive, Sluggish. A man may be
inactive from mere want of stimulus to effort; but one who is
inert has something in his constitution or his habits which
operates like a weight holding him back from exertion.
Sluggish is still stronger, implying some defect of
temperament which directly impedes action. Inert and
inactive are negative, sluggish is positive.
<blockquote>Even the favored isles . . . 
Can boast but little virtue; and, inert 
Through plenty, lose in morals what they gain 
In manners -- victims of luxurious ease.</blockquote>
Cowper.
<blockquote>Doomed to lose four months in inactive

obscurity.</blockquote> Johnson.
<blockquote>Sluggish Idleness, the nurse of sin, 

Upon a slothful ass he chose to ride.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<hw>In*er"ti*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., idleness, fr.

iners idle. See Inert.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Physics) <def>That property of matter

by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to
continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction,
unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis
inertiæ.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Inertness; indisposition to motion,

exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.</def>
<blockquote>Men . . . have immense irresolution and

inertia.</blockquote> Carlyle.
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <def>Want of activity;

sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its
contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.</def>
<col>Center of inertia</col>. (Mech.) <cd>See under

Center.</cd>
<hw>In*er"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

activity or exertion; inertness; quietude.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>These vicissitudes of exertion and inertion of

the arterial system constitute the paroxysms of remittent
fever.</blockquote> E. Darwin.
<hw>In*ert"i*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Inert.] <def>Inertness; inertia.</def> [R.] Good.
<hw>In*ert"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without activity;

sluggishly.</def> Pope.
<hw>In*ert"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action
or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility.</def>
<blockquote>Laziness and inertness of mind.</blockquote>

Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Absence of the power of self-motion;

inertia.</def>
<hw>In*er"u*dite</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ineruditus. See In- not, and Erudite.] <def>Not
erudite; unlearned; ignorant.</def>
<hw>Inès*cap"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

escapable.</def>
<hw>In*es"cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

inescatus, p. p. of inescare; in- in +
esca bait.] <def>To allure; to lay a bait for.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>To inescate and beguile young

women!</blockquote> Burton.
<hw>Inès*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inescatio.] <def>The act of baiting; allurement.</def> [Obs.]
Hallywell.
<hw>Inès*cutch"eon</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Her.)

<def>A small escutcheon borne within a shield.</def>
<hw>||In` es"se</hw> (?). [L.] <def>In being; actually existing; -

- distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which
denote that a thing is not, but may be.</def>
<hw>Inès*sen"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + essential: cf. F. inessentiel.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having no essence or being.</def> H.

Brooke.
<blockquote>The womb of inessential Naught.</blockquote>

Shelley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not essential; unessential.</def>
<hw>In*es"ti*ma*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inaestimabilis: cf. F. inestimable. See In- not,
and Estimate.] <def>Incapable of being estimated or computed;
especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully
appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or
privileges.</def>
<blockquote>But above all, for thine inestimable

love.</blockquote> Bk. of Com. Prayer.
<blockquote>Science is too inestimable for expression by a

money standard.</blockquote> Lyon Playfair.
Syn. -- Incalculable; invaluable; priceless.
<hw>In*es"ti*ma*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner,

or to a degree, above estimation; as, things inestimably
excellent.</def>
<hw>Inè*va"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable
of being evaded; inevitable; unavoidable.</def>
<hw>In*ev"i*dence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inévidence.] <def>Want of evidence; obscurity.</def>
[Obs.] Barrow.
<hw>In*ev"i*dent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inévident.] <def>Not evident; not clear or obvious;
obscure.</def>
<hw>In*evì*ta*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inévitabilité.] <def>Impossibility to be avoided
or shunned; inevitableness.</def> Shelford.
<hw>In*ev"i*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inevitabilis: cf. F. inévitable. See In-
not, and Evitable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not evitable; incapable of being shunned;

unavoidable; certain.</def> "The inevitable hour."
Gray.
<blockquote>It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was

planted in the nature of things.</blockquote> Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Irresistible.</def> "Inevitable

charms." Dryden.
<hw>In*ev"i*ta*ble*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen.</def>
Prideaux.
<hw>In*ev"i*ta*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly.</def>
<blockquote>Inevitably thou shalt die.</blockquote>

Milton.
<blockquote>How inevitably does immoderate laughter end in

a sigh!</blockquote> South.
<hw>Inèx*act"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + exact: cf. F. inexact.] <def>Not exact; not
precisely correct or true; inaccurate.</def>
<hw>Inèx*act"i*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical
inexactitude.</def>
<hw>Inèx*act"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner not

exact or precise; inaccurately.</def> R. A. Proctor.
<hw>Inèx*act"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Incorrectness;

want of exactness.</def>
<hw>Inèx*cità*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being inexcitable; insusceptibility to
excitement.</def>
<hw>Inèx*cit"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexcitabilis from which one cannot be aroused. See In-
not, and Excite.] <def>Not susceptible of excitement; dull;
lifeless; torpid.</def>
<hw>Inèx*cus"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexcusabilis: cf. F. inexcusable. See Excuse.]
<def>Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as,
inexcusable folly.</def>
<blockquote>Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man,

whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another,
thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same
things.</blockquote> Rom. ii. 1.
<hw>Inèx*cus"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being inexcusable; enormity beyond forgiveness.</def>
South.
<hw>Inèx*cus"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With a

degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification.</def>
<blockquote>Inexcusably obstinate and

perverse.</blockquote> Jortin.
<hw>In*ex"e*cra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That can

not be execrated enough.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*ex"e*cu`ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + executable: cf. F. inexécutable.]
<def>Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable;
infeasible.</def>
<hw>In*exè*cu"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + execution: cf. F. inexécution.]
<def>Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution
of a treaty.</def> Spence.
<hw>Inèx*er"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

exertion; want of effort; defect of action; indolence;
laziness.</def>
<hw>Inèx*hal"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being exhaled.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Inèx*haust"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + exhausted: cf. F. inexhaustus.] <def>Not
exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or
resources; unexhausted.</def> Dryden.
<hw>Inèx*haust"ed*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

exhaustion.</def>
<hw>Inèx*haustì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance.</def>
<hw>Inèx*haust"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing;
not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of
provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words.</def>
Dryden.
<blockquote>An inexhaustible store of

anecdotes.</blockquote> Macaulay.
-- <wf>Inèx*haust"i*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Inèx*haust"i*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Inèx*haust"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inexhaustible.</def> Thomson.
<hw>Inèx*ist"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Pref. in-

in + exist.] <def>To exist within; to dwell within.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>Substances inexisting within the divine

mind.</blockquote> A. Tucker.
<hw>Inèx*ist"ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inexistant. See 1st Inexistent.] <def>Inexistent; not
existing.</def> [Obs.] Gudworth.
<hw>Inèx*ist"ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in + existence.] [Obs.] <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Inherence; subsistence.</def> Bp. Hall.
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>That which exists within; a
constituent.</def> A. Tucker.
<hw>Inèx*ist"ence</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in- in

+ existence: cf. F. inexistence.] <def>Want of being or
existence.</def>
<hw>Inèx*ist"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

in + existent: cf. F. inexistant.] <def>Not having
being; not existing.</def>
<hw>Inèx*ist"ent</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- in

+ existent.] <def>Inherent; innate; indwelling.</def>
Boyle.
<hw>In*exò*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inexorabilitas: cf. F. inexorabilité.] <def>The
quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty.</def>
Paley.
<hw>In*ex"o*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexorabilis: cf. F. inexorable. See In- not,
and Exorable, Adore.] <def>Not to be persuaded or moved
by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable;
inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an
inexorable judge.</def> "Inexorable equality of laws."
Gibbon. "Death's inexorable doom." Dryden.
<blockquote>You are more inhuman, more inexorable, 

O, ten times more than tigers of Hyrcania.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>In*ex"o*ra*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inexorable.</def>
Chillingworth.
<hw>In*ex"o*ra*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inexorable manner; inflexibly.</def> "Inexorably firm."
Thomson.
<hw>Inèx*pan"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of expansion, enlargement, or extension.</def> Tyndall.
<hw>Inèx*pect"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not to be

expected or anticipated.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>In"ex*pect"ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

expectant.</def> C. Bronté.
<hw>In*ex`pec*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Absence

of expectation.</def> Feltham.
<hw>Inèx*pect"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + expected: cf. L. inexspectatus.]
<def>Unexpected.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Inèx*pect"ed*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Unexpectedly.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Inèx*pect"ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Unexpectedness.</def> [Obs.]
{ <hw>Inèx*pe"di*ence</hw> (?), <hw>Inèx*pe"di*en*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being inexpedient;
want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety;
as, the inexpedience of some measures.</def>
<blockquote>It is not the rigor but the inexpediency of

laws and acts of authority which makes them tyrannical.</blockquote>
Paley.
<hw>Inèx*pe"di*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end
desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place;
as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at
another.</def>
<blockquote>If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly

inexpedient to use those ceremonies.</blockquote> Bp.
Burnet.
Syn. -- Unwise; impolitic; imprudent; indiscreet;

unprofitable; inadvisable; disadvantageous.
<hw>Inèx*pe"di*ent*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not

expediently; unfitly.</def>
<hw>Inèx*pen"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not
expensive; cheap.</def>
<hw>Inèx*pe"ri*ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inexperientia, cf. F. inexpérience. See In-
 not, and Experience.] <def>Absence or want of experience;
lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the
inexperience of youth.</def>
<blockquote>Failings which are incident to youth and

inexperience.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from

inexperience of the world, and ignorance of
mankind.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>Inèx*pe"ri*enced</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

having experience; unskilled.</def> "Inexperienced youth."
Cowper.
<hw>Inèx*pert"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexpertus inexperienced: cf. F. inexpert. See In-
 not, and Expert.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Destitute of experience or of much

experience.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not expert; not skilled; destitute of

knowledge or dexterity derived from practice.</def>
<hw>Inèx*pert"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

expertness or skill.</def>
<hw>In*ex"pi*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexpiabilis: cf. F. inexpiable. See In- not,
and Expiable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or

satisfaction; as, an inexpiable crime or offense.</def>
Pomfret.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Incapable of being mollified or appeased;

relentless; implacable.</def> [Archaic] "Inexpiable hate."
Milton.
<blockquote>They are at inexpiable war with all

establishments.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In*ex"pi*a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of

being inexpiable.</def>
<hw>In*ex"pi*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inexpiable manner of degree; to a degree that admits of no
atonement.</def>
<hw>In*ex"pi*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexpiatus. See In- not, and Expiate.] <def>Not
appeased or placated.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>To rest inexpiate were much too rude a

part.</blockquote> Chapman.
<hw>Inèx*plain"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + explainable; cf. L. inexplanabilis.]
<def>Incapable of being explained; inexplicable.</def>
<hw>In*ex"ple*a*bly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [Cf. L.

inexplebilis; pref. in- not + explere to fill
up. See Expletion.] <def>Insatiably.</def> [Obs.]
Sandys.
<hw>In*ex`pli*ca*bil"i*ty</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inexplicabilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
inexplicable.</def> H. Spencer.
<hw>In*ex"pli*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexplicabilis: cf. F. inexplicable. See In-
not, and Explicable.] <def>Not explicable; not explainable;
incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an
inexplicable mystery.</def> "An inexplicable
scratching." Cowper.
<blockquote>Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and

perplexed, to others inexplicable, to themselves
uncertain.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In*ex"pli*ca*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A state

of being inexplicable; inexplicability.</def>
<hw>In*ex"pli*ca*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inexplicable manner.</def>
<hw>Inèx*plic"it</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexplicitus: cf. F. inexplicite. See In- not,
and Explicit.] <def>Not explicit; not clearly stated;
indefinite; vague.</def>
<hw>Inèx*plor"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being explored, searched out, or discovered.</def> Sir G.
Buck.
<hw>Inèx*plo"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

explosive.</def>
<hw>Inèx*po"sure</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A state

of not being exposed.</def>
<hw>Inèx*press"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable;
unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible
grief or pleasure.</def> "Inexpressible grandeur."
Blair.
<blockquote>In orbs 
Of circuit inexpressible they stood.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Inèx*press"i*bles</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>

<def>Breeches; trousers.</def> [Colloq. or Slang]
Ld. Lytton.
<hw>Inèx*press"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably.</def>
Spectator.
<hw>Inèx*press"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Inexpressible.</def> [R.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Without expression or meaning; not

expressive; dull; unintelligent; as, an inexpressive
countenance.</def>
<hw>Inèx*press"ive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being inexpressive.</def>
<hw>Inèx*pug"na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexpugnabilis: cf. F. inexpugnable. See In-
not, and Expugnable.] <def>Incapable of being subdued by
force; impregnable; unconquerable.</def> Burke.
<blockquote>A fortress, inexpugnable by the arts of

war.</blockquote> Milman.
<hw>Inèx*pug"na*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>So as to be

inexpugnable; in an inexpugnable manner.</def> Dr. H.
More.
<hw>Inèx*su"per*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexsuperabilis; pref. in- not + exsuperabilis
that may be surmounted. See In- not, Ex-, and
Superable.] <def>Not capable of being passed over;
insuperable; insurmountable.</def>
<hw>Inèx*tend"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

extended.</def>
<hw>Inèx*ten"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable of being extended; not elastic; as, inextensible
fibers.</def>
<hw>Inèx*ten"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

extension; unextended state.</def>
<hw>Inèx*ter"mi*na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexterminabilis. See In- not, and Exterminate.]
<def>Incapable of extermination.</def> Rush.
<hw>Inèx*tinct"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inextinctus, inexstinctus. See Extinct.]
<def>Not quenched; not extinct.</def>
<hw>Inèx*tin"gui*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexstinguibilis: cf. F, inextinguible. See
Inextinct.] <def>Inextinguishable.</def> [Obs.] Sir T.
More.
<hw>Inèx*tin"guish*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable of being extinguished; extinguishable; unquenchable; as,
inextinguishable flame, light, thirst, desire, feuds.</def>
"Inextinguishable rage." Milton.
<hw>Inèx*tin"guish*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>So as

not to be extinguished; in an inextinguishable manner.</def>
<hw>Inèx*tir"pa*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inexstirpabilis: cf. F. inextirpable. See In-
not, and Extirpate.] <def>Not capable of being extirpated or
rooted out; ineradicable.</def>
<hw>In*ex"tri*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inextricabilis: cf. F. inextricable. See In-
not, and Extricate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Incapable of being extricated, untied, or

disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an
inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable
confusion.</def>
<blockquote>Lost in the wild, inextricable

maze.</blockquote> Blackmore.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Inevitable.</def> [R.] "Fate

inextricable." Milton.
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<hw>In*ex"tri*ca*ble*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being inextricable.</def>
<hw>In*ex"tri*ca*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inextricable manner.</def>
<hw>In*eye"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Ineyed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Ineyeing.] [Pref. in- in + eye.] <def>To
ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to
inoculate.</def>
<blockquote>The arts of grafting and ineying.</blockquote>

J. Philips.
<hw>In*fab"ri*ca`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*fal"li*bil*ist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility.</def>
<hw>In*fal`li*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

infaillibilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability.</def>
<blockquote>Infallibility is the highest perfection of the
knowing faculty.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<col>Papal infallibility</col> (R. C. Ch.), <cd>the

dogma that the pope can not, when acting in his official character of
supreme pontiff, err in defining a doctrine of Christian faith or
rule of morals, to be held by the church. This was decreed by the
Ecumenical Council at the Vatican, July 18, 1870.</cd>
<hw>In*fal"li*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + fallible: cf. F. infallible.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not fallible; not capable of erring;

entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.</def>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not liable to fail, deceive, or

disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible
evidence; infallible success; an infallible
remedy.</def>
<blockquote>To whom also he showed himself alive, after his

passion, by many infallible proofs.</blockquote> Acts i.
3.
<sn>3.</sn> (R. C. Ch.) <def>Incapable of error in

defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal
infallibility, under Infallibility.</def>
<hw>In*fal"li*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being infallible; infallibility.</def> Bp.
Hall.
<hw>In*fal"li*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly.</def>
Blair.
<hw>In*fame"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

infamare, fr. infamis infamous: cf. F. infamer,
It. infamare. See Infamous.] <def>To defame; to make
infamous.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<blockquote>Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her

husband.</blockquote> Bacon.
<hw>In"fa*mize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Infamized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Infamizing (?).] <def>To make infamous; to
defame.</def> [R.] Coleridge.
<hw>In"fa*mous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + famous: cf. L. infamis. See Infamy.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of very bad report; having a reputation of

the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes
to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous
traitor; an infamous perjurer.</def>
<blockquote>False errant knight, infamous, and
forsworn.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Causing or producing infamy; deserving

detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous
act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>Branded with infamy by

conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person
can not be a witness.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Having a bad name as being the place where

an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something
detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.</def>
"Infamous woods." P. Fletcher.
<blockquote>Infamous hills, and sandy perilous

wilds.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>The piny shade 

More infamous by cursed Lycaon made.</blockquote>
Dryden.
Syn. -- Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base;

vile; shameful; ignominious.
<hw>In"fa*mous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an infamous

manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.</def>
<blockquote>The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been

infamously monopolized and huckstered.</blockquote>
Burke.
<hw>In"fa*mous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being infamous; infamy.</def>
<hw>In"fa*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Infamies</plw> (#). [L. infamia, fr.
infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf.
F. infamie. See Fame.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Total loss of reputation; public disgrace;

dishonor; ignominy; indignity.</def>
<blockquote>The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she

would not . . . submit to such infamy.</blockquote> Bp.
Burnet.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A quality which exposes to disgrace;

extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an
action.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>That loss of character, or

public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common
law rendered incompetent as a witness.</def>
<hw>In"fan*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. infantia:

cf. F. enfance. See Infant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or period of being an infant;

the first part of life; early childhood.</def>
<blockquote>The babe yet lies in smiling

infancy.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Their love in early infancy began.</blockquote>

Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The first age of anything; the beginning

or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an
art.</def>
<blockquote>The infancy and the grandeur of

Rome.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>The state or condition of one

under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage;
minority.</def>
<hw>In*fan"dous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infandus; pref. in- not + fari to speak.]
<def>Too odious to be expressed or mentioned.</def> [Obs.]
Howell.
<hw>In*fang"thef</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. in-fangen-

þeóf; in in, into + fangen taken (p.
p. of f&omacr;n to take) + þeóf thief.]
(O. Eng. Law) <def>The privilege granted to lords of certain
manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such
lords.</def> Cowell.
<hw>In"fant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. infans;

pref. in- not + fari to speak: cf. F. enfant,
whence OE. enfaunt. See Fame, and cf. Infante,
Infanta.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A child in the first period
of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child
several years of age.</def>
<blockquote>And tender cries of infants pierce the

ear.</blockquote> C. Pitt.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>A person who is not of full

age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person
under the age of twenty-one years; a minor.</def>
&fist; An infant under seven years of age is not penally

responsible; between seven and fourteen years of age, he may be
convicted of a malicious offense if malice be proved. He becomes of
age on the day preceding his twenty-first birthday, previous to which
time an infant has no capacity to contract.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Same as Infante.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<hw>In"fant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life;
tender; not mature; as, infant strength.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Intended for young children; as, an

infant school.</def>
<hw>In"fant</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. F.

enfanter.] <def>To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to
produce, in general.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is . . .

infanted out of the same fears.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>||In*fan"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Sp. & Pg., fem. of

infante. See Infante.] <def>A title borne by every one
of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the
eldest.</def>
<hw>||In*fan"te</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Sp. & Pg. See

Infant.] <def>A title given to every one of sons of the kings
of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.</def>
<hw>In"fant*hood</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Infancy.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*fan"ti*ci`dal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of, child
murder.</def>
<hw>In*fan"ti*cide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

infanticidium child murder; infans, -antis,
child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide. See
Infant, and Homicide.] <def>The murder of an infant
born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child;
child murder.</def>
<hw>In*fan"ti*cide</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L.

infanticida: cf. F. infanticide.] <def>One who commits
the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.</def>
<hw>In"fan*tile</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infantilis: cf. F. infantile. See Infant.]
<def>Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or
characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile
behavior.</def>
<hw>In"fan*tine</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

enfantin.] <def>Infantile; childish.</def>
<blockquote>A degree of credulity next

infantine.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In"fant*like`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like an

infant.</def> Shak.
<hw>In"fant*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like an

infant.</def> [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
<hw>In"fan*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.
infanterie, It. infanteria, fr. infante infant,
child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L. infans, -
antis, child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and
followers of knights. See Infant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A body of children.</def> [Obs.] B.

Jonson.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mil.) <def>A body of soldiers serving

on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry.</def>
<hw>In*farce"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

infarcire: pref. in- in + farcire, fartum
and farctum, to stuff, cram.] <def>To stuff; to swell.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>The body is infarced with . . . watery

humors.</blockquote> Sir T. Elyot.
<hw>In*farc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Infarce.] <def>The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading
and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body;
constipation.</def>
<hw>In"fare`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

infær entrance.] <def>A house-warming; especially, a
reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple,
or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house.</def>
[Written also infair.] [Scot., & Local, U. S.]
<hw>In*fash"ion*a*ble</hw>, <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Unfashionable.</def> [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
<hw>In*fat"i*ga*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infatigabilis: cf. F. infatigable.]
<def>Indefatigable.</def> [Obs.] Daniel.
<hw>In*fat"u*ate</hw> (?; 135), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infatuatus, p. p. of infatuare to infatuate; pref.
in- in + fatuus foolish. See Fatuous.]
<def>Infatuated.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*fat"u*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Infatuated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Infatuating.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To make foolish; to affect with folly; to

weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound
judgment.</def>
<blockquote>The judgment of God will be very visible in

infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for
destruction.</blockquote> Clarendon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To inspire with a foolish and extravagant

passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming.</def>
<blockquote>The people are . . . infatuated with the
notion.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>In*fat"u*a`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Overcome by

some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation.</def>
<hw>In*fatù*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

infatuatio: cf. F. infatuation.] <def>The act of
infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which
infatuates.</def>
<blockquote>The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous

part of mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the
learned and sophistical are incomparably more so.</blockquote> I.
Taylor.
<blockquote>Such is the infatuation of self-

love.</blockquote> Blair.
<hw>In*faust"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. infaustus;

pref. in- not + faustus fortunate, lucky.] <def>Not
favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister.</def> [R.] Ld.
Lytton.
<hw>In*faust"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In*fea`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being infeasible; impracticability.</def>
<hw>In*fea"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not capable

of being done or accomplished; impracticable.</def>
<hw>In*fea"si*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

of quality of being infeasible; infeasibility.</def> W.
Montagu.
<hw>In*fect"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. infectus:

cf. F. infect. See Infect, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<def>Infected. Cf. Enfect.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>In*fect"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Infected; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Infecting.] [L. infectus, p. p. of inficere to
put or dip into, to stain, infect; pref. in- in +
facere to make; cf. F. infecter. See Fact.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To taint with morbid matter or any

pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is
produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an
apartment.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To affect with infectious disease; to

communicate infection to; as, infected with the
plague.</def>
<blockquote>Them that were left alive being infected with
this disease.</blockquote> Sir T. North.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To communicate to or affect with, as

qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to
contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or
pernicious.</def> Cowper.
<blockquote>Infected Ston's daughters with like

heat.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>4.</sn> (Law) <def>To contaminate with

illegality or to expose to penalty.</def>
Syn. -- To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.
<hw>In*fect"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, infects.</def>
<hw>In*fect"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being infected.</def>
<hw>In*fec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

infection, L. infectio a dyeing.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of infecting.</def>
<blockquote>There was a strict order against coming to those pits,

and that was only to prevent infection.</blockquote> De
Foe.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which infects, or causes the

communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by
which an infectious disease is caused.</def>
<blockquote>And that which was still worse, they that did thus
break out spread the infection further by their wandering
about with the distemper upon them.</blockquote> De Foe.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The state of being infected; contamination

by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a
prevailing disease; epidemic.</def>
<blockquote>The danger was really very great, the infection

being so very violent in London.</blockquote> De Foe.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>That which taints or corrupts morally; as,

the infection of vicious principles.</def>
<blockquote>It was her chance to light 

Amidst the gross infections of those times.</blockquote>
Daniel.
<sn>5.</sn> (Law) <def>Contamination by illegality,

as in cases of contraband goods; implication.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Sympathetic communication of like

qualities or emotions; influence.</def>
<blockquote>Through all her train the soft infection
ran.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>Mankind are gay or serious by

infection.</blockquote> Rambler.
Syn. -- Infection, Contagion. --

Infection is often used in a definite and limited sense of the
transmission of affections without direct contact of individuals or
immediate application or introduction of the morbific agent, in
contradistinction to contagion, which then implies
transmission by direct contact. Quain. See
Contagious.
<hw>In*fec"tious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

infectieux.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having qualities that may infect;

communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an
infectious fever; infectious clothing;
infectious air; infectious vices.</def>
<blockquote>Where the infectious pestilence.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or

contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing.</def>
<blockquote>It [the court] is necessary for the polishing of

manners . . . but it is infectious even to the best morals to
live always in it.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>Contaminating with

illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.</def>
<blockquote>Contraband articles are said to be of an

infectious nature.</blockquote> Kent.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Capable of being easily diffused or

spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious
mirth.</def>
<blockquote>The laughter was so genuine as to be

infectious.</blockquote> W. Black.
Syn. -- See Contagious.
<hw>In*fec"tious*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

infectious manner.</def> Shak.
<hw>In*fec"tious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

of being infectious.</def>
<hw>In*fect"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infectivus pertaining to dyeing.] <def>Infectious.</def>
<blockquote>True love . . . hath an infective
power.</blockquote> Sir P. Sidney.
<hw>In*fec"und</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infecundus: cf. F. infécond. See In- not,
and Fecund.] <def>Unfruitful; not producing young; barren;
infertile.</def> [Obs.] Evelyn.
<hw>In`fe*cun"di*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

infecunditas: cf. F. infécondité.]
<def>Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility;
unproductiveness.</def>
<hw>In`fe*cun"dous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Infecund.] <def>Infertile; barren; unprofitable;
unproductive.</def> [Obs.] Glanvill.
<hw>In*fee"ble</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enfeeble.</def>
<hw>In`fe*lic"i*tous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in
application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an
infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an
infelicitous description; infelicitous words.</def>
<hw>In`fe*lic"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Infelicities</plw> (#). [L. infelicitas: cf. F.
infélicité. See In- not, and
Felicity.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being

infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of
suitableness or appropriateness.</def> I. Watts.
<blockquote>Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the

present state, we were made wise and happy.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That (as an act, word, expression, etc.)

which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.</def>
<hw>In`fe*lo"ni*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

felonious, malignant, or criminal.</def> G. Eliot.
<hw>In"felt`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- in +

felt.] <def>Felt inwardly; heartfelt.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The baron stood afar off, or knelt in submissive,

acknowledged, infelt inferiority.</blockquote>
Milman.
<hw>In`feo*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Law)

<def>See Infeudation.</def>
<hw>In*feoff"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> (Law)

<def>See Enfeoff.</def>
<hw>In*feoff"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Law)
<def>See Enfeoffment.</def>
<hw>In*fer"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inferred (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inferring.] [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward,
occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring:
cf. F. inférer. See 1 st Bear.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To bring on; to induce; to occasion.</def>

[Obs.] Harvey.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To offer, as violence.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To bring forward, or employ as an

argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Full well hath Clifford played the orator, 

Inferring arguments of mighty force.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To derive by deduction or by induction; to

conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a
consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I
inferred his determination from his silence.</def>
<blockquote>To infer is nothing but by virtue of one

proposition laid down as true, to draw in another as
true.</blockquote> Locke.
<blockquote>Such opportunities always infer

obligations.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To show; to manifest; to prove.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>The first part is not the proof of the second, but

rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the
first.</blockquote> Sir T. More.
<blockquote>This doth infer the zeal I had to see

him.</blockquote> Shak.
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<hw>In*fer"a*ble</hw> (&ibreve;n*f&etilde;r"&adot;*b'l or
&ibreve;n*f&ebreve;r"-; 277), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of
being inferred or deduced from premises.</def> [Written also
inferrible.] H. Spencer.
<blockquote>A sufficient argument . . . is inferable from

these premises.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In"fer*ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Infer.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of inferring by

deduction or induction.</def>
<blockquote>Though it may chance to be right in the conclusions,

it is yet unjust and mistaken in the method of
inference.</blockquote> Glanvill.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which inferred; a truth or

proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be
true; a conclusion; a deduction.</def> Milton.
<blockquote>These inferences, or conclusions, are the

effects of reasoning, and the three propositions, taken all together,
are called syllogism, or argument.</blockquote> I. Watts.
Syn. -- Conclusion; deduction; consequence. --

Inference, Conclusion. An inference is literally
that which is brought in; and hence, a deduction or induction
from premises, -- something which follows as certainly or probably
true. A conclusion is stronger than an inference; it
shuts us up to the result, and terminates inquiry. We
infer what is particular or probable; we conclude what
is certain. In a chain of reasoning we have many inferences,
which lead to the ultimate conclusion. "An inference is
a proposition which is perceived to be true, because of its
connection with some known fact." "When something is simply affirmed
to be true, it is called a proposition; after it has been
found to be true by several reasons or arguments, it is called a
conclusion." I. Taylor.
<hw>In`fer*en"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Deduced or

deducible by inference.</def> "Inferential proofs." J. S.
Mill.
<hw>In`fer*en"tial*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By way of

inference.</def>
<hw>||In*fe"ri*æ</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L., fr.

inferus underneath.] (Rom. Antiq.) <def>Sacrifices
offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.</def>
<hw>In*fe"ri*or</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L., compar. of

inferus that is below, underneath, the lower; akin to E.
under: cf. F. inférieur. See Under.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.;

less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath;
beneath.</def>
<blockquote>A thousand inferior and particular

propositions.</blockquote> I. Watts.
<blockquote>The body, or, as some love to call it, our

inferior nature.</blockquote> Burke.
<blockquote>Whether they are equal or inferior to my other

poems, an author is the most improper judge.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior
quality of goods.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Astron.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or
interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or
Venus.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Below the horizon; as, the
inferior part of a meridian.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Situated

below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary,
and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore
inferior calyx.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>On the side of a
flower which is next the bract; anterior.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Min.) <def>Junior or subordinate in

rank; as, an inferior officer.</def>
<col>Inferior court</col> (Law), <cd>a court subject

to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior, or
higher, court.</cd> -- <col>Inferior
letter</col>, <col>Inferior figure</col> (Print.),
<cd>a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line
(opposed to superior letter or figure), as in
A<subs>2</subs>, B<subs>n</subs>, 2 and n are inferior
characters.</cd> -- <col>Inferior tide</col>, <cd>the tide
corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the
horizon.</cd>
<hw>In*fe"ri*or</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person lower in

station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.</def>
<blockquote>A great person gets more by obliging his

inferior than by disdaining him.</blockquote>
South.
<hw>In*fe`ri*or"i*ty</hw> (?), [Cf. F.

infériorité.] <def>The state of being inferior;
a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of
talents, of age, of worth.</def>
<blockquote>A deep sense of our own great

inferiority.</blockquote> Boyle.
<hw>In*fe"ri*or*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inferior manner, or on the inferior part.</def>
<hw>In*fer"nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. infernal,

L. infernalis, fr. infernus that which lies beneath,
the lower. See Inferior.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to or suitable for the

lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead;
pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the
ancients.</def>
<blockquote>The Elysian fields, the infernal

monarchy.</blockquote> Garth.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to, resembling, or
inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the
inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal
spirits, or conduct.</def>
<blockquote>The instruments or abettors in such infernal

dealings.</blockquote> Addison.
<col>Infernal machine</col>, <cd>a machine or apparatus

maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or property.</cd> -
- <col>Infernal stone</col> <cd>(lapis infernalis),
lunar caustic; formerly so called. The name was also applied to
caustic potash.</cd>
Syn. -- Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical;

satanic; fiendish; malicious.
<hw>In*fer"nal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inhabitant of

the infernal regions; also, the place itself.</def> [Obs.]
Drayton.
<hw>In*fer"nal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an infernal

manner; diabolically.</def> "Infernally false." Bp.
Hacket.
<hw>In`fe*ro*bran"chi*an</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>One of the Inferobranchiata.</def>
<hw>In`fe*ro*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.

See Inferobranchiate.] (Zoöl.) <def>A suborder of
marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot
and the mantle.</def>
<hw>In`fe*ro*bran"chi*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inferus lower + E. branchiate.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of
the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.</def>
<hw>In*fer"ri*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inferable.</def>
<hw>In*fer"tile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infertilis: cf. F. infertile. See In- not, and
Fertile.] <def>Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile;
as, an infertile soil.</def>
<hw>In*fer"tile*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

infertile manner.</def>
<hw>In`fer*til"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

infertilitas: cf. F. infertilité.] <def>The
state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness;
barrenness.</def>
<blockquote>The infertility or noxiousness of the

soil.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<hw>In*fest"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. infestus.
See Infest, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <def>Mischievous;
hurtful; harassing.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>In*fest"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Infested; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Infesting.] [L. infestare, fr. infestus
disturbed, hostile, troublesome; in in, against + the root of
defendere: cf. F. infester. See Defend.] <def>To
trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb;
to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest
dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.</def>
<blockquote>To poison vermin that infest his

plants.</blockquote> Cowper.
<blockquote>These, said the genius, are envy, avarice,

superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that
infest human life.</blockquote> Addison.
<blockquote>And the cares, that infest the day, 

Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, 
And as silently steal away.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<hw>In`fes*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

infestatio: cf. F. infestation.] <def>The act of
infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation;
annoyance.</def> Bacon.
<blockquote>Free from the infestation of

enemies.</blockquote> Donne.
<hw>In*fest"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, infests.</def>
<hw>In*fest"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infestivus. See In- not, and Festive.]
<def>Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy;
forlorn.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`fes*tiv"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness.</def>
[R.]
<hw>In*fes"tu*ous</hw> (?; 135), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infestus. See Infest, <pos>a.</pos>]
<def>Mischievous; harmful; dangerous.</def> [Obs.] "Infestuous
as serpents." Bacon.
<hw>In`feu*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

infeudatio, fr. infeudare to enfeoff: cf. F.
inféodation. See Feud a fief.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Law) <def>The act of putting one in

possession of an estate in fee.</def> Sir M. Hale.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The granting of tithes to laymen.</def>

<hw>In*fibù*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
infibulare, infibulatum, to clasp, buckle, or button
together; pref. in- in + fibula clasp, buckle: cf. F.
infibulation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of clasping, or fastening, as with

a buckle or padlock.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or

frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent
copulation.</def>
<hw>In"fi*del</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. infidelis;

pref. in- not + fidelis faithful, fr. fides
faith: cf. F. infidèle. See Fidelity.] <def>Not
holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does not believe in the
inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of
Christianity.</def>
<blockquote>The infidel writer is a great enemy to

society.</blockquote> V. Knox.
<hw>In"fi*del</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who does not

believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does
not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a
Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker.</def>
&fist; Infidel is used by English writers to translate the

equivalent word used Mohammedans in speaking of Christians and other
disbelievers in Mohammedanism.
Syn. -- Infidel, Unbeliever,

Freethinker, Deist, Atheist, Sceptic,
Agnostic. An infidel, in common usage, is one who
denies Christianity and the truth of the Scriptures. Some have
endeavored to widen the sense of infidel so as to embrace
atheism and every form of unbelief; but this use does not generally
prevail. A freethinker is now only another name for an
infidel. An unbeliever is not necessarily a
disbeliever or infidel, because he may still be inquiring
after evidence to satisfy his mind; the word, however, is more
commonly used in the extreme sense. A deist believes in one
God and a divine providence, but rejects revelation. An
atheist denies the being of God. A sceptic is one whose
faith in the credibility of evidence is weakened or destroyed,
so that religion, to the same extent, has no practical hold on his
mind. An agnostic remains in a state of suspended judgment,
neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity.
<hw>In`fi*del"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Infidelities</plw> (&?;). [L. infidelitas: cf. F.
infidélité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Want of faith or belief in some religious

system; especially, a want of faith in, or disbelief of, the
inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of
Christianity.</def>
<blockquote>There is, indeed, no doubt but that vanity is one of
the principal causes of infidelity.</blockquote> V.
Knox.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or

contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a

charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the
infidelity of a servant.</def> "The infidelity of
friends." Sir W. Temple.
<hw>In*field"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inclose,

as a field.</def> [R.]
<hw>In"field`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Arable and manured land kept continually under crop; --
distinguished from outfield.</def> [Scotland]
Jamieson.
<sn>2.</sn> (Baseball) <def>The diamond; -- opposed

to outfield. See Diamond, <pos>n.</pos>,
5.</def>
<hw>In*file"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To arrange in

a file or rank; to place in order.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>In*film"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cover with

a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another
in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a
mirror.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*fil"ter</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Infiltered; <pos>p. pr. &
vb. n.</pos> Infiltering.] [Cf. Infiltrate.]
<def>To filter or sift in.</def>
<hw>In*fil"trate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Infiltrated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Infiltrating (?).] [Pref. in- +
filtrate: cf. F, s'infiltrer. Cf. Infilter.]
<def>To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance;
to filter into or through something.</def>
<blockquote>The water infiltrates through the porous

rock.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>In*fil"trate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To penetrate

gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.</def> J. S.
Mill.
<hw>In`fil*tra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

infiltration.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of infiltrating, as of

water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an
organ or part of the body.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The substance which has entered the pores
or cavities of a body.</def> Addison.
<blockquote>Calcareous infiltrations filling the

cavities.</blockquote> Kirwan.
<col>Fatty infiltration</col>. (Med.) <cd>See under

Fatty.</cd> -- <col>Infiltration gallery</col>, <cd>a
filter gallery.</cd>
<hw>In*fil"tra*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to infiltration.</def> Kane.
<hw>In"fi*nite</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infinitus: cf. F. infini. See In- not, and
Finite.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Unlimited or boundless, in time or space;

as, infinite duration or distance.</def>
<blockquote>Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no

comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than
infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower
than infinite distance the lowest or least can not
sink.</blockquote> H. Brooke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Without limit in power, capacity,

knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably
great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -
- opposed to finite.</def>
<blockquote>Great is our Lord, and of great power; his

understanding is infinite.</blockquote> Ps. cxlvii.
5.
<blockquote>O God, how infinite thou art!</blockquote>

I. Watts.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Indefinitely large or extensive; great;

vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.</def>
<blockquote>Infinite riches in a little room.</blockquote>

Marlowe.
<blockquote>Which infinite calamity shall cause 

To human life.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>4.</sn> (Math.) <def>Greater than any assignable

quantity of the same kind; -- said of certain quantities.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Mus.) <def>Capable of endless

repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also
perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their
beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated.</def>
Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Syn. -- Boundless; immeasurable; illimitable; interminable;

limitless; unlimited; endless; eternal.
<hw>In"fi*nite</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity;
boundlessness.</def>
<blockquote>Not till the weight is heaved from off the air, and
the thunders roll down the horizon, will the serene light of God flow
upon us, and the blue infinite embrace us again.</blockquote>
J. Martineau.
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <def>An infinite quantity or

magnitude.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An infinity; an incalculable or very great

number.</def>
<blockquote>Glittering chains, embroidered richly o'er 

With infinite of pearls and finest gold.</blockquote>
Fanshawe.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The Infinite Being; God; the

Almighty.</def>
<hw>In"fi*nite*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits; as,
an infinitely large or infinitely small
quantity.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Very; exceedingly; vastly; highly;

extremely.</def> "Infinitely pleased." Dryden.
<hw>In"fi*nite*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being infinite; infinity; greatness; immensity.</def>
<hw>In`fin*i*tes"i*mal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

infinitésimal, fr. infinitésime
infinitely small, fr. L. infinitus. See Infinite,
<pos>a.</pos>] <def>Infinitely or indefinitely small; less
than any assignable quantity or value; very small.</def>
<col>Infinitesimal calculus</col>, <cd>the different and

the integral calculus, when developed according to the method used by
Leibnitz, who regarded the increments given to variables as
infinitesimal.</cd>
<hw>In`fin*i*tes"i*mal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Math.)

<def>An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any
assignable quantity.</def>
<hw>In`fin*i*tes"i*mal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in an infinitesimal
degree.</def>
<hw>In*finì*ti"val</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to the infinite mood.</def> "Infinitival stems." Fitzed.
Hall.
<hw>In*fin"i*tive</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
infinitivus: cf. F. infinitif. See Infinite.]
<def>Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.</def>
<col>Infinitive mood</col> (Gram.), <cd>that form of

the verb which merely names the action, and performs the office of a
verbal noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: (a)
The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before
which to is commonly placed, as, to speak; to
go; to hear. (b) The form of the imperfect
participle, called the infinitive in -ing; as, going is
as easy as standing.</cd>
With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must,

might, could, would, and should, the
simple infinitive is expressed without to; as, you may
speak; they must hear, etc. The infinitive usually omits
to with the verbs let, dare, do,
bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.;
as, let me go; you dare not tell; make him work;
hear him talk, etc.
&fist; In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded by

to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it had a dative
form (sometimes called the gerundial infinitive) which was preceded
by to, and was chiefly employed in expressing purpose. See
Gerund, 2.
The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same form as
the simple infinitive (-an), but it was confounded with the
present participle in -ende, or -inde (later -
inge).
<hw>In*fin"i*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Gram.)

<def>An infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood;
the infinitive mood.</def>
<hw>In*fin"i*tive</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> (Gram.)

<def>In the manner of an infinitive mood.</def>
<hw>||In`fi*ni"to</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [It.]

(Mus.) <def>Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads
back to the beginning. See Infinite, <pos>a.</pos>,
5.</def>
<hw>In*fin"i*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being infinite, or
without limits; infiniteness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Infinite extent; unlimited space;

immensity; infinity.</def> "I am who fill infinitude."
Milton.
<blockquote>As pleasing to the fancy, as speculations of eternity

or infinitude are to the understanding.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Boundless number; countless
multitude.</def> "An infinitude of distinctions."
Addison.
<hw>In*fin"i*tu`ple</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf.

Quadruple.] <def>Multiplied an infinite number of times.</def>
[R.] Wollaston.
<hw>In*fin"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Infinities</plw> (#). [L. infinitas; pref. in-
 not + finis boundary, limit, end: cf. F.
infinité. See Finite.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Unlimited extent of time, space, or

quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity.</def> Sir T.
More.
<blockquote>There can not be more infinities than one; for

one of them would limit the other.</blockquote> Sir W.
Raleigh.

<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or

knowledge; as, the infinity of God and his perfections.</def>
Hooker.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Endless or indefinite number; great

multitude; as an infinity of beauties.</def>
Broome.
<! p. 760 !>
<sn>4.</sn> (Math.) <def>A quantity greater than any

assignable quantity of the same kind.</def>
&fist; Mathematically considered, infinity is always a limit of a

variable quantity, resulting from a particular supposition made upon
the varying element which enters it. Davies & Peck (Math.
Dict.).
<sn>5.</sn> (Geom.) <def>That part of a line, or of

a plane, or of space, which is infinitely distant. In modern
geometry, parallel lines or planes are sometimes treated as lines or
planes meeting at infinity.</def>
<col>Circle at infinity</col>, <cd>an imaginary circle at

infinity, through which, in geometry of three dimensions, every
sphere is imagined to pass.</cd> -- <col>Circular points at
infinity</col>. <cd>See under Circular.</cd>
<hw>In*firm"</hw> (&ibreve;n*f&etilde;rm"), <pos>a.</pos>

[L. infirmus: cf. F. infirme. See In- not, and
Firm, <pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not firm
or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm
constitution.</def>
<blockquote>A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old

man.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Weak of mind or will; irresolute;
vacillating.</def> "An infirm judgment." Burke.
<blockquote>Infirm of purpose!</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not solid or stable; insecure;

precarious.</def>
<blockquote>He who fixes on false principles treads or

infirm ground.</blockquote> South.
Syn. -- Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak;

enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.
<hw>In*firm"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [L. infirmare :

cf. F. infirmer.] <def>To weaken; to enfeeble.</def> [Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
<hw>In`fir*ma"ri*an</hw>
(&ibreve;n`f&etilde;r*m&amacr;"r&ibreve;*an),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A person dwelling in, or having charge of,
an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.</def>
<hw>In*firm"a*ry</hw> (&ibreve;n*f&etilde;rm"&adot;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Infirmaries</plw> (-
r&ibreve;z). [Cf. OE. fermerie, OF. enfermerie, F.
infirmerie, LL. infirmaria. See Infirm.] <def>A
hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed
gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.</def>
<hw>In*firm"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

infirmatif.] <def>Weakening; annulling, or tending to make
void.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*firm"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

infirmary.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*firm"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Infirmities</plw> (#). [L. infirmitas : cf. F.
infirmite. See Infirm, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being infirm; feebleness; an
imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated
state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or
mind.</def>
<blockquote>'T is the infirmity of his age.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A personal frailty or failing; foible;

eccentricity; a weakness or defect.</def>
<blockquote>Will you be cured of your infirmity

?</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>A friend should bear his friend's

infirmities.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The house has also its
infirmities.</blockquote> Evelyn.
Syn. -- Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness;

failing; foible; defect; disease; malady. See Debility.
<hw>In*firm"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an infirm

manner.</def>
<hw>In*firm"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Infirmity;

feebleness.</def> Boyle.
<hw>In*fix"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Infixed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Infixing.] [L. infixus, p. p of infigere to
infix; pref. in- in + figere to fix: cf. F.
infixer. See Fix.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set; to
fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a
sting, spear, or dart.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>The fatal dart a ready passage found, 

And deep within her heart infixed the wound.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To implant or fix; to instill; to

inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to
infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the
memory.</def>
<hw>In"fix</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Something

infixed.</def> [R.] Welsford.
<hw>In*flame"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inflamed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inflaming.] [OE. enflamen, OF. enflamer, F.
enflammer, L. inflammare, inflammatum; pref.
in- in + flammare to flame, fr. flamma flame.
See Flame.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set on fire; to kindle;
to cause to burn, flame, or glow.</def>
<blockquote>We should have made retreat 

By light of the inflamed fleet.</blockquote>
Chapman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion

or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat;
as, to inflame desire.</def>
<blockquote>Though more, it seems, 

Inflamed with lust than rage.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>But, O inflame and fire our

hearts.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To provoke to anger or rage; to

exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.</def>
<blockquote>It will inflame you; it will make you
mad.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> (Med.) <def>To put in a state of

inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of;
as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote> A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy

inflames his crimes.</blockquote> Addison.
Syn. -- To provoke; fire; kindle; irritate; exasperate;

incense; enrage; anger; excite; arouse.
<hw>In*flame"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow morbidly

hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.</def>
Wiseman.
<hw>In*flamed"</hw> (?), <pos>p. a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested;
provoked; exasperated.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Her.) <def>Represented as burning, or

as adorned with tongues of flame.</def>
<hw>In*flam"er</hw> (?n-fl&amacr;m\'b6?r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The person or thing that inflames.</def> Addison.
<hw>In*flam"ma*bil"l*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inflammabilite.] <def>Susceptibility of taking fire readily;
the state or quality of being inflammable.</def>
<hw>In*flam"ma*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [CF. F.

inflammable.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being easily
set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils
or spirits.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily

provoked; as, an inflammable temper.</def>
<col>Inflammable air</col>, <cd>the old chemical name for

hydrogen.</cd>
<hw>In*flam"ma*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability.</def>
Boyle.
<hw>In*flam"ma*bly</hw>
(&ibreve;n*fl&abreve;m"m&adot;*bl&ybreve;), <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>In an inflammable manner.</def>
<hw>In*flam*ma"tion</hw>
(&ibreve;n*fl&abreve;m*m&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>
[L. inflammatio: cf. F. inflammation. See
Inflame.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inflaming,
kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being
inflamed.</def> "The inflammation of fat."
Wilkins.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>A morbid condition of any

part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with
obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is
manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and
pain.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Violent excitement; heat; passion;

animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the
body politic, or of parties.</def> Hooker.
<hw>In*flam"ma*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inflammatory.</def>
<hw>In*flam"ma*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inflammatoire.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Tending to inflame,
kindle, or irritate.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Tending to excite anger, animosity,

tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels,
writings, speeches, or publications.</def> Burke.
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <def>Accompanied with, or tending

to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as,
an inflammatory disease.</def>
<col>Inflammatory crust</col>. (Med.) <cd>Same as

Buffy coat, under Buffy.</cd> -- <col>Inflammatory
fever</col>, <cd>a variety of fever due to inflammation.</cd>
<hw>In*flat"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may be

inflated.</def>
<hw>In*flate"</hw> (?), <pos>p. a.</pos> [L.

inflatus, p. p. of inflare to inflate; pref. in-
in + flare to blow. See Blow to puff wind.] <def>Blown
in; inflated.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>In*flate"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inflated; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inflating.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To swell or distend with
air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a
bladder; to inflate the lungs.</def>
<blockquote>When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, 

Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.</blockquote> J.
Scott of Amwell.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as,

to inflate one with pride or vanity.</def>
<blockquote>Inflate themselves with some insane

delight.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to become unduly expanded or

increased; as, to inflate the currency.</def>
<hw>In*flate"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To expand; to
fill; to distend.</def>
<hw>In*flat"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon
inflated with gas.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic;

pompous; as, an inflated style.</def>
<blockquote>Inflated and astrut with self-

conceit.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Hollow and distended, as a

perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.</def> Martyn.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as,

inflated prices, etc.</def>
<hw>In*flat"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock
exchange.</def>
<hw>In*flat"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner

tending to inflate.</def>
<hw>In*fla"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inflatio: cf. F. inflation.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated,
as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.</def>
Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being puffed up, as with

pride; conceit; vanity.</def> B. Jonson.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Undue expansion or increase, from

overissue; -- said of currency.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>In*fla"tion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who favors

an increased or very large issue of paper money.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>||In*fla"tus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. See

Inflate, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <def>A blowing or breathing
into; inflation; inspiration.</def>
<blockquote>The divine breath that blows the nostrils out 

To ineffable inflatus.</blockquote> Mrs. Browning.
<hw>In*flect"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inflected; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inflecting.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref.
in- in + flectere to bend. See Flexible, and cf.
Inflex.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To turn from a direct line or
course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.</def>
<blockquote>Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected,

refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle
?</blockquote> Sir I. Newton.
<sn>2.</sn> (Gram.) <def>To vary, as a noun or a

verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to
conjugate, as a verb.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To modulate, as the voice.</def>
<hw>In*flect"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Bent; turned; deflected.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Gram.) <def>Having inflections; capable

of, or subject to, inflection; inflective.</def>
<col>Inflected cycloid</col> (Geom.), <cd>a prolate

cycloid. See Cycloid.</cd>
<hw>In*flec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inflexio : cf. F. inflexion. See Inflect.]
[Written also inflecxion.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of
inflecting, or the state of being inflected.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a

twist.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A slide, modulation, or accent of the

voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Gram.) <def>The variation or change

which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense,
person, mood, voice, etc.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Mus.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Any

change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A departure from the monotone, or reciting
note, in chanting.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Opt.) <def>Same as

Diffraction.</def>
<col>Point of inflection</col> (Geom.), <cd>the

point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary
ways.</cd>
<hw>In*flec"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by,
inflection.</def> Max Müller.
<hw>In*flect"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the
inflective quality of the air.</def> Derham.
<sn>2.</sn> (Gram.) <def>Inflectional; characterized

by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject
to inflection.</def>
<col>Inflective language</col> (Philol.), <cd>a

language like the Greek or Latin, consisting largely of stems with
variable terminations or suffixes which were once independent words.
English is both agglutinative, as, manlike, headache,
and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf.
Agglutinative.</cd>
<hw>In*flesh"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

incarnate.</def>
<hw>In*flex"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. Flex,

Inflect.] <def>To bend; to cause to become curved; to make
crooked; to deflect.</def> J. Philips.
<hw>In*flexed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Turned; bent.</def> Feltham.
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Bent or turned abruptly

inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower.</def>
<hw>In*flex"i*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inflexibilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding
stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose;
unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness;
obstinacy.</def>
<blockquote>The inflexibility of mechanism.</blockquote>

A. Baxter.
<blockquote>That grave inflexibility of soul.</blockquote>

Churchill.
<blockquote>The purity and inflexibility of their

faith.</blockquote> T. Warton.
<hw>In*flex"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inflexiblis: cf. F. inflexible. See In- not, and
Flexible.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not capable of being bent;
stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned,

changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable;
stubborn.</def>
<blockquote>"Inflexibleas steel."</blockquote>
Miltom.
<blockquote>A man of upright and inflexible temper . . .

can overcome all private fear.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Incapable of change; unalterable;

immutable.</def>
<blockquote>The nature of things is

inflexible.</blockquote> I. Watts.
Syn. -- -- Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable;

pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting.
<hw>In*flex"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality
or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity;
firmness.</def>
<hw>In*flex"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inflexible manner.</def>
<hw>In*flex"ion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Inflection.</def>
<hw>In*flex"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Inflective.</def>
<blockquote>"Inflexive endings."</blockquote> W. E.

Jelf.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Inflexible.</def> [R.] "Foes

inflexive." Chapman.
<hw>In*flex"ure</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inflection;

a bend or fold.</def> [R.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*flict"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inflicted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inflicting.] [L. inflictus, p. p. of infligere
to strike on, to inflict; pref. in- in, on + fligere to
strike. Cf. Flail.] <def>To give, cause, or produce by
striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose;
to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict
blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict
severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an
offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a
criminal.</def>
<blockquote>What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this

dire disgrace?</blockquote> Drygen.
<blockquote>The persecution and the pain 

That man inflicts on all inferior kinds.</blockquote>
Cowper.
<hw>In*flict"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

inflicts.</def>
<blockquote>God is the sole and immediate inflicter of such

strokes.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In*flic"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inflictio: cf. F. infliction.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of
torment, or of punishment.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is inflicted or imposed, as

punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.</def>
<blockquote>His severest inflictions are in themselves acts

of justice and righteousness.</blockquote> Rogers.
<hw>In*flict"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.
inflictif.] <def>Causing infliction; acting as an
infliction.</def> Whitehead.
<hw>In`flo*res"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inflorescens, p. pr. of inflorescere to begin to
blossom; pref. in- in + florescere to begin to blossom:
cf. F. inflorescence. See Florescent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding
of blossoms.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The mode

of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the
flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>An axis on which all the buds are flower
buds.</def>
<blockquote>Inflorescence affords an excellent

characteristic mark in distinguishing the species of
plants.</blockquote> Milne.
<col>Centrifugal inflorescence</col>, <cd>determinate

inflorescence.</cd> -- <col>Centripetal inflorescence</col>,
<cd>indeterminate inflorescence. See under Determinate, and
Indeterminate.</cd>
<hw>In*flow"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To flow

in.</def> Wiseman.
<hw>In"flu*ence</hw> (&ibreve;n"fl&usl;*ens),
<pos>n.</pos> [F. influence, fr. L. influens,
-entis, p. pr. See Influent, and cf. Influenza.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A flowing in or upon; influx.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>God hath his influence into the very essence of

all things.</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, in general, the bringing about of

an effect, physical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power
quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which
affects, modifies, or sways; as, the influence which the sun
exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of
education on the mind; the influence, according to
astrologers, of the stars over affairs.</def>
<blockquote>Astrologers call the evil influences of the

stars, evil aspects.</blockquote> Bacon.
<blockquote>Canst thou bind the sweet influences of

Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?</blockquote> Job xxxviii.
31.
<blockquote>She said : "Ah, dearest lord! what evil star 

On you hath frown'd, and poured, his influence
bad?"</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Power or authority arising from elevated

station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.;
reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of
influence in the community.</def>
<blockquote>Such influence hath your

excellency.</blockquote> Sir P. Sidney.
<sn>4.</sn> (Elec.) <def>Induction.</def>
Syn. -- Control; persuasion; ascendency; sway; power;

authority; supremacy; mastery; management; restraint; character;
reputation; prestige.
<hw>In"flu*ence</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Influenced (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Influencing (?).] <def>To control or move by power, physical
or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to
modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce.</def>
<blockquote>These experiments succeed after the same manner in

vacuo as in the open air, and therefore are not influenced by
the weight or pressure of the atmosphere.</blockquote> Sir I.
Newton.
<blockquote>This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to

influence their faith and practice, if they
attend.</blockquote> Attebury.
<blockquote>The principle which influenced their obedience

has lost its efficacy.</blockquote> Rogers.
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<hw>In"flu*en*cer</hw> (&ibreve;n"fl&usl;*en*s&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which,
influences.</def>
<hw>In"flu*en*cive</hw> (-s&ibreve;v), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Tending to influence; influential.</def>
<hw>In"flu*ent</hw> (-ent), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

influens, -entis, p. pr. of influere,
influxum, to flow in; pref. in- in + fluere to
flow. See Fluid.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Flowing in.</def>
"With influent tide." Cowper. "Influent odors."
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Exerting influence; influential.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>I find no office by name assigned unto Dr. Cox, who

was virtually influent upon all, and most active.</blockquote>
Fuller.
<hw>In`flu*en"tial</hw> (&ibreve;n`fl&usl;*&ebreve;n"shal),
<pos>a.</pos> [See Influence.] <def>Exerting or
possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective;
strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential
man, station, argument, etc.</def>
<blockquote>A very influential Gascon prefix.</blockquote>

Earle.
<hw>In`flu*en"tial*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

influential manner.</def>
<hw>In`flu*en"za</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [It.

influenza influence, an epidemic formerly attributed by
astrologers to the influence of the heavenly bodies, influenza. See
Influence.] (Med.) <def>An epidemic affection
characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the
throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.</def>
<hw>In"flux`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. influxus,

fr. influere, influxum, to flow in: cf. F.
influx. See Influent.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act
of flowing in; as, an influx of light.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A coming in; infusion; intromission;

introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or
comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an
influx of gold and silver.</def>
<blockquote>The influx of food into the Celtic region,

however, was far from keeping pace with the influx of
consumers.</blockquote> Macaulau.
<blockquote>The general influx of Greek into modern

languages.</blockquote> Earle.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Influence; power.</def> [Obs.] Sir M.

Hale.
<hw>In*flux"ion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. influxio

: cf. F. influxion.] <def>A flowing in; infusion.</def> [R.]
Bacon.
<hw>In*flux"ious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Influential.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*flux"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a

tendency to flow in; having influence; influential.</def> [R.]
Holdsworth.
<hw>In*flux"ive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

influxion.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*fold"</hw> (?n-f?ld\'b6), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Infolded; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Infolding.] [Pref. in- in + fold.]
[Written also enfold.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To wrap up or
cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to
involve.</def>
<blockquote>Gilded tombs do worms infold.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Infold his limbs in bands.</blockquote>
Blackmore.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To clasp with the arms; to

embrace.</def>
<blockquote>Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, 

And hold thee to my heart.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*fold"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

infolding; the state of being infolded.</def>
<hw>In*fo"li*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in + L. folium leaf.] <def>To cover or overspread with,
or as with, leaves.</def> [R.] Howell.
<hw>In*form"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. informis;

pref. in- not + forma form, shape: cf. F.
informe] <def>Without regular form; shapeless; ugly;
deformed.</def> Cotton.
<hw>In*form"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Informed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Informing.] [OE. enformen, OF. enformer, F.
informer. L. informare; pref. in- in +
formare to form, share, fr. forma form. See
Form.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give form or share to; to
give vital or organizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and
actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to
fashion.</def> "The informing Word." Coleridge.
<blockquote>Let others better mold the running mass 

Of metals, and inform the breathing brass.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<blockquote>Breath informs this fleeting

frame.</blockquote> Prior.
<blockquote>Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal

part.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To communicate knowledge to; to make known

to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to
enlighten; -- usually followed by of.</def>
<blockquote>For he would learn their business secretly, 

And then inform his master hastily.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<blockquote>I am informed thoroughly of the

cause.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To communicate a knowledge of facts to, by

way of accusation; to warn against anybody.</def>
<blockquote>Tertullus . . . informed the governor against

Paul.</blockquote> Acts xxiv. 1.
Syn. -- To acquaint; apprise; tell; teach; instruct;
enlighten; animate; fashion.
<hw>In*form"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>It is the bloody business which informs 

Thus to mine eyes.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To give intelligence or information; to

tell.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>He might either teach in the same manner, or

inform how he had been taught.</blockquote> Monthly
Rev.
<col>To inform against</col>, <cd>to communicate facts by

way of accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to the
magistrate, and informed against A.</cd>
<hw>In*form"al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + formal.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not in the regular,
usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional,
prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without
ceremony; as, an informal writing, proceeding, or
visit.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Deranged in mind; out of one's

senses.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>These poor informal women.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>In`for*mal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Informalities</plw> (&?;). <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary
form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An informal, unconventional, or unofficial

act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed
form or does not conform to the established rule.</def>
<hw>In*form"al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

informal manner.</def>
<hw>In*form"ant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

informans, -antis, p. pr. of informare. See
Inform, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One
who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who imparts information or

instruction.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>One who offers an accusation; an informer.

See Informer.</def> [Obs. or R.]
<blockquote>It was the last evidence of the kind; the
informant 
was hanged.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In`for*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L.

informatio representation, conception. See Inform,
<pos>v. t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of
informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.</def>
<blockquote>The active informations of the

intellect.</blockquote> South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>News, advice, or knowledge, communicated

by others or obtained by personal study and investigation;
intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or
instruction.</def>
<blockquote>Larger opportunities of
information.</blockquote> Rogers.
<blockquote>He should get some information in the subject

he intends to handle.</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>A proceeding in the nature of

a prosecution for some offense against the government, instituted and
prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on
behalf of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal
cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand jury. See
Indictment.</def>
<hw>In*form"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

power to inform, animate, or vivify.</def> Dr. H. More.
<hw>In*form"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of,

or conveying, information; instructive.</def> [R.] London
Spectator.
<hw>In*formed"</hw> (?n-f?rmd\'b6), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<col>Informed stars</col>. <cd>See under

Unformed.</cd>
<hw>In*form"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Inform,

<pos>v.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who informs,
animates, or inspires.</def> [Obs.] Thomson.
<blockquote>Nature, informer of the poet's

art.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who informs, or imparts knowledge or

news.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>One who informs a magistrate

of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation
of some law or penal statute.</def>
<col>Common informer</col> (Law), <cd>one who
habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with
a view to a prosecution therefor.</cd> Bouvier. Wharton.
<hw>In*for"mi*da*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

informidabilis. See In- not, and Formidable.]
<def>Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.</def> [Obs.] "Foe
not informidable." Milton.
<hw>In*form"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

informitas. See Inform, <pos>a.</pos>] <def>Want
of regular form; shapelessness.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*form"ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Inform,

<pos>a.</pos>] <def>Of irregular form; shapeless.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*for"tu*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infortunatus.] <def>Unlucky; unfortunate.</def> [Obs.]
Shak.
<blockquote>"A most infortunate chance."</blockquote>

Howell.
-- <wf>In*for"tu*nate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>In*for"tune</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

infortunium. See In- not, and Fortune.]
<def>Misfortune.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>In*for"tuned</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unfortunate.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I, woeful wretch and infortuned

wight.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>In*found"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

infundere to pour in. See Infuse.] <def>To pour in; to
infuse.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. More.
<hw>||In*"fra</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [L. Cf.

Inferior.] <def>Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as
a prefix.</def>
<hw>In`fra-ax"il*la*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Infra + axillary.] (Bot.) <def>Situated below
the axil, as a bud.</def>
<hw>In`fra*bran"chi*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Infra + branchial.] (Zoöl.) <def>Below the
gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in
the lamellibranchs.</def>
<hw>In`fra*cla*vic"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Infra + clavicular.] (Anat.) <def>Below the
clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa.</def>
<hw>In*fract"</hw> (?n-fr&fist;kt\'b6), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
infractus; pref. in- not + fractus. p. p. of
frangere to break.] <def>Not broken or fractured; unharmed;
whole.</def> [Obs.] Chapman.
<hw>In*fract"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Infracted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Infracting.] [L. infractus, p. p. of of
infringere. See Infringe.] <def>To break; to
infringe.</def> [R.] Thomson.
<hw>In*fract"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being broken.</def>[R.]
<hw>In*frac"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

infractio: cf. F. infraction.] <def>The act of
infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance;
infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or
law.</def> I. Watts.
<hw>In*fract"or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

infracteur.] <def>One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a
breaker.</def>
<hw>In*fra"grant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

fragrant.</def>
<hw>In`fra*hy"oid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Infra +

hyoid.] (Anat.) <def>Same as Hyosternal
<sd>(a)</sd>.</def>
<hw>In`fra*la"bi*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Below the lower lip; -- said of certain
scales of reptiles and fishes.</def>
<hw>In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[Infra + lapse: cf. F. infralapsaire. See
Lapse.] (Eccl. Hist.) <def>One of that class of
Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the
apostasy as past and the elect as being at the time of election in a
fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The
former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing
evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original
purpose in regard to men.</def>
<hw>In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> (Theol.)

<def>Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their
doctrine.</def>
<hw>In`fra*lap*sa"ri*an*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Theor.) <def>The doctrine, belief, or principles of the
Infralapsarians.</def>
<hw>In`fra*mar"gin*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Infra

+ marginal.] <def>Below the margin; submarginal; as, an
inframarginal convolution of the brain.</def>
<hw>In`fra*max"il*la*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Infra + maxillary.] (Anat.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary
nerve.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the lower
iaw.</def>
<hw>In`fra*me"di*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Infra +

median.] (Zoölogical Geog.) <def>Of or pertaining
to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between
fifty and one hundred fathoms.</def> E. Forbes.
<hw>In`fra*mun"dane</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Infra

+ mundane.] <def>Lying or situated beneath the
world.</def>
<hw>In*fran"chise</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enfranchise.</def>
<hw>In*fran`gi*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness.</def>
<hw>In*fran"gi*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + grangible: cf. F. infrangible.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not capable of being broken or separated into
parts; as, infrangible atoms.</def>
<blockquote>[He] link'd their fetlocks with a golden band 

Infrangible.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not to be infringed or violated.</def>
<hw>In*fran"gi*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility.</def>
<hw>In`fra*oc"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Infra +

ocular.] (Zoöl.) <def>Situated below the eyes, as
the antenna of certain insects.</def>
<hw>In`fra*or"bit*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Infra + orbital.] (Anat.) <def>Below the orbit;
as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital
nerve.</def>
<hw>In`fra*pose"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Infra

+ pose.] <def>To place under or beneath.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`fra*po*si"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[Infra + position.] <def>A situation or position
beneath.</def> Kane.
<hw>In`fra*scap"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Infra

+ scapular.] (Anat.) <def>Beneath the scapula, or
shoulder blade; subscapular.</def>
<hw>In`fra*spi"nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Infra +

spinal.] (Anat.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Below the
vertebral column, subvertebral.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Below
the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.</def>
{ <hw>In`fra*spi"nate</hw> (?), <hw>In`fra*spi*nous</hw> (?), }
<pos>a.</pos> [Infra + spinate, spinous.]
(Anat.) <def>Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the
spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the
infraspinate muscle.</def>
<hw>In`fra*sta*pe"di*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Infra + stapedial.] (Anat.) <def>Of or
pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which in many
animals projects below the connection with the stapes.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The infrastapedial part of the
columella.</def>
<hw>In`fra*ster"nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Infra +

sternal.] (Anat.) <def>Below the sternum; as, the
infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.</def>
<hw>In`fra*tem"po*ral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Infra + temporal.] (Anat.) <def>Below the
temple; below the temporal bone.</def>
<hw>In`fra*ter"ri*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Infra + territorial.] <def>Within the territory of a
state.</def> Story.
<hw>In`fra*troch"le*ar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Infra + trochlear.] (Anat.) <def>Below a
trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of
the trigeminal nerve.</def>
{ <hw>In*fre"quence</hw> (?), <hw>In*fre"quen*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [L. infrequentia scantiness : cf. F.
infrequence.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of rarely
occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrequence of his
visits.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of not being frequented;

solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The solitude and infrequency of the

place.</blockquote> Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*fre"quent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infrequens : cf. F. infrequent. See In- not, and
Frequent.] <def>Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon;
unusual.</def>
<blockquote>The act whereof is at this day infrequent or

out of use 
among all sorts of men.</blockquote> Sir T. Elyot.
<hw>In*fre"quent*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not

frequently; rarely.</def>
<hw>In*frig"i*date</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

infrigidatus, p. p. of infrigidare to chill. See 1st
In-, and Frigid.] <def>To chill; to make cold; to
cool.</def> [Obs.] Boyle.
<hw>In*frigì*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
infrigidatio.] <def>The act of chilling or causing to become
cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation.</def> [Obs.]
Boyle.
<hw>In*fringe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Infringed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Infringing (?).] [L. infringere; pref.
in- in + frangere to break. See Fraction, and
cf. Infract .] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To break; to violate;
to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe
a law or contract.</def>
<blockquote>If the first that did the edict infringe, 

Had answered for his deed.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The peace . . . was infringed by Appius

Claudius.</blockquote> Golding.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To hinder; to destroy; as, to

infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power.</def>
[Obs.] Hooker.
<hw>In*fringe"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to
injure; to offend.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by

on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of
another.</def>
<hw>In*fringe"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of infringing; breach; violation;
nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact,
law, or constitution.</def>
<blockquote>The punishing of this infringement is proper to

that 
jurisdiction against which the contempt is.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or

other special privilege; a trespass.</def>
<hw>In*frin"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

infringes or violates; a violator.</def> Strype.
<hw>In*fruc"tu*ose"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infructuosus. See In- not, and Fruit.] <def>Not
producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable.</def> [R.] T.
Adams.
<hw>In*fru"gal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not frugal;

wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time.</def> J.
Goodman.
<hw>In`fru*gif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

bearing fruit; not fructiferous.</def>
<hw>In`fu*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

infucatus painted; pref. in- in + fucare to
paint, dye. See Fucate.] <def>To stain; to paint; to
daub.</def>
<hw>In`fu*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

painting or staining, especially of painting the face.</def>
<hw>||In"fu*la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Infule</plw> (#). [L.] <def>A sort of fillet worn by
dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was
generally white.</def>
<hw>In"fu*mate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Infumated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Infumating.] [L. infumatus, p. p. of
infumare to infumate; pref. in- in + fumare to
smoke, fr. fumus smoke.] <def>To dry by exposing to smoke; to
expose to smoke.</def>
<hw>In"fu*ma`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Clouded; having a cloudy
appearance.</def>
<hw>In`fu*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Act of

drying in smoke.</def>
<hw>In*fumed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dried in smoke;

smoked.</def>
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{ <hw>In`fun*dib"u*lar</hw> (?), <hw>In`fun*dib"u*late</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [See Infundibulum.] <def>Having the form
of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum.</def>
<col>Infundibulate Bryozoa</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a

group of marine Bryozoa having a circular arrangement of the
tentacles upon the disk.</cd>
<hw>In`fun*dib"u*li*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

infundibulum funnel + -form: cf. F.
infundibuliforme.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the form of
a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Same as

Funnelform.</def>
<hw>||In`fun*dib"u*lum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

L. <plw>Infundibula</plw> (#), E.
<plw>Infundibulums</plw> (#). [L., a funnel, from
infundere to pour in or into. See Infuse.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Anat.) <def>A funnel-shaped or dilated
organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow,
conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the
pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged
terminations of the bronchial tubes.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac
leads.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The siphon of Cephalopoda. See
Cephalopoda.</def>
<hw>In*fu"ner*al</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inter

with funeral rites; to bury.</def> [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
<hw>In`fur*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in + L. furca fork.] <def>A forked expansion or
divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.</def> Craig.
<hw>In*fu"ri*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [It.

infuriato, p. p. of infuriare. See Infuriate,
<pos>v. t.</pos>] <def>Enraged; raging; furiously angry;
infuriated.</def> Milton.
<blockquote>Inflamed beyond the most infuriate

wrath.</blockquote> Thomson.
<hw>In*fu"ri*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Infuriated (&?;); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Infuriating] [It. infuriato, p. p. of
infuriare; pref. in- (L. in) + furia
fury, L. furia. See Fury.] <def>To render furious; to
enrage; to exasperate.</def>
<blockquote>Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is

said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino.</blockquote> Dr.
H. More.
<hw>In*fu"ri*a`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Enraged;

furious.</def>
<hw>In*fus"cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

infuscatus, p. p. of infuscare; pref. in- in +
fuscare to make dark, fr. fuscus dark.] <def>To darken;
to make black; to obscure.</def>
<hw>In*fus"ca*ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Darkened with a blackish tinge.</def>
<hw>In`fus*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity.</def>
Johnson.
<hw>In*fuse"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Infused (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Infusing.] [L. infusus, p. p. of infundere to
pour in or into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F.
infuser. See Found to cast.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.</def>
<blockquote>That strong Circean liquor cease to

infuse.</blockquote> Denham.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To instill, as principles or qualities; to
introduce.</def>
<blockquote>That souls of animals infuse themselves Into

the trunks of men.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Why should he desire to have qualities infused

into his son which himself never possessed?</blockquote>
Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to

fill; -- followed by with.</def>
<blockquote>Infuse his breast with

magnanimity.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Infusing him with self and vain

conceit.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To steep in water or other fluid without

boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to
soak.</def>
<blockquote>One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten

ounces of warm water.</blockquote> Coxe.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To make an infusion with, as an

ingredient; to tincture; to saturate.</def> [R.] Bacon.
<hw>In*fuse</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Infusion.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<hw>In*fus"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, infuses.</def>
<hw>In*fu`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Infuse.] <def>Capability of being infused, poured in, or
instilled.</def>
<hw>In*fu`si*bil"i*ty</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + fusibility: cf. F. infusibilité.]
<def>Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved;
as, the infusibility of carbon.</def>
<hw>In*fu"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Infuse, <pos>v.</pos>] <def>Capable of being
infused.</def>
<blockquote>Doctrines being infusible into

all.</blockquote> Hammond.
<hw>In*fu"si*ble</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- not

+ fusible: cf. F. infusible.] <def>Not fusible;
incapable or difficult of fusion, or of being dissolved or
melted.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<blockquote>The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which

seems absolutely infusible.</blockquote> Lavoisier (Trans.
).
<hw>In*fu"si*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Infusibility.</def>
<hw>In*fu"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. infusio a

pouring in: cf. F. infusion. See Infuse, <pos>v.
t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of infusing, pouring
in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good
principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or
zeal.</def>
<blockquote>Our language has received innumerable elegancies and

improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is infused; suggestion;

inspiration.</def>
<blockquote>His folly and his wisdom are of his own growth, not
the echo or infusion of other men.</blockquote>
Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The act of plunging or dipping into a

fluid; immersion.</def> [Obs.] "Baptism by infusion."
Jortin.
<sn>4.</sn> (Pharmacy) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The

act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order
to extract its virtues.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The liquid
extract obtained by this process.</def>
<blockquote>Sips meek infusion of a milder

herb.</blockquote> Cowper.
<hw>In*fu"sion*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused
into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to traducianism and
creationism.</def>
<hw>In*fu"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the

power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.</def>
<blockquote>The infusive force of Spirit on

man.</blockquote> Thomson.
<hw>||In`fu*so"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.; -- so

called because found in infusions which are left exposed to the air
for a time. See Infuse.] (Zoöl.) <def>One of the
classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of
minute size.</def>
&fist; They are found in all seas, lakes, ponds, and streams, as
well as in infusions of organic matter exposed to the air. They are
distinguished by having vibrating lashes or cilia, with which they
obtain their food and swim about. They are devided into the orders
Flagellata, Ciliata, and Tentaculifera. See these words in the
Vocabulary.
 Formely the term Infusoria was applied to all
microscopic organisms found in water, including many minute plants,
belonging to the diatoms, as well as minute animals belonging to
various classes, as the Rotifera, which are worms; and the Rhizopoda,
which constitute a distinct class of Protozoa. Fossil Infusoria are
mostly the siliceous shells of diatoms; sometimes they are siliceous
skeletons of Radiolaria, or the calcareous shells of
Foraminifera.
<hw>In`fu*so"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or
containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth.</def>
<col>Infusorial earth</col> (Geol.), <cd>a deposit

of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the
shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms. It is used in
polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite.</cd>
<hw>In`fu*so"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>One of the Infusoria.</def>
<hw>In*fu"so*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Infusorial.</def>
<hw>In*fu"so*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Infusories</plw> (&?;). (Zoöl.) <def>One of
the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.</def>
<hw>-ing</hw> (?). <sn>1.</sn> [For OE. -and, -

end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-,
L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr. &?;.] <def>A suffix used to from
present participles; as, singing, playing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -

ung.] <def>A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying
the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying,
feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as,
shipping, clothing.</def>
&fist; The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal
noun became confused, both becoming -ing.
<sn>3.</sn> [AS. -ing.] <def>A suffix formerly used

to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.</def>
<hw>Ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. ing.] <def>A

pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.</def> [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.]
<hw>In`gan*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

ingannare to decieve.] <def>Cheat; deception.</def> [Obs.]
Sir T. Brown.
<hw>In"gate`</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Entrance; ingress.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Which hath in charge the ingate of the

year.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> (Founding) <def>The aperture in a mold

for pouring in the metal; the gate.</def> Simmonds.
<hw>In"gathèr*ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the
gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.</def>
<blockquote>Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of

ingathering.</blockquote> Ex. xxii. 16.
<hw>In*gel"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

congealable.</def>
<hw>In*gem"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ingeminatus, p. p.] <def>Redoubled; repeated.</def> Jer.
Taylor.
<hw>In*gem"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Ingeminated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Ingeminating (?).] [L. ingeminatus, p. p.
of ingeminare to double; pref. in- in +
geminare. See Geminate.] <def>To redouble or repeat; to
reiterate.</def> Clarendon.
<blockquote> . . . She yet ingeminates 

The last of sounds, and what she hears relates.</blockquote>
Sandys.
<hw>In*gemì*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Repetition; reduplication; reiteration.</def> De
Quincey.
<blockquote>That Sacred ingemination, Amen,

Amen.</blockquote> Featley.
<blockquote>Happiness with an echo or

ingemination.</blockquote> Holdsworth.
<hw>||In*ge"na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The gorilla.</def>
<hw>In*gen"der</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Engender.</def>
<hw>In*genèr*a*bil"l*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Incapacity of being engendered or produced.</def>
<hw>In*gen"er*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + generable: cf. F. ingenerable.]
<def>Incapable of being engendered or produced; original.</def>
Holland.
<hw>In*gen"er*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

ingenerable manner.</def>
<hw>In*gen"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
ingeneratus, p. p. of ingenerare. See engender]
<def>Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers
of body.</def> W. Wotton.
<blockquote>Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . .

than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment.</blockquote>
Bacon.
<hw>In*gen"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Ingenerat (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Ingenerating (?).] <def>To generate or produce
within; to beget; to engender; to occasion; to cause.</def>
Mede.
<blockquote>Those noble habits are ingenerated in the

soul.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<hw>In*genèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Act of

ingenerating.</def>
<hw>In*ge"ni*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> [See

Ingenious.] <def>To invent; to contrive.</def> [Obs.]
Daniel.
<hw>In"ge*nie</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Ingeny.</def>
<hw>In*ge`ni*os"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

ingeniositas.] <def>Ingenuity; skill; cunning.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*gen"ious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate or natural quality,
natural capacity, genius: cf. F. ingénieux. See
Engine.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Possessed of genius, or the
faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude
to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious
author, mechanic.</def>
<blockquote>A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of

war.</blockquote> Hakluyt.
<blockquote>Thou, king, send out 

For torturers ingenious.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The more ingenious men are, the more apt are

they to trouble themselves.</blockquote> Sir W. Temple.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Proceeding from, pertaining to, or

characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure,
or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an
ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Thus men go wrong with an ingenious

skill.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious;

as, an ingenious reply.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Mental; intellectual.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>A course of learning and ingenious

studies.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*gen"ious*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily;
cleverly.</def>
<blockquote>"Too ingeniously politic."</blockquote> Sir

W. Temple.
<hw>In*gen"ious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or state of being ingenious; ingenuity.</def>
{ <hw>In*gen"ite</hw>, <hw>In*gen"it</hw> } (?),

<pos>a.</pos> [L. ingenitus, p. p. of ingignere
to instill by birth or nature; pref. in- + gignere to
beget.] <def>Innate; inborn; inbred; inherent; native;
ingenerate.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>It is natural or ingenite, which comes by some

defect of the organs and overmuch brain.</blockquote>
Burton.
<hw>In`ge*nu"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

ingenuitas ingenuousness: cf. F.
ingénuité. See Ingenuous.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or power of ready invention;
quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness;
skill in devising or combining.</def>
<blockquote>All the means which human ingenuity has

contrived.</blockquote> Blair.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Curiousness, or cleverness in design or

contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of
mechanism.</def>
<blockquote>He gives . . . 

To artist ingenuity and skill.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Openness of heart; ingenuousness.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>The stings and remorses of natural ingenuity, a

principle that men scarcely ever shake off, as long as they carry
anything of human nature about them.</blockquote> South.
Syn. -- Inventiveness; ingeniousness; skill; cunning;

cleverness; genius. -- Ingenuity, Cleverness.
Ingenuity is a form of genius, and cleverness of
talent. The former implies invention, the letter a peculiar dexterity
and readiness of execution. Sir James Mackintosh remarks that the
English overdo in the use of the word clever and
cleverness, applying them loosely to almost every form of
intellectual ability.
<hw>In*gen"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ingenuus inborn, innate, freeborn, noble, frank; pref. in-
 in + the root of gignere to beget. See Genius, and
cf. Ingenious.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of honorable
extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of
birth.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable;

upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or
zeal.</def>
<blockquote>If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but

carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuine method to
obviate dishonesty.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation,

or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an
ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Sensible in myself . . . what a burden it is for me,

who would be ingenuous, to be loaded with courtesies which he
hath not the least hope to requite or deserve.</blockquote>
Fuller.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Ingenious.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
&fist; (Formerly) printers did not discriminate between . . .

ingenuous and ingenious, and these words were used or
rather printed interchangeably almost to the beginning of the
eighteenth century. G. P. Marsh.
Syn. -- Open; frank; unreserved; artless; plain; sincere;

candid; fair; noble; generous. -- Ingenuous, Open,
Frank. One who is open speaks out at once what is
uppermost in his mind; one who is frank does it from a natural
boldness, or dislike of self-restraint; one who is ingenuous
is actuated by a native simplicity and artlessness, which make him
willing to confess faults, and make known his sentiments without
reserve. See Candid.
<hw>In*gen"u*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly.</def>
<blockquote>Being required to explain himself, he

ingenuously confessed.</blockquote> Ludlow.
<hw>In*gen"u*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being ingenuous;
openness of heart; frankness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Ingenuity.</def> [Obs.]

Fuller.
<hw>In"ge*ny</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. ingenium.

See Ingenious.] <def>Natural gift or talent; ability; wit;
ingenuity.</def> [Obs.] [Written also ingenie.]
Becon.
<hw>In*ger"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause

to germinate.</def>
<hw>In*gest"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref. in-
in + gerere to bear.] <def>To take into, or as into, the
stomach or alimentary canal.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>||In*ges"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See

Ingest.] (Physiol.) <def>That which is introduced into
the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to
egesta.</def>
<hw>In*ges"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

ingestio: cf. F. ingestion.] (Physiol.) <def>The
act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion
of milk or other food.</def>
<hw>||In*ghal"la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The reedbuck of South Africa.</def> [Written
also ingali.]
<hw>In*girt"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Ingirt.] <def>To encircle; to gird; to engirt.</def>
<blockquote>The wreath is ivy that ingirts our

beams.</blockquote> Drayton.
<hw>In*girt"</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Surrounded;

encircled.</def> Fenton.
<hw>In"gle</hw> (&ibreve;&nsm;"g'l), <pos>n.</pos> [Gael. &

Ir. aingeali fire; cf. L. igniculusi spark, dim. of
ignis fire. Cf. Ignite.] <def>Flame; blaze; a fire; a
fireplace.</def> [Obs. or Scot.] Burns.
<col>Ingle nook</col>, <cd>the chimney corner.</cd> --

<col>Ingle side</col>, <col>Ingle cheek</col>, <cd>the
fireside.</cd>
<hw>In"gle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Written also engle,

enghle: cf. Gael. & Ir. aingeal an angel. Cf.
Engle.] <def>A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart; an
engle.</def> [Obs.] Toone.
<! p. 763 !>
<hw>In"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cajole or

coax; to wheedle. See Engle.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*glo"bate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>In the form of

a globe or sphere; -- applied to nebulous matter collected into a
sphere by the force of gravitation.</def>
<hw>In*globe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To infix, as

in a globe; to fix or secure firmly.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<hw>In*glo"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
inglorious; pref. in- not + gloria glory, fame:
cf. F. inglorieux. See Glory.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory;

not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as,
an inglorious life of ease.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>My next desire is, void of care and strife, 

To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<blockquote>Some mute inglorious Milton here may

rest.</blockquote> Gray.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as,

inglorious flight, defeat, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Inglorious shelter in an alien

land.</blockquote> J. Philips.
<hw>In*glo"ri*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame; ignominiously;
obscurely.</def>
<hw>In*glo"ri*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

of being inglorious.</def>
<hw>In*glut"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To glut.</def>

[R.] Ascham.
<hw>In*glu"vi*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to the ingluvies or crop of
birds.</def>
<hw>||In*glu"vi*es</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.]

(Anat.) <def>The crop, or craw, of birds.</def>
<hw>In*glu"vi*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Gluttonous.</def> [Obs.] Blount.
<hw>In"-goìng</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

going in; entrance.</def>
<hw>In"-goìng</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Going; entering, as

upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going
tenant.</def>
<hw>In*gorge"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>See

Engorge.</def> Milton.
<hw>In"got</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. from AS.

in in + geótan to pour: cf. F. linglot,
LL. lingotus a mass of gold or silver, extended in the manner
of a tongue, and G. einguss, LG. & OE. ingot ingot, a
mold for casting metals in. See Found to cast, and cf.
Linget, Lingot, Nugget.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That in which metal is cast; a mold.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>And from the fire he took up his matter 

And in the ingot put it with merry cheer.</blockquote>
Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other

malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast
metal.</def>
<blockquote>Wrought ingots from Besoara's

mine.</blockquote> Sir W. Jones.
<col>Ingot mold</col>, <cd>a box or mold in which ingots

are cast.</cd> -- <col>Ingot iron</col>. <cd>See
Decarbonized steel, under Decarbonize.</cd>
<hw>In*grace"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

in + grace.] <def>To ingratiate.</def> [Obs.] G.
Fletcher.
<hw>In*gra"cious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + gracious.] <def>Ungracious; unkind.</def> [Obs.]
Holland.
<hw>In*graff"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Ingraft.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*graft"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Ingrafted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Ingrafting.] [Written also engraft.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub,

or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach
scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a
way as to make a part of something.</def>
<blockquote>This fellow would ingraft a foreign name 

Upon our stock.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>A custom . . . ingrafted into the monarchy of

Rome.</blockquote> Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To subject to the process of grafting; to

furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a
tree.</def>
<hw>In*graft"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who

ingrafts.</def>
<hw>In*graft"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of ingrafting.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The thing ingrafted; a scion.</def>
<hw>In"grain`</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in + grain kermes. See Engrain, Grain.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Dyed with grain, or kermes.</def>

[Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the

material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly
inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.</def>
<col>Ingrain carpet</col>, <cd>a double or two-ply

carpet.</cd> -- <col>Triple ingrain carpet</col>, <cd>a three-
ply carpet.</cd>
<hw>In"grain`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An ingrain fabric,

as a carpet.</def>
<hw>In"grain`</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Ingrained (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To dye with or in grain or

kermes.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To dye in the grain, or before

manufacture.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To work into the natural texture or into

the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue;
to infix deeply.</def>
<blockquote>Our fields ingrained with blood.</blockquote>

Daniel.
<blockquote>Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a

man who has these vices at all.</blockquote> Helps.
<hw>In*grap"ple</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To

seize; to clutch; to grapple.</def> [Obs.] Drayton.
<hw>In"grate`</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ingratus. See Ingrateful.] <def>Ingrateful.</def> [Obs.
or Poetic] Bacon.
<hw>In"grate`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An ungrateful

person.</def> Milton.
<hw>In"grate`ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ingratus ingrateful (pref. in- not + gratus
beloved, dear, grateful) + -ful: cf. F. ingrat. See
Grateful.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Ungrateful; thankless;

unappreciative.</def> Milton.
<blockquote>He proved extremely false and ingrateful to

me.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful;

offensive.</def>
<blockquote>He gives . . . no ingrateful food.</blockquote>

Milton.
-- <wf>In"grate`ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In"grate`ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In"grate`ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Ungratefully.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*gra"ti*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Ingratiated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Ingratiating (?).] [Pref. in- in + L.
gratia. See Grace.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To introduce or commend to the favor of

another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and
followed by with before the person whose favor is
sought.</def>
<blockquote>Lysimachus . . . ingratiated himself both with

Philip and his pupil.</blockquote> Budgell.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To recommend; to render easy or agreeable;

-- followed by to.</def> [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott.
<blockquote>What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not

ingratiate to us?</blockquote> Hammond.
<hw>In*gra"ti*ate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To gain

favor.</def> [R.] Sir W. Temple.
<hw>In*grat"i*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

ingratitude, L. ingratitudo. See Ingrate.]
<def>Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill
return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness;
ungratefulness.</def>
<blockquote>Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted

fiend.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Ingratitude is abhorred both by God and

man.</blockquote> L'Estrange.
<hw>In*grave"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

engrave.</def> [R.] "Whose gleaming rind ingrav'n."
<hw>In*grave"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in- in +

grave. Cf. Engrave.] <def>To bury.</def> [Obs.]
Heywood.
<hw>In*grav"i*date</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

ingravidatus, p. p. of ingravidare to impregnate. See
1st In-, and Gravidated.] <def>To impregnate.</def>
[Obs.] Fuller.
<hw>In*gravì*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
state of being pregnant or impregnated.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*great"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make

great; to enlarge; to magnify.</def> [Obs.] Fotherby.
{ <hw>In*gre"di*ence</hw> (?), <hw>In*gre"di*en*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [See Ingredient.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Entrance; ingress.</def> [Obs.] Sir M.

Hale.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being an

ingredient or component part.</def> Boyle.
<hw>In*gre"di*ent</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

ingrédient, L. ingrediens, -entis,
entering into, p. pr. of ingredi, p. p. ingressus, to
go into, to enter; pref. in- in + gradi to walk, go.
See Grade.] <def>That which enters into a compound, or is a
component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a
constituent.</def>
<blockquote>By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to

ingredients.</blockquote> Sir I. Newton.
<blockquote>Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal

fluids and solids.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<hw>In*gre"di*ent</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Entering as, or

forming, an ingredient or component part.</def>
<blockquote>Acts where no sin is ingredient.</blockquote>

<hw>In"gress</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. ingressus,

fr. ingredi. See Ingredient.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of entering; entrance; as, the

ingress of air into the lungs.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Power or liberty of entrance or access;

means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Astron.) <def>The entrance of the moon

into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a
sign, etc.</def>
<hw>In"gress</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To go in; to

enter.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*gres"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

ingressio: cf. F. ingression.] <def>Act of entering;
entrance.</def> Sir K. Digby.
<hw>In*grieve</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To render

more grievous; to aggravate.</def> [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
<hw>In*groove"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To groove
in; to join in or with a groove.</def> Tennyson.
<hw>In*gross"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Engross.</def>
<hw>In"growìng</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Growing or

appearing to grow into some other substance.</def>
<col>Ingrowing nail</col>, <cd>one whose edges are becoming

imbedded in the adjacent flesh.</cd>
<hw>In"growth`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A growth or

development inward.</def> J. LeConte.
<hw>||In"guen</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. inguen,

inguinis.] (Anat.) <def>The groin.</def>
<hw>In*guilt"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

guilty.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>In"gui*nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inguinalis, fr. inguen, inguinis, the groin: cf.
F. inguinal.] (Astron. & Med.) <def>Of or pertaining
to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal
canal or ligament; inguinal hernia.</def>
<col>Inguinal ring</col>. <cd>See Abdominal ring,

under Abdominal.</cd>
<hw>In*gulf"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Ingulfed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Ingulfing.] [Cf. Engulf.] [Written also engulf.]
<def>To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a
gulf. See Engulf.</def>
<blockquote>A river large . . . 

Passed underneath ingulfed.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In*gulf"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

ingulfing, or the state of being ingulfed.</def>
<hw>In*gur"gi*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

ingurgitatus, p. p. of ingurgitare to pour in; pref.
in- in + gurges whirlpool, gulf.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or

in large quantity; to guzzle.</def> Cleveland.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To swallow up, as in a gulf.</def>

Fotherby.
<hw>In*gur"gi*tate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To guzzle;

to swill.</def> Burton.
<hw>In*gur`gi*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

ingurgitatio: cf. F. ingurgitation.] <def>The act of
swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so
swallowed.</def> E. Darwin.
<blockquote>He drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught

and ingurgitation of wine.</blockquote> Bacon.
<hw>In*gust"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ingustabilis. See Gustable.] <def>Tasteless;
insipid.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*hab"ile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inhabilis: cf. F. inhabile. See In- not, and
Habile, and cf. Unable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not apt or fit; unfit; not convenient;

inappropriate; unsuitable; as, inhabile matter.</def>
[Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unskilled; unready; awkward; incompetent;

unqualified; -- said of persons.</def> [Obs.] See Unable.
<hw>In`ha*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inhabileté, inhabilité. See
Inability.] <def>Unsuitableness; unaptness; unfitness;
inability.</def> [Obs.] Barrow.
<hw>In*hab"it</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inhabited; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inhabiting.] [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L.
inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell.
See Habit.] <def>To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of
settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men
inhabit cities and houses.</def>
<blockquote>The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth

eternity.</blockquote> Is. lvii. 15.
<blockquote>O, who would inhabit 

This bleak world alone?</blockquote> Moore.
<hw>In*hab"it</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To have residence

in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.</def> [Archaic or Poetic]
Shak.
<blockquote>They say wild beasts inhabit here.</blockquote>

Waller.
<hw>In*hab"it*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inhabitabilis. See Inhabit.] <def>Capable of being
inhabited; habitable.</def>
<blockquote>Systems of inhabitable planets.</blockquote>

Locke.
<hw>In*hab"it*a*ble</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inhabitabilis: cf. F. inhabitable. See In- not,
and Habitable.] <def>Not habitable; not suitable to be
inhabited.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The frozen ridges of the Alps 
Or other ground inhabitable.</blockquote> Shak.
{ <hw>In*hab"it*ance</hw> (?), <hw>In*hab"it*an*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inhabiting,
or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant;
residence; occupancy.</def>
<blockquote>Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former

inhabitance.</blockquote> Carew.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>The state of having legal

right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially,
the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a
town; habitancy.</def>
<hw>In*hab"it*ant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inhabitans, -antis, p. pr. of inhabitare.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who dwells or resides permanently in a

place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an
inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state.</def>
"Frail inhabitants of earth." Cowper.
<blockquote>In this place, they report that they saw

inhabitants which were very fair and fat people.</blockquote>
Abp. Abbot.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>One who has a legal

settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent
resident.</def>
<hw>In*hab"i*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

inhabit.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*habì*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inhabitatio a dwelling.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inhabiting, or the state of

being inhabited; indwelling.</def>
<blockquote>The inhabitation of the Holy

Ghost.</blockquote> Bp. Pearson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Abode; place of dwelling; residence.</def>

<sn>3.</sn> <def>Population; inhabitants.</def> [Obs.]

<blockquote>The beginning of nations and of the world's

inhabitation.</blockquote> Sir W. Raleigh.
<hw>In*hab"it*a*tive*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Phrenol.) <def>A tendency or propensity to permanent
residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.</def>
<hw>In*hab"it*ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Uninhabited.</def> [Obs.] Brathwait.
<hw>In*hab"it*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

inhabitant.</def> [R.] Derham.
<hw>In*hab"it*ive*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Phrenol.) <def>See Inhabitativeness.</def>
<blockquote>What the phrenologists call

inhabitiveness.</blockquote> Lowell.
<hw>In*hab"it*ress</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female

inhabitant.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*hal"ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inhalant.] <def>Inhaling; used for inhaling.</def>
<hw>In*hal"ant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An apparatus

also called an inhaler (which see); that which is to be
inhaled.</def>
<hw>In`ha*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inhalation.] <def>The act of inhaling; also, that which is
inhaled.</def>
<hw>In*hale"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inhaled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inhaling.] [L. inhalare to breathe upon; pref. in-
 in + halare to breathe: cf. F. inhaler. Cf.
Exhale.] <def>To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire;
as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.</def>
<blockquote>Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh

breeze of the evening.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<hw>In*hal"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Used for

inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct.</def>
Dana.
<hw>In*hal"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who inhales.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or

volatile substance, as ether or chloroform, for medicinal
purposes.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A contrivance to filter, as air, in order

to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases,
dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.</def>
<hw>In*hance"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enhance.</def>
{ <hw>In`har*mon"ic</hw> (?), <hw>In`har*mon"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant;
dissonant.</def>
<hw>In`har*mo"ni*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + harmonious: cf. F. inharmonieux.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant;

dissonant.</def>
<blockquote>Sounds inharmonious in themselves and

harsh.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Conflicting; jarring; not in

harmony.</def>
<hw>In`har*mo"ni*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

harmony.</def>
<hw>In`har*mo"ni*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being inharmonious; want of harmony; discord.</def>
<blockquote>The inharmoniousness of a verse.</blockquote>

A. Tucker.
<hw>In*har"mo*ny</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

harmony.</def>
{ <hw>In"haul`</hw> (?), <hw>In"haulèr</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> (Naut.) <def>A rope used to draw in the
jib boom, or flying jib boom.</def>
<hw>In*hearse"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inhearsed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inhearsing.] <def>To put in, or as in, a hearse
or coffin.</def> Shak.
<hw>In*here"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inhered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inhering.] [L. inhaerere; pref. in- in +
haerere to stick, hang. See Hesitate.] <def>To be
inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently
incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as
attributes or qualities.</def>
<blockquote>They do but inhere in the subject that supports

them.</blockquote> Digby.
{ <hw>In*her"ence</hw> (?), <hw>In*her"en*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. inhérence.] <def>The state
of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness;
inseparable and essential connection.</def> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>In*her"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inhaerens, -entis, p. pr. of inhaerere: cf. F.
inhérent. See Inhere.] <def>Permanently existing
in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining
to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality
of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and
protection.</def> "A most inherent baseness."
Shak.
<blockquote>The sore disease which seems inherent in

civilization.</blockquote> Southey.
Syn. -- Innate; inborn; native; natural; inbred; inwrought;

inseparable; essential; indispensable.
<hw>In*her"ent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By inherence;

inseparably.</def>
<blockquote>Matter hath inherently and essentially such an

internal energy.</blockquote> Bentley.
<hw>In*her"it</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inherited; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inheriting.] [OE. enheriten to inherit, to give a
heritage to, OF. enheriter to appoint as an heir, L.
inhereditare; pref. in- in + hereditare to
inherit, fr. heres heir. See Heir.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Law) <def>To take by descent from an

ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an
ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as
a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease;
as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father;
the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the
eldest son of a king inherits the crown.</def>
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<sn>2.</sn> <def>To receive or take by birth; to have by

nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical
qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency
to disease, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did

naturally inherit of his father he hath . . . manured . . .
with good store of fertile sherris.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To come into possession of; to possess; to

own; to enjoy as a possession.</def>
<blockquote>But the meek shall inherit the

earth.</blockquote> Ps. xxxvii. 11.
<blockquote>To bury so much gold under a tree, 

And never after to inherit it.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To put in possession of.</def> [R.]

Shak.
<hw>In*her"it</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To take or

hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by
inheritance.</def>
<blockquote>Thou shalt not inherit our father's

house.</blockquote> Judg. xi. 2.
<hw>In*herìt*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.</def>
<hw>In*her"it*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being inherited; transmissible or
descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of being transmitted from parent

to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> [Cf. OF. enheritable,

inheritable.] <def>Capable of taking by inheritance, or of
receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.</def>
<blockquote>By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted

is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer
inheritable.</blockquote> Blackstone.
<blockquote>The eldest daughter of the king is also alone

inheritable to the crown on failure of issue
male.</blockquote> Blackstone.
<col>Inheritable blood</col>, <cd>blood or relationship by

which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit
possessions by inheritance.</cd>
<hw>In*her"it*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

inheritance.</def> Sherwood.
<hw>In*her"it*ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

enheritance.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or state of inheriting; as, the

inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or
physical qualities.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is or may be inherited; that

which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a
heritage; a possession which passes by descent.</def>
<blockquote>When the man dies, let the inheritance 

Descend unto the daughter.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A permanent or valuable possession or

blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a
benefaction.</def>
<blockquote>To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled,

and that fadeth not away.</blockquote> 1 Pet. i. 4.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Possession; ownership; acquisition.</def>

"The inheritance of their loves." Shak.
<blockquote>To you th' inheritance belongs by right 

Of brother's praise; to you eke 'longs his love.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<sn>5.</sn> (Biol.) <def>Transmission and reception

by animal or plant generation.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Law) <def>A perpetual or continuing

right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a
man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to
another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in
course of law.</def> Blackstone.
&fist; The word inheritance (used simply) is mostly

confined to the title to land and tenements by a descent. Mozley
& W.
<blockquote>Men are not proprietors of what they have, merely for

themselves; their children have a title to part of it which comes to
be wholly theirs when death has put an end to their parents' use of
it; and this we call inheritance.</blockquote>
Locke.
<hw>In*her"it*or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

inherits; an heir.</def>
<blockquote>Born inheritors of the dignity.</blockquote>

Milton.
<hw>In*her"it*ress</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

heiress.</def> Milman.
<hw>In*her"it*rix</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Inheritress.</def> Shak.
<hw>In*herse"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Inhearse.</def>
<hw>In*he"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. inhaesio.

See Inhere.] <def>The state of existing, of being inherent, in
something; inherence.</def> A. Baxter.
<blockquote>Constant inhesion and habitual

abode.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In`hi*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inhiatio, fr. inhiare to gape; pref. in- +
hiare to gape.] <def>A gaping after; eager desire;
craving.</def> [R.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*hib"it</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inhibited; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere;
pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See
Habit.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To check; to hold back; to restrain; to

hinder.</def>
<blockquote>Their motions also are excited or inhibited . .

. by the objects without them.</blockquote> Bentley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To forbid; to prohibit; to

interdict.</def>
<blockquote>All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the

dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any

one.</blockquote> Ayliffe.
<hw>In`hi*bi"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inhibiting, or the state of

being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Physiol.) <def>A stopping or checking

of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an
organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the
inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric
nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>A writ from a higher court

forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause
before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an
inferior one, on appeal.</def> Cowell.
<hw>In*hib"i*tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.] <def>That

which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve.</def>
<hw>In*hib"i*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

inhibitorius: cf. F. inhibitoire.] <def>Of or
pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition;
tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of
the pneumogastric on the respiratory center.</def>
<blockquote>I would not have you consider these criticisms as

inhibitory.</blockquote> Lamb.
<col>Inhibitory nerves</col> (Physiol.), <cd>those

nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act
already in progress.</cd>
<hw>In*hib"i*to*ry-mo"tor</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Physiol.) <def>A term applied to certain nerve centers which
govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions
issue.</def> McKendrick.
<hw>In*hive"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To place in a

hive; to hive.</def>
<hw>In*hold"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inheld (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inholding.] <def>To have inherent; to contain in itself; to
possess.</def> [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
<hw>In*hold"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

inhabitant.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>In*hoop"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inclose in
a hoop, or as in a hoop.</def> [R.] Shak.
<hw>In*hos"pi*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + hospitable: cf. L. inhospitalis.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not hospitable; not disposed to show

hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person
or people.</def>
<blockquote>Have you no touch of pity, that the poor 

Stand starved at your inhospitable door?</blockquote>
Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Affording no shelter or sustenance;

barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.</def> "Inhospitable
wastes." Blair.
-- <wf>In*hos"pi*ta*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*hos"pi*ta*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*hos`pi*tal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inhospitalitas: cf. F. inhospitalité. See In-
 not, and Hospitality.] <def>The quality or state of being
inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.</def> Bp.
Hall.
<hw>In*hu"man</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. inhumanus:

cf. F. inhumain. See In- not, and Human.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Destitute of the kindness and tenderness

that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling;
as, an inhuman person or people.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Characterized by, or attended with,

cruelty; as, an inhuman act or punishment.</def>
Syn. -- Cruel; unfeeling; pitiless; merciless; savage;

barbarous; brutal; ferocious; ruthless; fiendish.
<hw>In`hu*man"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Inhumanities</plw> (#). [L. inhumanitas: cf. F.
inhumanité.] <def>The quality or state of being
inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.</def>
<blockquote>Man's inhumanity to man 

Makes countless thousands mourn.</blockquote> Burns.
<hw>In*hu"man*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously.</def>
<hw>In*hu"mate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

inhumatus, p. p. of inhumare to inhume; pref. in-
 in + humare to cover with earth. See Humation, and
cf. Inhume.] <def>To inhume; to bury; to inter.</def>
Hedge.
<hw>In`hu*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inhumation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inhuming or burying;

interment.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Old Chem.) <def>The act of burying

vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady
moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <def>Arenation.</def>
<hw>In*hume"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inhumed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inhuming.] [Cf. F. inhumer. See Inhumate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth;

to bury; to inter.</def>
<blockquote>Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain, 

Inhume the natives in their native plain.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To bury or place in warm earth for

chemical or medicinal purposes.</def>
<hw>||In"i*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis).
It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.</def>
<hw>In"i*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Pertaining to the inion.</def>
<hw>Inìm*ag"i*na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unimaginable; inconceivable.</def> [R.] Bp. Pearson.
<hw>In*im"i*cal</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inimicalis, fr. inimicus unfriendly, hostile; pref.
in- not + amicus friendly. See Amity.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the disposition or temper of an

enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private,
as hostile is to public, enmity.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Opposed in tendency, influence, or

effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse;
repugnant.</def>
<blockquote>We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is

inimical to all other governments.</blockquote>
Burke.
<hw>In*imì*cal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility;
unfriendliness.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*im"i*cal*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inimical manner.</def>
<hw>In*imì*ci"tious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
inimicitia enmity. See Inimical.] <def>Inimical;
unfriendly.</def> [R.] Sterne.
<hw>In*im"i*cous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inimicus.] <def>Inimical; hurtful.</def> [Obs.]
Evelyn.
<hw>In*imì*ta*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness.</def>
Norris.
<hw>In*im"i*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inimitabilis: cf. F. inimitable. See In- not,
and Imitable.] <def>Not capable of being imitated, copied, or
counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless;
unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style;
inimitable eloquence.</def> "Inimitable force."
Dryden.
<blockquote>Performing such inimitable feats.</blockquote>

Cowper.
-- <wf>In*im"i*ta*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*im"i*ta*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>||In"i*on</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>'iniòn</grk> the back of the head.] (Anat.) <def>The
external occipital protuberance of the skull.</def>
<hw>In*iq"ui*tous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Iniquity.] <def>Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as,
an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous
proceeding.</def>
<blockquote>Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous

service.</blockquote> Burke.
Syn. -- Wicked; wrong; unjust; unrighteous; nefarious;

criminal. -- Iniquitous, Wicked, Nefarious.
Wicked is the generic term. Iniquitous is stronger,
denoting a violation of the rights of others, usually by fraud or
circumvention. Nefarious is still stronger, implying a breach
of the most sacred obligations, and points more directly to the
intrinsic badness of the deed.
<hw>In*iq"ui*tous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.</def>
<hw>In*iq"ui*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Iniquities</plw> (#). [OE. iniquitee, F.
iniquité, L. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness,
injustice. See Iniquous.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Absence of, or deviation from, just

dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice;
unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; the
iniquity of an unjust judge.</def>
<blockquote>Till the world from his perfection fell 
Into all filth and foul iniquity.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of

injustice or unrighteousness; a sin; a crime.</def>
Milton.
<blockquote>Your iniquities have separated between you and

your God.</blockquote> Is. lix. 2.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A character or personification in the old

English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one
vice and sometimes of another. See Vice.</def>
<blockquote>Acts old Iniquity, and in the fit 

Of miming gets the opinion of a wit.</blockquote> B.
Jonson.
<hw>In*i"quous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. iniquus;

pref. in- not + aequus. See Equal.]
<def>Iniquitous.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*ir"ri*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + irritable: cf. F. inirritable.] <def>Not
irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated to
action, as a muscle.</def> -- <wf>In*ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty</wf> (#),
<hw>In*ir"ri*ta*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

accompanied with excitement; as, an inirritative fever.</def>
E. Darwin.
<hw>In*isle"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf.

Enisled.] <def>To form into an island; to surround.</def>
[Obs.] Drayton.
<hw>In*i"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. initialis,

from initium a going in, entrance, beginning, fr. inire
to go into, to enter, begin; pref. in- in + ire to go:
cf. F. initial. See Issue, and cf.
Commence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking

the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial
symptoms of a disease.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Placed at the beginning; standing at the

head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a
name.</def>
<hw>In*i"tial</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The first letter of

a word or a name.</def>
<hw>In*i"tial</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Initialed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Initialing.] <def>To put an initial to; to mark with an
initial of initials.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*i"tial*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an initial

or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning.</def>
Barrow.
<hw>In*i"ti*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Initiated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Initiating (?).] [L. initiatus, p. p. of
initiare to begin, fr. initium beginning. See
Initial.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To introduce by a first act; to make a

beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or
enter upon.</def>
<blockquote>How are changes of this sort to be

initiated?</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To acquaint with the beginnings; to

instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.</def>
<blockquote>Providence would only initiate mankind into the

useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our
industry.</blockquote> Dr. H. More.
<blockquote>To initiate his pupil into any part of

learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough.</blockquote>
Locke.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To introduce into a society or

organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a
secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.</def>
<blockquote>The Athenians believed that he who was

initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain
celestial honor after death.</blockquote> Bp. Warburton.
<blockquote>He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before

he was one and twenty.</blockquote> Spectator.
<hw>In*i"ti*ate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To do the first

act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.</def> [R.]
Pope.
<hw>In*i"ti*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

initiatus, p. p.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Unpracticed; untried; new.</def> [Obs.]

"The initiate fear that wants hard use." Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Begun; commenced; introduced to, or

instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.</def>
<blockquote>To rise in science as in bliss, 

Initiate in the secrets of the skies.</blockquote>
Young.
<col>Initiate tenant by courtesy</col> (Law),
<cd>said of a husband who becomes such in his wife's estate of
inheritance by the birth of a child, but whose estate is not
consummated till the death of the wife.</cd> Mozley & W.
<hw>In*i"ti*ate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is, or is

to be, initiated.</def>
<hw>In*i`ti*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

initiatio: cf. F. initiation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of initiating, or the process of

being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society,
into business, literature, etc.</def> "The initiation of
courses of events." Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The form or ceremony by which a person is

introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body;
especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or
order.</def>
<blockquote>Silence is the first thing that is taught us at our

initiation into sacred mysteries.</blockquote>
Broome.
<hw>In*i"ti*a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

initiatif.] <def>Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory;
introductory; preliminary.</def>
<hw>In*i"ti*a*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

initiative.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An introductory step or movement; an act

which originates or begins.</def>
<blockquote>The undeveloped initiatives of good things to

come.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The right or power to introduce a new

measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the
initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of
Representatives.</def>
<hw>In*i"ti*a`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>One who

initiates.</def>
<hw>In*i"ti*a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Suitable for an introduction or beginning;
introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.</def> Bp.
Hall.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Tending or serving to initiate;

introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols
or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.</def>
<blockquote>Some initiatory treatises in the

law.</blockquote> Herbert.
<blockquote>Two initiatory rites of the same general import
can not exist together.</blockquote> J. M. Mason.
<hw>In*i"ti*a*to*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

introductory act or rite.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*i"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

inition. See Initial.] <def>Initiation;
beginning.</def> [Obs.] Sir R. Naunton.
<hw>In*ject"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Injected; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Injecting.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere,
injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to
throw: cf. F. injecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as,

to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a
medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine
with a hypodermic syringe.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to

instill.</def>
<blockquote>Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny,

injected the same scrupulous demurs.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cast or throw; -- with on.</def>

[R.]
<blockquote>And mound inject on mound.</blockquote>

Pope.
<! p. 765 !>
<sn>4.</sn> (Anat.) <def>To fill (a vessel, cavity,

or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the
blood vessels.</def>
<hw>In*jec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. injectio

: cf. F. injection.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of
injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible
throwing in of a liquid, or aëriform body, by means of a
syringe, pump, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is injected; especially, a

liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or
pipe; a clyster; an enema.</def> Mayne.
<sn>3.</sn> (Anat.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act

or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or
other substance.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A specimen prepared
by injection.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Steam Eng.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a
vacuum.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The cold water thrown into a
condenser.</def>
<col>Injection cock</col>, or <col>Injection

valve</col> (Steam Eng.), <cd>the cock or valve through
which cold water is admitted into a condenser.</cd> --
<col>Injection condenser</col>. <cd>See under
Condenser.</cd> -- <col>Injection pipe</col>, <cd>the
pipe through which cold water is through into the condenser of a
steam engine.</cd>
<hw>In*ject"or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who, or that which, injects.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mach.) <def>A contrivance for forcing

feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon
the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a
jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the
stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's
injector, from the inventor.</def>
<hw>In*jel"ly</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To place in

jelly.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*join"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Obs.]

<def>See Enjoin.</def>
<hw>In*joint</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

in + joint.] <def>To join; to unite.</def> [R.]
Shak.
<hw>In*joint</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in- in +

joint.] <def>To disjoint; to separate.</def> [Obs.]
Holland.
<hw>In`ju*cun"di*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

injucunditas. See In- not, and Jocund.]
<def>Unpleasantness; disagreeableness.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*ju"di*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

cognizable by a judge.</def> [Obs.] Bailey.
<hw>In`ju*di"cial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

according to the forms of law; not judicial.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ju*di"cious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + judicious; cf. F. injudicieux.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment;
undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious
adviser.</def>
<blockquote>An injudicious biographer who undertook to be

his editor and the protector of his memory.</blockquote> A.
Murphy.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not according to sound judgment or

discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure.</def>
Syn. -- Indiscreet; inconsiderate; undiscerning;
incautious; unwise; rash; hasty; imprudent.
<hw>In`ju*di"cious*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

injudicious manner.</def>
<hw>In`ju*di"cious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being injudicious; want of sound judgment;
indiscretion.</def> Whitlock.
<hw>In*junc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

injunctio, fr. injungere, injunctum, to join
into, to enjoin. See Enjoin.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act
of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or
prohibiting.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is enjoined; an order; a

mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.</def>
<blockquote>For still they knew, and ought to have still

remembered, 
The high injunction, not to taste that fruit.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>Necessary as the injunctions of lawful

authority.</blockquote> South.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>A writ or process, granted by

a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of
law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing
certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.</def>
&fist; It is more generally used as a preventive than as a

restorative process, although by no means confined to the former.
Wharton. Daniell. Story.
<hw>In"jure</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Injured (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Injuring.] [L. injuriari, fr. injuria injury,
perh. through F. injurier to insult, in OF. also, to injure;
or perhaps fr. E. injury, or F. injure injury. See
Injury.] <def>To do harm to; to impair the excellence and
value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as:
<sd>(a)</sd> To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair
soundness, as of health. <sd>(b)</sd> To damage or lessen the
value of, as goods or estate. <sd>(c)</sd> To slander,
tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. <sd>(d)</sd>
To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. <sd>(e)</sd> To
give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to
annoy. <sd>(f)</sd> To impair, as the intellect or
mind.</def>
<blockquote>When have I injured thee? when done thee

wrong?</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- To damage; mar; spoil; harm; sully; wrong;

maltreat; abuse; insult; affront; dishonor.
<hw>In"jur*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who injures
or wrongs.</def>
<hw>||In*ju"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Injurie</plw> (#). [L.] (Law) <def>Injury;
invasion of another's rights.</def>
<hw>In*ju"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

injuriousus, injurius; cf. F. injurieux. See
Injury.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not just; wrongful;
iniquitous; culpable.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<blockquote>Till the injurious Roman did extort 

This tribute from us, we were free.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful;

detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health,
credit, reputation, property, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Without being injurious to the memory of our

English Pindar.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful;

deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental.
<hw>In*ju"ri*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully;
mischievously.</def>
<hw>In*ju"ri*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury.</def>
<hw>In"ju*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Injuries</plw> (#). [OE. injurie, L.
injuria, fr. injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust;
pref. in- not + jus, juris, right, law, justice:
cf. F. injure. See Just, <pos>a.</pos>] <def>Any
damage or hurt done to a person or thing; detriment to, or violation
of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests
of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss,
damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as,
his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an
injury to the character.</def>
<blockquote>For he that doeth injury shall receive that

that he did evil.</blockquote> Wyclif(Col. iii. 25).
<blockquote>Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling

on trifling arguments.</blockquote> I. Watts.
<blockquote>Riot ascends above their loftiest towers, 

And injury and outrage.</blockquote> Milton.
&fist; Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the

intentional doing of wrong. Fleming.
Syn. -- Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment;

wrong; evil; injustice.
<hw>In*jus"tice</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.
injustice, L. injustitia. See In- not, and
Justice, and cf. Unjust.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Want
of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others;
iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.</def>
<blockquote>If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in their

extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in
cruelty and injustice.</blockquote> Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a

wrong.</def>
<blockquote>Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand

injustices without being discovered, or at least without being
punished.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>Ink</hw> (&ibreve;&nsm;k), <pos>n.</pos> (Mach.)

<def>The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone
spindle runs.</def>
<hw>Ink</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. enke, inke,

OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum the purple red
ink with which the Roman emperors signed their edicts, Gr. &?;, fr.
&?; burnt in, encaustic, fr. &?; to burn in. See Encaustic,
Caustic.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fluid, or a viscous
material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored),
used in writing or printing.</def>
<blockquote>Make there a prick with ink.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
<blockquote>Deformed monsters, foul and black as

ink.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A pigment. See India ink, under

India.</def>
&fist; Ordinarily, black ink is made from nutgalls and a

solution of some salt of iron, and consists essentially of a tannate
or gallate of iron; sometimes indigo sulphate, or other coloring
matter, is added. Other black inks contain potassium chromate, and
extract of logwood, salts of vanadium, etc. Blue ink is
usually a solution of Prussian blue. Red ink was formerly made
from carmine (cochineal), Brazil wood, etc., but potassium eosin is
now used. Also red, blue, violet, and yellow inks are largely made
from aniline dyes. Indelible ink is usually a weak solution of
silver nitrate, but carbon in the form of lampblack or India ink,
salts of molybdenum, vanadium, etc., are also used.
Sympathetic inks may be made of milk, salts of cobalt, etc.
See Sympathetic ink (below).
<col>Copying ink</col>, <cd>a peculiar ink used for

writings of which copies by impression are to be taken.</cd> --
<col>Ink bag</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>an ink sac.</cd> -
- <col>Ink berry</col>. (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>A shrub of the Holly family (Ilex glabra), found in sandy
grounds along the coast from New England to Florida, and producing a
small black berry.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The West Indian
indigo berry. See Indigo.</cd> -- <col>Ink plant</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a New Zealand shrub (Coriaria thymifolia),
the berries of which yield a juice which forms an ink.</cd> --
<col>Ink powder</col>, <cd>a powder from which ink is made by
solution.</cd> -- <col>Ink sac</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>an organ, found in most cephalopods, containing an inky fluid
which can be ejected from a duct opening at the base of the siphon.
The fluid serves to cloud the water, and enable these animals to
escape from their enemies. See Illust. of
Dibranchiata.</cd> -- <col>Printer's ink</col>, or
<col>Printing ink</col>. <cd>See under Printing.</cd> -
- <col>Sympathetic ink</col>, <cd>a writing fluid of such a
nature that what is written remains invisible till the action of a
reagent on the characters makes it visible.</cd>
<hw>Ink</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inked (&ibreve;&nsm;kt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inking.] <def>To put ink upon; to supply with
ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink.</def>
<hw>Ink"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks
the type.</def>
<hw>Ink"fish`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cuttlefish.

See Cuttlefish.</def>
<hw>Ink"horn`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ink +

horn; cf. F. cornet à encre, G.
dintenhorn.] <def>A small bottle of horn or other material
formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for
writing materials.</def> "With a writer's inkhorn by his
side." Ezek. ix. 2.
<blockquote>From his pocket the notary drew his papers and

inkhorn.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<hw>Ink"horn"</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Learned; pedantic;

affected.</def> [Obs.] "Inkhorn terms." Bale.
<hw>Ink"hornìsm</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Pedantry.</def> Sir T. Wilson.
<hw>Ink"i*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Inky.]

<def>The state or quality of being inky; blackness.</def>
<hw>Ink"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Supplying or covering

with ink.</def>
<col>Inking roller</col>, <cd>a somewhat elastic roller,

used to spread ink over forms of type, copperplates, etc.</cd> --
<col>Inking trough</col> or <col>table</col>, <cd>a
trough or table from which the inking roller receives its
ink.</cd>
<hw>In"kle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob.the same word as

lingle, the first l being mistaken for the definite
article in French. See Lingle.] <def>A kind of tape or
braid.</def> Shak.
<hw>In"kle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [OE. inklen to

hint; cf. Dan. ymte to whisper.] <def>To guess.</def> [Prov.
Eng.] "She inkled what it was." R. D. Blackmore.
<hw>In"kling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A hint; an

intimation.</def>
<blockquote>The least inkling or glimpse of this

island.</blockquote> Bacon.
<blockquote>They had some inkling of secret

messages.</blockquote> Clarendon.
<hw>In"knee`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as Knock-

knee.</def>
<hw>In"kneed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See Knock-

kneed.</def>
<hw>In*knot"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To fasten or

bind, as with a knot; to knot together.</def> Fuller.
<hw>Ink"stand`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small vessel

for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink
and writing materials.</def>
<hw>Ink"stone"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of stone

containing native vitriol or sulphate of iron, used in making
ink.</def>
<hw>Ink"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Consisting of, or

resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.</def> "Inky blots."
Shak. "Its inky blackness." Boyle.
<hw>In*lace"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inlaced (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inlacing (?).] [Pref. in- + lace: cf. OE.
enlacen to entangle, involve, OF. enlacier, F.
enlacer. See Lace, and cf. Enlace.] <def>To work
in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or
enlace.</def> P. Fletcher.
<hw>In"la*ga"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Law L.

inlagatio, fr. inlagare to restore to law. See
In, and Law.] (Old Eng. Law) <def>The
restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law;
inlawing.</def> Bouvier.
<hw>In*laid"</hw> (?), <pos>p. p.</pos> <def>of

Inlay.</def>
<hw>In"land</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open
water; interior; as, an inland town.</def> "This wide
inland sea." Spenser.
<blockquote>From inland regions to the distant

main.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Limited to the land, or to inland routes;

within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as,
inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Confined to a country or state; domestic;

not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange. See
Exchange.</def>
<hw>In"land</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The interior part of a

country.</def> Shak.
<hw>In"land</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Into, or towards,

the interior, away from the coast.</def> Cook.
<blockquote>The greatest waves of population have rolled

inland from the east.</blockquote> S. Turner.
<hw>In"land*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lives

in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea.</def>
<hw>In"land*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inland.</def>

[Obs.] T. Reeve(1657)
<hw>In*lap"i*date</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in + L. lapis, lapidis, stone.] <def>To convert
into a stony substance; to petrify.</def> [R.] Bacon.
<hw>In*lard"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enlard.</def>
<hw>In*law"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [In +

law. Cf. Inlagation.] (Old Eng. Law) <def>To
clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the
law.</def> Burrill.
<hw>In*lay"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inlaied (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inlaying.] <def>To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of
pearl, ivory, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some
other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn
with insertions.</def>
<blockquote>Look, how the floor of heaven 

Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>But these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to

inlay their story.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In"lay`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Matter or pieces

of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is
inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety.</def>
<blockquote>Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay 
Broidered the ground.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>The sloping of the moonlit sward 

Was damask work, and deep inlay 
Of braided blooms.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>In*lay"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who inlays,

or whose occupation it is to inlay.</def>
<hw>In*league"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inleagued (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inleaguing (?).] <def>To ally, or form an
alliance with; to unite; to combine.</def>
<blockquote>With a willingness inleague our blood 

With his, for purchase of full growth in friendship.</blockquote>
Ford.
<hw>In*lea"guer</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

beleaguer.</def> Holland.
<hw>In"let</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of
ingress; entrance.</def>
<blockquote>Doors and windows, inlets of men and of

light.</blockquote> Sir H. Wotton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A bay or recess, as in the shore of a sea,

lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land
or between islands.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is let in or inlaid; an

inserted material.</def>
&fist; Inlet is also used adjectively, as in inlet

pipe, inlet valve, etc.
<hw>In*light"en</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enlighten.</def>
<hw>In*list"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enlist.</def>
<hw>In*live"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

animate.</def> [R.] B. Jonson.
<hw>In*lock"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To lock in, or

inclose.</def>
<hw>||In lo"co</hw> (?). [L.] <def>In the place; in the proper or

natural place.</def>
<hw>In*lu"mine</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Illumine.</def>
<hw>In"ly</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE. inlich, AS.
inl&imacr;c. See In.] <def>Internal; interior;
secret.</def>
<blockquote>Didst thou but know the inly touch of

love.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Internally; within; in

the heart.</def> "Whereat he inly raged." Milton.
<hw>In"ma*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Inmate.]

<def>The state of being an inmate.</def> [R.] Craig.
<hw>In"mate`</hw> (&ibreve;n"m&amacr;t`), <pos>n.</pos>

[In + mate an associate.] <def>One who lives in the
same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger;</def> esp.,
<def>one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison;</def> by
extension, <def>one who occupies or lodges in any place or
dwelling.</def>
<blockquote>So spake the enemy of mankind, inclos'd 

In serpent, inmate bad.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In"mate`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Admitted as a

dweller; resident; internal.</def> [R.] "Inmate guests."
Milton.
<hw>In"meats`</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>The edible

viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc.</def>
<hw>In*mesh"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inmeshed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inmeshing.] <def>To bring within meshes, as of a net; to
enmesh.</def>
<hw>In*mew"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf.Emmew,

Immew.] <def>To inclose, as in a mew or cage.</def> [R.]
"Inmew the town below." Beau. & Fl.
<hw>In"most`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE. innemest,

AS. innemest, a double superlative form fr. inne
within, fr. in in. The modern form is due to confusion with
most. See In, and cf. Aftermost,
Foremost, Innermost.] <def>Deepest within; farthest
from the surface or external part; innermost.</def>
<blockquote>And pierce the inmost center of the

earth.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The silent, slow, consuming fires, 

Which on my inmost vitals prey.</blockquote>
Addison.
<hw>Inn</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. in, inn,

house, chamber, inn, from AS. in in; akin to Icel. inni
house. See In.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place of shelter;
hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<blockquote>Therefore with me ye may take up your inn 
For this same night.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A house for the lodging and entertainment

of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a
hotel.</def>
&fist; As distinguished from a private boarding house, an inn is a

house for the entertainment of all travelers of good conduct and
means of payment, as guests for a brief period, not as lodgers or
boarders by contract.
<blockquote>The miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a

provincial inn.</blockquote> W. Irving.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The town residence of a nobleman or

distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn.</def> [Eng.]
<sn>4.</sn> <def>One of the colleges (societies or

buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the
Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants'
Inns.</def>
<col>Inns of chancery</col> (Eng.), <cd>colleges in

which young students formerly began their law studies, now occupied
chiefly by attorneys, solicitors, etc.</cd> -- <col>Inns of
court</col> (Eng.), <cd>the four societies of "students
and practicers of the law of England" which in London exercise the
exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at the bar; also,
the buildings in which the law students and barristers have their
chambers. They are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's
Inn, and Gray's Inn.</cd>
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<hw>Inn</hw> (&ibreve;n), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Inned (&ibreve;nd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inning.] <def>To take lodging; to lodge.</def>
[R.] Addison.
<hw>Inn</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

house; to lodge.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>When he had brought them into his city 

And inned them, everich at his degree.</blockquote>
Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To get in; to in. See In,

<pos>v. t.</pos></def>
<hw>In"nate</hw> (&ibreve;n"n&asl;t or

&ibreve;n*n&amacr;t"; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L. innatus;
pref. in- in + natus born, p. p. of nasci to be
born. See Native.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Inborn; native;
natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Metaph.) <def>Originating in, or

derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to
acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See A
priori, Intuitive.</def>
<blockquote>There is an innate light in every man,

discovering to him the first lines of duty in the common notions of
good and evil.</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>Men would not be guilty if they did not carry in their

mind common notions of morality, innate and written in divine
letters.</blockquote> Fleming (Origen).
<blockquote>If I could only show, as I hope I shall . . . how men,

barely by the use of their natural faculties, may attain to all the
knowledge they have, without the help of any innate
impressions; and may arrive at certainty without any such original
notions or principles.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>3.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Joined by the base to the

very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.</def>
Gray.
<col>Innate ideas</col> (Metaph.), <cd>ideas, as of

God, immortality, right and wrong, supposed by some to be inherent in
the mind, as a priori principles of knowledge.</cd>
<hw>In*nate"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to

exit; to call into being.</def> [Obs.] "The first innating
cause." Marston.
<hw>In"nate*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Naturally.</def>
<hw>In"nate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being innate.</def>
<hw>In*na"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Native.</def>

[Obs.] Chapman.
<hw>In*nav"i*ga*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

innavigabilis : cf. F. innavigable. See In- not,
and Navigable.] <def>Incapable of being navigated; impassable
by ships or vessels.</def> Drygen. --
<wf>In*nav"i*ga*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Inne</hw> (?), <pos>adv. & prep.</pos> <def>In.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>And eke in what array that they were

inne.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>In"ner</hw> (&ibreve;n"n&etilde;r), <pos>a.</pos> [AS.

innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in.
See In.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Further in; interior;
internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the spirit or its

phenomena.</def>
<blockquote>This attracts the soul, 
Governs the inner man, the nobler part.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not obvious or easily discovered;

obscure.</def>
<col>Inner house</col> (Scot.), <cd>the first and

second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the
place of their sittings.</cd> -- <col>Inner jib</col>
(Naut.), <cd>a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from
the fore-topmast head to the jib boom.</cd> -- <col>Inner
plate</col> (Arch.), <cd>the wall plate which lies nearest
to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof.</cd> --
<col>Inner post</col> (Naut.), <cd>a piece brought on
at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms.</cd> --
<col>Inner square</col> (Carp.), <cd>the angle formed
by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.</cd>
<hw>In"ner*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>More within.</def>

[Obs.] Baret.
<hw>In"ner*most`</hw> (-m&omacr;st`), <pos>a.</pos> [A

corruption of inmost due to influence of inner. See
Inmost.] <def>Farthest inward; most remote from the outward
part; inmost; deepest within.</def> Prov. xviii. 8.
<hw>In"ner*most`ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the

innermost place.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>His ebon cross worn innermostly.</blockquote>

<hw>In*ner"vate</hw> (&ibreve;n*n&etilde;r"v&amacr;t), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [See Innerve.] (Anat.) <def>To supply with
nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and
sympathetic branches.</def>
<hw>In`ner*va"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

innervation.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of innerving or
stimulating.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Physiol.) <def>Special activity excited

in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion;
the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life, and the
functions of the various organs.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The distribution of nerves

in an animal, or to any of its parts.</def>
<hw>In*nerve"</hw> (&ibreve;n*n&etilde;rv"), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Innerved (-
n&etilde;rvd"); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Innerving.]
[Pref. in- in + nerve.] <def>To give nervous energy or
power to; to give increased energy, force, or courage to; to
invigorate; to stimulate.</def>
<hw>Inn"holdèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who keeps
an inn.</def>
<hw>In"ning</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. innung, fr.

in in, prep. & adv.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Ingathering;
harvesting.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state or turn of being in;

specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc., the turn or time of a
player or of a side at the bat; -- often in the pl. Hence: The
turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went
out, and the Democrats had their innings.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> pl. <def>Lands recovered from the

sea.</def> Ainsworth.
<hw>In*ni"ten*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. inniti,

p. p. innixus, to lean upon; pref. in- in, on +
niti to lean.] <def>A leaning; pressure; weight.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*nix"ion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Innitency.] <def>Act of leaning upon something;
incumbency.</def> [Obs.] Derham.
<hw>Inn"keepèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

innholder.</def>
<hw>In"no*cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

innocence, L. innocentia. See Innocent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being innocent;
freedom from that which is harmful or infurious;
harmlessness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being morally free

from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness.</def>
<blockquote>The silence often of pure innocence 

Persuades when speaking fails.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Banished from man's life his happiest life, 

Simplicity and spotless innocence!</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being not

chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the
innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Simplicity or plainness, bordering on

weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness.</def> Chaucer.
Shak.
Syn. -- Harmlessness; innocuousness; blamelessness; purity;

sinlessness; guiltlessness.
<hw>In"no*cen*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Innocence.</def>
<hw>In"no*cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. innocent,
L. innocens, -entis; pref. in- not +
nocens, p. pr. of nocere to harm, hurt. See
Noxious.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not harmful; free from that
which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an
innocent medicine or remedy.</def>
<blockquote>The spear 
Sung innocent, and spent its force in air.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not

tainted with sin; pure; upright.</def>
<blockquote>To offer up a weak, poor, innocent

lamb.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>I have sinned in that I have betrayed the

innocent blood.</blockquote> Matt. xxvii. 4.
<blockquote>The aidless, innocent lady, his wished

prey.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Free from the guilt of a particular crime

or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime
charged.</def>
<blockquote>Innocent from the great

transgression.</blockquote> Ps. xix. 13.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Simple; artless; foolish.</def>

Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent

trade.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture;

as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.</def>
<col>Innocent party</col> (Law), <cd>a party who has

not notice of a fact tainting a litigated transaction with
illegality.</cd>
Syn. -- Harmless; innoxious; innoffensive; guiltless;

spotless; immaculate; pure; unblamable; blameless; faultless;
guileless; upright.
<hw>In"no*cent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt
or sin.</def> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An unsophisticated person; hence, a child;

a simpleton; an idiot.</def> B. Jonson.
<blockquote>In Scotland a natural fool was called an

innocent.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<col>Innocents' day</col> (Eccl.), <cd>Childermas

day.</cd>
<hw>In"no*cent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an innocent

manner.</def>
<hw>In"no*cu"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Innocuousness.</def>
<hw>In*noc"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

innocuus; in- not + nocuus hurtful, fr.
nocere to hurt. See Innocent.] <def>Harmless; producing
no ill effect; innocent.</def>
<blockquote>A patient, innocuous, innocent

man.</blockquote> Burton.
-- <wf>In*noc"u*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*noc"u*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<blockquote>Where the salt sea innocuously

breaks.</blockquote> Wordsworth.
<hw>In"no*date</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Innodated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Innodating (?).] [L. innodatus, p. p. of
innodare; pref. in- in + nodus knot.] <def>To
bind up, as in a knot; to include.</def> [Obs.] Fuller.
<hw>In*nom"i*na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

innominabilis; pref. in- not + nominare to name:
cf. F. innominable.] <def>Not to be named.</def> [R.]
Testament of Love.
<hw>In*nom"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

innominatus; pref. in- not + nominare to name.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having no name; unnamed; as, an
innominate person or place.</def> [R.] Ray.
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>A term used in designating

many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a
great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a
great branch of the superior vena cava.</def>
<col>Innominate bone</col> (Anat.), <cd>the great

bone which makes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone;
haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium,
ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult, though
separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptiles and
amphibians.</cd> -- <col>Innominate contracts</col>
(Law), <cd>in the Roman law, contracts without a specific
name.</cd>
<hw>In"no*vate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Innovated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Innovating (?).] [L. innovatus, p. p. of
innovare to revew; pref. in- in + novare to make
new, fr. novus new. See New.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to
innovate a word or an act.</def> [Archaic]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To change or alter by introducing

something new; to remodel; to revolutionize.</def> [Archaic]
Burton.
<blockquote>From his attempts upon the civil power, he

proceeds 
to innovate God's worship.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In"no*vate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To introduce

novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on.</def>
Bacon.
<blockquote>Every man, therefore, is not fit to

innovate.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>In`no*va"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

innovatio; cf. F. innovation.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in
customs, rites, etc.</def> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A change effected by innovating; a change

in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs,
manners, or rites.</def> Bacon.
<blockquote>The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but

levity and want of experience maketh apt unto
innovations.</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>3.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A newly formed shoot, or the

annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.</def>
<hw>In`no*va"tion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

favors innovation.</def>
<hw>In"no*va*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Characterized by, or introducing, innovations.</def> Fitzed.
Hall.
<hw>In"no*va`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

innovateur.] <def>One who innovates.</def> Shak.
<hw>In*nox"ious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

innoxius. See In- not, and Noxious.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Free from hurtful qualities or effects;
harmless.</def> "Innoxious flames." Sir K. Digby.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Free from crime; pure; innocent.</def>

Pope.
-- <wf>In*noxìous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*nox"ious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*nu"bi*lous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

innubilus. See Nubilous.] <def>Cloudless.</def> [Obs.]
Blount.
<hw>In`nu*en"do</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.
<plw>Innuedoes</plw>(&?;). [L., by intimation, by hinting,
gerund of innuere, innutum, to give a nod, to intimate;
pref. in- in, to + -nuere (in comp.) to nod. See
Nutation.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>An oblique hint; a remote
allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not
named; an insinuation.</def>
<blockquote>Mercury . . . owns it a marriage by an

innuendo.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>Pursue your trade of scandal picking; 

Your innuendoes, when you tell us, 
That Stella loves to talk with fellows.</blockquote>
Swift.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>An averment employed in

pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise
unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted
matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff
avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff)
was a thief.</def> Wharton.
&fist; The term is so applied from having been the introductory

word of this averment or parenthetic explanation when pleadings were
in Latin. The word "meaning" is used as its equivalent in modern
forms.
Syn. -- Insinuation; suggestion; hint; intimation;

reference; allusion; implication; representation; -- Innuendo,
Insinuation. An innuendo is an equivocal allusion so
framed as to point distinctly at something which is injurious to the
character or reputation of the person referred to. An
insinuation turns on no such double use of language, but
consists in artfully winding into the mind imputations of an
injurious nature without making any direct charge.
<hw>In"nu*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. innuens,

p. pr.] <def>Conveying a hint; significant.</def> [Obs.]
Burton.
<hw>In"nu*it</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Ethnol.) <def>An Eskimo.</def>
<hw>In*nu`mer*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

innumerabilitas.] <def>State of being innumerable.</def>
Fotherby.
<hw>In*nu`mer*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

innumerabilis : cf. F. innumefable. See In- not,
and Numerable.] <def>Not capable of being counted, enumerated,
or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence,
indefinitely numerous; of great number.</def>
<blockquote>Innumerable as the stars of night.</blockquote>

Milton.
-- <wf>In*nu"mer*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*nu"mer*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*nu"mer*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

innumerosus, innumerus. See Numerous.]
<def>Innumerable.</def> [Archaic] Milton.
<hw>In`nu*tri"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

nutrition; failure of nourishment.</def> E. Darwin.
<hw>In`nu*tri"tious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

nutritious; not furnishing nourishment.</def>
<hw>In*nu"tri*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Innutritious.</def>
<hw>Inn"yard`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The yard

adjoining an inn.</def>
<hw>Inò*be"di*ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inoboedientia : cf. F. inobedience.]
<def>Disobedience.</def> [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer.
<hw>Inò*be"di*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inoboediens, p. pr. of inoboedire : cf. F.
inobedient. See Obedient.] <def>Not obedient;
disobedient.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
-- <wf>Inò*be"di*ent*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>Inòb*serv"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inobservabilis : cf. F. inobservable. See In-
not, and Observable.] <def>Not observable.</def>
<hw>Inòb*serv"ance</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inobservantia : cf. F. inobservance.] <def>Want or
neglect of observance.</def> Bacon.
<hw>Inòb*serv"ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inobservans. See In- not, and Observant.]
<def>Not observant; regardless; heedless.</def> Bp. Hurd.
-- <wf>Inòb*serv"ant*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*ob`ser*va"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inobservation.] <def>Neglect or want of observation.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Inòb*tru"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

obtrusive; unobtrusive.</def>
-- <wf>Inòb*tru"sive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Inòb*tru"sive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Inò*car"pin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'i`s</grk>, <grk>'ino`s</grk>, muscle + <grk>karpo`s</grk>
fruit.] (Chem.) <def>A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted
from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus
edulis).</def>
<hw>In*oc`cu*pa"tion</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of
occupation.</def>
<hw>||Inò*cer"a*mus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>'i`s</grk>, <grk>'ino`s</grk>, a muscle + &?; an earthen
vessel.] (Paleon.) <def>An extinct genus of large, fossil,
bivalve shells, allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of
the Cretaceous period.</def>
<hw>In*ocù*la*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inoculable.</def>
<hw>In*oc"u*la*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Inoculate.] <def>Capable of being inoculated; capable of
communicating disease, or of being communicated, by
inoculation.</def>
<hw>In*oc"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl)

<def>Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antennæ
of certain insects.</def>
<hw>In*oc"u*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inoculated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inoculating (?).] [L. inoculatus, p. p. of
inoculare to ingraft; pref. in- in, on + oculare
to furnish with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, also, a bud. See
Ocular.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To bud; to insert, or graft,
as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To insert a foreign bud into; as, to

inoculate a tree.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <def>To communicate a disease to

( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as,
to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox, rabies, etc.
See Vaccinate.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used

especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to
inoculate one with treason or infidelity.</def>
<hw>In*oc"u*late</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To graft by inserting buds.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To communicate disease by

inoculation.</def>
<hw>In*oc"u*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inoculatio: cf. F. inoculation.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>The act or practice of

communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting
contagious matter in his skin or flesh.</def>
&fist; The use was formerly limited to the intentional

communication of the smallpox, but is now extended to include any
similar introduction of modified virus; as, the inoculation of
rabies by Pasteur.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Fig.: The communication of principles,

especially false principles, to the mind.</def>
<hw>In*oc"u*la`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F.

inoculateur.] <def>One who inoculates; one who propagates
plants or diseases by inoculation.</def>
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<hw>In*o"di*ate</hw> (&ibreve;n*&omacr;"d&ibreve;*&amacr;t),
<pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in- in + L. odium
hatred.] <def>To make odious or hateful.</def> [Obs.]
South.
<hw>In*o"dor*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inodorous.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In*o"dor*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inodorus. See In- not, and Odorous.]
<def>Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.</def> --
<wf>In*o"dor*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In"of*fen"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + offensiue: cf. F. inoffensif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no
uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man,
answer, appearance.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Harmless; doing no injury or

mischief.</def> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not obstructing; presenting no

interruption or hindrance.</def> [R.] Milton.
<blockquote>So have I seen a river gently glide 

In a smooth course, and inoffensive tide.</blockquote>
Addison.
-- <wf>In"of*fen"sive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In"of*fen"sive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In"of*fi"cial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

official; not having official sanction or authority; not according to
the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial
intelligence.</def>
<blockquote>Pinckney and Marshall would not make inofficial

visits to discuss official business.</blockquote>
Pickering.
Syn. -- Private; informal; unwarranted; unauthorizod;

irregular; unceremonious; unprofessional.
<hw>Inòf*fi"cial*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without the

usual forms, or not in the official character.</def>
<hw>Inòf*fi"cious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
inofficiosus: cf. F. inofficieux. See In- not,
and Officious.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Indifferent to
obligation or duty.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious

sleep.</blockquote> B. Jonson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not officious; not civil or

attentive.</def> [Obs.] Jonhson.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>Regardless of natural

obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a
testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a
child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.</def> "The
inofficious testament." Blackstone. "An
inofficious disposition of his fortune." Paley.
<hw>Inòf*fi"cious*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not

officiously.</def>
<hw>In"o*gen</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;, a

muscle + -gen.] (Physiol.) <def>A complex nitrogenous
substance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed
and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.</def>
<hw>In*opèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inoperari to effect; pref. in- in + operari to
operate.] <def>Agency; influence; production of effects.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*op"er*a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + operative.] <def>Not operative; not active;
producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect;
inoperative remedies or processes.</def>
{ <hw>Inò*per"cu*lar</hw> (?), <hw>Inò*per"cu*late</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>Having no operculum; --
said of certain gastropod shells.</def>
<hw>Inò*pin"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inopinabilis. See Inopinate.] <def>Not to be expected;
inconceivable.</def> [Obs.] "Inopinable, incredible . . .
sayings." Latimer.
<hw>In*op"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inopinatus. See In- not, and Opine.] <def>Not
expected or looked for.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*op`por*tune"</hw> (&?;), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inopportunus: cf. F. inopportun. See In- not,
and Opportune.] <def>Not opportune; inconvenient;
unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>No visit could have been more

inopportune.</blockquote> T. Hook.
<hw>In*op`por*tune"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not
opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.</def>
<hw>In*op`por*tu"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience.</def> [R.]
<hw>Inòp*press"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

oppressive or burdensome.</def> O. Wolcott.
<hw>In*op"u*lent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + opulent: cf. F. inopulent.] <def>Not opulent; not
affluent or rich.</def>
<hw>In*or"di*na*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as,
the inordinacy of love or desire.</def> Jer.
Taylor.
<hw>In*or"di*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inordinatus disordered. See In- not, and
Ordinate.] <def>Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual
bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate
love of the world.</def> "Inordinate desires." Milton.
"Inordinate vanity." Burke.
-- <wf>In*or"di*nate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*or"di*nate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*or`di*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inordinatio.] <def>Deviation from custom, rule, or right;
irregularity; inordinacy.</def> [Obs.] South.
<blockquote>Every inordination of religion that is not in

defect, is properly called superstition.</blockquote> Jer.
Taylor.
<hw>Inòr*gan"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + organic: cf. F. inorganique.] <def>Not organic;
without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized
structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate; as, all chemical
compounds are inorganic substances.</def>
&fist; The term inorganic is used to denote any one the

large series of substances (as minerals, metals, etc.), which are not
directly connected with vital processes, either in origin or nature,
and which are broadly and relatively contrasted with organic
substances. See Organic.
<col>Inorganic Chemistry</col>. <cd>See under

Chemistry.</cd>
<hw>Inòr*gan"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inorganic.</def> Locke.
<hw>Inòr*gan"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inorganic manner.</def>
<hw>Inòr*gan"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of
being inorganic.</def> [Obs.] "The inorganity of the soul."
<hw>In*or`gan*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being without organization.</def>
<hw>In*or"gan*ized</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not having

organic structure; devoid of organs; inorganic.</def>
<hw>Inòr*thog"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling.</def> [Obs.]
Feltham.
<hw>In*os"cu*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Inosculated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inosculating (?).] [Pref. in- in +
osculate.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To unite by apposition or
contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to
anastomose.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To intercommunicate; to

interjoin.</def>
<blockquote>The several monthly divisions of the journal may

inosculate, but not the several volumes.</blockquote> De
Quincey.
<hw>In*os"cu*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To unite by apposition or contact, as two
vessels in an animal body.</def> Berkeley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To unite intimately; to cause to become as

one.</def>
<blockquote>They were still together, grew 

(For so they said themselves) inosculated.</blockquote>
<hw>In*os`cu*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inosculation.] <def>The junction or connection of vessels,
channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the
other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as,
inosculation of veins, etc.</def> Ray.
<hw>Inò*sin"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Inosite.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or derived from,
inosite; as, inosinic acid.</def>
<hw>In"o*site</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>'i`s</grk>,

<grk>'ino`s</grk>, strength, muscle.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>A
white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in certain
animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart
and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato
sprouts, etc. Called also phaseomannite.</def>
&fist; Chemically, it has the composition represented by the

formula, C6H12O6+H2O, and
was formerly regarded as a carbohydrate, isomeric with dextrose, but
is now known to be an aromatic compound (a hexacid phenol derivative
of benzene).
<hw>In*ox"idi`za*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Incapable of being oxidized; as, gold and platinum are
inoxidizable in the air.</def>
<hw>In*ox"i*dize</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To prevent

or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or
varnishes.</def>
<hw>||In` pos"se</hw> (?). [L.] <def>In possibility; possible,

although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished
from in esse.</def>
<hw>In`quar*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Quartation.</def>
<hw>In"quest</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. enqueste,

OF. enqueste, F. enquête, LL. inquesta,
for inquisita, fr. L. inquisitus, p. p. of
inquirere. See Inquire.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Inquiry; quest; search.</def> [R.] Spenser.
<blockquote>The laborious and vexatious inquest that the

soul must make after science.</blockquote> South.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Judicial

inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's
inquest in case of a sudden death.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into
any matter, civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or
sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand
jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under
Grand.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The finding of the jury
upon such inquiry.</def>
<col>Coroner's inquest</col>, <cd>an inquest held by a

coroner to determine the cause of any violent, sudden, or mysterious
death. See Coroner.</cd> -- <col>Inquest of
office</col>, <cd>an inquiry made, by authority or direction of
proper officer, into matters affecting the rights and interests of
the crown or of the state.</cd> Craig. Bouvier.
<hw>In*qui"et</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

inquietare: cf. F. inquieter. See Quiet.]
<def>To disquiet.</def> [Obs.] Joye.
<hw>In*quiè*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inquietatio : cf. F. inquielation.]
<def>Disturbance.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
<hw>In*qui"et*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Unquietness.</def> [Obs.] Joye.
<hw>In*qui"e*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inquietudo: cf. F. inquietude.] <def>Disturbed state;
uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude.</def>
<hw>In"qui*line</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inquilinus a tenant, lodger.] (Zoöl.) <def>A
gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other
insects.</def>
<hw>In"qui*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

inquinatus, p. p. of inquinare to defile.] <def>To
defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul.</def> [Obs.] Sir
T. Browne.
<hw>In`qui*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inquinatio.] <def>A defiling; pollution; stain.</def> [Obs.]
Bacon.
<hw>In*quir"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. OF.

enquerable.] <def>Capable of being inquired into; subject or
liable to inquisition or inquest.</def> Bacon.
<hw>In*quir"ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Inquiry.</def> [Obs.] Latimer.
<hw>In*quire"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inquired (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inquiring.] [OE. enqueren, inqueren, OF.
enquerre, F. enquérir, L. inquirere,
inquisitum; pref. in- in + quarere to seek. See
Quest a seeking, and cf. Inquiry.] [Written also
enquire.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To ask a question; to seek
for truth or information by putting queries.</def>
<blockquote>We will call the damsel, and

inquire.</blockquote> Gen. xxiv. 57.
<blockquote>Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And

the Lord answered him.</blockquote> 1 Sam. xxiii. 4.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To seek to learn anything by recourse to

the proper means of knowledge; to make examination.</def>
<blockquote>And inquire 
Gladly into the ways of God with man.</blockquote> Miltom.
&fist; This word is followed by of before the person asked;

as, to inquire of a neighbor. It is followed by
concerning, after, or about, before the subject
of inquiry; as, his friends inquired about or concerning his
welfare. "Thou dost not inquire wisely concerning
this." Eccl. vii. 10. It is followed by into when
search is made for particular knowledge or information; as, to
inquire into the cause of a sudden death. It is followed by
for or after when a place or person is sought, or
something is missing. "Inquire in the house of Judas
for one called Saul of Tarsus." Acts ix. 11.
<hw>In*quire"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or
inquiry respecting.</def>
<blockquote>Having thus at length inquired the truth

concerning law and dispense.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>And all obey and few inquire his

will.</blockquote> Byron.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To call or name.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
Syn. -- To ask; question. See Question.
<hw>In*quir"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inquirens, p. pr.] <def>Making inquiry; inquiring;
questioning.</def> [Obs.] Shenstone.
<hw>In*quir"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Written also

enquirer.] <def>One who inquires or examines; questioner;
investigator.</def> Locke.
<blockquote>Expert inquirers after truth.</blockquote>

Cowper.
<hw>In*quir"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Given to inquiry;

disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring
mind.</def>
<hw>In*quir"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inquiring manner.</def>
<hw>In*quir"y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Inquiries</plw> (#). [See Inquire.] [Written also
enquiry.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inquiring; a
seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a
question or questioning.</def>
<blockquote>He could no path nor track of foot descry, 

Nor by inquiry learn, nor guess by aim.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<blockquote>The men which were sent from Cornelius had made

inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the
gate.</blockquote> Acts x. 17.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Search for truth, information, or

knowledge; examination into facts or principles; research;
investigation; as, physical inquiries.</def>
<blockquote>All that is wanting to the perfection of this art will

undoubtedly be found, if able men . . . will make inquiry into
it.</blockquote> Dryden.
<col>Court of inquiry</col>. <cd>See under

Court.</cd> -- <col>Writ of inquiry</col>, <cd>a writ
issued in certain actions at law, where the defendant has suffered
judgment to pass against him by default, in order to ascertain and
assess the plaintiff's damages, where they can not readily be
ascertained by mere calculation.</cd> Burrill.
Syn. -- Interrogation; interrogatory; question; query;

scrutiny; investigation; research; examination.
<hw>In*quis"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Admitting

judicial inquiry.</def> [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
<hw>In`qui*si"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inquisitio : cf. F. inquisition. See Inquire,
and cf. Inquest.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of
inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection;
investigation.</def>
<blockquote>As I could learn through earnest

inquisition.</blockquote> Latimer.
<blockquote>Let not search and inquisition quail 

To bring again these foolish runaways.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Judicial

inquiry; official examination; inquest.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of
inquiry.</def> Bouvier.
<blockquote>The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make

inquisition concerning them by a jury of the
county.</blockquote> Blackstone.
<sn>3.</sn> (R. C. Ch.) <def>A court or tribunal for

the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope
Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain,
Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy.</def>
<hw>In`qui*si"tion</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make

inquisition concerning; to inquire into.</def> [Obs.]
Milton.
<hw>In`qui*si"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

inquisitionalis.] <def>Relating to inquiry or inquisition;
inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the
Inquisition.</def>
<blockquote>All the inquisitional rigor . . . executed upon

books.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In`qui*si"tion*a*ry</hw>, (&?;), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inquisitionnaire.] [R.] <def>Inquisitional.</def>
<hw>In*quis"i*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE.

inquisitif, F. inquisitif.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not
concern the inquirer.</def>
<blockquote>A wise man is not inquisitive about things

impertinent.</blockquote> Broome.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Given to examination, investigation, or
research; searching; curious.</def>
<blockquote>A young, inquisitive, and sprightly

genius.</blockquote> I. Watts.
Syn. -- Inquiring; prying; curious; meddling; intrusive. -

- Inquisitive, Curious, Prying. Curious
denotes a feeling, and inquisitive a habit. We are
curious when we desire to learn something new; we are
inquisitive when we set ourselves to gain it by inquiry or
research. Prying implies inquisitiveness, and is more
commonly used in a bad sense, as indicating a desire to penetrate
into the secrets of others.
<blockquote>[We] curious are to hear, 

What happens new.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>This folio of four pages [a newspaper], happy

work! 
Which not even critics criticise; that holds 
Inquisitive attention, while I read.</blockquote>
Cowper.
<blockquote>Nor need we with a prying eye survey 

The distant skies, to find the Milky Way.</blockquote>
Creech.
<hw>In*quis"i*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who is

inquisitive; one curious in research.</def> Sir W.
Temple.
<hw>In*quis"i*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inquisitive manner.</def>
<blockquote>The occasion that made him afterwards so

inquisitively apply himself to the study of
physic.</blockquote> Boyle.
<hw>In*quis"i*tive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek
explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown;
esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.</def>
<blockquote>Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded

by great activity, scrambled in at a high window.</blockquote>
Johnson.
<blockquote>Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove

that ignorance they were born with; which, without this busy
inquisitiveness, will make them dull.</blockquote>
Locke.
<hw>In*quis"i*tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F.

inquisiteur. See Inquire.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>An
inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions.</def> [R.]
"Inquisitors are tatlers." Feltham.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>One whose official duty it is
to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc.</def> Mozley
& W.
<sn>3.</sn> (R.C.Ch.) <def>A member of the Court of

Inquisition.</def>
<hw>In*quisì*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inquisitorial.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to
inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as,
inquisitorial power.</def> "Illiberal and inquisitorial
abuse." F. Blackburne.
<blockquote>He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and

censorious power even over the laity, and directed it to inquire into
all matters of conscience.</blockquote> Hume.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or

resembling its practices.</def> "Inquisitorial robes." C.
Buchanan.
<hw>In*quisì*to"ri*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inquisitorial manner.</def>
<hw>In*quisì*to"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Making

strict inquiry; inquisitorial.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<hw>In*quisì*tu"ri*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inquisitorial.</def> [Obs.] "Our inquisiturient bishops."
Milton.
<hw>In*rac"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

 in + F. racine root: cf. F. enraciner.] <def>To
enroot or implant.</def>
<hw>In*rail"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inrailed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inrailing.] <def>To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with
rails.</def> Hooker.
<hw>In*reg"is*ter</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Inregistered (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Inregistering.] [Pref. in- in +
register: cf. F. enregistrer. Cf. Enregister.]
<def>To register; to enter, as in a register.</def> [R.]
Walsh.
<hw>In"road`</hw> (&ibreve;n"r&omacr;d`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of
hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid;
encroachment.</def>
<blockquote>The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the

daily inroads of the enemy.</blockquote> Clarendon.
<blockquote>With perpetual inroads to alarm, 

Though inaccessible, his fatal throne.</blockquote>
Milton.
Syn. -- Invasion; incursion; irruption. See
Invasion.
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<hw>In*road"</hw> (&ibreve;n*r&omacr;d"), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Inroaded; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inroading.] <def>To make an inroad into; to
invade.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded

Aquitaine.</blockquote> Fuller.
<hw>In*roll"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enroll.</def>
<hw>In"run`ning</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or the

place of entrance; an inlet.</def> Tennyson.
<hw>In"rush`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A rush inwards;

as, the inrush of the tide.</def> G. Eliot.
<hw>In*rush"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To rush

in.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>||In*sab`ba*ta"ti</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [LL.

Insabatati. See 1st In-, and Sabot.] <def>The
Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiarly cut or marked
sabots, or shoes.</def>
<hw>In*safe"ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Insecurity;

danger.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*salì*va"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Physiol.) <def>The mixing of the food with the saliva and
other secretions of the mouth in eating.</def>
<hw>In`sa*lu"bri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + salubrious: cf. L. insalubris, F.
insalubre.] <def>Not salubrious or healthful; unwholesome; as,
an insalubrious air or climate.</def>
<hw>In`sa*lu"bri*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

insalubrite.] <def>Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the
insalubrity of air, water, or climate.</def>
Boyle.
<hw>In*sal"u*ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insaluteris : cf. F. insalutaire. See In- not,
and Salutary.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not salutary or
wholesome; unfavorable to health.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not tending to safety; productive of

evil.</def>
<hw>In*sanà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being insanable or incurable; insanableness.</def>
<hw>In*san"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
insanabilis; cf. OF. insanable. See In- not, and
Sanable.] <def>Not capable of being healed; incurable;
irremediable.</def>
<hw>In*san"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being insanable; insanability; incurableness.</def>
<hw>In*san"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an incurable

manner.</def>
<hw>In*sane"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. insanus.

See In- not, and Sane.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad;
deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity,
2.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Used by, or appropriated to, insane

persons; as, an insane hospital.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Causing insanity or madness.</def>

[R.]
<blockquote>Or have we eaten on the insaneroot 

That takes the reason prisoner ?</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Characterized by insanity or the utmost

folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>I know not which was the insane

measure.</blockquote> Southey.
<hw>In*sane"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without reason;

madly; foolishly.</def>
<hw>In*sane"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Insanity;

madness.</def>
<hw>In*sa"ni*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To render

unsound; to make mad.</def> [Obs.] Feltham.
<hw>In*sa"nie</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Insanity.</def>

<hw>In*san"i*ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of
drainage.</def>
<hw>In*sanì*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Lack of

sanitation; careless or dangerous hygienic conditions.</def>
<hw>In*san"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insanitas unsoundness; cf. insania insanity, F.
insanite.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being insane;
unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.</def>
<blockquote>All power of fancy over reason is a degree of
insanity.</blockquote> Johnson.
<blockquote>Without grace 
The heart's insanity admits no cure.</blockquote>
Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>Such a mental condition, as,

either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to
distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under
action, does away with individual responsibility.</def>
Syn. -- Insanity, Lunacy, Madness,

Derangement, Alienation, Aberration,
Mania, Delirium, Frenzy, Monomania,
Dementia. Insanity is the generic term for all such
diseases; lunacy has now an equal extent of meaning, though
once used to denote periodical insanity; madness has the same
extent, though originally referring to the rage created by the
disease; derangement, alienation, are popular terms for
insanity; delirium, mania, and frenzy denote
excited states of the disease; dementia denotes the loss of
mental power by this means; monomania is insanity upon a
single subject.
<hw>In*sa"po*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + sapor.] <def>Tasteless; unsavory.</def> [R.] Sir T.
Herbert.
<hw>In*sa`tia*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>, [L.

insatiabilitas; cf. F. insatiabilite.] <def> The state
or quality of being insatiable; insatiableness.</def>
<blockquote>Eagerness for increase of possession deluges the soul,

and we sink into the gulfs of insatiability.</blockquote>
Rambler.
<hw>In*sa"tia*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

insatiable, L. ionsatiabilis. See In- not, and
Satiable.] <def>Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or
appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or
desire.</def>
<blockquote>"Insatiable of glory."</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In*sa"tia*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Greediness

of appetite that can not be satisfied or appeased;
insatiability.</def>
<blockquote>The eye of the covetous hath a more particular

insatiableness.</blockquote> Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*sa"tia*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

insatiable manner or degree; unappeasably.</def> "Insatiably
covetous." South.
<hw>In*sa"ti*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insatiatus.] <def>Insatiable; as, insatiate
thirst.</def>
<blockquote>The insatiate greediness of his

desires.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>And still insatiate, thirsting still for

blood.</blockquote> Hook.
<hw>In*sa"ti*ate*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Insatiably.</def> Sir T. Herbert.
<hw>In*sa"ti*ate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being insatiate.</def>
<hw>In`sa*ti"e*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insatietas: cf. F. insatiete. See Satiety.]
<def>Insatiableness.</def> T. Grander.
<hw>In*satìs*fac"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Insufficiency; emptiness.</def> [Obs.]
Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Dissatisfaction.</def> [Obs.] Sir T.

Browne.
<hw>In*sat"u*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insaturabilis: cf. F. insaturable. See In- not,
and Saturable.] <def>Not capable of being saturated or
satisfied.</def>
<hw>In"science</hw> (&ibreve;n"shens; 277),

<pos>n.</pos> [L. inscientia: cf. F. inscience.]
<def>Want of knowledge; ignorance.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In"scient</hw> (&ibreve;n"shent), <pos>a.</pos>

[L. insciens, -entis, ignorant. See In- not, and
Scient, Science.] <def>Having little or no knowledge;
ignorant; stupid; silly.</def> [R.] N. Bacon.
<hw>In"scient</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- in + L.

sciens knowing.] <def>Having knowledge or insight;
intelligent.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Gaze on, with inscient vision, toward the

sun.</blockquote> Mrs. Browning.
<hw>In*sconce"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Ensconce.</def>
<hw>In*scrib"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane
figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or
figures.</def>
<hw>In*scrib"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of

being inscribable.</def>
<hw>In*scribe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> Inscribed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inscribing.] [L. inscribere. See 1st
In-, and Scribe.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To write or
engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.</def>
<blockquote>Inscribe a verse on this relenting

stone.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To mark with letters, characters, or

words.</def>
<blockquote>O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy

stone.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To assign or address to; to commend to by

a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an
ode to a friend.</def> Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp;

as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Geom.) <def>To draw within so as to

meet yet not cut the boundaries.</def>
&fist; A line is inscribed in a circle, or in a sphere,

when its two ends are in the circumference of the circle, or in the
surface of the sphere. A triangle is inscribed in another
triangle, when the three angles of the former are severally on the
three sides of the latter. A circle is inscribed in a polygon,
when it touches each side of the polygon. A sphere is
inscribed in a polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary
plane of the polyhedron. The latter figure in each case is
circumscribed about the former.
<hw>In*scrib"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

inscribes.</def> Pownall.
<hw>In*scrip"ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being inscribed; inscribable.</def>
<hw>In*scrip"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inscriptio, fr. inscribere, inscriptum, to
inscribe: cf. F. inscription. See Inscribe.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of inscribing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is inscribed; something written

or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a
solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as,
inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals,
etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Anat.) <def>A line of division or

intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or
intersections, of a muscle.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>An address, consignment, or informal

dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an
invitation of patronage.</def>
<hw>In*scrip"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bearing

inscription; of the character or nature of an inscription.</def>
<hw>In*scroll"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inscrolled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inscrolling.] <def>To write on a scroll; to
record.</def> [Written also inscrol.] Shak.
<hw>In*scru`ta*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness.</def>
<hw>In*scru"ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not,
and Scrutiny.] <def>Unsearchable; incapable of being searched
into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to
be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure;
incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or
event.</def>
<blockquote>'T is not in man 

To yield a reason for the will of Heaven 
Which is inscrutable.</blockquote> Beau. & Fl.
<blockquote>Waiving a question so inscrutable as

this.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<hw>In*scru"ta*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability.</def>
<hw>In*scru"ta*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inscrutable manner.</def>
<hw>In*sculp"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

insculpere: cf. F. insculper. See 1st In-, and
Sculptor.] <def>To engrave; to carve; to sculpture.</def>
[Obs. & R.] Shak.
<blockquote>Which he insculped in two likely

stones.</blockquote> Drayton.
<hw>In*sculp"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Inscription.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*sculp"ture</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

engraving, carving, or inscription.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>On his gravestone this

insculpture.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*sculp"tured</hw> (?), <pos>p. a.</pos>

<def>Engraved.</def> Glover.
<hw>In*seam"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inseamed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inseaming.] <def>To impress or mark with a seam or
cicatrix.</def> Pope.
<hw>In*search"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make
search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>In*sec"a*ble</hw> (&ibreve;n*s&ebreve;k"&adot;*b'l),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. insecabilis; pref. in- not +
secabilis that may be cut: cf. F. insecable.]
<def>Incapable of being divided by cutting; indivisible.</def>
<hw>In"sect</hw> (&ibreve;n"s&ebreve;kt), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

insecte, L. insectum, fr. insectus, p. p. of
insecare to cut in. See Section. The name was
originally given to certain small animals, whose bodies appear cut
in, or almost divided. Cf. Entomology.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>One of the Insecta; esp.,
one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.</def>
&fist; The hexapod insects pass through three stages during their
growth, viz., the larva, pupa, and imago or adult, but in some of the
orders the larva differs little from the imago, except in lacking
wings, and the active pupa is very much like the larva, except in
having rudiments of wings. In the higher orders, the larva is usually
a grub, maggot, or caterpillar, totally unlike the adult, while the
pupa is very different from both larva and imago and is inactive,
taking no food.
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any air-breathing

arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any small crustacean.

In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small
invertebrates.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible

person or thing.</def> Thomson.
<col>Insect powder</col>, <cd>a powder used for the

extermination of insects; esp., the powdered flowers of certain
species of Pyrethrum, a genus now merged in
Chrysanthemum. Called also Persian powder.</cd>
<hw>In"sect</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Like an insect; small; mean;

ephemeral.</def>
<hw>||In*sec"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See

Insect.] <sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>One of
the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of
antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means
of tracheæ, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body.
In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the
Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect,
<pos>n.</pos></def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>In a more restricted

sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>In the most general

sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.</def>
&fist; The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided into

several orders, viz.: Hymenoptera, as the bees and ants;
Diptera, as the common flies and gnats; Aphaniptera, or
fleas; Lepidoptera, or moths and butterflies;
Neuroptera, as the ant-lions and hellgamite;
Coleoptera, or beetles; Hemiptera, as bugs, lice,
aphids; Orthoptera, as grasshoppers and cockroaches;
Pseudoneuroptera, as the dragon flies and termites;
Euplexoptera, or earwigs; Thysanura, as the
springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these words in the
Vocabulary.
<hw>In"sec*ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A place for

keeping living insects.</def> -- <wf>In`sec*ta"ri*um</wf> (#),
<pos>n.</pos> [L.]
<hw>In`sec*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insectatio. See Insectator.] <def>The act of pursuing;
pursuit; harassment; persecution.</def> [Obs.] Sir T.
More.
<hw>In`sec*ta"tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr.

insectari to pursue, freq. fr. insequi. See
Ensue.] <def>A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious
critic.</def> [Obs.] Bailey.
<hw>In"sect*ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to,

having the nature of, or resembling, an insect.</def>
Howell.
<hw>In*sec"ti*cide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Insect +

L. caedere to kill.] <def>An agent or preparation for
destroying insects; an insect powder.</def> --
<wf>In*sec"ti*ci`dal</wf> (#), <pos>a.</pos>
<hw>In*sec"tile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to,

or having the nature of, insects.</def> Bacon.
<hw>In*sec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Insect.] <def>A cutting in; incisure; incision.</def>
<hw>||In`sec*tiv"o*ra</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.,

from L. insectum an insect + vorare to devour.]
(Zoöl.) <sn>1.</sn> <def>An order of mammals which
feed principally upon insects.</def>
&fist; They are mostly of small size, and their molar teeth have
sharp cusps. Most of the species burrow in the earth, and many of
those of cold climates hibernate in winter. The order includes the
moles, shrews, hedgehogs, tanrecs, and allied animals, also the
colugo.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A division of the Cheiroptera, including

the common or insect-eating bats.</def>
<hw>In*sec"ti*vore</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Insectivores</plw> (-v&omacr;rz). [F.]
(Zoöl.) <def>One of the Insectivora.</def>
<hw>In`sec*tiv"o*rous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Insectivora.] <def>Feeding or subsisting on insects;
carnivorous.</def> The term is applied: <sd>(a)</sd> to
<def>plants which have some special adaptation for catching and
digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia,
etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> to <def>the Insectivora, and to many
bats, birds, and reptiles.</def>
<hw>In`sec*tol"o*ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

entomologist.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`sec*tol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Insect

+ -logy: cf. F. insectologie.] <def>Entomology.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>In`se*cure"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful;
suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.</def>
<blockquote>With sorrow and insecure

apprehensions.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not effectually guarded, protected, or

sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss.</def> Bp.
Hurg.
<blockquote>The trade with Egypt was exceedingly insecure

and precarious.</blockquote> Mickle.
<hw>In`se*cure"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an insecure

manner.</def>
<hw>In`se*cure"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Insecurity.</def>
<hw>In`se*cu"ri*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Insecurities</plw> (#). [Pref. in- not +
security : cf. LL. insecuritas, F. insecurite.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition or quality of being insecure;
want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a
building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of feeling insecure;

uncertainty; want of confidence.</def>
<blockquote>With what insecurity of truth we ascribe

effects . . . unto arbitrary calculations.</blockquote> Sir T.
Browne.
<blockquote>A time of insecurity, when interests of all

sorts become objects of speculation.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In`se*cu"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
insecutio, fr. insequi p. p. insecutus. See
Ensue.] <def>A following after; close pursuit.</def> [Obs.]
Chapman.
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<hw>In*sem"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

inseminatus, p. p. of inseminare to sow. See
Seminate.] <def>To sow; to impregnate.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*semì*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

sowing.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*sen"sate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insensatus. See In- not, and Sensate.]
<def>Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid;
foolish.</def>
<blockquote>The silence and the calm 

Of mute, insensate things.</blockquote> Wordsworth.
<blockquote>The meddling folly or insensate ambition of

statesmen.</blockquote> Buckle.
-- <wf>In*sen"sate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*sen"sate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*sense"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

in + sense.] <def>To make to understand; to instruct.</def>
[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
<hw>In*sen`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

insensibilité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being insensible;

want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the
insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Want of tenderness or susceptibility of

emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity.</def>
Syn. -- Dullness; numbness; unfeelingness; stupidity;

torpor; apathy; impassiveness; indifference.
<hw>In*sen"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insensibilis: cf. F. insensible. See In- not,
and Sensible.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Destitute of the power of feeling or

perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.</def> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not susceptible of emotion or passion;

void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as,
insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with
of or to.</def>
<blockquote>Accept an obligation without being a slave to the

giver, or insensible to his kindness.</blockquote> Sir H.
Wotton.
<blockquote>Lost in their loves, insensible of

shame.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Incapable of being perceived by the

senses; imperceptible. Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees;
slow; gradual; as, insensible motion.</def>
<blockquote>Two small and almost insensible pricks were

found upon Cleopatra's arm.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<blockquote>They fall away, 

And languish with insensible decay.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Not sensible or reasonable;

meaningless.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>If it make the indictment be insensible or

uncertain, it shall be quashed.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
Syn. -- Imperceptible; imperceivable; dull; stupid; torpid;

numb; unfeeling; apathetic; stoical; impassive; indifferent;
unsusceptible; hard; callous.
<hw>In*sen"si*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Insensibility.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*sen"si*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner

not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually.</def>
<blockquote>The hills rise insensibly.</blockquote>

Addison.
<hw>In*sen"si*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.</def>
Tillotson. Ruskin.
<hw>In*sen"su*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + sensuous.] <def>Not sensuous; not pertaining to,
affecting, or addressing, the senses.</def>
<blockquote>That intermediate door 

Betwixt the different planes of sensuous form 
And form insensuous.</blockquote> Mrs. Browning.
<hw>In*sen"ti*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

sentient; not having perception, or the power of
perception.</def>
<blockquote>The . . . attributes of an insentient, inert

substance.</blockquote> Reid.
<blockquote>But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the

rose, because it is insentient.</blockquote> Sir W.
Hamilton.
<hw>In*sepà*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
inseparabilitas: cf. F. inséparabilité.]
<def>The quality or state of being inseparable;
inseparableness.</def> Locke.
<hw>In*sep"a*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inseparabilis: cf. F. inséparable. See In-
, and Separable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not separable; incapable of being

separated or disjoined.</def>
<blockquote>The history of every language is inseparable

from that of the people by whom it is spoken.</blockquote>
Mure.
<blockquote>Liberty and union, now and forever, one and

inseparable.</blockquote> D. Webster.
<sn>2.</sn> (Gram.) <def>Invariably attached to some

word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-
.</def>
<hw>In*sep"a*ra*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability.</def> Bp.
Burnet.
<hw>In*sep"a*ra*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inseparable manner or condition; so as not to be separable.</def>
Bacon.
<blockquote>And cleaves through life inseparably

close.</blockquote> Cowper.
<hw>In*sep"a*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inseparatus. See In- not, and Separate.]
<def>Not separate; together; united.</def> Shak.
<hw>In*sep"a*rate*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Inseparably.</def> [Obs.] Cranmer.
<hw>In*sert"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inserted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inserting.] [L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to
insert; pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See
Series.] <def>To set within something; to put or thrust in; to
introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to
insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or
passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a
newspaper.</def>
<blockquote>These words were very weakly inserted where

they will be so liable to misconstruction.</blockquote> Bp.
<hw>In*sert"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; --
said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla,
and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the
receptacle.</def> Gray.
<hw>In*sert"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A setting in.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Something inserted or set in, as lace,

etc., in garments.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*ser"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insertio: cf. F. insertion. See Insert.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inserting; as, the

insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words
or passages in writings.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The condition or mode of being inserted or

attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is set in or inserted,

especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or
cambric.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The point or part by which

a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in
contradistinction to its origin.</def>
<col>Epigynous insertion</col> (Bot.), <cd>the

insertion of stamens upon the ovary.</cd> -- <col>Hypogynous
insertion</col> (Bot.), <cd>insertion beneath the
ovary.</cd>
<hw>In*serve"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [L.

inservire; in- in + servire to serve.] <def>To
be of use to an end; to serve.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*serv"i*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inserviens, p. pr. of inservire.] <def>Conducive;
instrumental.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*ses"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insessio, fr. insidere, insessum, to sit in. See
Insidious.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of sitting, as in a tub or

bath.</def> "Used by way of fomentation, insession, or bath."
[R.] Holland.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That in which one sits, as a bathing

tub.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Insessions be bathing tubs half

full.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>||In*ses"sor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Insessores</plw> (#). [See Insessores.]
(Zoöl.) <def>One of the Insessores. The group includes
most of the common singing birds.</def>
<hw>||In`ses*so"res</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.

L. insessor, lit., one who sits down, fr. incidere. See
Insession.] (Zoöl.) <def>An order of birds,
formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally
regarded as an artificial group.</def>
<hw>In`ses*so"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or having
the character of, perching birds.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Belonging or pertaining to the

Insessores.</def>
<hw>In*set"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To infix.</def>

<hw>In"set</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bookbinding) <def>One or more separate

leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: <sd>(a)</sd> A
portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut
off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to
complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut.
<sd>(b)</sd> A page or pages of advertisements
inserted.</def>
<hw>In*sev"er*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being severed; indivisible; inseparable.</def> De
Quincey.
<hw>In*shad"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Marked with

different shades.</def> W. Browne.
<hw>In"shave`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mech.) <def>A

plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel
staves.</def>
<hw>In*sheathe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To insert

as in a sheath; to sheathe.</def> Hughes.
<hw>In*shell"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To hide in a

shell.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>In*ship"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

embark.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>In"shore`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being near or

moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries;
inshore currents.</def> -- <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Towards
the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore.</def>
<hw>In*shrine"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enshrine.</def>
<hw>In`sic*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

process of drying in.</def>
<hw>In"side`</hw> (?), <pos>prep.</pos> or

<pos>adv.</pos> <def>Within the sides of; in the interior;
contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle,
etc.</def>
<hw>In"side`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained;
interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach;
inside decoration.</def>
<blockquote>Kissing with inside lip.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Adapted to the interior.</def>
<col>Inside callipers</col> (Mech.), <cd>callipers

for measuring the diameters of holes, etc.</cd> -- <col>Inside
finish</col> (Arch.), <cd>a general term for the final
work in any building necessary for its completion, but other than
unusual decoration; thus, in joiner work, the doors and windows,
inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards,
and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing
coat, the cornices, centerpieces, etc.; in painting, all simple
painting of woodwork and plastering.</cd> -- <col>Inside
track</col>, <cd>the inner part of a race course; hence,
colloquially, advantage of place, facilities, etc., in
competition.</cd>
<hw>In"side`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The part within; interior or internal portion;
content.</def>
<blockquote>Looked he o' the inside of the

paper?</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> pl. <def>The inward parts; entrails;

bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and
feelings.</def>
<blockquote>Here's none but friends; we may speak 

Our insides freely.</blockquote> Massinger.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An inside passenger of a coach or

carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.</def> [Colloq.
Eng.]
<blockquote>So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides 

The Derby dilly, carrying three insides.</blockquote> Anti-
Jacobin.
<col>Patent insides</col> or <col>outsides</col>,

<cd>a name give to newspaper sheets printed on one side with general
and miscellaneous matter, and furnished wholesale to offices of small
newspapers, where the blank pages are filled up with recent and local
news.</cd>
<hw>In*sid"i*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.
insidiatus, p. p. of insidiare to lie in ambush, fr.
insidiae. See Insidious.] <def>To lie in ambush
for.</def> [Obs.] Heywood.
<hw>In*sid"i*a`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>One

who lies in ambush.</def> [Obs.] Barrow.
<hw>In*sid"i*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere
to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit: cf. F.
insidieux. See Sit.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to

insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe.</def> "The insidious witch."
Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Intended to entrap; characterized by

treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts.</def>
<blockquote>The insidious whisper of the bad

angel.</blockquote> Hawthorne.
<col>Insidious disease</col> (Med.), <cd>a disease

existing, without marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon
some slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as it
really is.</cd>
Syn. -- Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;

circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive.
-- <wf>In*sid"i*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*sid"i*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In"sight`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection
or view; introspection; -- frequently used with
into.</def>
<blockquote>He had an insight into almost all the secrets

of state.</blockquote> Jortin.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Power of acute observation and deduction;

penetration; discernment; perception.</def>
<blockquote>Quickest insight 
In all things that to greatest actions lead.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In*sig"ni*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L.

insigne, pl. insignia, fr. insignis
distinguished by a mark; pref. in- in + signum a mark,
sign. See Ensign, Sign.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Distinguishing marks of authority, office,

or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of
royalty or of an order.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Typical and characteristic marks or signs,
by which anything is known or distinguished; as, the insignia
of a trade.</def>
<hw>In`sig*nif"i*cance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition or quality of being
insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the
insignificance of words or phrases.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Want of force or effect; unimportance;

pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human
art.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Want of claim to consideration or notice;

want of influence or standing; meanness.</def>
<blockquote>Reduce him, from being the first person in the nation,

to a state of insignificance.</blockquote> Beattie.
<hw>In`sig*nif"i*can*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Insignificance.</def>
<hw>In`sig*nif"i*cant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not significant; void of signification,
sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant
words.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Having no weight or effect; answering no

purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile.</def>
<blockquote>Laws must be insignificant without the sanction

of rewards and punishments.</blockquote> Bp. Wilkins.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Without weight of character or social

standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant
person.</def>
Syn. -- Unimportant; immaterial; inconsiderable; small;

inferior; trivial; mean; contemptible.
<hw>In`sig*nif"i*cant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>without

significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose.</def> "Anger
insignificantly fierce." Cowper.
<hw>In`sig*nif"i*ca*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insignificativus. See In- not, and
Significative.] <def>Not expressing meaning; not
significant.</def>
<hw>In*sign"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Insignia.] <def>A token, mark, or explanation.</def> [Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.
<hw>In*sim"u*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

insimulatus, p. p. of insimulare to accuse.] <def>To
accuse.</def> [Obs.] Donne.
<hw>In`sin*cere"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
insincerus. See In- not, and Sincere.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not being in truth what one appears to be;

not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful;
false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as,
insincere declarations.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>To render sleep's soft blessings

insincere.</blockquote> Pope.
Syn. -- Dissembling; hollow; hypocritical; deceptive

deceitful; false; disingenuous; untrustworthy.
<hw>In`sin*cere"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

sincerity.</def>
<hw>In`sin*cer"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

insincérité.] <def>The quality of being
insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears
to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness;
untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend;
the insincerity of professions of regard.</def>
<blockquote>What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is

commonly no other thing than dissimulation and
insincerity.</blockquote> Blair.
<hw>In*sin"ew</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Insinewed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Insinewing.] <def>To strengthen, as with sinews; to
invigorate.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>All members of our cause, . . . 

That are insinewed to this action.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>In*sin"u*ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insinuans, p. pr.: cf. F. insinuant.] <def>Insinuating;
insinuative.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*sin"u*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Insinuated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Insinuating.] [L. insinuatus, p. p. of
insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the
bosom. See Sinuous.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To introduce gently or slowly, as by a

winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent
movement.</def>
<blockquote>The water easily insinuates itself into, and

placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To introduce artfully; to infuse gently;
to instill.</def>
<blockquote>All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness,

are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the
passions, and thereby mislead the judgment.</blockquote>
Locke.
<blockquote>Horace laughs to shame all follies and

insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the
severity of precepts.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; --

often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate
anything?</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To push or work (one's self), as into

favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate;
-- used reflexively.</def>
<blockquote>He insinuated himself into the very good grace

of the Duke of Buckingham.</blockquote> Clarendon.
Syn. -- To instill; hint; suggest; intimate.
<hw>In*sin"u*ate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or
imperceptibly, as into crevices.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access

or favor by flattery or cunning.</def>
<blockquote>He would insinuate with thee but to make thee

sigh.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my

limbs.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*sin"u*a`ting</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Winding,

creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning
favor and confidence insensibly.</def> Milton.
<blockquote>His address was courteous, and even

insinuating.</blockquote> Prescott.
<hw>In*sin"u*a`ting*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

insinuation.</def>
<hw>In*sin"u*a`tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insinuatio: cf. F. insinuation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of insinuating; a

creeping, winding, or flowing in.</def>
<blockquote>By a soft insinuation mix'd 

With earth's large mass.</blockquote> Crashaw.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of gaining favor, affection, or

influence, by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good
sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.</def> Sir H.
Wotton.
<blockquote>I hope through the insinuation of Lord

Scarborough to keep them here till further orders.</blockquote>
Lady Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The art or power of gaining good will by a

prepossessing manner.</def>
<blockquote>He bad a natural insinuation and address which

made him acceptable in the best company.</blockquote>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>That which is insinuated; a hint; a

suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be
conveyed by insinuations.</def>
<blockquote>I scorn your coarse insinuation.</blockquote>

Cowper.
Syn. -- Hint; intimation; suggestion. See

Innuendo.
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<hw>In*sin"u*a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

insinuatif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Stealing on or into the confidence or

affections; having power to gain favor.</def> "Crafty,
insinuative, plausible men." Bp. Reynolds.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Using insinuations; giving hints;

insinuating; as, insinuative remark.</def>
<hw>In*sin"u*a`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., an

introducer.] <def>One who, or that which, insinuates.</def> De
Foe.
<hw>In*sin"u*a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Insinuative.</def>
<hw>In*sip"id</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. insipidus;

pref. in- not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to
taste: cf. F. insipide. See Savor.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Wanting in the qualities which affect the

organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as,
insipid drink or food.</def> Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Wanting in spirit, life, or animation;

uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid
woman; an insipid composition.</def>
<blockquote>Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to

him.</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to
say so, almost insipid.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- Tasteless; vapid; dull; spiritless; unanimated;

lifeless; flat; stale; pointless; uninteresting.
{ <hw>In`si*pid"i*ty</hw> (?), <hw>In*sip"id*ness</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. insipidité.] <def>The
quality or state of being insipid; vapidity.</def> "Dryden's lines
shine strongly through the insipidity of Tate's."
Pope.
<hw>In*sip"id*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an insipid

manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly.</def> Locke.
Sharp.
<hw>In*sip"i*ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insipientia: cf. OF. insipience.] <def>Want of
intelligence; stupidity; folly.</def> [R.] Blount.
<hw>In*sip"i*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insipiens; pref. in- not + sapiens wise.]
<def>Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish.</def> [R.] Clarendon. --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>An insipient person.</def> [R.]
Fryth.
<hw>In*sist"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Insisted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Insisting.] [F. insister, L. insistere to set
foot upon, follow, persist; pref. in- in + sistere to
stand, cause to stand. See Stand.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To stand or rest; to find support; -- with

in, on, or upon.</def> [R.] Ray.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To take a stand and refuse to give way; to

hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent,
or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on,
upon, or that; as, he insisted on these
conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists
that he must have money.</def>
<blockquote>Insisting on the old prerogative.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Without further insisting on the different

tempers of Juvenal and Horace.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- Insist, Persist. -- Insist

implies some alleged right, as authority or claim. Persist may
be from obstinacy alone, and either with or against rights. We
insist as against others; we persist in what
exclusively relates to ourselves; as, he persisted in that
course; he insisted on his friend's adopting it. C. J.
Smith.
<hw>In*sist"ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon
as of special importance; persistence; urgency.</def>
<hw>In*sist"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insistens, -entis, p. pr. of insistere.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Standing or resting on something; as, an

insistent wall.</def> Sir H. Wotton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Insisting; persistent;

persevering.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>See

Incumbent.</def>
<hw>In*sist"ent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

insistent manner.</def>
<hw>In*sis"ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.</def>
<hw>In*si"ti*en*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + L. sitiens, p. pr. of sitire to be thirsty,
fr. sitis thirst.] <def>Freedom from thirst.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The insitiency of a camel for traveling in

deserts.</blockquote> Grew.
<hw>In*si"tion</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insitio, fr. inserere, insitum, to sow or plant
in, to ingraft; pref. in- in + serere, satum, to
sow.] <def>The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment.</def>
Ray.
<hw>||In` si"tu</hw> (?). [L.] <def>In its natural position or

place; -- said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in
which it was originally formed or deposited.</def>
<hw>In*snare"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Insnared (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Insnaring.] [Written also ensnare.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by

artificial means.</def> "Insnare a gudgeon."
Fenton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to

involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to
inveigle; to allure; to entangle.</def>
<blockquote>The insnaring charms 

Of love's soft queen.</blockquote> Glover.
<hw>In*snar"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

insnares.</def>
<hw>In*snarl"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make into

a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl.</def> [Obs.]
Cotgrave.
<hw>In`so*bri"e*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + &?;obriety: cf. F.
insobriété.] <def>Want of sobriety, moderation,
or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.</def>
<hw>In*so`cia*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

insociabilité.] <def>The quality of being insociable;
want of sociability; unsociability.</def> [R.] Bp.
Warburton.
<hw>In*so"cia*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insociabilis: cf. F. insociable. See In- not,
and Sociable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Incapable of being associated, joined, or

connected.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Lime and wood are insociable.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not sociable or companionable; disinclined

to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable;
taciturn.</def>
<blockquote>This austere insociable life.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>In*so"cia*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Unsociably.</def>
<hw>In*so"ci*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse.</def>
[Obs.] "The insociate virgin life." B. Jonson.
<hw>In"so*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Insolated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Insolating.] [L. insolatus, p. p. of
insolare to expose to the sun; pref. in- in +
sol the sun.] <def>To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays;
to ripen or prepare by such exposure.</def> Johnson.
<hw>In`so*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insolatio: cf. F. insolation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process to exposing to the rays

of the sun for the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs,
etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

sunstroke.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Exposure of a patient to
the sun's rays; a sun bath.</def>
<hw>In"sole`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The inside sole

of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc.,
placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease.</def>
<hw>In"so*lence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.
insolence, L. insolentia. See Insolent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being unusual or

novel.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The quality of being insolent; pride or

haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of
others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence.</def>
<blockquote>Flown with insolence and wine.</blockquote>

Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Insolent conduct or treatment;

insult.</def>
<blockquote>Loaded with fetters and insolences from the

soldiers.</blockquote> Fuller.
<hw>In"so*lence</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

insult.</def> [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.
<hw>In"so*len*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Insolence.</def> [R.] Evelyn.
<hw>In"so*lent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. insolent,

L. insolens, -entis, pref. in- not +
solens accustomed, p. pr. of solere to be
accustomed.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Deviating from that which is customary;

novel; strange; unusual.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>If one chance to derive any word from the Latin which
is insolent to their ears . . . they forthwith make a jest at
it.</blockquote> Pettie.
<blockquote>If any should accuse me of being new or

insolent.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in

behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or
disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an
insolent servant.</def> "A paltry, insolent fellow."
Shak.
<blockquote>Insolent is he that despiseth in his judgment

all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his
speaking, and of his bearing.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Can you not see? or will ye not observe . . . 

How insolent of late he is become, 
How proud, how peremptory?</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Proceeding from or characterized by

insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or
behavior.</def>
<blockquote>Their insolent triumph excited . . .
indignation.</blockquote> Macaulay.
Syn. -- Overbearing; insulting; abusive; offensive; saucy;

impudent; audacious; pert; impertinent; rude; reproachful;
opprobrious. -- Insolent, Insulting. Insolent,
in its primitive sense, simply denoted unusual; and to act
insolently was to act in violation of the established rules of
social intercourse. He who did this was insolent; and thus the
word became one of the most offensive in our language, indicating
gross disregard for the feelings of others. Insulting denotes
a personal attack, either in words or actions, indicative either of
scorn or triumph. Compare Impertinent, Affront,
Impudence.
<hw>In"so*lent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an insolent

manner.</def>
<hw>In`so*lid"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + solidity: cf. F. insolidité.]
<def>Want of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an
argument.</def> [R.] Dr. H. More.
<hw>In*solù*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insolubilitas: cf. F. insolubilité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being insoluble or

not dissolvable, as in a fluid.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The quality of being inexplicable or

insolvable.</def>
<hw>In*sol"u*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insolubilis indissoluble, that can not be loosed: cf. F.
insoluble. See In- not, and Soluble, and cf.
Insolvable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not soluble; in capable or difficult of

being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in
water.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not to be solved or explained; insolvable;

as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Strong.</def> "An insoluble wall."

[Obs.] Holland
<hw>In*sol"u*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or state of being insoluble; insolubility.</def> Boyle.
<hw>In*solv"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no
solution or explanation; as, an insolvable problem or
difficulty.</def> I. Watts.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Incapable of being paid or discharged, as

debts.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not capable of being loosed or
disentangled; inextricable.</def> "Bands insolvable."
Pope.
<hw>In*sol"ven*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Insolvencies</plw> (&?;). (Law)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>The condition of being insolvent; the state
or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who
is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course
of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the
owner; as, the insolvency of an estate.</def>
<col>Act of insolvency</col>. <cd>See Insolvent law

under Insolvent, <pos>a.</pos></cd>
<hw>In*sol"vent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + solvent: cf. OF. insolvent.] (Law)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to
pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the
ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent
debtor.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Not sufficient to pay all the
debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate.</def>
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>Relating to persons unable to pay their
debts.</def>
<col>Insolvent law</col>, or <col>Act of

insolvency</col>, <cd>a law affording relief, -- subject to
various modifications in different States, -- to insolvent debtors,
upon their delivering up their property for the benefit of their
creditors. See Bankrupt law, under Bankrupt,
<pos>a.</pos></cd>
<hw>In*sol"vent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Law) <def>One

who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861,
especially applied to persons not traders.</def> Bouvier.
<hw>In*som"ni*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr.

insomnis sleepless; pref. in- not + somnus
sleep.] <def>Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness;
sleeplessness.</def>
<hw>In*som"ni*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insomniosus, fr. insomnia insomnia.] <def>Restless;
sleepless.</def> Blount.
<hw>In*som"no*lence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Sleeplessness.</def>
<hw>In`so*much"</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>So; to such

a degree; in such wise; -- followed by that or as, and
formerly sometimes by both. Cf. Inasmuch.</def>
<blockquote>Insomusch as that field is called . . .

Aceldama.</blockquote> Acts i. 19.
<blockquote>Simonides was an excellent poet, insomuch that

he made his fortune by it.</blockquote> L'Estrange.
<hw>In`so*no"rous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not clear or

melodious.</def>
<hw>In*sooth"</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In sooth;

truly.</def> [Archaic]
<hw>||In`sou`ciance"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.]

<def>Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness;
unconcern.</def>
<hw>||In`sou`ciant"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.]

<def>Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned.</def> J. S.
Mill.
<hw>In*soul"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To set a soul

in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>[He] could not but insoul himself in

her.</blockquote> Feltham.
<hw>In*span"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> [D.

inspannen.] <def>To yoke or harness, as oxen to a
vehicle.</def> [South Africa]

<hw>In*spect"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inspected; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inspecting.] [L. inspectus, p. p. of inspicere
to inspect; pref. in- in + specere to look at, to
view: cf. F. inspecter, fr. L. inspectare, freq. fr.
inspicere. See Spy.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To look upon; to view closely and

critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to
detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as,
to inspect conduct.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To view and examine officially, as troops,

arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to
superintend.</def> Sir W. Temple.
<hw>In*spect"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. inspectus. See

Inspect, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <def>Inspection.</def>
[Obs.] Thomson.
<hw>In*spec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inspectio: cf. F. inspection.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a
strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny;
investigation.</def> Spenser.
<blockquote>With narrow search, and with inspection

deep, 
Considered every creature.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of overseeing; official
examination or superintendence.</def>
<col>Trial by inspection</col> (O. Eng. Law), <cd>a

mode of trial in which the case was settled by the individual
observation and decision of the judge upon the testimony of his own
senses, without the intervention of a jury.</cd> Abbott.
<hw>In*spect"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inspectivus.] <def>Engaged in inspection; inspecting;
involving inspection.</def>
<hw>In*spect"or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F.

inspecteur.] <def>One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to
whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an
official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a
superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer.</def>
<col>Inspector general</col> (Mil.), <cd>a staff

officer of an army, whose duties are those of inspection, and embrace
everything relative to organization, recruiting, discharge,
administration, accountability for money and property, instruction,
police, and discipline.</cd>
<hw>In*spect"or*ate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Inspectorship.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`spec*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*spect"or*ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The office of an inspector.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The district embraced by an inspector's

jurisdiction.</def>
<hw>In*spect"ress</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female

inspector.</def>
<hw>In*sperse"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

inspersus, p. p. of inspergere to sprinkle upon; pref.
in- in, on + spargere to sprinkle.] <def>To sprinkle;
to scatter.</def> [Obs.] Bailey.
<hw>In*sper"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inspersio.] <def>The act of sprinkling.</def> [Obs.]
Chapman.
<hw>||In*spex"i*mus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., we have

inspected.] <def>The first word of ancient charters in England,
confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal
grant.</def>
<hw>In*sphere"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Insphered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Insphering.] [Cf. Ensphere.] <def>To place
in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere.</def>
<blockquote>Bright aërial spirits live insphered 
In regions mild of calm and serene air.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In*spir"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable;
admitting inspiration.</def> Harvey.
<hw>In`spi*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

inspiration, L. inspiratio. See Inspire.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inspiring or breathing in;

breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs,
accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and
flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of
expiration.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act or power of exercising an

elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions;
the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the
inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their

death have good inspirations.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Theol.) <def>A supernatural divine

influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they
were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with
authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive
and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.</def>
<blockquote>All Scripture is given by inspiration of

God.</blockquote> 2 Tim. iii. 16.
<blockquote>The age which we now live in is not an age of

inspiration and impulses.</blockquote> Sharp.
<col>Plenary inspiration</col> (Theol.), <cd>that

kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the
inspired message.</cd> -- <col>Verbal inspiration</col>
(Theol.), <cd>that kind of inspiration which extends to the
very words and forms of expression of the divine message.</cd>
<hw>In`spi*ra"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Pertaining to inspiration.</def>
<hw>In`spi*ra"tion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

holds to inspiration.</def>
<hw>In"spi*ra`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mach.)

<def>A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See
Injector, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def>
<hw>In*spir"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratory
muscles.</def>
<hw>In*spire"</hw> (&ibreve;n*sp&imacr;r"), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [OE. enspiren, OF. enspirer,
inspirer, F. inspirer, fr. L. inspirare; pref.
in- in + spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To breathe into; to fill with the breath;

to animate.</def>
<blockquote>When Zephirus eek, with his sweete breath, 

Inspirèd hath in every holt and heath 
The tender crops.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing, 

The breathing instruments inspire.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To infuse by breathing, or as if by

breathing.</def>
<blockquote>He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired

into him an active soul.</blockquote> Wisdom xv. 11.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To draw in by the operation of breathing;

to inhale; -- opposed to expire.</def>
<blockquote>Forced to inspire and expire the air with

difficulty.</blockquote> Harvey.
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<sn>4.</sn> <def>To infuse into the mind; to communicate to

the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to
disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.</def>
<blockquote>And generous stout courage did

inspire.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>But dawning day new comfort hath

inspired.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To infuse into; to affect, as with a

superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates,
enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to
inspire a child with sentiments of virtue.</def>
<blockquote>Erato, thy poet's mind inspire, 

And fill his soul with thy celestial fire.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<hw>In*spire"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inspired; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inspiring.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To draw in breath; to inhale air into the

lungs; -- opposed to expire.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To breathe; to blow gently.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>And when the wind amongst them did inspire, 
They wavèd like a penon wide dispread.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<hw>In*spired"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Breathed in; inhaled.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Moved or animated by, or as by, a

supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the
inspired prophets; the inspired writers.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Communicated or given as by supernatural

or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy;
-- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular;
as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.</def>
<hw>In*spir"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, inspires.</def> "Inspirer of that holy flame."
Cowper.
<hw>In*spir"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Animating;

cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring or
scene.</def>
<hw>In*spir"it</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inspirited; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inspiriting.] <def>To infuse new life or spirit into; to
animate; to encourage; to invigorate.</def>
<blockquote>The courage of Agamemnon is inspirited by the

love of empire and ambition.</blockquote> Pope.
Syn. -- To enliven; invigorate; exhilarate; animate; cheer;

encourage; inspire.
<hw>In*spis"sate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inspissated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inspissating (?).] [L. inspissatus, p. p.
of inspissare to thicken; pref. in- + spissare
to thicken, fr. spissus thick.] <def>To thicken or bring to
greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation.</def>
<hw>In*spis"sate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inspissatus, p. p.] <def>Thick or thickened;
inspissated.</def> Greenhill.
<hw>In`spis*sa"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by
evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.</def>
<hw>In`sta*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Instabilities</plw> (#). [L. instabilitas: cf. F.
instabilité.]

unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to
give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the
instability of a building.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lack of determination of fixedness;
inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as,
instability of character, temper, custom, etc.</def>
Addison.
Syn. -- Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering;

unsteadiness; unstableness.
<hw>In*sta"ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

instabilis: cf. F. instable. See In- not, and
Stable, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf. Unstable.]
<def>Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change
or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.</def>
<hw>In*sta"ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Instability;

unstableness.</def>
<hw>In*stall"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Installed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Installing.] [F. installer, LL. installare, fr.
pref. in- in + OHG. stal a place, stall, G.
stall, akin to E. stall: cf. It. installare. See
Stall.] [Written also instal.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To set in a seat; to give a place to;

establish (one) in a place.</def>
<blockquote>She installed her guest hospitably by the

fireside.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To place in an office, rank, or order; to

invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to
induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a
church; to install a college president.</def>
<blockquote>Unworthily 
Thou wast installed in that high degree.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>In`stal*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

installation, LL. installatio: cf. It.
installazione. See Install.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of installing or giving possession

of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as,
the installation of an ordained minister in a
parish.</def>
<blockquote>On the election, the bishop gives a mandate for his

installation.</blockquote> Ayliffe.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mech.) <def>The whole of a system of

machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for
practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power,
etc.</def>
<hw>In*stall"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Written also

instalment.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of installing;

installation.</def>
<blockquote>Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their

installment, to do impartial justice by law.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The seat in which one is placed.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . .

 
Each fair installment, coat, and several crest 
With loyal blazon, evermore be blest.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A portion of a debt, or sum of money,

which is divided into portions that are made payable at different
times. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different
times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated.</def>
Bouvier.
<hw>In*stamp"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Enstamp.</def>
<hw>In"stance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. instance,

L. instantia, fr. instans. See Instant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or quality of being instant or

pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion;
motion.</def>
<blockquote>Undertook at her instance to restore

them.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is instant or urgent;

motive.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The instances that second marriage move 

Are base respects of thrift, but none of love.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Occasion; order of occurrence.</def>
<blockquote>These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they were

drawn up into the form of a law, in the first
instance.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>That which offers itself or is offered as

an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a
case occurring; an example.</def>
<blockquote>Most remarkable instances of

suffering.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A token; a sign; a symptom or

indication.</def> Shak.
<col>Causes of instance</col>, <cd>those which proceed at
the solicitation of some party.</cd> Hallifax. --
<col>Court of first instance</col>, <cd>the court by which a
case is first tried.</cd> -- <col>For instance</col>, <cd>by
way of example or illustration.</cd> -- <col>Instance
Court</col> (Law), <cd>the Court of Admiralty acting
within its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its action as
a prize court.</cd>
Syn. -- Example; case. See Example.
<hw>In"stance</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Instanced (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Instancing (?).] <def>To mention as a case or example; to
refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.</def> H.
Spenser.
<blockquote>I shall not instance an abstruse

author.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In"stance</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To give an

example.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>This story doth not only instance in kingdoms,

but in families too.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>In"stan*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Instance;

urgency.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with

so great instancy gave.</blockquote> Hooker.
<hw>In"stant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. instans,

-antis, p. pr. of instare to stand upon, to press upon;
pref. in- in, on + stare to stand: cf. F.
instant. See Stand.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pressing; urgent; importunate;

earnest.</def>
<blockquote>Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing

instant in prayer.</blockquote> Rom. xii. 12.

<blockquote>I am beginning to be very instant for some sort

of occupation.</blockquote> Carlyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Closely pressing or impending in respect

to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.</def>
<blockquote>Impending death is thine, and instant

doom.</blockquote> Prior.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Present; current.</def>
<blockquote>The instant time is always the fittest

time.</blockquote> Fuller.
&fist; The word in this sense is now used only in dates, to
indicate the current month; as, the tenth of July instant.
<hw>In"stant</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Instantly.</def>

[Poetic]
<blockquote>Instant he flew with hospitable

haste.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>In"stant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. instant, fr. L.

instans standing by, being near, present. See Instant,
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A point in duration; a moment; a portion

of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular
moment.</def>
<blockquote>There is scarce an instant between their

flourishing and their not being.</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A day of the present or current month; as,

the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to
the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See
Instant, <pos>a.</pos>, 3.</def>
Syn. -- Moment; flash; second.
<hw>In*stan`ta*ne"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

instantanéité.] <def>Quality of being
instantaneous.</def> Shenstone.
<hw>In`stan*ta"ne*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

instantané.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Done or occurring in an instant, or

without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of
electricity appears to be instantaneous.</def>
<blockquote>His reason saw 

With instantaneous view, the truth of things.</blockquote>
Thomson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>At or during a given instant; as,

instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc.</def>
<col>Instantaneous center of rotation</col>

(Kinematics), <cd>in a plane or in a plane figure which has
motions both of translation and of rotation in the plane, is the
point which for the instant is at rest.</cd> -- <col>Instantaneous
axis of rotation</col> (Kinematics), <cd>in a body which
has motions both of translation and rotation, is a line, which is
supposed to be rigidly united with the body, and which for the
instant is at rest. The motion of the body is for the instant simply
that of rotation about the instantaneous axis.</cd>
-- <wf>In`stan*ta"ne*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In`stan*ta"ne*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>||In*stan"ter</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [L.,
vehemently, earnestly. See Instant, <pos>n.</pos> &
<pos>a.</pos>] <def>Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he
left instanter.</def>
<hw>In"stant*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Without the least delay or interval; at once;
immediately.</def> Macaulay.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>With urgency or importunity; earnestly;

pressingly.</def> "They besought him instantly." Luke vii.
4.
Syn. -- Directly; immediately; at once. See

Directly.
<hw>In*star"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To stud as

with stars.</def> [R.] "A golden throne instarred with gems."
J. Barlow.
<hw>In*state"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Instated; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Instating.] <def>To set, place, or establish, as in a rank,
office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a
person in greatness or in favor.</def> Shak.
<hw>In*stau"rate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Instaurated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Instaurating (?).] [L. instauratus, p. p.
of instaurare to renew. See 1st In-, and Store.]
<def>To renew or renovate.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`stau*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

instauratio: cf. F. instauration.] <def>Restoration
after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation;
renaissance.</def>
<blockquote>Some great catastrophe or . . .

instauration.</blockquote> T. Burnet.
<hw>In"stau*ra`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F.

instaurateur.] <def>One who renews or restores to a former
condition.</def> [R.] Dr. H. More.
<hw>In*staure"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Instaurate.] <def>To renew or renovate; to instaurate.</def>
[Obs.] Marston.
<hw>In*stead"</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [Pref. in- +

stead place.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>In the place or room; -- usually followed

by of.</def>
<blockquote>Let thistles grow of wheat.</blockquote> Job xxxi.

40.
<blockquote>Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead
of Joab.</blockquote> 2 Sam. xvii. 25.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with

of.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>This very consideration to a wise man is

instead of a thousand arguments, to satisfy him, that in those
times no such thing was believed.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<hw>In*steep"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Insteeped (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Insteeping.] <def>To steep or soak; to drench.</def> [R.] "In
gore he lay insteeped." Shak.
<hw>In"step</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Formerly also

instop, instup.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The arched middle portion of the human

foot next in front of the ankle joint.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That part of the hind leg of the horse and

allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern
joint.</def>
<hw>In"sti*gate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Instigated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Instigating (?).] [L. instigatus, p. p. of
instigare to instigate; pref. in- in + a root akin to
G. stechen to prick, E. stick. See Stick.]
<def>To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; --
used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate
one to a crime.</def>
<blockquote>He hath only instigated his blackest agents to

the very extent of their malignity.</blockquote> Bp.
Warburton.
Syn. -- To stimulate; urge; spur; provoke; tempt; incite;

impel; encourage; animate.
<hw>In"sti*ga`ting*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Incitingly; temptingly.</def>
<hw>In`sti*ga"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

instigatio: cf. F. instigation.] <def>The act of
instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to
evil or wickedness.</def>
<blockquote>The baseness and villainy that . . . the

instigation of the devil could bring the sons of men
to.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In"sti*ga`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F.

instigateur.] <def>One who instigates or incites.</def>
Burke.
<hw>In*still"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Instilled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Instilling.] [L. instillare, instillatum; pref.
in- in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop:
cf. F. instiller. See Distill.] [Written also
instil.] <def>To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to
impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.</def>
<blockquote>That starlight dews 

All silently their tears of love instill.</blockquote>
Byron.
<blockquote>How hast thou instilled 

Thy malice into thousands.</blockquote> Milton.
Syn. -- To infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate;

insinuate.
<hw>In`stil*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

instillatio: cf. F. instillation.] <def>The act of
instilling; also, that which is instilled.</def> Johnson.
<hw>In"stil*la`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

instiller.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*stil"la*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging

to instillation.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*still"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

instills.</def> Skelton.
<hw>In*still"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

instilling; also, that which is instilled.</def> [Written also
instilment.]
<hw>In*stim"u*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + stimulate.] <def>Not to stimulate; to soothe; to
quiet.</def> [Obs.] Cheyne.
<hw>In*stim"u*late</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

instimulatus, p. p. instimulare to stimulate. See 1st
In-, and Stimulate.] <def>To stimulate; to
excite.</def> [Obs.] Cockeram.
<hw>In*stimù*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Stimulation.</def>
<hw>In*stinct"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

instinctus, p. p. of instinguere to instigate, incite;
cf. instigare to instigate. Cf. Instigate,
Distinguish.] <def>Urged or stimulated from within; naturally
moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds
instinct with life.</def>
<blockquote>The chariot of paternal deity . . . 

Itself instinct with spirit, but convoyed 
By four cherubic shapes.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>A noble performance, instinct with sound

principle.</blockquote> Brougham.
<hw>In"stinct</hw> (&ibreve;n"st&ibreve;&nsm;kt),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. instinctus instigation, impulse, fr.
instinguere to instigate: cf. F. instinct. See
Instinct, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Natural inward impulse; unconscious,

involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether
bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or
object to be accomplished.</def>
<blockquote>An instinct is a propensity prior to

experience, and independent of instructions.</blockquote>
Paley.
<blockquote>An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of

action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent,
of the end to which the action leads.</blockquote>
Whately.
<blockquote>An instinct is an agent which performs blindly

and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge.</blockquote>
Sir W. Hamilton.
<blockquote>By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust 

Ensuing dangers.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Specif., the natural,

unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance
of any action, without thought of improvement in the
method.</def>
<blockquote>The resemblance between what originally was a habit,

and an instinct becomes so close as not to be
distinguished.</blockquote> Darwin.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A natural aptitude or knack; a

predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by
instinct.</def>
<hw>In*stinct"</hw> (&ibreve;n*st&ibreve;&nsm;kt"), <pos>v.

t.</pos> <def>To impress, as an animating power, or
instinct.</def> [Obs.] Bentley.
<hw>In*stinc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Instinct;

incitement; inspiration.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
<hw>In*stinc"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

instinctif.] <def>Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from,
or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by
natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning,
deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous.</def>
"Instinctive motion." Milton. "Instinctive
dread." Cowper.
<blockquote>With taste instinctive give 

Each grace appropriate.</blockquote> Mason.
<blockquote>Have we had instinctive intimations of the
death of some absent friends?</blockquote> Bp. Hall.
&fist; The terms instinctive belief, instinctive

judgment, instinctive cognition, are expressions not ill
adapted to characterize a belief, judgment, or cognition, which, as
the result of no anterior consciousness, is, like the products of
animal instinct, the intelligent effect of (as far as we are
concerned) an unknown cause. Sir H. Hamilton.
Syn. -- Natural; voluntary; spontaneous; original; innate;

inherent; automatic.
<hw>In*stinc"tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural
impulse.</def>
<hw>In`stinc*tiv"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*stip"u*late</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Exstipulate.</def>
<hw>In"sti*tute</hw> (&ibreve;n"st&ibreve;*t&umacr;t), <pos>p.

a.</pos> [L. institutus, p. p. of instituere to
place in, to institute, to instruct; pref. in- in +
statuere to cause to stand, to set. See Statute.]
<def>Established; organized; founded.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct

and institute, very few to suffice.</blockquote> Robynson
(More's Utopia).
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<hw>In"sti*tute</hw> (&ibreve;n"st&ibreve;*t&umacr;t), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Instituted (-
t&umacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Instituting.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to

institute laws, rules, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To originate and establish; to found; to

organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.</def>
<blockquote>Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of

these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it,
and to institute a new government.</blockquote> Jefferson
(Decl. of Indep. ).
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To nominate; to appoint.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>We institute your Grace 

To be our regent in these parts of France.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as,
to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.</def>
<blockquote>And haply institute 

A course of learning and ingenious studies.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To ground or establish in principles and

rudiments; to educate; to instruct.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>If children were early instituted, knowledge

would insensibly insinuate itself.</blockquote> Dr. H.
More.
<sn>6.</sn> (Eccl. Law) <def>To invest with the

spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.</def>
Syn. -- To originate; begin; commence; establish; found;

erect; organize; appoint; ordain.
<hw>In"sti*tute</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. institutum:

cf. F. institut. See Institute, <pos>v. t.</pos>
& <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of instituting; institution.</def>

[Obs.] "Water sanctified by Christ's institute."
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is instituted, established, or

fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.</def> Glover.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence: An elementary and necessary

principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and
authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles
and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and
decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's
Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest,
<blockquote>They made a sort of institute and digest of

anarchy.</blockquote> Burke.
<blockquote>To make the Stoics' institutes thy

own.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>An institution; a society established for

the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the
Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by
such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Scots Law) <def>The person to whom an

estate is first given by destination or limitation.</def>
Tomlins.
<col>Institutes of medicine</col>, <cd>theoretical

medicine; that department of medical science which attempts to
account philosophically for the various phenomena of health as well
as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine.</cd>
Dunglison.

<hw>In"sti*tu`ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

institutor.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`sti*tu"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

institutio: cf. F. institution.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of instituting; as:

<sd>(a)</sd> Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the
institution of a school.</def>
<blockquote>The institution of God's law is described as

being established by solemn injunction.</blockquote>
Hooker.
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Instruction; education.</def> [Obs.]

Bentley. <sd>(c)</sd> (Eccl. Law) <def>The act
or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a
benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his
charge.</def> Blackstone.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which instituted or

established</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Established order,
method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or
polity.</def>
<blockquote>The nature of our people, 

Our city's institutions.</blockquote> Shak.
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>An established or organized society or

corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or
affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary
institution; a charitable institution; also, a building
or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the
Smithsonian Institution.</def> <sd>(c)</sd>
<def>Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in
social or national life or habits.</def>
<blockquote>We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English

institutions, next to dinner) to be ready against our
return.</blockquote> Hawthorne.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which institutes or instructs; a

textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>There is another manuscript, of above three hundred

years old, . . . being an institution of physic.</blockquote>
Evelyn.
<hw>In`sti*tu"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions;
as, institutional legends.</def>
<blockquote>Institutional writers as Rousseau.</blockquote>
J. S. Mill.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Instituted by authority.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Elementary; rudimental.</def>
<hw>In`sti*tu"tion*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Relating to an institution, or
institutions.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Containing the first principles or

doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.</def>
<hw>In"sti*tu`tist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A writer or

compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes.</def> [R.]
Harvey.
<hw>In"sti*tu`tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Tending or intended to institute; having the
power to establish.</def> Barrow.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Established; depending on, or

characterized by, institution or order.</def> "Institutive
decency." Milton.
<hw>In"sti*tu`tive*ly</hw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In

conformity with an institution.</def> Harrington.
<hw>In"sti*tu`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F.

instituteur.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who institutes, founds, ordains, or

establishes.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who educates; an instructor.</def>

[Obs.] Walker.
<sn>3.</sn> (Episcopal Church) <def>A presbyter

appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister
over a parish church.</def>
<hw>In*stop"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To stop; to

close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams.</def> [Obs.]
Dryden.
<hw>In*store"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Instaurate, Store.] <def>To store up; to inclose; to
contain.</def> [Obs.] Wyclif.
<hw>In*strat"i*fied</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Interstratified.</def>
<hw>In*struct"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

instructus, p. p. of instruere to furnish, provide,
construct, instruct; pref. in- in, on + struere. See
Structure.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Arranged; furnished;
provided.</def> [Obs.] "He had neither ship instruct with
oars, nor men." Chapman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Instructed; taught; enlightened.</def>

<hw>In*struct"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Instructed; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Instructing.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To put in order; to form; to

prepare.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>They speak to the merits of a cause, after the proctor

has prepared and instructed the same for a
hearing.</blockquote> Ayliffe.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To form by communication of knowledge; to

inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to
enlighten; to teach; to discipline.</def>
<blockquote>Schoolmasters will I keep within my house, 

Fit to instruct her youth.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To furnish with directions; to advise; to

direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the
jury.</def>
<blockquote>She, being before instructed of her mother,

said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.</blockquote>
Matt. xiv. 8.
<blockquote>Take her in; instruct her what she has to

do.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- To teach; educate; inform; train; discipline;

indoctrinate; direct; enjoin.
<hw>In*struct"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Instructor.</def>
<hw>In*struct"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being instructed; teachable; docible.</def> Bacon.
<hw>In*struc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

instructio: cf. F. instruction.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of instructing, teaching, or

furnishing with knowledge; information.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which instructs, or with which one is

instructed; the intelligence or information imparted</def>; as:
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>Precept; information; teachings.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Direction; order; command.</def> "If my
instructions may be your guide." Shak.
Syn. -- Education; teaching; indoctrination; information;

advice; counsel. See Education.
<hw>In*struc"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational.</def>
<hw>In*struct"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

instructif.] <def>Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or
inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive
lessons.</def> Addison.
<blockquote>In various talk the instructive hours they

past.</blockquote> Pope.
-- <wf>In*struct"ive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*struct"ive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<blockquote>The pregnant instructiveness of the

Scripture.</blockquote> Boyle.
<hw>In*struct"or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., a preparer:

cf. F. instructeur.] [Written also instructer.]
<def>One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a
teacher.</def>
<hw>In*struct"ress</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who

instructs; a preceptress; a governess.</def> Johnson.
<hw>In"stru*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

instrument, L. instrumentum. See Instruct.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That by means of which any work is

performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement;
as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical
instruments.</def>
<blockquote>All the lofty instruments of war.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A contrivance or implement, by which

musical sounds are produced; as, a musical
instrument.</def>
<blockquote>Praise him with stringed instruments and

organs.</blockquote> Ps. cl. 4.
<blockquote>But signs when songs and instruments he

hears.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>A writing, as the means of

giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some
act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.</def>
Burrill.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, is made a means,

or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent.</def>
<blockquote>Or useful serving man and instrument, 

To any sovereign state.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The bold are but the instruments of the

wise.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- Tool; implement; utensil; machine; apparatus;

channel; agent.
<hw>In"stru*ment</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To perform

upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata
instrumented for orchestra.</def>
<hw>In`stru*men"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

instrumental.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Acting as an instrument; serving as a

means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as,
he was instrumental in conducting the business.</def>
<blockquote>The head is not more native to the heart, 

The hand more instrumental to the mouth.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mus.) <def>Pertaining to, made by, or

prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as,
instrumental music, distinguished from vocal
music.</def> "He defended the use of instrumental music in
public worship." Macaulay.
<blockquote>Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental

sounds.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> (Gram.) <def>Applied to a case

expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is
found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into
the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a
separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous
forms.</def>
<col>Instrumental errors</col>, <cd>those errors in

instrumental measurements, etc., which arise, exclusively from want
of mathematical accuracy in an instrument.</cd>
<hw>In`stru*men"tal*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a
vocalist.</def>
<hw>In`stru*men*tal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Instrumentalities</plw> (&?;). <def>The
quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is
instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.</def>
<blockquote>The instrumentality of faith in

justification.</blockquote> Bp. Burnet.
<blockquote>The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of

attack and defense in a new instrumentality.</blockquote>
J. H. Newman.
<hw>In`stru*men"tal*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>By means of an instrument or agency; as means
to an end.</def> South.
<blockquote>They will argue that the end being essentially

beneficial, the means become instrumentally so.</blockquote>
Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>With instruments of music; as, a song

instrumentally accompanied.</def> Mason.
<hw>In`stru*men"tal*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality.</def>
[R.] Hammond.
<hw>In`stru*men"ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Instrumental.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`stru*men*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of using or adapting as an
instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means;
agency.</def>
<blockquote>Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation

for our human use or handling of so great a fact.</blockquote> H.
Bushnell.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mus.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The

arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of
different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition;
composition for an orchestra or military band.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The act or manner of playing upon musical
instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is
perfect.</def>
<hw>In"stru*men`tist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

performer on a musical instrument; an instrumentalist.</def>
<hw>In*style"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

style.</def> [Obs.] Crashaw.
<hw>In*suav"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insuavitas: cf. F. insuavité. See In-
not, and Suavity.] <def>Want of suavity; unpleasantness.</def>
<hw>In`sub*jec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to
<hw>In`sub*mer"gi*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable of being submerged; buoyant.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`sub*mis"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

submission; disobedience; noncompliance.</def>
<hw>In`sub*or"di*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.</def>
<hw>In`sub*or`di*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

insubordination.] <def>The quality of being insubordinate;
disobedience to lawful authority.</def>
<hw>In`sub*stan"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unsubstantial; not real or strong.</def> "Insubstantial
pageant." [R.] Shak.
<hw>In`sub*stan`ti*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Unsubstantiality; unreality.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`suc*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insucare, insucatum, to soak in; pref. in- +
succus, sucus, sap.] <def>The act of soaking or
moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.</def> [Obs.]
Coxe.
<blockquote>The medicating and insuccation of

seeds.</blockquote> Evelyn.
<hw>In`suc*cess"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

success.</def> [R.] Feltham.
<hw>In*sue"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See

Ensue, <pos>v. i.</pos></def>
<hw>In"sue*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insuetudo, from insuetus unaccustomed; pref. in-
not + suetus, p. p. of suescere to be accustomed.]
<def>The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or
habit.</def>
<blockquote>Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom

or insuetude.</blockquote> Landor.
<hw>In*suf"fer*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Incapable of being suffered, borne, or
endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as,
insufferable heat, cold, or pain; insufferable
wrongs.</def> Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Offensive beyond endurance;

detestable.</def>
<blockquote>A multitude of scribblers who daily pester the world

with their insufferable stuff.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>In*suf"fer*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner

or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; as, a blaze
insufferably bright; a person insufferably
proud.</def>
<hw>In`suf*fi"cience</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Insufficiency.</def> Shak.
<hw>In`suf*fi"cien*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE.
insuffisance. See Insufficient.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being
insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as,
the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.</def>
<blockquote>The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by

the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied.</blockquote>
Hooker.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Want of power or skill; inability;

incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for
an office.</def>
<hw>In`suf*fi"cient</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insufficiens, -entis. See In- not, and
Sufficient.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to

any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient
in quantity, and defective in quality.</def> "Insufficient for
His praise." Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Wanting in strength, power, ability,

capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person
insufficient to discharge the duties of an office.</def>
Syn. -- Inadequate; scanty; incommensurate; unequal; unfit;

incompetent; incapable; inefficient.
<hw>In`suf*fi"cient*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.</def>
<hw>In`suf*fla"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insuffatio: cf. F. insuffation. See In- in, and
Sufflation.] <def>The act of breathing on or into
anything</def>; especially: <sd>(a)</sd> (R. C. Ch.)
<def>The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to
symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> (Med.) <def>The act of blowing (a gas,
powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.</def>
<hw>In*suit"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unsuitable.</def> [Obs.] -- <wf>In*suità*bil"i*ty</wf> (#),
<hw>In"su*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. insularis,

fr. insula island: cf. F. insulaire. See
Isle.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to an island; of the

nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an
insular climate, fauna, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the people of an

island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as,
insular habits, opinions, or prejudices.</def>
<blockquote>The penury of insular

conversation.</blockquote> Johnson.
<hw>In"su*lar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An islander.</def>
[R.] Berkeley.
<hw>In`su*lar"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

insularité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being an island or

consisting of islands; insulation.</def>
<blockquote>The insularity of Britain was first shown by

Agricola, who sent his fleet round it.</blockquote>
Pinkerton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Narrowness or illiberality of opinion;

prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or
of the aristocracy.</def>
<hw>In"su*lar*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

insular manner.</def>
<hw>In"su*la*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Insular.</def>

[Obs.] Howell.
<hw>In"su*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Insulated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Insulating (?).] [L. insulatus insulated,
fr. insula island. See Isle, and cf.
Isolate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To make an island of.</def> [Obs.]

Pennant.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To place in a detached situation, or in a

state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate;
to separate.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Elec. & Thermotics) <def>To prevent the

transfer of electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the
interposition of nonconductors.</def>
<col>Insulating stool</col> (Elec.), <cd>a stool

with legs of glass or some other nonconductor of electricity, used
for insulating a person or any object placed upon it.</cd>
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<hw>In"su*la`ted</hw> (&ibreve;n"s&usl;*l&amacr;"t&ebreve;d),
<pos>p. a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Standing by itself;
not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected;
isolated; as, an insulated house or column.</def>
<blockquote>The special and insulated situation of the

Jews.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<sn>2.</sn> (Elect. & Thermotics) <def>Separated

from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or
electricity.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Astron.) <def>Situated at so great a
distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; -- said of stars
supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual
attraction is insensible.</def> C. A. Young.
<col>Insulated wire</col>, <cd>wire wound with silk, or

covered with other nonconducting material, for electrical
use.</cd>
<hw>In`su*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of insulating, or the state of being
insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Elec. & Thermotics) <def>The act of

separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the
transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the state of a body so
separated.</def>
<hw>In"su*la`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who, or that which, insulates.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Elec. & Thermotics) <def>The substance

or body that insulates; a nonconductor.</def>
<hw>In"su*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Elec.)

<def>An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed
cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.</def>
<hw>In"su*lous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insulosus, fr. insula island.] <def>Abounding in
islands.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*sulse"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. insulsus;

pref. in- not + salsus salted, fr. salire,
salsum, to salt.] <def>Insipid; dull; stupid.</def> [Obs.]
Milton.
<hw>In*sul"si*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insulsitas.] <def>Insipidity; stupidity; dullness.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>The insulsity of mortal tongues.</blockquote>

Milton.
<hw>In"sult</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. insultus,

fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See
Insult, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of leaping on; onset;

attack.</def> [Obs.] Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Gross abuse offered to another, either by

word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront;
an indignity.</def>
<blockquote>The ruthless sneer that insult adds to

grief.</blockquote> Savage.
Syn. -- Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See
Affront.
<hw>In*sult"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Insulted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Insulting.] [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq.
fr. insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on +
salire to leap. See Salient.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden

onset upon.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity,

or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward
or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.</def>
<hw>In*sult"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To leap or jump.</def>
<blockquote>Give me thy knife, I will insult on

him.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon

their wooden king.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To behave with insolence; to exult.</def>

[Archaic]
<blockquote>The lion being dead, even hares

insult.</blockquote> Daniel.
<blockquote>An unwillingness to insult over their helpless

fatuity.</blockquote> Landor.
<hw>In*sult"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being insulted or affronted.</def> [R.] Emerson.
<hw>In`sul*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insultatio, fr. insultare: cf. OF.
insultation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of insulting; abusive or insolent

treatment; insult.</def> [Obs.] Feltham.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Exultation.</def> [Obs.] Is. xiv.

(heading).
<hw>In*sult"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

insults.</def> Shak.
<hw>In*sult"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing, or

characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as,
insulting language, treatment, etc.</def> --
<wf>In*sult"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
Syn. -- Insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive;

contemptuous. See Insolent.
<hw>In*sult"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Insolent
treatment; insult.</def> [Obs.] "My speech of insultment
ended." Shak.
<hw>In*sume"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

insumere; pre. in- in + sumere to take.] <def>To
take in; to absorb.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*su`per*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.</def>
<hw>In*su"per*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insuperabilis: cf. OF. insuperable. See In- not,
and Superable.] <def>Incapable of being passed over or
surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable
difficulties.</def>
<blockquote>And middle natures, how they long to join, 

Yet never pass the insuperable line?</blockquote>
Pope.
<blockquote>The difficulty is enhanced, or is . . .

insuperable.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
Syn. -- Impassable; insurmountable; unconquerable.
-- <wf>In*su"per*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*su"per*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`sup*port"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insupportabilis: cf. F. insupportable. See In-
not, and Support.] <def>Incapable of being supported or borne;
unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable
burdens; insupportable pain.</def> --
<wf>In`sup*port"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>In`sup*port"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`sup*pos"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable.</def>
<hw>In`sup*press"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That

can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.</def>
Young. -- <wf>In`sup*press"i*bly</wf>,
<hw>In`sup*press"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Insuppressible.</def> [Obs.] "The insuppressive mettle of
our spirits." Shak.
<hw>In*sur"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Insure.] <def>Capable of being insured against loss, damage,
death, etc.; proper to be insured.</def>
<blockquote>The French law annuls the latter policies so far as

they exceed the insurable interest which remained in the
insured at the time of the subscription thereof.</blockquote>
Walsh.
<hw>In*sur"ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From
Insure.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of insuring, or assuring, against

loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a
stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes
to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified
risks. Cf. Assurance, <pos>n.</pos>, 6.</def>
&fist; The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is termed

the insurer; the danger against which he undertakes, the
risk; the person protected, the insured; the sum which
he pays for the protection, the premium; and the contract
itself, when reduced to form, the policy. Johnson's
Cyc.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The premium paid for insuring property or

life.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The sum for which life or property is

insured.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A guaranty, security, or pledge;

assurance.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The most acceptable insurance of the divine

protection.</blockquote> Mickle.
<col>Accident insurance</col>, <cd>insurance against

pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person.</cd> --
<col>Endowment insurance</col> or <col>assurance</col>,
<cd>a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the
person upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain
specified time the insurance becomes due at once, and if he survives,
it becomes due at the time specified.</cd> -- <col>Fire
insurance</col>. <cd>See under Fire.</cd> --
<col>Insurance broker</col>, <cd>a broker or agent who effects
insurance.</cd> -- <col>Insurance company</col>, <cd>a company
or corporation whose business it is to insure against loss, damage,
or death.</cd> -- <col>Insurance policy</col>, <cd>a
certificate of insurance; the document containing the contract made
by an insurance company with a person whose property or life is
insured.</cd> -- <col>Life insurance</col>. <cd>See under
Life.</cd>
<hw>In*sur"an*cer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter.</def> [Obs.]
Dryden.
<blockquote>hose bold insurancers of deathless

fame.</blockquote> Blair.
<hw>In*sur"ant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The person

insured.</def> Champness.
<hw>In"sure</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Insured (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Insuring.] [OE. ensuren, prob. for assuren, by a
change of prefix. See 1st In-, and Sure, and cf.
Assure, Ensure.] [Written also ensure.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To make sure or secure; as, to

insure safety to any one.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Specifically, to secure against a loss by

a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given
rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a
merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the
dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against
fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident,
or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured.</def>
<hw>In*sure"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To underwrite; to

make insurance; as, a company insures at three per
cent.</def>
<hw>In*sur"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify
losses for a premium; an underwriter.</def>
{ <hw>In*sur"gence</hw> (?), <hw>In*sur"gen*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>A state of insurrection; an uprising; an
insurrection.</def>
<blockquote>A moral insurgence in the minds of grave men

against the Court of Rome.</blockquote> G. Eliot.
<hw>In*sur"gent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

insurgens, p. pr. of insurgere to rise up; pref. in-
 in + surgere to rise. See Surge.] <def>Rising in
opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established
government; insubordinate; rebellious.</def> "The insurgent
provinces." Motley.
<hw>In*sur"gent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

insurgent.] <def>A person who rises in revolt against civil
authority or an established government; one who openly and actively
resists the execution of laws; a rebel.</def>
Syn. -- See Rebel.
<hw>In`sur*mountà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The state or quality of being insurmountable.</def>
<hw>In`sur*mount"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

in- not + surmountable: cf. F. insurmountable.]
<def>Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome;
insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.</def>
Locke.
<blockquote>Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that

difficulty is insurmountable.</blockquote> I.
Watts.
Syn. -- Insuperable; impassable; invincible.

<hw>In`sur*mount"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
state or quality of being insurmountable;
insurmountability.</def>
<hw>In`sur*mount"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

manner or to a degree not to be overcome.</def>
<hw>In`sur*rec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insurrectio, fr. insurgere, insurrectum: cf. F.
insurrection. See Insurgent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A rising against civil or political

authority, or the established government; open and active opposition
to the execution of law in a city or state.</def>
<blockquote>It is found that this city of old time hath made

insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition
have been made therein.</blockquote> Ezra iv. 19.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A rising in mass to oppose an enemy.</def>

[Obs.]
Syn. -- Insurrection, Sedition,

Revolt, Rebellion, Mutiny. Sedition is
the raising of commotion in a state, as by conspiracy, without aiming
at open violence against the laws. Insurrection is a rising of
individuals to prevent the execution of law by force of arms.
Revolt is a casting off the authority of a government, with a
view to put it down by force, or to substitute one ruler for another.
Rebellion is an extended insurrection and revolt.
Mutiny is an insurrection on a small scale, as a mutiny
of a regiment, or of a ship's crew.
<blockquote>I say again, 

In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate 
The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>Insurrections of base people are commonly more

furious in their beginnings.</blockquote> Bacon.
<blockquote>He was greatly strengthened, and the enemy as much

enfeebled, by daily revolts.</blockquote> Sir W.
Raleigh.
<blockquote>Though of their names in heavenly records now 

Be no memorial, blotted out and razed 
By their rebellion from the books of life.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In`sur*rec"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

insurrectionnel.] <def>Pertaining to insurrection; consisting
in insurrection.</def>
<hw>In`sur*rec"tion*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection; rebellious;
seditious.</def>
<blockquote>Their murderous insurrectionary
system.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In`sur*rec"tion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

favors, or takes part in, insurrection; an insurgent.</def>
<hw>In`sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Want of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or
perceive.</def>
<hw>In`sus*cep`ti*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + susceptible: cf. F. insusceptible.] <def>Not
susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that
can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of
pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind
insusceptible to flattery.</def> -- <wf>In`sus*cep`ti*bly</wf>
<hw>In`sus*cep"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

susceptive or susceptible.</def> [R.] Rambler.
<hw>In*su`sur*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

insusurratio, fr. insusurrare to whisper into.]
<def>The act of whispering into something.</def> [Obs.]
Johnson.
<hw>In*swathe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inswathed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inswating.] <def>To wrap up; to infold; to
swathe.</def>
<blockquote>Inswathed sometimes in wandering

mist.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>In*tact"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. intactus;

pref. in- not + tactus, p. p. of tangere to
touch: cf. F. intact. See In- not, and Tact,
Tangent.] <def>Untouched, especially by anything that harms,
defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or
entire.</def> Buckle.
<blockquote>When all external differences have passed away, one

element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting basis of
our common nature, the human soul.</blockquote> F. W.
Robertson.
{ <hw>In*tac"ti*ble</hw> (?), <hw>In*tac"ta*ble</hw> (?) },

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Not perceptible to the touch.</def>
<hw>In*tagl"ia*ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [It.

intagliato, p. p. of intagliare. See Intaglio.]
<def>Engraved in intaglio; as, an intagliated stone.</def>
T. Warton.
<hw>In*tagl"io</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. E.

<plw>Intaglius</plw> (#), It. <plw>Intagli</plw> (#).
[It., fr. intagliare to engrave, carve; pref. in- in +
tagliare to cut, carve. See Detail.] <def>A cutting or
engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a
design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything
so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to
cameo. Also used adjectively.</def>
<hw>In*tail"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See Entail,

<hw>In"take`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; --
opposed to outlet.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>the beginning of a contraction or

narrowing in a tube or cylinder.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The quantity taken in; as, the

intake of air.</def>
<hw>In*tam"i*na`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intaminatus. See Contaminate.]
<def>Uncontaminated.</def> [Obs.] Wood.
<hw>In*tan`gi*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Intangibilities</plw> (#). [Cf. F.
intangibilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
intangible; intangibleness.</def>
<hw>In*tan"gi*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

not + tangible: cf. F. intangible.] <def>Not tangible;
incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable;
imperceptible.</def> Bp. Wilkins.
<blockquote>A corporation is an artificial, invisible,

intangible being.</blockquote> Marshall.
-- <wf>In*tan"gi*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*tan"gi*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*tan"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Entangle.</def>
<hw>In*tast"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable of

being tasted; tasteless; unsavory.</def> [R.] Grew.
<hw>In"te*ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. integer

untouched, whole, entire. See Entire.] <def>A complete entity;
a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed
number.</def>
<col>Complex integer</col> (Theory of Numbers),

<cd>an expression of the form a + b√-1, where a
and b are real integers.</cd>
<hw>In`te*gra*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Math.) <def>The quality of being integrable.</def>
<hw>In"te*gra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Math.)

<def>Capable of being integrated.</def>
<hw>In"te*gral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

intégral. See Integer.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Lacking nothing of completeness; complete;

perfect; uninjured; whole; entire.</def>
<blockquote>A local motion keepeth bodies

integral.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Essential to completeness; constituent, as

a part; pertaining to, or serving to form, an integer;
integrant.</def>
<blockquote>Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great

integral parts that complete this duty.</blockquote>
South.
<sn>3.</sn> (Math.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of,

pertaining to, or being, a whole number or undivided quantity; not
fractional.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or
proceeding by, integration; as, the integral
calculus.</def>
<col>Integral calculus</col>. <cd>See under

Calculus.</cd>
<hw>In"te*gral</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A whole; an entire thing; a whole number; an
individual.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <def>An expression which, being

differentiated, will produce a given differential. See differential
Differential, and Integration. Cf.
Fluent.</def>
<col>Elliptic integral</col>, <cd>one of an important class

of integrals, occurring in the higher mathematics; -- so called
because one of the integrals expresses the length of an arc of an
ellipse.</cd>
<hw>In`te*gral"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

intégralité.] <def>Entireness.</def> [Obs.]
Whitaker.
<hw>In"te*gral*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

integral manner; wholly; completely; also, by integration.</def>
<hw>In"te*grant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

integrans, -antis, p. pr. of integrare to make
whole, renew: cf. F. intégrant. See Integrate.]
<def>Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing;
integral.</def> Boyle.
<blockquote>All these are integrant parts of the

republic.</blockquote> Burke.
<col>Integrant parts</col>, or <col>particles</col>,
<cd>of bodies, those smaller particles into which a body may be
reduced without loss of its original constitution, as by mechanical
division.</cd>
<hw>In"te*grate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Integrated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Integrating (?).] [L. integratus, p. p. of
integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. intégrer.
See Integer, Entire.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into one whole; to make entire; to

complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.</def> "That conquest
rounded and integrated the glorious empire." De
Quincey.
<blockquote>Two distinct substances, the soul and body, go to

compound and integrate the man.</blockquote> South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To indicate the whole of; to give the sum

or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates
or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Math.) <def>To subject to the operation

of integration; to find the integral of.</def>
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<hw>In`te*gra"tion</hw> (&ibreve;n`t&esl;*gr&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. integratio a renewing, restoring: cf.
F. intégration.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of making whole or

entire.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <def>The operation of finding

the primitive function which has a given function for its
differential coefficient. See Integral.</def>
&fist; The symbol of integration is &integral2l; (standing for the

Latin summa sum), and the integral is also regarded as the
limiting value of the sum of great numbers of differentials, when the
magnitude of the differentials decreases, and their number increases
indefinitely. See Limit, <pos>n.</pos> When the
summation is made between specified values of the variable, the
result is a definite integral, and those values of the
variable are the limits of the integral. When the summation is made
successively for two or more variables, the result is a multiple
integral.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>In the theory of evolution: The process by

which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and
permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an
agent in development.</def>
<hw>In"te*gra`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Math. &

Mech.) <def>That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means
of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment
of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined.</def>
<hw>In*teg"ri*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

integritas: cf. F. intégrité. See
Integer, and cf. Entirety.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being entire or

complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the
integrity of an empire or territory.</def> Sir T.
More.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from

corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to
the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and
the like; uprightness; rectitude.</def>
<blockquote>The moral grandeur of independent integrity is

the sublimest thing in nature.</blockquote> Buckminster.
<blockquote>Their sober zeal, integrity, and

worth.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine

state; entire correspondence with an original condition;
purity.</def>
<blockquote>Language continued long in its purity and

integrity.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
Syn. -- Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See

Probity.
<hw>In`te*gro*pal"li*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

integer whole + E. pallial.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain
bivalve shells.</def>
<hw>In*tegù*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Integument.] <def>That part of physiology which treats of the
integuments of animals and plants.</def>
<hw>In*teg"u*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in-
in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. intégument. See
1st n-, and Tegument.] <def>That which naturally
invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a
seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body,
as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular part.</def>
<hw>In*tegù*men"ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Belonging to, or composed of, integuments.</def>
<hw>In*tegù*men*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

act or process of covering with integuments; the state or manner of
being thus covered.</def>
<hw>In"tel*lect</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to
understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.]
(Metaph.) <def>The part or faculty of the human soul by which
it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will;
sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as
distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations;
the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the
understanding.</def>
<hw>In"tel*lectèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Endowed

with intellect; having intellectual powers or capacities.</def>
[R.]
<blockquote>In body, and in bristles, they became 

As swine, yet intellected as before.</blockquote>
Cowper.
<hw>In`tel*lec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intellectio synecdoche: cf. F. intellection.] <def>A
mental act or process;</def> especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The
act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition.</def>
Bentley. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A creation of the mind
itself.</def> Hickok.
<hw>In`tel*lec"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

intellectif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or produced by, the

intellect or understanding; intellectual.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Having power to understand, know, or

comprehend; intelligent; rational.</def> Glanvill.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Capable of being perceived by the

understanding only, not by the senses.</def>
<blockquote>Intellective abstractions of logic and

metaphysics.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In`tel*lec"tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intellective manner.</def> [R.] "Not intellectivelly to
write." Warner.
<hw>In`tel*lec"tu*al</hw> (?; 135), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intellectualis: cf. F. intellectuel.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Belonging to, or performed by, the

intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or

intellectual powers.</blockquote> I. Watts.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Endowed with intellect; having the power

of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge
or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an
intellectual person.</def>
<blockquote>Who would lose, 

Though full of pain, this intellectual being, 
Those thoughts that wander through eternity?</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Suitable for exercising the intellect;

formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the
intellect; as, intellectual employments.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Relating to the understanding; treating of

the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called
"mental" philosophy.</def>
<hw>In`tel*lec"tu*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The intellect

or understanding; mental powers or faculties.</def>
<blockquote>Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh, 

Whose higher intellectual more I shun.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>I kept her intellectuals in a state of

exercise.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<hw>In`tel*lec"tu*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Intellectual power;
intellectuality.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The doctrine that knowledge is derived

from pure reason.</def>
<hw>In`tel*lec"tu*al*ist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who overrates the importance of the
understanding.</def> [R.] Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who accepts the doctrine of

intellectualism.</def>
<hw>In`tel*lec`tu*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intellectualitas: cf. F. intellectualité.]
<def>Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being
intellectual.</def>
<hw>In`tel*lec"tu*al*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To treat in an intellectual manner; to
discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express
intellectually; to idealize.</def>
<blockquote>Sentiment is intellectualized
emotion.</blockquote> Lowell.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To endow with intellect; to bestow

intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become
intellectual.</def>
<hw>In`tel*lec"tu*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intellectual manner.</def>
<hw>In*tel"li*gence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

intelligence, L. intelligentia, intellegentia.
See Intelligent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or state of knowing; the exercise

of the understanding.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The capacity to know or understand;

readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an
endowment.</def>
<blockquote>And dimmed with darkness their

intelligence.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Information communicated; news; notice;

advice.</def>
<blockquote>Intelligence is given where you are

hid.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Acquaintance; intercourse;

familiarity.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any

friendship with the favorites.</blockquote> Clarendon.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by

study, research, or experience; general information.</def>
<blockquote>I write as he that none intelligence 

Of meters hath, ne flowers of sentence.</blockquote> Court of
Love.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>An intelligent being or spirit; --

generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created
intelligence.</def> Milton.
<blockquote>The great Intelligences fair 

That range above our mortal state, 
In circle round the blessed gate, 
Received and gave him welcome there.</blockquote>
<col>Intelligence office</col>, <cd>an office where

information may be obtained, particularly respecting servants to be
hired.</cd>
Syn. -- Understanding; intellect; instruction; advice;

notice; notification; news; information; report.
<hw>In*tel"li*gen*cer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who,

or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a
messenger.</def>
<blockquote>All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies,

and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that
principle.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In*tel"li*gen*cing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Informing; giving information; talebearing.</def> [Obs.]
Shak.
<blockquote>That sad intelligencing tyrant.</blockquote>

Milton.
<hw>In*tel"li*gen*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Intelligence.</def> [Obs.] Evelyn.
<hw>In*tel"li*gent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intelligens, intellegens, -entis, p. pr. of
intelligere, intellegere, to perceive; inter
between + legere to gather, collect, choose: cf. F.
intelligent. See Legend.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Endowed with the faculty of understanding

or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Possessed of intelligence, education, or

judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an
intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an
intelligent answer.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Cognizant; aware; communicative.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>Intelligent of seasons.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>Which are to France the spies and speculations 

Intelligent of our state.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Sensible; understanding. See Sensible.
<hw>In*tel`li*gen"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

intelligentiel.] [R.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the intelligence;

exercising or implying understanding; intellectual.</def> "With act
intelligential." Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of unembodied mind;

incorporeal.</def>
<blockquote>Food alike those pure 

Intelligential substances require.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In*tel`li*gen"tia*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

who gives information; an intelligencer.</def> [Obs.]
Holinshed.
<hw>In*tel"li*gent*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intelligent manner; with intelligence.</def>
<hw>In*tel`li*gi*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), [Cf. F.

intelligilibilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
intelligible; clearness; perspicuity; definiteness.</def>
<hw>In*tel"li*gi*ble</hw> (?), [L. intellegibilis: cf. F.
intelligible. See Intelligent.] <def>Capable of being
understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or
description; intelligible pronunciation, writing,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>The intelligible forms of ancient

poets.</blockquote> Coleridge.
Syn. -- Comprehensible; perspicuous; plain; clear.
<hw>In*tel"li*gi*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being intelligible; intelligibility.</def>
Locke.
<hw>In*tel"li*gi*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intelligible manner; so as to be understood; clearly; plainly; as, to
write or speak intelligibly.</def>
{ <hw>In*tem"er*ate</hw> (?), <hw>In*tem"er*a`ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. intemeratus; pref. in- not +
temeratus defiled.] <def>Pure; undefiled.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*tem"er*ate*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being unpolluted; purity.</def> [Obs.] Donne.
<hw>In*tem"per*a*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A bad

state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part.</def> [R.]
Harvey.
<hw>In*tem"per*ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

intempérance, L. intemperantia. See In-
not, and Temperance.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of becoming, or state of being,

intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any
immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions.</def>
<blockquote>God is in every creature; be cruel toward none,

neither abuse any by intemperance.</blockquote> Jer.
Taylor.
<blockquote>Some, as thou sawest, by violent stroke shall die, 

By fire, flood, famine, by intemperance more 
In meats and drinks.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Specifically: Habitual or excessive

indulgence in alcoholic liquors.</def>
<hw>In*tem"per*an*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Intemperance.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*tem"per*ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intemperans, -antis. See In- not, and
Temperant.] <def>Intemperate.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of

their naughty appetites and lusts.</blockquote> Udall.
<hw>In*tem`per*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
intemperatus. See In- not, and Temperate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Indulging any appetite or passion to excess;
immoderate in enjoyment or exertion.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Specifically, addicted to an excessive or

habitual use of alcoholic liquors.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate;

violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.;
intemperate weather.</def>
<blockquote>Most do taste through fond intemperate

thirst.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Use not thy mouth to intemperate

swearing.</blockquote> Ecclus. xxiii. 13.
<hw>In*tem`per*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

disorder.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*tem`per*ate*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without
restraint.</def>
<blockquote>The people . . . who behaved very unwisely and

intemperately on that occasion.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In*tem`per*ate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being intemperate; excessive
indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in
eating or drinking.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Severity of weather; inclemency.</def>

Boyle.
<blockquote>By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of

the air or meteors.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<hw>In*tem"per*a*ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

intemperature.] <def>Intemperateness.</def> [Obs.]
Boyle.
<hw>In`tem*pes"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intempestivus: cf. F. intempestif. See In- not,
and Tempestive.] <def>Out of season; untimely.</def> [Obs.]
Burton.
<blockquote>Intempestive bashfulness gets

nothing.</blockquote> Hales.
<hw>In`tem*pes"tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Unseasonably.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*tem`pes*tiv"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intempestivitas: cf. F. intempestivité.]
<def>Unseasonableness; untimeliness.</def> [Obs.] Hales.
<hw>In*ten"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-
not + tenable: cf. F. intenable.] <def>Incapable of
being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable
opinion; an intenable fortress.</def> [Obs.] Bp.
Warburton.
<hw>In*tend"</hw> (&ibreve;n*t&ebreve;nd"), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Intended;
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Intending.] [OE.
entenden to be attentive, F. entendre, fr. L.
intendre, intentum, and intensum, to intend,
attend, stretch out, extend; pref. in- in + tendere to
stretch, stretch out. See Tend.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To stretch; to extend; to distend.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>By this the lungs are intended or

remitted.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To strain; to make tense.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>When a bow is successively intended and

remedied.</blockquote> Cudworth.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To intensify; to strengthen.</def> [Obs.]

<blockquote>Magnetism may be intended and

remitted.</blockquote> Sir I. Newton.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To apply with energy.</def>
<blockquote>Let him intend his mind, without respite,

without rest, in one direction.</blockquote> Emerson.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To bend or turn; to direct, as one's

course or journey.</def> [Archaic] Shak.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take

care of; to superintend; to regard.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Having no children, she did, with singular care and

tenderness, intend the education of Philip.</blockquote>
Bacon.
<blockquote>My soul, not being able to intend two things at

once, abated of its fervency in praying.</blockquote>
Fuller.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>To fix the mind upon (something to be

accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to
purpose; -- often followed by an infinitely with to, or a
dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he
intends that she shall remain.</def>
<blockquote>They intended evil against thee.</blockquote>

Ps. xxi. 11.
<blockquote>To-morrow he intends 
To hunt the boar with certain of his friends.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>To design mechanically or artistically; to

fashion; to mold.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Modesty was made 

When she was first intended.</blockquote> Beau. &
Fl.
<sn>9.</sn> <def>To pretend; to counterfeit; to

simulate.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and

Claudio.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- To purpose; mean; design; plan; conceive;

contemplate.
<hw>In*tend"an*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Intendancies</plw> (#). [Cf. F. intendance. See
Intendant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The office or employment of an

intendant.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A territorial district committed to the

charge of an intendant.</def>
<hw>In*tend"ant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

intendant, fr. L. intendere to direct (one's thoughts)
to a thing. See Intend.] <def>One who has the charge,
direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent;
as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of
finance.</def>
<hw>In*tend"ant</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [See Intend.]

<def>Attentive.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*tend"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Purposed; designed; as, intended

harm or help.</def>
<blockquote>They drew a curse from an intended

good.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Betrothed; affianced; as, an

intended husband.</def>
<hw>In*tend"ed</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One with whom

marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced
lover.</def>
<blockquote>If it were not that I might appear to disparage his
intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be
throwing herself away.</blockquote> Dickens.
<hw>In*tend"ed*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Intentionally.</def> [R.] Milton.
<hw>In*tend"ent</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Intendant, <pos>n.</pos></def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*tend"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

intends.</def> Feltham.
<hw>In*tend"i*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

intendimentum. See Intendment.] <def>Attention;
consideration; knowledge; understanding.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<hw>In*tend"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

entendement understanding, insight, F. entendement, fr.
LL. intendimentum. See Intend.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Charge; oversight.</def> [Obs.]

Ford.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Intention; design; purpose.</def>
<blockquote>The intendment of God and nature.</blockquote>

<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>The true meaning,

understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal
instrument.</def>
<hw>In*ten"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Intenerated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intenerating.] [Pref. in- in + L.
tener soft, tender. See Tender, <pos>a.</pos>]
<def>To make tender or sensitive; to soften.</def>
<! p. 775 !>
<blockquote>Fear intenerates the heart.</blockquote> Bp.

Hall.
<blockquote>So have I seen the little purls of a stream . . .

intenerate the stubborn pavement.</blockquote> Jer.
Taylor.
<hw>In*ten"er*ate</hw> (&ibreve;n*t&ebreve;n"&etilde;r*&asl;t),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Made tender or soft; softened.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>In*tenèr*a"tion</hw> (-&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of intenerating, or the
state of being intenerated; softening.</def> [R.] Bacon.
<hw>In*ten"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-
not + L. tenere to hold: cf. L. intenibilis not to be
grasped. Cf. Intenable.] <def>Incapable of holding or
containing.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>This captious and intenible sieve.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>In*ten"sate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intensated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intensating.] [See Intense.] <def>To
intensify.</def> [R.] Emerson.
<hw>In`ten*sa"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

process of intensifying; intensification; climax.</def> [R.]
Carlyle.
<hw>In*ten"sa*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Adding

intensity; intensifying.</def>
<hw>In*tense"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. intensus

stretched, tight, p. p. of intendere to stretch: cf. F.
intense. See Intend, and cf. Intent, and cf.
Intent, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the

stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or
application; intense thought.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate;

as: <sd>(a)</sd> Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat.
<sd>(b)</sd> Keen; biting; as, intense cold.
<sd>(c)</sd> Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as,
intense passion or hate. <sd>(d)</sd> Very severe;
violent; as, intense pain or anguish. <sd>(e)</sd>
Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.</def>
<blockquote>In this intense seclusion of the

forest.</blockquote> Hawthorne.
<hw>In*tense"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Intently.</def> [Obs.] J. Spencer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To an extreme degree; as, weather

intensely cold.</def>
<hw>In*tense"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of
heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought.</def>
<hw>In*ten`si*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.</def>
<hw>In*ten"si*fièr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who or

that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used
to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.</def>
<hw>In*ten"si*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intensified (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intensifying (?).] [Intense + -
fly.] <def>To render more intense; as, to intensify heat
or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a
photographic negative; to intensify animosity.</def>
Bacon.
<blockquote>How piercing is the sting of pride 

By want embittered and intensified.</blockquote>
<hw>In*ten"si*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become

intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or
energy.</def>
<hw>In*ten"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intensio: cf. F. intension. See Intend, and cf.
Intention.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A straining, stretching, or bending; the

state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical
string.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Increase of power or energy of any quality

or thing; intenseness; fervency.</def> Jer. Taylor.
<blockquote>Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the

intension or remission of the wind.</blockquote>
Bacon.
<sn>3.</sn> (Logic & Metaph.) <def>The collective

attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general
notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to
extension, extent, or sphere.</def>
<blockquote>This law is, that the intension of our

knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.</blockquote>
<hw>In*ten"si*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Increasing

the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive
words of a sentence.</def> H. Sweet.
<hw>In*ten"si*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

intensitas: cf. F. intensité. See
Intense.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being intense;

intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold,
mental application, passion, etc.</def>
<blockquote>If you would deepen the intensity of light, you

must be content to bring into deeper blackness and more distinct and
definite outline the shade that accompanies it.</blockquote> F.
W. Robertson.
<sn>2.</sn> (Physics) <def>The amount or degree of

energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as
estimated by results produced.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mech.) <def>The magnitude of a

distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of
surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the
intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is
distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is
ten pounds per square inch.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Photog.) <def>The degree or depth of

shade in a picture.</def>
<hw>In*ten"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

intensif. See Intense.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Stretched; admitting of intension, or

increase of degree; that can be intensified.</def> Sir M.
Hale.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Characterized by persistence; intent;

unremitted; assiduous; intense.</def> [Obs.] Sir H.
Wotton.
<sn>3.</sn> (Gram.) <def>Serving to give force or

emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.</def>
<hw>In*ten"sive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which

intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.</def>
<hw>In*ten"sive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intensive manner; by increase of degree.</def> Abp.
Bramhall.
<hw>In*ten"sive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or state of being intensive; intensity.</def> Sir M.
Hale.
<hw>In*tent"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. intentus,

p. p. of intendere. See Intend, and cf.
Intense.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Closely directed; strictly attentive;

bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent
on self-improvement.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Having the mind closely directed to or

bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; --
formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on
business or pleasure.</def> "Intent on mischief."
Milton.
<blockquote>Be intent and solicitous to take up the meaning

of the speaker.</blockquote> I. Watts.
<hw>In*tent"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. entent,

entente, attention, purpose, OF. entente, F.
entente understanding, meaning; a participial noun, fr. F. &
OF. entendre. See Intend.] <def>The act of turning the
mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention;
meaning; drift; aim.</def>
<blockquote>Be thy intents wicked or

charitable.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver

the laws of duties supernatural.</blockquote> Hooker.
><col>To all intents and purposes</col>, <cd>in all

applications or senses; practically; really; virtually;
essentially.</cd> "He was miserable to all intents and
purpose." L'Estrange.
Syn. -- Design; purpose; intention; meaning; purport; view;

drift; object; end; aim; plan.
<hw>In`ten*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Intention.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*ten"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

intention, L. intentio. See Intend, and cf.
Intension.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A stretching or bending of the mind toward

an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention;
earnestness.</def>
<blockquote>Intention is when the mind, with great

earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea.</blockquote>
Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A determination to act in a certain way or

to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go
to New York.</def>
<blockquote>Hell is paved with good

intentions.</blockquote> Johnson.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The object toward which the thoughts are

directed; end; aim.</def>
<blockquote>In [chronical distempers], the principal

intention is to restore the tone of the solid
parts.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The state of being strained. See

Intension.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>5.</sn> (Logic) <def>Any mental apprehension of

an object.</def>
<col>First intention</col> (Logic), <cd>a conception

of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to
the individual object; an idea or image; as, man,
stone.</cd> -- <col>Second intention</col>
(Logic), <cd>a conception generalized from first intuition or
apprehension already formed by the mind; an abstract notion;
especially, a classified notion, as species, genus,
whiteness.</cd> -- <col>To heal by the first
intention</col> (Surg.), <cd>to cicatrize, as a wound,
without suppuration.</cd> -- <col>To heal by the second
intention</col> (Surg.), <cd>to unite after
suppuration.</cd>
Syn. -- Design; purpose; object; aim; intent; drift;

purport; meaning. See Design.
<hw>In*ten"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

intentionnel.] <def>Done by intention or design; intended;
designed; as, the act was intentional, not
accidental.</def>
<hw>In*ten`tion*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design.</def>
<hw>In*ten"tion*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.</def>
<hw>In*ten"tioned</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned,
having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill
designs.</def>
<hw>In*ten"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE.

ententif, OF. ententif, fr. L. intentivus
intensive. See Intent, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf.
Intensive.] <def>Attentive; intent.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<hw>In*ten"tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Attentively;

closely.</def> [Obs.] "Intentively to observe."
Holland.
<hw>In*ten"tive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Closeness of

attention or application of mind; attentiveness.</def> [Obs.] W.
Montagu.
<hw>In*tent"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an intent

manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.</def>
Syn. -- Fixedly; steadfastly; earnestly; attentively;

sedulously; diligently; eagerly.
<hw>In*tent"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being intent; close application; attention.</def>
<blockquote>Extreme solicitude or intentness upon

business.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In"ter-</hw> (?). [L. inter, prep., among, between, a

compar. form of in in; akin to intra, intro,
within, Skr. antar between, in, and E. in. See
In, and cf. Entrails, Interior, Enter-,
Exterior.] <def>A prefix signifying among,
between, amid; as, interact,
interarticular, intermit.</def>
<hw>In*ter"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Interred (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Interring (?).] [OE. enteren, OF. enterer,
enterrer, LL. interrare; L. pref. in- in +
terra the earth. See Terrace.] <def>To deposit and
cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead
body.</def> Shak.
<hw>In`ter*act"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. inter-

 + act. Cf. Entr'acte.] <def>A short act or piece
between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate
employment or time.</def> Chesterfield.
<hw>In`ter*act"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To act upon

each other; as, two agents mutually interact.</def>
Emerson. Tyndall.
<hw>In`ter*ac"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Intermediate action.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Mutual or reciprocal action or influence;

as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each
other.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ad"di*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Added or

placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted
parenthetically in a sentence.</def>
<hw>In`ter*a"gen*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Intermediate agency.</def>
<hw>In`ter*a"gent</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

intermediate agent.</def>
<hw>In"ter*all</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Entrail or

inside.</def> [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
<hw>In`ter*al"ve*o*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar
septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.</def>
<hw>In`ter*am`bu*la"cral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

interambulacra.</def>
<hw>||In`ter*am`bu*la"crum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. L. <plw>Interambulacra</plw> (&?;), E.
<plw>Interambulacrums</plw> (&?;). (Zoöl.) <def>In
echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two
ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.</def>
<hw>In`ter*am"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + L. amnis river: cf. L. interamnus.]
<def>Situated between rivers.</def> [R.] "An interamnian
country." J. Bryant.
<hw>In`ter*an"i*mate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To
animate or inspire mutually.</def> [Obs.] Donne.
<hw>In`ter*ar`bo*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

interweaving of branches of trees.</def> [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>In`ter*ar*tic"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Situated between joints or articulations; as,
interarticular cartilages and ligaments.</def>
<hw>In`ter*a*tom"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem. &

Physics) <def>Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the
atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.</def>
<hw>In`ter*au"lic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Existing

between royal courts.</def> [R.] "Interaulic politics."
Motley.
<hw>In`ter*au*ric"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between the auricles; as, the
interauricular partition of the heart.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ax"al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Arch.)

<def>Situated in an interaxis.</def> Gwilt.
<hw>In`ter*ax"il*la*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>Situated within or between the axils of
leaves.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ax"is</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Interaxes</plw> (&?;). (Arch.) <def>The space
between two axes. See Axis, 6.</def>
<blockquote>The doors, windows, niches, and the like, are then

placed centrally in the interaxes.</blockquote>
Gwilt.
<hw>In`ter*bas*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + baste to sew.] <def>Patchwork.</def> [Obs.]
Dr. J. Smith.
<hw>In`ter*brach"i*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Between the arms.</def>
<hw>In`ter*brain`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>See Thalamencephalon.</def>
<hw>In`ter*bran"chi*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Between the branchiæ.</def>
<hw>In`ter*breed"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To

breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.</def>
<hw>In*ter"ca*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Intercalary.</def>
<hw>In*ter"ca*la*ry</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F.
intercalaire. See Intercalate.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Chron.) <def>Inserted or introduced

among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day,
etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted
in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile,
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Introduced or inserted among others;

additional; supernumerary.</def> "Intercalary spines."
Owen.
<blockquote>This intercalary line . . . is made the last of

a triplet.</blockquote> Beattie.
<col>Intercalary day</col> (Med.), <cd>one on which

no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs.</cd>
Mayne.
<hw>In*ter"ca*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Intercalated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intercalating (?).] [L. intercalatus, p.
p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter
between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Chron.) <def>To insert, as a day or

other portion of time, in a calendar.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To insert among others, as a verse in a

stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum,
between the layers of a regular series of rocks.</def>
<blockquote>Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are

intercalated and interstratified with the shale.</blockquote>
Mantell.
<hw>In*ter`ca*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Chron.) <def>The insertion of a day, or

other portion of time, in a calendar.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The insertion or introduction of anything

among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a
metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed
or layer between other layers.</def>
<blockquote>Intercalations of fresh-water species in some

localities.</blockquote> Mantell.
<hw>In`ter*ca*rot"id</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as,
an intercarotid ganglion.</def>
<hw>In`ter*car"pal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations,
<hw>In`ter*car`ti*lag"i*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Within cartilage; endochondral; as,
intercartilaginous ossification.</def>
<hw>In`ter*cav"ern*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the
intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the
base of the brain.</def>
<hw>In`ter*cede"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interceded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Interceding.] [L. intercedere, intercessum;
inter between + cedere to pass: cf. F.
intercéder. See Cede.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To pass between; to intervene.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>He supposed that a vast period interceded

between that origination and the age wherein he lived.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To act between parties with a view to

reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in
behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and
for; as, I will intercede with him for
you.</def>
<blockquote>I to the lords will intercede, not doubting 

Their favorable ear.</blockquote> Milton.
Syn. -- To mediate; arbitrate. See Interpose.
<hw>In`ter*cede"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To be, to

come, or to pass, between; to separate.</def> [Obs.] Sir I.
Newton.
<hw>In`ter*ced"ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

interceding; intercession; intervention.</def> [R.] Bp.
Reynolds.
<hw>In`ter*ced"ent</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intercedens, p. pr. of intercedere.] <def>Passing
between; mediating; pleading.</def> [R.] --
<wf>In`ter*ced"ent*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`ter*ced"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.</def> Johnson.
<hw>In`ter*cel"lu*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lying

between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space,
or fluids; intercellular blood channels.</def>
<hw>In`ter*cen"tral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between

centers.</def>
<col>Intercentral nerves</col> (Physiol.), <cd>those
nerves which transmit impulses between nerve centers, as opposed to
peripheral fibers, which convey impulses between peripheral parts and
nerve centers.</cd>
<hw>||In`ter*cen"trum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Intercentra</plw> (&?;). (Anat.) <def>The median
of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebræ in
some fossil batrachians.</def>
<hw>In`ter*cept"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intercepted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Intercepting.] [L. interceptus, p. p. of
intercipere to intercept; inter between + capere
to take, seize: cf. F. intercepter. See Capable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To take or seize by the way, or before

arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as,
to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at
Paris.</def>
<blockquote>God will shortly intercept your

breath.</blockquote> Joye.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To obstruct or interrupt the progress of;

to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of
a river.</def>
<blockquote>Who intercepts me in my
expedition?</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>We must meet first, and intercept his

course.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To interrupt communication with, or

progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to
blockade.</def>
<blockquote>While storms vindictive intercept the

shore.</blockquote> Pope.
<! p. 776 !>
<sn>4.</sn> (Math.) <def>To include between; as,

that part of the line which is intercepted between the points
A and B.</def>
Syn. -- To cut off; stop; catch; seize; obstruct.
<hw>In"ter*cept`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Math.)

<def>A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included
between two points, or cut off two straight lines or
curves.</def>
<hw>In`ter*cept"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, intercepts.</def> Shak.
<hw>In`ter*cep"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interceptio a taking away: cf. F. interception.]
<def>The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter;
interception of the enemy.</def>
<hw>In`ter*cept"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Intercepting or tending to intercept.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ces"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intercessio an intervention, a becoming surety: cf. F.
intercession. See Intercede.] <def>The act of
interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance,
with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor
of, or (less often) against, another or others.</def>
<blockquote>But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for

us with groanings which can not be uttered.</blockquote> Rom.
viii. 26.
<hw>In`ter*ces"sion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by,
intercession or entreaty.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ces"sion*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

entreat.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*ces"sor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., a surety:

cf. F. intercesseur.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who goes between, or intercedes; a

mediator. <sd>(a)</sd> One who interposes between parties at
variance, with a view to reconcile them. <sd>(b)</sd> One who
pleads in behalf of another.</def> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>A bishop, who, during a

vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is
installed.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ces*so"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Intercessory.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ces"so*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

intercessorius.] <def>Pertaining to, of the nature of, or
characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory
prayer.</def>
<hw>In`ter*chain"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Interchained (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interchaining.] <def>To link together; to unite
closely or firmly, as by a chain.</def>
<blockquote>Two bosoms interchained with an

oath.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In`ter*change"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Interchanged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interchanging (?).] [OE. entrechangen, OF.
entrechangier. See Inter-, and Change.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To put each in the place of the other; to
give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to
interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices
and services.</def>
<blockquote>I shall interchange 

My waned state for Henry's regal crown.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cause to follow alternately; to

intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with
pleasures.</def>
<hw>In`ter*change"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make an

interchange; to alternate.</def> Sir P. Sidney.
<hw>In`ter*change"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

entrechange.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of mutually changing; the act of

mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange
of civilities between two persons.</def> "Interchange of
kindnesses." South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The mutual exchange of commodities between

two persons or countries; barter; commerce.</def> Howell.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Alternate succession; alternation; a

mingling.</def>
<blockquote>The interchanges of light and

darkness.</blockquote> Holder.
<blockquote>Sweet interchange 
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In`ter*changeà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The state or quality of being interchangeable;
interchangeableness.</def>
<hw>In`ter*change"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. OF.

entrechangeable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Admitting of exchange or mutual

substitution.</def> "Interchangeable warrants."
Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Following each other in alternate

succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons.</def>
Holder.
-- <wf>In`ter*change"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In`ter*change"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`ter*change"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

entrechangement.] <def>Mutual transfer; exchange.</def> [Obs.]
Shak.
<hw>In`ter*chap"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An
intervening or inserted chapter.</def>
<hw>In*ter"ci*dence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Intercident.] <def>The act or state of coming or falling
between; occurrence; incident.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>In*ter"ci*dent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intercidens, -entis, p. pr. of intercidere to
fall between; inter between + cadere to fall.]
<def>Falling or coming between; happening accidentally.</def> [Obs.]
Boyle.
<hw>In`ter*cip"i*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intercipiens, -entis, p. pr. of intercipere. See
Intercept.] <def>Intercepting; stopping.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, intercepts or stops
anything on the passage.</def> Wiseman.
<hw>In`ter*ci"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intercisio a cutting through, fr. intercidere to cut
asunder.] <def>A cutting off, through, or asunder;
interruption.</def> [R.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In`ter*cit"i*zen*ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

mutual right to civic privileges, in the different States.</def>
Bancroft.
<hw>In`ter*clav"i*cle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>See Episternum.</def>
<hw>In`ter*cla*vic"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Between the clavicles; as,
the interclavicular notch of the sternum.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the
interclavicle.</def>
<hw>In`ter*close"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + close. See Interclude.] <def>To shut
in; to inclose.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*cloud"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

cloud.</def> [R.] Daniel.
<hw>In`ter*clude"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Intercluded; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intercluding.] [L. intercludere,
interclusum; inter between + claudere to shut.
See Close, and cf. Interclose.] <def>To shut off or out
from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to
cut off; to interrupt.</def> Mitford.
<blockquote>So all passage of external air into the receiver may

be intercluded.</blockquote> Boyle.
<hw>In`ter*clu"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interclusio. See Interclude.] <def>Interception; a
stopping; obstruction.</def>
<hw>In`ter*col*le"gi*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as,
intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.</def>
<hw>In`ter*col"line</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Geol.)

<def>Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying
between volcanic cones.</def>
<hw>In`ter*co*lo"ni*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between

or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations
of colonies; as, intercolonial trade.</def> --
<wf>In`ter*co*lo"ni*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`ter*co*lum"nar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between

columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's
ligament; an intercolumnar statue.</def>
<hw>In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Arch.) <def>The clear space between two columns, measured at
the bottom of their shafts.</def> Gwilt.
&fist; It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in terms

of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the bottom. Different
words, derived from the Greek, are in use to denote certain common
proportions. They are: Pycnostyle, when the intercolumniation
is of one and a half diameters; Systyle, of two diameters;
Eustyle, of two and a quarter diameters; Diastyle, of
three diameters; Aræostyle, of four or more, and so
great that a wooden architrave has to be used instead of stone;
Aræosystyle, when the intercolumniations are alternately
systyle and aræostyle.
<hw>In`ter*com"bat</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Combat.</def> [Obs.] Daniel.
<hw>In`ter*com"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

coming between; intervention; interference.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*com"mon</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Intercommoned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intercommoning.] [OF. entrecommuner. See
Inter-, and Common, and cf. Intercommune.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To share with others; to participate;

especially, to eat at the same table.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> (O. Eng. Law) <def>To graze cattle

promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of
adjoining townships, manors, etc.</def>
<hw>In`ter*com"mon*age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (O. Eng.

Law) <def>The right or privilege of intercommoning.</def>
<hw>In`ter*com*mune"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Intercommuned (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Intercommuning.] [Cf.
Intercommon, Intercommunicate, Commune.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To intercommunicate.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To have mutual communication or

intercourse by conversation.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>In`ter*com*mu"ni*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Capable of being mutually communicated.</def>
<hw>In`ter*com*mu"ni*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos>

<def>To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.</def>
<hw>In`ter*com*mu"ni*cate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

communicate mutually; to interchange.</def> Holland.
<hw>In`ter*com*mu`ni*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Mutual communication.</def> Owen.
<hw>In`ter*com*mun"ion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Mutual

communion; as, an intercommunion of deities.</def>
Faber.
<hw>In`ter*com*mu"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>In consequence of that intercommunity of

paganism . . . one nation adopted the gods of another.</blockquote>
<hw>In`ter*com*par"i*son</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.</def>
{ <hw>In`ter*con"dy*lar</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*con"dy*loid</hw> (?),

} <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.) <def>Between condyles; as, the
intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur.</def>
<hw>In`ter*con*nect"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

join together.</def>
<hw>In`ter*con*nec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Connection between; mutual connection.</def>
<hw>In`ter*con`ti*nen"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between
continents; as, intercontinental relations or
commerce.</def>
<hw>In`ter*con*vert"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are
interconvertible.</def>
<hw>In`ter*cos"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat. &

Physiol.) <def>Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by,
the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in
which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the
intercostal muscles.</def>
<hw>In"ter*course</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Formerly
entercourse, OF. entrecours commerce, exchange, F.
entrecours a reciprocal right on neighboring lands, L.
intercursus a running between, fr. intercurrere to run
between. See Inter-, and Course.] <def>A commingling;
intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in
common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade;
communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and
feeling; association; communion.</def>
<blockquote>This sweet intercourse 

Of looks and smiles.</blockquote> Milton.
<col>Sexual intercourse</col>, <cd>sexual or carnal

connection; coition.</cd>
Syn. -- Communication; connection; commerce; communion;

fellowship; familiarity; acquaintance.
<hw>In`ter*cross"</hw> (?; 115), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Intercrossed (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Intercrossing.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To cross each other, as lines.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Biol.) <def>To fertilize by the

impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a
different species or variety.</def>
<hw>In"ter*cross`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The process

or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals,
or different varieties of plants.</def>
<blockquote>We have reason to believe that occasional

intercrosses take place with all animals and
plants.</blockquote> Darwin.
<hw>In`ter*cru"ral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates
in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.</def>
<hw>In`ter*cur"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [L.

intercurrere. See Intercourse.] <def>To intervene; to
come or occur in the meantime.</def> [Obs.] Shelton.
<hw>In`ter*cur"rence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Intercurrent.] <def>A passing or running between;
occurrence.</def> Boyle.
<hw>In`ter*cur"rent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intercurrens, p. pr. of intercurrere: cf. F.
intercurrent. See Intercur.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Running between or among;

intervening.</def> Boyle. Bp. Fell.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Not

belonging to any particular season.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>Said of diseases occurring in the course of another
disease.</def> Dunglison.
<hw>In`ter*cur"rent</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Something

intervening.</def> Holland.
<hw>In`ter*cu*ta"ne*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Subcutaneous.</def>
<hw>In`ter*dash"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interdashed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interdashing.] <def>To dash between or among; to
intersperse.</def> Cowper.
<hw>In`ter*deal"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

intrigue.</def> [Obs.] Daniel.
<hw>In`ter*den"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Situated between teeth; as, an
interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear
wheel.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Phon.) <def>Formed between the upper

and lower teeth; as, interdental consonants.</def>
<hw>In`ter*den"til</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Arch.)

<def>The space between two dentils.</def> Gwilt.
<hw>In`ter*de*pend"ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Mutual

dependence.</def> "The interdependence of virtue and
knowledge." M. Arnold.
<hw>In`ter*de*pend"en*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of
interests.</def> De Quincey.
<hw>In`ter*de*pend"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Mutually dependent.</def>
<hw>In`ter*dict"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interdicted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Interdicting.] [OE. entrediten to forbid communion, L.
interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict,
<pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to

interdict intercourse with foreign nations.</def>
<blockquote>Charged not to touch the interdicted

tree.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>To lay under an interdict;

to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a
church, an individual.</def>
<blockquote>An archbishop may not only excommunicate and

interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the
same.</blockquote> Ayliffe.
<hw>In"ter*dict`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.
entredit, enterdit, OF. entredit, F.
interdit, fr. L. interdictum, fr. interdicere to
interpose, prohibit; inter between + dicere to say. See
Diction.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A prohibitory order or decree; a

prohibition.</def>
<blockquote>These are not fruits forbidden; no

interdict 
Defends the touching of these viands pure.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> (R. C. Ch.) <def>A prohibition of the

pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing,
or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices
or enjoying the privileges of the church.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Scots Law) <def>An order of the court

of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of
injunction out of chancery in England and America.</def>
<hw>In`ter*dic"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interdictio: cf. F. interdiction.] <def>The act of
interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse;
interdict.</def>
<blockquote>The truest issue of thy throne 

By his own interdiction stands accurst.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>In`ter*dict"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the

power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence.</def>
Milton.
<hw>In`ter*dict"o*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interdictorius.] <def>Belonging to an interdiction;
prohibitory.</def>
<hw>In`ter*dig"i*tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital
space.</def>
<hw>In`ter*dig"i*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

interweave.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*dig"i*tate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + L. digitus finger.] <def>To interlock, as the
fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to
commingle.</def> Owen.
<hw>In`ter*digì*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>The state of interdigitating; interdigital
space.</def> Owen.
<hw>In"ter*dome`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Arch.)

<def>The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or
cupola of masonry.</def>
<hw>In"ter*duce</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. entre-

deux, literally, between two.] (Carp.) <def>An
intertie.</def>
<hw>In"ter*e*pim"er*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Between the epimeral plates of insects and
crustaceans.</def>
<hw>In`ter*e`qui*noc"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Coming between the equinoxes.</def>
<blockquote>Summer and winter I have called

interequinoctial intervals.</blockquote> F.
Balfour.
<hw>In"ter*ess</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Interest, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <def>To interest or
affect.</def> [Obs.] Hooker.
<hw>In"ter*esse</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Interest.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>In"ter*est</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interested (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interesting.] [From interess'd, p. p. of
the older form interess, fr. F. intéresser, L.
interesse. See Interest, <pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To engage the attention of; to awaken

interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person
or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to
interest one in charitable work.</def>
<blockquote>To love our native country . . . to be

interested in its concerns is natural to all men.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<blockquote>A goddess who used to interest herself in

marriages.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To be concerned with or engaged in; to

affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>Or rather, gracious sir, 

Create me to this glory, since my cause 
Doth interest this fair quarrel.</blockquote> Ford.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause or permit to share.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as

maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings
which any one of them receiveth at God's hands.</blockquote>
Hooker.
Syn. -- To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage;
occupy; hold.
<hw>In"ter*est</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OF. interest, F.

intérêt, fr. L. interest it interests, is
of interest, fr. interesse to be between, to be difference, to
be importance; inter between + esse to be; cf. LL.
interesse usury. See Essence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or

painful, accompanying special attention to some object;
concern.</def>
&fist; Interest expresses mental excitement of various

kinds and degrees. It may be intellectual, or sympathetic and
emotional, or merely personal; as, an interest in
philosophical research; an interest in human suffering; the
interest which an avaricious man takes in money getting.
<blockquote>So much interest have I in thy

sorrow.</blockquote> Shak.
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<sn>2.</sn> <def>Participation in advantage, profit, and

responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a
brewery; he has parted with his interest in the
stocks.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Advantage, personal or general; good,

regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.</def>
<blockquote>Divisions hinder the common interest and public

good.</blockquote> Sir W. Temple.
<blockquote>When interest calls of all her sneaking

train.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Premium paid for the use of money, --

usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per
cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.</def>
<blockquote>They have told their money, and let out 

Their coin upon large interest.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Any excess of advantage over and above an

exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.</def>
<blockquote>You shall have your desires with

interest.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>The persons interested in any particular

business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron
interest; the cotton interest.</def>
<col>Compound interest</col>, <cd>interest, not only on the

original principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it fell
due.</cd> -- <col>Simple interest</col>, <cd>interest on the
principal sum without interest on overdue interest.</cd>
<hw>In"ter*est*ed</hw>
(&ibreve;n"t&etilde;r*&ebreve;st*&ebreve;d), <pos>a.</pos>
[See Interest, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the attention engaged; having

emotion or passion excited; as, an interested
listener.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Having an interest; concerned in a cause

or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an
interested witness.</def>
<hw>In"ter*est*ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being interested; selfishness.</def>
<hw>In"ter*est*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Engaging the

attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or
emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting
news.</def> Cowper.
<hw>In"ter*est*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

interesting manner.</def>
<hw>In"ter*est*ing*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

condition or quality of being interesting.</def> A.
Smith.
<hw>In`ter*fa"cial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Geom.)

<def>Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, an
interfacial angle.</def>
<hw>In`ter*fas*cic"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between fascicles or bundles; as, the
interfascicular spaces of connective tissue.</def>
<hw>In`ter*fer"ant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Law)

<def>One of the contestants in interference before the Patent
Office.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>In`ter*fere"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interfered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interfering.] [OF. entreferir to strike
each other; entre between (L. inter) + OF. ferir
to strike, F. férir, fr. L. ferire. See
Ferula.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To come in collision; to be in opposition;

to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To enter into, or take a part in, the

concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose.</def>
<blockquote>To interfere with party disputes.</blockquote>

Swift.
<blockquote>There was no room for anyone to interfere with
his own opinions.</blockquote> Bp. Warburton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To strike one foot against the opposite

foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being,
but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Physics) <def>To act reciprocally, so

as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; -- said of
waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference,
2.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Patent Law) <def>To cover the same

ground; to claim the same invention.</def>
Syn. -- To interpose; intermeddle. See

Interpose.
<hw>In`ter*fer"ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Interfere.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or state of interfering; as, the

stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its
parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of
others.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Physics) <def>The mutual influence,

under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of
pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any
kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes,
dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased
intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves
generally.</def>
&fist; The term is most commonly applied to light, and the

undulatory theory of light affords the proper explanation of
the phenomena which are considered to be produced by the
superposition of waves, and are thus substantially identical in their
origin with the phenomena of heat, sound, waves of water, and the
like.
<sn>3.</sn> (Patent Law) <def>The act or state of

interfering, or of claiming a right to the same invention.</def>
<col>Interference figures</col> (Optics), <cd>the

figures observed when certain sections of crystallized bodies are
viewed in converging polarized light; thus, a section of a uniaxial
crystal, cut normal to the vertical axis, shows a series of
concentric colored rings with a single black cross; -- so called
because produced by the interference of luminous waves.</cd> -
- <col>Interference fringe</col>. (Optics) <cd>See
Fringe.</cd>
<hw>In`ter*fer"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

interferes.</def>
<hw>In`ter*fer"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By or with

interference.</def>
<hw>In`ter*flow"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To flow

in.</def> [R.] Holland.
{ <hw>In*ter"flu*ent</hw> (?), <hw>In*ter"flu*ous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. interfluens, p. pr., and
interfluus. See Inter-, and Fluent.]
<def>Flowing between or among; intervening.</def> Boyle.
<hw>In`ter*fold"ed</hw> (?), <pos>p. a.</pos>

<def>Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together.</def>
<hw>In`ter*fo`li*a"ceous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + foliaceous: cf. F.
interfoliacé.] (Bot.) <def>At the same node with
opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their
places of attachment.</def>
<hw>In`ter*fo"li*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + L. folium leaf.] <def>To interleave.</def>
[Obs.] Evelyn.
<hw>In`ter*fol*lic"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between follicles; as, the interfollicular
septa in a lymphatic gland.</def>
<hw>In`ter*fret"ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Her.)

<def>Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See
Fretted.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ful"gent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interfulgens, p. pr. See Inter-, and Fulgent.]
<def>Shining between.</def>
<hw>In`ter*fuse"</hw> (&?;), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

interfusus, p. p. of interfundere to pour between;
inter between + fundere to pour. See Fuse to
melt.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To pour or spread between or among; to

diffuse; to scatter.</def>
<blockquote>The ambient air, wide interfused, 

Embracing round this florid earth.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To spread through; to permeate; to

pervade.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Keats, in whom the moral seems to have so perfectly

interfused the physical man, that you might almost say he
could feel sorrow with his hands.</blockquote> Lowell.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To mix up together; to associate.</def>

H. Spencer.
<hw>In`ter*fu"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interfusio.] <def>The act of interfusing, or the state of
being interfused.</def> Coleridge.
<hw>In`ter*gan`gli*on"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as,
interganglionic cords.</def>
<hw>In`ter*glob"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain
small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.</def>
<hw>In`ter*grave"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp.</pos> Intergraved (?); <pos>p.
p.</pos> Intergraved or Intergraven (&?;);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Intergraving.] <def>To grave
or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections.</def>
<blockquote>The work itself of the bases, was

intergraven.</blockquote> 3 Kings vii. 28 (Douay version.
)
{ <hw>In`ter*he"mal</hw>, <hw>In`ter*hæ"mal</hw> } (?),

<pos>a.</pos> (Anat.) <def>Between the hemal arches or
hemal spines.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An interhemal spine
or cartilage.</def>
<hw>In`ter*hy"al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Inter- +

the Greek letter &?;.] (Anat.) <def>Of or pertaining to a
segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean
arch.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An interhyal ligament or
cartilage.</def>
<hw>In"ter*im</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. inter

between + im, an old accusative of is he, this,
that.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The meantime; time intervening; interval

between events, etc.</def>
<blockquote>All the interim is 

Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> (Hist.) <def>A name given to each of

three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the
sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and
Catholics.</def>
<hw>In*te"ri*or</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L., compar. fr.

inter between: cf. F. intérieur. See Inter-
, and cf. Intimate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Being within any limits, inclosure, or

substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or
superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house;
the interior surface of a hollow ball.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Remote from the limits, frontier, or

shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or
country.</def>
<col>Interior angle</col> (Geom.), <cd>an angle

formed between two sides, within any rectilinear figure, as a
polygon, or between two parallel lines by these lines and another
intersecting them; -- called also internal angle.</cd> --
<col>Interior planets</col> (Astron.), <cd>those
planets within the orbit of the earth.</cd> -- <col>Interior
screw</col>, <cd>a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a nut;
a female screw.</cd>
Syn. -- Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.
<hw>In*te"ri*or</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the
inside.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The inland part of a country, state, or

kingdom.</def>
<col>Department of the Interior</col>, <cd>that department

of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions,
patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that
department of the government of a country which is specially charged
with the internal affairs of that country; the home department.</cd>
-- <col>Secretary of the Interior</col>, <cd>the cabinet
officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department
of the Interior.</cd>
<hw>In*te`ri*or"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>State of

being interior.</def>
<hw>In*te"ri*or*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Internally; inwardly.</def>
{ <hw>In`ter*ja"cence</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*ja"cen*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [See Interjacent.] <def>The state of
being between; a coming or lying between or among; intervention;
also, that which lies between.</def>
<blockquote>England and Scotland is divided only by the

interjacency of the Tweed.</blockquote> Sir M.
Hale.
<hw>In`ter*ja"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interjacens, -entis, p. pr. of interjacere to
lie between; inter between + jac&?;re to lie.]
<def>Lying or being between or among; intervening; as,
interjacent isles.</def> Sir W. Raleigh.
<hw>In`ter*jac"u*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

ejaculate parenthetically.</def> [R.] Thackeray.
<hw>In`ter*jan"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make

a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter
noisily.</def> [R.] Daniel.
<hw>In`ter*ject"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interjected; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Interjecting.] [L. interjectus, p. p. of
interjicere to interject; inter between +
jac&?;re to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] <def>To
throw in between; to insert; to interpose.</def> Sir H.
Wotton.
<hw>In`ter*ject"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To throw one's

self between or among; to come between; to interpose.</def> Sir
G. Buck.
<hw>In`ter*jec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interjectio: cf. F. interjection. See
Interject.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of interjecting or throwing

between; also, that which is interjected.</def>
<blockquote>The interjection of laughing.</blockquote>

Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> (Gram.) <def>A word or form of speech

thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas!
Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare
Exclamation.</def>
<blockquote>An interjection implies a meaning which it

would require a whole grammatical sentence to expound, and it may be
regarded as the rudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of
thought to rank it among the parts of speech.</blockquote>
Earle.
<blockquote>How now! interjections? Why, then, some be of

laughing, as, ah, ha, he!</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In`ter*jec"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Thrown in between other words or phrases;
parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional
remark.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an

interjection; consisting of natural and spontaneous
exclamations.</def>
<blockquote>Certain of the natural accompaniments of

interjectional speech, such as gestures, grimaces, and
gesticulations, are restrained by civilization.</blockquote>
Earle.
<hw>In`ter*jec"tion*al*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

<def>To convert into, or to use as, an interjection.</def>
Earle.
<hw>In`ter*jec"tion*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

interjectional manner.</def> G. Eliot.
<hw>In`ter*jec"tion*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Interjectional.</def>
<hw>In`ter*join"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> Interjoined; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Interjoining.] [Pref. inter + join.] <def>To join
mutually; to unite.</def> [R.] Shak.
<hw>In"ter*joist`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Carp.)

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The space or interval between two
joists.</def> Gwilt.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A middle joist or crossbeam.</def> De

Colange.
<hw>In`ter*junc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interjunctus, p. p. of interjungere to join together.
See Inter-, and Join, and cf. Interjoin.] <def>A
mutual joining.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*knit"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To knit

together; to unite closely; to intertwine.</def>
<hw>In`ter*know"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To know

mutually.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*knowl"edge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Mutual

knowledge or acquaintance.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In`ter*lace"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Interlaced (?); <pos>p. pr.
& vb. n.</pos> Interlacing (?).] [OE. entrelacen,
F. entrelacer. See Inter-, and Lace.] <def>To
unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within
another; to intertwine; to interweave.</def>
<blockquote>Severed into stripes 

That interlaced each other.</blockquote> Cowper.
<blockquote>The epic way is everywhere interlaced with

dialogue.</blockquote> Dryden.
<col>Interlacing arches</col> (Arch.), <cd>arches,

usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and
seem to be interlaced.</cd>
<hw>In`ter*lace"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

entrelacement.] <def>The act of interlacing, or the state of
being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.</def>
{ <hw>In`ter*lam"el*lar</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*lam"i*nar</hw> (?) },

<pos>a.</pos> (Anat.) <def>Between lammellæ or
laminæ; as, interlamellar spaces.</def>
<hw>In`ter*lam"i*na`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Placed

between, or containing, laminæ or plates.</def>
<hw>In`ter*lamì*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being interlaminated.</def>
<hw>In"ter*lapse`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. inter-
 + lapse: cf. L. interlabi, interlapsus, to
fall, slide, or flow, between.] <def>The lapse or interval of time
between two events.</def> [R.] Harvey.
<hw>In`ter*lard"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interlarded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Interlarding.] [F. entrelarder. See Inter-, and
Lard.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as

fat meat with lean.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Whose grain doth rise in flakes, with fatness

interlarded.</blockquote> Drayton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: To insert between; to mix or

mingle; especially, to introduce that which is foreign or irrelevant;
as, to interlard a conversation with oaths or
allusions.</def>
<blockquote>The English laws . . . [were] mingled and

interlarded with many particular laws of their
own.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<blockquote>They interlard their native drinks with

choice 
Of strongest brandy.</blockquote> J. Philips.
<hw>In`ter*lay"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interlaid (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interlaying.] <def>To lay or place among or
between.</def> Daniel.
<hw>In"ter*leaf`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Interleaves</plw> (#). [See Interleave.] <def>A
leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a
book.</def>
<hw>In`ter*leave"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Interleaved (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interleaving.] [Pref. inter- +
leaf.] <def>To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank
leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a
book.</def>
<hw>In`ter*li"bel</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To libel

mutually.</def>
<hw>In`ter*line"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interlined (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interlining.] [Pref. inter- + line:
cf. LL. interlineare, F. interlinéer, OF.
entreligner.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To write or insert between lines already

written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print
something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a
book.</def> Swift.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To arrange in alternate lines; as, to

interline Latin and English.</def> Locke.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To mark or imprint with lines.</def>
<blockquote>A crooked wrinkle interlines my

brow.</blockquote> Marlowe.
{ <hw>In`ter*lin"e*al</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*lin"e*ar</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. LL. interlinearis, F.
interlinéaire.] <def>Contained between lines; written
or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing
interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation,
etc.</def> -- <wf>In`ter*lin"e*ar*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`ter*lin"e*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Interlinear.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A book
containing interlineations.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*linè*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

interlinéation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of interlining.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is interlined; a passage, word,

or line inserted between lines already written or printed.</def>
<hw>In`ter*lin"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Correction

or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.</def>
Bp. Burnet.
<hw>In`ter*link"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To link

together; to join, as one chain to another.</def> Dryden.
<hw>In`ter*link"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

intermediate or connecting link.</def>
<hw>In`ter*lo"bar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the
interlobar ducts of a gland.</def>
<hw>In`ter*lob"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + lobular: cf. F. interlobulaire.]
(Anat.) <def>Between lobules; as, the interlobular
branches of the portal vein.</def>
<! p. 778 !>
<hw>In`ter*lo*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

placing or coming between; interposition.</def>
<hw>In`ter*lock"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To unite,

embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected
in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace
firmly.</def>
<hw>In`ter*lock"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To unite by
locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual
fastening.</def>
<blockquote>My lady with her fingers

interlocked.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>In`ter*lo*cu"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interlocutio, from interloqui, interlocutus, to
speak between; inter between + loqui to speak: cf. F.
interlocution. See Loquacious.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Interchange of speech; dialogue;

conversation; conference.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>An intermediate act or decree

before final decision.</def> Ayliffe.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, intermediate argument or

discussion.</def>
<hw>In`ter*loc"u*tor</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

interlocuteur.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who takes part in dialogue or

conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner.</def> Jer.
Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>An interlocutory judgment or

sentence.</def>
<hw>In`ter*loc"u*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. LL.

interlocutorius, F. interlocutoire.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting of, or having the nature of,

dialogue; conversational.</def>
<blockquote>Interlocutory discourses in the Holy

Scriptures.</blockquote> Fiddes.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>Intermediate; not final or

definitive; made or done during the progress of an action.</def>
&fist; An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an

intermediate stage between the commencement and termination of a
cause, is called interlocutory.
<hw>In`ter*loc"u*to*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

interlocutoire.] <def>Interpolated discussion or
dialogue.</def>
<hw>In`ter*loc"u*trice</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>A

female interlocutor.</def>
<hw>In`ter*lope"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interloped (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interloping.] [See Interloper.] <def>To
run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that
one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license;
to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.</def>
<hw>In"ter*lo`per</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + D. looper a runner, fr. loopen to run;
akin to E. leap. See Leap, and cf. Elope.]
<def>One who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property,
a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or
officiously.</def>
<blockquote>The untrained man, . . . the interloper as to

the professions.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<hw>In`ter*lu"cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

interlucatus, p. p. of interlucare; inter
between + lux, lucis, light.] <def>To let in light
upon, as by cutting away branches.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*lu*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interlucatio.] <def>Act of thinning a wood to let in
light.</def> [Obs.] Evelyn.
<hw>In`ter*lu"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interlucens, p. pr. See Inter-, and Lucent.]
<def>Shining between.</def>
<hw>In`ter*lude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

enterlude, LL. interludium; LL. inter between +
ludus play, fr. ludere to play: cf. F.
interlude. See Ludicrous.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A short entertainment exhibited on the

stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the
afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.</def>
<blockquote>Dreams are but interludes, which fancy

makes 
When monarch reason sleeps.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A form of English drama or play, usually

short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral
Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan
drama.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mus.) <def>A short piece of

instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or
the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage
played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German
chorals after each line.</def>
<hw>In"ter*lu`ded</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inserted in

the manner of an interlude; having or containing
interludes.</def>
<hw>In"ter*lu`der</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An actor who

performs in an interlude.</def> B. Jonson.
<hw>In"ter*luèn*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interluens, p. pr. of interluere to flow between;
inter + luere.] <def>A flowing between; intervening
water.</def> [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
{ <hw>In`ter*lu"nar</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*lu"na*ry</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Pref. inter- + lunar: cf. L.
interlunis.] <def>Belonging or pertaining to the time when the
moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible.</def>
Milton.
<hw>In`ter*man*dib"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the
intermandibular space.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mar"riage</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking
in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or
nations.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mar"ry</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become

connected by marriage between their members; to give and take
mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>About the middle of the fourth century from the

building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to
intermarry.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>||In`ter*max*il"la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Intermaxillæ</plw> (&?;). (Anat.) <def>See
Premaxilla.</def>
<hw>In`ter*max"il*la*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Between the maxillary
bones.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the
intermaxillæ.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An
intermaxilla.</def>
<hw>In"ter*mean`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Something

done in the meantime; interlude.</def> [Obs.] B. Jonson.
<hw>In`ter*me*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intermeare, intermeatum; to go between; inter
between + meare to go.] <def>A flowing between.</def> [Obs.]
Bailey.
<hw>In`ter*med"dle</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [OE.

entremedlen, entermellen, to mix together, OF.
entremedler, entremeller, entremesler, F.
entremêler. See Inter-, and Meddle.]
<def>To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to
interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with.</def>
<blockquote>The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by

conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign
states.</blockquote> Bacon.
Syn. -- To interpose; interfere. See Interpose.

<hw>In`ter*med"dle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To
intermix; to mingle.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Many other adventures are

intermeddled.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>In`ter*med"dler</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others.</def>
Swift.
<hw>In`ter*med"dle*some</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inclined or disposed to intermeddle.</def> --
<wf>In`ter*med"dle*some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In`ter*med"dling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of improperly interfering.</def> Burke.
<hw>In"ter*mede</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

intermède, fr. L. inter between + medius,
adj., middle; cf. It. intermedio. Cf. Intermezzo.]
<def>A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing,
sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the
acts of a play or an opera.</def>
<hw>In`ter*me"di*a*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Intermediate.] <def>Interposition; intervention.</def>
Derham.
<hw>||In`ter*me"di*æ</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>

[NL., fr. L. intermedius intermedial.] (Zoöl.)
<def>The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices.</def>
<hw>In`ter*me"di*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + medial: cf. L. intermedius.] <def>Lying
between; intervening; intermediate.</def> "Intermedial
colors." Evelyn.
<hw>In`ter*me"di*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Intermediate.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*me"di*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

intermédiaire.] <def>Lying, coming, or done, between;
intermediate; as, an intermediary project.</def>
<col>Intermediary amputation</col> (Surg.), <cd>an

amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set
in.</cd>
<hw>In`ter*me"di*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Intermediaries</plw> (&?;). <def>One who, or that which,
is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between.</def>
<hw>In`ter*me"di*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.]
<def>Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two
extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed;
interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time;
intermediate colors.</def>
<col>Intermediate state</col> (Theol.), <cd>the

state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection
of the body.</cd> -- <col>Intermediate terms</col>
(Math.), <cd>the terms of a progression or series between the
first and the last (which are called the extremes); the
means.</cd> -- <col>Intermediate tie</col>. (Arch.)
<cd>Same as Intertie.</cd>
<hw>In`ter*me"di*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

come between; to intervene; to interpose.</def> Milton.
<hw>In`ter*me"di*ate*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In

an intermediate manner; by way of intervention.</def>
<hw>In`ter*me`di*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

act of coming between; intervention; interposition.</def>
Burke.
<hw>In`ter*me"di*a`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

mediator.</def>
<hw>In`ter*me"di*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intermedius.] <def>Intermediate.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*me"di*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Intermediums</plw> (#), L. <plw>Intermedia</plw>
(#). [NL., neut. of L. intermedius intermediate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Intermediate space.</def> [R.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An intervening agent or instrument.</def>

Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The bone or cartilage

between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale
and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the
carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most
mammals.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mell"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i. & t.</pos> [See

Intermeddle.] <def>To intermeddle; to intermix.</def> [Obs.]
Bp. Fisher.
<hw>In`ter*mem"bral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the
correspondence of the limbs with each other.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mem"bra*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Within or beneath a membrane; as,
intermembranous ossification.</def>
<hw>In*ter"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

enterment, F. enterrement. See Inter, <pos>v.
t.</pos>] <def>The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in
the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.</def> T.
Warton.
<hw>In`ter*men"tion</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

mention among other things, or casually or incidentally.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*mesèn*ter"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Within the mesentery; as, the
intermesenteric, or aortic, plexus.</def>
<hw>In`ter*me`ta*car"pal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between the metacarpal bones.</def>
<hw>In`ter*me`ta*tar"sal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between the metatarsal bones.</def>
<hw>||In`ter*mez"zo</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [It. See

Intermede.] (Mus.) <def>An interlude; an intermede. See
Intermede.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mi"cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [L.

intermicare; inter- between + micare to
glitter.] <def>To flash or shine between or among.</def> [R.]
Blount.
<hw>In`ter*mi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

shining between or among.</def> [R.] Smart.
<hw>In`ter*mi*gra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by
migration.</def> [R.] Sir M. Hale.
<hw>In*ter"mi*na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See
Terminate.] <def>Without termination; admitting no limit;
boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable
space or duration; interminable sufferings.</def>
<blockquote>That wild interminable waste of

waves.</blockquote> Grainger.
Syn. -- Boundless; endless; limitless; illimitable;

immeasurable; infinite; unbounded; unlimited.
<hw>In*ter"mi*na*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being endless.</def>
<hw>In*ter"mi*na*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without end

or limit.</def>
<hw>In*ter"mi*nate</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interminatus; in- not + terminatus, p. p. of
terminate.] <def>Endless; as, interminate sleep.</def>
Chapman.
<hw>In*ter"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

interminatus, p. p. of interminari; inter
between + minari to threaten.] <def>To menace; to
threaten.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*ter"mi*na`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Interminable; interminate; endless; unending.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*ter`mi*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interminatio.] <def>A menace or threat.</def> [Obs.] Jer.
Taylor.
<hw>In`ter*mine"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

intersect or penetrate with mines.</def> [Obs.] Drayton.
<hw>In`ter*min"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

mingle or mix together; to intermix.</def> Hooker.
<hw>In`ter*min"gle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be mixed

or incorporated.</def>
<blockquote>Party and faction will

intermingle.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>In"ter*mise</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

entremise. See Intermission.] <def>Interference;
interposition.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In`ter*mis"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See
Intermit.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or the state of intermitting; the

state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.</def>
B. Jonson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Cessation for a time; an intervening

period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without
intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.</def>
<blockquote>Rest or intermission none I find.</blockquote>

Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <def>The temporary cessation or

subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a
disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished
from remission, or abatement of fever.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Intervention; interposition.</def> [Obs.]

Heylin.
Syn. -- Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop;

rest; suspension. See Cessation.
<hw>In`ter*mis"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.</def>
"Intermissive miseries." Shak. "Intermissive
wars." Howell.
<hw>In`ter*mit"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intermitted (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intermitting.] [L. intermittere;
inter between + mittere, missum, to send: cf.
OE. entremeten to busy (one's self) with, F.
s'entremettre. See Missile.] <def>To cause to cease for
a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.</def>
<blockquote>Pray to the gods to intermit the

plague.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In`ter*mit"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To cease for a

time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a
fever.</def> Pope.
<hw>In`ter*mit"tence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

intermittence.] <def>Act or state of intermitting;
intermission.</def> Tyndall.
<hw>In`ter*mit"tent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intermittens, -entis, p. pr. of intermittere:
cf. F. intermittent.] <def>Coming and going at intervals;
alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent
fever.</def> Boyle.
<col>Intermittent fever</col> (Med.), <cd>a disease

with fever which recurs at certain intervals; -- applied particularly
to fever and ague. See Fever.</cd> -- <col>Intermittent
gearing</col> (Mach.), <cd>gearing which receives, or
produces, intermittent motion.</cd> -- <col>Intermittent
springs</col>, <cd>springs which flow at intervals, not
apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably owe their
intermittent action to their being connected with natural reservoirs
in hills or mountains by passages having the form of a siphon, the
water beginning to flow when it has accumulated so as to fill the
upper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through it, it
has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in the
reservoir.</cd>
<hw>In`ter*mit"tent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Med.)

<def>An intermittent fever or disease.</def> Dunglison.
<hw>In`ter*mit"tent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With

intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mit"ting*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With

intermissions; at intervals.</def> W. Montagu.
<hw>In`ter*mix"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To mix

together; to intermingle.</def>
<blockquote>In yonder spring of roses, intermixed 

With myrtle, find what to redress till noon.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In`ter*mix"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be mixed

together; to be intermingled.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mix"ed*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

mixed manner.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mix"ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A mass formed by mixture; a mass of
ingredients mixed.</def> Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Admixture; an additional

ingredient.</def>
<blockquote>In this height of impiety there wanted not an

intermixture of levity and folly.</blockquote>
Bacon.
<hw>In`ter*mo*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Capacity of things to move among each other; as, the
intermobility of fluid particles.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mo*dil"lion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Arch.) <def>The space between two modillions.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mon"tane</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + L. montanus belonging to a mountain, fr.
mons, montis, mountain.] <def>Between mountains; as,
intermontane soil.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mun"dane</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being,

between worlds or orbs.</def> [R.] "Intermundane spaces."
Locke.
<hw>In`ter*mun"di*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Intermundane.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*mu"ral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lying

between walls; inclosed by walls.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mure"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intermured (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intermuring.] [Pref. inter- + L.
murus wall.] <def>To wall in; to inclose.</def> [Obs.]
Ford.
<hw>In`ter*mus"cu*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between muscles; as, intermuscular
septa.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mu*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.</def>
<hw>In`ter*mu"tu*al</hw> (?; 135), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Mutual.</def> [Obs.] Daniel. --
<wf>In`ter*mu"tu*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>In*tern"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. internus:

cf. F. interne. See Internal.] <def>Internal.</def>
[Obs.] Howell.
<hw>In*tern"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [F. interne. See

Intern, <pos>a.</pos>] <def>To put for safe keeping in
the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as,
to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral
country.</def>
<hw>In*tern"al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. internus;

akin to interior. See Interior.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Inward; interior; being within any limit

or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the
internal parts of a body, or of the earth.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Derived from, or dependent on, the thing

itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine
origin of the Scriptures.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Pertaining to its own affairs or

interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to
foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles
or war.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Pertaining to the inner being or the

heart; spiritual.</def>
<blockquote>With our Savior, internal purity is

everything.</blockquote> Paley.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Intrinsic; inherent; real.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The internal rectitude of our actions in the

sight of God.</blockquote> Rogers.
<! p. 779 !>
<sn>6.</sn> (Anat.) <def>Lying toward the mesial

plane; mesial.</def>
<col>Internal angle</col> (Geom.), <cd>an interior

angle. See under Interior.</cd> -- <col>Internal
gear</col> (Mach.), <cd>a gear in which the teeth project
inward from the rim instead of outward.</cd>
Syn. -- Inner; interior; inward; inland; inside.
<hw>In`ter*nal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

of being internal or within; interiority.</def>
<hw>In*ter"nal*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or
the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the
surface.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: Mentally; spiritually.</def>

<hw>In`ter*na"sal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal
<hw>In`ter*na"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.
inter- + national: cf. F. international.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Between or among nations; pertaining to

the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations;
common to, or affecting, two or more nations.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or concerning the association called

the International.</def>
<col>International code</col> (Naut.), <cd>a common

system of signaling adopted by nearly all maritime nations, whereby
communication may be had between vessels at sea.</cd> --
<col>International copyright</col>. <cd>See under
Copyright.</cd> -- <col>International law</col>,
<cd>the rules regulating the mutual intercourse of nations.
International law is mainly the product of the conditions from time
to time of international intercourse, being drawn from diplomatic
discussion, textbooks, proof of usage, and from recitals in treaties.
It is called public when treating of the relations of
sovereign powers, and private when of the relations of persons
of different nationalities. International law is now, by the better
opinion, part of the common law of the land. Cf. Conflict of
laws, under Conflict.</cd> Wharton.
<hw>In`ter*na"tion*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

internationale.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The International; an abbreviated from of

the title of the International Workingmen's Association, the name of
an association, formed in London in 1864, which has for object the
promotion of the interests of the industrial classes of all
nations.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A member of the International

Association.</def>
<hw>In`ter*na"tion*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or principles of international
interests and intercourse.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The doctrines or organization of the

International.</def>
<hw>In`ter*na"tion*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who is versed in the principles of
international law.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A member of the International; one who

believes in, or advocates the doctrines of, the
International.</def>
<hw>In`ter*na"tion*al*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

<def>To make international; to cause to affect the mutual relations
of two or more nations; as, to internationalize a principle of
law, or a philanthropic enterprise.</def>
<hw>In`ter*na"tion*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

international manner; from an international point of view.</def>
<hw>In*terne"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Intern,

<pos>a.</pos>] <def>That which is within; the interior.</def>
[Poetic] Mrs. Browning.
{ <hw>In`ter*ne"cia*ry</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*ne"ci*nal</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Internecine.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ne"cine</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

internecinus deadly, murderous, fr. internecare to
kill, to slaughter; inter between + necare to kill;
akin to Gr. &?; dead. See Necromancy.] <def>Involving, or
accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive.</def>
<blockquote>Internecine quarrels, horrible tumults, stain

the streets with blood.</blockquote> Motley.
<hw>In`ter*ne"cion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

internecio.] <def>Mutual slaughter or destruction;
massacre.</def> [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
<hw>In`ter*ne"cive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

internecivus.] <def>Internecine.</def> [R.] Sydney
Smith.
<hw>In`ter*nec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

internectere to bind together; inter between +
nectere to fasten.] <def>Intimate connection.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*neu"ral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between the neural arches or neural spines.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>An interneural spine or
<hw>In*ter"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>State of

being within; interiority.</def> [R.] H. Brooke.
<hw>In*tern"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

internement. See Intern.] <def>Confinement within
narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a
country.</def>
<hw>In`ter*no"dal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or
joints.</def>
<hw>In"ter*node`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

internodium; inter between + nodus knot.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>The space between two nodes

or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise.</def>
H. Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>A part between two joints;

a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges.</def>
<hw>In`ter*no"di*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Internodal.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*nun"cial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Internuncio.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to an

internuncio.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Physiol.) <def>Communicating or

transmitting impressions between different parts of the body; -- said
of the nervous system.</def> Carpenter.
<hw>In`ter*nun"ciess</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female

messenger.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*nun"ci*o</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Internuncios</plw> (#). [L. internuntius;
inter between + nuntius, nuncius, messenger: cf.
It. internunzio. See Nuncio.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A messenger between two parties.</def>

Johnson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A representative, or chargé

d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government,
ranking next below a nuncio.</def>
&fist; This title was formerly given also to the Austrian envoy at
Constantinople.
<hw>In`ter*nun"ci*o*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

office or function of an internuncio.</def> Richardson.
<hw>||In`ter*nun"ci*us</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.]

<def>Internuncio.</def>
<hw>In`ter*o`ce*an"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between

oceans; connecting oceans; as, interoceanic communication; an
interoceanic canal.</def>
<hw>In`ter*oc"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between,

or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated
between the eyes, as the antennæ of some insects.</def>
<hw>In`ter*o*per"cu*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to the interoperculum.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos>
<def>The interopercular bone.</def>
<hw>||In`ter*o*per"cu*lum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>-la</plw> (-l&adot;). (Anat.) <def>The
postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes.</def>
<hw>In`ter*or"bit*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between the orbits; as, the interorbital
septum.</def>
<hw>In`ter*os"cu*lant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Mutually touching or intersecting; as,
interosculant circles.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Biol.) <def>Uniting two groups; -- said

of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that
connect genera. See Osculant.</def>
<hw>In`ter*os"cu*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. i. & t.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To kiss together to touch. See
Osculate.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Biol.) <def>To have the character of,

or to lie between, two distinct groups.</def>
{ <hw>In`ter*os"se*al</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*os"se*ous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Pref. inter- + osseous: cf. F.
interosseux.] (Anat.) <def>Situated between bones; as,
an interosseous ligament.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pale"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To place pales between or among; to separate
by pales.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To interweave or interlace.</def> [R.]

Brende.
<hw>In`ter*pa*ri"e*tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the
interparietal suture.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
interparietal bone or cartilage.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pause`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

intermission.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*peal"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

interpel.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*pe*den"cu*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles,
or crura, of the cerebrum.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pel"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

interpellare, interpellatum; inter between +
pellare (in comp.), akin to pellere to drive: cf. F.
interpeller. Cf. Interpellate.] <def>To interrupt,
break in upon, or intercede with.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I am interpelled by many

businesses.</blockquote> Howell.
<hw>In`ter*pel"lant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interpellans, p. pr. See Interpel.] <def>Interpelling;
interrupting.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that
which, interpels.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pel"late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Interpel.] <def>To question imperatively, as a minister, or
other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally
on the part of a legislative body.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pel*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interpellatio: cf. F. interpellation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of interpelling or interrupting;

interruption.</def> "Continual interpellations." Bp.
Hall.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of interposing or interceding;

intercession.</def>
<blockquote>Accepted by his interpellation and

intercession.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An act of interpellating, or of demanding

of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory
questioning; a point raised in a debate.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A official summons or citation.</def>

Ayliffe.
<hw>In`ter*pen"e*trate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.</def>
<blockquote>It interpenetrates my granite

mass.</blockquote> Shelley.
<hw>In`ter*pen"e*trate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their
parts.</def>
<col>Interpenetrating molding</col> (Arch.), <cd>in

late Gothic architecture, a decoration by means of moldings which
seem to pass through solid uprights, transoms, or other members;
often, two sets of architectural members penetrating one another, in
appearance, as if both had been plastic when they were put
together.</cd>
<hw>In`ter*penè*tra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual
penetration.</def> Milman.
<hw>In`ter*pen"e*tra*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Penetrating among or between other substances; penetrating each
the other; mutually penetrative.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pet"al*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + petal.] (Bot.) <def>Between the petals
of a flower.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pet"i*o*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>Being between petioles. Cf.
Intrapetiolar.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pha*lan"ge*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal
articulations.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pi*las"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>
(Arch.) <def>The interval or space between two
pilasters.</def> Elmes.
<hw>In`ter*place"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To place

between or among; as, to interplace a name.</def> [R.]
Daniel.
<hw>In`ter*plan"et*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces.</def>
Boyle.
<hw>In`ter*play`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Mutual action

or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of
affection.</def>
<hw>In`ter*plead"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> (Law)

<def>To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves,
as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See
Interpleader.</def> [Written also enterplead.]
<hw>In`ter*plead"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who interpleads.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>A proceeding devised to

enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed
adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the
right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself
from the suits which they might otherwise bring against
him.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pledge"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

pledge mutually.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*point"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To point;

to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Her sighs should interpoint her

words.</blockquote> Daniel.
<hw>In*ter"po*la*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may

be interpolated; suitable to be interpolated.</def>
<blockquote>A most interpolable clause of one

sentence.</blockquote> De Morgan.
<hw>In*ter"po*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Interpolated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interpolating.] [L. interpolatus, p. p. of
interpolare to form anew, to interpolate, fr.
interpolus, interpolis, falsified, vamped up, polished
up; inter between + polire to polish. See
Polish, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To renew; to carry on with

intermission.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Motion . . . partly continued and unintermitted, . . .
partly interpolated and interrupted.</blockquote> Sir M.
Hale.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To alter or corrupt by the insertion of

new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by
the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the
author.</def>
<blockquote>How strangely Ignatius is mangled and

interpolated, you may see by the vast difference of all copies
and editions.</blockquote> Bp. Barlow.
<blockquote>The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by

another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some think,
interpolated by him for that purpose.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> (Math.) <def>To fill up intermediate

terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to
introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to
the law of that part of the series.</def>
<hw>In*ter"po*la`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Inserted in, or added to, the original;
introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious
matter.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>Provided with necessary interpolations; as, an
interpolated table.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Introduced
or determined by interpolation; as, interpolated quantities or
numbers.</def>
<hw>In*ter`po*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interpolatio an alteration made here and there: cf. F.
interpolation.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of introducing
or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or
foreign.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is introduced or inserted,

especially something foreign or spurious.</def>
<blockquote>Bentley wrote a letter . . . . upon the scriptural

glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered
interpolations from a later hand.</blockquote> De
Quincey.
<sn>3.</sn> (Math.) <def>The method or operation of

finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or
observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of
the series.</def>
<hw>In*ter"po*la`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., a

corrupter: of. F. interpolateur.] <def>One who interpolates;
esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine
writings.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pone"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.
interponere; inter between + ponere to place.
See Position.] <def>To interpose; to insert or place
between.</def> [R.] Cudworth.
<hw>In`ter*po"nent</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent.</def> [R.]
Heywood.
<hw>In`ter*pos"al</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Interpose.] <def>The act of interposing; interposition;
intervention.</def>
<hw>In`ter*pose"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interposed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interposing.] [F. interposer. See
Inter-, and Pose, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To place between; as, to interpose

a screen between the eye and the light.</def>
<blockquote>Mountains interposed 
Make enemies of nations.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To thrust; to intrude; to put between,

either for aid or for troubling.</def>
<blockquote>What watchful cares do interpose themselves 

Betwixt your eyes and night?</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The common Father of mankind seasonably

interposed his hand, and rescues miserable man.</blockquote>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To introduce or inject between the parts

of a conversation or argument.</def> Milton.
<hw>In`ter*pose"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To be or come between.</def>
<blockquote>Long hid by interposing hill or

wood.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To step in between parties at variance; to

mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.</def>
Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To utter a sentiment by way of

interruption.</def> Boyle.
Syn. -- To intervene; intercede; mediate; interfere;

intermeddle. -- To Interpose, Intermeddle,
Interfere. A man may often interpose with propriety in
the concerns of others; he can never intermeddle without being
impertinent or officious; nor can be interfere without being
liable to the same charge, unless he has rights which are interfered
with. "In our practical use, interference is something
offensive. It is the pushing in of himself between two parties on the
part of a third who was not asked, and is not thanked for his pains,
and who, as the feeling of the word implies, had no business there;
while interposition is employed to express the friendly,
peacemaking mediation of one whom the act well became, and who, even
if he was not specially invited thereunto, is still thanked for what
he has done." Trench.
<hw>In"ter*pose</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Interposition.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`ter*pos"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a
mediator or agent between parties.</def> Shak.
<hw>In`ter*pos"it</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From L.

interpositus, p. p. of interponere. See
Interposition.] <def>An intermediate depot or station between
one commercial city or country and another.</def>
Mitford.
<hw>In`ter*po*si"tion</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interpositio a putting between, insertion, fr.
interponere, interpositum: cf. F. interposition.
See Interpone, Position.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of interposing, or the state of

being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between;
mediation.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The thing interposed.</def>
<hw>In`ter*po"sure</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Interposition.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*ter"pret</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interpreted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Interpreting.] [F. interprêter, L.
interpretari, p. p. interpretatus, fr. interpres
interpeter, agent, negotiator; inter between + (prob.) the
root of pretium price. See Price.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To explain or tell the meaning of; to

expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language
or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but
also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to
interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to
interpret an Indian speech.</def>
<blockquote>Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with

us.</blockquote> Matt. i. 23.
<blockquote>And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none
that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.</blockquote> Gen.
xli. 8.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To apprehend and represent by means of

art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor
interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician
interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a
landscape.</def>
Syn. -- To translate; explain; solve; render; expound;

elucidate; decipher; unfold; unravel.
<hw>In*ter"pret</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To act as an

interpreter.</def> Shak.
<hw>In*ter"pret*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interpretabilis: cf. F. interprêtable.]
<def>Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or
explained.</def>
<hw>In*ter"pre*ta*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interpretamentum.] <def>Interpretation.</def> [Obs.]
Milton.
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<hw>In*ter`pre*ta"tion</hw>
(&ibreve;n*t&etilde;r`pr&esl;*t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. interpretatio: cf. F.
interprétation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of interpreting; explanation of

what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the
interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an
enigma.</def>
<blockquote>Look how we can, or sad or merrily, 

Interpretation will misquote our looks.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The sense given by an interpreter;

exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give
various interpretations of the same passage of
Scripture.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The power or explaining.</def> [R.]

Bacon.
<sn>4.</sn> (Fine Arts) <def>An artist's way of

expressing his thought or embodying his conception of
nature.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Math.) <def>The act or process of

applying general principles or formulæ to the explanation of
the results obtained in special cases.</def>
Syn. -- Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense;

exposition; rendering; definition.
<hw>In*ter"pre*ta*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

interprétatif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Designed or fitted to interpret;

explanatory.</def> "Interpretative lexicography."
Johnson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>According to interpretation;

constructive.</def>
<blockquote>An interpretative siding with

heresies.</blockquote> Hammond.
<hw>In*ter"pre*ta*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

interpretation.</def> Ray.
<hw>In*ter"pret*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

entrepreteur, L. interpretator.] <def>One who or that
which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a
person who translates orally between two parties.</def>
<blockquote>We think most men's actions to be the

interpreters of their thoughts.</blockquote> Locke.
<hw>In*ter"pre*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Interpretative.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*pu"bic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic
disk.</def>
<hw>In`ter*punc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interpunctio, fr. interpungere, interppunctum,
to interpoint. See Inter-, and Point.] <def>The
insertion of points between words or sentences;
punctuation.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ra"di*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between

the radii, or rays; -- in zoölogy, said of certain parts of
radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a
starfish.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ra"mal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. inter-

 + L. ramus a branch.] (Anat.) <def>Between rami or
branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw;
intermandibular.</def>
<hw>In`ter*re*ceive"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

receive between or within.</def>
<hw>In`ter*re"gen*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

interregnum.</def> [Obs.] Blount.
<hw>In`ter*re"gent</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person

who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum.</def>
Holland.
<hw>In`ter*reg"num</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Interregnums</plw> (#). [L., fr. inter between +
regnum dominion, reign. See Reign, and cf.
Interreign.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The time during which a throne is vacant

between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of
his successor.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any period during which, for any cause,

the executive branch of a government is suspended or
interrupted.</def>
<hw>In"ter*reign`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

interrègne.] <def>An interregnum.</def> [Obs.]
Bacon.
<hw>In`ter*re*lat"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a

mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.</def>
<hw>In`ter*re*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Mutual

or reciprocal relation; correlation.</def>
<hw>In`ter*re"nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ
found in many fishes.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
interrenal body.</def>
<hw>In`ter*re*pel"lent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Mutually repellent.</def> De Quincey.
<hw>In*ter"rer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

inters.</def>
<hw>In"ter*rex`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. E.

<plw>Interrexes</plw> (#), L. <plw>Interreges</plw>
(#). [L., fr. inter between + rex king.] <def>An
interregent, or a regent.</def>
<hw>In*ter"ro*gate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Interrogating (?).] [L. interrogatus,
p. p. of interrogare to ask; inter between +
rogare to ask. See Rogation.] <def>To question formally; to
question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a
witness.</def>
<blockquote>Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate, 

Talker! the unreplying Fate?</blockquote> Emerson.
Syn. -- To question; ask. See Question.
<hw>In*ter"ro*gate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To ask

questions.</def> Bacon.
<hw>In*ter"ro*gate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

interrogation; a question.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*ter`ro*ga*tee"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

is interrogated.</def>
<hw>In*ter`ro*ga"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interrogatio: cf. F. interrogation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of interrogating or questioning;

examination by questions; inquiry.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A question put; an inquiry.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A point, mark, or sign, thus [?],

indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a
question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called
also interrogation point.</def>
&fist; In works printed in the Spanish language this mark is not

only placed at the end of an interrogative sentence, but is also
placed, inverted [as thus (&iques;)], at the beginning.
<hw>In`ter*rog"a*tive</hw> (&?;), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interrogativus: cf. F. interrogatif.] <def>Denoting a
question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an
interrogative sentence; an interrogative
pronoun.</def>
<hw>In`ter*rog"a*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Gram.)

<def>A word used in asking questions; as, who? which?
why?</def>
<hw>In`ter*rog"a*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the

form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogative
manner.</def>
<hw>In*ter"ro*ga`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F.

interrogateur.] <def>One who asks questions; a
questioner.</def>
<hw>In`ter*rog"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Interrogatories</plw> (#). [Cf. F.
interrogatoire.] <def>A formal question or inquiry; esp.
(Law), a question asked in writing.</def>
<hw>In`ter*rog"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interrogatorius.] <def>Containing, expressing, or implying a
question; as, an interrogatory sentence.</def>
<hw>In`ter*rupt"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interrupted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Interrupting.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of
interrumpere to interrupt; inter between +
rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To break into, or between; to stop, or

hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere
with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as,
to interrupt the remarks of anyone speaking.</def>
<blockquote>Do not interrupt me in my course.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To divide; to separate; to break the

monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted
by a single hill.</def>
<hw>In`ter*rupt"</hw>, <pos>p. a.</pos> [L.
interruptus, p. p.] <def>Broken; interrupted.</def> [Obs.]
Milton.
<hw>In`ter*rupt"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Irregular; -- said of any

arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when
leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.</def>
<hw>In`ter*rupt"ed*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With

breaks or interruptions; discontinuously.</def>
<col>Interruptedly pinnate</col> (Bot.), <cd>pinnate

with small leaflets intermixed with large ones.</cd>
Gray.
<hw>In`ter*rupt"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, interrupts.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Elec.) <def>A device for opening and

closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork,
arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals,
by the action of the current itself.</def>
<hw>In`ter*rup"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interruptio: cf. F. interruption.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of interrupting, or breaking in

upon.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being interrupted; a breach

or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign;
intervention; interposition.</def> Sir M. Hale.
<blockquote>Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose

the idea of one part.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Obstruction caused by breaking in upon

course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author
has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work;
the speaker or the argument proceeds without
interruption.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Temporary cessation; intermission;

suspension.</def>
<hw>In`ter*rupt"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to

interrupt; interrupting.</def> "Interruptive forces." H.
Bushnell. -- <wf>In`ter*rupt"ive*ly</wf>,
<hw>In`ter*scap"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> (Anat.) <def>Between the scapulæ or
shoulder blades.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Pertaining to the
upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the
interscapular feathers.</def>
<hw>In`ter*scap"u*lars</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The interscapular feathers of a
bird.</def>
<hw>In`ter*scend"ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Inter-

, and Ascend.] (Math.) <def>Having exponents which
are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; as,
x√2, or
x√a.</def>
<col>Interscendent series</col>, <cd>a series whose terms

are interscendent quantities.</cd> Hutton.
<hw>In`ter*scind"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Interscinded; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interscinding.] [L. interscindere;
inter between + scindere to cut.] <def>To cut
off.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*scribe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Interscribed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interscribing.] [L. interscribere;
inter between + scribere to write.] <def>To write
between.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*se"cant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intersecans, p. pr. of intersecare. See
Intersect.] <def>Dividing into parts; crossing;
intersecting.</def>
<hw>In`ter*sect"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intersected; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Intersecting.] [L. intersectus, p. p. of
intersecare to intersect; inter + secare to cut.
See Section.] <def>To cut into or between; to cut or cross
mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle
intersect each other at the center.</def>
<blockquote>Lands intersected by a narrow frith 

Abhor each other.</blockquote> Cowper.
<hw>In`ter*sect"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To cut

into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where
two lines intersect.</def>
<hw>In`ter*sec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intersectio: cf. F. intersection.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act, state, or place of

intersecting.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Geom.) <def>The point or line in which

one line or surface cuts another.</def>
<hw>In`ter*sec"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections.</def>
<hw>In`ter*sem"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

interseminatus, p. p. of interseminare. See Inter-
, and Seminate.] <def>To sow between or among.</def>
[R.]
<hw>In`ter*sep"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Biol.)

<def>Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones,
between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the
interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed
vessel.</def>
<hw>In`ter*sert"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Interserted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Interserting.] [L. intersertus, p. p. of
interserere to intersert; inter between + serere
to join, weave.] <def>To put in between other things; to
insert.</def> [Obs.] Brerewood.
<hw>In`ter*sert"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of interserting, or that which is interserted.</def> [Obs.]
Hammond.
<hw>In`ter*ses"a*moid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid
<hw>In`ter*set"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To set

between or among.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*shock</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To shock

mutually.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*si*de"re*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between

or among constellations or stars; interstellar.</def>
<hw>In`ter*so"cial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons in society;
social.</def>
<hw>In`ter*som"ni*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

inter- + L. somnus sleep.] <def>Between the times of
sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness.</def> [R.]
<hw>In"ter*space`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interspatium. See Inter-, and Space.]
<def>Intervening space.</def> Bp. Hacket.
<hw>In"ter*speech`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A speech

interposed between others.</def> [R.] Blount.
<hw>In`ter*sperse"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Interspersed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Interspersing.] [L. interspersus
interspersed; inter between, among + spargere to
scatter. See Sparse.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To scatter or set here and there among
other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse
pictures in a book.</def>
<blockquote>There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning

glades, 
Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To diversify or adorn with things set or

scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among;
as, to intersperse a book with pictures.</def>
<blockquote>Which space is interspersed with small islands

and rock.</blockquote> Cook.
<hw>In`ter*sper"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed.</def>
{ <hw>In`ter*spi"nal</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*spi"nous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Anat.) <def>Between spines; esp.,
between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.</def>
<hw>In`ter*spi*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

interspiratio. See Inter-, and Spirit.]
<def>Spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals.</def>
<hw>In`ter*sta*pe"di*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear,
between the stapes and the mediostapedial.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The interstapedial part of the
columella.</def>
<hw>In"ter*state`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including,
different States; as, interstate commerce.</def>
Story.
<hw>In`ter*stel"lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between or

among the stars; as, interstellar space.</def>
Bacon.
<hw>In`ter*stel"la*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Interstellar.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ster"nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Between the sternal; -- said of certain
membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.</def>
<hw>In*ter"stice</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Interstices</plw> (#). [L. interstitium a pause,
interval; inter between + sistere to set, fr.
stare to stand: cf. F. interstice. See
Stand.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That which intervenes between one thing

and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or
between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a
crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a
wall.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An interval of time; specifically (R.

C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law
requires between the reception of the various degrees of
orders.</def>
<blockquote>Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a

sin.</blockquote> Addis & Arnold.
<hw>In*ter"sticed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Provided

with interstices; having interstices between; situated at
intervals.</def>
<hw>In`ter*stinc"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interstinctus, p. p. of interstinguere to separate;
inter + stinguere to extinguish.] <def>Distinguishing.</def>
[Obs.] Wallis.
<hw>In`ter*sti"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues; as,
interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues of animals or
plants.</def>
<hw>In`ter*sti"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

intervening period of time; interval.</def> [Obs.] Gower.
<hw>In`ter*stratì*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Geol.) <def>Stratification among or between other layers or
strata; also, that which is interstratified.</def>
<hw>In`ter*strat"i*fied</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Geol.) <def>Stratified among or between other bodies; as,
interstratified rocks.</def>
<hw>In`ter*strat"i*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

(Geol.) <def>To put or insert between other strata.</def>
<hw>In`ter*talk"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

converse.</def> [Obs.] Carew.
<hw>In`ter*tan"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

entangle; to intertwine.</def> "Moss and intertangled vines."
<hw>In`ter*tar"sal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal
articulations.</def>
<hw>In`ter*tex"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

intertexere; inter between + texere to weave.]
<def>To intertwine; to weave or bind together.</def> [Obs.] B.
Jonson.
<hw>In`ter*tex"ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is
interwoven.</def> "Knit in nice intertexture."
<blockquote>Skirted thick with intertexture firm 

Of thorny boughs.</blockquote> Cowper.
<hw>In`ter*tho*rac"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>In the

thorax.</def>
<hw>In"ter*tie`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Arch.)

<def>In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate
or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.</def>
<hw>In`ter*tis"sued</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Interwoven.</def> [R.] Shak.
<hw>In`ter*traf"fic</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Mutual

trade of traffic.</def>
<hw>In`ter*tran*spic"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Transpicuous within or between.</def> [R.] Shelley.
<hw>In`ter*trans*verse"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Between the transverse processes of the
vertebræ.</def>
<hw>||In`ter*tri"go</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr.

inter between + terere, tritum, to rub.]
(Med.) <def>A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an
abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or
neglected children.</def>
<hw>In`ter*tro`chan*ter"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between the trochanters of the femur.</def>
<hw>In`ter*trop"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Situated

between or within the tropics.</def> J. Morse.
<hw>In`ter*tu"bu*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between

tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubular
<hw>In`ter*twine"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To unite

by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.</def>
Milton.
<hw>In`ter*twine"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be twined

or twisted together; to become mutually involved or
enfolded.</def>
<hw>In`ter*twine"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

intertwining, or the state of being intertwined.</def>
<hw>In`ter*twin"ing*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

intertwining or being intertwined.</def>
<hw>In`ter*twist"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To twist
together one with another; to intertwine.</def>
<hw>In`ter*twist"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

intertwisting, or being intertwisted.</def>
{ <hw>In`ter*un"gu*lar</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*un"gu*late</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Anat.) <def>Between ungulæ; as,
interungular glands.</def>
<! p. 781 !>
<hw>In"ter*val</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intervallum; inter between + vallum a wall: cf.
F. intervalle. See Wall.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A space between things; a void space

intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between
two houses or hills.</def>
<blockquote>'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, 

A dreadful interval.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Space of time between any two points or

events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of
England, and the accession of Charles II.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A brief space of time between the

recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval
between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or
delirium.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Mus.) <def>Difference in pitch between

any two tones.</def>
<col>At intervals</col>, <cd>coming or happening with

intervals between; now and then.</cd> "And Miriam watch'd and dozed
at intervals." Tennyson. -- <col>Augmented
interval</col> (Mus.), <cd>an interval increased by half a
step or half a tone.</cd>
{ <hw>In"ter*val</hw> (?), <hw>In"ter*vale</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>A tract of low ground between hills, or
along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the
overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from
the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, <pos>n.</pos>,
7.</def> [Local, U. S.]
<blockquote>The woody intervale just beyond the marshy

land.</blockquote> The Century.
<hw>||In`ter*val"lum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Intervallums</plw> (#), L. <plw>Intervalla</plw>
(#). [L.] <def>An interval.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>And a' shall laugh without

intervallums.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>In one of these intervalla.</blockquote>
Chillingworth.
<hw>In`ter*va"ry</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To alter

or vary between; to change.</def> [Obs.] Rush.
<hw>In`ter*veined"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Intersected, as with veins.</def>
<hw>In`ter*vene"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intervened (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intervening.] [L. intervenire,
interventum, to intervene, to hinder; inter between +
venire to come; akin to E. come: cf. F.
intervenir. See Come.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To come between, or to be between, persons

or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean
intervenes between Europe and Africa.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To occur, fall, or come between, points of

time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash
and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the
intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To interpose; as, to intervene to

settle a quarrel.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>In a suit to which one has not been made a

party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject
matter.</def> Abbott.
<hw>In`ter*vene"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To come

between.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc.,

intervening the different estates.</blockquote> De
Quincey.
<hw>In`ter*vene"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A coming

between; intervention; meeting.</def> [Obs.] Sir H.
Wotton.
<hw>In`ter*ven"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a
suit between others.</def>
{ <hw>In`ter*ven"ience</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*ven"ien*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>Intervention; interposition.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`ter*ven"ient</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

interveniens, p. pr. of intervenire.] <def>Being or
coming between; intercedent; interposed.</def> [Obs.]
Bacon.
<hw>In`ter*vent"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Intervene.] <def>To thwart; to obstruct.</def> [Obs.]
Chapman.
<hw>In`ter*ven"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
interventio an interposition: cf. F. intervention.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of intervening;

interposition.</def>
<blockquote>Sound is shut out by the intervention of that

lax membrane.</blockquote> Holder.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any interference that may affect the

interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the
affairs of another; mediation.</def>
<blockquote>Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the

intervention, of any foreign power.</blockquote> Sir W.
Temple.
<sn>3.</sn> (Civil Law) <def>The act by which a

third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a
party to a suit pending between other parties.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ven"tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F.

interventeur.] <def>One who intervenes; a mediator; especially
(Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church to reconcile
parties, and unite them in the choice of officers.</def>
Coleman.
<hw>In`ter*ven*tric"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between the ventricles; as, the
interventricular partition of the heart.</def>
<hw>In`ter*ven"ue</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Intervene, Avenue.] <def>Interposition.</def> [Obs.]
Sir H. Blount.
<hw>In`ter*vert"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

intervertere; inter between + vertere to turn.]
<def>To turn to another course or use.</def> [Obs.] Sir H.
Wotton.
<hw>In`ter*ver"te*bral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Anat.) <def>Between vertebræ.</def> --
<wf>In`ter*ver"te*bral*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In"ter*view</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

entrevue, fr. entrevoir to see imperfectly, to have a
glimpse of, s'entrevoir to visit each other. See Inter-
, and View.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to

face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a
conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the
President.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A conversation, or questioning, for the

purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published
statement so elicited.</def>
&fist; A recent use, originating in American newspapers, but
apparently becoming general.
<hw>In"ter*view</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To have an

interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the
purpose of obtaining information for publication.</def> [Recent]
<hw>In"ter*viewèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for
the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for
publication.</def>
<blockquote>It would have made him the prince of

interviewers in these days.</blockquote> Leslie
Stephen.
<hw>In"ter*viewìng</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

custom of holding an interview or interviews.</def>
<blockquote>An article on interviewing in the "Nation" of

January 28, 1869, . . . was the first formal notice of the practice
under that name.</blockquote> The American.
<hw>In`ter*vis"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Surv.)

<def>Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as
stations.</def>
<hw>In`ter*vis"it</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

exchange visits.</def> [R.] Evelyn.
<hw>In`ter*vi"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between two

lives.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Through all its [the spirit's] intervital

gloom.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>In`ter*vo*lu"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the
intervolutions of a snake.</def> Hawthorne.
<hw>In`ter*volve"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Intervolved (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intervolving.] [Pref. inter- + L.
volvere, volutum, to roll.] <def>To involve one within
another; to twist or coil together.</def> Milton.
<hw>In`ter*weave"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& obs. p. p.</pos> Interwove (?); <pos>p. p.</pos>
Interwoven (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Interweaving.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To weave together; to intermix or unite in

texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and
cotton interwoven.</def>
<blockquote>Under the hospitable covert nigh 

Of trees thick interwoven.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To intermingle; to unite intimately; to
connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood.</def>
Dryden.
<blockquote>Words interwove with sighs found out their

way.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In`ter*wish"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To wish

mutually in regarded to each other.</def> [Obs.] Donne.
<hw>In`ter*work"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

working in together; interweaving.</def> Milton.
<hw>In`ter*world"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A world

between other worlds.</def> Holland.
{ <hw>In`ter*wove"</hw> (?), <hw>In`ter*wov"en</hw> (?), }

<def><pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> of Interweave.</def>
<hw>In`ter*wreathe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

weave into a wreath; to intertwine.</def> [R.] Lovelace.
<hw>In*tes"ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intestabilis: cf. F. intestable. See In- not,
and Testable.] (Law) <def>Not capable of making a will;
not legally qualified or competent to make a testament.</def>
<hw>In*tes"ta*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Intestate.] <def>The state of being intestate, or of dying
without having made a valid will.</def> Blackstone.
<hw>In*tes"tate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intestatus; pref. in- not + testatus, p. p. of
testari to make a will: cf. F. intestat. See
Testament.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Without having made a valid will; without

a will; as, to die intestate.</def> Blackstone.
<blockquote>Airy succeeders of intestate joys.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of

by will; as, an intestate estate.</def>
<hw>In*tes"tate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Law) <def>A

person who dies without making a valid will.</def>
<hw>In*tes"ti*nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

intestinal.] <def>Of or pertaining to the intestines of an
animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion;
intestinal ferments.</def>
<col>Intestinal canal</col>. <cd>Same as Intestine,

<pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col>Intestinal worm</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any species of helminth living in the
intestinal canal of any animal. The species are numerous.</cd>
<hw>In*tes"tine</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intestinus, fr. intus on the inside, within, fr.
in in: cf. F. intestine. See In.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Internal; inward; -- opposed to

external.</def>
<blockquote>Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, 

Intestine stone and ulcers.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Internal with regard to a state or

country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is
evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Hoping here to end 

Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>An intestine struggle . . . between authority

and liberty.</blockquote> Hume.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Depending upon the internal constitution

of a body or entity; subjective.</def>
<blockquote>Everything labors under an intestine

necessity.</blockquote> Cudworth.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Shut up; inclosed.</def> [R.]

Cowper.
<hw>In*tes"tine</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Intestines</plw> (#). [L. intestinum: cf. F.
intestin. See Intestine, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> (Anat.) <def>That part of the alimentary

canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of
Digestive apparatus.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> pl. <def>The bowels; entrails;

viscera.</def>
<col>Large intestine</col> (Human Anat. & Med.),

<cd>the lower portion of the bowel, terminating at the anus. It is
adapted for the retention of fecal matter, being shorter, broader,
and less convoluted than the small intestine; it consists of
three parts, the cæcum, colon, and rectum.</cd> --
<col>Small intestine</col> (Human Anat. & Med.),
<cd>the upper portion of the bowel, in which the process of digestion
is practically completed. It is narrow and contorted, and consists of
three parts, the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.</cd>
<hw>In"text</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The text of a

book.</def> [R.] Herrick.
<hw>In*tex"tine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Infine +

extine.] (Bot.) <def>A thin membrane existing in the
pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the
intine, as in &OElig;nothera.</def>
<hw>In*tex"tured</hw> (?; 135), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inwrought; woven in.</def>
<hw>In*thirst"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make

thirsty.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*thrall"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inthralled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inthralling.] [Cf. Enthrall.] [Written
also inthral, enthral, and enthrall.] <def>To
reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or
captive of; to enslave.</def>
<blockquote>She soothes, but never can inthrall my

mind.</blockquote> Prior.
<hw>In*thrall"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Written also

inthralment, enthrallment.] <def>Act of inthralling, or
state of being inthralled; servitude; bondage; vassalage.</def>
<hw>In*throne"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>Same as

Enthrone.</def>
<hw>In*throng"</hw> (?; 115), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

throng or collect together.</def> [R.] Fairfax.
<hw>In*thronì*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

inthronizatio.] <def>Enthronement.</def> Bp.
Warburton.
<hw>In*thron"ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [LL.

inthronisare, Gr. &?;. See Enthrone.] <def>To
enthrone.</def>
<hw>In*tice"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Entice.</def>
<hw>In"ti*ma*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Intimacies</plw> (#). [From Intimate.] <def>The
state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness
in friendship.</def>
Syn. -- Acquaintance; familiarity; fellowship; friendship.

See Acquaintance.
<hw>In"ti*mate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Formerly

intime, L. intimus, a superl. corresponding to the
compar. interior: cf. F. intime. The form
intimate is due to confusion with intimate, v. t. See
Interior.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated;

hearty.</def> "I knew from intimate impulse."
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Near; close; direct; thorough;
complete.</def>
<blockquote>He was honored with an intimate and immediate

admission.</blockquote> South.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Close in friendship or acquaintance;

familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.</def>
Syn. -- Familiar; near; friendly; confidential.
<hw>In"ti*mate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An intimate friend

or associate; a confidant.</def> Gov. of the Tongue.
<hw>In"ti*mate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intimated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intimating.] [L. intimatus, p. p. of
intimare to put, bring, drive, or press into, to announce,
make known, from intimus the inmost. See Intimate,
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To announce; to declare; to publish; to

communicate; to make known.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open

war.</blockquote> E. Hall.
<blockquote>So both conspiring 'gan to intimate 

Each other's grief.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to

refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he
intimated his intention of resigning his office.</def>
<blockquote>The names of simple ideas and substances, with the

abstract ideas in the mind, intimate some real existence, from
which was derived their original pattern.</blockquote>
Locke.
<hw>In"ti*mate*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intimate manner.</def>
<hw>In`ti*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intimatio: cf. F. intimation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of intimating; also, the thing

intimated.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Announcement; declaration.</def>

<blockquote>They made an edict with an intimation that

whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.</blockquote>
Holland.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion

or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only
intimations of his design.</def>
<blockquote>Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the

least intimation that he was sent by him.</blockquote> Bp.
Burnet.
<hw>In"time</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Intimate,

<pos>a.</pos>] <def>Inward; internal; intimate.</def> [Obs.]
Sir K. Digby.
<hw>In*tim"i*date</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Intimidated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intimidating (?).] [LL. intimidatus, p. p.
of intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in +
timidus fearful, timid: cf. F. intimider. See
Timid.] <def>To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect
with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to
abash.</def>
<blockquote>Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast, 

Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.</blockquote>
Johnson.
Syn. -- To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten;

terrify; daunt; cow.
<hw>In*timì*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

intimidation.] <def>The act of making timid or fearful or of
deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters
were kept from the polls by intimidation.</def>
<blockquote>The king carried his measures in Parliament by

intimidation.</blockquote> Paley.
<hw>In*tim"i*da*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending

or serving to intimidate.</def>
<hw>In*tinc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intinctio, fr. intingere to dip in; pref. in- in
+ tingere to tinge.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of tingeing or dyeing.</def>

Blount.
<sn>2.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>A method or practice of the

administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the
wine and administering both together.</def>
<hw>In`tinc*tiv"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge]
<def>The want of the quality of coloring or tingeing other
bodies.</def> Kirwan.
<hw>In"tine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. intus

within. Cf. Extine.] (Bot.) <def>A transparent,
extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost
coating of grains of pollen.</def>
<hw>In*tire"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>, <hw>In*tire"ly</hw>,
<pos>adv.</pos> <def>See Entire, <pos>a.</pos>,
Entirely, <pos>adv.</pos></def>
<hw>In*ti"tle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Entitle.</def>
<hw>In*tit"ule</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intituled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intituling.] [Cf. F. intituler. See
Entitle.] <def>To entitle; to give a title to.</def>
Selden.
<hw>In"to</hw> (?), <pos>prep.</pos> [In +

to.] <def>To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of
applications.</def>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Expressing entrance, or a passing from the

outside of a thing to its interior parts; -- following verbs
expressing motion; as, come into the house; go into the
church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters
into the fine vessels of plants.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Expressing penetration beyond the outside

or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as, to look
into a letter or book; to look into an
apartment.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more

spirit or animation into a composition.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas

into other words.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Indicating the passing of a thing from one

form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be
resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible
into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily
drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct
substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into
belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of
crimes; she burst into tears; children are sometimes
frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced
into error and folly.</def>
Compare In.
<hw>In*tolèr*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being intolerable; intolerableness.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*tol"er*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

intolérable, L. intolerabilis. See In-
not, and Tolerable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not tolerable; not capable of being borne

or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable;
insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain;
intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable
burden.</def>
<! p. 782 !>
<blockquote>His insolence is more intolerable 

Than all the princes in the land beside.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Enormous.</def>
<blockquote>This intolerable deal of sack.</blockquote>

Shak.
-- <wf>In*tol"er*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*tol"er*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*tol"er*ance</hw>
(&ibreve;n*t&obreve;l"&etilde;r*ans), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F.
intolérance.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Want of capacity to endure; as,

intolerance of light.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The quality of being intolerant; refusal

to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of
worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance;
illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a
religious sect.</def>
<blockquote>These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches

of intolerance, no very violent exertions of
despotism.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>In*tol"er*an*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Intolerance.</def> Bailey.
<hw>In*tol"er*ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intolerans, -antis: cf. F. intolérant.
See In- not, and Tolerant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not enduring; not able to

endure.</def>
<blockquote>The powers of human bodies being limited and

intolerant of excesses.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not tolerating difference of opinion or

sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others
the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly
impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant;
unforbearing; bigoted.</def>
<blockquote>Religion, harsh, intolerant, austere, 

Parent of manners like herself severe.</blockquote>
Cowper.
<hw>In*tol"er*ant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An intolerant

person; a bigot.</def>
<hw>In*tol"er*ant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intolerant manner.</def>
<hw>In*tol"er*a`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

tolerated.</def>
<hw>In*tol"er*a`ting</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Intolerant.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*tolèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Intolerance; want of toleration; refusal to tolerate a
difference of opinion.</def>
<hw>In*tomb"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Intombed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Intombing.] <def>To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See
Entomb.</def>
<hw>In*tomb"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Entombment.</def>
<hw>In"to*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [L.

intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.]
<def>To thunder.</def> [Obs.] Bailey.
<hw>In"to*nate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Intonated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Intonating (?).] [See Intone.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Mus.) <def>To sound the tones of the

musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To modulate the voice in a musical,

sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to
intone.</def>
<hw>In"to*nate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To utter in a

musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the
liturgy.</def>
<hw>In`to*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See 1st

Intonate.] <def>A thundering; thunder.</def> [Obs.]
Bailey.
<hw>In`to*na"tion</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

intonation. See Intone.] (Mus.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of sounding the tones of the musical
scale.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Singing or playing in good tune
or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.</def>
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>Reciting in a musical prolonged tone;
intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm,
or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone,
<pos>v. t.</pos></def>

<hw>In*tone"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Intoned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Intoning.] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref.
in- in + L. tonus tone. See Tone and cf.
Entune, Intonate.] <def>To utter with a musical or
prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church
service.</def>
<hw>In*tone"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To utter a

prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a
measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.</def> Pope.
<hw>In*tor"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. intortio

a curling, crisping: cf. F. intorsion. See Intort, and
cf. Intortion.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A winding, bending, or twisting.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>The bending or twining of

any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction
from the vertical.</def>
<hw>In*tort"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Intorted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Intorting.] [L. intortus, p. p. of intoquere to
twist; pref. in- in + torquere to twist.] <def>To twist
in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.</def>
Pope.
<hw>In*tor"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Intorsion.</def>
<hw>In*tox"i*cant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which

intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing
gas are intoxicants.</def>
<hw>In*tox"i*cate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison;
pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were
dipped, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; pertaining to a bow. See Toxic.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Intoxicated.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Overexcited, as with joy or

grief.</def>
<blockquote>Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for

me; 
I am well enough.</blockquote> Chapman.
<hw>In*tox"i*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Intoxicated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intoxicating.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To poison; to drug.</def>

South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or

to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.</def>
<blockquote>With new wine inoxicated both.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To excite to a transport of enthusiasm,

frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.</def>
<blockquote>Intoxicated with the sound of those very

bells.</blockquote> G. Eliot.
<blockquote>They are not intoxicated by military

success.</blockquote> Jowett (Thuc. ).
<hw>In*tox"i*ca`ted*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*tox"i*ca`ting</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Producing

intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as, intoxicating
liquors.</def>
<hw>In*toxì*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> (Med.) <def>A poisoning, as by a spirituous
or a narcotic substance.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being intoxicated or drunk;

inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making
drunk.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A high excitement of mind; an elation

which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.</def>
<blockquote>That secret intoxication of

pleasure.</blockquote> Spectator.
Syn. -- Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety;

infatuation; delirium. See Drunkenness.
<hw>||In"tra-</hw> (?). [L. intra, prep., within, on the

inside; akin to inter. See Inter-.] <def>A prefix
signifying in, within, interior; as,
intraocular, within the eyeball;
intramarginal.</def>
<hw>In`tra*ax"il*la*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>Situated below the point where a leaf joins the
stem.</def>
<hw>In`tra*cel"lu*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Biol.) <def>Within a cell; as, the intracellular
movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the
protoplasm of some vegetable cells.</def>
<hw>In`tra*col"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve.</def>
<hw>In`tra*cra"ni*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Within

the cranium or skull.</def> Sir W. Hamilton.
<hw>In*tractà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
quality of being intractable; intractableness.</def> Bp.
Hurd.
<hw>In*tract"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intractabilis: cf. F. intraitable, formerly also
intractable. See In- not, and Tractable.]
<def>Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed;
indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn;
obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.</def>
Syn. -- Stubborn; perverse; obstinate; refractory; cross;

unmanageable; unruly; headstrong; violent; ungovernable;
unteachable.
-- <wf>In*tract"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*tract"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*tract"ile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not tractile;

incapable of being drawn out or extended.</def> Bacon.
<hw>In*tra"dos</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L.

intra within + F. dos the back, L. dorsum. Cf.
Extrados.] (Arch.) <def>The interior curve of an arch;
esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs
taken together. See Extrados.</def>
<hw>In`tra*fo`li*a"ceous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>Growing immediately above, or in front of, a leaf;
as, intrafoliaceous stipules.</def>
<hw>In`tra*fu"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. intra-

 + L. fundere, fusum, to pour.] <def>The act of
pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operation of
introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion
of blood.</def>
<hw>In`tra*lob"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Anat.)

<def>Within lobules; as, the intralobular branches of the
hepatic veins.</def>
<hw>In`tra*mar"gin*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Situated

within the margin.</def> Loudon.
<hw>In`tra*mer*cu"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Astron.) <def>Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as,
the hypothetical Vulcan is intramercurial.</def>
<hw>In`tra*mo*lec"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem. &

Physics) <def>Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the
molecules of bodies.</def>
<hw>In`tra*mun"dane</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being

within the material world; -- opposed to
extramundane.</def>
<hw>In`tra*mu"ral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Being within the walls, as of a
city.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat. & Med.) <def>Being within the

substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural
pregnancy.</def>
<hw>In`tran*quil"li*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Unquietness; restlessness.</def> Sir W. Temple.
<hw>In`trans*ca"lent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Impervious to heat; adiathermic.</def>
<hw>In`trans*gress"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intragressibilis that can not be crossed. See In- not,
and Transgress.] <def>Incapable of being transgressed; not to
be passed over or crossed.</def> Holland.
<hw>In*tran"sient</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

transient; remaining; permanent.</def> Killingbeck.
<hw>In*trans"i*gent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

intransigeant (cf. Sp. intransigente); pref. in-
not + L. transigere to come to an agreement; trans
across + agere to lead, act.] <def>Refusing compromise;
uncompromising; irreconcilable.</def> Lond. Sat. Rev.
<hw>||In`trans"i*gen*tes</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [Sp.]

(Spanish Politics) <def>The extreme radicals; the party of the
irreconcilables.</def>
<hw>In*tran"si*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intransitivus: cf. F. intransitif. See In- not,
and Transitive.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not passing farther;
kept; detained.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>And then it is for the image's sake and so far is

intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is
transitive and passes further.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> (Gram.) <def>Not transitive; not passing

over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to
the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not
require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive
verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog
runs.</def>
&fist; Intransitive verbs have no passive form. Some verbs

which appear at first sight to be intransitive are in reality,
or were originally, transitive verbs with a reflexive or other
object omitted; as, he keeps (i. e., himself) aloof
from danger. Intransitive verbs may take a noun of kindred
signification for a cognate object; as, he died the
death of a hero; he dreamed a dream. Some
intransitive verbs, by the addition of a preposition, become
transitive, and so admit of a passive voice; as, the man
laughed at; he was laughed at by the man.
<hw>In*tran"si*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> (Gram.)

<def>Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive
verb.</def>
<hw>||In` tran"si*tu</hw> (?). [L.] (Law) <def>In transit;

during passage; as, goods in transitu.</def>
<hw>In`trans*mis"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable of being transmitted.</def>
<hw>In`trans*mu`ta*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The quality of being intransmutable.</def>
<hw>In`trans*mut"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable of being transmuted or changed into another
<hw>In"trant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. intrans, p.

pr. of intrare to enter. See Enter.] <def>Entering;
penetrating.</def>
<hw>In"trant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who enters;

especially, a person entering upon some office or station.</def>
Hume.
<hw>In`tra*nu"cle*ar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Biol.)

<def>Within the nucleus of a cell; as. the intranuclear
network of fibrils, seen in the first stages of
karyokinesis.</def>
<hw>In*trap"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Entrap.</def> Spenser.
<hw>In"tra*pa*ri"e*tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public
sight; private; secluded; retired.</def>
<blockquote>I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think

that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital
punishment to intraparietal hanging.</blockquote>
Rolleston.
<hw>In`tra*pet"i*o*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said
of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those
margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule
between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with
interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in
meaning.</def>
<hw>In`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Within the territory or a territory.</def>
<hw>In`tra*tho*rac"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Within

the thora&?; or chest.</def>
<hw>In`tra*trop"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Within

the tropics.</def>
<hw>In`tra*u"ter*ine</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Within
the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage.</def>
<hw>In`tra*valv"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between

valves.</def>
<hw>In`tra*ve"nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Within the

veins.</def>
<hw>In`tra*ven*tric"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Within or between ventricles.</def>
<hw>In*treas"ure</hw> (?; 135), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>In*treat"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Entreat.</def> Spenser.
<hw>In*treat"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + treatable.] <def>Not to be entreated;
inexorable.</def>
<hw>In*treat"ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Entreaty.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>In*treat"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of

entreaty.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>In*trench"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intrenched (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intrenching.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in

or upon.</def>
<blockquote>It was this very sword intrenched

it.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>His face 
Deep scars of thunder had intrenched.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To surround with a trench or with

intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and
parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or
intrenched itself.</def> "In the suburbs close
intrenched." Shak.
<hw>In*trench"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To invade; to

encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession
of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on
or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on
the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of
intrenching on the prerogative of the crown.</def>
<blockquote>We are not to intrench upon truth in any

conversation, but least of all with children.</blockquote>
Locke.
<hw>In*trench"ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-
not + trenchant.] <def>Not to be gashed or marked with
furrows.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air 

With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>In*trench"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Intrench.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of intrenching or the state of

being intrenched.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mil.) <def>Any defensive work

consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the
earth thrown up in making such a ditch.</def>
<blockquote>On our side, we have thrown up intrenchments on

Winter and Prospect Hills.</blockquote> Washington.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Any defense or protection.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>An encroachment or infringement.</def>
<blockquote>The slight intrenchment upon individual

freedom.</blockquote> Southey.
<hw>In*trep"id</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intrepidus: cf. F. intrépide. See In-
not, and Trepidation.] <def>Not trembling or shaking with
fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an
intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.</def>
Syn. -- Fearless; dauntless; resolute; brave; courageous;

daring; valiant; heroic; doughty.
<hw>In`tre*pid"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

intrépidité.] <def>The quality or state of being
intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor.</def>
<blockquote>Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three

sentences with a look of much business and great
intrepidity.</blockquote> Addison.
Syn. -- Courage; heroism; bravery; fortitude; gallantry;

valor. See Courage, Heroism.
<hw>In*trep"id*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.</def>
<hw>In"tri*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Intricate.] <def>Entangling.</def> [Obs.] Shelton.
<hw>In"tri*ca*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Intricacies</plw> (#). [From Intricate.] <def>The
state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity;
involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or
involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of
accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the
intricacy of a plot.</def>
<blockquote>Freed from intricacies, taught to live 

The easiest way.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In"tri*cate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intricatus, p. p. of intricare to entangle, perplex.
Cf. Intrigue, Extricate.] <def>Entangled; involved;
perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or
adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>His style was fit to convey the most intricate

business to the understanding with the utmost clearness.</blockquote>
Addison.
<blockquote>The nature of man is intricate.</blockquote>

Burke.
Syn. -- Intricate, Complex,

Complicated. A thing is complex when it is made up of
parts; it is complicated when those parts are so many, or so
arranged, as to make it difficult to grasp them; it is
intricate when it has numerous windings and confused
involutions which it is hard to follow out. What is complex
must be resolved into its parts; what is complicated must be
drawn out and developed; what is intricate must be
unraveled.
<hw>In"tri*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

entangle; to involve; to make perplexing.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>It makes men troublesome, and intricates all

wise discourses.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>In"tri*cate*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intricate manner.</def>
<hw>In"tri*cate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being intricate; intricacy.</def>
<hw>In`tri*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Entanglement.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>||In`tri`gante"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>A

female intriguer.</def>
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<hw>In*trigue"</hw> (&ibreve;n*tr&emacr;g"), <pos>v.

i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Intrigued (-
tr&emacr;gd"); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Intriguing.]
[F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It.
intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to
accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To carry on a secret and illicit love or

amour.</def>
<hw>In*trigue"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To fill with

artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the

whole course of your lives!</blockquote> Dr. J. Scott.
<hw>In*trigue"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. intrique.

See Intrigue, <pos>v. i.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Intricacy; complication.</def> [Obs.]

<sn>2.</sn> <def>A complicated plot or scheme intended to

effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy;
stratagem.</def>
<blockquote>Busy meddlers with intrigues of

state.</blockquote> Pomfret.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The plot of a play or romance; a

complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.</def>
Pope.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A secret and illicit love affair between

two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.</def>
<blockquote>The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all

his intrigues.</blockquote> Swift.
Syn. -- Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.
<hw>In*trigu"er</hw> (&ibreve;n*tr&emacr;g"&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who intrigues.</def>
<hw>In*trigu"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Arts or

practice of intrigue.</def>
<hw>In*trigu"ing*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By means

of, or in the manner of, intrigue.</def>
<hw>In*trinse"</hw> (-tr&ibreve;ns"), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Intrinsic, and Intense.] <def>Tightly drawn; or
(perhaps) intricate.</def> [Very rare]
<blockquote>Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain, 

Which are too intrinse to unloose.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>In*trin"sic</hw> (&ibreve;n*tr&ibreve;n"s&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. intrinsecus inward, on the inside;
intra within + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E.
second: cf. F. intrinsèque. See Inter-,
Second, and cf. Extrinsic.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine;
real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; --
opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold
or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the
intrinsic worth or goodness of a person.</def>
<blockquote>He was better qualified than they to estimate justly

the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and
refinement.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>Included wholly within an

organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to
extrinsic.</def>
<col>Intrinsic energy of a body</col> (Physics),

<cd>the work it can do in virtue of its actual condition, without any
supply of energy from without.</cd> -- <col>Intrinsic equation of
a curve</col> (Geom.), <cd>the equation which expresses
the relation which the length of a curve, measured from a given point
of it, to a movable point, has to the angle which the tangent to the
curve at the movable point makes with a fixed line.</cd> --
<col>Intrinsic value</col>. <cd>See the Note under
Value, <pos>n.</pos></cd>
Syn. -- Inherent; innate; natural; real; genuine.
<hw>In*trin"sic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genuine

quality.</def> [Obs.] Warburton.
<hw>In*trin"sic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Formerly

written intrinsecal.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Intrinsic.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Intimate; closely familiar.</def> [Obs.]

<hw>In*trin`si*cal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being intrinsic; essentialness; genuineness;
reality.</def>
<hw>In*trin"sic*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Internally; in its nature; essentially; really; truly.</def>
<blockquote>A lie is a thing absolutely and intrinsically

evil.</blockquote> South.
<hw>In*trin"sic*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality.</def>
<hw>In*trin"si*cate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Intricate.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>In"tro-</hw> (?). [L. intro, adv., inwardly, within.

See Inter-.] <def>A prefix signifying within,
into, in, inward; as, introduce,
introreception, introthoracic.</def>
<hw>In`tro*ces"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
introcedere, introcessum, to go in; intro within
+ cedere to go.] (Med.) <def>A depression, or inward
sinking of parts.</def>
<hw>In`tro*duce"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Introduced (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Introducing (?).] [L. introducere,
introductum; intro within + ducere to lead. See
Intro-, and Duke.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher

in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To put (something into a place); to

insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To lead to and make known by formal

announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as,
to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to
another.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To bring into notice, practice,

cultivation, or use; as, to introduce a new fashion, method,
or plant.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To produce; to cause to exist; to

induce.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Whosoever introduces habits in children,

deserves the care and attention of their governors.</blockquote>
Locke.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To open to notice; to begin; to present;

as, he introduced the subject with a long preface.</def>
Syn. -- To bring in; usher in; insert; begin; preface.
<hw>In`tro*duce"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Introduction.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`tro*du"cer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, introduces.</def>
<hw>In`tro*duct"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

introduce.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`tro*duc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

introductio: cf. F. introduction. See
Introduce.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of introducing, or bringing to

notice.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of formally making persons known

to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to
another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to
another.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That part of a book or discourse which

introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part;
preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A formal and elaborate preliminary

treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises,
or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to
English literature.</def>
<hw>In`tro*duc"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

introductif.] <def>Serving to introduce; introductory.</def> -
- <wf>In`tro*duc"tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In`tro*duc"tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>An

introducer.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In`tro*duc"to*ri*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

way of introduction.</def>
<hw>In`tro*duc"to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

itroductorius: cf. F. introductoire.] <def>Serving to
introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business;
preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an
introductory discourse.</def>
<hw>In`tro*duc"tress</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female

introducer.</def>
<hw>In`tro*flexed"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Flexed or

bent inward.</def>
<hw>In`tro*gres"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

introgressus, p. p. of introgredi to go in; intro-
 within + gradi to step, go.] <def>The act of going in;
entrance.</def> Blount.
<hw>In*tro"it</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. introitus,

fr. introire to go into, to enter; intro within +
ire to go: cf. F. introit.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A going in.</def> Caxton.
<sn>2.</sn> (R. C. Ch.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and
gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the
altar.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A part of a psalm or other
portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after
ascending to the altar.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (R. C. Ch.) <def>An anthem or psalm sung

before the Communion service.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Any composition of vocal music appropriate

to the opening of church services.</def>
<hw>In`tro*mis"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

intromission. See Intromit.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of sending in or of putting in;

insertion.</def> South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of letting go in;

admission.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Scots Law) <def>An intermeddling with

the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without
<hw>In`tro*mit"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intromitted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Intromitting.] [L. intromittere, intromissum;
intro- within + mittere to send.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To send in or put in; to insert or

introduce.</def> Greenhill.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To allow to pass in; to admit.</def>
<blockquote>Glass in the window intromits light, without

cold.</blockquote> Holder.
<hw>In`tro*mit"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> (Scots Law)

<def>To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.</def>
<hw>In`tro*mit"tent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intromittens, p. pr.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or

within.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Used in copulation; --

said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many
animals, and sometimes of those of the females.</def>
<hw>In`tro*mit"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

intromits.</def>
<hw>In`tro*pres"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Pressure

acting within.</def> [R.]
<hw>In`tro*re*cep"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of admitting into or within.</def> Hammond.
<hw>In*trorse"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. introrsus

inward, contr. from introversus. See Introvert.]
(Bot.) <def>Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of
the part to which it belongs.</def> Gray.
<hw>In`tro*spect"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

introspectus, p. p. introspicere to look into;
intro within + specere to look. See Spy.]
<def>To look into or within; to view the inside of.</def>
Bailey.
<hw>In`tro*spec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.
introspection.] <def>A view of the inside or interior; a
looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination,
or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which
the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness;
reflection.</def>
<blockquote>I was forced to make an introspection into my

own mind.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>In`tro*spec"tion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
(Metaph.) <def>One given to the introspective method of
examining the phenomena of the soul.</def>
<hw>In`tro*spec"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

introspectif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Inspecting within; seeing inwardly;

capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Involving the act or results of conscious

knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with
associational.</def> J. S. Mill.
<hw>In`tro*sume"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref.

intro- + L. sumere to take.] <def>To draw in; to
swallow.</def> [Obs.] Evelyn.
<hw>In`tro*sus*cep"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of receiving
within.</def>
<blockquote>The person is corrupted by the introsusception

of a nature which becomes evil thereby.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>Same as

Intussusception.</def>
<hw>In`tro*ven"ient</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

introveniens, p. pr. of introvenire to come in;
intro within + venire to come.] <def>Coming in
together; entering; commingling.</def> [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>In`tro*ver"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Introvert.] <def>The act of introverting, or the state of
being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward.</def>
<hw>In`tro*vert"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Introverted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Introverting.] [Pref. intro- + L. vertere,
versum, to turn.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To turn or bend inward.</def>

"Introverted toes." Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To look within; to introspect.</def>
Lew Wallace.
<hw>In*trude"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [L.

intrudere, intrusum; pref. in- in +
trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See
Threat.] <def>To thrust one's self in; to come or go in
without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass;
as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to
intrude on the lands of another.</def>
<blockquote>Thy wit wants edge 

And manners, to intrude where I am graced.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while

we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold
them.</blockquote> I. Watts.
<hw>In*trude"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Intruded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Intruding.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To thrust or force (something) in or upon;

especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to
intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude
one's opinions upon another.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To enter by force; to invade.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>Why should the worm intrude the maiden

bud?</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Geol.) <def>The cause to enter or force

a way, as into the crevices of rocks.</def>
Syn. -- To obtrude; encroach; infringe; intrench; trespass.

See Obtrude.
<hw>In*trud"ed</hw> (?), <pos>p. a.</pos> (Geol.)

<def>Same as Intrusive.</def>
<hw>In*trud"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or
without leave or welcome; a trespasser.</def>
<blockquote>They were all strangers and

intruders.</blockquote> Locke.
<hw>In*trud"ress</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female

intruder.</def>
<hw>In*trunk"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inclose as

in a trunk; to incase.</def> [R.] Ford.
<hw>In*tru"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

intrusion. See Intrude.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of intruding, or of forcing in;
especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or
welcome; encroachment.</def>
<blockquote>Why this intrusion? 

Were not my orders that I should be private?</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> (Geol.) <def>The penetrating of one

rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of
another.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>The entry of a stranger,

after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the
person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken
possession.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Scotch Ch.) <def>The settlement of a

minister over a congregation without their consent.</def>
<hw>In*tru"sion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to intrusion.</def>
<hw>In*tru"sion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman
to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the
parishioners.</def>
<hw>In*tru"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Apt to

intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or
welcome.</def>
<col>Intrusive rocks</col> (Geol.), <cd>rocks which

have been forced, while in a plastic or melted state, into the
cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is
sometimes used as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is then
contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks.</cd>
-- <wf>In*tru"sive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*tru"sive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*trust"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Intrusted, <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Intrusting.] <def>To deliver (something) to another in trust;
to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender
(something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care,
use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's
money or intrust money or goods to a servant.</def>
Syn. -- To commit; consign; confide. See Commit.
<hw>In`tu*ba"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

in + tube.] (Med.) <def>The introduction of a tube into
an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.</def>
<hw>In`tu*i"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in,
on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A looking after; a regard to.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an

intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause,
of his pains.</blockquote> Fuller.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Direct apprehension or cognition;

immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; --
distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind
knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is
not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready
insight or apprehension.</def>
<blockquote>Sagacity and a nameless something more, -- let us call

it intuition.</blockquote> Hawthorne.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Any object or truth discerned by direct

cognition; especially, a first or primary truth.</def>
<hw>In`tu*i"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to, or derived from, intuition; characterized by intuition; perceived
by intuition; intuitive.</def>
<hw>In`tu*i"tion*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Metaph.) <def>The doctrine that the perception or recognition
of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; -- opposed to
sensationalism, and experientialism.</def>
<hw>In`tu*i"tion*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

holds the doctrine of intuitionalism.</def>
<hw>In`tu*i"tion*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Intuitionalism.</def>
<hw>In`tu*i"tion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Intuitionalist.</def> Bain.
<hw>In*tu"i*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

intuitif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive

view; intuitive vision.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition;

capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning.</def>
<blockquote>Whence the soul 

Reason receives, and reason is her being, 
Discursive, or intuitive.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Received, reached, obtained, or perceived,

by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed
to deductive.</def> Locke.
<hw>In*tu"i*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

intuitive manner.</def>
<hw>In*tu"i*tiv*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive.</def>
J. Grote.
<hw>In`tu*mesce"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Intumesced (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Intumescing (?).] [L. intumescere; pref.
in- in + tumescere to swell up, incho. fr.
tumere to swell. See Tumid.] <def>To enlarge or expand
with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the
action of heat, as before the blowpipe.</def>
<blockquote>In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into

a yellowish black mass.</blockquote> Kirwan.
<hw>In`tu*mes"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

intumescence.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of swelling or

enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity;
especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of
heat.</def>
<blockquote>The intumescence of nations.</blockquote>

Johnson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything swollen or enlarged, as a

tumor.</def>
<hw>In`tu*mes"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intumescens, p. pr.] <def>Swelling up; expanding.</def>
<hw>In*tu"mu*la`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

intumulatus. See In- not, and Tumulate.]
<def>Unburied.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*tune"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To intone.

Cf. Entune.</def>
<hw>In*tur"bid*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Inturbidated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inturbidating.] [Pref. in- in +
turbid.] <def>To render turbid; to darken; to confuse.</def>
[R.]
<blockquote>The confusion of ideas and conceptions under the same

term painfully inturbidates his theology.</blockquote>
<hw>In`tur*ges"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inturgescens, p. pr. of inturgescere to swell up. See
1st In-, and Turgescent.] <def>A swelling; the act of
swelling, or state of being swelled.</def> [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
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<hw>In"tuse</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. intundere to
bruise; pref. in- in + tundere, tusum, to beat,
bruise.] <def>A bruise; a contusion.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<hw>In`tus*sus*cep"ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Intussusception.] <def>Received into some other thing or part,
as a sword into a sheath; invaginated.</def>
<hw>In`tus*sus*cep"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

intus within + susception. Cf.
Introsusception.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The reception of one part within

another.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>The abnormal reception or

slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a
contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the
upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception;
invagination.</def> Dunglison.
<sn>3.</sn> (Bot.) <def>The interposition of new

particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a
cell wall, or in a starch grain.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Physiol.) <def>The act of taking

foreign matter, as food, into a living body; the process of
nutrition, by which dead matter is absorbed by the living organism,
and ultimately converted into the organized substance of its various
tissues and organs.</def>
<blockquote>Dead bodies increase by apposition; living bodies by

intussusception.</blockquote> McKendrick.
<hw>In*twine"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf.

Entwine.] <def>To twine or twist into, or together; to
wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined.</def> [Written also
entwine.]
<hw>In*twine"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be or to

become intwined.</def>
<hw>In*twine"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

intwining, or the state of being intwined.</def>
<hw>In*twist"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf.

Entwist.] <def>To twist into or together; to interweave.</def>
[Written also entwist.]
<hw>Inù*en"do</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Innuendo.</def>
<hw>In"u*lin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From NL. Inula

Helenium, the elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.)
<def>A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in
the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants,
as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is
extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline
substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is
intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also
dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc.</def>
<hw>In"u*loid</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Inulin + -

oid.] (Chem.) <def>A substance resembling inulin, found in
the unripe bulbs of the dahlia.</def>
<hw>In*um"brate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

inumbratus, p. p. of inumbrare to shade.] <def>To
shade; to darken.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*unc"ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Inunction.] <def>Anointed.</def> [Obs.] Cockeram.
<hw>In*unc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inunctio, fr. inungere, inunctum, to anoint. See
1st In-, and Unction.] <def>The act of anointing, or
the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the
rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal
agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc.,
are absorbed.</def>
<hw>In*unc`tu*os"i*ty</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

want of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness; as, the
inunctuosity of porcelain clay.</def> Kirwan.
<hw>In*un"dant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. inundans,

p. pr. of inundare.] <def>Overflowing.</def> [R.]
Shenstone.
<hw>In*un"date</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inundated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inundating.] [L. inundatus, p. p. of
inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to
rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See
Undulate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To cover with a flood; to overflow; to

deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To fill with an overflowing abundance or

superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of
credit.</def>
Syn. -- To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge;

drown.
<hw>Inùn*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inundatio: cf. F. inondation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inundating, or the state of

being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of
water over grounds.</def>
<blockquote>With inundation wide the deluge reigns, 

Drowns the deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains.</blockquote>
Wilkie.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An overspreading of any kind; overflowing

or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an
inundation of tourists.</def>
<blockquote>To stop the inundation of her

tears.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*un`der*stand"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Void

of understanding.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
<hw>Inùr*bane"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inurbanus. See In- not, and Urbane.]
<def>Uncivil; unpolished; rude.</def> M. Arnold. --
<wf>Inùr*bane"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>Inùr*bane"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Inùr*ban"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

inurbanité.] <def>Want of urbanity or courtesy;
unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness.</def>
<hw>In*ure"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inured (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inuring.] [From pref. in- in + ure use, work.
See Ure use, practice, Opera, and cf. Manure.]
<def>To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom
till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to
habituate; to practice habitually.</def> "To inure our prompt
obedience." Milton.
<blockquote>He . . . did inure them to speak

little.</blockquote> Sir T. North.
<blockquote>Inured and exercised in learning.</blockquote>

Robynson (More's Utopia).
<blockquote>The poor, inured to drudgery and

distress.</blockquote> Cowper.
<hw>In*ure"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To pass into use;

to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit
of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs.</def> [Written
also enure.]
<hw>In*ure"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Use; practice;

discipline; habit; custom.</def>
<hw>In*urn"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inurned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inurning.] <def>To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead;
hence, to bury; to intomb.</def>
<blockquote>The sepulcher 
Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>In*u"si*tate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
inusitatus unusual. See Use.] <def>Unusual.</def> [R.]
Bramhall.
<hw>In*u"si*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

use; disuse.</def> [R.] Paley.
<hw>In*ust"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. inurere,

inustum, to burn in; pref. in- in + urere to
burn.] <def>Burnt in.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*us"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

burning or branding.</def> [Obs.] T. Adams.
<hw>In*u"tile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. inutilis:

cf. F. inutile. See In- not, Utile.]
<def>Useless; unprofitable.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>Inù*til"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inutilitas: cf. F. inutilité.] <def>Uselessness;
the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the
inutility of vain speculations and visionary
projects.</def>
<hw>In*ut"ter*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Unutterable; inexpressible.</def> Milton.
<hw>||In` vac"u*o</hw> (?). [L.] (Physics) <def>In a

vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.</def>
<hw>In*vade"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Invaded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Invading.] [L. invadere, invasum; pref. in-
 in + vadere to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF.
invader, F. envahir. See Wade.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To go into or upon; to pass within the

confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>Which becomes a body, and doth then invade 

The state of life, out of the grisly shade.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To enter with hostile intentions; to enter

with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to
attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.</def>
<blockquote>Such an enemy 
Is risen to invade us.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to

violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the
people.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To grow or spread over; to affect

injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy
tissue.</def>
Syn. -- To attack; assail; encroach upon. See

Attack.
<hw>In*vade"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make an

invasion.</def> Brougham.
<hw>In*vad"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who invades;

an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.</def>
<hw>In*vag"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To insert

as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in.</def>
{ <hw>In*vag"i*nate</hw> (?), <hw>In*vag"i*na`ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Biol.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Sheathed.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having one portion of a
hollow organ drawn back within another portion.</def>
<hw>In*vagì*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. pref.

in- + vagina sheath.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Biol.) <def>The condition of an

invaginated organ or part.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Biol.) <def>One of the methods by which

the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated.</def>
&fist; In embolic invagination, one half of the

blastosphere is pushed in towards the other half, producing an
embryonic form known as a gastrula. -- In epibolic
invagination, a phenomenon in the development of some
invertebrate ova, the epiblast appears to grow over or around the
hypoblast.
<hw>In`va*les"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

invalescens, p. pr. of invalescere to become strong.
See 1st In-, and Convalesce.] <def>Strength;
health.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*valè*tu"di*na*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Wanting health; valetudinary.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*val"id</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- not

+ valid: cf. F. invalide, L. invalidus infirm,
weak. Cf. Invalid infirm.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of no force, weight, or cogency; not

valid; weak.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>Having no force, effect, or

efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or
agreement.</def>
<hw>In"va*lid</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

invalide, n. & a., L. invalidus,
<pos>a.</pos> See Invalid null.] <def>A person who is
weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially,
one in chronic ill health.</def>
<hw>In"va*lid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Invalid,

<pos>n.</pos>] <def>Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he
had an invalid daughter.</def>
<hw>In"va*lid</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To make or render invalid or infirm.</def> "Invalided,
bent, and almost blind." Dickens.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To classify or enroll as an

invalid.</def>
<blockquote>Peace coming, he was invalided on half

pay.</blockquote> Carlyle.
<hw>In*val"i*date</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Invalidated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Invalidating.] [From Invalid null.]
<def>To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy
the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as,
to invalidate an agreement or argument.</def>
<hw>In*valì*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.</def>
<blockquote>So many invalidations of their

right.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>||In`va*lide"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>See

Invalid, <pos>n.</pos></def>
<hw>In"va*lid*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.</def>
<hw>In`va*lid"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

invalidité, LL. invaliditas want of health.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Want of validity or cogency; want of legal

force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an
agreement or of a will.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Want of health; infirmity.</def> [Obs.]

<hw>In*val"id*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Invalidity;

as, the invalidness of reasoning.</def>
<hw>In*val"or*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

valorous; cowardly.</def>
<hw>In*val"u*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Valuable

beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious.</def>
<hw>In*val"u*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Inestimably.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*val"ued</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inestimable.</def> [R.] Drayton.
<hw>In*va`ri*a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

invariabilité.] <def>The quality of being invariable;
invariableness; constancy; uniformity.</def>
<hw>In*va"ri*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + variable: cf. F. invariable.] <def>Not given
to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always
uniform.</def>
<blockquote>Physical laws which are

invariable.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
-- <wf>In*va"ri*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*va"ri*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*va"ri*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Math.)

<def>An invariable quantity; a constant.</def>
<hw>In*va"ri*ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Math.)

<def>The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied
conditions.</def> J. J. Sylvester.
<hw>In*va"ri*ant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Math.)

<def>An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the
coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when
these undergo suitable linear transformations.</def> J. J.
Sylvester.
<hw>In*va"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. invasio:

cf. F. invasion. See Invade.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of invading; the act of

encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment;
trespass.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A warlike or hostile entrance into the

possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for
conquest or plunder.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The incoming or first attack of anything

hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a
disease.</def>
Syn. -- Invasion, Irruption, Inroad.

Invasion is the generic term, denoting a forcible entrance
into a foreign country. Incursion signifies a hasty and sudden
invasion. Irruption denotes particularly violent invasion.
Inroad is entry by some unusual way involving trespass and
injury.
<hw>In*va"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See Invade.]
<def>Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.</def>
"Invasive war." Hoole.
<hw>In*vect"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

inveigh.</def> [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
<hw>In*vec"ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. invectus

carried in. See Inveigh.] (Her.) <def>Having a border
or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the
opposite of engrailed.</def>
<hw>In*vec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

invectio. See Inveigh.] <def>An inveighing against;
invective.</def> [Obs.] Fulke.
<hw>In*vec"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

invectivus: cf. F. invectif. See Inveigh.]
<def>Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical;
abusive; railing.</def>
<hw>In*vec"tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. invective.]

<def>An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe
or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written,
intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh
or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having
reference to the person or thing affected; as, an invective
against tyranny.</def>
<blockquote>The world will be able to judge of his [Junius']

motives for writing such famous invectives.</blockquote>
Sir W. Draper.
Syn. -- Abuse; censure; reproach; satire; sarcasm; railing;

diatribe. See Abuse.
<hw>In*vec"tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

invective manner.</def> Shak.
<hw>In*veigh"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inveighed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inveighing.] [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or
bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in-
 in + vehere to carry. See Vehicle, and cf.
Invective.] <def>To declaim or rail (against some person or
thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh
criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -
- with against; as, to inveigh against character,
conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse.</def>
<blockquote>All men inveighed against him; all men, except

court vassals, opposed him.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>The artificial life against which we

inveighed.</blockquote> Hawthorne.
<hw>In*veigh"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

inveighs.</def>
<hw>In*vei"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inveigled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inveigling (?).] [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to
blind, to delude, OF. aveugler, avugler,
avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle,
avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye.
The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a-
taken as the pref. F. à, L. ad. See
Ocular.] <def>To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to
something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare;
to seduce; to wheedle.</def>
<blockquote>Yet have they many baits and guileful spells 

To inveigle and invite the unwary sense.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In*vei"gle*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; that which inveigles;
enticement; seduction.</def> South.
<hw>In*vei"gler</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

inveigles.</def>
<hw>In*veil"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cover, as

with a vail.</def> W. Browne.
<hw>In*vendì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being invendible; invendibleness; unsalableness.</def>
<hw>In*vend"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

invendibilis. See In- not, and Vendible.]
<def>Not vendible or salable.</def> Jefferson. --
<wf>In*vend"i*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*ven"om</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Envenom.</def>
<hw>In*vent"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Invented; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inventing.] [L. inventus, p. p. of invenire to
come upon, to find, invent; pref. in- in + venire to
come, akin to E. come: cf. F. inventer. See
Come.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To come or light upon; to meet; to

find.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>And vowed never to return again, 

Till him alive or dead she did invent.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To discover, as by study or inquiry; to

find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; --
applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode,
instrument, or machine.</def>
<blockquote>Thus first Necessity invented

stools.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To frame by the imagination; to fabricate

mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent
the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.</def>
<blockquote>Whate'er his cruel malice could
invent.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>He had invented some circumstances, and put the

worst possible construction on others.</blockquote> Sir W.
Scott.
Syn. -- To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design;

fabricate; concoct; elaborate. See Discover.
<hw>In*vent"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

invents.</def>
<hw>In*vent"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of

invention.</def> J. Gifford.
<hw>In*vent"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being invented.</def>
<hw>In*vent"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of

being inventible.</def>
<hw>In*ven"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of finding out or inventing;

contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as,
the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art
of printing.</def>
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<blockquote>As the search of it [truth] is the duty, so the

invention will be the happiness of man.</blockquote>
Tatham.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is invented; an original

contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the
invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own
invention.</def>
<blockquote>We entered by the drawbridge, which has an

invention to let one fall if not premonished.</blockquote>
Evelyn.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Thought; idea.</def> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a

forgery; a falsehood.</def>
<blockquote>Filling their hearers 

With strange invention.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>The faculty of inventing; imaginative

faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of
invention.</def>
<blockquote>They lay no less than a want of invention to
his charge; a capital crime, . . . for a poet is a
maker.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>6.</sn> (Fine Arts, Rhet., etc.) <def>The

exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or
more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method
of presenting its parts.</def>
<col>Invention of the cross</col> (Eccl.), <cd>a

festival celebrated May 3d, in honor of the finding of our Savior's
cross by St. Helena.</cd>
<hw>In*ven"tious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Inventive.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*vent"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

inventif.] <def>Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance;
ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius.</def>
Dryden. -- <wf>In*vent"ive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>In*vent"ive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>In*vent"or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F.

inventeur.] <def>One who invents or finds out something new; a
contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.</def>
<hw>In`ven*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to an inventory.</def> -- <wf>In`ven*to"ri*al*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> Shak.
<hw>In"ven*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Inventories</plw> (#). [L. inventarium: cf. LL.
inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also inventoire.
See Invent.] <def>An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by
an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and
sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the
property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence,
an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth;
specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any
business.</def>
<blockquote>There take an inventory of all I

have.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- List; register; schedule; catalogue. See

List.
<hw>In"ven*to*ry</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inventoried (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inventorying.] [Cf. F. inventorier.]
<def>To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule
of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant
inventories his stock.</def>
<blockquote>I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it

shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil
labeled.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*vent"ress</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. L.
inventrix, F. inventrice.] <def>A woman who
invents.</def> Dryden.
<hw>In`ve*rac"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

veracity.</def>
<hw>In*verì*si*mil"i*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.</def>
<hw>In*verse"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. inversus,

p. p. of invertere: cf. F. inverse. See
Invert.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Opposite in order, relation, or effect;

reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to
direct.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Inverted; having a position

or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Math.) <def>Opposite in nature and

effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when
both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that
quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to
division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the
direct operation with <sups>-1</sups> as an index. Thus
<funct>sin<sups>-1</sups> x</funct> means the arc whose
sine is x.</def>
<col>Inverse figures</col> (Geom.), <cd>two figures,

such that each point of either figure is inverse to a corresponding
point in the order figure.</cd> -- <col>Inverse points</col>
(Geom.), <cd>two points lying on a line drawn from the center
of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their
distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the
square of the radius.</cd> -- <col>Inverse</col>, or
<col>Reciprocal</col>, <col>ratio</col> (Math.),
<cd>the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities.</cd> --
<col>Inverse</col>, or <col>Reciprocal</col>,
<col>proportion</col>, <cd>an equality between a direct ratio
and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : &frac13; : &frac16;,
or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely.</cd>
<hw>In"verse</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is

inverse.</def>
<blockquote>Thus the course of human study is the inverse

of the course of things in nature.</blockquote> Tatham.
<hw>In*verse"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to
directly.</def>
<col>Inversely proportional</col>. <cd>See Directly

proportional, under Directly, and Inversion,
4.</cd>
<hw>In*ver"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
inversio: cf. F. inversion. See Invert.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inverting, or turning over or

backward, or the state of being inverted.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A change by inverted order; a reversed

position or arrangement of things; transposition.</def>
<blockquote>It is just the inversion of an act of

Parliament; your lordship first signed it, and then it was passed
among the Lords and Commons.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> (Mil.) <def>A movement in tactics by

which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on
the left, the left on the right, and so on.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Math.) <def>A change in the order of

the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the
first, and the fourth of the third.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Geom.) <def>A peculiar method of

transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure.
Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new
propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse
figures, under Inverse.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Gram.) <def>A change of the usual order

of words or phrases; as, "of all vices, impurity is one of the most
detestable," instead of, "impurity is one of the most detestable of
all vices."</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Rhet.) <def>A method of reasoning in

which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in
opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> (Mus.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Said of

intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so
that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Said of a chord, when one of its
notes, other than its root, is made the bass.</def>
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>Said of a subject, or phrase, when
the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary
direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa.</def>
<sd>(d)</sd> <def>Said of double counterpoint, when an
upper and a lower part change places.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> (Geol.) <def>The folding back of strata

upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of
succession appears to be reversed.</def>
<sn>10.</sn> (Chem.) <def>The act or process by

which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids
or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape
sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also,
less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape
sugar (dextrose).</def>
&fist; The terms invert and inversion, in this
sense, owe their meaning to the fact that the plane of polarization
of light, which is rotated to the right by cane sugar, is turned
toward the left by levulose.
<hw>In*vert"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Inverted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inverting.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref.
in- in + vertere to turn. See Verse.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To turn over; to put upside down; to

upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to
invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>That doth invert the attest of eyes and

ears, 
As if these organs had deceptious functions.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, 

Wanting its proper base to stand upon.</blockquote>
Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mus.) <def>To change the position of; -

- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose
harmony.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To divert; to convert to a wrong

use.</def> [Obs.] Knolles.
<sn>4.</sn> (Chem.) <def>To convert; to reverse; to

decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion,
<pos>n.</pos>, 10.</def>
<hw>In*vert"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> (Chem.) <def>To

undergo inversion, as sugar.</def>
<hw>In"vert</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as,
invert sugar.</def>
<col>Invert sugar</col> (Chem.), <cd>a variety of

sugar, consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found
naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of
cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or
dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion, Dextrose,
Levulose, and Sugar.</cd>
<hw>In"vert</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Masonry) <def>An

inverted arch.</def>
<hw>In*ver"te*bral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Same as Invertebrate.</def>
<hw>||In*ver`te*bra"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.,

fr. L. in- not + vertebratus vertebrate.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A comprehensive division of the animal
kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.</def>
<hw>In*ver"te*brate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Destitute of a backbone; having no
vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Invertebrata.</def>
<col>Age of invertebrates</col>. <cd>See Age, and

Silurian.</cd>
<hw>In*ver"te*bra`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

no backbone; invertebrate.</def>
<hw>In*vert"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Changed to a contrary or counterchanged

order; reversed; characterized by inversion.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Geol.) <def>Situated apparently in

reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by
upheaval.</def>
<col>Inverted arch</col> (Arch.), <cd>an arch placed

with crown downward; -- much used in foundations.</cd>
<hw>In*vert"ed*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an inverted

order.</def> Derham.
<hw>In*vert"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Invert.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being inverted or

turned.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>Capable of being changed or

converted; as, invertible sugar.</def>
<hw>In*vert"i*ble</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- not

+ L. vertere to turn + -ible.] <def>Incapable of being
turned or changed.</def>
<blockquote>An indurate and invertible

conscience.</blockquote> Cranmer.
<hw>In*vert"in</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Physiol.

Chem.) <def>An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to
take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert
sugar.</def>
<hw>In*vest"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Invested; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Investing.] [L. investire, investitum; pref.
in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing:
cf. F. investir. See Vest.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To put garments on; to clothe; to dress;

to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by
with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a
robe.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To put on.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Can not find one this girdle to

invest.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To clothe, as with office or authority; to

place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn;
to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to
invest with an estate.</def>
<blockquote>I do invest you jointly with my

power.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To surround, accompany, or

attend.</def>
<blockquote>Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of

the guilt.</blockquote> Hawthorne.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To confer; to give.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>It investeth a right of

government.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>6.</sn> (Mil.) <def>To inclose; to surround or

hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions
and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a
town.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>To lay out (money or capital) in business

with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest
money in bank stock.</def>
<hw>In*vest"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make an

investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by
in.</def>
<hw>In*vest"ient</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

investiens, p. pr. of investire.] <def>Covering;
clothing.</def> [R.] Woodward.
<hw>In*ves"ti*ga*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

investigabilis. See Investigate.] <def>Capable or
susceptible of being investigated; admitting research.</def>
Hooker.
<hw>In*ves"ti*ga*ble</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L.

investigabilis. See In- not, and Vestigate.]
<def>Unsearchable; inscrutable.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>So unsearchable the judgment and so

investigable the ways thereof.</blockquote> Bale.
<hw>In*ves"ti*gate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Investigated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Investigating.] [L. investigatus, p. p. of
investigare to investigate; pref. in- in +
vestigare to track, trace. See Vestige.] <def>To follow
up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track
mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and
accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to
investigate the causes of natural phenomena.</def>
<hw>In*ves"ti*gate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To pursue a

course of investigation and study; to make investigation.</def>
<hw>In*ves`ti*ga"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

investigatio: cf. F. investigation.] <def>The act of
investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up;
research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or
examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the
mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the
moralist.</def>
<hw>In*ves"ti*ga*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Given to

investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.</def>
<hw>In*ves"ti*ga`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.: cf. F.

investigateur.] <def>One who searches diligently into a
subject.</def>
<hw>In*ves"ti*ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

investitura: cf. F. investiture.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or ceremony of investing, or the

state of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession;
also, the right of so investing.</def>
<blockquote>He had refused to yield up to the pope the

investiture of bishops.</blockquote> Sir W.
Raleigh.
<sn>2.</sn> (Feudal Law) <def>Livery of

seizin.</def>
<blockquote>The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the

ceremony of corporal investiture, or open delivery of
possession.</blockquote> Blackstone.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That with which anyone is invested or

clothed; investment; clothing; covering.</def>
<blockquote>While we yet have on 

Our gross investiture of mortal weeds.</blockquote>
Trench.
<hw>In*vest"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Investing.</def> [R.] Mir. for Mag.
<hw>In*vest"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of investing, or the state of being invested.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That with which anyone is invested; a

vestment.</def>
<blockquote>Whose white investments figure
innocence.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Mil.) <def>The act of surrounding,

blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so
surrounded.</def>
<blockquote>The capitulation was signed by the commander of the

fort within six days after its investments.</blockquote>
Marshall.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The laying out of money in the purchase of

some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in
which money is invested.</def>
<blockquote>Before the investment could be made, a change

of the market might render it ineligible.</blockquote> A.
Hamilton.
<blockquote>An investment in ink, paper, and steel

pens.</blockquote> Hawthorne.
<hw>In*vest"or</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

invests.</def>
<hw>In*ves"ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Investiture; investment.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
<hw>In*ves"ture</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To clothe; to

invest; to install.</def> [Obs.] "Monks . . . investured in
their copes." Fuller.
<hw>In*vet"er*a*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Inveterate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Firm establishment by long continuance;

firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by
time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; --
usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of
error.</def>
<blockquote>An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt

him to contract more.</blockquote> A. Tucker.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Malignity; spitefulness;

virulency.</def>
<blockquote>The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of

epigrams, and the mortification of lampoons.</blockquote>
Guardian.
<hw>In*vet"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inveteratus, p. p. of inveterare to render old; pref.
in- in + vetus, veteris, old. See
Veteran.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Old; long-established.</def> [Obs.]

<blockquote>It is an inveterate and received
opinion.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Firmly established by long continuance;

obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate
disease; an inveterate abuse.</def>
<blockquote>Heal the inveterate canker of one

wound.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Having habits fixed by long continuance;

confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or
smoker.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Malignant; virulent; spiteful.</def>

H. Brooke.
<hw>In*vet"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To fix

and settle by long continuance.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>In*vet"er*ate*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inveterate manner or degree.</def> "Inveterately tough."
<hw>In*vet"er*ate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Inveteracy.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In*vetèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inveteratio.] <def>The act of making inveterate.</def> [R.]
Bailey.
<hw>In*vict"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. invictus.

See In- not, and Victor.] <def>Invincible.</def> [Obs.]
Joye.
<hw>In*vid"i*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf.
Envious.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Envious; malignant.</def> [Obs.]

Evelyn.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and

invidious state than any prosperous man.</blockquote>
Barrow.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to

provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.</def>
<blockquote>Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give

the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.</blockquote>
Broome.
-- <wf>In*vid"i*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*vid"i*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
{ <hw>In*vig"i*lance</hw> (?), <hw>In*vig"i*lan*cy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [in- not + vigilance: cf. OF.
invigilance.] <def>Want of vigilance; neglect of watching;
carelessness.</def>
<! p. 786 !>
<hw>In*vig"or</hw> (&ibreve;n*v&ibreve;g"&etilde;r), <pos>v.

t.</pos> <def>To invigorate.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>In*vig"or*ate</hw> (-&amacr;t), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Invigorated (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Invigorating.] [Pref. in- in +
vigor.] <def>To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to
give life and energy to.</def>
<blockquote>Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless

fed, invigorated, and animated by universal
charity.</blockquote> Atterbury.
Syn. -- To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate.
<hw>In*vigòr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.</def>
<hw>In*vile"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To render

vile.</def> [Obs.] Daniel.
<hw>In*vil"laged</hw> (?; 48), <pos>p. a.</pos> <def>Turned

into, or reduced to, a village.</def> [Obs.] W. Browne.
<hw>In*vin`ci*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

invincibilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
invincible; invincibleness.</def>
<hw>In*vin"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

invincibilis: cf. F. invincible. See In- not,
and Vincible.] <def>Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or
subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army,
or obstacle.</def>
<blockquote>Lead forth to battle these my sons 

Invincible.</blockquote> Milton.
-- <wf>In*vin"ci*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>In*vin"ci*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>In*viò*la*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

inviolabilitas: cf. F. inviolabilité.] <def>The
quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.</def>
<hw>In*vi"o*la*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

inviolabilis: cf. F. inviolable. See Inviolate,
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not violable; not susceptible of hurt,

wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral
damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred;
holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable
shrine.</def>
<blockquote>He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear, 

The inviolable body stood sincere.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled;

uncorrupted.</def>
<blockquote>For thou, be sure, shalt give account 

To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep 
This place inviolable, and these from harm.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not capable of being broken or violated;

as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or
vow.</def>
<blockquote>Their almighty Maker first ordained 

And bound them with inviolable bands.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<blockquote>And keep our faiths firm and

inviolable.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*vi"o*la*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness
of divine justice.</def>
<hw>In*vi"o*la*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

violation.</def>
<hw>In*vi"o*la*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an
oath.</def>
{ <hw>In*vi"o*late</hw> (?), <hw>In*vi"o*la`ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. inviolatus. See In- not, and
Violate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not violated; uninjured; unhurt;

unbroken.</def>
<blockquote>His fortune of arms was still

inviolate.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned;

chaste; pure.</def> "Inviolate truth." Denham.
<blockquote>There chaste Alceste lives

inviolate.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>In*vi"o*late*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

inviolate manner.</def>
<hw>In*vi"o*late*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of
being inviolate.</def>
<hw>In"vi*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. invius;

pref. in- not + via way.] <def>Untrodden.</def> [R.]
Hudibras. -- <wf>In"vi*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
[R.]
<hw>In*vi"rile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Deficient in

manhood; unmanly; effeminate.</def> Lowell.
<hw>In`vi*ril"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Absence of

virility or manhood; effeminacy.</def> Prynne.
<hw>In*vis"cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Inviscated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inviscating (?).] [L. inviscatus, p. p. of
inviscare to birdlime; pref. in- in + viscum,
viscus, the mistletoe, birdlime.] <def>To daub or catch with
glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*vis"cer*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Inviscerated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Inviscerating.] [L. invisceratus, p. p. of
inviscerare to put into the entrails. See Viscera.]
<def>To breed; to nourish.</def> [R.] W. Montagu.
<hw>In*vis"cer*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

invisceratus, p. p.] <def>Deep-seated; internal.</def> [R.]
<hw>In*visì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Invisibilities</plw> (#). [L. invisibilitas: cf.
F. invisibilité.] <def>The state or quality of being
invisible; also, that which is invisible.</def> "Atoms and
invisibilities." Landor.
<hw>In*vis"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

invisible, L. invisibilis. See In- not, and
Visible.] <def>Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by
vision; not visible.</def>
<blockquote>To us invisible, or dimly seen 

In these thy lowest works.</blockquote> Milton.
<col>Invisible bird</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a small,

shy singing bird (Myadestes sibilons), of St. Vincent
Islands.</cd> -- <col>Invisible green</col>, <cd>a very dark
shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for
it.</cd>
<hw>In*vis"i*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme
Being.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A Rosicrucian; -- so called because

avoiding declaration of his craft.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>3.</sn> (Eccl. Hist.) <def>One of those (as in
the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.</def>
Shipley.
<hw>In*vis"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or state of being invisible; invisibility.</def>
<hw>In*vis"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an invisible

manner.</def> Denham.
<hw>In*vi"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of vision

or of the power of seeing.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>In`vi*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See Invite.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of inviting; solicitation; the

requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a
party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A document written or printed, or spoken

words, conveying the message by which one is invited.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Allurement; enticement.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>She gives the leer of invitation.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>In*vi"ta*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

invitatorius: cf. F. invitatoire.] <def>Using or
containing invitations.</def>
<blockquote>The "Venite" [Psalm xcv.], which is also called the

invitatory psalm.</blockquote> Hook.
<hw>In*vi"ta*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Invitatories</plw> (#). [LL. invitatorium: cf. F.
invitatoire.] <def>That which invites; specifically, the
invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship.</def>
<hw>In*vite"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Invited; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Inviting.] [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See
Vie.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to

ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an
entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to
invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.</def>
<blockquote>So many guests invite as here are

writ.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to

reflect on this.</blockquote> Carlyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come;

to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.</def>
<blockquote>To inveigle and invite the unwary

sense.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Shady groves, that easy sleep

invite.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>There no delusive hope invites

despair.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To give occasion for; as, to invite

criticism.</def>
Syn. -- To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure;

attract; entice; persuade.
<hw>In*vite"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To give

invitation.</def> Milton.
<hw>In*vite"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Invitation.</def> [Obs.] Chapman.
<hw>In*vit"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, invites.</def>
<hw>In*vi"ti*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

vitiated.</def> Lowell.
<hw>In*vit"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Alluring;

tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.</def>
<blockquote>Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort

of abuse and sarcasm.</blockquote> W. Irving.
-- <wf>In*vit"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>In*vit"ing*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> Jer.
Taylor.
<hw>In*vit"ri*fià*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass.</def>
Kirwan.
<hw>In"vo*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Invocated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Invocating (?).] [L. invocatus, p. p. of
invocare. See Invoke.] <def>To invoke; to call on, or
for, in supplication; to implore.</def>
<blockquote>If Dagon be thy god, 

Go to his temple, invocate his aid.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In`vo*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

invocation, L. invocatio.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or form of calling for the

assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn
entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.</def>
<blockquote>Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and

pathetical!</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the

invocation is divided between the two deities.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>A call or summons;

especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the
invocation of papers or evidence into court.</def>
<hw>In"vo*ca*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Making or

containing invocation; invoking.</def>
<hw>In"voice`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. envois

things sent, goods forwarded, pl. of envoi a sending or things
sent, fr. envoyer to send; cf. F. lettre d'envoi letter
of advice of goods forwarded. See Envoy.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Com.) <def>A written account of the

particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee,
factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed.</def>
Wharton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The lot or set of goods as shipped or

received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of
goods.</def>
<hw>In"voice`</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Invoiced (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Invoicing (?).] <def>To make a written list or account of, as
goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write
or enter in an invoice.</def>
<blockquote>Goods, wares, and merchandise imported from Norway,

and invoiced in the current dollar of Norway.</blockquote>
Madison.
<hw>In*voke"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Invoked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Invoking.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref.
in- in, on + vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See
Voice, and cf. Invocate.] <def>To call on for aid or
protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in
prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to
invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and
blessing.</def>
<blockquote>Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . .

. 
Invoke his warlike spirit.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>In*vol"u*cel</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [Dim. of

involucre, or involucrum: cf. F. involucelle.]
(Bot.) <def>A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See
Illust. of Involucre.</def>
<hw>In`vo*lu"cel*late</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)
<def>Furnished with involucels.</def>
<hw>||In`vo*lu*cel"lum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Involucella</plw> (#). [NL.] <def>See
Involucel.</def>
<hw>In`vo*lu"cral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

involucral.] <def>Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an
involucrum.</def>
{ <hw>In`vo*lu"crate</hw> (?), <hw>In`vo*lu"cra*ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Bot.) <def>Having an involucre;
involucred.</def>
<hw>In"vo*lu`cre</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

involucrum a covering, wrapper, fr. involvere to wrap
up, envelop: cf. F. involucre. See Involve.]
(Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A whorl or set of bracts
around a flower, umbel, or head.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in
the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy
ferns.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The peridium or volva of
certain fungi. Called also involucrum.</def>
<hw>In"vo*lu`cred</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc.</def>
Martyn.
<hw>In`vo*lu"cret</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>An involucel.</def>
<hw>||In`vo*lu"crum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.

<plw>Involucra</plw> (#), E. <plw>Involucrums</plw>
(#). [L. See Involucre.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>See

Involucre.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A sheath which

surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.</def>
<hw>In*vol"un*ta*ri*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [From

Involuntary.] <def>In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily;
not intentionally or willingly.</def>
<hw>In*vol"un*ta*ri*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness;
automatism.</def>
<hw>In*vol"un*ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

involuntarius. See In- not, and Voluntary.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not having will or the power of

choice.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not under the influence or control of the

will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the
body; involuntary muscle fibers.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not proceeding from choice; done

unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary
submission.</def>
{ <hw>In"vo*lute</hw> (?), <hw>In"vo*lu`ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere.
See Involve.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Rolled
inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the
petals of flowers in æstivation.</def> Gray.

<def>Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the
Cyprea.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Rolled inward
spirally.</def>
<hw>In"vo*lute</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Geom.) <def>A

curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or
unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See
Evolute.</def>
<hw>In`vo*lu"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

involutio: cf. F. involution. See Involve.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of involving or

infolding.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being entangled or involved;

complication; entanglement.</def>
<blockquote>All things are mixed, and causes blended, by mutual

involutions.</blockquote> Glanvill.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That in which anything is involved,

folded, or wrapped; envelope.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<sn>4.</sn> (Gram.) <def>The insertion of one or

more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves
or complicates the construction.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Math.) <def>The act or process of

raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a
quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of
evolution.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Geom.) <def>The relation which exists

between three or more sets of points, a.a′,
b.b′, c.c′, so related to a point O on the
line, that the product Oa.Oa′ = Ob.Ob′ =
Oc.Oc′ is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing
corresponding properties may be in involution.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Med.) <def>The return of an enlarged

part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after
pregnancy.</def>
<hw>In*volve"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> Involved (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Involving.] [L. involvere, involutum, to roll
about, wrap up; pref. in- in + volvere to roll: cf. OF.
involver. See Voluble, and cf. Involute.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To roll or fold up; to wind round; to

entwine.</def>
<blockquote>Some of serpent kind . . . involved 

Their snaky folds.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To envelop completely; to surround; to

cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.</def>
<blockquote>And leave a singèd bottom all

involved 
With stench and smoke.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To complicate or make intricate, as in

grammatical structure.</def> "Involved discourses."
Locke.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To connect with something as a natural or

logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to
imply.</def>
<blockquote>He knows 
His end with mine involved.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>The contrary necessarily involves a

contradiction.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To take in; to gather in; to mingle

confusedly; to blend or merge.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The gathering number, as it moves along, 

Involves a vast involuntary throng.</blockquote>
Pope.
<blockquote>Earth with hell 

To mingle and involve.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To envelop, infold, entangle, or

embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or
misery.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ,

or absorb.</def> "Involved in a deep study." Sir W.
Scott.
<sn>8.</sn> (Math.) <def>To raise to any assigned

power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of
times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth
power.</def>
Syn. -- To imply; include; implicate; complicate; entangle;

embarrass; overwhelm. -- To Involve, Imply.
Imply is opposed to express, or set forth; thus,
an implied engagement is one fairly to be understood from the
words used or the circumstances of the case, though not set forth in
form. Involve goes beyond the mere interpretation of things
into their necessary relations; and hence, if one thing
involves another, it so contains it that the two must go
together by an indissoluble connection. War, for example,
involves wide spread misery and death; the premises of a
syllogism involve the conclusion.
<hw>In*volved"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Same as Involute.</def>
<hw>In*volv"ed*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

of being involved.</def>
<hw>In*volve"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

involving, or the state of being involved.</def> Lew
Wallace.
<hw>In*vul"gar</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Pref. in-

in + vulgar.] <def>To cause to become or appear vulgar.</def>
[Obs.] Daniel.
<hw>In*vul"gar</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. in- not +

vulgar.] <def>Not vulgar; refined; elegant.</def> [Obs.]
Drayton.
<hw>In*vul"ner*a*bilì*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

invulnérabilité.] <def>Quality or state of being
invulnerable.</def>
<hw>In*vul"ner*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

invulnerabilis: cf. F. invulnérable. See In-
 not, and Vulnerable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Incapable of being wounded, or of

receiving injury.</def>
<blockquote>Neither vainly hope 

To be invulnerable in those bright arms.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be

refuted or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.</def>
<hw>In*vul"ner*a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Invulnerability.</def>
<hw>In*vul"ner*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

invulneratus unwounded.] <def>Invulnerable.</def>
<hw>In*wall"</hw> (&ibreve;n*w&add;l"), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Inwalled (-w&add;ld");
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Inwalling.] <def>To inclose
or fortify as with a wall.</def> Spenser.
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<hw>In"wall`</hw> (&ibreve;n"w&add;l`), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>An inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or
lining, of a blast furnace.</def>
<hw>In"ward</hw> (&ibreve;n*w&etilde;rd), <pos>a.</pos>

[AS. inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr.
innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see In) +
the suffix -weard, E. -ward.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Being or placed within; inner; interior; -

- opposed to outward.</def> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or

soul.</def> "Inward beauty." Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Intimate; domestic; private.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>All my inward friends abhorred me.</blockquote>

Job xix. 19.
<blockquote>He had had occasion, by one very inward with

him, to know in part the discourse of his life.</blockquote> Sir
P. Sidney.
<hw>In"ward</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the
inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.</def> Jer.
Taylor.
<blockquote>Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their

fat.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The mental faculties; -- usually

pl.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An intimate or familiar friend or

acquaintance.</def> [Obs.] "I was an inward of his."
Shak.
{ <hw>In"ward</hw> (?), <hw>In"wards</hw> (?), }

<pos>adv.</pos> [AS. inweard. The ending -s is
prop. a genitive ending. See Inward, <pos>a.</pos>,
-wards.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Toward the inside; toward the center or

interior; as, to bend a thing inward.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts;

inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward.</def>
<blockquote>So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, 

Shine inward.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In"ward*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [AS.

inweardlice.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>In the inner parts; internally.</def>
<blockquote>Let Benedick, like covered fire, 

Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Toward the center; inward; as, to curve

inwardly.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>In the heart or mind; mentally; privately;

secretly; as, he inwardly repines.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Intimately; thoroughly.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I shall desire to know him more

inwardly.</blockquote> Beau. & Fl.
<hw>In"ward*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the
inwardness of conduct.</def>
<blockquote>Sense can not arrive to the inwardness 

Of things.</blockquote> Dr. H. More.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Intimacy; familiarity.</def> [Obs.]

Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Heartiness; earnestness.</def>
<blockquote>What was wanted was more inwardness, more

feeling.</blockquote> M. Arnold.
<hw>In"wards</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>See

Inward.</def>
<hw>In*weave"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To weave in

or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to
interlace.</def>
<blockquote>Down they cast 

Their crowns, inwove with amaranth and gold.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>In*wheel"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

encircle.</def> [R.] Beau. & Fl.
<hw>In"wit</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Inward sense; mind;

understanding; conscience.</def> [Obs.] Wyclif.
<hw>In*with"</hw> (?), <pos>prep.</pos> <def>Within.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>This purse hath she inwith her bosom

hid.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>In*work"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> [Pref. in-

 + work. Cf. Inwrought.] <def>To work in or
within.</def>
<hw>In"worn`</hw> (?), <pos>p. a.</pos> <def>Worn, wrought,
or stamped in.</def> [R.] Milton.
<hw>In*wrap"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Written also

enwrap.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To cover by wrapping; to involve; to

infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To involve, as in difficulty or

perplexity; to perplex.</def> [R.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>In*wreathe"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To surround

or encompass as with a wreath.</def> [Written also
enwreathe.]
<blockquote>Resplendent locks, inwreathed with

beams.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>In*wrought"</hw> (?), <pos>p. p. or a.</pos> [Pref.

in- + wrought. Cf. Inwork.] <def>Wrought or
worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from
a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures.</def>
<blockquote>His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, 

Inwrought with figures dim.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>I"o</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Ios</plw> (#). [L.; cf. Gr. <grk>"iw`</grk>.] <def>An
exclamation of joy or triumph; -- often interjectional.</def>
<hw>I"od-</hw> (?). (Chem.) <def>See Iodo-

.</def>
<hw>I"o*dal</hw> (&imacr;"&osl;*dal), <pos>n.</pos>

[Iod- + alcohol.] (Chem.) <def>An oily liquid,
CI3.CHO, analogous to chloral and bromal.</def>
<hw>I"o*date</hw> (&imacr;"&osl;*d&asl;t), <pos>n.</pos>

(Chem.) <def>A salt of iodic acid.</def>
<hw>Iòd*hy"drin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iod- +

chlorhydrin.] (Chem.) <def>One of a series of compounds
containing iodine, and analogous to the chlorhydrins.</def>
<hw>I*od"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. iodique.

See Iodine.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or containing,
iodine; specif., denoting those compounds in which it has a
relatively high valence; as, iodic acid.</def>
<col>Iodic acid</col>, <cd>a monobasic acid, consisting of

iodine with three parts of oxygen and one of hydrogen.</cd>
<hw>I"o*dide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A

binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary;
as, potassium iodide.</def>
<hw>I"o*dine</hw> (&imacr;"&osl;*d&ibreve;n or -d&emacr;n;
104), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>'iw`dhs</grk> violetlike;
<grk>'iòn</grk> a violet + <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form: cf. F.
iode, iodine. The name was given from the violet color
of its vapor. See Violet, Idyl.] (Chem.) <def>A
nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in
combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form of
dark gray metallic scales, resembling plumbago, soft but brittle, and
emitting a chlorinelike odor. Symbol I. Atomic weight 126.5. If
heated, iodine volatilizes in beautiful violet vapors.</def>
&fist; Iodine was formerly obtained from the ashes of seaweed

(kelp or varec), but is now also extracted from certain
natural brines. In the free state, iodine, even in very minute
quantities, colors starch blue. Iodine and its compounds are largely
used in medicine (as in liniments, antisyphilitics, etc.), in
photography, in the preparation of aniline dyes, and as an indicator
in titration.
<col>Iodine green</col>, <cd>an artificial green dyestuff,

consisting of an iodine derivative of rosaniline; -- called also
night green.</cd> -- <col>Iodine scarlet</col>, <cd>a
pigment of an intense scarlet color, consisting of mercuric
iodide.</cd> -- <col>Iodine yellow</col>, <cd>a brilliant
yellow pigment, consisting of plumbic iodide.</cd>
<hw>I"o*dism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Med.) <def>A

morbid state produced by the use of iodine and its compounds, and
characterized by palpitation, depression, and general emaciation,
with a pustular eruption upon the skin.</def>
<hw>I"o*dize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Iodized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Iodizing (?).] <def>To treat or impregnate with iodine or its
compounds; as, to iodize a plate for photography.</def> R.
Hunt.
<hw>I"o*di`zer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, iodizes.</def>
{ <hw>I"o*do-</hw> (?), <hw>I"od-</hw> (?). } (Chem.)

<def>A prefix, or combining from, indicating iodine as an
ingredient; as, iodoform.</def>
<hw>I*od"o*form</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iodo- +

formyl. See Formyl, and cf. Chloroform.]
(Chem.) <def>A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance,
CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and
analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and
antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores.</def>
<hw>Iò*do*qui"nine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iodo- +

quinine.] (Chem.) <def>A iodide of quinine obtained as
a brown substance. It is the base of herapathite. See
Herapathite.</def>
<hw>I"o*dous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Pertaining to, or containing, iodine. See -ous (chemical
suffix).</def>
<col>Iodous acid</col>, <cd>a hypothetical acid, analogous

to chlorous acid.</cd>
<hw>I*od"u*ret</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Iodide.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>I*od"y*rite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Iodine.] (Min.) <def>Silver iodide, a mineral of a
yellowish color.</def>
<hw>I"o*lite</hw> (&imacr;"&osl;*l&imacr;t), <pos>n.</pos>

[Gr. <grk>'iòn</grk> a violet + -lite.] (Min.) <def>A
silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright blue color
and vitreous luster; cordierite. It is remarkable for its dichroism,
and is also called dichroite.</def>
<hw>I"o moth`</hw> (?; 115). (Zoöl.) <def>A large and

handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large,
bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on the
tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which
sting like nettles.</def>
<hw>-ion</hw> (?; 106). [L. -io, acc. -ionem: cf. F.

-ion.] <def>A noun suffix denoting act, process,
result of an act or a process, thing acted upon,
state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or
process of revolving; construction, the act or process of
constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled
over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection;
abstraction.</def>
<hw>I"on</hw> (&imacr;"&obreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'io`n</grk>, neut, of <grk>'iw`n</grk>, p. pr. of
<grk>'ie`nai</grk> to go.] (Elec. Chem.) <def>One of the
elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is
subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion,
Cation.</def>

<hw>I*o"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. Ionius.

See Ionic.] <def>Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians;
Ionic.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or citizen of
Ionia.</def>
<hw>I*on"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. Ionicus, Gr.

&?;, fr. &?; Ionia.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to Ionia or the

Ionians.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Arch.) <def>Pertaining to the Ionic

order of architecture, one of the three orders invented by the
Greeks, and one of the five recognized by the Italian writers of the
sixteenth century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with
spiral volutes. See Illust. of Capital.</def>
<col>Ionic dialect</col> (Gr. Gram.), <cd>a dialect
of the Greek language, used in Ionia. The Homeric poems are written
in what is designated old Ionic, as distinguished from new
Ionic, or Attic, the dialect of all cultivated Greeks in
the period of Athenian prosperity and glory.</cd> -- <col>Ionic
foot</col>. (Pros.) <cd>See Ionic,
<pos>n.</pos>, 1.</cd> -- <col>Ionic</col>, or
<col>Ionian</col>, <col>mode</col> (Mus.),
<cd>an ancient mode, supposed to correspond with the modern major
scale of C.</cd> -- <col>Ionic sect</col>, <cd>a sect of
philosophers founded by Thales of Miletus, in Ionia. Their
distinguishing tenet was, that water is the original principle of all
things.</cd> -- <col>Ionic type</col>, <cd>a kind of heavy-
faced type (as that of the following line).</cd>
&fist;<nonpareiltype>This is Nonpareil Ionic.</nonpareiltype>
<hw>I*on"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Pros.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A foot consisting of four
syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a
pyrrhic, in which case it is called the greater Ionic; or two
short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which
case it is called the smaller Ionic.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric

Ionic.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Print.) <def>Ionic type.</def>
<hw>||Iò*nid"i*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. Cf.

Iodine.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of violaceous plants,
chiefly found in tropical America, some species of which are used as
substitutes for ipecacuanha.</def>
<hw>I"o*qua shell`</hw> (?). [From the native name.]

(Zoöl.) <def>The shell of a large Dentalium (D.
pretiosum), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, by
the Indians of the west coast of North America.</def>
<hw>I*o"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. Gr.

<grk>'iw^ta</grk>. See Jot.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet

(ι) corresponding with the English i.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a

particle.</def>
<blockquote>They never depart an iota from the authentic

formulas of tyranny and usurpation.</blockquote> Burke.
<col>Iota subscript</col> (Gr. Gram.), <cd>iota

written beneath a preceding vowel, as <grk>a,</grk>, <grk>h,</grk>,
<grk>w,</grk>, -- done when iota is silent.</cd>
<hw>I*o"ta*cism</hw> (&isl;*&omacr;"t&adot;*s&ibreve;z'm),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>'iotakismo`s</grk> a laying too much
stress upon the iota (ι): cf. F. iotacisme. See
Iota.] <def>The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of
English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also,
confusion from sounding ε, ι, η, υ,
ει, etc., like ι.</def> Littré.
<hw>I O U</hw> (?). [i. e., I owe you.] <def>A paper having on it
these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; -- in use in
England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence
thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill.</def>
Wharton. Story.
<hw>I"o*was</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>; sing.

<singw>Iowa</singw>. (Ethnol.) <def>A tribe of Indians
which formerly occupied the region now included in the State of
Iowa.</def>
<hw>Ip"e*cac</hw> (&ibreve;p"&esl;*k&abreve;k),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and
in more frequent use.</def>
<hw>Ipè*cacù*an"ha</hw>
(&ibreve;p`&esl;*k&abreve;k`&usl;*&abreve;n"&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp.
ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping
plant that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.) <def>The root of a
Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaëlis Ipecacuanha),
largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a
medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a
substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac
(Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium
Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias
Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia
scabra).</def>
<hw>Ip"o*cras</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Hippocras.</def>

<hw>||Ipò*m&oelig;"a</hw> (&ibreve;p`&osl;*m&emacr;"&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL. "Named, according to Linnæus, from
Gr. <grk>'i`ps</grk>, <grk>'ipo`s</grk>, a bindweed [which it is
not], and <grk>"o`moios</grk> like." Gray.] (Bot.)
<def>A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers,
including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress
vine.</def>
<hw>Ipò*m&oelig;"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation
of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipom&oelig;a
purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic
acid.</def>
<hw>Ir-</hw> (?). <def>A form of the prefix in-. See In-

.</def>
<hw>I"ra*cund</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. iracundus,

fr. ira anger.] <def>Irascible; choleric.</def>
"Iracund people." Carlyle.
<hw>I*ra"de</hw> (&esl;*rä"d&asl;), <pos>n.</pos>
[Turk.] <def>A decree of the Sultan.</def>
<hw>I`ran"</hw> (&emacr;`rän"), <pos>n.</pos> [Mod.

Persian Ir&amacr;n. Cf. Aryan.] <def>The native name
of Persia.</def>
<hw>I*ra"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Iran.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native of
Iran; also, the Iranian or Persian language, a division of the Aryan
family of languages.</def>
<hw>I*ran"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Iranian.</def>
<hw>I*ras`ci*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

irascibilité.] <def>The quality or state of being
irascible; irritability of temper; irascibleness.</def>
<hw>I*ras"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irascibilis, fr. irasci to be angry, ira anger:
cf. F. irascible. See Ire.] <def>Prone to anger; easily
provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an
irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.</def> --
<wf>I*ras"ci*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>I*ras"ci*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>I*rate"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. iratus, fr.

irasci to be angry. See Ire.] <def>Angry; incensed;
enraged.</def> [Recent]
<blockquote>The irate colonel . . . stood

speechless.</blockquote> Thackeray.
<blockquote>Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most

irate.</blockquote> Dickens.
<hw>Ire</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L. ira.]

<def>Anger; wrath.</def> [Poet.]
Syn. -- Anger; passion; rage; fury. See Anger.
<hw>Ire"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of ire;

angry; wroth.</def> "The ireful bastard Orleans." Shak.
-- <wf>Ire"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ire"ful*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Wrathfulness.</def> Wyclif.
<hw>I"re*narch</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

irenarcha, irenarches, Gr. &?;; &?; peace + &?; to
rule.] (Gr. Antiq.) <def>An officer in the Greek empire having
functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace.</def>
[Written also eirenarch.]
{ <hw>I*ren"ic</hw> (?), <hw>I*ren"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;.] <def>Fitted or designed to promote
peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>||I*ren"i*con</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., from Gr.

&?; peaceful, fr. &?; peace.] <def>A proposition or device for
securing peace, especially in the church.</def> South.
<hw>I*ren"ics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Eccl.)

<def>That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods of
securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among the
churches; -- called also Irenical theology.</def> Schaff-
Herzog.
<hw>Ire"stone`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mining)

<def>Any very hard rock.</def>
<hw>I"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to the iris.</def> "Irian nerves." Dunglison.
<hw>I"ri*cism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Irishism.</def>

[R.] Jeffrey.
{ <hw>Irì*da"ceous</hw> (?), <hw>I*rid"e*ous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [From NL. Iris, Iridis, the Iris.]
(Bot.) <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural
order of endogenous plants (Iridaceæ), which includes
the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus,
and many others.</def>
<hw>I"ri*dal</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L. iris,

iridis, rainbow. See Iris.] <def>Of or pertaining to
the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors.</def>
Whewell.
<hw>Irì*dec"to*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;,

iris + &?; cutting out; &?; out + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.]
(Surg.) <def>The act or process of cutting out a portion of
the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.</def>
<hw>Irì*des"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Iridescent.] <def>Exhibition of colors like those of the
rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play
of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.</def>
<hw>Irì*des"cent</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

iris, iridis, the rainbow: cf. F. iridescent.]
<def>Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable
colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.</def>
<hw>I*rid"i*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to the iris or rainbow.</def>
<hw>I*rid"i*a`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Iridescent.</def>
<hw>I*rid"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to the iris of the eye.</def>
<hw>I*rid"ic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.) <def>Of or

pertaining to iridium; -- said specifically of those compounds in
which iridium has a relatively high valence.</def>
<hw>I*rid"i*o*scope</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Iris, and -scope.] <def>A kind of
ophthalmoscope.</def>
<hw>I*rid"i*ous</hw> (&isl;*r&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> (Chem.) <def>Of or pertaining to iridium;
-- applied specifically to compounds in which iridium has a low
valence.</def>
<! p. 788 !>
<hw>I*rid"i*um</hw> (&isl;*r&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*&ubreve;m),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. L. iris, iridis, the
rainbow. So called from the iridescence of some of its solutions. See
Iris.] (Chem.) <def>A rare metallic element, of the
same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white,
but harder, and brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents.
With the exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its
specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight
192.5.</def>
&fist; Iridium usually occurs as a native alloy with osmium

(iridosmine or osmiridium), which may occur alone or
with platinum. Iridium, as an alloy with platinum, is used in bushing
the vents of heavy ordnance. It is also used for the points of gold
pens, and in a finely powdered condition (iridium black), for
painting porcelain black.
<hw>Ir"i*dize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Iridized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Iridizing (?).]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To point or tip with iridium, as a gold

pen.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To make iridescent; as, to iridize

glass.</def>
<hw>I*rid"o*line</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iridescent

+ L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) <def>A nitrogenous base
C10H9N, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, as an
oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably
identical with lepidine.</def>
{ <hw>Irì*dos"mine</hw> (?), <hw>Irì*dos"mi*um</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Iridium + osmium.] (Min.)
<def>The native compound of iridium and osmium. It is found in
flattened metallic grains of extreme hardness, and is often used for
pointing gold pens.</def>
<hw>I"ris</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. E.

<plw>Irises</plw> (#), L. <plw>Irides</plw> (#). [L.
iris, iridis, the goddess, Gr. &?;, &?;, the rainbow,
iris of the eye, the plant Iris. Cf. Orris.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Class. Myth.) <def>The goddess of the
rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.</def>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The rainbow.</def> Sir T.

Browne.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An appearance resembling the rainbow; a

prismatic play of colors.</def> Tennyson.
<sn>4.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The contractile membrane

perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye.
See Eye.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A genus of plants having

showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-
luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are
examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Her.) <def>See Fleur-de-lis,

2.</def>
<hw>I"ris*a`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Iris.]

<def>Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent.</def>
W. Phillips.
<hw>I"ri*scope</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iris + -

scope.] <def>A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic
tints by means of thin films.</def>
<hw>I"rised</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Iris.]

<def>Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.</def>
Holmes.
<hw>I"rish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [AS. &?;risc, fr.

&?;ras the Irish. Cf. Aryan, Erse.] <def>Of or
pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in
Ireland.</def>
<col>Irish elk</col>. (Zoöl.) <cd>See under

Elk.</cd> -- <col>Irish moss</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>
(Bot.) <cd>Carrageen</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A
preparation of the same made into a blanc mange.</cd> --
<col>Irish poplin</col>. <cd>See Poplin.</cd> --
<col>Irish potato</col>, <cd>the ordinary white potato, so
called because it is a favorite article of food in Ireland.</cd> --
<col>Irish reef</col>, or <col>Irishman's reef</col>
(Naut.), <cd>the head of a sail tied up.</cd> -- <col>Irish
stew</col>, <cd>meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces
and stewed.</cd>
<hw>I*rish"</hw>, <pos>n. sing. & pl.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> pl. <def>The natives or inhabitants of
Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-

Celtic.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An old game resembling

backgammon.</def>
<hw>I*rish"ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mode of

speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.</def>
<hw>I"rish*man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Irishmen</plw> (&?;). <def>A man born in Ireland or of
the Irish race; an Hibernian.</def>
<col>Irishman's hurricane</col> (Naut.), <cd>a dead

calm.</cd> -- <col>Irishman's reef</col>. (Naut.)
<cd>See Irish reef, under Irish,
<pos>a.</pos></cd>
<hw>I"rish*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The Celtic

people of Ireland.</def> "The whole Irishry of rebels."
Milton.
<hw>||I*ri"tis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Iris, and -itis.] (Med.) <def>An inflammation of
the iris of the eye.</def>
<hw>Irk</hw> (&etilde;rk), <pos>v. t.</pos> [OE.

irken to tire, become tired; cf. Sw. yrka to urge,
enforce, press, or G. ekel disgust, MHG. erklich
disgusting; perh. akin to L. urgere to urge, E. urge.]
<def>To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at
present.</def>
<blockquote>To see this sight, it irks my very

soul.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>It irketh him to be here.</blockquote> M.

Arnold.
<hw>Irk"some</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of
long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours;
irksome tasks.</def>
<blockquote>For not to irksome toil, but to delight, 

He made us.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Weary; vexed; uneasy.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when

God layeth his cross upon us.</blockquote> Latimer.
Syn. -- Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious;

burdensome. -- Irksome, Wearisome, Tedious.
These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust.
Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature
or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that
which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as,
wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something
which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance;
as, a tedious speech.
<blockquote>Wearisome nights are appointed to
me.</blockquote> Job vii. 3.
<blockquote>Pity only on fresh objects stays, 

But with the tedious sight of woes decays.</blockquote>
Dryden.
-- <wf>Irk"some*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Irk"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>I"ron</hw> (&imacr;"&ubreve;rn), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

iren, AS. &imacr;ren, &imacr;sen,
&imacr;sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. &imacr;sarn,
OHG. &imacr;sarn, &imacr;san, G. eisen, Icel.
&imacr;sarn, j&amacr;rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and
perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn,
Armor. houarn.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Chem.) <def>The most common and most

useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence,
usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite,
magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite,
turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three
principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought
iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or
impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white
metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by
many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight
55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic
properties, it is superior to all other substances.</def>
&fist; The value of iron is largely due to the facility with which
it can be worked. Thus, when heated it is malleable and ductile, and
can be easily welded and forged at a high temperature. As cast
iron, it is easily fusible; as steel, is very tough, and
(when tempered) very hard and elastic. Chemically, iron is grouped
with cobalt and nickel. Steel is a variety of iron containing
more carbon than wrought iron, but less that cast iron. It is made
either from wrought iron, by roasting in a packing of carbon
(cementation) or from cast iron, by burning off the impurities
in a Bessemer converter (then called Bessemer steel), or
directly from the iron ore (as in the Siemens rotatory and generating
furnace).
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An instrument or utensil made of iron; --

chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing
iron, etc.</def>
<blockquote>My young soldier, put up your

iron.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> pl. <def>Fetters; chains; handcuffs;

manacles.</def>
<blockquote>Four of the sufferers were left to rot in

irons.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility;

as, to rule with a rod of iron.</def>
<col>Bar iron</col>. <cd>See Wrought iron

(below).</cd> -- <col>Bog iron</col>, <cd>bog ore; limonite.
See Bog ore, under Bog.</cd> -- <col>Cast
iron</col> (Metal.), <cd>an impure variety of iron,
containing from three to six percent of carbon, part of which is
united with a part of the iron, as a carbide, and the rest is
uncombined, as graphite. It there is little free carbon, the product
is white iron; if much of the carbon has separated as
graphite, it is called gray iron. See also Cast iron,
in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Fire irons</col>. <cd>See
under Fire, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col>Gray
irons</col>. <cd>See under Fire, <pos>n.</pos></cd>
-- <col>Gray iron</col>. <cd>See Cast iron
(above).</cd> -- <col>It irons</col> (Naut.), <cd>said
of a sailing vessel, when, in tacking, she comes up head to the wind
and will not fill away on either tack.</cd> -- <col>Magnetic
iron</col>. <cd>See Magnetite.</cd> -- <col>Malleable
iron</col> (Metal.), <cd>iron sufficiently pure or soft to
be capable of extension under the hammer; also, specif., a kind of
iron produced by removing a portion of the carbon or other impurities
from cast iron, rendering it less brittle, and to some extent
malleable.</cd> -- <col>Meteoric iron</col> (Chem.),
<cd>iron forming a large, and often the chief, ingredient of
meteorites. It invariably contains a small amount of nickel and
cobalt. Cf. Meteorite.</cd> -- <col>Pig iron</col>,
<cd>the form in which cast iron is made at the blast furnace, being
run into molds, called pigs.</cd> -- <col>Reduced
iron</col>. <cd>See under Reduced.</cd> --
<col>Specular iron</col>. <cd>See Hematite.</cd> --
<col>Too many irons in the fire</col>, <cd>too many objects
requiring the attention at once.</cd> -- <col>White
iron</col>. <cd>See Cast iron (above).</cd> --
<col>Wrought iron</col> (Metal.), <cd>the purest form
of iron commonly known in the arts, containing only about half of one
per cent of carbon. It is made either directly from the ore, as in
the Catalan forge or bloomery, or by purifying (puddling) cast
iron in a reverberatory furnace or refinery. It is tough, malleable,
and ductile. When formed into bars, it is called bar
iron.</cd>
<hw>I"ron</hw> (&imacr;"&ubreve;rn), <pos>a.</pos> [AS.

&imacr;ren, &imacr;sen. See Iron,
<pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron;

as, an iron bar, dust.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Resembling iron in color; as, iron

blackness.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Like iron in hardness, strength,

impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;</def>
as:
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>Rude; hard; harsh; severe.</def>

<blockquote>Iron years of wars and dangers.</blockquote>
Rowe.
<blockquote>Jove crushed the nations with an iron

rod.</blockquote> Pope.
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Firm; robust; enduring; as, an

iron constitution.</def>
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an

iron will.</def>
<sd>(d)</sd> <def>Not to be broken; holding or binding

fast; tenacious.</def> "Him death's iron sleep oppressed."
Philips.
&fist; Iron is often used in composition, denoting made

of iron, relating to iron, of or with iron;
producing iron, etc.; resembling iron, literally or
figuratively, in some of its properties or characteristics; as,
iron-shod, iron-sheathed, iron-fisted,
iron-framed, iron-handed, iron-hearted,
iron foundry or iron-foundry.
<col>Iron age</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> (Myth.)

<cd>The age following the golden, silver, and bronze ages, and
characterized by a general degeneration of talent and virtue, and of
literary excellence. In Roman literature the Iron Age is
commonly regarded as beginning after the taking of Rome by the Goths,
A. D. 410.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> (Archæol.)
<cd>That stage in the development of any people characterized by the
use of iron implements in the place of the more cumbrous stone and
bronze.</cd> -- <col>Iron cement</col>, <cd>a cement for
joints, composed of cast-iron borings or filings, sal ammoniac,
etc.</cd> -- <col>Iron clay</col> (Min.), <cd>a
yellowish clay containing a large proportion of an ore of iron.</cd>
-- <col>Iron cross</col>, <cd>a Prussian order of military
merit; also, the decoration of the order.</cd> -- <col>Iron
crown</col>, <cd>a golden crown set with jewels, belonging
originally to the Lombard kings, and indicating the dominion of
Italy. It was so called from containing a circle said to have been
forged from one of the nails in the cross of Christ.</cd> --
<col>Iron flint</col> (Min.), <cd>an opaque, flintlike,
ferruginous variety of quartz.</cd> -- <col>Iron
founder</col>, <cd>a maker of iron castings.</cd> -- <col>Iron
foundry</col>, <cd>the place where iron castings are made.</cd> -
- <col>Iron furnace</col>, <cd>a furnace for reducing iron
from the ore, or for melting iron for castings, etc.; a forge; a
reverberatory; a bloomery.</cd> -- <col>Iron glance</col>
(Min.), <cd>hematite.</cd> -- <col>Iron hat</col>,
<cd>a headpiece of iron or steel, shaped like a hat with a broad
brim, and used as armor during the Middle Ages.</cd> -- <col>Iron
horse</col>, <cd>a locomotive engine.</cd> [Colloq.] --
<col>Iron liquor</col>, <cd>a solution of an iron salt, used
as a mordant by dyers.</cd> -- <col>Iron man</col> (Cotton
Manuf.), <cd>a name for the self-acting spinning mule.</cd> --
<col>Iron</col> <col>mold or mould</col>, <cd>a yellow
spot on cloth stained by rusty iron.</cd> -- <col>Iron
ore</col> (Min.), <cd>any native compound of iron from
which the metal may be profitably extracted. The principal ores are
magnetite, hematite, siderite, limonite, Göthite, turgite, and
the bog and clay iron ores.</cd> -- <col>Iron pyrites</col>
(Min.), <cd>common pyrites, or pyrite. See
Pyrites.</cd> -- <col>Iron sand</col>, <cd>an iron ore
in grains, usually the magnetic iron ore, formerly used to sand paper
after writing.</cd> -- <col>Iron scale</col>, <cd>the thin
film which forms on the surface of wrought iron in the process of
forging. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide of iron,
Fe3O4.</cd> -- <col>Iron works</col>,
<cd>a furnace where iron is smelted, or a forge, rolling mill, or
foundry, where it is made into heavy work, such as shafting, rails,
cannon, merchant bar, etc.</cd>
<hw>I"ron</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Ironed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Ironing.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To smooth with an instrument of iron;

especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes
used with out.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To shackle with irons; to fetter or

handcuff.</def> "Ironed like a malefactor." Sir W.
Scott.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To furnish or arm with iron; as, to

iron a wagon.</def>
<hw>I"ron*bark` tree`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>The Australian

Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and
shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood.</def>
<hw>I"ron*bound`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound
coast.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound

traditions.</def>
<hw>I"ron-cased`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Cased or

covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad.</def>
<hw>I"ron*clad`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for
naval warfare.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an

ironclad oath or pledge.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>I"ron*clad`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A naval vessel

having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel
usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick
and strong to resist heavy shot.</def>
<hw>I"ron*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, irons.</def>
<hw>I"ron-fistèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Closefisted;
stingy; mean.</def>
<hw>I"ron-gray`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of a gray

color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this
color.</def>
<hw>I"ron*heads`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called
from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a
long handle.</def> Dr. Prior.
<hw>I"ron-heartèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hard-

hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master.</def>
Cowper.
<hw>I*ron"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ironical.</def>

Sir T. Herbert.
<hw>I*ron"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

ironicus, Gr. &?; dissembling: cf. F. ironique. See
Irony.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to irony; containing,

expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical
remark.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Addicted to the use of irony; given to

irony.</def>
-- <wf>I*ron"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>I*ron"ic*al*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>I"ron*ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot
flatirons.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The clothes ironed.</def>
<col>Ironing board</col>, <cd>a flat board, upon which

clothes are laid while being ironed.</cd>
<hw>I"ron*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling iron, as

in taste.</def> Wood.
<hw>I"ron*ist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who uses

irony.</def>
<hw>I"ron*mas`ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein.</def> Bp.
Hurd.
<hw>I"ron*mon`ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dealer in

iron or hardware.</def>
<hw>I"ron*mon`ger*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Hardware;

a general name for all articles made of iron.</def>
Gwilt.
<hw>I"ron-sick`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when
her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become
leaky.</def>
<hw>I"ron-sidèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having iron

sides, or very firm sides.</def>
<hw>I"ron*sides"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cuirassier

or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically
to Cromwell's cavalry.</def>
<hw>I"ron*smith`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a
blacksmith.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>An East Indian barbet

(Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name
alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a
smith.</def>
<hw>I"ron*stone`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A hard,

earthy ore of iron.</def>
<col>Clay ironstone</col>. <cd>See under Clay.</cd>

-- <col>Ironstone china</col>, <cd>a hard white pottery, first
made in England during the 18th century.</cd>
<hw>I"ron*ware`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Articles made

of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.</def>
<hw>I"ron*weed`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A tall weed with purplish flowers (Vernonia
Noveboracensis). The name is also applied to other plants of the
same genus.</def>
<hw>I"ron*wood`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.</def>
&fist; In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam are
so called; also the Olneya Tesota, a small tree of Arizona; in
the West Indies, the Erythroxylon areolatum, and several other
unrelated trees; in China, the Metrosideros vera; in India,
the Mesua ferrea, and two species of Inga; in
Australia, the Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, and in many countries,
species of Sideroxylon and Diospyros, and many other
trees.
<hw>I"ron*work`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything made

of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building,
vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron.</def>
<hw>I"ron works`</hw>. <def>See under Iron,

<hw>I"ron*wort`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)
<def>An herb of the Mint family (Sideritis), supposed to heal
sword cuts; also, a species of Galeopsis.</def>
<hw>I"ron*y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From Iron.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Made or consisting of iron; partaking of

iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.</def>
[R.] Woodward.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Resembling iron in taste, hardness, or

other physical property.</def>
<hw>I"ron*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. ironia, Gr.

&?; dissimulation, fr. &?; a dissembler in speech, fr. &?; to speak;
perh. akin to E. word: cf. F. ironie.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the

purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A sort of humor, ridicule, or light

sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is
contrary to the literal sense of the words.</def>
<hw>Irò*quois"</hw> (?), <pos>n. sing. & pl.</pos> [F.]

(Ethnol.) <def>A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian
tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of
the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.</def>
<hw>I"rous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OF. iros, from

ire. See Ire.] <def>Irascible; passionate.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
{ <hw>Irp</hw>, <hw>Irpe</hw> } (&etilde;rp),

<pos>n.</pos> [Etymol. uncertain.] <def>A fantastic grimace or
contortion of the body.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Smirks and irps and all affected

humors.</blockquote> B. Jonson.
<! p. 789 !>
<hw>Irp</hw> (&etilde;rp), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Making

irps.</def> [Obs.] B. Jonson.
{ <hw>Ir*ra"di*ance</hw>
(&ibreve;r*r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*ans), <hw>Ir*ra"di*an*cy</hw> (-
an*s&ybreve;), } <pos>n.</pos> [From
Irradiant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of irradiating; emission of rays

of light.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which irradiates or is irradiated;

luster; splendor; irradiation; brilliancy.</def> Milton.
<hw>Ir*ra"di*ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irradians, -antis, p. pr. See Irradiate.]
<def>Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant
moon.</def> Boyse.
<hw>Ir*ra"di*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Irradiated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Irradiating (?).] [L. irradiatus, p. p. of
irradiate. See In- in, and Radiate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To throw rays of light upon; to

illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.</def>
<blockquote>Thy smile irradiates yon blue

fields.</blockquote> Sir W. Jones.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To enlighten intellectually; to

illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind.</def> Bp.
Bull.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To animate by heat or light.</def> Sir

M. Hale.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To radiate, shed, or diffuse.</def>
<blockquote>A splendid façade, . . . irradiating

hospitality.</blockquote> H. James.
<hw>Ir*ra"di*ate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To emit rays;

to shine.</def>
<hw>Ir*ra"di*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irradiatus, p. p.] <def>Illuminated; irradiated.</def>
Mason.
<hw>Ir*ra`di*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

irradiation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Act of irradiating, or state of being

irradiated.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Illumination; irradiance;

brilliancy.</def> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Fig.: Mental light or illumination.</def>

<sn>4.</sn> (Opt.) <def>The apparent enlargement of

a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the
portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense
light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a
white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, esp. when a
little out of focus.</def>
<hw>Ir*rad"i*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To root

deeply.</def> [R.]
<hw>Ir*ra"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irrationalis: cf. F. irrationnel. See In- not,
and Rational.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not rational; void of reason or
understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not according to reason; absurd;

foolish.</def>
<blockquote>It seemed utterly irrational any longer to

maintain it.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<sn>3.</sn> (Math.) <def>Not capable of being

exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction;
surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd.</def>
Syn. -- Absurd; foolish; preposterous; unreasonable;

senseless. See Absurd.
<hw>Ir*ra`tion*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being irrational.</def> "Brutish
irrationaliity." South.
<hw>Ir*ra"tion*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

irrational manner.</def> Boyle.
<hw>Ir*ra"tion*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Irrationality.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*but"ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being rebutted.</def> Coleridge.
<hw>Ir`re*cep"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

receiving; incapable of receiving.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*claim"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Incapable of being reclaimed.</def> Addison. --
<wf>Ir`re*claim"a*bly</wf>, <pos>ad&?;.</pos>
<hw>Ir*recòg*ni"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pref. in-

 not + recognition.] <def>A failure to recognize; absence
of recognition.</def> Lamb.
<hw>Ir*rec"og*ni`za*ble</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Not recognizable.</def> Carlyle.
<hw>Ir*recòn*ci`la*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The quality or state of being irreconcilable;
irreconcilableness.</def>
<hw>Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

ir- not + reconcilable: cf. F.
irréconciliable.] <def>Not reconcilable; implacable;
incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable
enemies, statements.</def> -- <wf>Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Ir*rec"on*ci`la*bly</wf>,
<hw>Ir*rec"on*cile`</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>Ir*rec"on*cile`ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement.</def>
<hw>Ir*recòn*cilì*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Want of reconciliation; disagreement.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*cord"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. ir--

 not + record: cf. L. irrecordabilis not to be
remembered.] <def>Not fit or possible to be recorded.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*cov"er*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as,
an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury.</def>
<blockquote>That which is past is gone and

irrecoverable.</blockquote> Bacon.
Syn. -- Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable;

unalterable; incurable; hopeless.
-- <wf>Ir`re*cov"er*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Ir`re*cov"er*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ir`re*cu"per*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irrecuperabilis: cf. OF. irrecuperable. See In-
not, and Recuperate.] <def>Irrecoverable.</def> --
<wf>Ir`re*cu"per*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ir`re*cured"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Incurable.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ir`re*cu"sa*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irrecusabilis; pref. ir-- not + recusabilis that
should be rejected, fr. recusare to reject: cf. F.
irrécusable.] <def>Not liable to exception or
rejection.</def> Sir W. Hamilton.
<hw>Ir`re*deemà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being irredeemable; irredeemableness.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*deem"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver,
as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as
currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the
holder.</def> -- <wf>Ir`re*deem"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<hw>Ir`re*du`ci*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being irreducible.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*du"ci*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a
different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal
condition; as, an irreducible hernia.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <def>Incapable of being reduced

to a simpler form of expression; as, an irreducible
formula.</def>
<col>Irreducible case</col> (Alg.), <cd>a particular

case in the solution of a cubic equation, in which the formula
commonly employed contains an imaginary quantity, and therefore fails
in its application.</cd>
-- <wf>Ir`re*du"ci*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- --

<wf>Ir`re*du"ci*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ir`re*flec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

reflection.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*flect"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

reflective.</def> De Quincey.
<hw>Ir`re*form"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being reformed; incorrigible.</def> Joseph Cook.
<hw>Ir*ref`ra*ga*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability of being
refuted.</def>
<hw>Ir*ref"ra*ga*ble</hw>
(&ibreve;r*r&ebreve;f"r&adot;*g&adot;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos> [F.
irréfragable, L. irrefragabilis. See
Refragable.] <def>Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or
denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable;
undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable
evidence.</def> -- <wf>Ir*ref"ra*ga*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Ir*ref"ra*ga*bly</wf>,
Syn. -- Incontrovertible; unanswerable; indisputable;

unquestionable; incontestable; indubitable; undeniable;
irrefutable.
<hw>Ir`re*fran`gi*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being irrefrangible; irrefrangibleness.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*fran"gi*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

refrangible; that can not be refracted in passing from one medium to
another.</def> -- <wf>Ir`re*fran"gi*ble*ness</wf>,
<hw>Ir`re*fut"a*ble</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irrefutabilis: cf. F. irréfutable. See
Refute.] <def>Incapable of being refuted or disproved;
indisputable.</def> -- <wf>Ir`re*fut"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Ir`re*fut"a*bly</wf>,
<hw>Ir`re*gen"er*a*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Unregeneracy.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*genèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

unregenerate state.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ir*reg"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. ir-
not + regular: cf. F. irrégulier.] <def>Not
regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the
general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to
nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established
principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical;
erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an
irregular figure; an irregular verse; an
irregular physician; an irregular proceeding;
irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf.
Regular.</def>
<blockquote>Mazes intricate, 
Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular 
Then most when most irregular they seem.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight 

Against the irregular and wild Glendower.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>A flowery meadow through which a clear stream murmured

in many irregular meanders.</blockquote> Jones.
Syn. -- Immethodical; unsystematic; abnormal; unnatural;

anomalous; erratic; devious; crooked; eccentric; unsettled; uneven;
variable; changeable; mutable; desultory; disorderly; wild;
immoderate; intemperate; inordinate; vicious.
<hw>Ir*reg"u*lar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is not

regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.</def>
<hw>Ir*reg"u*lar*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

irregular.</def> Baxter.
<hw>Ir*regù*lar"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Irregularities</plw> (#). [Cf. F.
irrégularité.] <def>The state or quality of
being irregular; that which is irregular.</def>
<hw>Ir*reg"u*lar*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

irregular manner.</def>
<hw>Ir*reg"u*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make

irregular; to disorder.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Ir*reg"u*lous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Lawless.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Ir`re*ject"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That can

not be rejected; irresistible.</def> Boyle.
<hw>Ir`re*laps"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

liable to relapse; secure.</def> Dr. H. More.
<hw>Ir`re*late</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Irrelative;

unconnected.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality
or state of being irrelative; want of connection or
relation.</def>
<hw>Ir*rel"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

relative; without mutual relations; unconnected.</def> --
<wf>Ir*rel"a*tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<col>Irrelative chords</col> (Mus.), <cd>those

having no common tone.</cd> -- <col>Irrelative
repetition</col> (Biol.), <cd>the multiplication of parts
that serve for a common purpose, but have no mutual dependence or
connection.</cd> Owen.
<hw>Ir*rel"a*vance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Irrelevancy.</def>
<hw>Ir*rel"a*van*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being irrelevant; as, the irrelevancy of
an argument.</def>
<hw>Ir*rel"a*vant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon or serving to
support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or arguments
irrelevant to a case.</def> -- <wf>Ir*rel"a*vant*ly</wf>,
<hw>Ir`re*liev"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

admitting relief; incurable; hopeless.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*li"gion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

irreligio: cf. F. irréligion. See In-
not, and Religion.] <def>The state of being irreligious; want
of religion; impiety.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*li"gion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

irreligious.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*li"gious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irreligiosus: cf. F. irréligieux.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Destitute of religion; not controlled by

religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf.
Impious.</def>
<blockquote>Shame and reproach are generally the portion of the

impious and irreligious.</blockquote> South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Indicating a want of religion; profane;

wicked; as, irreligious speech.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*li"gious*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

irreligious manner.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*li"gious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.</def>
<hw>Ir*re"me*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
irremeabilis; pref. ir- not + remeabilis
returning, fr. remeare: cf. F.
irréméable. See Remeant.] <def>Admitting
no return; as, an irremeable way.</def> [Obs.]
Dryden.
<hw>Ir`re*me"di*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irremediabilis: cf. F. irrémédiable. See
In- not, and Remediable.] <def>Not to be remedied,
corrected, or redressed; incurable; as, an irremediable
disease or evil.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*me"di*a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being irremediable.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*me"di*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

manner, or to a degree, that precludes remedy, cure, or
correction.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*mis"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irremissibilis: cf. F. irrémissible. See In-
 not, and Remissible.] <def>Not remissible; unpardonable;
as, irremissible crimes.</def> Burke. --
<wf>Ir`re*mis"si*ble</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>Ir`re*mis"si*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ir`re*mis"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Refusal of

pardon.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*mis"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

remitting; unforgiving.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*mit"ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable of being remitted; irremissible.</def> Holinshed.
<hw>Ir`re*movà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being irremovable; immovableness.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*mov"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

removable; immovable; inflexible.</def> Shak. --
<wf>Ir`re*mov"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ir`re*mov"al</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Absence of

removal.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*mu"ner*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irremunerabilis: cf. F. irrémunérable.
See Remunerate.] <def>Not remunerable; not capable of
remuneration.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*nowned"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

renowned.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ir*repà*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

irréparabilité.] <def>The quality or state of
being irreparable; irreparableness.</def> Sterne.
<hw>Ir*rep"a*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
irreparabilis: cf. F. irréparable. See In-
 not, and Reparable.] <def>Not reparable; not capable of
being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable;
irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable
loss.</def> Shak.
<hw>Ir*rep"a*ra*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality

of being irreparable.</def>
<hw>Ir*rep"a*ra*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

irreparable manner.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*pealà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being irrepealable.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*peal"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law.</def>
-- <wf>Ir`re*peal"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>Ir`re*peal"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ir`re*pent"ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

repentance; impenitence.</def> Bp. Montagu.
{ <hw>Ir`re*plev"i*a*ble</hw> (?), <hw>Ir`re*plev"i*sa*ble</hw>

(?), } <pos>a.</pos> (Law) <def>Not capable of being
replevied.</def>
<hw>Ir*rep`re*hen"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irreprehensibilis: cf. F.
irrépréhensible. See Reprehensible.]
<def>Not reprehensible; blameless; innocent.</def> --
<wf>Ir*rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>Ir*rep`re*hen"si*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ir*rep`re*sent"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable of being represented or portrayed.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*press"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as,
irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict.</def>
W. H. Steward.
<hw>Ir`re*press"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*proach"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref.

ir- not + reproachable: cf. F.
irréprochable.] <def>Not reproachable; above reproach;
not deserving reproach; blameless.</def>
<blockquote>He [Berkely] erred, -- and who is free from error? --

but his intentions were irreproachable.</blockquote>
Beattie.
<hw>Ir`re*proach"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity;
innocence.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*proach"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an
irreproachable manner; blamelessly.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*prov"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being justly reproved; irreproachable; blameless; upright.</def> -
- <wf>Ir`re*prov"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>Ir`re*prov"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ir`rep*ti"tious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irrepere, irreptum, to creep in; pref. ir- in +
repere to creep.] <def>Surreptitious; spurious.</def> [Obs.]
Dr. Castell (1673).
<hw>Ir*rep"u*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Disreputable.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ir`re*sil"i*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*sist"ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Nonresistance; passive submission.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*sistì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

irrésistibilité.] <def>The quality or state of
being irresistible, irresistibleness.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*sist"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. ir-

 not + resistible: cf. F. irrésistible.]
<def>That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to
opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible
attraction.</def>
<blockquote>An irresistible law of our nature impels us to

seek happiness.</blockquote> J. M. Mason.
<hw>Ir`re*sist"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality

of being irresistible.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*sist"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

irresistible manner.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*sist"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Irresistible.</def> [Obs.] Glanvill.
<hw>Ir*res"o*lu*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irresolubilis: cf. F. irrésoluble. See
Resoluble, and cf. Irresolvable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Incapable of being dissolved or resolved

into parts; insoluble.</def> Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Incapable of being relieved or

assisted.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The second is in the irresoluble condition of

our souls after a known sin committed.</blockquote> Bp.
Hall.
<hw>Ir*res"o*lu*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state
or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.</def>
<hw>Ir*res"o*lute</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. ir-

not + resolute: cf. F. irrésolu, L.
irresolutus not loosened.] <def>Not resolute; not decided or
determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution.</def>
<blockquote>Weak and irresolute is man.</blockquote>

Cowper.
Syn. -- Wavering; vacillating; undetermined; undecided;

unsettled; fickle; changeable; inconstant.
-- <wf>Ir*res"o*lute*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Ir*res"o*lute*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Ir*resò*lu"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

irrésolution.] <def>Want of resolution; want of
decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between
hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.</def>
<blockquote>Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer

themselves to our choice, and inconstancy in pursuing them, are the
greatest causes of all unhappiness.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>Ir`re*solvà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*solv"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. ir-

 not + resolvable. Cf. Irresoluble.]
<def>Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component
parts.</def>
<col>Irresolvable nebulæ</col> (Astron.),

<cd>nebulæ of a cloudlike appearance, which have not yet been
resolved by the telescope into stars.</cd> Sir W.
Herschel.
<hw>Ir`re*solv"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being irresolvable; irresolvability.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*solv"ed*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without

settled determination; in a hesitating manner; doubtfully.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Ir`re*spec"tive</hw> (-sp&ebreve;k"t&ibreve;v),
<pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Without regard for
conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent;
impartial; as, an irrespective judgment.</def>
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<blockquote>According to this doctrine, it must be resolved wholly

into the absolute, irrespective will of God.</blockquote>
Rogers.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Disrespectful.</def> [Obs.] Sir C.
Cornwallis.
<col>Irrespective of</col>, <cd>regardless of; without

regard to; as, irrespective of differences.</cd>
<hw>Ir`re*spec"tive*ly</hw>
(&ibreve;r`r&esl;*sp&ebreve;k"t&ibreve;v*l&ybreve;),
<pos>adv.</pos> <def>Without regard to conditions; not taking
circumstances into consideration.</def>
<blockquote>Prosperity, considered absolutely and

irrespectively, is better and more desirable than
adversity.</blockquote> South.
<hw>Ir*res"pi*ra*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irrespirabilis: cf. F. irrespirable. See
Respirable.] <def>Unfit for respiration; not having the
qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable
air.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*spon`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

irresponsabilité.] <def>Want of, or freedom from,
responsibility or accountability.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*spon"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. ir-

 not + responsible: cf. F. irresponsable.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Nor responsible; not liable or able to

answer for consequences; innocent.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not to be trusted; unreliable.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*spon"si*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>So as not

to be responsible.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*spon"sive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*sus"ci*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Incapable of being resuscitated or revived.</def> --
<wf>Ir`re*sus"ci*ta*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ir`re*ten"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Want of

retaining power; forgetfulness.</def> De Quincey.
<hw>Ir`re*ten"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

retentive; as, an irretentive memory.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*trace"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Incapable of being retraced; not retraceable.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*tract"ile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Not retractile.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not tractile or ductile.</def> [R.]

<hw>Ir`re*triev"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not
retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable
loss.</def>
Syn. -- Irremediable; incurable; irrecoverable.
<hw>Ir`re*triev"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being irretrievable.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*triev"a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

irretrievable manner.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*turn"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not to be

returned.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*veal"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable

of being revealed.</def> -- <wf>Ir`re*veal"a*bly</wf>,
<hw>Ir*rev"er*ence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

irreverentia: cf. F. irrévérence.]
<def>The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper
reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a
superior.</def>
<hw>Ir*rev"er*end</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Irreverent.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Immodest speech, or irreverend

gesture.</blockquote> Strype.
<hw>Ir*rev"er*ent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irreverens, -entis: cf. F.
irrévérent. See In- not, and
Reverent.] <def>Not reverent; showing a want of reverence;
expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler;
an irreverent jest.</def>
<hw>Ir*rev"er*ent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

irreverent manner.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*versì*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*vers"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Incapable of being reversed or turned about
or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an
irreversible engine.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Incapable of being reversed, recalled,

repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or
decree.</def>
<blockquote>This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal, so

neither is it final and irreversible.</blockquote>
Jortin.
Syn. -- Irrevocable; irrepealable; unchangeable.

<hw>Ir`re*vers"i*ble*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
state or quality of being irreversible.</def>
<hw>Ir`re*vers"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

irreversible manner.</def>
<hw>Ir*revò*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

irrévocabilité.] <def>The state or quality of
being irrevocable; irrevocableness.</def>
<hw>Ir*rev"o*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irrevocabilis: cf. F. irrévocable. See In-
 not, and Revoke, and cf. Irrevocable.]
<def>Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable;
irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or
decree; irrevocable fate.</def>
<blockquote>Firm and irrevocable is my doom.</blockquote>

Shak.
-- <wf>Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Ir*rev"o*ca*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Ir`re*vok"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. ir-

 not + revoke.] <def>Irrevocable.</def> [R.]
<hw>Ir*rev"o*lu*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That has

no finite period of revolution; not revolving.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The dateless and irrevoluble circle of

eternity.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Ir`rhe*tor"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not

rhetorical.</def>
<hw>Ir"ri*gate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Irrigated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Irrigating (?).] [L. irrigatus, p. p. of
irrigare to irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water;
prob. akin to E. rain. See Rain.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To water; to wet; to moisten with running

or dropping water; to bedew.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Agric.) <def>To water, as land, by

causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial
channels.</def>
<hw>Ir`ri*ga"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

irrigatio: cf. F. irrigation.] <def>The act or process
of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the
operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing
plants.</def>
<hw>Ir*rig"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irriguus. See Irrigate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Watered; watery; moist; dewy.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>The flowery lap 

Of some irriguous valley spreads her store.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Gently penetrating or pervading.</def>

[Obs.] J. Philips.
<hw>Ir*ris"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Pref. ir-

not + risible. See Irrision.] <def>Not risible.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Ir*ri"sion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. irrisio,

fr. irridere, irrisum, to laugh at; pref. ir- in
+ ridere to laugh: cf. F. irrision.] <def>The act of
laughing at another; derision.</def>
<blockquote>This being spoken scepticè, or by way of

irrision.</blockquote> Chapman.
<hw>Ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

irritabilitas: cf. F. irritabilité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being irritable;

quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability
of temper.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Physiol.) <def>A natural

susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and
cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested
in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they
exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which
living muscle possesses, of responding either to a direct stimulus of
its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers,
the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction;
contractility.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <def>A condition of morbid

excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to
the influence of stimuli. See Irritation,
<pos>n.</pos>, 3.</def>
<hw>Ir"ri*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

irritabilis: cf. F. irritable. See
Irritate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being irritated.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Very susceptible of anger or passion;

easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable
temper.</def>
<blockquote>Vicious, old, and irritable.</blockquote>

<sn>3.</sn> (Physiol.) <def>Endowed with

irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to
action by the application of certain stimuli.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Med.) <def>Susceptible of irritation;

unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation,
<pos>n.</pos>, 3.</def>
Syn. -- Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.
<hw>Ir"ri*ta*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Irritability.</def>
<hw>Ir"ri*ta*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an irritable

manner.</def>
<hw>Ir"ri*tan*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From 1st

Irritant.] (Scots Law) <def>The state or quality of
being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture.</def>
Burrill.
<hw>Ir"ri*tan*cy</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From 2d

Irritant.] <def>The state or quality of being irritant or
irritating.</def>
<hw>Ir"ri*tant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

irritants, -antis, p. pr. of irritare to make
null, fr. L. irritus void; pref. ir- not + ratus
established.] (Scots Law) <def>Rendering null and void;
conditionally invalidating.</def>
<blockquote>The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their

king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any
part of his oath, the people should owe him no
allegiance.</blockquote> Hayward.
<hw>Ir"ri*tant</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L. irritans,

-antis, p. pr. of irritare: cf. F. irritant. See
Irritate to excite.] <def>Irritating; producing irritation or
inflammation.</def>
<hw>Ir"ri*tant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

irritant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That which irritates or excites.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Physiol. & Med.) <def>Any agent by

which irritation is produced; as, a chemical irritant; a
mechanical or electrical irritant.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Toxicology) <def>A poison that produces

inflammation.</def>
<col>Counter irritant</col>. <cd>See under

Counter.</cd> -- <col>Pure irritant</col>
(Toxicology), <cd>a poison that produces inflammation without
any corrosive action upon the tissues.</cd>
<hw>Ir"ri*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See 1 st

Irritant.] <def>To render null and void.</def> [R.] Abp.
Bramhall.
<hw>Ir"ri*tate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Irritated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Irritating (?).] [L. irritatus, p. p. of
irritare. Of doubtful origin.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To increase the action or violence of; to

heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.</def>
<blockquote>Cold maketh the spirits vigorous and irritateth

them.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To excite anger or displeasure in; to

provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence
of a tyrant irritates his subjects.</def>
<blockquote>Dismiss the man, nor irritate the god: 

Prevent the rage of him who reigns above.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> (Physiol.) <def>To produce irritation

in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation,
<pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Med.) <def>To make morbidly excitable,

or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by
friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.</def>
Syn. -- To fret; inflame; excite; provoke; tease; vex;

exasperate; anger; incense; enrage. -- To Irritate,
Provoke, Exasperate. These words express different
stages of excited or angry feeling. Irritate denotes an
excitement of quick and slightly angry feeling which is only
momentary; as, irritated by a hasty remark. To provoke
implies the awakening of some open expression of decided anger; as, a
provoking insult. Exasperate denotes a provoking of
anger at something unendurable. Whatever comes across our feelings
irritates; whatever excites anger provokes; whatever
raises anger to a high point exasperates. "Susceptible and
nervous people are most easily irritated; proud people are
quickly provoked; hot and fiery people are soonest
exasperated." Crabb.
<hw>Ir"ri*tate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Excited;

heightened.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ir`ri*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

irritatio: cf. F. irritation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of irritating, or exciting, or the

state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an
undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or
passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.</def>
<blockquote>The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one

vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human
intellect.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<sn>2.</sn> (Physiol.) <def>The act of exciting, or

the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the
condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some
external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to
contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of
a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and
nerve, under such stimulation.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <def>A condition of morbid

excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a
state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or
excessive or vitiated action.</def>
<hw>Ir"ri*ta*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Serving to excite or irritate; irritating;
as, an irritative agent.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Accompanied with, or produced by,

increased action or irritation; as, an irritative fever.</def>
E. Darwin.
<hw>Ir"ri*ta*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Exciting;

producing irritation; irritating.</def> [R.] Hales.
<hw>Ir"ro*rate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Irrorated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Irrorating.] [L. irroratus, p. p. of
irrorare to bedew; pref. ir- in + ros,
roris, dew.] <def>To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to
bedew.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ir"ro*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Covered with minute grains, appearing like fine sand.</def>
<hw>Ir`ro*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

irroration.] <def>The act of bedewing; the state of being
moistened with dew.</def> [Obs.] Chambers.
<hw>Ir`ro*ta"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Physics) <def>Not rotatory; passing from one point to another
by a movement other than rotation; -- said of the movement of parts
of a liquid or yielding mass.</def> Sir W. Thomson.
<hw>Ir*ru"bric*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Contrary to

the rubric; not rubrical.</def>
<hw>Ir"ru*gate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

irrugatus, p. p. of irrugare to wrinkle.] <def>To
wrinkle.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ir*rupt"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. irruptus,

p. p. of irrumpere to break in; pref. ir- in +
rumpere to break or burst. See Rupture.] <def>Broken
with violence.</def>
<hw>Ir*rup"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

irruptio: cf. F. irruption. See Irrupted.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing

into a place; as, irruptions of the sea.</def>
<blockquote>Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption 

Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance

of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy.</def>
Addison.
Syn. -- Invasion; incursion; inroad. See

Invasion.
<hw>Ir*rup"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Rushing in or

upon.</def>
<hw>Ir"ving*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Eccl.)

<def>The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. Edward
Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic
Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate
hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming
of Christ.</def>
<hw>Is-</hw> (?). <def>See Iso-.</def>
<hw>Is</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [AS. is; akin to

G. & Goth. ist, L. est, Gr. &?;, Skr. asti.
√9. Cf. Am, Entity, Essence,
Absent.] <def>The third person singular of the substantive
verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he
is; he is a man. See Be.</def>
&fist; In some varieties of the Northern dialect of Old English,

is was used for all persons of the singular.
<blockquote>For thy is I come, and eke Alain.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
<blockquote>Aye is thou merry.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
&fist; The idiom of using the present for future events sure to
happen is a relic of Old English in which the present and future had
the same form; as, this year Christmas is on Friday.
<blockquote>To-morrow is the new moon.</blockquote> 1

Sam. xx. 5.
{ <hw>Is"a*bel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>Is"a*bel

col"or</hw> (?). } [F. isabelle.] <def>See
Isabella.</def>
{ <hw>Isà*bel"la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>Isà*bel"la

col"or</hw> (?) }. [Said to be named from the Spanish princess
Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the
color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from 1601
to 1604, in consequence of a vow made by her.] <def>A brownish yellow
color.</def>
<hw>Isà*bel"la grape`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A favorite

sweet American grape of a purple color. See Fox grape, under
Fox.</def>
<hw>Isà*bel"la moth`</hw> (?; 115). (Zoöl.) <def>A

common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella
color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog
caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at
each end of the body, and red in the middle part.</def>
<hw>Isà*bel"line</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of an isabel

or isabella color.</def>
<hw>Is*ag"e*lous</hw> (&imacr;s*&abreve;g"&ebreve;*l&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [Is- + Gr. <grk>a`gelos</grk>
information.] <def>Containing the same information; as,
isagelous sentences.</def> "The coded message and the
original, though appearing entirely unlike, are completely
isagelous." Bacon "The complementary strands have
isagelous sequences." J. D. Watson. --
<hw>Is"a*gel</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of two or more
objects containing the same information.</def>
<hw>I"sa*goge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. Fr. &?;, fr.

&?; to introduce; &?; into + &?; to lead.] <def>An
introduction.</def> [Obs.] Harris.
{ <hw>I"sa*gog"ic</hw> (?), <hw>I"sa*gog"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. isagogicus, Gr. &?;.]
<def>Introductory; especially, introductory to the study of
theology.</def>
<hw>I"sa*gog"ics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Theol.)

<def>That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual
exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures.</def>
<hw>I"sa*gon</hw> (&imacr;"s&adot;*g&obreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>'i`sos</grk> equal + <grk>gwnià</grk>
angle: cf. F. isagone, <pos>a.</pos>] (Math.)
<def>A figure or polygon whose angles are equal.</def>
<hw>Is*apòs*tol"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;.]

<def>Having equal, or almost equal, authority with the apostles of
their teachings.</def>
{ <hw>I*sat"ic</hw> (?), <hw>I`sa*tin"ic</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or derived
from, isatin; as, isatic acid, which is also called
trioxindol.</def>
<hw>I"sa*tide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A

white crystalline substance obtained by the partial reduction of
isatin.</def> [Written also isatyde.]
<hw>I"sa*tin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Isatis.]
(Chem.) <def>An orange-red crystalline substance,
C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation
of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of
benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo.</def>
[Written also, less properly, isatine.]
<hw>||I"sa*tis</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [L., a kind of

plant, Gr. &?; woad.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of herbs, some
species of which, especially the Isatis tinctoria, yield a
blue dye similar to indigo; woad.</def>
<hw>I*sat"o*gen</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Isatin +

-gen.] (Chem.) <def>A complex nitrogenous radical,
C8H4NO2, regarded as the essential
residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, which easily
pass by reduction to indigo blue.</def> -- <wf>I*satò*gen"ic</wf>
(#), <pos>a.</pos> 
<hw>I`sa*trop"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Is- +

atropine.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or designating,
an acid obtained from atropine, and isomeric with cinnamic
acid.</def>
<hw>Is"chi*ac</hw> (&ibreve;s"k&ibreve;*&abreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> (Anat.) <def>See
Ischial.</def>
<hw>Is`chi*ad"ic</hw> (&ibreve;s`k&ibreve;*&abreve;d"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. ischiadicus, Gr.
<grk>'ischiadoko`s</grk>, fr. <grk>'ischiòn</grk> the hip joint, hip
or loin. Cf. Sciatic.] (Anat.) <def>Ischial.</def>
[R.]
<col>Ischiadic</col> <col>passion or disease</col>

(Med.), <cd>a rheumatic or neuralgic affection of some part
about the hip joint; -- called also sciatica.</cd>
<hw>Is"chi*al</hw> (&ibreve;s"k&ibreve;*al),
<pos>a.</pos> (Anat.) <def>Of or pertaining to the
ischium or hip; ischiac; ischiadic; ischiatic.</def>
<col>Ischial callosity</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>one

of the patches of thickened, hairless, and often bright-colored skin,
on the buttocks of many apes, as the drill.</cd>
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<hw>Is`chi*at"ic</hw> (&ibreve;s`k&ibreve;*&abreve;d"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> (Anat.) <def>Same as
Ischial.</def>
<hw>Is`chi*o*cap"su*lar</hw> (?; 135) <pos>a.</pos>

[Ischium + capsular.] (Anat.) <def>Of or
pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint; as, the
ischiocapsular ligament.</def>
<hw>Is`chi*o*ce"rite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ischiòn</grk> the hip + <grk>ke`ras</grk> a horn.]
(Zoöl.) <def>The third joint or the antennæ of the
Crustacea.</def>
{ <hw>||Is"chi*on</hw> (?), <hw>||Is"chi*um</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [L., Gr. <grk>'ischiòn</grk>.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The ventral and posterior of
the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat
bone; the huckle bone.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>One of the

pleuræ of insects.</def>
<hw>Is`chi*op"o*dite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'ischiòn</grk> the hip joint + &?;, &?;, foot.]
(Zoöl.) <def>The third joint of the typical appendages of
Crustacea.</def>
<hw>Is`chi*o*rec"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Ischium + rectal.] (Anat.) <def>Of or
pertaining to the region between the rectum and ishial
tuberosity.</def>
<hw>Is`chu*ret"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the

quality of relieving ischury.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An
ischuretic medicine.</def>
<hw>Is"chu*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. ischuria,

Gr. &?;; &?; to hold, check + &?; urine: cf. F. ischurie.]
(Med.) <def>A retention or suppression of urine.</def>
<hw>-ise</hw> (?). <def>See -ize.</def>
<hw>I`sen*trop"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Is- +

entropy + -ic.] (Physics) <def>Having equal
entropy.</def>
<col>Isentropic lines</col>, <cd>lines which pass through

points having equal entropy.</cd>
<hw>I*sethì*on"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Is- +

ethionic.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or
designating, an acid, HO.C2H4.SO3H,
obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by the action of
sulphur trioxide on alcohol or ether. It is derivative of sulphuric
acid.</def>
<hw>-ish</hw> (?). [AS. -isc; akin to G. -isch, OHG.

-isc, Goth. & Dan. -isk, Gr. &?;. Cf. -esque.]
<def>A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives.
It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity,
and sometimes has a diminutive force; as, selfish,
boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat
white.</def>
<hw>-ish</hw>. [OE. -issen, fr. F. -is, -iss-

(found in the present particle, etc., of certain verbs, as
finir to finish, fleurir to flourish), corresponding to
L. -escere, an inchoative ending.] <def>A verb ending,
originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin; as,
abolish, cherish, finish, furnish,
garnish, impoverish.</def>
<hw>Ish"ma*el*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham
and Hagar), of whom it was said, "His hand will be against every man,
and every man's hand against him."</def> Gen. xvi. 12.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One at enmity with society; a wanderer; a

vagabond; an outcast.</def> Thackeray.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>See Ismaelian.</def>
<hw>Ish"ma*el*i`tish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of,

pertaining to, or resembling, an Ishmaelite or the
Ishmaelites.</def>
<hw>I"si*ac</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. Isiacus, Gr.

&?;, fr. &?;.] <def>Pertaining to the goddess Isis; as, Isiac
mysteries.</def>
<hw>I"si*cle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A icicle.</def>

[Obs.]
<hw>Isì*do"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining,

or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a
spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth
century.</def>
<hw>I"sin*glass</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. corrupted

fr. D. huizenblas (akin to G. hausenblase), lit.,
bladder of the huso, or large sturgeon; huizen sturgeon +
blas bladder. Cf. Bladder, Blast a gust of
wind.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure

form of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of
various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in
the rivers of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a
clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so
called. Called also fish glue.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Min.) <def>A popular name for mica,

especially when in thin sheets.</def>
<hw>I"sis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., the goddess Isis,

fr. Gr. &?;.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Myth.) <def>The principal goddess

worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus,
and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the
goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country,
who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any coral of the genus

Isis, or family Isidæ, composed of joints of white,
stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See
Gorgoniacea.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Astron.) <def>One of the

asteroids.</def>
<hw>Is"lam</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ar. isl&amacr;m

obedience to the will of God, submission, humbling one's self,
resigning one's self to the divine disposal. Cf. Moslem.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The religion of the Mohammedans;

Mohammedanism; Islamism. Their formula of faith is: There is no God
but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The whole body of Mohammedans, or the

countries which they occupy.</def>
<hw>Is"lam*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

islamisme.] <def>The faith, doctrines, or religious system of
the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islam.</def>
<hw>Is"lam*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

Mohammedan.</def>
<hw>Is`lam*it"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Islam; Mohammedan.</def>
<hw>Is"lam*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. i. & t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Islamized (?); <pos>p. pr.
& vb. n.</pos> Islamizing (?).] <def>To conform, or cause
to conform, to the religion of Islam.</def>
<hw>Is"land</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. iland,

yland, AS. &imacr;gland, &?;gland,
&?;glond; &imacr;g, &?;g, island + land,
lond, land. AS. &imacr;g, &?;g, is akin to AS.
eá water, river, OHG. &?;uwa, G. au
meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ö, Goth.
ahwa a stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is
due to confusion with isle. Cf. Ait, Eyot,
Ewer, Aquatic.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A tract of land surrounded by water, and

smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything regarded as resembling an island;

as, an island of ice.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>See Isle,

<pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def>
<col>Islands of the blessed</col> (Myth.),

<cd>islands supposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites
of the gods are conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting
joy.</cd>
<hw>Is"land</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island
or islands of; to isle.</def> Shelley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To furnish with an island or with islands;

as, to island the deep.</def> Southey.
<hw>Is"land*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inhabitant

of an island.</def>
<hw>Is"land*y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to islands; full of islands.</def> Cotgrave.
<hw>Isle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Aisle.</def>
<hw>Isle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. isle, F.

île, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf.
Insulate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An island.</def> [Poetic]
<blockquote>Imperial rule of all the seagirt

isles.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A spot within another

of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.</def>
<hw>Isle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to become an

island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island.</def>
[Poetic]
<blockquote>Isled in sudden seas of light.</blockquote>

<hw>Is"let</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. islette (cf.

F. îlot), dim. of isle.] <def>A little
island.</def>
<hw>-ism</hw> (?). [F. -isme, or L. -ismus, Gr.

&?;.] <def>A suffix indicating an act, a process, the
result of an act or a process, a state; also, a
characteristic (as a theory, doctrine, idiom, etc.); as,
baptism, galvanism, organism, hypnotism,
socialism, sensualism, Anglicism.</def>
<hw>Ism</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See ism, above.] <def>A

doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.</def>
E. Everett.
<blockquote>The world grew light-headed, and forth came a spawn of

isms which no man can number.</blockquote> S. G.
Goodrich.
{ <hw>Is`ma*e"li*an</hw> (?), <hw>Is"ma*el*ite</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> (Eccl.) <def>One of a sect of Mohammedans
who favored the pretensions of the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of
the house of Ali.</def>
{ <hw>I"so-</hw> (?), <hw>Is-</hw> (?). } [Gr. <grk>'i`sos</grk>

equal.] <def>A prefix or combining form, indicating identity,
or equality; the same numerical value; as in
isopod, isomorphous, isochromatic.</def>
Specif.: <sd>(a)</sd> (Chem.) <def>Applied to certain
compounds having the same composition but different properties; as in
isocyanic.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (Organic Chem.)
<def>Applied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose
structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other
carbon atoms; -- contrasted with neo- and normal; as in
isoparaffine; isopentane.</def>
<hw>I"so*bar</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- + Gr. &?;

weight.] (Phys. Geog.) <def>A line connecting or marking
places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer
reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a
certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic
line.</def> [Written also isobare.]
<hw>I`so*bar"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Phys.

Geog.) <def>Denoting equal pressure; as, an isobaric line;
specifically, of or pertaining to isobars.</def>
<hw>I"so*bar*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or state of being equal in weight, especially in atmospheric
pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric
science.</def>
<hw>I`so*barò*met"ric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso

+ barometric.] (Phys. Geog.) <def>Indicating equal
barometric pressure.</def>
<hw>I`so*bath"y*therm</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso-

+ Gr. &?; deep + &?; heat.] (Phys. Geog.) <def>A line
connecting the points on the surface of the earth where a certain
temperature is found at the same depth.</def>
<hw>I`so*bath"y*ther"mic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to an isobathytherm; possessing or indicating the same
temperature at the same depth.</def>
<hw>I`so*ceph"a*lism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Gr. &?;

like-headed. See Iso-, and Cephalon.] (Art)
<def>A peculiarity in the design of bas-relief by which the heads of
human figures are kept at the same height from the ground, whether
the personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; --
called also isokephaleia.</def>
<hw>I"so*chasm</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- +

chasm.] (Phys. Geog.) <def>A line connecting places on
the earth's surface at which there is the same mean frequency of
auroras.</def>
<hw>I`so*chas"mic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Indicating

equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line.</def>
<hw>I"so*cheim</hw> (&imacr;"s&osl;*k&imacr;m),
<pos>n.</pos> [Iso- + Gr. &?;, &?;, winter.] (Phys.
Geog.) <def>A line connecting places on the earth having the same
mean winter temperature. Cf. Isothere.</def>
{ <hw>I`so*chei"mal</hw>, <hw>I`so*chi"mal</hw> } (?),

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, having the nature of, or
making, isocheims; as, an isocheimal line; an
isocheimal chart.</def>
{ <hw>I`so*chei"me*nal</hw> (?), <hw>I`so*chi"me*nal</hw> }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>The same as Isocheimal.</def>
<hw>I`so*chei"mic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>The same as

Isocheimal.</def>
<hw>I`so*chi"mene</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The same as

Isocheim.</def>
<hw>I`so*chro*mat"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

chromatic.] (Opt.) <def>Having the same color;
connecting parts having the same color, as lines drawn through
certain points in experiments on the chromatic effects of polarized
light in crystals.</def>
<hw>I*soch"ro*nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Isochronous.] <def>Uniform in time; of equal time; performed
in equal times; recurring at regular intervals; as, isochronal
vibrations or oscillations.</def>
<hw>I`so*chron"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Isochronal.</def>
<hw>I*soch"ro*nism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being isochronous.</def>
<hw>I*soch"ro*non</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Isochronous.] <def>A clock that is designed to keep very
accurate time.</def>
<hw>I*soch"ro*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;; &?;

equal + &?; time.] <def>Same as Isochronal.</def>
<hw>I*soch"ro*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

Gr. &?; color.] <def>Having the same tint or color throughout;
uniformly or evenly colored.</def>
{ <hw>I`so*cli"nal</hw> (?), <hw>I`so*clin"ic</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Iso- + Gr. &?; to incline.] <def>Of or
pertaining to, or indicating, equality of inclination or dip; having
equal inclination or dip.</def>
<col>Isoclinal lines</col> (Magnetism), <cd>lines on

the earth's surface connecting places at which a dipping needle
indicates the same inclination or dip.</cd>
<hw>I`so*cry"mal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Phys.

Geog.) <def>Pertaining to, having the nature of, or illustrating,
an isocryme; as, an isocrymal line; an isocrymal
chart.</def>
<hw>I"so*cryme</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- + Gr.
&?; cold.] (Phys. Geog.) <def>A line connecting points on the
earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month
of the year.</def>
<hw>I`so*crym"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Isocrymal.</def>
<hw>I`so*cy*an"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

cyanic.] (Chem.) <def>Designating an acid isomeric with
cyanic acid.</def>
<col>Isocyanic acid</col>, <cd>an acid metameric with

cyanic acid, and resembling it in its salts. It is obtained as a
colorless, mobile, unstable liquid by the heating cyanuric acid.
Called technically carbimide.</cd>
<hw>I`so*cyà*nu"ric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

cyanuric.] (Chem.) <def>Designating, or pertaining to,
an acid isomeric with cyanuric acid, and called also fulminuric
acid. See under Fulminuric.</def>
<hw>I`so*dià*bat"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

Gr. &?; to pass through.] (Physics) <def>Pertaining to the
reception or the giving out of equal quantities of heat by a
substance.</def> Rankine.
<col>Isodiabatic lines</col> or <col>curves</col>,

<cd>a pair of lines or curves exhibiting, on a diagram of energy, the
law of variation of the pressure and density of a fluid, the one
during the lowering, and the other during the raising, of its
temperature, when the quantity of heat given out by the fluid during
any given stage of the one process is equal to the quantity received
during the corresponding stage of the other. Such lines are said to
be isodiabatic with respect to each other. Compare
Adiabatic.</cd>
<hw>I`so*dià*met"ric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso-

+ diametric.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Crystallog.) <def>Developed alike in

the directions of the several lateral axes; -- said of crystals of
both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Having the several diameters

nearly equal; -- said of the cells of ordinary parenchyma.</def>
<hw>I`so*di*mor"phic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

dimorphic.] <def>Isodimorphous.</def>
<hw>I`so*di*mor"phism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Isomorphism between the two forms severally of two dimorphous
<hw>I`so*di*mor"phous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso-

+ dimorphous.] <def>Having the quality of
isodimorphism.</def>
<hw>I`so*dul"cite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- +
dulcite.] (Chem.) <def>A white, crystalline, sugarlike
substance, obtained by the decomposition of certain glucosides, and
intermediate in nature between the hexacid alcohols (dulcite,
mannite, etc.) and the glucoses.</def>
<hw>I`so*dy*nam"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

dynamic.] <def>Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting,
equality of force.</def>
<col>Isodynamic foods</col> (Physiol.), <cd>those

foods that produce a similar amount of heat.</cd> --
<col>Isodynamic lines</col> (Magnetism), <cd>lines on
the earth's surface connecting places at which the magnetic intensity
is the same.</cd>
<hw>I`so*dy"na*mous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;. See

Isodynamic.] <def>Of equal force or size.</def>
<hw>I`so*ge"o*therm</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- +

Gr. <grk>gh^</grk> the earth + <grk>qe`rmh</grk> heat.] (Phys.
Geog.) <def>A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's
surface through points having the same mean temperature.</def>
{ <hw>I`so*geò*ther"mal</hw> (?), <hw>I`so*geò*ther"mic</hw>

(?), } <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, having the nature of,
or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or
surface; as isogeothermal chart.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos>
<def>An isogeotherm.</def>
<hw>I`so*gon"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- + Gr.

<grk>gwnià</grk> angle.] <def>Pertaining to, or noting, equal
angles.</def>
<col>Isogonic lines</col> (Magnetism), <cd>lines

traced on the surface of the globe, or upon a chart, connecting
places at which the deviation of the magnetic needle from the
meridian or true north is the same.</cd>
<hw>I`so*gon"ic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Characterized by isogonism.</def>
<hw>I*sog"o*nism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- + Gr.

&?; offspring, generative parts.] (Zoöl.) <def>The
quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar
hydrants; -- said of certain hydroids.</def>
<hw>I`so*graph"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to isography.</def>
<hw>I*sog"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- +

-graphy.] <def>Imitation of another's handwriting.</def>
<hw>I`so*hy"e*tose`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

Gr. <grk>"yeto`s</grk> rain.] (Phys. Geog.) <def>Of or
pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth's surface which
have a mean annual rainfall.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An
isohyetose line.</def>

<hw>I"so*la*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Isolate.] (Chem.) <def>Capable of being isolated, or of
being obtained in a pure state; as, gold is
isolable.</def>
<hw>I"so*late</hw> (?; 277), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Isolated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Isolating (?).] [It. isolato, p. p. of
isolare to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula.
See 2d Isle, and cf. Insulate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To place in a detached situation; to place

by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.</def>
<blockquote>Short isolated sentences were the mode in which

ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts.</blockquote> Bp.
Warburton.
<sn>2.</sn> (Elec.) <def>To insulate. See

Insulate.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Chem.) <def>To separate from all

foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free
state.</def>
<hw>I"so*la`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Placed or

standing alone; detached; separated from others.</def>
<col>Isolated point of a curve</col>. (Geom.)

<cd>See Acnode.</cd>
<hw>I"so*la`ted*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

isolated manner.</def>
<hw>I`so*la"tion</hw> (-l&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. isolation.] <def>The act of
isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation;
loneliness.</def> Milman.
<! p. 792 !>
<hw>I"so*la`tor</hw> (&imacr;"s&osl;*l&amacr;`t&etilde;r or

&imacr;s"&osl;*l&amacr;`t&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One
who, or that which, isolates.</def>
<hw>I*sol"o*gous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- + Gr.

<grk>lo`gos</grk> proportion.] (Chem.) <def>Having similar
proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of
composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which differ by
a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene, or their
analogous compounds, form an isologous series.</def>
<hw>I"so*mer</hw> (&imacr;"s&osl;*m&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Isomeric.] (Chem.) <def>A
body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a
member of an isomeric series.</def>
<hw>I`so*mer"ic</hw> (-m&ebreve;r"&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos>
[Iso- + Gr. <grk>me`ros</grk> part: cf. F.
isomérique.] (Chem.) <def>Having the same
percentage composition; -- said of two or more different substances
which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by weight,
often used with with. Specif.: <sd>(a)</sd> Polymeric;
i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportion
by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and
benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in
this sense. See Polymeric. <sd>(b)</sd> Metameric;
i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportions
by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but with a different
structure or arrangement of the ultimate parts; as, ethyl alcohol and
methyl ether are isomeric (metameric) with each other
in this sense. See Metameric.</def>
<hw>I*som"er*ide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>An isomer.</def> [R.]
<hw>I*som"er*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomeric
<col>Physical isomerism</col> (Chem.), <cd>the

condition or relation of certain (metameric) substances,
which, while chemically identical (in that they have the same
composition, the same molecular weights, and the same ultimate
constitution), are yet physically different, as in their action on
polarized light, as dextro- and lævo-tartaric acids. In such
compounds there is usually at least one unsymmetrical carbon atom.
See Unsymmetrical.</cd>
<hw>I`so*merò*mor"phism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[Isomer + Gr. &?; form + -ism.] (Crystallog.)
<def>Isomorphism between substances that are isomeric.</def>
{ <hw>I`so*met"ric</hw> (?), <hw>I`so*met"ric*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Iso- + Gr. <grk>me`tron</grk> measure.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, equality
of measure.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Crystallog.) <def>Noting, or conforming

to, that system of crystallization in which the three axes are of
equal length and at right angles to each other; monometric; regular;
cubic. Cf. Crystallization.</def>
<col>Isometric lines</col> (Thermodynamics),

<cd>lines representing in a diagram the relations of pressure and
temperature in a gas, when the volume remains constant.</cd> --
<col>Isometrical perspective</col>. <cd>See under
Perspective.</cd> -- <col>Isometrical projection</col>,
<cd>a species of orthographic projection, in which but a single plane
of projection is used. It is so named from the fact that the
projections of three equal lines, parallel respectively to three
rectangular axes, are equal to one another. This kind of projection
is principally used in delineating buildings or machinery, in which
the principal lines are parallel to three rectangular axes, and the
principal planes are parallel to three rectangular planes passing
through the three axes.</cd>
<hw>I"so*morph</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Isomorphous.] <def>A substance which is similar to another in
crystalline form and composition.</def>
<hw>I`so*mor"phic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Isomorphous.</def>
<hw>I`so*mor"phism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

isomorphisme.] (Crystallog.) <def>A similarity of
crystalline form between substances of similar composition, as
between the sulphates of barium (BaSO4) and strontium
(SrSO4). It is sometimes extended to include similarity of
form between substances of unlike composition, which is more properly
called hom&oelig;omorphism.</def>
<hw>I`so*mor"phous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

-morphous.] <def>Having the quality of isomorphism.</def>
<hw>||I`so*nan"dra</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- +

Gr. &?;, &?;, a man, male.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of sapotaceous
trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of
gutta-percha.</def>
<hw>I`so*ne*phel"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

Gr. &?; a cloud.] (Phys. Geog.) <def>Having, or indicating, an
equal amount of cloudiness for a given period; as, isonephelic
regions; an isonephelic line.</def>
<hw>I`so*nic"o*tine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- +

nicotine.] (Chem.) <def>A crystalline, nitrogenous
base, C10H14N2, isomeric with
nicotine.</def>
<hw>I`so*nicò*tin"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Chem.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or derived
from, isonicotine.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or
designating, an acid isomeric with nicotinic acid.</def>
<hw>I`so*ni*tro"so-</hw> (?). [Iso- + nitroso-.]

(Chem.) <def>A combining form (also used adjectively),
signifying: Pertaining to, or designating, the characteristic,
nitrogenous radical, NOH, called the isonitroso
group.</def>
<hw>I`so*nom"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;; &?; equal

+ <grk>no`mos</grk> law.] <def>The same, or equal, in law or right;
one in kind or origin; analogous; similar.</def> Dana.
<hw>I*son"o*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;: cf. F.

isonomie. See Isonomic.] <def>Equal law or right; equal
distribution of rights and privileges; similarity.</def>
<hw>I*sop"a*thy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- + Gr.

&?; suffering.] (Med.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The system
which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same
disease.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The theory of curing a
diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy
animal.</def> Mayne. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The doctrine
that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of
disease.</def>
<hw>I`so*pep"sin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- +

pepsin.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>Pepsin modified by
exposure to a temperature of from 40° to 60° C.</def>
<hw>I`so*perì*met"ric*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;;

&?; equal + &?; circumference: cf. F.
isopérimètre. See Perimeter.]
(Geom.) <def>Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as,
isoperimetrical figures or bodies.</def>
<hw>I`so*per*im"e*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Geom.) <def>The science of figures having equal perimeters or
boundaries.</def>
<hw>I`so*pi*es"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

Gr. &?; to press.] (Thermodynamics) <def>Having equal
pressure.</def>
<col>Isopiestic lines</col>, <cd>lines showing, in a

diagram, the relations of temperature and volume, when the elastic
force is constant; -- called also isobars.</cd>
<hw>||I`so*pleu"ra</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See

Iso-, and Pleura.] (Zoöl.) <def>A subclass
of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left
sides being equal.</def>
&fist; The intestine terminates at the posterior end of the body,

and the gills and circulatory and reproductive organs are paired. It
includes the chitons (Polyplacophora), together with
Neomenia and Chætoderma, which are wormlike forms
without a shell.
<hw>I"so*pod</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the
Isopoda.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the
Isopoda.</def>
<hw>||I*sop"o*da</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See

Iso-, and -poda.] (Zoöl.) <def>An order of
sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are
all similar in structure.</def>
&fist; The body is usually depressed, with the abdominal segments

short, and often consolidated in part. The branchiæ are on the
abdominal appendages. The group includes the terrestrial pill bugs
and sow bugs, with numerous marine forms. See Arthrostrata,
Gribble.
<hw>I`so*pod"i*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Isopod

+ -form.] (Zoöl.) <def>Having the shape of an
isopod; -- said of the larvæ of certain insects.</def>
<hw>I*sop"o*dous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as
Isopod.</def>
<hw>I`so*pog"o*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

Gr. &?; beard.] (Zoöl.) <def>Having the two webs equal in
breadth; -- said of feathers.</def>
<hw>I"so*prene</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]

(Chem.) <def>An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the
distillation of caoutchouc or gutta-percha.</def>
<hw>I`so*pyc"nic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- + Gr.

<grk>pykno`s</grk> dense.] (Physics) <def>Having equal
density, as different regions of a medium; passing through points at
which the density is equal; as, an isopycnic line or
surface.</def>
<hw>I`so*pyc"nic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Physics)

<def>A line or surface passing through those points in a medium, at
which the density is the same.</def>
<hw>I*sor"cin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- +

orcin.] (Chem.) <def>A crystalline hydrocarbon
derivative, metameric with orcin, but produced artificially; --
called also cresorcin.</def>
<hw>I`sor*rop"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>'iso`rropos</grk> in equipoise; <grk>'i`sos</grk> equal +
<grk>"roph`</grk> downward inclination or momentum.] <def>Of equal
value.</def>
<col>Isorropic line</col> (in a diagram) (Geom.),

<cd>the locus of all the points for which a specified function has a
constant value.</cd> Newcomb.
<hw>I*sos"ce*les</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L., fr. Gr. &?;;

<grk>'i`sos</grk> equal + &?; leg.] (Geom.) <def>Having two
legs or sides that are equal; -- said of a triangle.</def>
<hw>||I`so*spon"dy*li</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.

Gr. <grk>'i`sos</grk> equal + &?;, &?;, a vertebra.]
(Zoöl.) <def>An extensive order of fishes, including the
salmons, herrings, and many allied forms.</def>
<hw>I`so*spon"dy*lous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to the Isospondyli; having
the anterior vertebræ separate and normal.</def>
<hw>I`so*spor"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- + Gr.

&?; fruit.] (Bot.) <def>Producing but one kind of spore, as
the ferns and Equiseta. Cf. Heterosporic.</def>
<hw>I`so*stem"o*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

Gr. <grk>sth`mwn</grk> thread.] (Bot.) <def>Having exactly as
many stamens as petals.</def>
<hw>I`so*stem"o*ny</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The quality or state of being isostemonous.</def>
<hw>I`so*sul`pho*cy"a*nate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Chem.) <def>A salt of isosulphocyanic acid.</def>
<hw>I`so*sul`pho*cy*an"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, HNCS,
isomeric with sulphocyanic acid.</def>
<hw>I*soth"er*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the

nature of an isothere; indicating the distribution of temperature by
means of an isothere; as, an isotheral chart or
line.</def>
<hw>I"so*there</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- + Gr.

&?; summer, &?; to heat.] (Phys. Geog.) <def>A line connecting
points on the earth's surface having the same mean summer
temperature.</def>
<hw>I"so*therm</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- + Gr.

&?; heat, fr. &?; hot.] (Phys. Geog.) <def>A line connecting
or marking points on the earth's surface having the same temperature.
This may be the temperature for a given time of observation, or the
mean temperature for a year or other period. Also, a similar line
based on the distribution of temperature in the ocean.</def>
<hw>I`so*ther"mal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

isotherme.] <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Relating to equality of
temperature.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (Phys. Geog.)
<def>Having reference to the geographical distribution of
temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an
isothermal line; an isothermal chart.</def>
<col>Isothermal line</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An

isotherm</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A line drawn on a diagram of
energy such that its ordinates represent the pressures of a substance
corresponding to various volumes, while the absolute temperature is
maintained at a constant value.</cd> -- <col>Isothermal
zones</col>, <cd>spaces on opposite sides of the equator having
the same mean temperature, and bounded by corresponding isothermal
lines.</cd>
<hw>I`so*ther"mo*bath</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso-

+ Gr. &?; hot + &?; depth.] (Phys. Geog) <def>A line drawn
through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the
ocean.</def>
<hw>I`so*ther`mo*bath"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to an isothermobath; possessing or indicating equal
temperatures in a vertical section, as of the ocean.</def>
<hw>I*sothèr*om"brose</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso-

+ Gr. <grk>qe`ros</grk> summer + <grk>'o`mbros</grk> rain.] (Phys.
Geog) <def>A line connecting or marking points on the earth's
surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall.</def>
<hw>I`so*ton"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

tonic.] <def>Having or indicating, equal tones, or
tension.</def>
<col>Isotonic system</col> (Mus.), <cd>a system

consisting of intervals, in which each concord is alike tempered, and
in which there are twelve equal semitones.</cd>
<hw>I`so*tri*mor"phic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Isotrimorphous.</def>
<hw>I`so*tri*mor"phism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso-

+ Gr. &?; thrice + &?; form.] <def>Isomorphism between the three
forms, severally, of two trimorphous substances.</def>
<hw>I`so*tri*mor"phous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

the quality of isotrimorphism; isotrimorphic.</def>
<hw>I`so*trop"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- + Gr.

&?; a turning, fr. &?; to turn.] (Physics) <def>Having the
same properties in all directions; specifically, equally elastic in
all directions.</def>
<hw>I*sot"ro*pism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Isotropy.</def>
<hw>I*sot"ro*pous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Isotropic.</def>
<hw>I*sot"ro*py</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Physics)

<def>Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body;
absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity in
all directions.</def>
<hw>I`so*u"ric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Iso- +

uric.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a
complex nitrogenous acid, isomeric with uric acid.</def>
<hw>Is"ra*el*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

Israëlites, Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, &?;, Israel, Heb.
Yisr&amacr;&?;l, i. e., champion of God;
s&amacr;r&amacr;h to fight + &?;l God.] <def>A
descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew.</def>
{ <hw>Is`ra*el*it"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Is"ra*el*i`tish</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Israel, or to the
Israelites; Jewish; Hebrew.</def>
<hw>Is"su*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Issue.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Leading to, producing, or relating to, an

issue; capable of being made an issue at law.</def>
Burrill.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lawful or suitable to be issued; as, a

writ issuable on these grounds.</def>
<col>Issuable plea</col> (Law), <cd>a plea to the

merits, on which the adverse party may take issue and proceed to
trial.</cd>
<hw>Is"su*a*bly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

issuable manner; by way of issue; as, to plead
issuably.</def>
<hw>Is"su*ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the
issuance of rations, and the like.</def>
<hw>Is"su*ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Her.)

<def>Issuing or coming up; -- a term used to express a charge or
bearing rising or coming out of another.</def>
<hw>Is"sue</hw> (&ibreve;sh"&usl;), <pos>n.</pos> [OF.

issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir,
eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from +
ire to go, akin to Gr. <grk>'ie`nai</grk>, Skr. i,
Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf.
Ambition, Count a nobleman, Commence,
Errant, Exit, Eyre, Initial, Yede
went.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of passing or flowing out; a

moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of
water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of
people from a house.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of sending out, or causing to go

forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a
commanding officer; the issue of money from a
treasury.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which passes, flows, or is sent out;

the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an
issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a
newspaper.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Progeny; a child or children; offspring.

In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a
common ancestor; all lineal descendants.</def>
<blockquote>If the king 

Should without issue die.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Produce of the earth, or profits of land,

tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a
term of years, with all the issues, rents, and
profits.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A discharge of flux, as of blood.</def>

Matt. ix. 20.
<sn>7.</sn> (Med.) <def>An artificial ulcer, usually

made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion
and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> <def>The final outcome or result; upshot;

conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.</def>
<blockquote>Come forth to view 

The issue of the exploit.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>While it is hot, I 'll put it to the

issue.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>9.</sn> <def>A point in debate or controversy on which

the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation
of alternatives between which to choose or decide.</def>
<sn>10.</sn> (Law) <def>In pleading, a single

material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being
affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for
determination. See General issue, under General, and
Feigned issue, under Feigned.</def> Blount.
Cowell.
<col>At issue</col>, <cd>in controversy; disputed; opposing

or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing;
inconsistent.</cd>
<blockquote>As much at issue with the summer day 

As if you brought a candle out of doors.</blockquote> Mrs.
Browning.
-- <col>Bank of issue</col>, <col>Collateral

issue</col>, etc. <cd>See under Bank, Collateral,
etc.</cd> -- <col>Issue pea</col>, <cd>a pea, or a similar
round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the
secretion and discharge of pus.</cd> -- <col>To join</col>, or
<col>take</col>, <col>issue</col>, <cd>to take opposing
sides in a matter in controversy.</cd>
<hw>Is"sue</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Issued (&ibreve;sh"&usl;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Issuing.]
<! p. 793 !>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To pass or flow out; to run out, as from

any inclosed place.</def>
<blockquote>From it issued forced drops of

blood.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To go out; to rush out; to sally forth;

as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the
besiegers.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To proceed, as from a source; as, water

issues from springs; light issues from the
sun.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to

be descended; to spring.</def>
<blockquote>Of thy sons that shall issue from
thee.</blockquote> 2 Kings xx. 18.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To extend; to pass or open; as, the path

issues into the highway.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To be produced as an effect or result; to

grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits
issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>To close; to end; to terminate; to turn

out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> (Law) <def>In pleading, to come to a

point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.</def>
<hw>Is"sue</hw> (&ibreve;sh"&usl;), <pos>v. t.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To send out; to put into circulation; as, to
issue notes from a bank.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To deliver for use; as, to issue

provisions.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To send out officially; to deliver by

authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a
writ.</def>
<hw>Is"sue*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no issue or

progeny; childless.</def> "The heavens . . . have left me
issueless." Shak.
<hw>Is"su*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who issues,

emits, or publishes.</def>
<hw>-ist</hw> (?). [Gr. &?;: cf. F. -iste.] <def>A noun

suffix denoting an agent, or doer, one who
practices, a believer in; as, theorist, one who
theorizes; socialist, one who holds to socialism;
sensualist, one given to sensuality.</def>
<hw>Is't</hw> (?). <def>A contraction of is it.</def>
<hw>Isth"mi*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. Isthmius,

Gr. &?;. See Isthmus.] <def>Of or pertaining to an isthmus,
especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece.</def>
<col>Isthmian games</col> (Gr. Antiq.), <cd>one of

the four great national festivals of Greece, celebrated on the
Isthmus of Corinth in the spring of every alternate year. They
consisted of all kinds of athletic sports, wrestling, boxing, racing
on foot and in chariots, and also contests in music and poetry. The
prize was a garland of pine leaves.</cd>
<hw>Isth"mus</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Isthmuses</plw> (#). [L. isthmus, Gr.
<grk>'isqmo`s</grk> a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an
isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the root of
<grk>'ie`nai</grk> to go; cf. Icel. eið isthmus. See
Issue.] (Geog.) <def>A neck or narrow slip of land by
which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united
to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus
of Suez, etc.</def>
<col>Isthmus of the fauces</col>. (Anat.) <cd>See

Fauces.</cd>
<hw>Is"tle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Ixtle.</def>
<hw>I*su"ret</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Iso- +

urea.] (Chem.) <def>An artificial nitrogenous base,
isomeric with urea, and forming a white crystalline substance; --
called also isuretine.</def>
<hw>It</hw> (&ibreve;t), <pos>pron.</pos> [OE. it,

hit, AS. hit; cf. D. het. √181. See
He.] <def>The neuter pronoun of the third person,
corresponding to the masculine pronoun he and the feminine
she, and having the same plural (they, their or
theirs, them).</def>
&fist; The possessive form its is modern, being rarely

found in the writings of Shakespeare and Milton, and not at all in
the original King James's version of the Bible. During the transition
from the regular his to the anomalous its, it
was to some extent employed in the possessive without the case
ending. See His, and He. In Dryden's time its
had become quite established as the regular form.
<blockquote>The day present hath ever inough to do with it

owne grief.</blockquote> Genevan Test.
<blockquote>Do, child, go to it grandam,

child.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>It knighthood shall do worse. It shall fright

all it friends with borrowing letters.</blockquote> B.
Jonson.
&fist; In the course of time, the nature of the neuter sign

t in it, the form being found in but a few words,
became misunderstood. Instead of being looked upon as an affix, it
passed for part of the original word. Hence was formed from it
the anomalous genitive its, superseding the Saxon his.
Latham.
<blockquote>The fruit tree yielding fruit after his (its)

kind.</blockquote> Gen. i. 11.
It is used, 
 
<sn>1.</sn> <def>As a substance for any noun of the neuter
gender; as, here is the book, take it home.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>As a demonstrative, especially at the

beginning of a sentence, pointing to that which is about to be
stated, named, or mentioned, or referring to that which apparent or
well known; as, I saw it was John.</def>
<blockquote>It is I; be not afraid.</blockquote> Matt.

xiv. 27.
<blockquote>Peter heard that it was the Lord.</blockquote>

John xxi. 7.
Often, in such cases, as a substitute for a sentence or clause;

as, it is thought he will come; it is wrong
to do this.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>As an indefinite nominative for a

impersonal verb; as, it snows; it rains.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>As a substitute for such general terms as,

the state of affairs, the condition of things, and the like; as, how
is it with the sick man?</def>
<blockquote>Think on me when it shall be well with

thee.</blockquote> Gen. xl. 14.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>As an indefinite object after some

intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb;
as, to foot it (i. e., to walk).</def>
<blockquote>The Lacedemonians, at the Straits of Thermopylæ,

when their arms failed them, fought it out with nails and
teeth.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint

it, 
If folly grows romantic, I must paint it.</blockquote> Pope.

<col>Its self</col>. <cd>See Itself.</cd>
<hw>I"ta*cism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

itacisme. See Etacism, and cf. Iotacism.]
(Greek Gram.) <def>Pronunciation of η (eta) as the modern
Greeks pronounce it, that is, like e in the English word
be. This was the pronunciation advocated by Reuchlin and his
followers, in opposition to the etacism of Erasmus. See
Etacism.</def>
<blockquote>In all such questions between ε and

αι the confusing element of itacism comes
in.</blockquote> Alford.
<hw>I"ta*cist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

itaciste.] <def>One who is in favor of itacism.</def>
<hw>Ità*col"u*mite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Itacolumi, a mountain of Brazil.] (Min.) <def>A
laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions
where the diamond is found.</def>
<hw>Ità*con"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From
aconitic, by transposition of the letters.] (Chem.)
<def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid,
C5H6O4, which is obtained as a white
crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic and other organic
acids.</def>

<hw>It"a*la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Fem. of L.

Italus Italian.] <def>An early Latin version of the Scriptures
(the Old Testament was translated from the Septuagint, and was also
called the Italic version).</def>
<hw>I*tal"ian</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

italien, It. italiano. Cf. Italic.] <def>Of or
pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language.</def>
<col>Italian cloth</col> <cd>a light material of cotton and

worsted; -- called also farmer's satin.</cd> --
<col>Italian iron</col>, <cd>a heater for fluting frills.</cd>
-- <col>Italian juice</col>, <cd>Calabrian liquorice.</cd>
<hw>I*tal"ian</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

native or inhabitant of Italy.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The language used in Italy, or by the

Italians.</def>
<hw>I*tal"ian*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. It.

italianare.] <def>To render Italian, or conformable to Italian
customs; to Italianize.</def> [R.] Ascham.
<hw>I*tal"ian*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Italianized;

Italianated.</def> "Apish, childish, and Italianate."
Marlowe.
<hw>I*tal"ian*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A word, phrase, or idiom, peculiar to the
Italians; an Italicism.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Attachment to, or sympathy for,

Italy.</def>
<hw>I*tal"ian*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Italianized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Italianizing (?).] [Cf. F. italianiser,
It. italianizzare.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To play the Italian; to speak

Italian.</def> Cotgrave.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To render Italian in any respect; to

Italianate.</def> "An Englishman Italianized."
Lowell.
<hw>I*tal"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. Italicus:

cf. F. italique. Cf. Italian.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Relating to Italy or to its
people.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Applied especially to a kind of type in

which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -
- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor,
Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.</def>
<col>Italic languages</col>, <cd>the group or family of

languages of ancient Italy.</cd> -- <col>Italic order</col>
(Arch.), <cd>the composite order. See Composite.</cd> -
- <col>Italic school</col>, <cd>a term given to the
Pythagorean and Eleatic philosophers, from the country where their
doctrines were first promulgated.</cd> -- <col>Italic
version</col>. <cd>See Itala.</cd>
<hw>I*tal"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Italics</plw> (&?;). (Print.) <def>An Italic
letter, character, or type (see Italic, <pos>a.</pos>,
2.); -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's.
Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis,
importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic
letters.</def>
<hw>I*tal"i*cism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language; to
Italianism.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The use of Italics.</def>
<hw>I*tal"i*cize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Italicized (?); <pos>p. pr.
& vb. n.</pos> Italicizing (?).] <def>To print in Italic
characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line;
as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.</def>
<hw>I"ta palm`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A magnificent species

of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The
natives eat its fruit and buds, drink its sap, and make thread and
cord from its fiber.</def>
<hw>Itch</hw> (&ibreve;ch), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Itched (&ibreve;cht); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Itching.] [OE. icchen,
&yogh;icchen, AS. giccan; akin to D. jeuken,
joken, G. jucken, OHG. jucchen.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To have an uneasy sensation in the skin,

which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.</def>
<blockquote>My mouth hath itched all this long

day.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To have a constant desire or teasing

uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.</def> "An
itching palm." Shak.
<hw>Itch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Med.) <def>An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated
vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the
Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is
transmissible by contact.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any itching eruption.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A sensation in the skin occasioned (or

resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also
scabies, psora, etc.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A constant irritating desire.</def>
<blockquote>An itch of being thought a divine

king.</blockquote> Dryden.
<col>Baker's itch</col>. <cd>See under Baker.</cd> -

- <col>Barber's itch</col>, <cd>sycosis.</cd> --
<col>Bricklayer's itch</col>, <cd>an eczema of the hands
attended with much itching, occurring among bricklayers.</cd> --
<col>Grocer's itch</col>, <cd>an itching eruption, being a
variety of eczema, produced by the sugar mite (Tyrogluphus
sacchari).</cd> -- <col>Itch insect</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a small parasitic mite (Sarcoptes
scabei) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin, thus
causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in
Append.</cd> -- <col>Itch mite</col>. (Zoöl.)
<cd>Same as Itch insect, above. Also, other similar mites
affecting the lower animals, as the horse and ox.</cd> --
<col>Sugar baker's itch</col>, <cd>a variety of eczema, due to
the action of sugar upon the skin.</cd> -- <col>Washerwoman's
itch</col>, <cd>eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among
washerwomen.</cd>
<hw>Itch"i*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being itchy.</def>
<hw>Itch"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from

itching.</def>
<hw>Itch"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Infected with the

itch, or with an itching sensation.</def> Cowper.
<hw>-ite</hw> (?). [From Gr. &?;, &?;.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

suffix denoting one of a party, a sympathizer with or
adherent of, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule;
as, a Millerite; a Benthamite.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A suffix used in naming minerals; as,

chlorite, from its characteristic green color; barite,
from its heaviness; graphite, from its use in
writing.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Chem.) <def>A suffix used to denote the

salts formed from those acids whose names end in -ous; as,
sulphite, from sulphurous; nitrite, from
nitrous acid, etc.</def>
<hw>I"tem</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [L. See
Iterate.] <def>Also; as an additional article.</def>
<hw>I"tem</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Item,

<pos>adv.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An article; a separate particular in an

account; as, the items in a bill.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A hint; an innuendo.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>A secret item was given to some of the bishops

. . . to absent themselves.</blockquote> Fuller.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A short article in a newspaper; a

paragraph; as, an item concerning the weather.</def>
<hw>I"tem</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Itemed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Iteming.] <def>To make a note or memorandum of.</def>
<blockquote>I have itemed it in my memory.</blockquote>

Addison.
<hw>I"tem*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To state in

items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a
railroad.</def> [Local, U. S.]
<hw>||I"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. See Eyre.]

(Anat.) <def>A passage; esp., the passage between the third
and fourth ventricles in the brain; the aqueduct of
Sylvius.</def>
<hw>It"er*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

iterabilis. See Iterate.] <def>Capable of being
iterated or repeated.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>It"er*ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Iteration.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>It"er*ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. iterans,

p. pr. of iterare.] <def> Repeating; iterating; as, an
iterant echo.</def> Bacon.
<hw>It"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. iteratus,

p. p. of iterare to repeat, fr. iterum again, prop. a
compar. from the stem of is he, that; cf. L. ita so,
item likewise, also, Skr. itara other, iti thus.
Cf. Identity, Item.] <def>Uttered or done again;
repeated.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Gardiner.
<hw>It"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Iterated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Iterating.] <def>To utter or do a second time or many times;
to repeat; as, to iterate advice.</def>
<blockquote>Nor Eve to iterate 

Her former trespass feared.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>It"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By way of
iteration.</def>
<hw>Itèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

iteratio.] <def>Recital or performance a second time;
repetition.</def> Bacon.
<blockquote>What needs this iteration, woman?</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>It"er*a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

iterativus: cf. F. itératif.]
<def>Repeating.</def> Cotgrave. -- <wf>It"er*a*tive*ly</wf>,
<hw>Ith`y*phal"lic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ithyphallicus, fr. ithyphallus, Gr. &?;, membrum
virile erectum, or a figure thereof carried in the festivals of
Bacchus.] <def>Lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene.</def>
<hw>I*tin"er*a*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

practice of itinerating; itinerancy.</def>
<hw>I*tin"er*an*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Itinerant.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A passing from place to place.</def>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>A discharge of official duty involving

frequent change of residence; the custom or practice of discharging
official duty in this way; also, a body of persons who thus discharge
official duty.</def>
<hw>I*tin"er*ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

itinerans, -antis, p. pr. of itinerare to make a
journey, fr. L. iter, itineris, a walk, way, journey.
See Errant, Issue.] <def>Passing or traveling about a
country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as,
an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler.</def>
<blockquote>The king's own courts were then itinerant,

being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in
those royal progresses which he continually made.</blockquote>
<hw>I*tin"er*ant</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>One who travels

from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is
unsettled.</def>
<blockquote>Glad to turn itinerant, 

To stroll and teach from town to town.</blockquote>
Hudibras.
<hw>I*tin"er*ant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an

itinerant manner.</def>
<hw>I*tin"er*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
itinerarius: cf. F. itinéraire. See
Itinerant.] <def>Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to
place; done on a journey.</def>
<blockquote>It was rather an itinerary circuit of justice

than a progress.</blockquote> Bacon.
<hw>I*tin"er*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Itineraries</plw> (#). [L. itinerarium: cf. F.
itinéraire. See Itinerary, <pos>a.</pos>]
<def>An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as
a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of
Antoninus.</def>
<hw>I*tin"er*ate</hw> (?). <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Itinerated (#); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Itinerating (#).] [LL. itineratus, p. p.
of itinerari, itinerare. See Itinerant.] <def>To
wander without a settled habitation; to travel from place or on a
circuit, particularly for the purpose of preaching, lecturing,
etc.</def>
<hw>-i"tis</hw> (?), [Gr. &?;, orig, fem. adjective suffix.]

<def>A suffix used in medical terms to denote an inflammatory
disease of; as, arthritis; bronchitis,
phrenitis.</def>
<hw>Its</hw> (?). <def>Possessive form of the pronoun it.

See It.</def>
<hw>It*self"</hw> (?), <pos>pron.</pos> <def>The neuter

reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good in
itself; it stands by itself.</def>
<blockquote>Borrowing of foreigners, in itself, makes not

the kingdom rich or poor.</blockquote> Locke.
<hw>It"tri*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.] <def>See

Yttria.</def>
<hw>It"tri*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.] <def>See

Yttrium.</def>
<hw>It"zi*bu</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Jap. ichibu.]

(Numis.) <def>A silver coin of Japan, worth about thirty-four
cents.</def> [Written also itzebu, ichebu,
itcheboo, etc.]
<hw>I*u"li*dan</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Iulus.]

(Zoöl.) <def>One of the Iulidæ, a family of
myriapods, of which the genus Iulus is the type. See
Iulus.</def>
<hw>||I*u"lus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., down, Gr. &?;

down, centipede.] (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of chilognathous
myriapods. The body is long and round, consisting of numerous smooth,
equal segments, each of which bears two pairs of short legs. It
includes the galleyworms. See Chilognatha.</def>
<hw>I*van" I*van"o*vitch</hw> (?). <def>An ideal personification

of the typical Russian or of the Russian people; -- used as "John
Bull" is used for the typical Englishman.</def>
<hw>I've</hw> (?). <def>Colloquial contraction of I

have.</def>
<hw>-ive</hw> (?). [L. -ivus.] <def>An adjective suffix

signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature
of, tending to; as affirmative, active,
conclusive, corrective, diminutive.</def>
<hw>I"vied</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From Ivy.]

<def>Overgrown with ivy.</def>
<hw>I"vo*ride</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A composition

resembling ivory in appearance and used as a substitute for
it.</def>
<hw>I"vo*ry</hw> (&imacr;"v&osl;*r&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Ivories</plw> (#). [OE. ivori, F.
ivoire, fr. L. eboreus made of ivory, fr. ebur,
eboris, ivory, cf. Skr. ibha elephant. Cf.
Eburnean.]
<! p. 794 !>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained

substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of
dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the
tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing
articles of ornament or utility.</def>
&fist; Ivory is the name commercially given not only to the

substance constituting the tusks of the elephant, but also to that of
the tusks of the hippopotamus and walrus, the hornlike tusk of the
narwhal, etc.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The tusks themselves of the elephant,

etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Any carving executed in ivory.</def>

Mollett.
<sn>4.</sn> pl. <def>Teeth; as, to show one's

ivories.</def> [Slang]
<col>Ivory black</col>. <cd>See under Black,

<pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col>Ivory gull</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a white Arctic gull (Larus
eburneus).</cd> -- <col>Ivory nut</col> (Bot.),
<cd>the nut of a species of palm, the Phytephas macroarpa,
often as large as a hen's egg. When young the seed contains a fluid,
which gradually hardness into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous
substance, resembling the finest ivory in texture and color, whence
it is called vegetable ivory. It is wrought into various
articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is found in New
Grenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the Phytephas
microarpa. The nuts are known in commerce as Corosso
nuts.</cd> -- <col>Ivory palm</col> (Bot.), <cd>the
palm tree which produces ivory nuts.</cd> -- <col>Ivory
shell</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any species of
Eburna, a genus of marine gastropod shells, having a smooth
surface, usually white with red or brown spots.</cd> --
<col>Vegetable ivory</col>, <cd>the meat of the ivory nut. See
Ivory nut (above).</cd>
<hw>I"vo*ry-bill`</hw> (&imacr;"v&osl;*r&ybreve;*b&ibreve;l`),
<pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>A large, handsome,
North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a
large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black,
with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a
large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf
States.</def>
<hw>I"vo*ry*type`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Photog.)

<def>A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered
translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger
print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; --
called also hellenotype.</def> Knight.
<hw>I"vy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Ivies</plw> (#). [AS. &imacr;fig; akin to OHG.
ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.) <def>A
plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe.
Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-
pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or
yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike
fibers.</def>
<blockquote>Direct 
The clasping ivy where to climb.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never

sere.</blockquote> Milton.
<col>American ivy</col>. (Bot.) <cd>See Virginia

creeper.</cd> -- <col>English ivy</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a popular name in America for the ivy proper (Hedera
helix).</cd> -- <col>German ivy</col> (Bot.), <cd>a
creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green
leaves; a species of Senecio (S. scandens).</cd> --
<col>Ground ivy</col>. (Bot.) <cd>Gill (Nepeta
Glechoma).</cd> -- <col>Ivy bush</col>. (Bot.)
<cd>See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.</cd> --
<col>Ivy owl</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the barn owl.</cd>
-- <col>Ivy tod</col> (Bot.), <cd>the ivy plant.</cd>
Tennyson. -- <col>Japanese ivy</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a climbing plant (Ampelopsis tricuspidata), closely
related to the Virginia creeper.</cd> -- <col>Poison ivy</col>
(Bot.), <cd>an American woody creeper (Rhus
Toxicodendron), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white
berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most
persons.</cd> -- <col>To pipe in an ivy leaf</col>, <cd>to
console one's self as best one can.</cd> [Obs.] Chaucer. --
<col>West Indian ivy</col>, <cd>a climbing plant of the genus
Marcgravia.</cd>
<hw>I"vy-man`tled</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Covered with

ivy.</def>
<hw>I*wis"</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Indeed; truly.

See Ywis.</def> [Written also iwys, iwisse,
etc.] [Obs.] Ascham.
<hw>Ix"i*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;

birdlime. So called because of the viscid nature of some of the
species.] (Bot.) <def>A South African bulbous plant of the
Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.</def>
<hw>||Ix*o"des</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;

like birdlime; &?; birdlime + &?; form.] (Zoöl.) <def>A
genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks.
See Tick, the insect.</def>
<hw>Ix*o"di*an</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A tick of the genus Ixodes, or the family
Ixodidæ.</def>
{ <hw>Ix"tle</hw>, <hw>Ix"tli</hw> } (&ibreve;x"tl&esl;),

<pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A Mexican name for a variety
of Agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also,
the fiber itself, which is called also pita, and Tampico
fiber.</def> [Written also istle.]
<hw>Iz"ard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A variety of the chamois found in the Pyrenees.</def>
<hw>-ize</hw> (?). [F. -iser, L. -izare, Gr. &?;.]

<def>A verb suffix signifying to make, to do, to
practice; as, apologize, baptize, theorize,
tyrannize.</def>
&fist; In the case of certain words the spelling with -ise

(after analogy with F. -iser) is the usual form; as,
catechise, criticise. With regard to most words,
however, which have this suffix there is a diversity of usage, some
authorities spelling -ise, others (as in this book) -
ize.
<hw>Iz"e*di</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of an Oriental

religious sect which worships Satan or the Devil.</def>
<blockquote>The Izedis or Yezdis, the so-called Devil

worshipers, still remain a numerous though oppressed people in
Mesopotamia and adjacent countries.</blockquote> Tylor.
<hw>Iz"e*dism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The religion of

the Izedis.</def>
<hw>Iz"zard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Izard.</def>
<hw>Iz"zard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Formerly ezed,

prob. fr. F. et zÉde and z.] <def>The letter z;
-- formerly so called.</def>
<point26>J.</point26>
<hw>J</hw> (j&amacr;). <def>J is the tenth letter of the English

alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman letter I, used to
express a consonantal sound, that is, originally, the sound of
English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a
recent time, been classed together, and they have been used
interchangeably.</def>
In medical prescriptions j is still used in place of

i at the end of a number, as a Roman numeral; as, vj,
xij.
J is etymologically most closely related to i, y,

g; as in jot, iota; jest, gesture;
join, jugular, yoke. See I.
J is a compound vocal consonant, nearly equivalent in sound to

dzh. It is exactly the same as g in gem. See
Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 179, 211, 239.
<hw>Jaal" goat`</hw> (?). (Zoöl.) <def>A species of

wild goat (Capra Nubiana) found in the mountains of Abyssinia,
Upper Egypt, and Arabia; -- called also beden, and
jaela.</def>
<hw>Jab</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. Job.]

<def>To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, <pos>v.
t.</pos></def> [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
<hw>Jab</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A thrust or stab.</def>

[Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
<hw>Jab"ber</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jabbered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jabbering.] [Cf. Gibber, Gabble.] <def>To talk
rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or
nonsense; to chatter.</def> Swift.
<hw>Jab"ber</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To utter rapidly or

indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber French.</def>
Addison.
<hw>Jab"ber</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Rapid or incoherent

talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.</def> Swift.
<hw>Jab"ber*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

jabbers.</def>
<hw>Jab"ber*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

jabbering manner.</def>
<hw>Jab"ber*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Jabber.</def>
[R.] Milton.
<hw>Jab"ber*nowl`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Jobbernowl.</def>
<hw>Jab"i*ru</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Braz.

jabirú, jaburú.] (Zoöl.)
<def>One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria
and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and
habits.</def>
&fist; The American jabiru (Mycteria Americana) is white,

with the head and neck black and nearly bare of feathers. The East
Indian and Australian (Xenorhynchus Australis) has the neck,
head, and back covered with glossy, dark green feathers, changing on
the head to purple. The African jabiru (Mycteria, or
Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head, wing coverts,
and tail, black, and is called also saddle-billed stork.
<hw>Jabò*ran"di</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub
(Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as
an diaphoretic and sialogogue.</def>
<hw>Jab"o*rine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Jaborandi.] (Chem.) <def>An alkaloid found in jaborandi
leaves, from which it is extracted as a white amorphous substance. In
its action it resembles atropine.</def>
<hw>||Jab"ot</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men

on the bosom of the shirt.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped

ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress.</def>
<hw>Jac"a*mar`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jacamar,

Braz. jacamarica; cf. Sp. jacamar.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the
genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the
kingfishers, but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon
insects. Their colors are often brilliant.</def>
<hw>Jac"a*na`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Sp.

jacania.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any of several wading birds
belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all
of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over
floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes.
Called also surgeon bird.</def>
&fist; The most common South American species is Jacana

spinosa. The East Indian or pheasant jacana (Hydrophasianus
chirurgus) is remarkable for having four very long, curved,
middle tail feathers.
<hw>Jacà*ran"da</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Braz.; cf. Sp. &

Pg. jacaranda.] (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The
native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the
beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and
violet wood.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A genus of
bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy trumpet-shaped
flowers.</def>
<hw>Jac"a*re`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pg.

jacaré; of Brazilian origin.] (Zoöl.)
<def>A cayman. See Yacare.</def>
<hw>Jac"chus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. L.

Jacchus a mystic name of Bacchus, Gr. &?;.]
(Zoöl.) <def>The common marmoset (Hapale
vulgaris). Formerly, the name was also applied to other species
of the same genus.</def>
<hw>Jac"co*net</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jaconet.</def>
<hw>Ja"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. jacens, p.

pr. of jacere to lie: cf. F. jacent.] <def>Lying at
length; as, the jacent posture.</def> [R.] Sir H.
Wotton.
<hw>Ja"cinth</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jacinthe,

L. hyacinthus. See Hyacinth.] <def>See
Hyacinth.</def> Tennyson.
<hw>Jack</hw> (j&abreve;k), <pos>n.</pos> [Pg. jaca,

Malayalam, tsjaka.] (Bot.) <def>A large tree, the
Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely
allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves
entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty
pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds,
which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine
grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also
used for dyeing a brilliant yellow.</def> [Written also
jak.]
<hw>Jack</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. Jacques James,

L. Jacobus, Gr. &?;, Heb. Ya 'aq&omacr;b Jacob; prop.,
seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. Jacobite,
Jockey.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A familiar nickname of, or substitute for,

John.</def>
<blockquote>You are John Rugby, and you are Jack

Rugby.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An impertinent or silly fellow; a

simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic.</def>
"Jack fool." Chaucer.
<blockquote>Since every Jack became a gentleman, 

There 's many a gentle person made a Jack.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A popular colloquial name for a sailor; --
called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary

machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient
service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was
commonly called Jack</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A
device to pull off boots.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A sawhorse
or sawbuck.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A machine or contrivance
for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen
jack.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (Mining) <def>A wooden
wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.</def>
<sd>(e)</sd> (Knitting Machine) <def>A lever for
depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the
needles.</def> <sd>(f)</sd> (Warping Machine) <def>A
grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.</def>
<sd>(g)</sd> (Spinning) <def>A machine for twisting the
sliver as it leaves the carding machine.</def> <sd>(h)</sd>
<def>A compact, portable machine for planing metal.</def>
<sd>(i)</sd> <def>A machine for slicking or pebbling
leather.</def> <sd>(k)</sd> <def>A system of gearing driven by
a horse power, for multiplying speed.</def> <sd>(l)</sd>
<def>A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to
prevent a back draught.</def> <sd>(m)</sd> <def>In the
harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the
key to the quill; -- called also hopper.</def>
<sd>(n)</sd> <def>In hunting, the pan or frame holding the
fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light
itself.</def> C. Hallock.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A portable machine variously constructed,

for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body
through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and
pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical
powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a
lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a
jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>The small bowl used as a mark in the game

of bowls.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the

jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon
it.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>The male of certain animals, as of the

ass.</def>

young pike; a pickerel.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The
jurel.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A large, California rock fish
(Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and
mérou.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The wall-eyed
pike.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> <def>A drinking measure holding half a pint;

also, one holding a quarter of a pint.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
<sn>10.</sn> (Naut.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on
a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack.
The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each
State.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A bar of iron athwart ships at
a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to
the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree.</def> R.
H. Dana, Jr.
<! p. 795 !>
<sn>11.</sn> <def>The knave of a suit of playing

cards.</def>
&fist; Jack is used adjectively in various senses. It

sometimes designates something cut short or diminished in
size; as, a jack timber; a jack rafter; a
jack arch, etc.
<col>Jack arch</col>, <cd>an arch of the thickness of one

brick.</cd> -- <col>Jack back</col> (Brewing & Malt Vinegar
Manuf.), <cd>a cistern which receives the wort. See under 1st
Back.</cd> -- <col>Jack block</col> (Naut.),
<cd>a block fixed in the topgallant or royal rigging, used for
raising and lowering light masts and spars.</cd> -- <col>Jack
boots</col>, <cd>boots reaching above the knee; -- worn in the 17
century by soldiers; afterwards by fishermen, etc.</cd> --
<col>Jack crosstree</col>. (Naut.) <cd>See 10,
b, above.</cd> -- <col>Jack curlew</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>the whimbrel.</cd> -- <col>Jack
frame</col>. (Cotton Spinning) <cd>See 4
<sd>(g)</sd>, above.</cd> -- <col>Jack Frost</col>,
<cd>frost personified as a mischievous person.</cd> -- <col>Jack
hare</col>, <cd>a male hare.</cd> Cowper. -- <col>Jack
lamp</col>, <cd>a lamp for still hunting and camp use. See def. 4
<sd>(n.)</sd>, above.</cd> -- <col>Jack plane</col>,
<cd>a joiner's plane used for coarse work.</cd> -- <col>Jack
post</col>, <cd>one of the posts which support the crank shaft of
a deep-well-boring apparatus.</cd> -- <col>Jack pot</col>
(Poker Playing), <cd>the name given to the stakes,
contributions to which are made by each player successively, till
such a hand is turned as shall take the "pot," which is the sum total
of all the bets.</cd> -- <col>Jack rabbit</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any one of several species of large American
hares, having very large ears and long legs. The California species
(Lepus Californicus), and that of Texas and New Mexico (L.
callotis), have the tail black above, and the ears black at the
tip. They do not become white in winter. The more northern prairie
hare (L. campestris) has the upper side of the tail white, and
in winter its fur becomes nearly white.</cd> -- <col>Jack
rafter</col> (Arch.), <cd>in England, one of the shorter
rafters used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters resting on
purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the pieces simulating
extended rafters, used under the eaves in some styles of
building.</cd> -- <col>Jack salmon</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.</cd> -- <col>Jack
sauce</col>, <cd>an impudent fellow.</cd> [Colloq. & Obs.] --
<col>Jack shaft</col> (Mach.), <cd>the first
intermediate shaft, in a factory or mill, which receives power,
through belts or gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by
the same means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.</cd>
-- <col>Jack sinker</col> (Knitting Mach.), <cd>a thin
iron plate operated by the jack to depress the loop of thread between
two needles.</cd> -- <col>Jack snipe</col>.
(Zoöl.) <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Jack
staff</col> (Naut.), <cd>a staff fixed on the bowsprit
cap, upon which the jack is hoisted.</cd> -- <col>Jack
timber</col> (Arch.), <cd>any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the others.</cd>
-- <col>Jack towel</col>, <cd>a towel hung on a roller for
common use.</cd> -- <col>Jack truss</col> (Arch.),
<cd>in a hip roof, a minor truss used where the roof has not its full
section.</cd> -- <col>Jack tree</col>. (Bot.) <cd>See
1st Jack, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col>Jack
yard</col> (Naut.), <cd>a short spar to extend a topsail
beyond the gaff.</cd>
<col>Blue jack</col>, <cd>blue vitriol; sulphate of

copper.</cd> -- <col>Hydraulic jack</col>, <cd>a jack used for
lifting, pulling, or forcing, consisting of a compact portable
hydrostatic press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
of liquid, as oil.</cd> -- <col>Jack-at-a-pinch</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>One called upon to take the place of another
in an emergency</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An itinerant parson who
conducts an occasional service for a fee.</cd> -- <col>Jack-at-
all-trades</col>, <cd>one who can turn his hand to any kind of
work.</cd> -- <col>Jack-by-the-hedge</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a plant of the genus Erysimum (E. alliaria, or
Alliaria officinalis), which grows under hedges. It bears a
white flower and has a taste not unlike garlic. Called also, in
England, sauce-alone.</cd> Eng. Cyc. -- <col>Jack-
in-a-box</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> (Bot.) <cd>A tropical
tree (Hernandia sonora), which bears a drupe that rattles when
dry in the inflated calyx</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A child's
toy, consisting of a box, out of which, when the lid is raised, a
figure springs</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> (Mech.) <cd>An
epicyclic train of bevel gears for transmitting rotary motion to two
parts in such a manner that their relative rotation may be variable;
applied to driving the wheels of tricycles, road locomotives, and to
cotton machinery, etc.; an equation box; a jack frame; -- called also
compensating gearing</cd>. <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>A large
wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the crosspiece of a rude
press.</cd> -- <col>Jack-in-office</col>, <cd>an insolent
fellow in authority.</cd> Wolcott. -- <col>Jack-in-the-
bush</col> (Bot.), <cd>a tropical shrub with red fruit
(Cordia Cylindrostachya).</cd> -- <col>Jack-in-the-
green</col>, <cd>a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework of
boughs, carried in Mayday processions.</cd> -- <col>Jack-in-the-
pulpit</col> (Bot.), <cd>the American plant
Arisæma triphyllum, or Indian turnip, in which the
upright spadix is inclosed.</cd> -- <col>Jack-of-the-
buttery</col> (Bot.), <cd>the stonecrop (Sedum
acre).</cd> -- <col>Jack-of-the-clock</col>, <cd>a figure,
usually of a man, on old clocks, which struck the time on the
bell.</cd> -- <col>Jack-on-both-sides</col>, <cd>one who is or
tries to be neutral.</cd> -- <col>Jack-out-of-office</col>,
<cd>one who has been in office and is turned out.</cd> Shak. -
- <col>Jack the Giant Killer</col>, <cd>the hero of a well-
known nursery story.</cd> -- <col>Jack-with-a-lantern</col>,
<col>Jack-o'-lantern</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An ignis
fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp</cd>. "[Newspaper speculations] supplying
so many more jack-o'-lanterns to the future historian."
Lowell. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A lantern made of a pumpkin so
prepared as to show in illumination the features of a human face,
etc.</cd> -- <col>Yellow Jack</col> (Naut.), <cd>the
yellow fever; also, the quarantine flag. See Yellow flag,
under Flag.</cd>
<hw>Jack</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jaque,

jacque, perh. from the proper name Jacques. Cf.
Jacquerie.] <def>A coarse and cheap mediæval coat of
defense, esp. one made of leather.</def>
<blockquote>Their horsemen are with jacks for most part

clad.</blockquote> Sir J. Harrington.
<hw>Jack</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Named from its

resemblance to a jack boot.] <def>A pitcher or can of waxed
leather; -- called also black jack.</def> [Obs.]
Dryden.
<hw>Jack</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To hunt game at night

by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, <pos>n.</pos>, 4,
<hw>Jack</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To move or lift, as a

house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack,
<pos>n.</pos>, 5.</def>

<hw>Jack`-a-dan"dy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little

dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.</def>
<hw>Jack"al`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pers.

shagh&amacr;l: cf. OF. jackal, F. chacal; cf.
Skr. çr.g&amacr;la.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several

species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to
the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They
feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal
howling.</def>
&fist; The common species of Southern Asia (Canis aureus)

is yellowish gray, varied with brown on the shoulders, haunches, and
legs. The common African species (C. anthus) is darker in
color.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who does mean work for another's

advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions
appropriated.</def> [Colloq.] Ld. Lytton.
<hw>Jack"-a-lent</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small
stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple
fellow.</def>
<hw>Jack"a*napes</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [For Jack

o' (= of) apes; prop., a man who exhibits apes.]
[Written also jackanape.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A monkey; an ape.</def> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited

fellow.</def>
<blockquote>A young upstart jackanapes.</blockquote>

<hw>Jack"ass`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [2d jack +

ass.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The male ass; a donkey.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A conceited dolt; a perverse

blockhead.</def>
<col>Jackass bark</col> (Naut.), <cd>a three-masted

vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.</cd> --
<col>Jackass deer</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the
koba.</cd> -- <col>Jackass hare</col>, <col>Jackass
rabbit</col> (Zoöl.). <cd>See Jack rabbit,
under 2d Jack, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col>Jackass
penguin</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any species of penguin of
the genus Spheniscus, of which several are known. One species
(S. demersus) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope;
another (S. Magellanicus) is found at the Falkland Islands.
They make a noise like the braying of an ass; -- hence the name.</cd>
-- <col>Laughing jackass</col>. (Zoöl.) <cd>See
under Laughing.</cd>
<hw>Jack"daw`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. 2d jack

+ daw, <pos>n.</pos>] (Zoöl.) <def>See
Daw, <pos>n.</pos></def>
<hw>Jack*een"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A drunken,

dissolute fellow.</def> [Ireland] S. C. Hall.
<hw>Jack"et</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jaquette,

dim. of jaque. See 3d Jack, <pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A short upper garment, extending downward

to the hips; a short coat without skirts.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An outer covering for anything, esp. a

covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to
prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe,
etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mil.) <def>In ordnance, a strengthening

band surrounding and reënforcing the tube in which the charge is
fired.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A garment resembling a waistcoat lined

with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork
jacket.</def>
<col>Blue jacket</col>. (Naut.) <cd>See under

Blue.</cd> -- <col>Steam jacket</col>, <cd>a space
filled with steam between an inner and an outer cylinder, or between
a casing and a receptacle, as a kettle.</cd> -- <col>To dust one's
jacket</col>, <cd>to give one a beating.</cd> [Colloq.]
<hw>Jack"et</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a
jacket.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To thrash; to beat.</def> [Low]
<hw>Jack"et*ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wearing, or

furnished with, a jacket.</def>
<hw>Jack"et*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The material of a

jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing.</def>
<hw>Jack" Ketch"</hw> (?). [Perh. fr. Jack, the proper name

+ Prov. E. ketch a hangman, fr. ketch, for
catch to seize; but see the citations below.] <def>A public
executioner, or hangman.</def> [Eng.]
<blockquote>The manor of Tyburn was formerly held by Richard

Jaquett, where felons for a long time were executed; from
whence we have Jack Ketch.</blockquote> Lloyd's MS.,
British Museum.
<blockquote>[Monmouth] then accosted John Ketch, the

executioner, a wretch who had butchered many brave and noble victims,
and whose name has, during a century and a half, been vulgarly given
to all who have succeeded him in his odious office.</blockquote>
<hw>Jack"knife`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A large,

strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.</def>
<hw>Jack"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jackmen</plw> (&?;).
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a

retainer. See 3d Jack, <pos>n.</pos></def>
<blockquote>Christie . . . the laird's chief

jackman.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A cream cheese.</def> [Obs.] Sir T.

Elyot.
<hw>Jack"-o'-lan`tern</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.</def>
<hw>Jack"pud`ding</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A merry-
andrew; a buffoon.</def> Milton.
<hw>Jack"saw`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The merganser.</def>
<hw>Jack"screw`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A jack in

which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See
Illust. of 2d Jack, <pos>n.</pos>, 5.</def>
<hw>Jack"slave`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A low servant;

a mean fellow.</def> Shak.
<hw>Jack"smith`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A smith who

makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c.</def> Dryden.
<hw>Jack"snipe`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small European snipe (Limnocryptes
gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock,
juddock, jed, and half snipe.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small American sandpiper (Tringa
maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass
snipe.</def>
<hw>Jack"stay`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to
which the sails are fastened.</def>
<hw>Jack"stone`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of
jackstones.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (pl.) <def>A game played
with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th
Chuck.</def> 
<hw>Jack"straw`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without
property or influence.</def> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One of a set of straws of strips of ivory,

bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being
thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a
hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the
pile. See Spilikin.</def>
<hw>Jack"wood`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Wood of the

jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork.</def>
<hw>Ja"cob</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. Jacob.

See 2d Jack.] <def>A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and
ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to
heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called
Israel.</def>
<blockquote>And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed

over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands.</blockquote> Gen.
xxxii. 9, 10.
<blockquote>Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but
Israel.</blockquote> Gen. xxxii. 28.
<col>Jacob's ladder</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>

(Bot.) <cd>A perennial herb of the genus Polemonium
(P. c&oelig;ruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually
blue. Gray.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> (Naut.) <cd>A rope
ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft</cd>. R. H. Dana,
Jr. <sd>(c)</sd> (Naut.) <cd>A succession of short
cracks in a defective spar.</cd> -- <col>Jacob's
membrane</col>. <cd>See Retina.</cd> -- <col>Jacob's
staff</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A name given to many forms
of staff or weapon, especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's
staff</cd>. [Obs.] Spenser. <sd>(b)</sd>
(Surveying) <cd>See under Staff.</cd>
<hw>Jacò*bæ"an lil"y</hw> (?). [See Jacobean.]

(Bot.) <def>A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, or Sprekelia,
formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red,
lilylike flower.</def> [Written also Jacobean.]
{ <hw>Ja*co"be*an</hw> (?; 277), <hw>Ja*co"bi*an</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [From L. Jacobus James. See 2d
Jack.] <def>Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and
decoration in the time of James the First, of England.</def> "A
Jacobean table." C. L. Eastlake.
<hw>Jac"o*bin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. See 2d

Jack, Jacobite.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Eccl. Hist.) <def>A Dominican friar; --

so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a
convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One of a society of violent agitators in

France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in
the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted
measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence:
A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent
demagogue.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A fancy pigeon, in

which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The
wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short.</def>
<hw>Jac"o*bin</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as

Jacobinic.</def>
<hw>Jac"o*bine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

Jacobin.</def>
{ <hw>Jacò*bin"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Jacò*bin"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France;
revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by,
Jacobinism.</def> Burke. -- <wf>Jacò*bin"ic*al*ly</wf>,
<hw>Jac"o*bin*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

Jacobinisme.] <def>The principles of the Jacobins; violent
and factious opposition to legitimate government.</def>
<blockquote>Under this new stimulus, Burn's previous Jacobitism

passed towards the opposite, but not very distant, extreme of
Jacobinism.</blockquote> J. C. Shairp.
<hw>Jac"o*bin*ize`</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Jacobinized (?); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Jacobinizing (?).] [Cf. F.
Jacobiniser.] <def>To taint with, or convert to,
Jacobinism.</def>
<blockquote>France was not then jacobinized.</blockquote>

Burke.
<hw>Jac"o*bite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. Jacobus

James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d Jack.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Eng. Hist.) <def>A partisan or

adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his
descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William
and Mary.</def> Macaulay.
<sn>2.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>One of the sect of Syrian

Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradæus,
its leader in the sixth century.</def>
<hw>Jac"o*bite</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to

the Jacobites.</def>
{ <hw>Jacò*bit"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Jacò*bit"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Jacobites;
characterized by Jacobitism.</def> -- <wf>Jacò*bit"ic*al*ly</wf>,
<hw>Jac"o*bit*ism`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

principles of the Jacobites.</def> Mason.
<hw>Ja*co"bus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jacobuses</plw> (#). [See Jacobite.] <def>An
English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling,
struck in the reign of James I.</def>
<hw>Jac"o*net</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jaconas.]

<def>A thin cotton fabric, between cambric and muslin, used for
dresses, neckcloths, etc.</def> [Written also jacconet.]
<hw>Jac*quard"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to,

or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in
1834.</def>
<col>Jacquard apparatus</col> or
<col>arrangement</col>, <cd>a device applied to looms for
weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism controlled by a chain
of variously perforated cards, which cause the warp threads to be
lifted in the proper succession for producing the required
figure.</cd> -- <col>Jacquard card</col>, <cd>one of the
perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus.</cd> -- <col>Jacquard
loom</col>, <cd>a loom with Jacquard apparatus.</cd>
<hw>||Jacque"mi*not</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A half-

hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after
General Jacqueminot, of France.</def>
<hw>||Jacque`rie"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>The

name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358,
the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme,
given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of
peasants.</def>
<hw>Jac"tan*cy</hw> (j&abreve;k"tan*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. jactantia, fr. jactans, p. pr.
of jactare to throw, boast, freq. fr. jacere to throw;
cf. F. jactance.] <def>A boasting; a bragging.</def>
[Obs.]
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<hw>Jac*ta"tion</hw> (j&abreve;k*t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. jactatio, fr. jactare: af. F.
jactation. See Jactancy.] <def>A throwing or tossing of
the body; a shaking or agitation.</def> Sir. W. Temple.
<hw>Jac"ti*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See
Jactancy.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Law) <def>Vain boasting or assertions

repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.</def>
Mozley & W.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>A frequent tossing or

moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium.</def>
Dunglison.
<col>Jactitation of marriage</col> (Eng. Eccl. Law),

<cd>a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to
another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may
ensue.</cd> Blackstone.
<hw>Jac"u*la*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fit for

throwing.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Jac"u*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Jaculated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Jaculating.] [L. jaculatus, p. p. of
jaculari. See Ejaculate.] <def>To throw or cast, as a
dart; to throw out; to emit.</def>
<hw>Jacù*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

jaculatio.] <def>The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as
spears.</def>
<blockquote>Hurled to and fro with jaculation

dire.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Jac"u*la`tor</hw> (?), [L.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who
throws or casts.</def> [R.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The archer fish

(Toxotes jaculator).</def>
<hw>Jac"u*la*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

jaculatorius: cf. F. jaculatoire.] <def>Darting or
throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short
sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers.</def>
Smart.
<hw>Jad"ding</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mining)

<def>See Holing.</def>
<hw>Jade</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. Sp. jade,

fr. piedra de ijada stone of the side, fr. ijada flank,
side, pain in the side, the stone being so named because it was
supposed to cure this pain. Sp. ijada is derived fr. L.
ilia flanks. Cf. Iliac.] (Min.) <def>A stone,
commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is
very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for
ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and
among many early peoples.</def>
&fist; The general term jade includes nephrite, a compact

variety of tremolite with a specific gravity of 3, and also the
mineral jadeite, a silicate of alumina and soda, with a specific
gravity of 3.3. The latter is the more highly prized and includes the
feitsui of the Chinese. The name has also been given to other tough
green minerals capable of similar use.
<hw>Jade</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. jade; cf. Prov. E.

yaud, Scot. yade, yad, yaud, Icel.
jalda a mare.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A mean or tired horse; a worthless

nag.</def> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Tired as a jade in overloaden

cart.</blockquote> Sir P. Sidney.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench;

a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>She shines the first of battered

jades.</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A young woman; -- generally so called in

irony or slight contempt.</def>
<blockquote>A souple jade she was, and strang.</blockquote>

Burns.
<hw>Jade</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jaded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jading.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To treat like a jade; to spurn.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To make ridiculous and

contemptible.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I do now fool myself, to let imagination jade

me.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To exhaust by overdriving or long-

continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious
tasks; to harass.</def>
<blockquote>The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its

power, . . . checks at any vigorous undertaking ever
after.</blockquote> Locke.
Syn. -- To fatigue; tire; weary; harass. -- To

Jade, Fatigue, Tire, Weary.
Fatigue is the generic term; tire denotes fatigue which
wastes the strength; weary implies that a person is worn out
by exertion; jade refers to the weariness created by a long
and steady repetition of the same act or effort. A little exertion
will tire a child or a weak person; a severe or protracted
task wearies equally the body and the mind; the most powerful
horse becomes jaded on a long journey by a continual straining
of the same muscles. Wearied with labor of body or mind;
tired of work, tired out by importunities; jaded
by incessant attention to business.
<hw>Jade</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become weary; to

lose spirit.</def>
<blockquote>They . . . fail, and jade, and tire in the

prosecution.</blockquote> South.
<hw>Jade"ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.) <def>See

Jade, the stone.</def>
<hw>Jad"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The tricks of a

jade.</def>
<hw>Jad"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a
horse.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unchaste; -- applied to a woman.</def>

<hw>||Jae"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jager.</def>
<hw>Jag</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. of Celtic origin;

cf. W. gag aperture, cleft, chink; akin to Ir. & Gael.
gag.] [Written also jagg.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or

sharp protuberance; a denticulation.</def>
<blockquote>Arethuss arose . . . 

From rock and from jag.</blockquote> Shelley.
<blockquote>Garments thus beset with long

jags.</blockquote> Holland.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A part broken off; a fragment.</def>

Bp. Hacket.
<sn>3.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A cleft or

division.</def>
<col>Jag bolt</col>, <cd>a bolt with a nicked or barbed

shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.</cd>
<hw>Jag</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jagged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jagging (?).] <def>To cut into notches or teeth like those of
a saw; to notch.</def> [Written also jagg.]
<col>Jagging iron</col>, <cd>a wheel with a zigzag or

jagged edge for cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental
figures.</cd>
<hw>Jag</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Scot. jag, jaug,

a leather bag or wallet, a pocket. Cf. Jag a notch.] <def>A
small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.</def> [Prov.
Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby.
<hw>Jag</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To carry, as a load;

as, to jag hay, etc.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
{ <hw>||Jagà*nat"ha</hw> (?), <hw>||Jagà*nat"ha</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>See Juggernaut.</def>
<hw>Ja"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G. jäger a

hunter, a sportsman. Cf. Yager.] [Written also
jaeger.] <sn>1.</sn> (Mil.) <def>A
sharpshooter. See Yager.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any species of gull

of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic
coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to
disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually
decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and
marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or
Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).</def>
<hw>Jagg</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & n.</pos> <def>See

Jag.</def>
<hw>Jag"ged</hw> (j&abreve;g"g&ebreve;d), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or
teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks.</def> "
Jagged vine leaves' shade." Trench. --
<wf>Jag"ged*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Jag"ged*ness</wf>,
<hw>Jag"ger</hw> (j&abreve;g"g&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See 2d
Jag.</def> [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Jag"ger</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From 4th Jag.]

<def>One who, or that which, jags; specifically: <sd>(a)</sd>
jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc. <sd>(b)</sd>
A toothed chisel. See Jag, <pos>v. t.</pos></def>
<col>Jagger spring</col>, <cd>a spring beneath a seat, and

resting on cleats or blocks in the body of a vehicle.</cd>
Knight.
<hw>Jag"ger*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Hind

j&amacr;gr&imacr;. Cf. Sugar.] <def>Raw palm sugar,
made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several
kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra
(Borassus flabelliformis).</def> [Written also
jagghery.]
<hw>Jag"gy</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having jags; set

with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth.</def>
Addison.
<hw>||Ja"ghir</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Per.

j&amacr;g&imacr;r.] <def>A village or district the government
and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in
consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of
troops.</def> [Written also jaghire, jagir, etc.]
[India] Whitworth.
<hw>||Ja"ghir*dar`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Per.

j&amacr;g&imacr;r-d&amacr;r.] <def>The holder of a
jaghir.</def>
<hw>Ja"gua palm`</hw> (?). [Sp. jagua the fruit of the

jagua palm.] (Bot.) <def>A great Brazilian palm
(Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for
baskets and tubs.</def>
<hw>Ja*guar"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Braz.

yagoára: cf. & Pg. jaguar.] (Zoöl.)
<def>A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging
from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow,
with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing
one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called
also the American tiger.</def>
<hw>||Ja`gua*ron"di</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A South American wild cat (Felis
jaguarondi), having a long, slim body and very short legs. Its
color is grayish brown, varied with a blackish hue. It is arboreal in
its habits and feeds mostly on birds.</def>
<hw>Jah</hw> (jä), <pos>n.</pos> [Heb.

y&amacr;h.] <def>Jehovah.</def> Ps. lxviii. 4.
<hw>Jail</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. jaile,
gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,
jaiole, F. geôle, LL. gabiola, dim. of
gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See
Cage.] <def>A kind of prison; a building for the confinement
of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or
with reference to some future judicial proceeding.</def> [Written
also gaol.]
<blockquote>This jail I count the house of

liberty.</blockquote> Milton.
<col>Jail bird</col>, <cd>a prisoner; one who has been

confined in prison.</cd> [Slang] -- <col>Jail delivery</col>,
<cd>the release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by
violence.</cd> -- <col>Jail delivery commission</col>. <cd>See
under Gaol.</cd> -- <col>Jail fever</col>
(Med.), <cd>typhus fever, or a disease resembling it,
generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- called
also hospital fever, and ship fever.</cd> --
<col>Jail liberties</col>, or <col>Jail limits</col>,
<cd>a space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned
debtor was, on certain conditions, allowed to go at large.</cd>
Abbott. -- <col>Jail lock</col>, <cd>a peculiar form of
padlock; -- called also Scandinavian lock.</cd>
<hw>Jail</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To imprison.</def>

[R.] T. Adams (1614).
<blockquote>[Bolts] that jail you from free

life.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Jail"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. jailer,

gailer, OF. geolier, F. geôlier. See
Jail.] <def>The keeper of a jail or prison.</def> [Written
also jailor, gaoler.]
{ <hw>Jain</hw> (?), <hw>Jai"na</hw>, } <pos>n.</pos> [Skr.

Jaina, fr. Jina, a proper name, fr. jina
victorious.] <def>One of a numerous sect in British India, holding
the tenets of Jainism.</def>
<hw>Jain"ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The heterodox

Hindoo religion, of which the most striking features are the
exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins, above the
ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine origin and
infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and
Buddhism, having some things in common with each.</def>
<hw>||Jai*rou"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Zoöl.) <def>The ahu or Asiatic gazelle.</def>
<hw>Jak</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>see 1st

Jack.</def>
<hw>Jakes</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. fr. F.

Jacques, the proper name. See 2d Jack.] <def>A
privy.</def> Shak.
<hw>Ja"kie</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa),
remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence
called also paradoxical frog.</def>
<hw>Jak"o</hw> (j&abreve;k"&osl;), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>An African parrot (Psittacus
erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also
gray parrot.</def>
<hw>Jak"wood`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jackwood.</def>
<hw>Jal"ap</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. Sp.

jalapa; -- so called from Jalapa, a town in Mexico,
whence it was first obtained.] (Med.) <def>The tubers of the
Mexican plant Ipom&oelig;a purga (or Exogonium purga),
a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and
powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines.
Other species of Ipom&oelig;a yield several inferior kinds of jalap,
as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa.</def>
<col>False jalap</col>, <cd>the root of Mirabilis

Jalapa, four-o'clock, or marvel of Peru.</cd>
<hw>Ja*lap"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to jalap.</def>
<hw>Jal"a*pin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A

glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a
strong purgative.</def>
<hw>||Ja`lons"</hw>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> [F. Of unknown

origin.] (Mil.) <def>Long poles, topped with wisps of straw,
used as landmarks and signals.</def> Farrow.
<hw>||Ja`lou`sie"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. See

Jealousy.] <def>A Venetian or slatted inside window
blind.</def>
<hw>Ja`lou`sied"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished

with jalousies; as, jalousied porches.</def>
<hw>Jam</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Per. or Hind.

j&amacr;mah garment, robe.] <def>A kind of frock for
children.</def>
<hw>Jam</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Mining) <def>See

Jamb.</def>
<hw>Jam</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jammed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jamming.] [Either fr. jamb, as if squeezed between
jambs, or more likely from the same source as champ See
Champ.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To press into a close or tight position;
to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.</def>
<blockquote>The . . . jammed in between two

rocks.</blockquote> De Foe.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To crush or bruise; as, to jam a

finger in the crack of a door.</def> [Colloq.]
<sn>3.</sn> (Naut.) <def>To bring (a vessel) so

close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.</def>
W. C. Russell.
<hw>Jam</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A mass

of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a
crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in
a river.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An injury caused by jamming.</def>

[Colloq.]
<hw>Jam</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. fr. jam, v.; but

cf. also Ar. jamad ice, jelly, j&amacr;mid congealed,
jamd congelation, ice.] <def>A preserve of fruit boiled with
sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape
jam.</def>
<col>Jam nut</col>. <cd>See Check nut, under

Check.</cd> -- <col>Jam weld</col> (Forging),
<cd>a butt weld. See under Butt.</cd>
<hw>||Jamà*ci"na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.]

<def>Jamaicine.</def>
<hw>||Jam"a*dar</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Jemidar.</def>
<hw>Ja*mai"ca</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the West

India islands.</def>
<col>Jamaica ginger</col>, <cd>a variety of ginger, called

also white ginger, prepared in Jamaica from the best roots,
which are deprived of their epidermis and dried separately.</cd> --
<col>Jamaica pepper</col>, <cd>allspice.</cd> --
<col>Jamaica rose</col> (Bot.), <cd>a West Indian
melastomaceous shrub (Blakea trinervis), with showy pink
flowers.</cd>
<hw>Ja*mai"can</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Jamaica.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native
or inhabitant of Jamaica.</def>
<hw>Ja*ma"i*cine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Jamaica.] (Chem.) <def>An alkaloid said to be contained
in the bark of Geoffroya inermis, a leguminous tree growing in
Jamaica and Surinam; -- called also jamacina.</def>
Watts.
<hw>Jamb</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prov. E. jaumb,
jaum, F. jambe a leg, jambe de force a principal
rafter. See Gambol.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Arch) <def>The vertical side of any

opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow
vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as
distinguished from its face.</def> Gwilt.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mining) <def>Any thick mass of rock

which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.</def>
<hw>Jamb</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See Jam,

<hw>Jam*bee"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Jamb,

<pos>n.</pos>: cf. OF. jamboier to walk.] <def>A
fashionable cane.</def> [Obs.] Tatler.
{ <hw>Jambes</hw> (?), <hw>Jam"beux</hw> (?), } <pos>n.

pl.</pos> [From F. jambe a leg: cf. OF. jambiere.
See Jamb, <pos>n.</pos>] (Ancient Armor) <def>In
the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees.</def> [Written
also giambeux.] Chaucer.
<hw>||Jam`bo*la"na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Pg.

jambolão a kind of tropical fruit.] (Bot.)
<def>A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America
(Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for
dyeing. It bears an edible fruit.</def>
<hw>||Jam"da*ni</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A silk fabric,

with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers.</def> [Written also
jamdanee.] Balfour (Cyc. of India).
<hw>Ja"me*son*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Prof.

Jameson, of Edinburgh.] (Min.) <def>A steel-gray
mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a
sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron.</def>
<hw>James"'s pow`der</hw> (?). (Med.) <def>Antimonial

powder, first prepared by Dr. James, an English physician; --
called also fever powder.</def>
<hw>James"town` weed`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>The poisonous

thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed
early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See
Datura.</def>
&fist; This name is often corrupted into jimson,

jimpson, and gympsum.
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<hw>Jan</hw> (j&abreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [Ar.] (Moham.

Myth.) <def>One of an intermediate order between angels and
men.</def>
<hw>Jane</hw> (j&amacr;n), <pos>n.</pos> [LL. Janua
Genoa; L. Genua, also OE. Jean.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A coin of Genoa; any small coin.</def> Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See

Jean.</def>
<hw>Jane"-of-apes"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A silly,

pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes.</def>
<hw>Jan"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jangled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jangling (?).] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF.
jangler to rail, quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D.
jangelen, janken, to whimper, chide, brawl,
quarrel.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To sound harshly or discordantly, as

bells out of tune.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to

chatter; to gossip.</def> "Thou janglest as a jay."
Chaucer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To quarrel in words; to altercate; to

wrangle.</def>
<blockquote>Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles,

agree.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an

unmelodious manner.</blockquote> Carlyle.
<hw>Jan"gle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to sound

harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds
with.</def>
<blockquote>Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and

harsh.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Jan"gle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

jangle.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.</def>

Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Discordant sound; wrangling.</def>
<blockquote>The musical jangle of sleigh

bells.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<hw>Jan"gler</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

jangleor.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An idle talker; a babbler; a

prater.</def> Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A wrangling, noisy fellow.</def>
<hw>Jan"gler*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female prater

or babbler.</def>
<hw>Jan"gler*y</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

janglerie chattering, talk.] <def>Jangling.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Jan"gling</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Producing

discordant sounds.</def> "A jangling noise."
Milton.
<hw>Jan"gling</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Idle babbling; vain disputation.</def>
<blockquote>From which some, having swerved, have turned aside

unto vain jangling.</blockquote> 1 Tim. i. 6.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Wrangling; altercation.</def>

Lamb.
<hw>Jan"is*sa*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Janizary.</def>
<hw>Jan"i*tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. janua

a door.] <def>A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a
public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms,
etc.</def>
{ <hw>Jan"i*tress</hw> (?), <hw>Jan"i*trix</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [L. janitrix. See Janitor.] <def>A
female janitor.</def>
<hw>Jan"i*zar`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

janizary.</def> [R.] Byron.
<hw>Janì*za"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to the janizaries, or their government.</def> 
Burke.
<hw>Jan"i*za*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Janizaries</plw> (#). [F. janissaire, fr. Turk.
ye&?;i-tsheri new soldiers or troops.] <def>A soldier of a
privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish
infantry, but was suppressed in 1826.</def> [written also
janissary.]
<hw>Jan"ker</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A long pole on two

wheels, used in hauling logs.</def> [Scot.] Jamieson.
<hw>Jan"sen*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

Jansénisme.] (Eccl. Hist.) <def>The doctrine of
Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.</def>
<hw>Jan"sen*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F.

Janséniste.] (Eccl. Hist.) <def>A follower of
Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in
Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying
free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace.</def>
<hw>Jant</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See

Jaunt.</def>
<hw>||Jan"thi*na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>See Ianthina.</def>
<hw>Jan"ti*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>See

Jauntily.</def>
<hw>Jan"ti*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jauntiness.</def>
<hw>||Jan"tu</hw> (?) <pos>n.</pos> <def>A machine of great

antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land.</def>
Knight.
<hw>Jan"ty</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Jaunty.</def>
<hw>Jan"u*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

Januarius, fr. Janus an old Latin deity, the god of the
sun and the year, to whom the month of January was sacred; cf.
janua a door, Skr. y&amacr; to go.] <def>The first
month of the year, containing thirty-one days.</def>
&fist; Before the adoption of New Style, the commencement of the

year was usually reckoned from March 25.
<hw>Ja"nus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. See January.]

(Rom. Antiq.) <def>A Latin deity represented with two faces
looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to
Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually
called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed
in peace.</def> Dr. W. Smith.
<col>Janus cloth</col>, <cd>a fabric having both sides

dressed, the sides being of different colors, -- used for reversible
garments.</cd>
<hw>Ja"nus-faced`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Double-

faced; deceitful.</def>
<col>Janus-faced lock</col>, <cd>one having duplicate faces

so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on
either side indifferently.</cd> Knight.
<hw>Ja"nus-headèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Double-

headed.</def>
<hw>Ja*pan"</hw> (j&adot;*p&abreve;n"), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Japan, the country.] <def>Work varnished and figured in the
Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in
japanning.</def>
<hw>Ja*pan"</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to

Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan
ware.</def>
<col>Japan allspice</col> (Bot.), <cd>a spiny shrub

from Japan (Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina
allspice.</cd> -- <col>Japan black</col> (Chem.), <cd>a
quickly drying black lacquer or varnish, consisting essentially of
asphaltum dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating
ironwork; -- called also Brunswick black, Japan
lacquer, or simply Japan.</cd> -- <col>Japan
camphor</col>, <cd>ordinary camphor brought from China or Japan,
as distinguished from the rare variety called borneol or
Borneo camphor.</cd> -- <col>Japan clover</col>, or
<col>Japan pea</col> (Bot.), <cd>a cloverlike plant
(Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder,
first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now
become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously
Yankee clover and Rebel clover.</cd> -- <col>Japan
earth</col>. <cd>See Catechu.</cd> -- <col>Japan
ink</col>, <cd>a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
when dry.</cd> -- <col>Japan varnish</col>, <cd>a varnish
prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small
Japanese tree related to the poison sumac.</cd>
<hw>Ja*pan"</hw> (j&adot;*p&abreve;n"), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Japanned
(j&adot;*p&abreve;nd"); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Japanning.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant

varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To give a glossy black to, as

shoes.</def> [R.] Gay.
<hw>Japà*nese"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.</def>
<hw>Japà*nese"</hw>, <pos>n. sing. & pl.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A native or inhabitant of Japan;

collectively, the people of Japan.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> sing. <def>The language of the people

of Japan.</def>
<hw>Ja*panned"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Treated, or

coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner.</def>
<col>Japanned leather</col>, <cd>leather treated with

coatings of Japan varnish, and dried in a stove.</cd>
Knight.
<hw>Ja*pan"ner</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled
in the art.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A bootblack.</def> [R.]

<hw>Ja*pan"ning</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or act
of varnishing in the Japanese manner.</def>
<hw>Ja*pan"nish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>After the

manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles.</def>
Carlyle.
<hw>Jape</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Prob. from the same

source as gab, influenced by F. japper to yelp. See
Gab to deceive.] <def>To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.</def>
<hw>Jape</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To mock; to

trick.</def> Chaucer.
<blockquote>I have not been putting a jape upon

you.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<blockquote>The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has

imparted his latest merry jape.</blockquote> W.
Besant.
<hw>Jap"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A jester; a

buffoon.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Jap"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

japerie a yelping.] <def>Jesting; buffoonery.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Ja"pheth*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

Japhetite.</def> Kitto.
<hw>Ja*phet"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to,

or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; as,
Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia;
Japhetic languages.</def>
<hw>Ja"phet*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A descendant

of Japheth.</def>
<hw>Ja*pon"i*ca</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., Japanese, fr.

Japonia Japan.] (Bot.) <def>A species of Camellia
(Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red
or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same
name.</def>
<hw>Jar</hw> (jär), <pos>n.</pos> [See Ajar.]

<def>A turn.</def> [Only in phrase.]
<col>On the jar</col>, <cd>on the turn, ajar, as a

door.</cd>
<hw>Jar</hw> (jär), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jarre,

Sp. jarra, from Ar. jarrah ewer; cf. Pers.
jarrah.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A deep, broad-mouthed
vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc.,
or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose
jar.</def> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The measure of what is contained in a

jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves.</def>
<col>Bell jar</col>, <col>Leyden jar</col>. <cd>See

in the Vocabulary.</cd>
<hw>Jar</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jarred (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jarring (?).] [Cf. OE. charken to creak, AS.
cearcian to gnash, F. jars a gander, L. garrire
to chatter, prate, OHG. kerran to chatter, croak, G.
quarren to grumble, and E. jargon, ajar.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To give forth a rudely quivering or

tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly; as, the notes
jarred on my ears.</def>
<blockquote>When such strings jar, what hope of harmony

<blockquote>A string may jar in the best master's

hand.</blockquote> Roscommon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To act in opposition or disagreement; to

clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.</def>
<blockquote>When those renowned noble peers Greece 

Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<blockquote>For orders and degrees 

Jar not with liberty, but well consist.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Jar</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a
sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the
earth; to jar one's faith.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To tick; to beat; to mark or tell

off.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>My thoughts are minutes, and with sighs they

jar 
Their watches on unto mine eyes.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Jar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a
discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh
sounds.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Clash of interest or opinions; collision;

discord; debate; slight disagreement.</def>
<blockquote>And yet his peace is but continual

jar.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>Cease, cease these jars, and rest your minds in
peace.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A regular vibration, as of a

pendulum.</def>
<blockquote>I love thee not a jar of the

clock.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> pl. <def>In deep well boring, a device

resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to
the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by
impact and is jerked loose when jammed.</def>
<hw>||Jarà*ra"ca</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pg., from the

native name.] (Zoöl.) <def>A poisonous serpent of Brazil
(Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a
dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.</def>
<hw>Jar"ble</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To wet; to

bemire.</def> [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
<hw>||Jar`di`nière"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.,

fem. of jardinier gardener. See Garden.] <def>An
ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a
piece of decorative furniture in room.</def>
<hw>Jards</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jarde,

jardon.] (Far.) <def>A callous tumor on the leg of a
horse, below the hock.</def>
<hw>Jar"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Cf. OSw.

jerga to repeat angrily, to brawl, Icel. jarg tedious
iteration, F. jargonner to talk jargon. See Jargon
gabble.] <def>To emit a harsh or discordant sound.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Jar"gon</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jargon, OF.

also gargon, perh. akin to E. garrulous, or
gargle.] <def>Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish;
hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.</def>
"A barbarous jargon." Macaulay. "All jargon of
the schools." Prior.
<blockquote>The jargon which serves the

traffickers.</blockquote> Johnson.
<hw>Jar"gon</hw> (jär"g&obreve;n), <pos>v. i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Jargoned (-g&obreve;nd);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Jargoning.] <def>To utter
jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk
unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.</def>
<blockquote>The noisy jay, 

Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.</blockquote>
<hw>Jar"gon</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [E. jargon, It.
jiargone; perh. fr. Pers. zarg&?;n gold-colored, fr.
zar gold. Cf. Zircon.] (Min.) <def>A variety of
zircon. See Zircon.</def>
<hw>Jar`go*nelle"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

jargonelle a very gritty variety of pear. See Jargon
zircon.] <def>A variety of pear which ripens early.</def>
<hw>Jar*gon"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to the mineral jargon.</def>
<hw>Jar"gon*ist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One addicted

to jargon; one who uses cant or slang.</def> Macaulay.
<hw>||Jarl</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Icel., nobleman, chief.

See Earl.] <def>A chief; an earl; in English history, one of
the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions.</def>
<hw>Jar"nut`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Of Scand. origin: cf.

Dan. jordnöd.] (Bot.) <def>An earthnut.</def>
Dr. Prior.
<hw>Ja*ro"site</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Barranco

Jaroso, in Spain.] (Min.) <def>An ocher-yellow mineral
occurring in minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate
of iron and potash.</def>
<hw>Jar"-owl`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The goatsucker.</def>
<hw>Jar"rah</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The mahoganylike

wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See
Eucalyptus.</def>
<hw>Jar"ring</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Jar.]

<def>Shaking; disturbing; discordant.</def> "A jarring sound."
Dryden.
<hw>Jar"ring</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship,
caused by its engines.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Discord; a clashing of interests.</def>

"Endless jarrings and immortal hate." Dryden.
<hw>Jar"ring*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a jarring or

discordant manner.</def>
{ <hw>Jar"vey</hw>, <hw>Jar"vy</hw> } (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The driver of a hackney coach.</def> [Slang,
Eng.] Carlyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A hackney coach.</def> [Slang, Eng.]
<blockquote>The litter at the bottom of the

jarvy.</blockquote> T. Hook.
<hw>Ja"sey</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A wig; -- so
called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey
yarn.</def> Thackeray.
<hw>Jas"hawk`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [A corruption of

eyas hawk.] (Zoöl.) <def>A young hawk.</def>
Booth.
<hw>Jas"mine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jasmin, Sp.

jazmin, Ar. y&amacr;sm&imacr;n, Pers.
y&amacr;sm&imacr;n; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino.
Cf. Jessamine.] (Bot.) <def>A shrubby plant of the
genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor.
The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white
flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J.
angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false
jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium).
Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as
species of Calotropis and Faramea.</def> [Written also
jessamine.]
<col>Cape jasmine</col>, or <col>Cape

jessamine</col>, <cd>the Gardenia florida, a shrub with
fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern
United States.</cd>
<hw>Jasp</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Jasper.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<hw>Jas"pa*chate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

iaspachates, Gr. &?;.] (Min.) <def>Agate jasper.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>Jas"per</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. jaspre,

jaspe, OF. jaspre, jaspe, F. jaspe, L.
iaspis, Gr. &?;; cf. Per. yashp, yashf, Ar.
yashb, yasb, yasf, Heb. y&amacr;shpheh.
Cf. Diaper.] (Min.) <def>An opaque, impure variety of
quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth
surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals,
snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is
called striped or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a
brownish yellow jasper.</def>
<col>Jasper opal</col>, <cd>a yellow variety of opal

resembling jasper.</cd> -- <col>Jasper ware</col>, <cd>a
delicate kind of earthenware invented by Josiah Wedgwood. It is
usually white, but is capable of receiving color.</cd>
<hw>Jas"per*a`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>mixed with

jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated
agate.</def>
<hw>Jas"per*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Usually p. p.

Jasperized (&?;).] <def>To convert into, or make to resemble,
jasper.</def>
<blockquote>Polished specimens of jasperized and agatized
woods.</blockquote> Pop. Sci. Monthly.
<hw>Jas"per*y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the nature of

jasper; mixed with jasper.</def>
{ <hw>Jas*pid"e*an</hw> (?), <hw>Jas*pid"e*ous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. iaspideus. See Jasper.]
<def>Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery;
jasperlike.</def>
<hw>Jas"pi*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Jasper +

-lite.] (Min.) <def>A compact siliceous rock resembling
jasper.</def>
<hw>Jas"poid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

jaspoïde; jaspe jasper + Gr. &?; form.]
<def>Resembling jasper.</def> [R.]
<hw>Jaspò"nyx</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. iasponyx,

Gr. &?;. See Jasper, and Onyx.] (min.)
<def>An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of
jasper.</def>
<hw>Ja*troph"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus
Jatropha.</def>
<hw>Jaunce</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [OF. jancer.

Cf. Jounce, Jaunt.] <def>To ride hard; to jounce.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>Spurr'd, galled and tired by jauncing

Bolingbroke.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Jaun"dice</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr. jaune yellow, orig.
jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr. galbus
yellow.] (Med.) <def>A morbid condition, characterized by
yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the
fæces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach,
loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused
usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming
up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the
blood.</def>
<col>Blue jaundice</col>. <cd>See

Cyanopathy.</cd>
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<hw>Jaun"dice</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To affect

with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.</def>
<blockquote>The envy of wealth jaundiced his

soul.</blockquote> Ld. Lytton.
<hw>Jaun"diced</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Affected with jaundice.</def>
<blockquote>Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects

yellow.</blockquote> Bp. Hall.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Prejudiced; envious; as, a

jaundiced judgment.</def>
<hw>Jaunt</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jaunted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jaunting.] [Cf. Scot. jaunder to ramble, jaunt
to taunt, jeer, dial. Sw. ganta to play the buffoon, romp,
jest; perh. akin to E. jump. Cf. Jaunce.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To ramble here and there; to stroll; to

make an excursion.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To ride on a jaunting car.</def>
<col>Jaunting car</col>, <cd>a kind of low-set open

vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise,
sitting back to back.</cd> [Written also jaunty car.]
Thackeray.
<hw>Jaunt</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To jolt; to

jounce.</def> [Obs.] Bale.
<hw>Jaunt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

wearisome journey.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind 

After his aëry jaunt, though hurried sore. 
Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A short excursion for pleasure or

refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.</def>
<hw>Jaun"ti*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a jaunty

manner.</def>
<hw>Jaun"ti*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being jaunty.</def>
<blockquote>That jauntiness of air I was once master

of.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>Jaun"ty</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Jauntier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Jauntiest.] [Formerly spelt
janty, fr. F. gentil. See Gentle, and cf.
Genty.] <def>Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an
affected or fantastical manner.</def>
<hw>Ja"va</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the
Netherlands.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought
from Java.</def>
<col>Java cat</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the

musang.</cd> -- <col>Java sparrow</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>a species of finch (Padda oryzivora), native of Java, but
very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also ricebird,
and paddy bird. In the male the upper parts are glaucous gray,
the head and tail black, the under parts delicate rose, and the
cheeks white. The bill is large and red. A white variety is also kept
as a cage bird.</cd>
<hw>Javà*nese"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java.</def> -- <pos>n.
sing. & pl.</pos> <def>A native or natives of Java.</def>
<hw>Jav"el</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A vagabond.</def>

<hw>Jave"lin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. javeline;

akin to Sp. jabalina, It. giavelina, and F.
javelot, OF. gavlot. Cf. Gavelock.] <def>A sort
of light spear, to be thrown or cast by the hand; anciently, a weapon
of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in
hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.</def>
<blockquote>Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, 

Launched by the vigor of a Roman arm?</blockquote>
Addison.
<hw>Jave"lin</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To pierce with a

javelin.</def> [R.] Tennyson.
<hw>Jave`lin*ier"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A soldier

armed with a javelin.</def> Holland.
<hw>Jaw</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [A modification of

chaw, formed under the influence of F. joue the cheek.
See Chaw, Chew.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Anat.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of

the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the
mouth.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Hence, also, the bone itself
with the teeth and covering.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>In the
plural, the mouth.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an

animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of
entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness;
the jaws of death.</def> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Mach.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

notch or opening.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A notched or forked
part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a
railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of a pair of opposing parts which are
movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything
between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a
stone-crushing machine.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Naut.) <def>The inner end of a boom or

gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a
mast.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Impudent or abusive talk.</def> [Slang]

H. Kingsley.
<col>Jaw bit</col> (Railroad), <cd>a bar across the

jaws of a pedestal underneath an axle box.</cd> -- <col>Jaw
breaker</col>, <cd>a word difficult to pronounce.</cd> [Obs.] --
<col>Jaw rope</col> (Naut.), <cd>a rope which holds the
jaws of a gaff to the mast.</cd> -- <col>Jaw tooth</col>,
<cd>a molar or grinder; a back tooth.</cd>
<hw>Jaw</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jawed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jawing.] <def>To scold; to clamor.</def> [Low]
Smollett.
<hw>Jaw</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To assail or abuse by

scolding.</def> [Low]
<hw>Jaw"bone`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The bone of

either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.</def>
<hw>Jawed</hw> (j&add;d), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having jaws; -

- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed.</def>
"Jawed like a jetty." Skelton.
<hw>Jaw"-fall`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Depression of

the jaw; hence, depression of spirits.</def> M. Griffith
(1660).
<hw>Jaw"-fallèn</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dejected;

chopfallen.</def>
<hw>Jaw"foot`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Maxilliped.</def>
<hw>Jaw"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Scolding; clamorous or

abusive talk.</def> [Slang] H. Kingsley.
<hw>Jawn</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See

Yawn.</def> [Obs.] Marston.
<hw>Jaw"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to the

jaws.</def> Gayton.
<hw>Jay</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. geai, OF.

gai, jaj, perh. fr. OHG. g&amacr;hi. Cf.
Gay.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of the numerous species
of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied
genera. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful
in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a
crest.</def>
&fist; The European jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a large
and handsomely colored species, having the body pale reddish brown,
lighter beneath; tail and wing quills blackish; the primary coverts
barred with bright blue and black; throat, tail coverts, and a large
spot on the wings, white. Called also jay pie, Jenny
jay, and kæ. The common blue jay (Cyanocitta
cristata.), and the related species, are brilliantly colored, and
have a large erectile crest. The California jay (Aphelocoma
Californica), the Florida jay (A. Floridana), and the
green jay (Xanthoura luxuosa), of Texas and Mexico, are large,
handsome, crested species. The Canada jay (Perisoreus
Canadensis), and several allied species, are much plainer and
have no crest. See Blue jay, and Whisky jack.
<col>Jay thrush</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any one

several species of Asiatic singing birds, of the genera
Garrulax, Grammatoptila, and related genera of the
family Crateropodidæ; as, the white-throated jay
thrush (G. albogularis), of India.</cd>
<hw>Jay"et</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.) <def>See

Jet.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Jay"hawkèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A name given

to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla.</def> [A term
of opprobrium used in the war of 1861-65, U. S.]
<hw>Ja"zel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A gem of an azure

color.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Jaz"er*ant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF.

jacerant, jaseran, Sp. jacerina, cota
jacerina, fr. jazarino Algerine, fr. Ar.
jaz&amacr;&imacr;r Algiers.] <def>A coat of defense made of
small plates of metal sewed upon linen or the like; also, this kind
of armor taken generally; as, a coat of jazerant.</def>
<hw>Jeal"ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE. jalous,

gelus, OF. jalous, F. jaloux, LL. zelosus
zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr.
<grk>zh^los</grk>. See Zeal, and cf. Zealous.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously

watchful.</def>
<blockquote>I have been very jealous for the Lord God of

hosts.</blockquote> Kings xix. 10.
<blockquote>How nicely jealous is every one of us of his

own repute!</blockquote> Dr. H. More.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously

watchful.</def>
<blockquote>'This doing wrong creates such doubts as these, 

Renders us jealous and disturbs our peace.</blockquote>
Waller.
<blockquote>The people are so jealous of the clergy's
ambition.</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant

of rivalry.</def>
<blockquote>Thou shalt worship no other God; for the Lord, whose

name is Jealous, is a jealous God.</blockquote> Ex. xxxiv.
14.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of

interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of
possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having
morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another;
painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or
lover.</def>
<blockquote>If the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he

be jealous of his wife.</blockquote> Num. v. 14.
<blockquote>To both these sisters have I sworn my love: 

Each jealous of the other, as the stung 
Are of the adder.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and

obedience, in the wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will
never do if she find him jealous.</blockquote>
Bacon.
Syn. -- Suspicious; anxious; envious. Jealous,

Suspicious. Suspicious is the wider term. We
suspect a person when we distrust his honesty and imagine he
has some bad design. We are jealous when we suspect him of
aiming to deprive us of what we dearly prize. Iago began by awakening
the suspicions of Othello, and converted them at last into
jealousy. "Suspicion may be excited by some kind of
accusation, not supported by evidence sufficient for conviction, but
sufficient to trouble the repose of confidence." "Jealousy is
a painful apprehension of rivalship in cases that are peculiarly
interesting to us." Cogan.
<hw>Jeal"ous*hood</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Jealousy.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Jeal"ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a jealous

manner.</def>
<hw>Jeal"ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State or quality

of being jealous.</def>
<hw>Jeal"ous*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jealousies</plw> (#). [ F. jalousie. See
Jealous, and cf. Jalousie.] <def>The quality of being
jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of
rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful
suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.</def>
<blockquote>I was jealous for jealousy.</blockquote>

Zech. viii. 2.
<blockquote>Jealousy is the . . . apprehension of

superiority.</blockquote> Shenstone.
<blockquote>Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy,

had excellence to deserve our fondness.</blockquote>
Rambler.
<hw>Jeames</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Corrup. of

James.] <def>A footman; a flunky.</def> [Slang, Eng.]
<hw>Jean</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. named from

Genoa. See Jane.] <def>A twilled cotton
cloth.</def>
<col>Satin jean</col>, <cd>a kind of jean woven smooth and

glossy, after the manner of satin.</cd>
<hw>Jears</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>See 1st Jeer <sd>(b)</sd>.</def>
<hw>Jeat</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.) <def>See

Jet.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Jed"ding ax`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A stone

mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part.</def>
Knight.
<hw>Jee</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>See

Gee.</def>
<hw>Jeel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Hind. jh&imacr;l.]

<def>A morass; a shallow lake.</def> [Written also jhil.]
[India] Whitworth.
<hw>Jeer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Gear.]

(Naut.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A gear; a tackle.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> pl. <def>An assemblage or combination of
tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a
ship.</def>
<col>Jeer capstan</col> (Naut.), <cd>an extra

capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.</cd>
<hw>Jeer</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jeered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jeering.] [Perh. a corrup. of cheer to salute with
cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. fr. D.
gekscheren to jeer, lit., to shear the fool; gek a fool
(see 1st Geck) + scheren to shear. See Shear,
<pos>v.</pos>] <def>To utter sarcastic or scoffing
reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting
language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.</def>
<blockquote>But when he saw her toy and gibe and

jeer.</blockquote> Spenser.
Syn. -- To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.
<hw>Jeer</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To treat with

scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to
mock at.</def>
<blockquote>And if we can not jeer them, we jeer

ourselves.</blockquote> B. Jonson.
<hw>Jeer</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A railing remark or

reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe;
mockery.</def>
<blockquote>Midas, exposed to all their jeers, 

Had lost his art, and kept his ears.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>Jeer"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A scoffer; a

railer; a mocker.</def>
<hw>Jeer"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Mocking;

scoffing.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mocking
utterance.</def> -- <wf>Jeer"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Jeers</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>See 1st Jeer <sd>(b)</sd>.</def>
<hw>||Jef`fer*so"ni*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. Named

after Thomas Jefferson.] (Bot.) <def>An American herb
with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves
(Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf.</def>
<hw>Jef`fer*so"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson or his
policy or political doctrines.</def> Lowell.
<hw>Jef"fer*son*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Named after

Thomas Jefferson.] (Min.) <def>A variety of pyroxene of
olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.</def>
<hw>Jeg</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mach.) <def>See

Jig, 6.</def>
<hw>Je*ho"vah</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Heb. usually

y&ebreve;h&omacr;v&amacr;h (with the vowel points of
&abreve;d&omacr;n&amacr;i Lord), sometimes (to avoid
repetition) y&ebreve;h&omacr;vih (with the vowel points of
&ebreve;l&omacr;h&imacr;m God); but only the four Heb,
consonants yhvh are conceded to be certainly known.] <def>A
Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the
Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the
"ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by
the Jews.</def>
<hw>Je*ho"vist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who maintains that the vowel points of the word
Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; --
opposed to adonist.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The writer of the passages of the Old
Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme
Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.</def>
<blockquote>The characteristic manner of the Jehovist

differs from that of his predecessor [the Elohist]. He is fuller and
freer in his descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of
motives and causes; more artificial in mode of
narration.</blockquote> S. Davidson.
<hw>Je`ho*vis"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to,

or containing, Jehovah, as a name of God; -- said of certain parts of
the Old Testament, especially of the Pentateuch, in which
Jehovah appears as the name of the Deity. See
Elohistic.</def>
<hw>Je"hu</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Jehu, son of

Nimshi. 2 Kings ix. 20.] <def>A coachman; a driver;
especially, one who drives furiously.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Je*ju"nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to

the jejunum.</def>
<hw>Je*june"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. jejunus

fasting, hungry, dry, barren, scanty; of unknown origin.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Lacking matter; empty; void of

<sn>2.</sn> <def>Void of interest; barren; meager; dry;

as, a jejune narrative.</def>
- <wf>Je*june"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Je*june"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> Bacon.
<hw>Je*ju"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being jejune; jejuneness.</def>
<hw>||Je*ju"num</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. L.

jejunus empty, dry.] (Anat.) <def>The middle division
of the small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum; -- so called
because usually found empty after death.</def>
<hw>||Jel"er*ang</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus
Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; -- called also
Java squirrel.</def>
<hw>Jell</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To jelly.</def>

[Colloq.]
<hw>Jel"lied</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Brought to the

state or consistence of jelly.</def>
<hw>Jel"ly</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jellies</plw> (#). [ Formerly gelly, gely,
F. gelée jelly, frost, fr. geler to freeze. L.
gelare; akin to gelu frost. See Gelid.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything brought to a gelatinous

condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between
liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the
like.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The juice of fruits or meats boiled with

sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-
foot jelly.</def>
<col>Jelly bag</col>, <cd>a bag through which the material

for jelly is strained.</cd> -- <col>Jelly mold</col>, <cd>a
mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes.</cd> -- <col>Jelly
plant</col> (Bot.), <cd>Australian name of an edible
seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum), from which an excellent jelly is
made.</cd> J. Smith. -- <col>Jelly powder</col>, <cd>an
explosive, composed of nitroglycerin and collodion cotton; -- so
called from its resemblance to calf's-foot jelly.</cd>
<hw>Jel"ly</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jellied (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jellying.] <def>To become jelly; to come to the state or
consistency of jelly.</def>
<hw>Jel"ly*fish`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the
larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See
Medusa.</def>
<hw>||Jem"i*dar`</hw> (j&ebreve;m"&ibreve;*där`),
<pos>n.</pos> [Per. & Hind. jama-d&amacr;r.] <def>The
chief or leader of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native
army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of
lieutenant in the English army.</def> [Written also jemadar,
jamadar.]
<hw>Jem"lah goat`</hw> (j&ebreve;m"l&adot; g&omacr;t`).

(Zoöl.) <def>The jharal.</def>
<hw>Jem"mi*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Spruceness.</def> [Slang, Eng.] Pegge (1814).
<hw>Jem"my</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. Gim, and

Gimp, <pos>a.</pos>] <def>Spruce.</def> [Slang, Eng.]
Smart.
<hw>Jem"my</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

short crowbar. See Jimmy.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A baked sheep's head.</def> [Slang, Eng.]

Dickens.
<hw>||Je*ni"quen</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Sp.

jeniquen.] (Bot.) <def>A Mexican name for the Sisal
hemp (Agave rigida, var. Sisalana); also, its
fiber.</def> [Written also hen&imacr;equen.]
<hw>Je"nite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.) <def>See
Yenite.</def>
<hw>Jen"kins</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A name of

contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life;
as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper.</def> [Colloq. Eng. &
U.S.] G. W. Curtis.
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<hw>Jen"net</hw> (j&ebreve;n"n&ebreve;t), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

genet, Sp. jinete, orig., a mounted soldier, Ar.
zen&amacr;ta a tribe of Barbary celebrated for its cavalry.]
<def>A small Spanish horse; a genet.</def>
<hw>Jen"net*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. fr. a dim. of

Jean John, so named as becoming ripe about St. John's
day, June 24. F. Jean is fr. L. Johannes. See
Zany.] <def>A variety of early apple. See
Juneating.</def> [Written also geniting.]
<hw>Jen"ny</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jennies</plw> (&?;).
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A familiar or pet form of the proper name

Jane.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A familiar name of

the European wren.</def>
<col>Jenny ass</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a female

ass.</cd>
<hw>Jen"ny</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [A corruption of gin

an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name. See
Gin an engine, and cf. Ginny-carriage.] <def>A machine
for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in
factories.</def>
<hw>Jent"ling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the
Danube.</def>
<hw>Jeof"ail</hw> (j&ebreve;f"&asl;l), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

j'ai failli I have failed.] (Law) <def>An oversight in
pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.</def>
<hw>Jeop"ard</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jeoparded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jeoparding.] [From Jeopardy.] <def>To put in jeopardy;
to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.</def> Sir T.
North.
<blockquote>A people that jeoparded their lives unto the

death.</blockquote> Judg. v. 18.
Syn. -- To hazard; risk; imperil; endanger; expose.

<hw>Jeop"ard*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who puts
in jeopardy.</def> [R.]
<hw>Jeop"ard*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Jeopardized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Jeopardizing (?).] <def>To expose to loss or
injury; to risk; to jeopard.</def>
<blockquote>That he should jeopardize his willful head 

Only for spite at me.</blockquote> H. Taylor.
<hw>Jeop"ard*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Perilous;

hazardous.</def>
<blockquote>His goodly, valiant, and jeopardous

enterprise.</blockquote> Fuller.
-- <wf>Jeop"ard*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>

Huloet.
<hw>Jeop"ard*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu
parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; OF.
jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F.
partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See
Joke, and Part.] <def>Exposure to death, loss, or
injury; hazard; danger.</def>
<blockquote>There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they

were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.</blockquote>
Luke viii. 23.
<blockquote>Look to thyself, thou art in

jeopardy.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See Danger.
<hw>Jeop"ard*y</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

jeopardize.</def> [R.] Thackeray.
<hw>Jer*bo"a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ar. yarb&?;'.]

(Zoöl.) <def>Any small jumping rodent of the genus
Dipus, esp. D. Ægyptius, which is common
in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind
legs and a long tail.</def> [Written also gerboa.]
&fist; The name is also applied to other small jumping rodents, as

the Pedetes Caffer, of the Cape of Good Hope.
<col>Jerboa kangaroo</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>small

Australian kangaroo (Bettongia penicillata), about the size of
a common hare.</cd>
<hw>Jer*eed"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ar.

jer&imacr;d. Cf. Djereed.] <def>A blunt javelin used
by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.</def>
[Written also jerreed, jerid.] Byron.
{ <hw>Jerè*mi"ad</hw>, <hw>Jerè*mi"ade</hw> },
<pos>n.</pos> [From Jeremiah, the prophet: cf. F.
jérémiade.] <def>A tale of sorrow,
disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; --
generally used satirically.</def>
<blockquote>He has prolonged his complaint into an endless

jeremiad.</blockquote> Lamb.
<hw>Jer"fal`con</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The gyrfalcon.</def>
<hw>Jer"guer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jerquer.</def>
<hw>Jer*id"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Jereed.</def>
<hw>Jerk</hw> (j&etilde;rk), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Corrupted

from Peruv. charqui dried beef.] <def>To cut into long slices
or strips and dry in the sun; as, to jerk beef. See
Charqui.</def>
<hw>Jerk</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jerked (j&etilde;rkt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Jerking.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to
yard a measure.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To beat; to strike.</def> [Obs.]

Florio.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To give a quick and suddenly arrested

thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one
with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To throw with a quick and suddenly

arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.</def>
<hw>Jerk</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To make a sudden motion; to move with a

start, or by starts.</def> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To flout with contempt.</def>
<hw>Jerk</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A short, sudden pull, thrust, push,

twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.</def>
<blockquote>His jade gave him a jerk.</blockquote> B.

Jonson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A sudden start or spring.</def>
<blockquote>Lobsters . . . swim backwards by jerks or

springs.</blockquote> Grew.
<hw>Jerk"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A beater.</def> [Obs.] Beau. &

Fl.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who jerks or moves with a

jerk.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A North American

river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).</def>
<hw>Jer"kin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Dim. of D. jurk

a frock.] <def>A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.</def>
Shak.
<hw>Jer"kin</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>A

male gyrfalcon.</def>
<hw>Jerk"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.</def> --
<wf>Jerk"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Jer"kin*head`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Arch.)

<def>The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its
height, leaving a truncated gable.</def>
<hw>Jerk"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Moving by jerks and

starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky
vehicle; a jerky style.</def>
<hw>Jer*moon"al</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The Himalayan snow partridge.</def>
<hw>Je*ron"y*mite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Eccl.

Hist.) <def>One belonging of the mediæval religious orders
called Hermits of St. Jerome.</def> [Written also
Hieronymite.]
<hw>Jerò*pig"i*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Geropigia.</def>
<hw>Jer"quer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

chercher to search, E. search.] <def>A customhouse
officer who searches ships for unentered goods.</def> [Eng.] [Written
also jerguer.]
<hw>Jer"quing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The searching of

a ship for unentered goods.</def> [Eng.] [Written also
jerguer.]
<hw>Jer"quing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The searching of

a ship for unentered goods.</def> [Eng.]
<hw>Jer"ry-built`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Built

hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.</def>
[Colloq. Eng.]
<hw>Jer"sey</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.
<plw>Jerseys</plw> (#). [From Jersey, the largest of
the Channel Islands.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The finest of wool separated from the

rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in

general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic
fabric (as stockinet).</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>One of a breed of cattle in the Island of

Jersey. Jerseys are noted for the richness of their milk.</def>
<hw>Je*ru"sa*lem</hw> (j&esl;*r&udd;"s&adot;*l&ebreve;m),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>'Ieroysalh`m</grk>, fr. Heb.
Y&ebreve;r&umacr;sh&amacr;laim.] <def>The chief city of
Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation,
and the life and death of Jesus Christ.</def>
<col>Jerusalem artichoke</col> [Perh. a corrupt. of It.

girasole i.e., sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre,
Solar.] (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An American
plant, a perennial species of sunflower (Helianthus
tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used as food</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>One of the tubers themselves.</cd> --
<col>Jerusalem cherry</col> (Bot.), <cd>the popular
name of either of two species of Solanum (S. Pseudo-
capsicum and S. capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental
house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of
cherries.</cd> -- <col>Jerusalem oak</col> (Bot.),
<cd>an aromatic goosefoot (Chenopodium Botrys), common about
houses and along roadsides.</cd> -- <col>Jerusalem sage</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a perennial herb of the Mint family (Phlomis
tuberosa).</cd> -- <col>Jerusalem thorn</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a spiny, leguminous tree (Parkinsonia
aculeata), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for
hedges.</cd> -- <col>The New Jerusalem</col>, <cd>Heaven; the
Celestial City.</cd>
<hw>Jer"vine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. fr. Sp.

yerba herb, OSp., the poison of the veratrum.] (Chem.)
<def>A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in
white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also
jervina.</def>
<hw>Jess</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jesses</plw> (#). [OF. gies, giez, prop.
pl. of giet, get, jet, F. jet, a
throwing, jess. See Jet a shooting forth.] (falconry)
<def>A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a
hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand,
was attached when used. See Illust. of
Falcon.</def>
<blockquote>Like a hawk, which feeling freed 

From bells and jesses which did let her flight.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<hw>Jes"sa*mine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)
<def>Same as Jasmine.</def>
<hw>Jes"sant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Her.)

<def>Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or
animal.</def>
<hw>Jes"se</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL. Jesse, the

father of David, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. Herb. Yishai.] <def>Any
representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, in
decorative art</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A genealogical
tree represented in stained glass.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some
one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of
Jesse.</def>
<col>Jesse window</col> (Arch.), <cd>a window of

which the glazing and tracery represent the tree of Jesse.</cd>
<hw>Jessed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Her.)

<def>Having jesses on, as a hawk.</def>
<hw>Jest</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. jeste,

geste, deed, action, story, tale, OF. geste, LL.
gesta, orig., exploits, neut. pl. from L. gestus, p. p.
of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish, perform; perh. orig., to
make to come, bring, and perh. akin to E. come. Cf.
Gest a deed, Register, <pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A deed; an action; a gest.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>The jests or actions of princes.</blockquote>

Sir T. Elyot.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A mask; a pageant; an interlude.</def>

[Obs.] Nares.
<blockquote>He promised us, in honor of our guest, 

To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.</blockquote>
Kyd.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Something done or said in order to amuse;

a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See
Synonyms under Jest, <pos>v. i.</pos></def>
<blockquote>I must be sad . . . smile at no man's

jests.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The Right Honorable gentleman is indebted to his

memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his
facts.</blockquote> Sheridan.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The object of laughter or sport; a

laughingstock.</def>
<blockquote>Then let me be your jest; I deserve

it.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>In jest</col>, <cd>for mere sport or diversion; not in

truth and reality; not in earnest.</cd>
<blockquote>And given in earnest what I begged in

jest.</blockquote> Shak.
-- <col>Jest book</col>, <cd>a book containing a collection

of jests, jokes, and amusing anecdotes; a Joe Miller.</cd>
<hw>Jest</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jested; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jesting.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To take part in a merrymaking; --

especially, to act in a mask or interlude.</def> [Obs.]
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To make merriment by words or actions; to

joke; to make light of anything.</def>
<blockquote>He jests at scars that never felt a

wound.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- To joke; sport; rally. -- To Jest,

Joke. One jests in order to make others laugh; one
jokes to please himself. A jest is usually at the
expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a joke is a
sportive sally designed to promote good humor without wounding the
feelings of its object. "Jests are, therefore, seldom
harmless; jokes frequently allowable. The most serious subject
may be degraded by being turned into a jest."
Crabb.
<hw>Jest"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Gestour.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court

fool.</def>
<blockquote>This . . . was Yorick's skull, the king's

jester.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Dressed in the motley garb that jesters

wear.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A person addicted to jesting, or to

indulgence in light and amusing talk.</def>
<blockquote>He ambled up and down 

With shallow jesters.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Jest"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Given to jesting;

full of jokes.</def>
<hw>Jest"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Sportive; not

serious; fit for jests.</def>
<blockquote>He will find that these are no jesting
matters.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<hw>Jest"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or practice

of making jests; joking; pleasantry.</def> Eph. v. 4.
<hw>Jest"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a jesting

manner.</def>
<hw>Jes"u*it</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

Jésuite, Sp. Jesuita: cf. It.
Gesuita.]
<sn>1.</sn> (R. C. Ch.) <def>One of a religious

order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the
title of The Society of Jesus.</def>
&fist; The order consists of Scholastics, the Professed, the

Spiritual Coadjutors, and the Temporal Coadjutors or Lay Brothers.
The Jesuit novice after two years becomes a Scholastic, and takes his
first vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience simply. Some years
after, at the close of a second novitiate, he takes his second vows
and is ranked among the Coadjutors or Professed. The Professed are
bound by a fourth vow, from which only the pope can dispense,
requiring them to go wherever the pope may send them for missionary
duty. The Coadjutors teach in the schools, and are employed in
general missionary labors. The Society is governed by a General who
holds office for life. He has associated with him "Assistants" (five
at the present time), representing different provinces. The Society
was first established in the United States in 1807. The Jesuits have
displayed in their enterprises a high degree of zeal, learning, and
skill, but, by their enemies, have been generally reputed to use art
and intrigue in promoting or accomplishing their purposes, whence the
words Jesuit, Jesuitical, and the like, have acquired
an opprobrious sense.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: A crafty person; an

intriguer.</def>
<col>Jesuits' bark</col>, <cd>Peruvian bark, or the bark of

certain species of Cinchona; -- so called because its
medicinal properties were first made known in Europe by Jesuit
missionaries to South America.</cd> -- <col>Jesuits'
drops</col>. <cd>See Friar's balsam, under
Friar.</cd> -- <col>Jesuits' nut</col>, <cd>the
European water chestnut.</cd> -- <col>Jesuits' powder</col>,
<cd>powdered cinchona bark.</cd> -- <col>Jesuits' tea</col>,
<cd>a Chilian leguminous shrub, used as a tea and
medicinally.</cd>
<hw>Jes"u*it*ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Conforming to the

principles of the Jesuits.</def> Milton.
<hw>Jes"u*it*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

Jésuitesse.] (R. C. Hist.) <def>One of an order
of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed
by Pope Urban in 1633.</def>
{ <hw>Jesù*it"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Jesù*it"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. jésuitique.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to

their principles and methods.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; --

an opprobrious use of the word.</def> Dryden.
<hw>Jesù*it"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

jesuitical manner.</def>
<hw>Jes"u*it*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

jésuitisme.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The principles and practices of the

Jesuits.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to

effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the
word.</def>
<hw>Jesù*it*oc"ra*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[Jesuit + -cracy, as in aristocracy.]
<def>Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a
country.</def> [R.] C. Kingsley.
<hw>Jes"u*it*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Jesuitism;

subtle argument.</def> [R.] Carlyle.
<hw>Je"sus</hw> (j&emacr;"z&ubreve;s), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

Jesus, Gr. &?;, from Heb. Y&emacr;sh&umacr;a';
Y&amacr;h Jehovah + h&omacr;sh&imacr;a' to help.]
<def>The Savior; the name of the Son of God as announced by
the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in
distinction from Christ, his official appellation.</def> Luke i.
31.
<blockquote>Thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall

save his people from their sins.</blockquote> Matt. i. 21.
&fist;The form Jesu is often used, esp. in the

vocative.
<blockquote>Jesu, do thou my soul receive.</blockquote>

Keble.
<col>The Society of Jesus</col>. <cd>See

Jesuit.</cd>
<hw>Jet</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as 2d

Get.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Jet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OF. jet, jayet,

F. jaïet, jais, L. gagates, fr. Gr. &?;; --
so called from &?; or &?;, a town and river in Lycia.] [written also
jeat, jayet.] (Min.) <def>A variety of lignite,
of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a
good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons,
etc. Formerly called also black amber.</def>
<col>Jet ant</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a blackish

European ant (Formica fuliginosa), which builds its nest of a
paperlike material in the trunks of trees.</cd>
<hw>Jet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. jet, OF. get,

giet, L. jactus a throwing, a throw, fr. jacere
to throw. Cf. Abject, Ejaculate, Gist,
Jess, Jut.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a

sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an
orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Drift; scope; range, as of an

argument.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The sprue of a type, which is broken from

it when the type is cold.</def> Knight.
<col>Jet propeller</col> (Naut.), <cd>a device for

propelling vessels by means of a forcible jet of water ejected from
the vessel, as by a centrifugal pump.</cd> -- <col>Jet
pump</col>, <cd>a device in which a small jet of steam, air,
water, or other fluid, in rapid motion, lifts or otherwise moves, by
its impulse, a larger quantity of the fluid with which it
mingles.</cd>
<hw>Jet</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jetted (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jetting.] [F. jeter, L. jactare, freq. fr.
jacere to throw. See 3d Jet, and cf. Jut.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty

gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote> he jets under his advanced

plumes!</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>To jet upon a prince's right.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.</def>

[Obs.] Wiseman.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To shoot forward or out; to project; to

jut out.</def>
<hw>Jet</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To spout; to emit in a

stream or jet.</def>
<blockquote>A dozen angry models jetted steam.</blockquote>

<hw>Jet"-black`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Black as jet;

deep black.</def>
<hw>||Jet` d'eau"</hw> (?), pl. <plw>Jets
d'eau</plw> (&?;). [F., a throw of water. See Jet a
shooting forth.] <def>A stream of water spouting from a fountain or
pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a
public place or in a garden, for ornament.</def>
<hw>||Jet"e*rus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A yellowness of the parts of plants which are normally green;
yellows.</def>
{ <hw>||Jet"sam</hw> (?), <hw>||Jet"son</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [F. jeter to throw: cf. OF.
getaison a throwing. Cf. Flotsam,
Jettison.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Mar. Law) <def>Goods which sink when

cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from
flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are
sunk attached to a buoy.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Jettison. See Jettison,

1.</def>
<! p. 800 !>
<hw>Jet"teau</hw> (j&ebreve;t"t&osl;), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Jet d'eau.</def> [R.] Addison.
<hw>Jet"tee</hw> (-t&esl;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jetty, <pos>n.</pos></def> Burke.
<hw>Jet"ter</hw> (-t&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop.</def> [Obs.]
Palsgrave.
<hw>Jet"ti*ness</hw> (-t&ibreve;*n&ebreve;s). <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The state of being jetty; blackness.</def> Pennant.
<hw>Jet"ti*son</hw> (?). <pos>n.</pos> [See

Jetsam.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Mar. Law) <def>The throwing overboard

of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of
wreck.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>See Jetsam, 1.</def>
<hw>Jet"ton</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jeton.]

<def>A metal counter used in playing cards.</def>
<hw>Jet"ty</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of jet, or

like jet in color.</def>
<blockquote>The people . . . are of a jetty.</blockquote>

 Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Jet"ty</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jetties</plw> (#). [F. jetée a pier, a
jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf.
Jutty.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Arch.) <def>A part of a building that

jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall
below.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A wharf or pier extending from the

shore.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Hydraul. Engin.) <def>A structure of

wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide,
or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties
at the mouth of the Mississippi River.</def>
<col>Jetty head</col> (Naut.), <cd>a projecting part

at the end of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of
the cheeks of a dock.</cd>
<hw>Jet"ty</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To jut out; to

project.</def> [Obs.] Florio.
<hw>||Jeu" d'es`prit"</hw> (?). [F., play of mind.] <def>A

witticism.</def>
<hw>Jew</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. Juis, pl., F.

Juif, L. Judaeus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; the country of the
Jews, Judea, fr. Heb. Y&?;h&?;d&amacr;h Judah, son of Jacob.
Cf. Judaic.] <def>Originally, one belonging to the tribe or
kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any
member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite.</def>
<col>Jew's frankincense</col>, <cd>gum styrax, or

benzoin.</cd> -- <col>Jew's mallow</col> (Bot.), <cd>an
annual herb (Corchorus olitorius) cultivated in Syria and
Egypt as a pot herb, and in India for its fiber.</cd> --
<col>Jew's pitch</col>, <cd>asphaltum; bitumen.</cd> --
<col>The Wandering Jew</col>, <cd>an imaginary personage, who,
for his cruelty to the Savior during his passion, is doomed to wander
on the earth till Christ's second coming.</cd>
<hw>Jew"bush`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (P.
tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful
emetic and drastic qualities.</def>
<hw>Jew"el</hw> (j&umacr;"&ebreve;l or j&udd;"&ebreve;l),

<pos>n.</pos> [OE. juel, jowel, OF.
jouel, juel, joiel, F. joyau, dim. of OF.
joie joy, jewel, F. joie joy. See Joy.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An ornament of dress usually made of a

precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its
design.</def>
<blockquote>Plate of rare device, and jewels 

Of rich and exquisite form.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A precious stone; a gem.</def>
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An object regarded with special affection;

a precious thing.</def> "Our prince (jewel of children)."
Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch,

formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.</def>
<col>Jewel block</col> (Naut.), <cd>block at the

extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studding sail is
rove.</cd>
<hw>Jew"el</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jeweled (?), or Jewelled; <pos>p. pr. &
vb. n.</pos> Jeweling, or Jewelling.] <def>To
dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt,
or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.</def>
<blockquote>The long gray tufts . . . are jeweled thick

with dew.</blockquote> M. Arnold.
<hw>Jew"el*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

joaillier.] <def>One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious
stones, and similar ornaments.</def> [Written also
jeweller.]
<col>Jeweler's gold</col>. <cd>See under

Gold.</cd>
<hw>Jew"el*ler*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jewelry.</def> Burke.
<hw>Jew"el*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

joaillerie.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The art or trade of a jeweler.</def>

Cotgrave.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's

jewelry.</def>
<hw>Jew"el*weed`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>See Impatiens.</def>
<hw>Jew"ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>, <pos>fem.</pos> of

Jew. <def>A Hebrew woman.</def>
<hw>Jew"fish`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.)
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops

itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the
weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish,
with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and
warsaw.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis
gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The black grouper of Florida and

Texas.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A large herringlike fish; the

tarpum.</def>
<hw>Jew*ise"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Juise.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Jew"ish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or
their customs; Israelitish.</def> -- <wf>Jew"ish*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Jew"ish*ness</wf>,
<hw>Jew"ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. Jewerie, OF.

Juierie, F. Juiverie.] <def>Judea; also, a district
inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter.</def> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Teaching throughout all Jewry.</blockquote> 

Luke xxiii. 5.
<hw>Jew's"-ear`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A species of fungus (Hirneola Auricula-Judæ, or
Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear.</def>
<hw>Jew's-harp`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Jew +

harp; or possibly a corrupt. of jaw's harp; cf. G.
maultrommel, lit., mouthdrum.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>An
instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by
means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is
modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>The shackle for joining a

chain cable to an anchor.</def>
{ <hw>Jew's-stone`</hw> (?), <hw>Jew"stone`</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> (Paleon.) <def>A large clavate spine of a
fossil sea urchin.</def>
<hw>Jez"e*bel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Jezebel,

Heb. Izebel, the wife of Ahab king of Israel.] <def>A bold,
vicious woman; a termagant.</def> Spectator.
<hw>Jha"ral</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which
inhabits the loftiest mountains of India. It has long, coarse hair,
forming a thick mane on its head and neck.</def>
<hw>Jib</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Named from its shifting

from side to side. See Jib, <pos>v. i.</pos>.,
Jibe.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Naut.) <def>A triangular sail set upon

a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the
bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibs; as,
inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mach.) <def>The projecting arm of a

crane, from which the load is suspended.</def>
<col>Jib boom</col> (Naut.), <cd>a spar or boom

which serves as an extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes
extended by another spar called the flying jib boom</cd>.
[Written also gib boom.] -- <col>Jib crane</col>
(Mach.), <cd>a crane having a horizontal jib on which a
trolley moves, bearing the load.</cd> -- <col>Jib door</col>
(Arch.), <cd>a door made flush with the wall, without
dressings or moldings; a disguised door.</cd> -- <col>Jib
header</col> (Naut.), <cd>a gaff-topsail, shaped like a
jib; a jib-headed topsail.</cd> -- <col>Jib topsail</col>
(Naut.), <cd>a small jib set above and outside of all the
other jibs.</cd> -- <col>The cut of one's jib</col>, <cd>one's
outward appearance.</cd> [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Jib</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Connected with

jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.] <def>To move restively
backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk.</def> [Written
also jibb.] [Eng.]
<hw>Jib"ber</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A horse that

jibs.</def> [Eng.]
<hw>Jibe</hw> (j&imacr;b), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Jibed (j&imacr;bd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Jibing (j&imacr;b"&ibreve;ng).] [Cf. Dan.
gibbe, D. gijpen, <pos>v. i.</pos>, and dial.
Sw. gippa to jerk. Cf. Jib, <pos>n.</pos> &
<pos>v. i.</pos>] (Naut.) <def>To shift, as the boom of
a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the
wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.</def>
<hw>Jibe</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Naut.) <def>To change a ship's course so as to cause a
shifting of the boom. See Jibe, <pos>v. t.</pos>, and
Gybe.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To agree; to harmonize.</def> [Colloq.]

Bartlett.
<hw>Jif"fy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Perh. corrupt. fr.

gliff.] [Written also giffy.] <def>A moment; an
instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.</def> [Colloq.]
J. & H. Smith.
<hw>Jig</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. gigue a

stringed instrument, a kind of dance, F. gigue dance, tune,
gig; of German origin; cf. MHG. g&imacr;ge fiddle, G.
geige. Cf. Gig a fiddle, Gig a whirligig.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Mus.) <def>A light, brisk musical

movement.</def>
<blockquote>Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig.</blockquote>
 Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A light, humorous piece of writing, esp.

in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme 

Praised and applauded.</blockquote> Beau. & Fl.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>Is't not a fine jig, 

A precious cunning, in the late Protector?</blockquote> Beau. &
Fl.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A trolling bait, consisting of a bright

spoon and a hook attached.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Mach.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small

machine or handy tool</def>; esp.: (Metal Working) <def>A
contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard
steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or
templet to work to, as in filing.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
(Mining) <def>An apparatus or a machine for jigging
ore.</def>
<col>Drill jig</col>, <cd>a jig for guiding a drill. See

Jig, 6 <sd>(a)</sd>.</cd> -- <col>Jig
drilling</col>, <col>Jig filing</col> (Metal
Working), <cd>a process of drilling or filing in which the action
of the tool is directed or limited by a jig.</cd> -- <col>Jig
saw</col>, <cd>a sawing machine with a narrow, vertically
reciprocating saw, used to cut curved and irregular lines, or
ornamental patterns in openwork, a scroll saw; -- called also gig
saw.</cd>
<hw>Jig</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jigged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jigging (?).]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To sing to the tune of a jig.</def>
<blockquote>Jig off a tune at the tongue's

end.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To trick or cheat; to cajole; to

delude.</def> Ford.
<sn>3.</sn> (Mining) <def>To sort or separate, as

ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging,
<sn>4.</sn> (Metal Working) <def>To cut or form, as

a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.</def>
<hw>Jig</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To dance a jig; to skip

about.</def>
<blockquote>You jig, you amble, and you lisp.</blockquote>

 Shak.
<hw>Jig"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [A corrupt. of

chigre.] (Zoöl.) <def>A species of flea
(Sarcopsylla, or Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the
skin. See Chigoe.</def>
<hw>Jig"ger</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See Jig, <pos>n.

& v.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, jigs;

specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of
jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Pottery) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels
are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A templet or tool by which vessels are
shaped on a potter's wheel.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Naut.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A light

tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used
for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet
in hauling it home; the watch tackle.</def> Totten.
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small fishing vessel, rigged like a
yawl.</def> [New Eng.] <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A supplementary sail.
See Dandy, <pos>n.</pos>, 2
<sd>(b)</sd>.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or

graining leather; same as Jack, 4
<sd>(i)</sd>.</def>
<col>Jigger mast</col>. (Naut.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<cd>The after mast of a four-masted vessel</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>The small mast set at the stern of a yawl-rigged boat.</cd>
<hw>Jig"ging</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mining)

<def>The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger,
or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in
water.</def>
<col>Jigging machine</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>

(Mining) <cd>A machine for separating ore by the process of
jigging</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> (Metal Working) <cd>A
machine with a rotary milling cutter and a templet by which the
action of the cutter is guided or limited; -- used for forming the
profile of an irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine.</cd>
<hw>Jig"gish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement.</def>
Tatler.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Playful; frisky.</def> [R.]

<blockquote>She is never sad, and yet not
jiggish.</blockquote> Habington.
<hw>Jig"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Freq. of

jig.] <def>To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to
shake up and down.</def>
<hw>Jig"jog`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A jolting motion;

a jogging pace.</def>
<hw>Jig"jog</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a jolting

motion.</def>
<hw>Jill</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Gill

sweetheart.] <def>A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill.</def>
<hw>Jill"-flirt`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A light,

giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt.</def>
<hw>Jilt</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Contr. fr. Scot.

jillet a giddy girl, a jill-flirt, dim. of jill a
jill.] <def>A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette;
a flirt.</def> Otway.
<hw>Jilt</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jilted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jilting.] <def>To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a
lover; to deceive in love.</def> Locke.
<hw>Jilt</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To play the jilt; to

practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.</def>
Congreve.
<hw>Jim"crack`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Gimcrack.</def>
<hw>Jim"-crow`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mach.)

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A machine for bending or straightening
rails.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A planing machine with a reversing tool,

to plane both ways.</def>
<hw>Jim"my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jimmies</plw> (#). [Cf. Jemmy.] <def>A short
crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.</def> [Written also
jemmy.]
<hw>Jimp</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. Gimp,

<pos>a.</pos>] <def>Neat; handsome; elegant. See
Gimp.</def>
<hw>Jim"son weed`</hw> (?). <def>See Jamestown weed.</def>

[Local, U.S.]
{ <hw>Jin</hw>, <hw>Jinn</hw> (?) }, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jinnee.</def> "Solomon is said to have had power over the
jin." Balfour (Cyc. of India).
<hw>Jin*gal"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Hind.

jang&amacr;l a swivel, a large musket.] <def>A small portable
piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel.</def> [Written also
gingal and jingall.] [India]
<hw>Jin"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [OE.

gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E. chink; cf.
also E. jangle.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling,

clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.</def>
[Written also gingle.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To rhyme or sound with a jingling

effect.</def> "Jingling street ballads." Macaulay.
<hw>Jin"gle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jingled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jingling (?).] <def>To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as
a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.</def>
<blockquote>The bells she jingled, and the whistle

blew.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Jin"gle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces
of metal.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which makes a jingling sound, as a

rattle.</def>
<blockquote>If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain

them with trifles and jingles, but use them
justly.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A correspondence of sound in rhymes,

especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse
itself.</def>" The least jingle of verse."
Guardian.
<col>Jingle shell</col>. <cd>See Gold shell

<sd>(b)</sd>, under Gold.</cd>
<hw>Jin"gler</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, jingles.</def>
<hw>Jin"gling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink.</def>
"The jingling of the guinea." Tennyson.
<hw>Jin"gling*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>So as to

jingle.</def> Lowell.
<hw>Jin"go</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jingoes</plw> (#). [Said to be a corruption of St.
Gingoulph.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A word used as a jocular oath.</def> "By
the living jingo." Goldsmith.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A statesman who pursues, or who favors,

aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.</def> [Cant,
Eng.]
&fist; This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular
during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines
were as follows: --
<blockquote>We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we

do, 
We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money
too.</blockquote>

<hw>Jin"go*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The policy of

the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2.</def> [Cant, Eng.]
<hw>Jin"nee</hw> (j&ibreve;n"n&emacr;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Jinn</plw> (j&ibreve;n). [Ar.] (Arabian &
Mohammedan Myth.) <def>A genius or demon; one of the fabled
genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire,
and to have the power of assuming various forms.</def> [Written also
jin, djinnee, etc.]
&fist; Jinn is also used as <pos>sing.</pos>, with

<pos>pl.</pos> jinns (&?;).
<hw>Jin"ny road`</hw> (?). [Cf. Gin an engine,

Ginnycarriage.] (Mining) <def>An inclined road in a
coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty
ones.</def> Knight.
<hw>Jin*rik"i*sha</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Jap. jin

man + riki power + sha carriage.] <def>A small, two-
wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one or more men.</def> [Japan]
<hw>Jip"po</hw> (j&ibreve;p"p&osl;), <pos>n.</pos> [Abbrev.

fr. juppon.] <def>A waistcoat or kind of stays for
women.</def>
<hw>Jo</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Joes</plw> (#). [Etymol. uncertain.] <def>A sweetheart; a
darling.</def> [Scot.] Burns.
<hw>Job</hw> (j&obreve;b), <pos>n.</pos> [Prov. E.

job, gob, <pos>n.</pos>, a small piece of wood,
v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh.
influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See
Gob.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A piece of chance or occasional work; any

definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the
job for a thousand dollars.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A public transaction done for private

profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty,
but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Any affair or event which affects one,

whether fortunately or unfortunately.</def> [Colloq.]
<! p. 801 !>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A situation or opportunity of work; as, he

lost his job.</def> [Colloq.]
&fist; Job is used adjectively to signify doing

jobs, used for jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as,
job printer; job master; job horse; job
wagon, etc.
<col>By the job</col>, <cd>at a stipulated sum for the

work, or for each piece of work done; -- distinguished from time
work; as, the house was built by the job.</cd> --
<col>Job lot</col>, <cd>a quantity of goods, usually
miscellaneous, sold out of the regular course of trade, at a certain
price for the whole; as, these articles were included in a job
lot.</cd> -- <col>Job master</col>, <cd>one who lest out
horses and carriages for hire, as for family use.</cd> [Eng.] --
<col>Job printer</col>, <cd>one who does miscellaneous
printing, esp. circulars, cards, billheads, etc.</cd> -- <col>Odd
job</col>, <cd>miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional
work, of various kinds, or for various people.</cd>
<hw>Job</hw> (j&obreve;b), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Jobbed (j&obreve;bd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Jobbing.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To strike or stab with a pointed

instrument.</def> L'Estrange.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To thrust in, as a pointed

instrument.</def> Moxon.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To do or cause to be done by separate

portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a
contract.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Com.) <def>To buy and sell, as a

broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of
selling to retailers; as, to job goods.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To hire or let by the job or for a period

of service; as, to job a carriage.</def>
<hw>Job</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty
work.</def>
<blockquote>Authors of all work, to job for the
season.</blockquote> Moore.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To seek private gain under pretense of

public service; to turn public matters to private
advantage.</def>
<blockquote>And judges job, and bishops bite the

town.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To carry on the business of a jobber in

merchandise or stocks.</def>
<hw>Job</hw> (j&omacr;b), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The hero of

the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient
man.</def>
<col>Job's comforter</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A false

friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of
sympathy, insinuates rebukes.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A
boil</cd>. [Colloq.] -- <col>Job's news</col>, <cd>bad
news.</cd> Carlyle. -- <col>Job's tears</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a kind of grass (Coix Lacryma), with hard,
shining, pearly grains.</cd>
<hw>Jo*ba"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prov. E. job

to scold, to reprove, perh. fr. Job, the proper name.] <def>A
scolding; a hand, tedious reproof.</def> [Low] Grose.
<hw>Job"ber</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who works by the job.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a

stockjobber.</def> [Eng.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>One who buys goods from importers,

wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>One who turns official or public business

to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work
in office, politics, or intrigue.</def>
<hw>Job"ber*nowl`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

jobbernoule, fr. jobarde a stupid fellow; cf. E.
noll.] <def>A blockhead.</def> [Colloq. & Obs.] H.
Taylor.
<hw>Job"ber*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act or practice of jobbing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Underhand management; official corruption;

as, municipal jobbery.</def> Mayhew.
<hw>Job"bing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Doing chance work or odd jobs; as, a jobbing
carpenter.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Using opportunities of public service for

private gain; as, a jobbing politician.</def> London Sat.
Rev.
<col>Jobbing house</col>, <cd>a mercantile establishment

which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to
retailers.</cd> [U.S.]
<hw>Jo"cant*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. jocans,

p. pr. of jocare to jest, fr. jocus a jest.] <def>The
act or practice of jesting.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Jock"ey</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jockeys</plw> (#). [Dim. of Jack, Scot.
Jock; orig., a boy who rides horses. See 2d Jack.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A professional rider of horses in

races.</def> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A dealer in horses; a horse trader.</def>

<sn>3.</sn> <def>A cheat; one given to sharp practice in

trade.</def>
<hw>Jock"ey</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jockeyed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jockeying.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>" To jostle by riding
against one."</def> Johnson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to

trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a
customer.</def>
<hw>Jock"ey</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To play or act the

jockey; to cheat.</def>
<hw>Jock"ey*ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

management of one who jockeys; trickery.</def>
Beaconsfield.
<hw>Jock"ey*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The practice

of jockeys.</def>
<hw>Jock"ey*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art,

character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a
jockey.</def>
<blockquote>Go flatter Sawney for his

jockeyship.</blockquote> Chatterton.
<blockquote>Where can at last his jockeyship

retire?</blockquote> Cowper.
<hw>Jo*cose"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L jocosus, fr.

jocus joke. See Joke.] <def>Given to jokes and jesting;
containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive;
humorous.</def>
<blockquote>To quit their austerity and be jocose and
pleasant with an adversary.</blockquote> Shaftesbury.
<blockquote>All . . . jocose or comical airs should be

excluded.</blockquote> I. Watts.
Syn. -- Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant;

waggish; sportive; funny; comical.
-- <wf>Jo*cose"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Jo*cose"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<blockquote>Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak

jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with
levity.</blockquote> Broome.
<blockquote>He must beware lest his letter should contain anything

like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and
serious life.</blockquote> Buckle.
<hw>Jo`co*se"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Jocose

+ serious.] <def>Mingling mirth and seriousness.</def> M.
Green.
<hw>Jo*cos"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A jocose act

or saying; jocoseness.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Joc"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. jocularis,

fr. joculus, dim. of jocus joke. See Joke.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Given to jesting; jocose; as, a

jocular person.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Sportive; merry.</def> "Jocular

exploits." Cowper.
<blockquote>The style is serious and partly

jocular.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Jocù*lar"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Jesting;

merriment.</def>
<hw>Joc"u*lar*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In jest;

for sport or mirth; jocosely.</def>
<hw>Joc"u*la*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

jocularius. Cf. Jocular.] <def>Jocular; jocose;
sportive.</def> Bacon.
<hw>Joc"u*la`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. See

Juggler.] <def>A jester; a joker.</def> [Obs.]
Strutt.
<hw>Joc"u*la*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

joculatorius.] <def>Droll; sportive.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Joc"und</hw> (?), [L. jocundus, jucundus, orig.,

helpful, fr. juvare to help. See Aid.] <def>Merry;
cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.</def>
<blockquote>Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund

day 
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>Rural sports and jocund strains.</blockquote>

Prior.
-- <wf>Joc"und*ly</wf> (#), <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Joc"und*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Joc"und</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Merrily;

cheerfully.</def> Gray.
<hw>Jo*cun"di*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. jocunditas

jucunditas. See Jocund, and cf. Jucundity.]
<def>The state or quality of being jocund; gayety;
sportiveness.</def>
<hw>Joe</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Johannes.</def>
<hw>Joe" Mil"ler</hw> (?). [From Joseph Miller, a comic

actor, whose name was attached, after his death, to a popular jest
book published in 1739.] <def>A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out
joke.</def> [Colloq.]
<blockquote>It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that

there are only two reasons that can justify you in not returning
trumps to your partner's lead; i. e., first, sudden illness;
secondly, having none.</blockquote> Pole.
<hw>Joe`-Pye" weed`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A tall composite

plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with
purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.</def>
<hw>Jog</hw> (j&obreve;g), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Jogged (j&obreve;gd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Jogging (-g&ibreve;ng).] [OE. joggen; cf.
W. gogi to shake, and also E. shog, shock,
v.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To push or shake with the elbow or hand;

to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite
one's attention, or to warn.</def>
<blockquote>Now leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do

you see 
Yonder well-favored youth?</blockquote> Donne.
<blockquote>Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid 

Fast by my side.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to

call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a
horse. See Jog, <pos>v. i.</pos></def>
<hw>Jog</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To move by jogs or

small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely,
or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with
over.</def>
<blockquote>Jog on, jog on, the footpath

way.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>So hung his destiny, never to rot, 

While he might still jog on and keep his trot.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>The good old ways our sires jogged safely

over.</blockquote> R. Browning.
<hw>Jog</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken
attention; a push; a jolt.</def>
<blockquote>To give them by turns an invisible

jog.</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction;

hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the
direction of a line or the surface of a plane.</def>
<col>Jog trot</col>, <cd>a slow, regular, jolting gait;

hence, a routine habit or method, persistently adhered to.</cd>
T. Hook.
<hw>Jog"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

jogs.</def> Dryden.
<hw>Jog"ging</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of giving

a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.</def>
<hw>Jog"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Joggled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Joggling (?).] [Freq. of jog.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To shake slightly; to push suddenly but

slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to
jog.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Arch.) <def>To join by means of

joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to
dowel.</def>
<blockquote>The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss

posts.</blockquote> Gwilt.
<hw>Jog"gle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To shake or totter;

to slip out of place.</def>
<hw>Jog"gle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Arch.] <def>A notch or
tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to
prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate
piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.</def>
<col>Joggle joint</col> (Arch.), <cd>a joint in any

kind of building material, where the joining surfaces are made with
joggles.</cd>
<hw>Jo`han*ne"an</hw> (j&osl;`h&abreve;n*n&emacr;"an),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the
Apostle John or his writings.</def> M. Stuart.
<hw>Jo*han"nes</hw> (j&osl;*h&abreve;n"n&emacr;z),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, Heb.
Y&ebreve;h&omacr;kh&amacr;n&amacr;n,
Y&omacr;kh&amacr;n&amacr;n, i. e., one whom Jehovah has
blessed; hence F. Jean, E. John.] (Numis.)
<def>A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from
the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into
joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.</def>
<hw>Jo*han"nis*ber`ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G.] <def>A

fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle)
Johannisberg, on the Rhine.</def>
<hw>John</hw> (j&obreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Johannes.] <def>A proper name of a man.</def>
<col>John-apple</col>, <cd>a sort of apple ripe about St.

John's Day. Same as Apple-john.</cd> -- <col>John
Bull</col>, <cd>an ideal personification of the typical
characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people.</cd> --
<col>John Bullism</col>, <cd>English character.</cd> W.
Irving. -- <col>John Doe</col> (Law), <cd>the name
formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of
ejectment.</cd> Mozley & W. -- <col>John Doree</col>,
<col>John Dory</col>. [John (or F. jaune yellow)
+ Doree, Dory.] (Zoöl.) <cd>An oval,
compressed, European food fish (Zeus faber). Its color is
yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has
a round dark spot on each side. Called also dory,
doree, and St. Peter's fish.</cd>
<hw>John"a*dreams`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dreamy,

idle fellow.</def> Shak.
<hw>John"ny</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Johnnies</plw> (&?;). <sn>1.</sn> <def>A familiar
diminutive of John.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A sculpin.</def>

[Local cant]
<col>Johny Crapaud</col> (&?;), <cd>a jocose designation of

a Frenchman, or of the French people, collectively.</cd>
<hw>John"ny*cake`</hw> (-k&amacr;k`), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A
kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with
water or milk, etc., and baked.</def> [U.S.] J. Barlow.
<hw>John`son*ese"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The literary

style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it;
an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical
words.</def> E. Everett.
<hw>John"son grass`</hw> (?). [Named after W. Johnson of

Alabama, who planted it about 1840-1845.] (Bot.) <def>A tall
perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern
and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and
juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass,
Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian
millet.</def>
<hw>John*so"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous;
inflated.</def>
<hw>John*so"ni*an*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A manner

of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr.
Johnson.</def> [Written also Johnsonism.]
<hw>John's"-wort`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See St.

John's-wort.</def>
<hw>Join</hw> (join), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Joined (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Joining.] [OE. joinen, joignen, F.
joindre, fr. L. jungere to yoke, bind together, join;
akin to jugum yoke. See Yoke, and cf. Conjugal,
Junction, Junta.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To bring together, literally or

figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite;
to combine; to associate; to add; to append.</def>
<blockquote>Woe unto them that join house to

house.</blockquote> Is. v. 8.
<blockquote>Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn 

Like twenty torches joined.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Thy tuneful voice with numbers

join.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To associate one's self to; to be or

become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as,
to join a party; to join the church.</def>
<blockquote>We jointly now to join no other

head.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To unite in marriage.</def>
<blockquote>He that joineth his virgin in

matrimony.</blockquote> Wyclif.
<blockquote>What, therefore, God hath joined together, let

not man put asunder.</blockquote> Matt. xix. 6.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To enjoin upon; to command.</def> [Obs. &

R.]
<blockquote>They join them penance, as they call

it.</blockquote> Tyndale.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as,

to join encounter, battle, issue.</def> Milton.
<col>To join battle</col>, <col>To join issue</col>.

<cd>See under Battle, Issue.</cd>
Syn. -- To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate;

couple; link; append. See Add.
<hw>Join</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be contiguous,

close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form
a union; as, the bones of the skull join; two rivers
join.</def>
<blockquote>Whose house joined hard to the

synagogue.</blockquote> Acts xviii. 7.
<blockquote>Should we again break thy commandments, and

join in affinity with the people of these
abominations?</blockquote> Ezra ix. 14.
<blockquote>Nature and fortune joined to make thee

great.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Join</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Geom.) <def>The line

joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.</def>
Henrici.
<hw>Join"ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OF. & F.

joignant, p. pr. of joindre to join.]
<def>Adjoining.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Join"der</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. joindre.

See Join, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of joining; a putting together;

conjunction.</def>
<blockquote>Confirmed by mutual joinder of your

hands.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A joining

of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or
fact.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A joining of causes of action or
defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.</def>
<hw>Join"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One
who, or that which, joins.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One whose occupation is to construct

articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork
(as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of
buildings.</def> "One Snug, the joiner." Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A wood-working machine, for sawing,

plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.</def>
Syn. -- See Carpenter.
<hw>Join"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art, or

trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner.</def>
<blockquote>A piece of joinery . . . whimsically

dovetailed.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>Join"hand`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Writing in

which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in
single letters.</def> Addison.
<hw>Joint</hw> (joint), <pos>n.</pos> [F. joint, fr.

joindre, p. p. joint. See Join.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The place or part where two things or

parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even
surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction; as, a
joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a
pipe.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A joining of two things or parts so as to

admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge;
as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball
and socket joint. See Articulation.</def>
<blockquote>A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel, 

Must glove this hand.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>To tear thee joint by

joint.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The part or space included between two

joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or
of a grass stem; a joint of the leg.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Any one of the large pieces of meat, as

cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Geol.) <def>A plane of fracture, or

divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the
stratification.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Arch.) <def>The space between the

adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means
of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>The means whereby the meeting surfaces of
pieces in a structure are secured together.</def>
<col>Coursing joint</col> (Masonry), <cd>the mortar

joint between two courses of bricks or stones.</cd> -- <col>Fish
joint</col>, <col>Miter joint</col>, <col>Universal
joint</col>, etc. <cd>See under Fish, Miter,
etc.</cd> -- <col>Joint bolt</col>, <cd>a bolt for fastening
two pieces, as of wood, one endwise to the other, having a nut
embedded in one of the pieces.</cd> -- <col>Joint chair</col>
(Railroad), <cd>the chair that supports the ends of abutting
rails.</cd> -- <col>Joint coupling</col>, <cd>a universal
joint for coupling shafting. See under Universal.</cd> --
<col>Joint hinge</col>, <cd>a hinge having long leaves; a
strap hinge.</cd> -- <col>Joint splice</col>, <cd>a
reënforce at a joint, to sustain the parts in their true
relation.</cd> -- <col>Joint stool</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool.</cd>
Shak. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A block for supporting the end
of a piece at a joint; a joint chair.</cd> -- <col>Out of
joint</col>, <cd>out of place; dislocated, as when the head of a
bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well together;
disordered.</cd> "The time is out of joint." Shak.
<! p. 802 !>
<hw>Joint</hw> (joint), <pos>a.</pos> [F., p. p. of

joindre. See Join.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Joined; united; combined; concerted; as,

joint action.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Involving the united activity of two or

more; done or produced by two or more working together.</def>
<blockquote>I read this joint effusion twice

over.</blockquote> T. Hook.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>United, joined, or sharing with another or

with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common
with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as,
joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor,
etc.</def> "Joint tenants of the world." Donne.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Shared by, or affecting two or more; held

in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.</def>
<blockquote>A joint burden laid upon us all.</blockquote>

Shak.
<col>Joint committee</col> (Parliamentary Practice),

<cd>a committee composed of members of the two houses of a
legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions
of the two houses are necessary.</cd> Cushing. --
<col>Joint meeting</col>, or <col>Joint session</col>,
<cd>the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a
joint meeting of committees representing different
corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State
legislature to chose a United States senator.</cd> "Such joint
meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all
counted and the result declared." Joint Rules of Congress, U.
S. -- <col>Joint resolution</col> (Parliamentary
Practice), <cd>a resolution adopted concurrently by the two
branches of a legislative body.</cd> "By the constitution of the
United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute
distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions."
Barclay (Digest). -- <col>Joint rule</col>
(Parliamentary Practice), <cd>a rule of proceeding adopted by
the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative
assembly.</cd> "Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be
suspended for the remainder of the session." Journal H. of R., U.
S. -- <col>Joint and several</col> (Law), <cd>a
phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which
it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are
engaged both together and individually thus a joint and
several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued
together or either of them individually.</cd> -- <col>Joint
stock</col>, <cd>stock held in company.</cd> -- <col>Joint-
stock company</col> (Law), <cd>a species of partnership,
consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital
divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by
any member being usually transferable without the consent of the
rest.</cd> -- <col>Joint tenancy</col> (Law), <cd>a
tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title,
time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole.</cd>
Blackstone. -- <col>Joint tenant</col> (Law),
<cd>one who holds an estate by joint tenancy.</cd>
<hw>Joint</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jointed; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jointing.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To unite by a joint or joints; to fit

together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint
boards.</def>
<blockquote>Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed

wood.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To join; to connect; to unite; to

combine.</def>
<blockquote>Jointing their force 'gainst

Cæsar.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To provide with a joint or joints; to

articulate.</def>
<blockquote>The fingers are jointed together for

motion.</blockquote> Ray.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To separate the joints; of; to divide at

the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as
meat.</def> "He joints the neck." Dryden.
<blockquote>Quartering, jointing, seething, and
roasting.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Joint</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To fit as if by

joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint,
neatly.</def>
<hw>Joint"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having joints;

articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll;
jointed structure.</def> "The jointed herbage." J.
Philips. -- <wf>Joint"ed*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Joint"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who, or that which, joints.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A plane for smoothing the surfaces of

pieces which are to be accurately joined</def>; especially:
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>The longest plane used by a joiner.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> (Coopering) <def>A long stationary plane,
for planing the edges of barrel staves.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Masonry) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A tool for pointing the joints in
brickwork.</def>
<hw>Joint"-fir`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems
conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There
are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas
to California.</def>
<hw>Joint"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process

of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced.</def>
<col>Jointing machine</col>, <cd>a planing machine for wood

used in furniture and piano factories, etc.</cd> -- <col>Jointing
plane</col>. <cd>See Jointer, 2.</cd> -- <col>Jointing
rule</col> (Masonry), <cd>a long straight rule, used by
bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.</cd>
<hw>Joint"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without a joint;

rigid; stiff.</def>
<hw>Joint"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a joint manner;

together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.</def>
<blockquote>Then jointly to the ground their knees they

bow.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Joint"ress</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Law) <def>A

woman who has a jointure.</def> [Written also jointuress.]
<hw>Join"ture</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jointure a

joint, orig., a joining, L. junctura, fr. jungere to
join. See Join, and cf. Juncture.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A joining; a joint.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>An estate settled on a wife,

which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at
least, in satisfaction of dower.</def>
<blockquote>The jointure that your king must make, 

Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>Join"ture</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jointured (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jointuring.] <def>To settle a jointure upon.</def>
<hw>Join"ture*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no

jointure.</def>
<hw>Join"tur*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jointress.</def> Bouvier.
<hw>Joint"weed`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum
articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.</def>
<hw>Joint"worm`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma
hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of
wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of
America it does great damage to the crop.</def>
<hw>Joist</hw> (joist), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. giste,

OF. giste, F. gîte, fr. gesir to lie, F.
gésir. See Gist.] (Arch.) <def>A piece of
timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the
floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; --
called, according to its position or use, binding joist,
bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist,
etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under
Double, <pos>a.</pos></def>
<hw>Joist</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Joisted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Joisting.] <def>To fit or furnish with joists.</def>
Johnson.
<hw>Joke</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. jocus. Cf

Jeopardy, Jocular, Juggler.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Something said for the sake of exciting a

laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of
hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to
crack good-natured jokes.</def>
<blockquote>And gentle dullness ever loves a

joke.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>Or witty joke our airy senses moves 

To pleasant laughter.</blockquote> Gay.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Something not said seriously, or not
actually meant; something done in sport.</def>
<blockquote>Inclose whole downs in walls, 't is all a

joke.</blockquote> Pope.
<col>In joke</col>, <cd>in jest; sportively; not meant

seriously.</cd> -- <col>Practical joke</col>. <cd>See under
Practical.</cd>
<hw>Joke</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Joked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Joking.] <def>To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to
rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.</def>
<hw>Joke</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [L. jocari.] <def>To

do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or
actions; to jest.</def>
<blockquote>He laughed, shouted, joked, and

swore.</blockquote> Macaulay.
Syn. -- To jest; sport; rally; banter. See Jest.
<hw>Jok"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who makes jokes or jests; a humorist; a wag.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Card Playing) <def>See Best

bower, under 2d Bower.</def>
<hw>Jok"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a joking way;

sportively.</def>
{ <hw>Jole</hw>, <hw>Joll</hw> } (?), <pos>v. t. &

n.</pos> <def>Same as Jowl.</def> Shak.
<hw>Jol*if"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Jolly.]

<def>Joyful; merry; pleasant; jolly.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Jol`li*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Jolly

+ L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] <def>A
merrymaking; noisy festivity.</def> [Colloq.]
<blockquote>We have had a jollification or so

together.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Jol"li*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a jolly

manner.</def>
<hw>Jol"li*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Jollity.</def>

<hw>Jol"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Jollity; noisy

mirth.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Jol"li*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Jolly:

cf. OF. jolieté, joliveté.] <def>Noisy
mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.</def>
Chaucer.
<blockquote>All now was turned to jollity and

game.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>He with a proud jollity commanded him to leave

that quarrel only for him, who was only worthy to enter into
it.</blockquote> Sir P. Sidney.
Syn. -- Merriment; mirth; gayety; festivity; hilarity.
<hw>Jol"ly</hw> (j&obreve;l"l&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Jollier (-l&ibreve;*&etilde;r);
<pos>superl.</pos> Jolliest.] [OF. joli,
jolif, joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin,
akin to E. yule; cf. Icel. j&omacr;l yule, Christmas
feast. See Yule.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous;

merry; mirthful.</def>
<blockquote>Like a jolly troop of huntsmen.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>"A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! 

But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Expressing mirth, or inspiring it;

exciting mirth and gayety.</def>
<blockquote>And with his jolly pipe delights the

groves.</blockquote> Prior.
<blockquote>Their jolly notes they chanted loud and

clear.</blockquote> Fairfax.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent;

lively; agreeable; pleasant.</def> "A jolly cool wind." Sir
T. North. [Now mostly colloq.]
<blockquote>Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did

sit.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>The coachman is swelled into jolly

dimensions.</blockquote> W. Irving.
<hw>Jol"ly-boat`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [A corruption of

Dan. jolle yawl, or of D. jol yawl + E. boat.
See Yawl the boat.] (Naut.) <def>A boat of medium size
belonging to a ship.</def>
<hw>Jol"ly*head</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Jollity.</def>

<hw>Jolt</hw> (j&omacr;lt), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Jolted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jolting.] [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and
originally meaning, to knock on the head. See Jowl.] <def>To
shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving
on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.</def>
<hw>Jolt</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to shake with

a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough
ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the
rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the
passengers.</def>
<hw>Jolt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sudden shock or jerk; a

jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.</def>
<blockquote>The first jolt had like to have shaken me

out.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>Jolt"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, jolts.</def>
{ <hw>Jolt"er*head`</hw>, <hw>Jolt"head`</hw> } (?),

<pos>n.</pos> [See Jolt, Jowl.] <def>A dunce; a
blockhead.</def> Sir T. North.
<hw>Jolt"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a jolting

manner.</def>
<hw>Jolt"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That jolts; as, a

jolty coach.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Jo"nah</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The Hebrew prophet,

who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any
person whose presence is unpropitious.</def>
<col>Jonah crab</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a large crab

(Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States,
sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.</cd>
<hw>Jo*ne"sian</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Jones.</def>
<col>The Jonesian system</col>, <cd>a system of

transliterating Oriental words by English letters, invented by Sir
William Jones.</cd>
{ <hw>Jon"gleur</hw> (?), <hw>Jon"gler</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [F. jongleur. See Juggler.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or

other person who, for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his
own composition. See Troubadour.</def>
<blockquote>Vivacity and picturesquenees of the jongleur's

verse.</blockquote> J R. Green.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A juggler; a conjuror. See

Juggler.</def> Milton.
{ <hw>Jon"quil</hw>, <hw>Jon"quille</hw> }, <pos>n.</pos>
[F. jonquille, fr. L. juncus a rush, because it has
rushlike leaves.] (Bot.) <def>A bulbous plant of the genus
Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long,
rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has
emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved
daffodil. See Illust. of Corona.</def>
<hw>Jo"ram</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Jorum.</def>
{ <hw>Jor"dan</hw> (?), <hw>Jor"den</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Prob. fr. the river Jordan, and
shortened fr. Jordan bottle a bottle of water from the Jordan,
brought back by pilgrims.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A pot or vessel with a large neck,

formerly used by physicians and alchemists.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A chamber pot.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.

Shak.
<hw>Jo"rum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Perh. corrupted fr.

jorden an earthen pot.] <def>A large drinking vessel; also,
its contents.</def> [Colloq. Eng.] Forby.
<hw>Jo"seph</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An outer garment

worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down
the front.</def> Fairholt.
<hw>Jo"seph's flow"er</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A composite

herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the
salsify.</def>
<hw>Jo"so</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A small gudgeon.</def>
<hw>Joss</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg.

deos God, L. deus.] <def>A Chinese household divinity;
a Chinese idol.</def> "Critic in jars and josses." Colman
(1761).
<col>Joss house</col>, <cd>a Chinese temple or house for

the Chinese mode of worship.</cd> -- <col>Joss stick</col>,
<cd>a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odoriferous
woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burned by the
Chinese before an idol.</cd>
<hw>Jos"sa</hw> (?), <pos>interj.</pos> <def>A command to a

horse, probably meaning "stand still."</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Jos"tle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jostled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jostling (?).] [A dim. of joust, just, v. See
Joust, and cf. Justle.] [Written also justle.]
<def>To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to
hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.</def> "Bullies
jostled him." Macaulay.
<blockquote>Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and

moral, which are perpetually jostling each other.</blockquote>
I. Taylor.
<hw>Jos"tle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To push; to crowd;

to hustle.</def>
<blockquote>None jostle with him for the wall.</blockquote>

Lamb.
<hw>Jos"tle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A conflict by

collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.</def>
<blockquote>The jostle of South African nationalities and

civilization.</blockquote> The Nation.
<hw>Jos"tle*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Crowding;

hustling.</def>
<hw>Jot</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. iota, Gr. &?;

the name of the letter (E. i, Heb. y&?;d), the smallest
letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. Iota.] <def>An iota; a
point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit,
<blockquote>Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one

tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled.</blockquote> Matt. v. 18.
<blockquote>Neither will they bate 

One jot of ceremony.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Jot</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jotted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jotting.] <def>To set down; to make a brief note of; --
usually followed by down.</def>
<hw>Jot"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who jots down memoranda.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A memorandum book.</def>
<hw>Jougs</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. joug a yoke,

L. jugum. See Yoke.] <def>An iron collar fastened to a
wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory.
[Written also juggs.] See Juke.</def> Sir W.
Scott.
<hw>Jou"is*sance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr.

jouir to enjoy, fr. L. gaudere to rejoice.]
<def>Jollity; merriment.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>Jouk</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See

Juke.</def>
<hw>Joul</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See
Jowl.</def>
<hw>Joule</hw> (j&oomac;l), <pos>n.</pos> [From the

distinguished English physicist, James P. Joule.]
(Physics.) <def>A unit of work which is equal to
107 units of work in the C. G. S. system of units (ergs),
and is practically equivalent to the energy expended in one second by
an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm. One
joule is approximately equal to 0.738 foot pounds.</def>
<col>Joule's equivalent</col>. <cd>See under

Equivalent, <pos>n.</pos></cd>
<hw>Jounce</hw> (jouns), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Jounced (jounst); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Jouncing (joun"s&ibreve;ng).] [Cf.
Jaunce.] <def>To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or
by driving over obstructions.</def>
<hw>Jounce</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A jolt; a shake; a hard

trot.</def>
<hw>Jour"nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F., fr. L.

diurnalis diurnal, fr. diurnus belonging to the day,
fr. dies day. See Diurnal.] <def>Daily; diurnal.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>Whiles from their journal labors they did

rest.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>Jour"nal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. journal. See

Journal, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A diary; an account of daily transactions

and events.</def> Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd>
(Bookkeeping) <def>A book of accounts, in which is entered a
condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> (Naut.) <def>A daily register of the
ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the
voyage, etc.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> (Legislature) <def>The
record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.</def>
<sd>(d)</sd> <def>A newspaper published daily; by extension, a
weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of
passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.; a
periodical; a magazine.</def>
<! p. 803 !>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which has occurred in a day; a day's

work or travel; a day's journey.</def> [Obs. & R.] B.
Jonson.
<sn>3.</sn> (Mach.) <def>That portion of a rotating

piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or
box. See Illust. of Axle box.</def>
<col>Journal box</col>, or <col>Journal
bearing</col> (Mach.) <cd>the carrier of a journal; the
box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns.</cd>
<hw>Jour"nal*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

journalisme.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The keeping of a journal or diary.</def>

[Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The periodical collection and publication

of current news; the business of managing, editing, or writing for,
journals or newspapers; as, political journalism.</def>
<blockquote>Journalism is now truly an estate of the

realm.</blockquote> Ed. Rev.
<hw>Jour"nal*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

journaliste.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who keeps a journal or diary.</def>

[Obs.] Mickle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The conductor of a public journal, or one

whose business it to write for a public journal; an editorial or
other professional writer for a periodical.</def>
Addison.
<hw>Jour"nal*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to journals or to journalists; contained in, or characteristic of,
the public journals; as, journalistic literature or
enterprise.</def>
<hw>Jour"nal*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Journalized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Journalizing (?).] <def>To enter or record in a
journal or diary.</def> Johnson.
<hw>Jour"nal*ize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>to conduct or

contribute to a public journal; to follow the profession of a
journalist.</def>
<hw>Jour"ney</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Journeys</plw> (#). [OE. jornee, journee,
prop., a day's journey, OF. jornée,
jurnée, a day, a day's work of journey, F.
journée, fr. OF. jorn, jurn, jor a
day, F. jour, fr. L. diurnus. See Journal.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The travel or work of a day.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<blockquote>We have yet large day, for scarce the sun 

Hath finished half his journey.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Travel or passage from one place to

another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life.</def>
<blockquote>The good man . . . is gone a long
journey.</blockquote> Prov. vii. 19.
<blockquote>We must all have the same journey's

end.</blockquote> Bp. Stillingfleet.
Syn. -- Tour; excursion; trip; expedition; pilgrimage. --

Journey, Tour, Excursion, Pilgrimage. The
word journey suggests the idea of a somewhat prolonged
traveling for a specific object, leading a person to pass directly
from one point to another. In a tour, we take a roundabout
course from place to place, more commonly for pleasure, though
sometimes on business. An excursion is usually a brief tour or
trip for pleasure, health, etc. In a pilgrimage we travel to a
place hallowed by our religions affections, or by some train of
sacred or tender associations. A journey on important
business; the tour of Europe; an excursion to the
lakes; a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
<hw>Jour"ney</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Journeyed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Journeying.] <def>To travel from place to place; to go from
home to a distance.</def>
<blockquote>Abram journeyed, going on still toward the

south.</blockquote> Gen. xii. 9. 
<hw>Jour"ney</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To traverse; to

travel over or through.</def> [R.] "I journeyed many a land."
<hw>Jour"ney-batèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Worn out

with journeying.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Jour"ney*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

journeys.</def>
<hw>Jour"ney*man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Journeymen</plw> (&?;). <def>Formerly, a man hired to
work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or
trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master
workman.</def>
<blockquote>I have thought some of nature's journeymen had

made men, and not made them well.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Jour"ney*work`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Originally,

work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his
trade.</def>
<hw>Joust</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [OE. justen,

jousten, OF. jouster, jouster, joster, F.
jouter, fr. L. juxta near to, nigh, from the root of
jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Jostle.]
<def>To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the
lists; to tilt.</def> [Written also just.]
<blockquote>For the whole army to joust and
tourney.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Joust</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. juste,

jouste, OF. juste, jouste, joste, F.
joute. See Joust, <pos>v. i.</pos>] <def>A
tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the
lists or inclosed field.</def> [Written also just.]
<blockquote>Gorgeous knights at joust and

tournament.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Joust"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who jousts or

tilts.</def>
<hw>Jove</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. Jupiter, gen.

Jovis, OL. Jovis, nom. & gen. for Djovis; akin
to E. Tuesday. See Tuesday, and cf.
Jupiter.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The chief divinity of the ancient Romans;

Jupiter.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Astron.) <def>The planet Jupiter.</def>

[R.] Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> (Alchemy) <def>The metal tin.</def>
<col>Bird of Jove</col>, <cd>the eagle.</cd>
<hw>Jo"vi*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F., fr. L.

Jovialis pertaining to Jove. The planet Jupiter was thought to
make those born under it joyful or jovial. See Jove.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the god, or the

planet, Jupiter.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Our jovial star reigned at his

birth.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the

planets, and esteemed Martial or Jovial according to the
colors whereby they answer these planets.</blockquote> Sir T.
Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Sunny; serene.</def> [Obs.] "The heavens

always joviall." Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-

inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a
jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial
poem.</def>
<blockquote>Be bright and jovial among your

guests.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral;

the rest are jovial or bacchanalian.</blockquote>
Dryden.
&fist; This word is a relic of the belief in planetary influence.

Other examples are saturnine, mercurial,
martial, lunatic, etc.
Syn. -- Merry; joyous; gay; festive; mirthful; gleeful;

jolly; hilarious.
<hw>Jo"vi*al*ist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lives

a jovial life.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>Jo`vi*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

jovialité.] <def>The quality or state of being
jovial.</def> Sir T. Herbert.
<hw>Jo"vi*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a jovial

manner; merrily; gayly.</def> B. Jonson.
<hw>Jo"vi*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Noisy mirth;

joviality.</def> Hewyt.
<hw>Jo"vi*al*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Joviality.</def> [R.] Barrow.
<hw>Jo"vi*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet).</def>
<hw>Jo`vi*cen"tric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Jove, and Center.] (Astron.) <def>Revolving
around the planet Jupiter; appearing as viewed from Jupiter.</def>
[R.] J. R. Hind.
<hw>Jo*vin"ian*ist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Script.

Hist.) <def>An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of
the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the
asceticism of his time.</def>
<hw>Jowl</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [For older chole,

chaul, AS. ceaft jaw. Cf. Chaps.] <def>The
cheek; the jaw.</def> [Written also jole, choule,
chowle, and geoule.]
<col>Cheek by jowl</col>, <cd>with the cheeks close

together; side by side; in close proximity.</cd> "I will go with thee
cheek by jole." Shak. " Sits cheek by jowl."
Dryden.
<hw>Jowl</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To throw, dash, or

knock.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>How the knave jowls it to the

ground.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Jowl"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A dog with large jowls, as the beagle.</def>
<hw>Jow"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mounted peddler

of fish; -- called also jouster.</def> [Obs.]
Carew.
<hw>Joy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. joye, OF.

joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L.
gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to
rejoice, to be glad; cf. Gr. &?; to rejoice, &?; proud. Cf.
Gaud, Jewel.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The passion or emotion excited by the

acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions
caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational
prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration
of spirits; delight.</def>
<blockquote>Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her

joy.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>Glides the smooth current of domestic

joy.</blockquote> Johnson.
<blockquote>Who, for the joy that was set before him,

endured the cross, despising the shame.</blockquote> Heb. xii. 2.

<blockquote>Tears of true joy for his return.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Joy is a delight of the mind, from the

consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a
good.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which causes joy or

happiness.</def>
<blockquote>For ye are our glory and joy.</blockquote> 1

Thess. ii. 20.
<blockquote> A thing of beauty is a joy

forever.</blockquote> Keats.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety;

mirth; merriment; festivity.</def>
<blockquote>Such joy made Una, when her knight she

found.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>The roofs with joy resound.</blockquote>

Dryden.
&fist; Joy is used in composition, esp. with participles,

to from many self-explaining compounds; as, joy-bells,
joy-bringing, joy-inspiring, joy-resounding,
etc.
Syn. -- Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation;

transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety; mirth;
merriment; festivity; hilarity.
<hw>Joy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> Joyed (joid); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Joying.] [OF. joir, F. jouir. See Joy,
<pos>n.</pos>] <def>To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to
exult.</def>
<blockquote>I will joy in the God of my

salvation.</blockquote> Hab. iii. 18.
<blockquote>In whose sight all things joy.</blockquote>

Milton.
<hw>Joy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

give joy to; to congratulate.</def> [Obs.] "Joy us of our
conquest." Dryden.
<blockquote>To joy the friend, or grapple with the

foe.</blockquote> Prior.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To gladden; to make joyful; to

exhilarate.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Neither pleasure's art can joy my

spirits.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To enjoy.</def> [Obs.] See

Enjoy.
<blockquote>Who might have lived and joyed immortal

bliss.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Joy"ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. joiance.]

<def>Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness.</def>
Spenser.
<blockquote>Some days of joyance are decreed to

all.</blockquote> Byron.
<blockquote>From what hid fountains doth thy joyance

flow?</blockquote> Trench.
<hw>Joy"an*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Joyance.</def>

[R.] Carlyle.
<hw>Joy"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of joy;

having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart.</def>
"Joyful tidings." Shak.
<blockquote>My soul shall be joyful in my God.</blockquote>

Is. lxi. 10.
<blockquote>Sad for their loss, but joyful of our

life.</blockquote> Pope.
-- <wf>Joy"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Joy"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Joy"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not having joy; not
causing joy; unenjoyable.</def> -- <wf>Joy"less*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Joy"less*ness</wf>,
<blockquote>With downcast eyes the joyless victor

sat.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>Youth and health and war are joyless to

him.</blockquote> Addison.
<blockquote>[He] pining for the lass, 

Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing
grass.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Joy"ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE. joyous,

joious, joios, F. joyeux.See Joy.]
<def>Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with
of before the word or words expressing the cause of
joy.</def>
<blockquote>Is this your joyous city?</blockquote> Is.

xxiii. 7.
<blockquote>They all as glad as birds of joyous

prime.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>And joyous of our conquest early

won.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad;

mirthful; sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming;
delightful.
-- <wf>Joy"ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Joy"ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Joy"some</hw> (&?;), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Causing

joyfulness.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>This all joysome grove.</blockquote> T.

Browne.
<hw>Jub</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Perh. corrupted fr.

jug.] <def>A vessel for holding ale or wine; a jug.</def>
<hw>||Ju"ba</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jubæ</plw> (-b&emacr;). [L., a mane.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The mane of an

animal.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A loose panicle, the axis of

which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses.</def>
<hw>Ju"bate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. jubatus

having a mane.] (Zoöl.) <def>Fringed with long, pendent
hair.</def>
<hw>||Ju`bé"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.]

(Arch.) (a) <def>A chancel screen or rood screen.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The gallery above such a screen, from which
certain parts of the service were formerly read.</def> See Rood
loft, under Rood.
<hw>Ju"bi*lant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. jubilans,

-antis, p. pr. of jubilare to shout for joy: cf. F.
jubilant. See Jubilate.] <def>Uttering songs of
triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.</def> "The
jubilant age." Coleridge.
<blockquote>While the bright pomp ascended

jubilant.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Ju"bi*lant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a jubilant

manner.</def>
<hw>Ju"bi*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

jubilaire.] <def>Pertaining to, or having the character of, a
jubilee.</def> [R.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>Ju`bi*la"te</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., imperat. of

jubilare to shout for joy.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The third Sunday after Easter; -- so

called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin
version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A name of the 100th Psalm; -- so called

from its opening word in the Latin version.</def>
<hw>Ju"bi*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [L.

jubilatus, p. p. of jubilare.] <def>To exult; to
rejoice.</def> [R.] De Quincey.
<hw>Ju`bi*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

jubilatio: cf. F. jubilation.] <def>A triumphant
shouting; rejoicing; exultation.</def> "Jubilations and
hallelujahs." South.
<hw>Ju"bi*lee</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

jubilé, L. jubilaeus, Gr. &?;, fr. Heb.
y&?;bel the blast of a trumpet, also the grand sabbatical
year, which was announced by sound of trumpet.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Jewish Hist.) <def>Every fiftieth year,

being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of
years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated,
and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period
reverted to their former owners.</def> [In this sense spelled also,
in some English Bibles, jubile.] Lev. xxv. 8-17.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The joyful commemoration held on the

fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen
Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of
Missions.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (R. C. Ch.) <def>A church solemnity or

ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one
hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and
extraordinary indulgence granted by the sovereign pontiff to the
universal church. One invariable condition of granting this
indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the
eucharist.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A season of general joy.</def>
<blockquote>The town was all a jubilee of

feasts.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A state of joy or exultation.</def> [R.]

"In the jubilee of his spirits." Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Ju*cun"di*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

jucunditas, from jucundus.] <def>Pleasantness;
agreeableness. See Jocundity.</def> [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Ju"dah*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the

tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew.</def>
Kitto.
{ <hw>Ju*da"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Ju*da"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. Judaïcus, fr. Judaea, the
country Judea: cf. F. Judaïque. See Jew.] <def>Of
or pertaining to the Jews.</def> "The natural or Judaical
[religion]." South.
<hw>Ju*da"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>After the

Jewish manner.</def> Milton.
<hw>Ju"da*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

Judaïsmus: cf. F. judaïsme.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The religious doctrines and rites of the

Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses.</def> J. S. Mill.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Conformity to the Jewish rites and

ceremonies.</def>
<hw>Ju"da*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who believes and

practices Judaism.</def>
<hw>Ju`da*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Judaism.</def>
<hw>Ju`da*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

Judaizing; a conforming to the Jewish religion or ritual.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Ju"da*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Judaized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Judaizing (?).] [Cf. F. judaïser.] <def>To conform
to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the Jews; to inculcate
or impose Judaism.</def>
<blockquote>They . . . prevailed on the Galatians to

Judaize so far as to observe the rites of Moses in various
instances. 
They were Judaizing doctors, who taught the observation of the
Mosaic law.</blockquote> Bp. Bull.
<hw>Ju"da*ize</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To impose Jewish

observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism.</def>
<blockquote>The heretical Theodotion, the Judaized

Symmachus.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Ju"da*i`zer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

conforms to or inculcates Judaism; specifically, pl. (Ch.
Hist.), those Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered to
the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem.</def>
<hw>Ju"das</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The disciple who

betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under
the semblance of friendship.</def> -- <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Treacherous; betraying.</def>
<col>Judas hole</col>, <cd>a peephole or secret opening for

spying.</cd> -- <col>Judas kiss</col>, <cd>a deceitful and
treacherous kiss.</cd> -- <col>Judas tree</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a leguminous tree of the genus Cercis, with pretty, rose-
colored flowers in clusters along the branches. Judas is said to have
hanged himself on a tree of this genus (C. Siliquastrum).
C. Canadensis and C. occidentalis are the American
species, and are called also redbud.</cd>
<hw>Ju"das-colòred</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Red; --

from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and
beard.</def>
<blockquote>There's treachery in that Judas-colored

beard.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Jud"dock</hw> (j&ubreve;d"d&obreve;k), <pos>n.</pos>

[For judcock; jud (equiv. to Prov. E. gid a
jacksnipe, W. giach snipe) + cock.] (Zoöl.)
<def>See Jacksnipe.</def>
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<hw>Ju*de"an</hw> (j&usl;*d&emacr;"an),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. Judaeus. See Jew.] <def>Of or
pertaining to Judea.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native of
Judea; a Jew.</def>
<hw>Judge</hw> (j&ubreve;j), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

juge, OF. & F. juge, fr. OF. jugier, F.
juger, to judge. See Judge, <pos>v.
i.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> (Law) <def>A public officer who is
invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and
to administer justice between parties in courts held for that
purpose.</def>
<blockquote>The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to

direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency
of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points
of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or
sentence.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who has skill, knowledge, or

experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on
the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or
relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a
critic.</def>
<blockquote>A man who is no judge of law may be a good

judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a
painting.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A person appointed to decide in a trial of

skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a
judge in a horse race.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Jewish Hist.) <def>One of the supreme

magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel
for more than four hundred years.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> pl. <def>The title of the seventh book

of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.</def>
<col>Judge Advocate</col> (Mil. & Nav.), <cd>a

person appointed to act as prosecutor at a court-martial; he acts as
the representative of the government, as the responsible adviser of
the court, and also, to a certain extent, as counsel for the accused,
when he has no other counsel.</cd> -- <col>Judge-Advocate
General</col>, <cd>in the United States, the title of two
officers, one attached to the War Department and having the rank of
brigadier general, the other attached to the Navy Department and
having the rank of colonel of marines or captain in the navy. The
first is chief of the Bureau of Military Justice of the army, the
other performs a similar duty for the navy. In England, the
designation of a member of the ministry who is the legal adviser of
the secretary of state for war, and supreme judge of the proceedings
of courts-martial.</cd>
Syn. -- Judge, Umpire, Arbitrator,

Referee. A judge, in the legal sense, is a magistrate
appointed to determine questions of law. An umpire is a person
selected to decide between two or more who contend for a prize. An
arbitrator is one chosen to allot to two contestants their
portion of a claim, usually on grounds of equity and common sense. A
referee is one to whom a case is referred for final
adjustment. Arbitrations and references are sometimes
voluntary, sometimes appointed by a court.
<hw>Judge</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Judged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Judging.] [OE. jugen, OF. jugier, F.
juger, L. judicare, fr. judex judge; jus
law or right + dicare to proclaim, pronounce, akin to
dicere to say. See Just, <pos>a.</pos>, and
Diction, and cf. Judicial.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To hear and determine, as in causes on

trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass
sentence.</def>
<blockquote>The Lord judge between thee and

me.</blockquote> Gen. xvi. 5.
<blockquote>Father, who art judge 

Of all things made, and judgest only right!</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To assume the right to pass judgment on

another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass
adverse judgment upon others. See Judge, <pos>v.
t.</pos>, 3.</def>
<blockquote>Forbear to judge, for we are sinners

all.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To compare facts or ideas, and perceive

their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from
falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an
opinion about.</def>
<blockquote>Judge not according to the

appearance.</blockquote> John vii. 24.
<blockquote>She is wise if I can judge of her.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>Judge</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a
controversy between two parties.</def> "Chaos [shall] judge
the strife." Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To examine and pass sentence on; to try;

to doom.</def>
<blockquote>God shall judge the righteous and the

wicked.</blockquote> Eccl. iii. 7.
<blockquote>To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness, 

And to be judged by him.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To arrogate judicial authority over; to

sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.</def>
<blockquote>Judge not, that ye be not

judged.</blockquote> Matt. vii. 1.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To determine upon or deliberation; to

esteem; to think; to reckon.</def>
<blockquote>If ye have judged me to be faithful to the

Lord.</blockquote> Acts xvi. 15.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To exercise the functions of a magistrate

over; to govern.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Make us a king to judge us.</blockquote> 1

Sam. viii. 5.
<hw>Judg"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

judges.</def> Sir K. Digby.
<hw>Judge"ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office of a

judge.</def>
<hw>Judg"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. jugement,

F. jugement, LL. judicamentum, fr. L. judicare.
See Judge, <pos>v. i.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of judging; the operation of the

mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge
of the values and relations of thins, whether of moral qualities,
intellectual concepts, logical propositions, or material facts, is
obtained; as, by careful judgment he avoided the peril; by a
series of wrong judgments he forfeited confidence.</def>
<blockquote>I oughte deme, of skilful jugement, 

That in the salte sea my wife is deed.</blockquote>
Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The power or faculty of performing such

operations (see 1); esp., when unqualified, the faculty of judging or
deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; good sense; as, a man of
judgment; a politician without judgment.</def>
<blockquote>He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy

poor with judgment.</blockquote> Ps. lxxii. 2.
<blockquote>Hernia. I would my father look'd but with my

eyes. 
Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment
look.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The conclusion or result of judging; an

opinion; a decision.</def>
<blockquote>She in my judgment was as fair as

you.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Who first his judgment asked, and then a

place.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The act of determining, as in courts of

law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination,
decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge; the mandate or
sentence of God as the judge of all.</def>
<blockquote>In judgments between rich and poor, consider
not what the poor man needs, but what is his own.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Most heartily I do beseech the court 

To give the judgment.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> (Philos.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That

act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended
as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their
agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold:
(1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving
what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an
inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic,
synthetic, and identical.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>That power
or faculty by which knowledge dependent upon comparison and
discrimination is acquired. See 2.</def>
<blockquote>A judgment is the mental act by which one thing

is affirmed or denied of another.</blockquote> Sir W.
Hamilton.
<blockquote>The power by which we are enabled to perceive what is

true or false, probable or improbable, is called by logicians the
faculty of judgment.</blockquote> Stewart.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way

of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment.</def>
"Judgments are prepared for scorners." Prov. xix. 29.
"This judgment of the heavens that makes us tremble."
Shak.
<sn>7.</sn> (Theol.) <def>The final award; the last

sentence.</def>
&fist; Judgment, abridgment, acknowledgment,

and lodgment are in England sometimes written,
judgement, abridgement, acknowledgement, and
lodgement.
&fist; Judgment is used adjectively in many self-explaining

combinations; as, judgment hour; judgment throne.
<col>Judgment day</col> (Theol.), <cd>the last day,

or period when final judgment will be pronounced on the subjects of
God's moral government.</cd> -- <col>Judgment debt</col>
(Law), <cd>a debt secured to the creditor by a judge's
order.</cd> -- <col>Judgment hall</col>, <cd>a hall where
courts are held.</cd> -- <col>Judgment seat</col>, <cd>the
seat or bench on which judges sit in court; hence, a court; a
tribunal.</cd> "We shall all stand before the judgment seat of
Christ." Rom. xiv. 10. -- <col>Judgment summons</col>
(Law), <cd>a proceeding by a judgment creditor against a
judgment debtor upon an unsatisfied judgment.</cd>
 <col>Arrest of judgment</col>. (Law) <cd>See

under Arrest, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col>Judgment of
God</col>, <cd>a term formerly applied to extraordinary trials of
secret crimes, as by arms and single combat, by ordeal, etc.; it
being imagined that God would work miracles to vindicate innocence.
See under Ordeal.</cd>
Syn. -- Discernment; decision; determination; award;

estimate; criticism; taste; discrimination; penetration; sagacity;
intelligence; understanding. See Taste.
<hw>Ju"di*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

judicabilis. See Judge, <pos>v. i.</pos>]
<def>Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided
upon.</def> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Ju"di*ca*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having power

to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty.</def>
Hammond.
<hw>Ju"di*ca*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

judicatorius.] <def>Pertaining to the administration of
justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory
tribunals.</def> T. Wharton.
<blockquote>Power to reject in an authoritative or

judicatory way.</blockquote> Bp. Hall.
<hw>Ju"di*ca*to*ry</hw> (277), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

judicatorium.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A court of justice; a tribunal.</def>

Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Administration of justice.</def>
<blockquote>The supreme court of judicatory.</blockquote>

<hw>Ju"di*ca*ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. LL.

judicatura.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or profession of those employed

in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or
administration of justice.</def>
<blockquote>The honor of the judges in their judicature is

the king's honor.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A court of justice; a judicatory.</def>

South.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The right of judicial action;

jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court.</def>
<blockquote>Our Savior disputes not here the judicature,

for that was not his office, but the morality, of
divorce.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Ju*di"cial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

judicialis, fr. judicium judgment, fr. judex
judge: cf. OF. judicial. See Judge.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining or appropriate to courts of

justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the
administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as,
judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial
sale.</def> "Judicial massacres." Macaulay.
<blockquote>Not a moral but a judicial law, and so was

abrogated.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as,

a judicial mind.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Belonging to the judiciary, as

distinguished from legislative, administrative, or
executive. See Executive.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Judicious.</def> [Obs.] B.

Jonson.
<hw>Ju*di"cial*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a judicial

capacity or judicial manner.</def> "The Lords . . . sitting
judicially." Macaulay.
<hw>Ju*di"cia*ry</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

judiciarius, fr. judicium judgment: cf. F.
judiciare. See Judicial.] <def>Of or pertaining to
courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a
judiciary proceeding.</def> Bp. Burnet.
<hw>Ju*di"cia*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. LL.

judiciaria, F. judiciaire.] <def>That branch of
government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of
justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an
independent judiciary; the senate committee on the
judiciary.</def>
<hw>Ju*di"cious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

judicieux, fr. L. judicium judgment. See
Judicial.] <def>Of or relating to a court; judicial.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>His last offenses to us 

Shall have judicious hearing.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Directed or governed by sound judgment;

having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet.</def>
<blockquote>He is noble, wise, judicious, and best

knows 
The fits o' the season.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Prudent; discreet; rational; wise; skillful;

discerning; sagacious; well-advised.
<hw>Ju*di"cious*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.</def>
<hw>Ju*di"cious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or state of being judicious; sagacity; sound judgment.</def>
<hw>Jug</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. fr. Jug, a

corruption of, or nickname for, Joanna; cf. 2d Jack,
and Jill. See Johannes.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware,

with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one
side.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A pitcher; a ewer.</def> [Eng.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A prison; a jail; a lockup.</def> [Slang]

Gay.
<hw>Jug</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jugged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jugging (?).]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar

placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To commit to jail; to imprison.</def>

[Slang]
<hw>Jug</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To utter a sound resembling this word, as
certain birds do, especially the nightingale.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To nestle or collect together in a covey;

-- said of quails and partridges.</def>
<hw>Ju"gal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. jugalis, fr.

jugum yoke.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Relating to a yoke, or to marriage.</def>

[Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>Pertaining to, or in the

region of, the malar, or cheek bone.</def>
<hw>||Ju*ga"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [Neut. pl. of L.

jugatus, p. p. of jugare to join.]
(Numis.) <def>The figures of two heads on a medal or coin,
either side by side or joined.</def>
<hw>Ju"ga*ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Coupled together.</def>
<hw>Juge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A judge.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<hw>Jug"e*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Judgment.</def>

<hw>Ju"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. jugerum.]
<def>A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240
feet in length by 120 in breadth.</def>
<hw>Jug"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>An East Indian falcon. See Lugger.</def>
<hw>Jug"ger*naut`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Skr.

jagann&amacr;tha lord of the world.] <def>One of the names
under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by
the Hindoos.</def> [Written also Juggernnath, Jaganath,
Jaganatha, etc.]
&fist; The principal seat of the worship of Juggernaut is at

Pûri in Orissa. At certain times the idol is drawn from the
temple by the multitude, on a high car with sixteen wheels. Formerly,
fanatics sometimes threw themselves under the wheels to be crushed as
a sacrifice to the god.
<hw>Jug"gle</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Juggled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Juggling (?).] [OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler,
jugler, F. jongler. See Juggler.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To play tricks by sleight of hand; to

cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To practice artifice or

imposture.</def>
<blockquote>Be these juggling fiends no more

believed.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Jug"gle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To deceive by trick

or artifice.</def>
<blockquote>Is't possible the spells of France should

juggle 
Men into such strange mysteries?</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Jug"gle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

trick by sleight of hand.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An imposture; a deception.</def>

<blockquote>A juggle of state to cozen the

people.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A block of timber cut to a length, either

in the round or split.</def> Knight.
<hw>Jug"gler</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. jogelour,

juglur, OF. jogleor, jugleor, jongleor,
F. jongleur, fr. L. joculator a jester, joker, fr.
joculus a little jest or joke, dim. of jocus jest,
joke. See Joke, and cf. Jongleur,
Joculator.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who practices or exhibits tricks by
sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.</def>
<blockquote>As nimble jugglers that deceive the

eye.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Jugglers and impostors do daily delude

them.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A deceiver; a cheat.</def>

Shak.
<hw>Jug"gler*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A female juggler.</def> T. Warton.
<hw>Jug"gler*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. & OF.

joglerie, F. jonglerie.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The art or act of a juggler; sleight of

hand.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Trickery; imposture; as, political

jugglery.</def>
<hw>Jug"gling</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Cheating;

tricky.</def> -- <wf>Jug"gling*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Jug"gling</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Jugglery; underhand

practice.</def>
<hw>Juggs</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See

Jougs.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Jug"lan*din</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. juglans,

-andis, a walnut: cf. F. juglandine.] (Chem.)
<def>An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green shucks
of the walnut (Juglans regia). It is used medicinally as an
alterative, and also as a black hair dye.</def>
<hw>Jug"lan*dine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An alkaloid

found in the leaves of the walnut (Juglans regia).</def>
<hw>||Jug"lans</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., walnut.]

(Bot.) <def>A genus of valuable trees, including the true
walnut of Europe, and the America black walnut, and
butternut.</def>
<hw>Ju"glone</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. juglans the

walnut + -one.] (Chem.) <def>A yellow crystalline
substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the
walnut (Juglans regia); -- called also nucin.</def>

<hw>Ju"gu*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. jugulum

the collar bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast,
the throat, akin to jungere to yoke, to join: cf. F.
jugulaire. See Join.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Anat.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or
pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as,
the jugular foramen.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Having the ventral

fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes.</def>
<hw>Ju"gu*lar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. jugulaire.

See Jugular, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> (Anat.) <def>One of the large veins

which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief
trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; --
called also the jugular vein.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any fish which has the

ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the
throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares).</def>
<hw>Ju"gu*late</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Jugulated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Jugulating (?).] [L. jugulatus, p.
p. of jugulare, fr. jugulatum. See Jugular.]
<def>To cut the throat of.</def> [R.] Jacob Bigelow.
<hw>||Ju"gu*lum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jugula</plw> (#). [L.] (Zoöl.) <def>The lower
throat, or that part of the neck just above the breast.</def>
<hw>||Ju"gum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.

<plw>Juga</plw> (#), E. <plw>Jugums</plw> (#). [L., a
yoke, ridge.] (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the
ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate
plant.</def>
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<hw>Juice</hw> (j&umacr;s), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. juse,

F. jus broth, gravy, juice, L. jus; akin to Skr.
y&umacr;sha.] <def>The characteristic fluid of any vegetable
or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from
fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in
cooking.</def>
<blockquote>An animal whose juices are

unsound.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<blockquote>The juice of July flowers.</blockquote> B.

Jonson.
<blockquote>The juice of Egypt's grape.</blockquote> 

Shak.
<blockquote>Letters which Edward Digby wrote in lemon

juice.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<blockquote>Cold water draws the juice of
meat.</blockquote> Mrs. Whitney.
<hw>Juice</hw> (j&umacr;s), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

moisten; to wet.</def> [Obs.] Fuller.
<hw>Juice"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lacking juice;

dry.</def> Dr. H. More.
<hw>Jui"ci*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being juicy; succulence plants.</def>
<hw>Jui"cy</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Juicier; <pos>superl.</pos>
Juiciest.] <def>A bounding with juice; succulent.</def>
Bacon.
<hw>Ju*ise"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. juise. L.

judicium. See Judicial.] <def>Judgment; justice;
sentence.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Up [on] pain of hanging and high

juise.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Ju"jube</hw> (j&umacr;"j&usl;b), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr.

L. zizyphum, Gr. <grk>zi`zyfon</grk>, Per.
z&imacr;zf&umacr;n, zizaf&umacr;n,
zayzaf&umacr;n.] <def>The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of
several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the
genus Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z.
vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z. Lotus. The last
named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan
Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.</def>
<col>Jujube paste</col>, <cd>the dried or inspissated jelly

of the jujube; also, a confection made of gum arabic
sweetened.</cd>
<hw>Juke</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [from Scottish

jouk to bow.] <def>To bend the neck; to bow or duck the
head.</def> [Written also jook and jouk.]
<blockquote>The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he

went juking and tossing of his head.</blockquote> L'
Estrange.
<hw>Juke</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The neck of a bird.</def>

[Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Juke</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [F. juc a roost,

perch, jucher to roost, to perch.] <def>To perch on anything,
as birds do.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ju*la"ceous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Julus.]

(Bot.) <def>Like an ament, or bearing aments;
amentaceous.</def>
<hw>Ju"lep</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. Sp.
julepe, fr. Ar. & Per. jul&amacr;b,
jull&amacr;b, fr. Per. gul&amacr;b rose water and
julep; gul rose + &amacr;b water.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic

herbs</def>; esp. (Med.), <def>a sweet, demulcent, acidulous,
or mucilaginous mixture, used as a vehicle.</def> Milton.
<blockquote>Honey in woods, juleps in brooks.</blockquote>

 H. Vaughan.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or

some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of
mint; -- called also mint julep.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>Jul"ian</hw> (?; 277) <pos>a.</pos> [L.

Julianus, fr. Julius. Cf. July,
Gillian.] <def>Relating to, or derived from, Julius
Cæsar.</def>
<col>Julian calendar</col>, <cd>the calendar as adjusted by

Julius Cæsar, in which the year was made to consist of 365
days, each fourth year having 366 days.</cd> -- <col>Julian
epoch</col>, <cd>the epoch of the commencement of the Julian
calendar, or 46 b. c.</cd> -- <col>Julian period</col>, <cd>a
chronological period of 7,980 years, combining the solar, lunar, and
indiction cycles (28 x 19 x 15 = 7,980), being reckoned from the year
4713 B. C., when the first years of these several cycles would
coincide, so that if any year of the period be divided by 28, 19, or
15, the remainder will be the year of the corresponding cycle. The
Julian period was proposed by Scaliger, to remove or avoid
ambiguities in chronological dates, and was so named because composed
of Julian years.</cd> -- <col>Julian year</col>, <cd>the year
of 365 days, 6 hours, adopted in the Julian calendar, and in use
until superseded by the Gregorian year, as established in the
reformed or Gregorian calendar.</cd>
<hw>||Ju`li*enne"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>A kind

of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions,
etc.</def>
<hw>Ju"li*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Julus + -

form.] (Bot.) <def>Having the shape or appearance of a
julus or catkin.</def>
<hw>||Ju"lus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl.<plw>Juli</plw> (#). [Of the same origin as
iulus.] (Bot.) <def>A catkin or ament. See
Ament.</def>
<hw>Ju*ly"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Julies</plw> (#). [L. Julius; -- named from Caius
Julius Cæsar, who was born in this month: cf. F.
Juillet.] <def>The seventh month of the year, containing
thirty-one days.</def>
&fist; This month was called Quintilis, or the fifth month,

according to the old Roman calendar, in which March was the first
month of the year.
<hw>Ju*ly"-flowèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Gillyflower.</def>
<hw>Ju"mart</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>The fabled

offspring of a bull and a mare.</def> Locke.
<hw>Jum"ble</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jumbled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jumbling (?).] [Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump,
or shake.] <def>To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together
without order; -- often followed by together or
up.</def>
<blockquote>Why dost thou blend and jumble such

inconsistencies together?</blockquote> Burton.
<blockquote>Every clime and age 

Jumbled together.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Jum"ble</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To meet or unite in

a confused way; to mix confusedly.</def> Swift.
<hw>Jum"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a
jumble of words.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-

shaped.</def>
<hw>Jum"ble*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Confused

mixture.</def> [Low]
<hw>Jum"bler</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who confuses

things.</def>
<hw>Jum"bling*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

confused manner.</def>
<hw>Ju"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. jumentum a

beast of burden: cf. F. jument a mare, OF., a beast of
burden.] <def>A beast; especially, a beast of burden.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>Fitter for juments than men to feed

on.</blockquote> Burton.
<hw>Jump</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. jupe a long

petticoat, a skirt. Cf. Juppon.] <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A
kind of loose jacket for men.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> pl.
<def>A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th
century.</def>
<hw>Jump</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Jumped (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jumping.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen,
jumpen.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To spring free from the ground by the

muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through
the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.</def>
<blockquote>Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve

foot and a half by the square.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to

jolt.</def> "The jumping chariots." Nahum iii. 2.
<blockquote>A flock of geese jump down

together.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To coincide; to agree; to accord; to

tally; -- followed by with.</def> "It jumps with my
humor." Shak.
<col>To jump at</col>, <cd>to spring to; hence, fig., to

accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to
jump at a chance.</cd>
<hw>Jump</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a
stream.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cause to jump; as, he jumped his

horse across the ditch.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To expose to danger; to risk; to

hazard.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>To jump a body with a dangerous

physic.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> (Smithwork) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To

join by a butt weld.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To thicken or
enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Quarrying) <def>To bore with a

jumper.</def>
<col>To jump a claim</col>, <cd>to enter upon and take

possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior
entry and occupation.</cd> [Western U. S. & Australia] See
Claim, <pos>n.</pos>, 3. -- <col>To jump one's
bail</col>, <cd>to abscond while at liberty under bail
bonds.</cd> [Slang, U. S.]
<hw>Jump</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The

act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.</def> "To advance by
jumps." Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An effort; an attempt; a venture.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>Our fortune lies 

Upon thisjump.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The space traversed by a leap.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Mining) <def>A dislocation in a

stratum; a fault.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Arch.) <def>An abrupt interruption of

level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.</def>
<col>From the jump</col>, <cd>from the start or

beginning.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col>Jump joint</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A butt joint</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A
flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.</cd> --
<col>Jump seat</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A movable
carriage seat</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A carriage constructed
with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or
extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat
wagon.</cd>
<hw>Jump</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Nice; exact; matched;

fitting; precise.</def> [Obs.] "Jump names." B.
Jonson.
<hw>Jump</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Exactly;

pat.</def>[Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Jump"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who, or that which, jumps.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A long drilling tool used by masons and

quarrymen.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a

simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form
the thills.</def> [U.S.] J. F. Cooper.
<sn>4.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The larva of the

cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>A name applied in the 18th

century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was
characterized by violent convulsions.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Horology) <def>spring to impel the star

wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating
timepiece.</def>
<col>Baby jumper</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> --

<col>Bounty jumper</col>. <cd>See under
Bounty.</cd>
<hw>Jump"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See 1st Jump.]

<def>A loose upper garment</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A sort
of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect
it.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A fur garment worn in Arctic
journeys.</def>
<hw>Jump"ing</hw>, <pos>p. a. & vb. n.</pos> <def>of
Jump, to leap.</def>
<col>Jumping bean</col>, <cd>a seed of a Mexican

Euphorbia, containing the larva of a moth (Carpocapsa
saltitans). The larva by its sudden movements causes the seed to
roll to roll and jump about.</cd> -- <col>Jumping deer</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a South African rodent (Pedetes
Caffer), allied to the jerboa.</cd> -- <col>Jumping
jack</col>, <cd>a toy figure of a man, jointed and made to jump
or dance by means of strings.</cd> -- <col>Jumping louse</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any of the numerous species of plant lice
belonging to the family Psyllidæ, several of which are
injurious to fruit trees.</cd> -- <col>Jumping mouse</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>North American mouse (Zapus
Hudsonius), having a long tail and large hind legs. It is noted
for its jumping powers. Called also kangaroo mouse.</cd> --
<col>Jumping mullet</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>gray
mullet.</cd> -- <col>Jumping shrew</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>any African insectivore of the genus Macroscelides. They
are allied to the shrews, but have large hind legs adapted for
jumping.</cd> -- <col>Jumping spider</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>spider of the genus Salticus and
other related genera; one of the Saltigradæ; -- so called
because it leaps upon its prey.</cd>
<hw>Jump"weld`</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Buttweld, <pos>v. t.</pos></def>
<hw>Jun*ca"ceous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Juncate.] (Bot.) <def>Of. pertaining to, or resembling,
a natural order of plants (Juncaceæ), of which the
common rush (Juncus) is the type.</def>
<hw>Jun"cate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Junket.</def>[Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>Jun"cite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. juncus a

rush.] (Paleon.) <def>A fossil rush.</def>
<hw>Jun"co</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several
species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or
blue snowbird.</def>
<hw>Jun"cous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. juncosus,

fr. juncus a rush.] <def>Full of rushes: resembling rushes;
juncaceous.</def> [R.] Johnson.
<hw>Junc"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. junctio,

fr. jungere, junctum, to join: cf. F. jonction.
See Join.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of joining, or the state of being

joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two
armies or detachments; the junction of paths.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The place or point of union, meeting, or

junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway
meet or cross.</def>
<col>Junction plate</col> (Boilers), <cd>a covering

or break-join plate riveted to and uniting the edges of sheets which
make a butt joint.</cd> -- <col>Junction rails</col>
(Railroads), <cd>the switch, or movable, rails, connecting one
line of track with another.</cd>
<hw>Junc"ture</hw> (j&ubreve;&nsm;k"t&usl;r; 135),

<pos>n.</pos> [L. junctura, fr. jungere to join.
See Jointure.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A joining; a union; an
alliance.</def> [Obs.] "Devotional compliance and juncture of
hearts." Eikon Basilike.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The line or point at which two bodies are

joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of
a vessel or of the bones.</def> Boyle.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A point of time; esp., one made critical

or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an
exigency.</def> "Extraordinary junctures."
Addison.
<blockquote>In such a juncture, what can the most plausible

and refined philosophy offer?</blockquote> Berkeley.
<hw>June</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. Junius: cf. F.

Juin. So called either from Junius, the name of a Roman
gens, or from Juno, the goddess.] <def>The sixth month of the
year, containing thirty days.</def>
<blockquote>And what is so rare as a day in June? 

Then, if ever, come perfect days.</blockquote> Lowell.
<col>June beetle</col>, <col>June bug</col>

(Zoöl.), <cd>any one of several species of large brown
beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- so
called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States,
about the first of June. The larvæ of the June beetles live
under ground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants.
Called also May bug or May beetle.</cd> -- <col>June
grass</col> (Bot.), <cd>a New England name for Kentucky
blue grass. See Blue glass, and Illustration in
Appendix.</cd>
<hw>June"a*ting</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of

early apple.</def> [Written also jenneting.]
<hw>June"ber`ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>The small applelike berry of American trees
of genus Amelanchier; -- also called service
berry.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The shrub or tree which
bears this fruit; -- also called shad bush, and shad
tree.</def>
<hw>||Jun`ger*man"ni*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jungermanniæ</plw> (#). [NL. Named after Ludwig
Jungermann, a German botanist.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of
hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most
plants of the order, which is sometimes therefore called
Jungermanniaceæ.</def>
<hw>Jun"gle</hw> (j&ubreve;&nsm;"g'l), <pos>n.</pos> [Hind.

jangal desert, forest, jungle; Skr. ja&?;gala desert.]
<def>A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an
almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as
in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.</def>
<blockquote>The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and

other palms, very difficult to penetrate.</blockquote> Balfour
(Cyc. of India).
<col>Jungle bear</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the aswail

or sloth bear.</cd> -- <col>Jungle cat</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>the chaus.</cd> -- <col>Jungle
cock</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the male of a jungle
fowl.</cd> -- <col>Jungle fowl</col>. (Zoöl.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Any wild species of the genus Gallus,
of which several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as,
the fork-tailed jungle fowl (G. varius) of Java, G.
Stanleyi of Ceylon, and G. Bankiva of India.</cd> The
latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is supposed to be one
of the original species from which the domestic fowl was derived.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An Australian grallatorial bird
(Megapodius tumulus) which is allied to the brush turkey, and,
like the latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter, where
they are hatched by the heat produced by decomposition.</cd>
<hw>Jun"gly</hw> (-gl&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature of
a jungle.</def>
<hw>Jun"ior</hw> (j&umacr;n"y&etilde;r; 277), <pos>a.</pos>

[L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See
Juvenile.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Less advanced in age than another;

younger.</def>
&fist; Junior is applied to distinguish the younger of two

persons bearing the same name in the same family, and is opposed to
senior or elder. Commonly applied to a son who has the
same Christian name as his father.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lower in standing or in rank; later in

office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel;
junior captain.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Composed of juniors, whether younger or a

lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to
juniors or to a junior class. See Junior,
<pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Belonging to a younger person, or an

earlier time of life.</def>
<blockquote>Our first studies and junior
endeavors.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Jun"ior</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

younger person.</def>
<blockquote>His junior she, by thirty years.</blockquote>

 Byron.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: One of a lower or later standing;

specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his
course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a
senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others,
one in the second year, of a three years' course.</def>
<hw>Jun*ior"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being junior.</def>
<hw>Ju"ni*per</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. juniperus,

prop., youth-producing, and so called from its evergreen appearance,
from the roots of E. juvenile, and parent. Cf.
Gin the liquor.] (Bot.) <def>Any evergreen shrub or
tree, of the genus Juniperus and order
Coniferæ.</def>
&fist; The common juniper (J. communis) is a shrub of a

low, spreading form, having awl-shaped, rigid leaves in whorls of
threes, and bearing small purplish blue berries (or galbuli), of a
warm, pungent taste, used as diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin
exudes from the bark, which has erroneously been considered identical
with sandarach, and is used as pounce. The oil of juniper is acrid,
and used for various purposes, as in medicine, for making varnish,
etc. The wood of several species is of a reddish color, hard and
durable, and is used in cabinetwork under the names of red
cedar, Bermuda cedar, etc.
<col>Juniper worm</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the larva

of a geometrid moth (Drepanodes varus). It feeds upon the
leaves of the juniper, and mimics the small twigs both in form and
color, in a remarkable manner.</cd>
<hw>Ju"ni*per*in</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>A yellow amorphous substance extracted from juniper
berries.</def>
<hw>Ju"ni*per*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Paleon.)

<def>One of the fossil Coniferæ, evidently allied to the
juniper.</def>
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<hw>Junk</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fragment of any

solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.</def> [Colloq.]
Lowell.
<hw>Junk</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Pg. junco junk, rush,

L. juncus a bulrush, of which ropes were made in early ages.
Cf. Junket.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used

for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces,
forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper,

etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Naut.) <def>Hard salted beef supplied

to ships.</def>
<col>Junk bottle</col> , <cd>a stout bottle made of thick

dark-colored glass.</cd> -- <col>Junk dealer</col>, <cd>a
dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass, etc.</cd> -- <col>Junk
hook</col> (Whaling), <cd>a hook for hauling heavy pieces
of blubber on deck.</cd> -- <col>Junk ring</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A packing of soft material round the piston
of a steam engine</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A metallic ring for
retaining a piston packing in place</cd>; <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A
follower.</cd> -- <col>Junk shop</col>, <cd>a shop where old
cordage, and ship's tackle, old iron, old bottles, old paper, etc.,
are kept for sale.</cd> -- <col>Junk vat</col> (Leather
Manuf.), <cd>a large vat into which spent tan liquor or ooze is
pumped.</cd> -- <col>Junk wad</col> (Mil.), <cd>a wad
used in proving cannon; also used in firing hot shot.</cd>
<hw>Junk</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Pg. junco; cf. Jav. &

Malay jong, ajong, Chin. chwan.] (Naut.)
<def>A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge
masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays,
etc., in navigating their waters.</def>
<hw>||Jun"ker</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G. Cf.

Yonker.] <def>A young German noble or squire; esp., a member
of the aristocratic party in Prussia.</def>
<hw>Jun"ker*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The principles

of the aristocratic party in Prussia.</def>
<hw>Jun"ket</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Formerly also

juncate, fr. It. giuncata cream cheese, made in a
wicker or rush basket, fr. L. juncus a rush. See 2d
Junk, and cf. Juncate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate

food.</def>
<blockquote>How Faery Mab the junkets eat.</blockquote> 

Milton.
<blockquote>Victuals varied well in taste, 

And other junkets.</blockquote> Chapman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A feast; an entertainment.</def>
<blockquote>A new jaunt or junket every night.</blockquote>

 Thackeray.
<hw>Jun"ket</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To feast; to
banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously
to feasting by public officers at the public cost.</def>
<blockquote>Job's children junketed and feasted together

often.</blockquote> South.
<hw>Jun"ket</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Junketed; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Junketing.] <def>To give entertainment to; to feast.</def>
<blockquote>The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was

in such a hurry to junket her neighbors.</blockquote> 
Walpole.
<hw>Jun"ket*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A feast or

entertainment; a revel.</def>
<blockquote>All those snug junketings and public

gormandizings for which the ancient magistrates were equally famous
with their modern successors.</blockquote> W. Irving.
<blockquote>The apostle would have no reveling or junketing

upon the altar.</blockquote> South.
<hw>Jun"ket*ries</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>

<def>Sweetmeats.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ju"no</hw> (j&umacr;"n&osl;), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Junos</plw> (-n&osl;z). [L.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Rom. Myth.) <def>The sister and wife of

Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over
marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.</def>
<blockquote>Sweeter than the lids of Juno's

eyes.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> (Astron.) <def>One of the early

discovered asteroids.</def>
<col>Bird of Juno</col>, <cd>the peacock.</cd>
<hw>Jun"ta</hw> (j&ubreve;n"t&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Juntas</plw> (-t&adot;z). [Sp., fr. L.
junctus joined, p. p. of jungere to join. See
Join, and cf. Junto.] <def>A council; a convention; a
tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in
Spain.</def>
<hw>Jun"to</hw> (-t&osl;), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Juntos</plw> (-t&osl;z). [Sp. junto united. See
Junta.] <def>A secret council to deliberate on affairs of
government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue;
a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto
of politicians.</def>
<blockquote>The puzzling sons of party next appeared, 
In dark cabals and mighty juntos met.</blockquote> 
Thomson.
<hw>Jup"ar*tie</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Jeopardy.</def>

<hw>Ju`pa*ti" palm`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A great Brazilian

palm tree (Raphia tædigera), used by the natives for
many purposes.</def>
<hw>Jupe</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Jupon.</def>
<hw>Ju"pi*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. Jovis

pater. See Jove.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Rom. Myth.) <def>The supreme deity,

king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea;
Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Astron.) <def>One of the planets, being

the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean
diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in
4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's
mean distance being taken as unity.</def>
<col>Jupiter's beard</col>. (Bot.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A South European herb, with cymes of small
red blossoms (Centranthus ruber)</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum); -- so called from
its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured beard of Jove</cd>.
Prior. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>the cloverlike Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis.</cd> -- <col>Jupiter's staff</col>
(Bot.), <cd>the common mullein; -- so called from its long,
rigid spike of yellow blossoms.</cd>
{ <hw>Ju*pon"</hw> (?), <hw>Jup*pon"</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [F. jupon, fr. jupe skirt, Sp.
aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar. jubba.] [Written
variously jupe, jump, juppo, etc.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in

the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the
hips.</def> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A petticoat.</def> Halliwell.
<hw>Ju"ra</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. & L.] <def>1. A range

of mountains between France and Switzerland.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Geol.) <def>The Jurassic period. See

Jurassic.</def>
<hw>Ju"ral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. jus,

juris, right.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to natural or positive

right.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>By the adjective jural we shall denote that

which has reference to the doctrine of rights and obligations; as by
the adjective "moral" we denote that which has reference to the
doctrine of duties.</blockquote> Whewell.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>Of or pertaining to

jurisprudence.</def>
<hw>||Ju`ra*men"tum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Juramenta</plw> (&?;). [L.] (Roman & Old Eng. Law)
<def>An oath.</def>
<hw>Ju*ras"sic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Geol.)

<def>Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in
England and Europe, the Lias, Oölite, and Wealden; -- named from
certain rocks of the Jura mountains.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The Jurassic period or formation; -- called
also the Jura.</def>
<hw>Ju"rat</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prov. F. jurat,

fr. L. juratus sworn, p. p. of jurare to swear.
See Jury, <pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A person under oath; specifically, an

officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal
corporations in England.</def> Burrill.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>The memorandum or certificate

at the end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing
when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or
affirmed.</def> Wharton. Bouvier.
<hw>Ju"ra*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

juratorius, fr. jurare to swear: cf. F.
juratoire.] <def>Relating to or comprising an oath; as,
juratory caution.</def> Ayliffe.
<hw>Ju`ra-tri"as</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Geol.)

<def>A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the
characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be
blended.</def> -- <wf>Ju`ra-tri*as"sic</wf> (#),
<hw>Jur*dic"ci*on</hw>
(j&ubreve;r*d&ibreve;k"s&ibreve;*&obreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Jurisdiction.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Jur"don</hw> (jûr"d&obreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Jordan.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Ju"rel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
(Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued
as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse
crevallé, jack, buffalo jack,
skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly,
horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C.
fallax) are also sometimes called jurel.</def>
{ <hw>Ju*rid"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Ju*rid"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. juridicus relating to the
administration of justice; jus, juris, right, law +
dicare to pronounce: cf. F. juridique. See Just,
<pos>a.</pos>, and Diction.] <def>Pertaining to a judge
or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in
courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical
law.</def> "This juridical sword." Milton.
<blockquote>The body corporate of the kingdom, in juridical

construction, never dies.</blockquote> Burke.
<col>Juridical days</col>, <cd>days on which courts are

open.</cd>
<hw>Ju*rid*ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

juridical manner.</def>
<hw>Ju`ris*con"sult</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

jurisconsultus; jus, juris, right +
consulere, consultum, to consult: cf. F.
jurisconsulte.] (Law) <def>A man learned in the civil
law; an expert in juridical science; a professor of jurisprudence; a
jurist.</def>
<hw>Ju`ris*dic"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

jurisdictio; jus, juris, right, law +
dictio a saying, speaking: cf. OF. jurisdiction, F.
juridiction. See Just, <pos>a.</pos>, and
Diction.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Law) <def>The legal power, right, or

authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try
criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or
class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of
certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular
court, that is, within the limits of its authority or
commission.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The authority of a sovereign power to

govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power
or right of exercising authority.</def>
<blockquote>To live exempt 

From Heaven's high jurisdiction.</blockquote> 
Milton.
<blockquote>You wrought to be a legate; by which power 

You maim'd the jurisdiction of all bishops.</blockquote> 
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Sphere of authority; the limits within

which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a
government or a court has authority.</def>
&fist; Jurisdiction, in its most general sense, is the
power to make, declare, or apply the law. When confined to the
judiciary department, it is what we denominate the judicial
power, the right of administering justice through the laws, by
the means which the laws have provided for that purpose.
Jurisdiction is limited to place or territory, to persons, or
to particular subjects. Duponceau.
<hw>Ju`ris*dic"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. LL.

jurisdictionalis, F. juridictionnel.] <def>Of or
pertaining to jurisdiction; as, jurisdictional rights.</def>
Barrow.
<hw>Ju`ris*dic"tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

jurisdiction.</def> Milton.
<hw>Ju`ris*pru"dence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

jurisprudentia; jus, juris, right, law +
prudentia a foreseeing, knowledge of a matter, prudence: cf.
F. jurisprudence. See Just, <pos>a.</pos>, and
Prudence.] <def>The science of juridical law; the knowledge of
the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community,
necessary for the due administration of justice.</def>
<blockquote>The talents of Abelard were not confined to theology,

jurisprudence, philosophy.</blockquote> J. Warton.
<col>Medical jurisprudence</col>, <cd>that branch of

juridical law which concerns questions of medicine.</cd>
<hw>Ju`ris*pru"dent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Jurisprudence.] <def>Understanding law; skilled in
jurisprudence.</def> G. West.
<hw>Ju`ris*pru"dent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

jurisprudent.] <def>One skilled in law or jurisprudence.</def>
[R.] De Quincey.
<hw>Ju`ris*pru*den"tial</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to jurisprudence.</def> Stewart.
<hw>Ju`rist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. juriste, LL.

jurista, fr. L. jus, juris, right, law. See
Just, <pos>a.</pos>] <def>One who professes the science
of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law; a writer
on civil and international law.</def>
<blockquote>It has ever been the method of public jurists

to &?;raw a great part of the analogies on which they form the law of
nations from the principles of law which prevail in civil
community.</blockquote> Burke.
{ <hw>Ju*ris"tic</hw> (?), <hw>Ju*ris"tic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal
profession, or to jurisprudence.</def> [R.] "Juristic
ancestry." Lowell.
<hw>Ju"ror</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. jureur one

who takes oath, L. jurator a swearer, fr. jurare,
jurari, to swear. See Jury, <pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> (Law) <def>A member of a jury; a

juryman.</def>
<blockquote>I shall both find your lordship judge and

juror.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A member of any jury for awarding prizes,

etc.</def>
<hw>Ju"ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]

(Naut.) <def>For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary
contrivance.</def>
<col>Jury mast</col>, <cd>a temporary mast, in place of one

that has been carried away, or broken.</cd> -- <col>Jury
rudder</col>, <cd>a rudder constructed for temporary
use.</cd>
<hw>Ju"ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Juries</plw> (#). [OF. jurée an assize, fr.
jurer to swear, L. jurare, jurari; akin to
jus, juris, right, law. See Just,
<pos>a.</pos>, and cf. Jurat, Abjure.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Law) <def>A body of men, usually

twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire
into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict
according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury
under Grand, and Inquest.</def>
<blockquote>The jury, passing on the prisoner's

life.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A committee for determining relative merit

or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art
jury gave him the first prize.</def>
<col>Jury of inquest</col>, <cd>a coroner's jury. See

Inquest.</cd>
<hw>Ju"ry*man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Jurymen</plw> (&?;). <def>One who is impaneled on a jury,
or who serves as a juror.</def>
<hw>Ju"ry-rigged`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>Rigged for temporary service. See Jury,
<hw>Jus"si</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A delicate fiber,

produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of
which dresses, etc., are made.</def>
<hw>Just</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. juste, L.

justus, fr. jus right, law, justice; orig., that which
is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to join. Cf. Injury,
Judge, Jury, Giusto.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Conforming or conformable to rectitude or

justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation;
upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and
things.</def> "O just but severe law!" Shak.
<blockquote>There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth

good, and sinneth not.</blockquote> Eccl. vii. 20.
<blockquote>Just balances, just weights, . . . shall

ye have.</blockquote> Lev. xix. 36.
<blockquote>How should man be just with God?</blockquote>

 Job ix. 2.
<blockquote>We know your grace to be a man. 

Just and upright.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not transgressing the requirement of truth

and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a
proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a
just statement; a just inference.</def>
<blockquote>Just of thy word, in every thought

sincere.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship 

To meet his grace just distance 'tween our
armies.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>He was a comely personage, a little above just

stature.</blockquote> Bacon.
<blockquote>Fire fitted with just materials casts a

constant heat.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<blockquote>When all 
The war shall stand ranged in its just array.</blockquote> 
Addison.
<blockquote>Their named alone would make a just

volume.</blockquote> Burton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Rendering or disposed to render to each

one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just
judge.</def>
<blockquote>Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness

as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it
themselves.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<col>Just intonation</col>. (Mus.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The correct sounding of notes or intervals;
true pitch</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The giving all chords and
intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or
without temperament; a process in which the number of notes
and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the
twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament.</cd> H. W.
Poole.
Syn. -- Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial;

proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular.
<hw>Just</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more
nor less than is stated.</def>
<blockquote>And having just enough, not covet

more.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of

the beast.</blockquote> Sir P. Sidney.
<blockquote>To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve

and one.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Closely; nearly; almost.</def>
<blockquote>Just at the point of death.</blockquote> 

Sir W. Temple.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very

small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just
too late.</def>
<blockquote>A soft Etesian gale 

But just inspired and gently swelled the sail.</blockquote>
 Dryden.
<col>Just now</col>, <cd>the least possible time since; a

moment ago.</cd>
<hw>Just</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [See Joust.] <def>To

joust.</def> Fairfax.
<hw>Just</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A joust.</def>

Dryden.
<hw>Jus"tice</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L.

justitia, fr. justus just. See Just,
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being just; conformity to

the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict
performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or
divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other;
rectitude; equity; uprightness.</def>
<blockquote>Justice and judgment are the haditation of thy

throne.</blockquote> Ps. ixxxix. 11.
<blockquote>The king-becoming graces, 

As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, . . . 
I have no relish of them.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Conformity to truth and reality in
expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts
respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the
justice of a description or of a judgment; historical
justice.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The rendering to every one his due or

right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or
punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.</def>
<blockquote>This even-handed justice 

Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice 
To our own lips.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Agreeableness to right; equity; justness;

as, the justice of a claim.</def>
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<sn>5.</sn> <def>A person duly commissioned to hold courts,

or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.</def>
&fist; This title is given to the judges of the common law courts
in England and in the United States, and extends to judicial officers
and magistrates of every grade.
<col>Bed of justice</col>. <cd>See under Bed.</cd> -

- <col>Chief justice</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> --
<col>Justice of the peace</col> (Law), <cd>a judicial
officer or subordinate magistrate appointed for the conservation of
the peace in a specified district, with other incidental powers
specified in his commission. In the United States a justice of the
peace has jurisdiction to adjudicate certain minor cases, commit
offenders, etc.</cd>
Syn. -- Equity; law; right; rectitude; honesty; integrity;

uprightness; fairness; impartiality. -- Justice,
Equity, Law. Justice and equity are the
same; but human laws, though designed to secure justice, are of
necessity imperfect, and hence what is strictly legal is at
times far from being equitable or just. Here a court of
equity comes in to redress the grievances. It does so, as
distinguished from courts of law; and as the latter are often
styled courts of justice, some have fancied that there is in
this case a conflict between justice and equity. The
real conflict is against the working of the law; this a
court of equity brings into accordance with the claims of
justice. It would be an unfortunate use of language which
should lead any one to imagine he might have justice on his
side while practicing iniquity (inequity).
 Justice, Rectitude. Rectitude, in its

widest sense, is one of the most comprehensive words in our language,
denoting absolute conformity to the rule of right in principle and
practice. Justice refers more especially to the carrying out
of law, and has been considered by moralists as of three kinds: (1)
Commutative justice, which gives every man his own property,
including things pledged by promise. (2) Distributive justice,
which gives every man his exact deserts. (3) General justice,
which carries out all the ends of law, though not in every
case through the precise channels of commutative or distributive
justice; as we see often done by a parent or a ruler in his dealings
with those who are subject to his control.
<hw>Jus"tice</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To administer

justice to.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>Jus"tice*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Liable to

trial in a court of justice.</def> [Obs.] Hayward.
<hw>Jus"tice*hood</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Justiceship.</def> B. Jonson.
<hw>Jus"tice*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice.</def>
[Obs.] Johnson.
<hw>Jus"ti*cer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

administers justice; a judge.</def> [Obs.] "Some upright
justicer." Shak.
<hw>Jus"tice*ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office

or dignity of a justice.</def> Holland.
<hw>Jus*ti"ci*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. LL.

justitiabilis, F. justiciable.] <def>Proper to be
examined in a court of justice.</def> Bailey.
<hw>Jus*ti"ci*ar</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Justiciary.</def>
<hw>Jus*ti"ci*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. LL.

justitiarius, F. justicier. See Justice.]
(Old Eng. Law) <def>An old name for the judges of the higher
English courts.</def>
&fist; The chief justiciary, or justiciar, in early

English history, was not only the chief justice of the kingdom, but
also ex officio regent in the king's absence.
<col>Court of justiciary</col> (Scots Law), <cd>the

supreme criminal court, having jurisdiction over the whole of
Scotland.</cd>
{ <hw>Jus"ti*co</hw> (?), <hw>Jus"ti*coat`</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> [F. justaucorps, lit., close to the
body.] <def>Formerly, a close coat or waistcoat with
sleeves.</def>
<hw>Jus"ti*fià*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

justifiable. See Justify.] <def>Capable of being
justified, or shown to be just.</def>
<blockquote>Just are the ways of God, 

An justifiable to men.</blockquote> Milton.
Syn. -- Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable;
exculpable; authorizable.
-- <wf>Jus"ti*fià*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Jus"ti*fià*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Jus`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

justificatio: cf. F. justification. See
Justify.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of justifying or the state of

being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to
law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as,
arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his
disobedience admits justification.</def>
<blockquote>I hope, for my brother's justification, he

wrote this but as an essay or taste of my virtue.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>The showing in court of a

sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for
which he is called to answer.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Theol.) <def>The act of justifying, or

the state of being justified, in respect to God's
requirements.</def>
<blockquote>Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised

again for our justification.</blockquote> Rom. iv.
25.
<blockquote>In such righteousness 

To them by faith imputed, they may find 
Justification toward God, and peace 
Of conscience.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>4.</sn> (Print.) <def>Adjustment of type by

spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to
hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for
making such adjustment.</def>
<hw>Jus*tif"i*ca*tive</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

justificatif.] <def>Having power to justify;
justificatory.</def>
<hw>Jus"ti*fi*ca`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

justificator: cf. F. justificateur.] <def>One who
justifies or vindicates; a justifier.</def> Johnson.
<hw>Jus*tif"i*ca*to*ry</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.</def>
<hw>Jus"ti*fièr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or
absolves.</def>
<blockquote>Justifiers of themselves and

hypocrites.</blockquote> Strype.
<blockquote>That he might be just, and the justifier of him

which believeth in Jesus.</blockquote> Rom. iii. 26.
<hw>Jus"ti*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Justified (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Justifying (?).] [F. justifier, L. justificare;
justus just + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See
Just, <pos>a.</pos>, and -fy.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To prove or show to be just; to vindicate;

to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice,
propriety, or duty.</def>
<blockquote>That to the height of this great argument 

I may assert eternal providence, 
And justify the ways of God to men.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>Unless the oppression is so extreme as to

justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of
breaking up a government.</blockquote> E. Everett.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to

declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper,
etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.</def>
<blockquote>I can not justify whom the law

condemns.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Theol.) <def>To treat as if righteous

and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.</def>
<blockquote>By him all that believe are justified from all

things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of
Moses.</blockquote> Acts xiii. 39.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To prove; to ratify; to confirm.</def>

<sn>5.</sn> (Print.) <def>To make even or true, as

lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See
Justification, 4.</def>
Syn. -- To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate;

absolve; exonerate.
<hw>Jus"ti*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Print.) <def>To form an even surface or true line with
something else; to fit exactly.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>To take oath to the ownership

of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or
surety.</def>
<hw>Jus*tin"i*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman
Justinian.</def>
<hw>Jus"tle</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Freq. of

joust, just, <pos>v. i.</pos> See Joust,
<pos>v. i.</pos>, and cf. Jostle.] <def>To run or
strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle.</def>
Shak.
<blockquote>The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall

justle one against another in the broad ways.</blockquote>
Nahum ii. 4.
<hw>Jus"tle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Justled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Justling (?).] <def>To push; to drive; to force by running
against; to jostle.</def>
<blockquote>We justled one another out, and disputed the

post for a great while.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>Jus"tle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An encounter or shock;

a jostle.</def>
<hw>Just"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [From Just,

<pos>a.</pos>] <def>In a just manner; in conformity to law,
justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately.</def>
"In equal balance justly weighed." Shak.
<blockquote>Nothing can justly be despised that can not

justly be blamed: where there is no choice there can be no
blame.</blockquote> South.
<hw>Just"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being

just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the
like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness
of proportions; the justness of a description or
representation; the justness of a cause.</def>
<blockquote>In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it

represented with all the justness and gracefulness of
action.</blockquote> Dryden.
&fist; Justness is properly applied to things, and

justice to persons; but the distinction is not always
observed.
Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety;

fitness; reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice.
<hw>Jut</hw> (j&ubreve;t), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Jutted (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Jutting.] [A corruption of jet.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To shoot out or forward; to project beyond

the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.</def> "In
jutting rock and curved shore." Wordsworth.
<blockquote>It seems to jut out of the structure of the

poem.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To butt.</def> [Obs.] "The jutting

steer." Mason.
<hw>Jut</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That

which projects or juts; a projection.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A shove; a push.</def> [Obs.]

Udall.
<hw>Jute</hw> (j&umacr;t), <pos>n.</pos> [Hind.

j&umacr;t, Skr. j&umacr;&tsdot;a matted hair; cf.
ja&tsdot;a matted hair, fibrous roots.] <def>The coarse,
strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C.
capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for
making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.</def>
<hw>Jutes</hw> (j&umacr;ts), <pos>n. pl.</pos> sing.

<singw>Jute</singw>. (Ethnol.) <def>Jutlanders; one of
the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England,
in the 5th century.</def>
<hw>Jut"land*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or

inhabitant of Jutland in Denmark.</def>
<hw>Jut"land*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to Jutland, or to the people of Jutland.</def>
<hw>Jut"ting</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Projecting, as

corbels, cornices, etc.</def> -- <wf>Jut"ting*ly</wf>,
<hw>Jut"ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Jetty,

Jut, Jet.] <def>A projection in a building; also, a
pier or mole; a jetty.</def> Shak.
<hw>Jut"ty</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To project

beyond.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Ju"ve*nal</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. juvenalis

youthful, juvenile, fr. juvenis young.] <def>A youth.</def>
<hw>Ju`ve*nes"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A growing

young.</def>
<hw>Ju`ve*nes"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

juvenescens, p. pr. of juvenescere to grow young again,
from juvenis young.] <def>Growing or becoming young.</def>
<hw>Ju"ve*nile</hw> (?; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

juvenilis, from juvenis young; akin to E. young:
cf. F. juvénile, juvénil. See
Young.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Young; youthful; as, a juvenile

appearance.</def> "A juvenile exercitation."
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to youth; as,

juvenile sports.</def>
Syn. -- Puerile; boyish; childish. See Youthful.
<hw>Ju"ve*nile</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A young person or

youth; -- used sportively or familiarly.</def> C.
Bronté.
<hw>Ju"ve*nile*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being juvenile; juvenility.</def>
<hw>Ju`ve*nil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Juvenilities</plw> (#). [L. juvenilitas: cf. F.
juvénilité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Youthfulness; adolescence.</def>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>The manners or character of youth;

immaturity.</def> Glanvill.
<hw>Ju"vi*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree (Bertholetia
excelsa) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil
nuts.</def>
<hw>||Ju*wan"sa</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The camel's thorn. See under Camel.</def>
<hw>Ju*wise"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] <def>Same as

Juise.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Jux`ta*pose"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf.

Juxtaposit, Pose.] <def>To place in
juxtaposition.</def> Huxley.
<hw>Jux`ta*pos"it</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Juxtaposited; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Juxtapositing.] [L. juxta near +
positus, p. p. of ponere to put.] <def>To place in
close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose.</def>
Derham.
<hw>Jux`ta*po*si"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

juxta near + positio position: cf. F.
juxtaposition. See Just, <pos>v. i.</pos>, and
Position.] <def>A placing or being placed in nearness or
contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of
words.</def>
<blockquote>Parts that are united by a a mere

juxtaposition.</blockquote> Glanvill.
<blockquote>Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of

continuity.</blockquote> Hare.
<hw>Jym"old</hw> (j&ibreve;m"&obreve;ld), <pos>a.</pos>
[Obs.] <def>See Gimmal.</def>
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<point26>K.</point26>
<hw>K</hw>, (k&amacr;), <def>the eleventh letter of the English

alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter
K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except
in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the
Greek, which received it from a Ph&oelig;nician source, the ultimate
origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most
nearly related to c, g, h (which see).</def>
 In many words of one syllable k is used after c,

as in crack, check, deck, being necessary to
exhibit a correct pronunciation in the derivatives, cracked,
checked, decked, cracking; since without it,
c, before the vowels e and i, would be sounded
like s. Formerly, k was added to c in certain
words of Latin origin, as in musick, publick,
republick; but now it is omitted.
See Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 240, 178, 179,

185.
<hw>Kaa"ma</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The hartbeest.</def>
<hw>Kab"a*la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cabala.</def>
<hw>Ka*bas"sou</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Cabassou.</def>
<hw>Ka*bob"</hw> (?), <pos>n. & v. t.</pos> <def>See

Cabob, <pos>n. & v. t.</pos></def>
<hw>Ka*book"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (min.) <def>A

clay ironstone found in Ceylon.</def>
<hw>Ka*byle"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ar.

qab&imacr;la.] (Ethnol.) <def>A Berber, as in Algiers
or Tunis. See Berber.</def>
<hw>Kad"der</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Caddow.]

(Zoöl.) <def>The jackdaw.</def>
{ <hw>Ka"di</hw> (?), <hw>Ka`di*as"ter</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>A Turkish judge. See Cadi.</def>
<hw>Ka*fal"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>The

Arabian name of two trees of the genus Balsamodendron, which
yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.</def>
{ <hw>Kaf"fir</hw> (k&abreve;f"f&etilde;r), <hw>Ka"fir</hw>

(kä"f&etilde;r), } <pos>n.</pos> [Ar. k&amacr;fir
infidel, pagan, fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious
matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans.
Cf. Giaour.] (Ethnol.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of
a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa.
They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now
specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and
Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in
Central Asia.</def> [Spelt also Caffre.]
<col>Kaffir corn</col> (Bot.), <cd>a Cape Colony

name for Indian millet.</cd>
<hw>Kaf"fle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Coffle.</def>
<hw>||Ka"fi*lah</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cafila.</def>
<hw>Kaf"tan</hw> (?), <pos>n & v.</pos> <def>See

Caftan.</def>
<hw>Kage</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A chantry chapel

inclosed with lattice or screen work.</def>
<hw>||Ka"gu</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos
jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler
beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred
with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun
bittern.</def>
<hw>Ka`gu*an"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The colugo.</def>
<hw>||Ka"ha"ni</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of

notary public, or attorney, in the Levant.</def>
<hw>Ka*hau"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name, from its

cry.] (Zoöl.) <def>A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus
nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is
bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the
head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the
back brown. Called also proboscis monkey.</def> [Written also
kaha.]
<hw>Kail</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Bot.) <def>A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale,
1.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.</def>

[OE. or Scot.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A broth made with kail or other

vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.</def> [Scot.]
<col>Kail yard</col>, <cd>a kitchen garden.</cd>

[Scot.]
<hw>||Kai`ma*cam"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Caimacam.</def>
<hw>Kain</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Scots Law)

<def>Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a
tenant to his landlord.</def> Wharton (Law Dict.).
<hw>Kai"nit</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Trade name, fr.

kainite.] <def>Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of
fertilizers.</def>
<hw>Kai"nite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; recent.]

(Min.) <def>A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium
chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt
mines in Prussian Saxony.</def>
<hw>Kai`no*zo"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Cenozoic.</def>
<hw>Ka*ique"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>See Caique.</def>
<hw>Kai"rine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A

pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and
used as an antipyretic in medicine.</def>
<hw>Kai`ro*line</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a
febrifuge, and resembles kairine.</def>
<hw>Kai"ser</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr., fr. L.

Caesar. Cf. Kesar, and Czar.] <def>The ancient
title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when
crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.</def>
<hw>Ka"ka</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Maori kaka a

parrot; -- so named from its note.] (Zoöl.) <def>A New
Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown
parrot (Nestor meridionalis).</def>
&fist; The mountain kaka, or kea (N.

notabilis), is remarkable for having recently acquired
carnivorous habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes
doing great damage.
<col>Night kaka</col>. (Zoöl.) <cd>The

kakapo.</cd>
<hw>Ka`ka*po"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus),
native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is
active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general
appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance.
Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night
kaka.</def>
<hw>Kakà*ral"li</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of
wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject
to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle.</def>
<hw>Kakìs*toc"ra*cy</hw>
(k&abreve;k`&ibreve;s*t&obreve;k"r&adot;*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>ka`kistos</grk> worst +
<grk>kratei^n</grk> to rule.] <def>Government by the worst
men.</def>
<hw>Ka*kox"ene</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cacoxene.</def>
<hw>Ka*lan"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The sea otter.</def>
<hw>Ka`la*sie"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus
rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.</def>
<hw>Kale</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Scot. kale,

kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir.
cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A variety of cabbage in

which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or
wild form of the species.</def> [Written also kail, and
cale.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>See Kail, 2.</def>
<col>Sea kale</col> (Bot.), <cd>a European

cruciferous herb (Crambe maritima), often used as a pot herb;
sea cabbage.</cd>
<hw>Ka*leege"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants,
belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the
firebacks.</def>
{ <hw>Ka*lei"do*phon</hw> (?), <hw>Ka*lei"do*phone</hw> (?), }

[Gr. &?; beautiful + &?; appearance, form + &?; sound.]
(Physics.) <def>An instrument invented by Professor
Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating
rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of
light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with
the musical notes produced by the vibrations.</def>
<hw>Ka*lei"do*scope</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;

beautiful + &?; form + -scope.] <def>An instrument invented by
Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass,
etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position
exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and
symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of
design.</def>
<blockquote>Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the

kaleidoscope.</blockquote> G. W. Cable.
{ <hw>Ka*lei`do*scop"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Ka*lei`do*scop"ic*al</hw>
(?), } <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a
kaleidoscope; variegated.</def>
<hw>Kal"en*dar</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Calendar.</def>
<hw>Kalèn*da"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Calendarial.</def>
<hw>Kal"en*der</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 3d

Calender.</def>
<hw>Kal"ends</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Calends.</def>
<hw>||Ka"li</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Skr. kali.]

(Hind. Cosmog.) <def>The last and worst of the four ages of
the world; -- considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last
432,000 years.</def>
<hw>||Ka"li</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Skr.

k&amacr;l&imacr;.] (Hind. Myth.) <def>The black,
destroying goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna
Purna.</def>
<hw>Ka"li</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ar. qali. See

Alkali.] (Bot.) <def>The glasswort (Salsola
Kali).</def>
<hw>Ka"lif</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Caliph.</def>
<hw>Ka"li*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Kali + -

form.] <def>Formed like kali, or glasswort.</def>
<hw>Ka*lig"e*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Kali +

-genous. See Alkali.] <def>Forming alkalies with
oxygen, as some metals.</def>
<hw>Ka"li*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See Kali.]

(Chem.) <def>Potassium; -- so called by the German
chemists.</def>
<hw>||Kal"ki</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Skr.] <def>The name

of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar.</def> Whitworth.
<hw>||Kal"mi*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. Named in honor

of Peter Kalm, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) <def>A genus
of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs
of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel, ivy
bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc.</def>
<hw>Kal"muck</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

pl. (Ethnol.) <def>See Calmucks.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling

bearskin.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in

Prussia.</def>
<hw>Ka*long"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus
edulis).</def>
<hw>Ka*loy"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Caloyer.</def>
<hw>||Kal"pa</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Skr.] (Hind.

Myth.) <def>One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000
years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated.</def>
<hw>Kal"so*mine</hw> (?), <pos>n. & v. t.</pos> <def>Same

as Calcimine.</def>
<hw>Kam</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From Celtic; cf. Gael.,

Ir., & W. cam. Cf. Jamb, <pos>n.</pos>]
<def>Crooked; awry.</def> [Obs.] "This is clean kam."
Shak.
<hw>||Ka"ma</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Skr. k&amacr;ma

love, the god of love.] <def>The Hindoo Cupid. He is represented as a
beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or flowers.</def>
<hw>Ka*ma"la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>The

red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus
Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and
is used in the treatment of tapeworm.</def> [Written also
kameela.]
<hw>Kame</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A low ridge.</def>

[Scot.] See Eschar.
<hw>||Ka"mi</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [Japanese.] <def>A

title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of
Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to
the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the
mikado.</def>
<hw>Ka"mi*chi</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A curious South American bird (Anhima, or Palamedea,
cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with
poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long,
slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each
wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of
gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the
ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer.
The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja,
and Screamer.</def>
<hw>Kamp*tu"li*con</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; to bend

+ &?; material, fr. &?; wood, matter.] <def>A kind of elastic floor
cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered
cork.</def>
<hw>Kam"py*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; bent,
curved, fr. &?; to bend.] (Min.) <def>A variety of mimetite or
arseniate of lead in hexagonal prisms of a fine orange yellow.</def>
[Written also campylite.]
{ <hw>Kam*sin"</hw>, <hw>Kham*sin"</hw> } (?),

<pos>n.</pos> [Ar. khams&imacr;n, fr.
khams&umacr;n, oblique case khams&imacr;n, fifty; -- so
called because it blows for about fifty days, from April till June.]
<def>A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.</def>
[Written also Khamseen.]
<hw>Kam"tscha*dales</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>

(Ethnol.) <def>An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern
part of Kamtschatka.</def>
<hw>Kan</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To know; to

ken.</def> [Obs.] See Ken.
<hw>Kan</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Khan.</def>
{ <hw>Ka*nack"a</hw> (?), <hw>Ka*na"ka</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Native name, prop., a man.] <def>A native of
the Sandwich Islands.</def>
<hw>Kan"chil</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Malay

canch&imacr;l.] (Zoöl.) <def>A small chevrotain of
the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmæus, or T.
kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a
deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning.</def>
<hw>Kand</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mining) <def>Fluor

spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.</def>
<hw>Kan"ga*roo"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Said to be the

native name.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of numerous species of
jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidæ. They
inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long
and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are
comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus
major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or
fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the
genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the
genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush
kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts.
See Wallaby.</def>
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<col>Kangaroo apple</col> (Bot.), <cd>the edible

fruit of the Tasmanian plant Solanum aviculare.</cd> --
<col>Kangaroo grass</col> (Bot.), <cd>a perennial
Australian forage grass (Anthistiria australis).</cd> --
<col>Kangaroo hare</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the jerboa
kangaroo. See under Jerboa.</cd> -- <col>Kangaroo
mouse</col>. (Zoöl.) <cd>See Jumping mouse,
under Jumping.</cd> -- <col>Kangaroo rat</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>the potoroo.</cd>
<hw>Kan"sas</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> (Ethnol.)

<def>A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They
formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but
were removed to the Indian Territory.</def>
<hw>Kant"i*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher; conformed or
relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of Immanuel
Kant.</def>
<hw>Kant"i*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A follower of Kant;

a Kantist.</def>
{ <hw>Kant"i*an*ism</hw>, <hw>Kant"ism</hw> } (?),

<pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian
philosophy.</def>
<hw>Kant"ist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A disciple or follower

of Kant.</def>
<hw>Kant"try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Cantred.</def>
{ <hw>Ka"o*lin</hw>, <hw>Ka"o*line</hw> } (?),

<pos>n.</pos> [Chin. kao-ling.] (Min.) <def>A
very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder,
and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay.
It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common
feldspar.</def>
&fist; The name is now applied to all porcelain clays which endure
the fire without discoloration.
<hw>Kaò*linì*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin.</def>
<hw>Ka"o*lin*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To convert

into kaolin.</def>
<hw>||Ka*pel"le</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G.] (Mus.)

<def>A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel;
now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral.</def>
Grove.
<hw>||Ka*pell"meis`ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G.]

(Mus.) <def>See Capellmeister.</def>
<hw>Ka"pi*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Min.) <def>The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New
Zealand.</def>
<hw>Kap"no*mar</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>See Capnomor.</def>
<hw>Kar"a*gane</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Russ.

karagan'] (Zoöl.) <def>A species of gray fox found
in Russia.</def>
<hw>Ka"ra*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Doctrines of the

Karaites.</def>
<hw>Ka"ra*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Heb.

q&amacr;r&amacr; to read.] (Eccl. Hist.) <def>A sect of
Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting
the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; --
opposed to the Rabbinists.</def>
<hw>Ka*ra"tas</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

West Indian plant of the Pineapple family (Nidularium
Karatas).</def>
<hw>Kar"ma</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Skr.] (Buddhism)

<def>One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future
existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible
result of cause and effect; the theory of inevitable
consequence.</def>
<hw>Kar*ma"thi*an</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of a

Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth century by Karmat.</def>
<hw>Karn</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cornish. Cf.

Cairn.] (Mining) <def>A pile of rocks; sometimes, the
solid rock. See Cairn.</def>
<hw>Ka"rob</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Carat.]

<def>The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by
goldsmiths.</def> Crabb.
<hw>Kar"pho*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; rice

straw + -lite: cf. F. carpholithe.] (Min.)
<def>A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color. It
is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese.</def>
<hw>Kar*roo"</hw> (k&adot;r*r&oomac;"), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Karroos</plw> (-r&oomac;z"). <def>One of the
dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to
considerable elevations.</def> [Also karoo.]
<col>The Great Karroo</col>, or <col>The

Karroo</col>, <cd>a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching
through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000
feet.</cd>
<hw>Kar"sten*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Anhydrite.</def>
<hw>Kar"vel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Carvel, and Caravel.</def>
<hw>||Kar"y*o*ki*ne`sis</hw>
(k&abreve;r`&ibreve;*&osl;*k&isl;*n&emacr;"s&ibreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut, kernel +
<grk>kinei^n</grk> to move.] (Biol.) <def>The indirect
division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm,
complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement
of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The
nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are
separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and
constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis.
See Cell development, under Cell.</def>
<hw>Kar`y*o*ki*net"ic</hw> (-n&ebreve;t"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> (Biol.) <def>Of or pertaining to
karyokinesis; as, karyokinetic changes of cell
division.</def>
<hw>||Kar`y*om"i*ton</hw> (-&obreve;m"&ibreve;*t&obreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut +
<grk>mi`tos</grk> a thread.] (Biol.) <def>The reticular
network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in
part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton, or the network
in the body of the cell.</def> W. Flemming.
<hw>||Kar`y*o*plas"ma</hw>
(k&abreve;r`&ibreve;*&osl;*pl&abreve;z"m&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>
[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut + <grk>pla`sma</grk> a thing
molded.] (Biol.) <def>The protoplasmic substance of the
nucleus of a cell: nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to
kytoplasma, the protoplasm of the cell.</def>
<hw>||Kar`y*o*ste*no"sis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr.

Gr. <grk>ka`ryon</grk> a nut, kernel + &?; a being straitened.]
(Biol.) <def>Direct cell division (in which there is first a
simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure,
followed by division of the protoplasm of the cell); -- in opposition
to karyokinesis.</def> 
[1913 Webster]
<hw>Kar`y*o*ste*not"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Biol.) <def>Pertaining to, or connected with, karyostenosis;
as, the karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.</def>
<hw>Ka*sack"</hw> (k&abreve;t), <pos>n.</pos>

(Ethnol.) <def>Same as Cossack.</def>
<hw>Kat</hw> (kät), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>An Arabian shrub (Catha edulis) the leaves of which are
used as tea by the Arabs.</def>
<hw>Katà*bol"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Physiol.)

<def>Of or pertaining to katabolism; as, katabolic processes,
which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity
and increasing stability.</def>
<hw>Ka*tab"o*lism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; down +

&?; to throw.] (Physiol.) <def>Destructive or downward
metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism.
See Disassimilation.</def>
<hw>Kat"a*state</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. (&?;) down +

(&?;) to cause to stand.] <def>(Physiol.) A substance formed by a
katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See
Katabolic.</def>
<hw>Kate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The brambling finch.</def>
<hw>Kath"e*tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?; a

perpendicular line. See Cathetus.] (Math.) <def>Making
a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a
triangle, which include a right angle.</def>
<hw>Kathè*tom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Cathetometer.</def>
<hw>Kat`ti*mun"doo</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

caoutchouc-like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East
Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a
cement.</def>
<hw>Ka"ty*did`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus
concavus) of the family Locustidæ, common in the
United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the
front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males
make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination
Katy-did, whence the name.</def>
<hw>||Ka"u*ri</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Bot.) <def>A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis,
or Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding
one kind of dammar resin.</def> [Written also kaudi,
cowdie, and cowrie.]
<hw>Ka"va</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Polynesian.]

(Bot.) <def>A species of Macropiper (M.
methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an
intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of
mastication; also, the beverage itself.</def> [Written also
kawa, kava, and ava.]
<hw>Ka*vass"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Kavasses</plw> (#) [Turk. k&amacr;vv&amacr;s]
<def>An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier.</def>
[Turkey]
<hw>Kaw</hw> (?), <pos>v. i. & n.</pos> <def>See

Caw.</def>
<hw>Ka*wa"ka</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>a

New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (Libocedrus Doniana),
having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.</def>
<hw>Kawn</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inn.</def>

[Turkey] See Khan.
<hw>Kay"ak</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.) <def>A

light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually
capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a
double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic
tribes.</def>
<hw>Kay"ak*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who uses a

kayak.</def>
<hw>Kay"ko</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The dog salmon.</def>
<hw>Kayles</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [Akin to Dan.

kegle, Sw. kegla, D. & G. kegel, OHG.
kegil, whence F. quille.] <def>A game; ninepins.</def>
[Prov Eng.] Carew.
<hw>Kay"nard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. cagnard.]

<def>A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Keck</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kecked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kecking.] [Cf. dial. G. köcken,
köken.] <def>To heave or to retch, as in an effort to
vomit.</def> [R.] Swift.
<hw>Keck</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An effort to vomit;

queasiness.</def> [R.]
<hw>Kec"kle</hw> (?), <pos>v. i. & n.</pos> <def>See

Keck, <pos>v. i. & n.</pos></def>
<hw>Kec"kle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Keckled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Keckling (?).] (Naut.) <def>To wind old rope around, as
a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron
chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from
the ice.</def> Totten.
<hw>Kec"kling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Old rope or iron

chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, <pos>v.
t.</pos></def>
<hw>Kec"klish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From keck,

keckle.] <def>Inclined to vomit; squeamish.</def> [R.]
Holland.
<hw>Keck"sy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Kecksies</plw> (-s&ibreve;z). [Properly pl. of
kex. See Kex.] (Bot.) <def>The hollow stalk of
an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock.</def>
[Written also kex, and in pl., kecks,
kaxes.]
<blockquote>Nothing teems 
But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies,
burs.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Keck"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling a

kecksy.</def> Grew.
<hw>Kedge</hw> (k&ebreve;j), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.
& p. p.</pos> Kedged (k&ebreve;jd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Kedging.] [Cf. dial. Sw. keka to tug, to
drag one's self slowly forward; or perh. fr. ked, and
kedge, <pos>n.</pos>, for keg anchor, named from
the keg or cask fastened to the anchor to show where it lies.]
(Naut.) <def>To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a
boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to
it.</def>
<hw>Kedge</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See Kedge, <pos>v.

t.</pos>] (Naut.) <def>A small anchor used whenever a
large one can be dispensed with. See Kedge, <pos>v.
t.</pos>, and Anchor, <pos>n.</pos></def>
<hw>Kedg"er</hw> (?) <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.) <def>A

small anchor; a kedge.</def>
<hw>Ked"lock</hw> (k&ebreve;d"l&obreve;k), <pos>n.</pos>

[Cf. dial. G. köddik, küdik, kettich,
keek, Dan. kidike, E. charlock, and AS.
cedelc the herb mercury.] (Bot.) <def>See
Charlock.</def>
<hw>Kee</hw> (k&emacr;), <pos>n. pl.</pos> of Cow. [AS.

c&ymacr;, pl. of c&umacr; cow. See Kine.]
<def>See Kie, Ky, and Kine.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
Gay.
<hw>Keech</hw> (k&emacr;ch), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Prov. E.

keech a cake.] <def>A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the
butcher.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Keel</hw> (k&emacr;l), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> [AS.

c&emacr;lan to cool, fr. c&omacr;l cool. See
Cool.] <def>To cool; to skim or stir.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>While greasy Joan doth keel the

pot.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Keel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A brewer's cooling vat; a

keelfat.</def>
<hw>Keel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. AS. ceól

ship; akin to D. & G. kiel keel, OHG. chiol ship, Icel.
kj&omacr;ll, and perh. to Gr. <grk>gay^los</grk> a round-built
Ph&oelig;nician merchant vessel, <grk>gaylo`s</grk> bucket; cf. Skr.
g&omacr;la ball, round water vessel. But the meaning of the
English word seems to come from Icel. kjölr keel, akin to
Sw. köl, Dan. kjöl.] <sn>1.</sn>
(Shipbuilding) <def>A longitudinal timber, or series of
timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the
bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by
means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame.
In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the
keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of
Keelson.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: The whole ship.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for

carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one
tons, four cwt.</def> [Eng.]
<sn>4.</sn> (Bot.) <def>The two lowest petals of the

corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens
and pistil; a carina. See Carina.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Nat. Hist.) <def>A projecting ridge

along the middle of a flat or curved surface.</def>
<col>Bilge keel</col> (Naut.), <cd>a keel peculiar

to ironclad vessels, extending only a portion of the length of the
vessel under the bilges.</cd> Ham. Nav. Encyc. --
<col>False keel</col>. <cd>See under False.</cd> --
<col>Keel boat</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A covered
freight boat, with a keel, but no sails, used on Western rivers</cd>.
[U. S.] <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A low, flat-bottomed freight boat.
See Keel, <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</cd> -- <col>Keel
piece</col>, <cd>one of the timbers or sections of which a keel
is composed.</cd> -- <col>On even keel</col>, <cd>in a level
or horizontal position, so that the draught of water at the stern and
the bow is the same.</cd> Ham. Nav. Encyc.
<hw>Keel</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Keeled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Keeling.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To traverse with a keel; to
navigate.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To turn up the keel; to show the

bottom.</def>
<col>To keel over</col>, <cd>to upset; to capsize.</cd>

[Colloq.]
<hw>Keel"age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

guillage, fr. guille keel; of German or Scand origin.
See 3d Keel.] <def>The right of demanding a duty or toll for a
ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll.</def> Bouvier.
Wharton.
<hw>Keeled</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Bot.) <def>Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on
the back; as, a keeled leaf.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Having a median ridge;

carinate; as, a keeled scale.</def>
<hw>Keel"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See 3d Keel.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; --
called also keelman.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for

holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes,
etc.</def>
<hw>Keel"fat`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Keel to cool
+ fat a large tub, a vat.] (Brewing) <def>A cooler; a
vat for cooling wort, etc.</def> [Written also keelvat.]
Johnson.
<hw>Keel"haul`</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Keelhauled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Keelhauling.] [3d keel + haul: cf.
LG. & D. kielhalen, G. kielholen. ] [Written also
keelhale.] (Naut.) <def>To haul under the keel of a
ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly
practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies.</def>
Totten.
<hw>Kee"ling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Icel.

keila, Sw. kolja, Dan. kulle.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A cod.</def>
<hw>Kee"li*vine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Gael.

cil ruddle.] <def>A pencil of black or red lead; -- called
also keelyvine pen.</def> [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Keel"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. -

<plw>men</plw> (&?;). <def>See Keeler, 1.</def>
<hw>Keel"rake`</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>Same as Keelhaul.</def>
<hw>Keels</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Ninepins. See

Kayles.</def>
<hw>Keel"son</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Akin to Sw.

kölsvin, Dan. kjölsviin, G.
kielschwein; apparently compounded of the words keel
and swine; but cf. Norweg. kjölsvill, where
svill is akin to E. sill, <pos>n.</pos> ]
(Shipbuilding) <def>A piece of timber in a ship laid on the
middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor
timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated
like the keelson of a timber ship.</def>
<col>Cross keelson</col>, <cd>a similar structure lying

athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and
boilers.</cd>
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<hw>Keel"vat`</hw> (k&emacr;l"v&abreve;t`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Keelfat.</def>
<hw>Keen</hw> (k&emacr;n), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Keener (-&etilde;r);
<pos>superl.</pos> Keenest.] [OE. kene sharp,
bold, AS. c&emacr;ne bold; akin to D. koen, OHG.
kuoni, G. kühn, OSw. kyn, kön,
Icel. kænn, for k&oelig;nn wise; perh. akin to E.
ken, can to be able. √45. ] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or
a razor with a keen edge.</def>
<blockquote>A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and

kene.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>That my keen knife see not the wound it

makes.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having

or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen
understanding; a keen look; keen features.</def>
<blockquote>To make our wits more keen.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Before the keen inquiry of her

thought.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting;

stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.</def>
<blockquote>Good father cardinal, cry thou amen 

To my keen curses.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; --

applied to cold, wind, etc.; as, a keen wind; the cold is very
keen.</def>
<blockquote>Breasts the keen air, and carols as he

goes.</blockquote> Goldsmith.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen

appetite.</def> "Of full kene will." Piers
Plowman.
<blockquote>So keen and greedy to confound a

man.</blockquote> Shak.
&fist; Keen is often used in the composition of words, most

of which are of obvious signification; as, keen-edged,
keen-eyed, keen-sighted, keen-witted, etc.
Syn. -- Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting;

penetrating; biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical; piercing;
shrewd.
<hw>Keen</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To sharpen; to make

cold.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>Cold winter keens the brightening

flood.</blockquote> Thomson.
<hw>Keen</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Ir. caoine.] <def>A

prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.</def>
[Ireland] Froude.
<hw>Keen</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To wail as a keener

does.</def> [Ireland]
<hw>Keen"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A professional

mourner who wails at a funeral.</def> [Ireland]
<hw>Keen"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a keen

manner.</def>
<hw>Keen"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state

of being keen.</def>
<hw>Keep</hw> (k&emacr;p), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Kept (k&ebreve;pt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Keeping.] [OE. k&emacr;pen, AS.
c&emacr;pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf.
AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To care; to desire.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I kepe not of armes for to yelp

[boast].</blockquote> Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To hold; to restrain from departure or

removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession;
not to lose; to retain; to detain.</def>
<blockquote>If we lose the field, 

We can not keep the town.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>That I may know what keeps me here with

you.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we

are considering, that would instruct us.</blockquote>
Locke.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to remain in a given situation or

condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
tenor.</def>
<blockquote>His loyalty he kept, his love, his

zeal.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently

on.</blockquote> Addison.
&fist; In this sense it is often used with prepositions and

adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep
from, to keep in, out, or off, etc. "To
keep off impertinence and solicitation from his superior."
Addison.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To have in custody; to have in some place

for preservation; to take charge of.</def>
<blockquote>The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was

always kept in the castle of Vicegrade.</blockquote>
Knolles.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to
guard.</def>
<blockquote>Behold, I am with thee, and will keep

thee.</blockquote> Gen. xxviii. 15.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To preserve from discovery or publicity;

not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.</def>
<blockquote>Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from

man.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>To attend upon; to have the care of; to

tend.</def>
<blockquote>And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the
garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it.</blockquote>
Gen. ii. 15.
<blockquote>In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the

moor.</blockquote> Carew.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>To record transactions, accounts, or

events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter
(as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> <def>To maintain, as an establishment,

institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep
store.</def>
<blockquote>Like a pedant that keeps a school.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Every one of them kept house by

himself.</blockquote> Hayward.
<sn>10.</sn> <def>To supply with necessaries of life; to

entertain; as, to keep boarders.</def>
<sn>11.</sn> <def>To have in one's service; to have and

maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>I keep but three men and a boy.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>12.</sn> <def>To have habitually in stock for

sale.</def>
<sn>13.</sn> <def>To continue in, as a course or mode of

action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to
keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep
possession.</def>
<blockquote>Both day and night did we keep

company.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Within this portal as I kept my

watch.</blockquote> Smollett.
<sn>14.</sn> <def>To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not

to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to
neglect; to be faithful to.</def>
<blockquote>I have kept the faith.</blockquote> 2 Tim.

iv. 7.
<blockquote>Him whom to love is to obey, and keep 

His great command.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>15.</sn> <def>To confine one's self to; not to quit; to

remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to
haunt; to frequent.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>'Tis hallowed ground; 

Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep.</blockquote> J.
Fletcher.
<sn>16.</sn> <def>To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to

celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.</def>
<blockquote>I went with them to the house of God . . . with a

multitude that kept holyday.</blockquote> Ps. xlii.
4.
<col>To keep at arm's length</col>. <cd>See under

Arm, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col>To keep
back</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To reserve; to withhold</cd>.
"I will keep nothing back from you." Jer. xlii.
4. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To restrain; to hold back.</cd>
"Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins." Ps.
xix. 13. -- <col>To keep company with</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To frequent the society of; to associate
with; as, let youth keep company with the wise and good.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To accompany; to go with; as, to keep
company with one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept
attentions from, with a view to marriage</cd>. [Colloq.] --
<col>To keep counsel</col>. <cd>See under Counsel,
<pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col>To keep down</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To hold in subjection; to restrain; to
hinder</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> (Fine Arts) <cd>To subdue in
tint or tone, as a portion of a picture, so that the spectator's
attention may not be diverted from the more important parts of the
work.</cd> -- <col>To keep good</col> (or
<col>bad</col>) <col>hours</col>, <cd>to be customarily
early (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest.</cd> --
<col>To keep house</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To occupy a
separate house or establishment, as with one's family, as
distinguished from boarding; to manage domestic affairs</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> (Eng. Bankrupt Law) <cd>To seclude one's
self in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.</cd>
-- <col>To keep one's hand in</col>, <cd>to keep in
practice.</cd> -- <col>To keep open house</col>, <cd>to be
hospitable.</cd> -- <col>To keep the peace</col> (Law),
<cd>to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace.</cd> -- <col>To
keep school</col>, <cd>to govern, manage and instruct or teach a
school, as a preceptor.</cd> -- <col>To keep a stiff upper
lip</col>, <cd>to keep up one's courage.</cd> [Slang] --
<col>To keep term</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> (Eng.
Universities) <cd>To reside during a term</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> (Inns of Court) <cd>To eat a sufficient
number of dinners in hall to make the term count for the purpose of
being called to the bar</cd>. [Eng.] Mozley & W. -- <col>To
keep touch</col>. <cd>See under Touch,
<pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col>To keep under</col>, <cd>to
hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.</cd> -- <col>To keep
up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To maintain; to prevent from
falling or diminution; as, to keep up the price of goods; to
keep up one's credit</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To
maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing</cd>. "In joy, that
which keeps up the action is the desire to continue it."
Locke.
Syn. -- To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold;

restrain; maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- To Keep.
Retain, Preserve. Keep is the generic term, and
is often used where retain or preserve would too much
restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain
denotes that we keep or hold things, as against
influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons which might
lead us to give them up; as, to retain vivacity in old age; to
retain counsel in a lawsuit; to retain one's servant
after a reverse of fortune. Preserve denotes that we keep a
thing against agencies which might lead to its being destroyed or
broken in upon; as, to preserve one's health; to
preserve appearances.
<hw>Keep</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to
stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to
keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before
or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or
out reach.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To last; to endure; to remain

unimpaired.</def>
<blockquote>If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes

will not keep.</blockquote> Mortimer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To reside for a time; to lodge; to

dwell.</def> [Now disused except locally or colloquially.]
<blockquote>Knock at his study, where, they say, he

keeps.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To take care; to be solicitous; to

watch.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God

that is in us.</blockquote> Tyndale.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To be in session; as, school keeps

to-day.</def> [Colloq.]
<col>To keep from</col>, <cd>to abstain or refrain
from.</cd> -- <col>To keep in with</col>, <cd>to keep on good
terms with; as, to keep in with an opponent.</cd> --
<col>To keep on</col>, <cd>to go forward; to proceed; to
continue to advance.</cd> -- <col>To keep to</col>, <cd>to
adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep
to old customs; to keep to a rule; to keep to one's
word or promise.</cd> -- <col>To keep up</col>, <cd>to remain
unsubdued; also, not to be confined to one's bed.</cd>
<hw>Keep</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The

act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.</def>
Chaucer.
<blockquote>Pan, thou god of shepherds all, 

Which of our tender lambkins takest keep.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being kept; hence, the

resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The means or provisions by which one is

kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.</def>
<blockquote>Grass equal to the keep of seven

cows.</blockquote> Carlyle.
<blockquote>I performed some services to the college in return for

my keep.</blockquote> T. Hughes.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>That which keeps or protects; a

stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and
securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the
lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See
Illust. of Castle.</def>
<blockquote>The prison strong, 

Within whose keep the captive knights were laid.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<blockquote>The lower chambers of those gloomy

keeps.</blockquote> Hallam.
<blockquote>I think . . . the keep, or principal part of a

castle, was so called because the lord and his domestic circle
kept, abode, or lived there.</blockquote> M. A.
Lower.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>That which is kept in charge; a

charge.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Often he used of his keep 

A sacrifice to bring.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>6.</sn> (Mach.) <def>A cap for retaining

anything, as a journal box, in place.</def>
<col>To take keep</col>, <cd>to take care; to heed.</cd>
<hw>Keep"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or
has possession of anything.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who retains in custody; one who has

the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>One who has the care, custody, or

superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a
pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc.; the keeper of attached
property;</def> hence, <def>one who saves from harm; a defender; a
preserver.</def>
<blockquote>The Lord is thy keeper.</blockquote> Ps.

cxxi. 6.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>One who remains or keeps in a place or

position.</def>
<blockquote>Discreet; chaste; keepers at home.</blockquote>

Titus ii. 5.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for

holding an object in place; as: <sd>(a)</sd> The box on a door
jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot.
<sd>(b)</sd> A ring serving to keep another ring on the
finger. <sd>(c)</sd> A loop near the buckle of a strap to
receive the end of the strap.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury

Russet is a good keeper.</def> Downing.
<col>Keeper of the forest</col> (O. Eng. Law),

<cd>an officer who had the principal government of all things
relating to the forest.</cd> -- <col>Keeper of the great
seal</col>, <cd>a high officer of state, who has custody of the
great seal. The office is now united with that of lord
chancellor.</cd> [Eng.] -- <col>Keeper of the King's
conscience</col>, <cd>the lord chancellor; -- a name given when
the chancellor was an ecclesiastic.</cd> [Eng.] -- <col>Keeper of
the privy seal</col> (styled also lord privy seal), <cd>a
high officer of state, through whose hands pass all charters,
pardons, etc., before they come to the great seal. He is a privy
councillor, and was formerly called clerk of the privy
seal.</cd> [Eng.] -- <col>Keeper of a magnet</col>, <cd>a
piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of
keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature.</cd>
<hw>Keep"er*ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office or

position of a keeper.</def> Carew.
<hw>Keep"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care;
preservation.</def>
<blockquote>His happiness is in his own
keeping.</blockquote> South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as,

the cattle have good keeping.</def>
<blockquote>The work of many hands, which earns my

keeping.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Conformity; congruity; harmony;

consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each
other.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Paint.) <def>Harmony or correspondence

between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of
this painting is not in keeping.</def>
<col>Keeping room</col>, <cd>a family sitting room.</cd>

[New Eng. & Prov. Eng.]
Syn. -- Care; guardianship; custody; possession.
<hw>Keep"sake`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything kept,

or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of
friendship.</def>
<hw>Keesh</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Kish.</def>
<hw>Keeve</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. c&?;f, fr. L.

cupa a tub, cask; also, F. cuve. Cf. Kive,
Coop.] <sn>1.</sn> (Brewing) <def>A vat or tub
in which the mash is made; a mash tub.</def> Ure.
<sn>2.</sn> (Bleaching) <def>A bleaching vat; a

kier.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mining) <def>A large vat used in

dressing ores.</def>
<hw>Keeve</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Keeved (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Keeving.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set in a keeve, or tub,
for fermentation.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To heave; to tilt, as a cart.</def> [Prov.

Eng.]
<hw>Keev"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Keeve,

<hw>Kef"fe-kil</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.)

<def>See Kiefekil.</def>
<hw>Keg</hw> (k&ebreve;g), <pos>n.</pos> [Earlier

cag, Icel. kaggi; akin to Sw. kagge.] <def>A
small cask or barrel.</def>
<hw>Keil"hau*ite</hw> (k&imacr;l"hou*&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> (Min.) <def>A mineral of a brownish black
color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica,
titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria.</def>
<hw>Keir</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Kier.</def>
<hw>||Keit*lo"a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros
(Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about as long as
the anterior one, or even longer.</def>
<hw>Keld</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. Cavl.]

<def>Having a kell or covering; webbed.</def> [Obs.]
Drayton.
<hw>Kele</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See Keel to

cool.] <def>To cool.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Kell</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kiln.</def>

[Obs.]
<hw>Kell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [A modification of

kale.] <def>A sort of pottage; kale. See Kale, 2.</def>
Ainsworth.
<hw>Kell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Caul.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The caul; that which covers or envelops as a
caul; a net; a fold; a film.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I'll have him cut to the kell.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>The cocoon or chrysalis of an

insect.</def> B. Jonson.
<hw>Ke"loid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?; tumor + -

oid.] (Med.) <def>Applied to a variety of tumor forming
hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A keloid tumor.</def>
<hw>Ke*lot"o*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Med.)

<def>See Celotomy.</def>
<hw>Kelp</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Formerly kilpe; of

unknown origin.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The calcined ashes of
seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used
in the manufacture of iodine.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Any large blackish

seaweed.</def>
&fist; Laminaria is the common kelp of Great Britain;

Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the
great kelps of the Pacific Ocean.
<col>Kelp crab</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a California

spider crab (Epialtus productus), found among seaweeds, which
it resembles in color.</cd> -- <col>Kelp salmon</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a serranoid food fish (Serranus
clathratus) of California. See Cabrilla.</cd>
<hw>Kelp"fish`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus),
living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus
Platyglossus.</def>
{ <hw>Kel"pie</hw>, <hw>Kel"py</hw> }, <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Kelpies</plw> (#). [Cf. Gael.
cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer,
colt, colpa a cow or horse.] (Scotch Myth.) <def>An
imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed
to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be
drowned.</def> Jamieson.
<hw>Kelp"ware`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Kelp, 2.</def>
<hw>Kel"son</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Keelson.</def> Sir W. Raleigh.
<hw>Kelt</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Kilt,

<pos>n.</pos></def> Jamieson.
<hw>Kelt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Icel. kult quilt.]

<def>Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool.</def>
[Scot.] Jamieson.
<hw>Kelt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A salmon after

spawning.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Kelt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as Celt, one

of Celtic race.</def>
<hw>Kel"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Gael. & Ir.

cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear, castle, cause,
Prov. E. kilter tool, instrument. Cf. Kilt.]
<def>Regular order or proper condition.</def> [Written also
kilter.] [>Colloq.]
<blockquote>If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out

of tune, how can we pray?</blockquote> Barrow.

<hw>Kelt"ic</hw> (k&ebreve;lt"&ibreve;k), <pos>a. &

n.</pos> <def>Same as Celtic, <pos>a. &
n.</pos></def>
<! p. 811 !>
<hw>Kemb</hw> (k&ebreve;m), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Kembed (k&ebreve;md) or Kempt
(k&ebreve;mt; 215); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kembing.] [OE. kemben, AS. cemban, fr.
camb comb.] <def>To comb.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>His longe hair was kembed behind his
back.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Kem"e*lin</hw> (k&ebreve;m"&esl;*l&ibreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Prov. E. kemlin, kimlin,
kimmel, a salting tub, any tub, kembing a brewing tub,
G. kumme bowl, basin, W. cwmman a tub, brewing tub.]
<def>A tub; a brewer's vessel.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ <hw>Kemp</hw> (k&ebreve;mp), <hw>Kemp"ty</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>Coarse, rough hair in wool or fur, injuring
its quality.</def>
<hw>Kem"pe</hw> (k&ebreve;m"pe), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Rough; shaggy.</def> [Obs.] "Kempe hairs."
Chaucer.
<hw>Kemps</hw> (k&ebreve;mps), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [Etymol.

uncertain.] (Bot.) <def>The long flower stems of the ribwort
plantain (Plantago Lanceolata).</def> Dr. Prior.
<hw>Kempt</hw> (k&ebreve;mt; 215), <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of

Kemb.</def> B. Jonson.
<hw>Ken</hw> (k&ebreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [Perh. from

kennel.] <def>A house; esp., one which is a resort for
thieves.</def> [Slang, Eng.]
<hw>Ken</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kenned (k&ebreve;nd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Kenning.] [OE. kennen to teach, make
known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather
from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G.
kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a
causative corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth.
kunnan. √45. See Can to be able, Know.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To know; to understand; to take cognizance
of.</def> [Archaic or Scot.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To recognize; to descry; to discern.</def>

[Archaic or Scot.] "We ken them from afar."
Addison
<blockquote>'T is he. I ken the manner of his

gait.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Ken</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To look around.</def>

<hw>Ken</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Cognizance; view;

especially, reach of sight or knowledge.</def> "Beyond his
ken." Longfellow.
<blockquote>Above the reach and ken of a mortal

apprehension.</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>It was relief to quit the ken 

And the inquiring looks of men.</blockquote> Trench.
{ <hw>Ken"dal green`</hw> (?), or <hw>Ken"dal</hw>. } <def>A cloth

colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by
Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England.</def>
J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
<blockquote>How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green

<hw>Ken"nel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Channel,

Canal.] <def>The water course of a street; a little canal or
channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>Ken"nel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. kenel,

(assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil, LL. canile, fr.
L. canis a dog. Cf. Canine.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.</def>
<blockquote>A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to

describe his kennel.</blockquote> Sir P. Sidney.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A pack of hounds, or a collection of

dogs.</def> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The hole of a fox or other beast; a

haunt.</def>
<hw>Ken"nel</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kenneled (?) or Kennelled; <pos>p. pr.
& vb. n.</pos> Kennelling.] <def>To lie or lodge; to
dwell, as a dog or a fox.</def>
<blockquote>The dog kenneled in a hollow tree.</blockquote>

<hw>Ken"nel</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To put or keep in a

kennel.</def> Thomson.
<hw>Ken"nel coal`</hw> (?). <def>See Cannel coal.</def>
<hw>Ken"ning</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Ken,

<pos>v. t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Range of
sight.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The limit of vision at sea, being a

distance of about twenty miles.</def>
<hw>Ke"no</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. quine five

winning numbers, fr. L. quini five each, quinque five.
See Five.] <def>A gambling game, a variety of the game of
lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also
numbered.</def> [U. S.]
<hw>Kenò*gen"e*sis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; new +

E. genesis.] (Biol.) <def>Modified evolution, in which
nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a
secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its
environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis.</def>
[Written also cænogenesis.]
<hw>Kenò*ge*net"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Biol.)

<def>Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; as, kenogenetic
processes.</def> -- <wf>Kenò*ge*net"ic*al*ly</wf> (#),
<hw>Ken"spec`kle</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having so

marked an appearance as easily to be recognized.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Kent" bu"gle</hw> (?). [Probably named after a Duke of

Kent.] (Mus.) <def>A curved bugle, having six finger
keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every
key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and
key bugle.</def> Moore.
<hw>Ken"tle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Quintal.]

(Com.) <def>A hundred weight; a quintal.</def>
<hw>Kent"ledge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. cant

edge, corner, D. kant. See Cant edge, angle.]
(Naut.) <def>Pigs of iron used for ballast.</def> [Written
also kintlidge.]
<hw>Ken*tuck"y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the

United States.</def>
<col>Kentucky blue grass</col> (Bot.), <cd>a

valuable pasture and meadow grass (Poa pratensis), found in
both Europe and America. See under Blue grass.</cd> --
<col>Kentucky coffee tree</col> (Bot.), <cd>a tall
North American tree (Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate
leaves. It produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which
have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is very
valuable.</cd>
<hw>Keph"a*lin</hw> (k&ebreve;f"&adot;*l&ibreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>kefalh`</grk> the head.] (Physiol.
Chem.) <def>One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized
principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue.</def>
<hw>Kept</hw> (?), <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <def>of

Keep.</def>
<col>Kept mistress</col>, <cd>a concubine; a woman

supported by a man as his paramour.</cd>
<hw>Ke*ram"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as

Ceramic.</def>
<hw>Ke*ram"ics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Ceramics.</def>
<hw>Kerà*mo*graph"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>ke`ramos</grk> tile + graph + ic.] <def>Suitable
to be written upon; capable of being written upon, as a slate; --
said especially of a certain kind of globe.</def>
Scudamore.
<hw>Ke*ra"na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mus.) <def>A

kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians.</def> Moore (Encyc.
of Music).
<hw>Ke*rar"gy*rite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cerargyrite.</def>
<hw>Ker"a*sin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Physiol.

Chem.) <def>A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus,
supposed to be present in the brain; a body closely related to
cerebrin.</def>
<hw>Ker"a*sine</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>ke`ras</grk> horn.] <def>Resembling horn; horny;
corneous.</def>
<hw>Ker"a*tin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn.] (Physiol. Chem.)
<def>A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing
sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical
basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the
like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not
dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with
sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called
also epidermose.</def>
<hw>||Kerà*ti"tis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + -itis.]
(Med.) <def>Inflammation of the cornea.</def>
<hw>Ker"a*tode</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Keratose.</def>
<hw>Kerà*tog"e*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + -genous.]
<def>Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the
horny hoof of the horse.</def>
<hw>||Kerà*toi"de*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., from

Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + -oid.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Same as Keratosa.</def>
<hw>Ker"a*tome</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>ke`ras</grk>, horn + &?; to cut.] (Surg.) <def>An
instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for
cataract.</def>
<hw>||Kerà*to*nyx"is</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn + &?; puncture.]
(Med.) <def>The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting
a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque
mass.</def>
<hw>Ker"a*to*phyte</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, a horn + &?; a plant.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A gorgonian coral having a horny
axis.</def>
<hw>||Kerà*to"sa</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, a horn.] (Zoöl.)
<def>An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike
fibers. It includes the commercial sponges.</def>
<hw>Ker"a*tose`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>ke`ras</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, horn.] (Physiol. Chem.)
<def>A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of
the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also
keratode.</def>
<hw>Ker"a*tose`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to
the Keratosa.</def>
<hw>Ke*rau"no*graph</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;

thunderbolt + graph.] <def>A figure or picture impressed by
lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.</def> --
<wf>Keràu*nog"ra*phy</wf> (#), <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Kerb</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Curb.</def>
<hw>Kerb"stone`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Curbstone.</def>
<hw>Ker"cher</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kerchief.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>He became . . . white as a

kercher.</blockquote> Sir T. North.
<hw>Ker"chered</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Covered, or

bound round, with a kercher.</def> [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
<hw>Ker"chief</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Kerchiefs</plw> (#). [OE. coverchef, OF.
cuevrechief, couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head
covering, fr. couvrir to cover + OF. chief head, F.
chef. See Cover, Chief, and cf. Curfew.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A square of fine linen worn by women as a
covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material,
worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in
compounds; as, neckerchief; breastkerchief; and later,
handkerchief.</def>
<blockquote>He might put on a hat, a muffler, and a

kerchief, and so escape.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Her black hair strained away 

To a scarlet kerchief caught beneath her chin.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A lady who wears a kerchief.</def>

Dryden.
{ <hw>Ker"chiefed</hw>, <hw>Ker"chieft</hw> } (?),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a
kerchief.</def> Milton.
<hw>Kerf</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. cyrf a cutting

off, fr. ceorfan to cut, carve. See Carve.] <def>A
notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or
sawing.</def>
<hw>Ke"rite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>ke`ras</grk>,

horn.] <def>A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal
or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely
resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in
telegraphy.</def> Knight.
<hw>Kerl</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Carl.</def>
<hw>Ker"mes</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ar. & Per.

girmiz. See Crimson, and cf. Alkermes.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The dried bodies of the
females of a scale insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the
cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the
Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea, contain
coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They
were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used in
medicine.</def> [Written also chermes.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A small European evergreen

oak (Quercus coccifera) on which the kermes insect (Coccus
ilicis) feeds.</def> J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
<col>Kermes mineral</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> (Old

Chem.) <cd>An artificial amorphous trisulphide of antimony; -- so
called on account of its red color</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> (Med.
Chem.) <cd>A compound of the trioxide and trisulphide of
antimony, used in medicine. This substance occurs in nature as the
mineral kermesite.</cd>
<hw>Ker"messe</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>See

Kirmess.</def>
<hw>Kern</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ir.

ceatharnach.Cf. Cateran. ] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and
Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as
a term of contempt.</def> Macaulay.
<blockquote>Now for our Irish wars; 

We must supplant those rough, rug-headed kerns.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any kind of boor or low-lived

person.</def> [Obs.] Blount.
<sn>3.</sn> (O. Eng. Law) <def>An idler; a

vagabond.</def> Wharton.
<hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Type Founding) <def>A
part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or
shank.</def>
<hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kerned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kerning. ] (Type Founding) <def>To form with a kern.
See 2d Kern.</def>
<hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See Churn. ] <def>A

churn.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. cweorn,

cwyrn. See Quern. ] <def>A hand mill. See
Quern.</def> Johnson.
<hw>Kern</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [Cf. G. kern kernel,

grain; akin to E. corn. See Corn, Kernel. ]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To harden, as corn in ripening.</def> [Obs.]
Carew.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To take the form of kernels; to

granulate.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>It is observed that rain makes the salt

kern.</blockquote> Dampier.
<hw>Kerned</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Print.)

<def>Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; --
said of type.</def> "In Roman, f and j are the only
kerned letters." MacKellar.
<hw>Ker"nel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. kernel,

kirnel, curnel, AS. cyrnel, fr. corn
grain. See Corn, and cf. Kern to harden.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The essential part of a seed; all that is
within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of
a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as,
the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of
Endocarp.</def>
<blockquote>' A were as good crack a fusty nut with no

kernel</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A single seed or grain; as, a

kernel of corn.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A small mass around which other matter is

concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the
flesh.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The central, substantial or essential part

of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an
argument.</def>
<hw>Ker"nel</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kerneled (?) or Kernelled; <pos>p. pr.
& vb. n.</pos> Kerneling or Kernelling.] <def>To
harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.</def>
{ <hw>Ker"neled</hw>, <hw>Ker"nelled</hw> (?) },

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a kernel.</def>
<hw>Ker"nel*ly</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of

kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels.</def>
Holland.
<hw>Kern"ish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From Kern a

boor.] <def>Clownish; boorish.</def> [Obs.] "A petty kernish
prince." Milton.
<hw>Ker"o*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.)

<def>Same as Cerolite.</def>
<hw>Ker"o*sene`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; wax.]

<def>An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from
the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence
called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense
quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of
petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane
series.</def>
{ <hw>Kers</hw>, <hw>Kerse</hw> (?) }, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

cress.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<col>Not worth a kers</col>. <cd>See under

Cress.</cd>
<hw>Ker"sey</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Kerseys</plw> (#). [Prob. from the town of Kersey
in Suffolk, Eng.] <def>A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually
ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.</def>
<hw>Ker"sey*mere</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [For

cassimere, confounded with kersey.] <def>See
Cassimere.</def>
<hw>Ker`sey*nette"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cassinette.</def>
<hw>Kerve</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To carve.</def>

<hw>Kerv"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A carver.</def>

<hw>Ke"sar</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Kaiser.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>Kes"lop</hw> (k&ebreve;s"l&obreve;p), <pos>n.</pos>

[AS. c&emacr;selib, or c&ymacr;slyb, milk curdled; cf.
G. käselab, käselippe. See Cheese, and
cf.Cheeselep.] <def>The stomach of a calf, prepared for
rennet.</def> Halliwell.
<hw>Kess</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To kiss.</def>

[Obs.] Chaucer
<hw>Kest</hw> (?), <def><pos>imp.</pos> of

Cast.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Kes"trel</hw> (k&ebreve;s"tr&ebreve;l), <pos>n.</pos>

[See Castrel.] (Zoöl.) <def>A small, slender
European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk.
Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black.
Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also
applied to other allied species.</def>
&fist; This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind of

hawk. "Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with hawks."
Bacon.
<hw>Ket</hw> (k&ebreve;t), <pos>n.</pos> [Icel.

kjöt flesh; akin to Sw. kött, Dan.
kjöd.] <def>Carrion; any filth.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Ketch</hw> (k&ebreve;ch), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob.

corrupted fr. Turk. q&amacr;&imacr;q : cf. F. caiche.
Cf. Caïque.] (Naut.) <def>An almost obsolete form
of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one
hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.</def>
<col>Bomb ketch</col>. <cd>See under Bomb.</cd>
<hw>Ketch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A hangman. See Jack

Ketch.</def>
<hw>Ketch</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [See Catch.]

<def>To catch.</def> [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in
pronunciation.]
<blockquote>To ketch him at a vantage in his

snares.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>Ketch"up</hw> (-&ubreve;p), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sauce.

See Catchup.</def>
<hw>Ke"tine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Ketone.]

(Chem.) <def>One of a series of organic bases obtained by the
reduction of certain isonitroso compounds of the ketones. In general
they are unstable oily substances having a pungent aromatic
odor.</def>
<hw>||Ket`mie"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The name of certain African species of Hibiscus,
cultivated for the acid of their mucilage.</def> [Written also
ketmia.]
<hw>Ke"tol</hw> (k&emacr;"t&omacr;l), <pos>n.</pos>

[Ketone + indol.] (Chem.) <def>One of a series
of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl
ketol and related to indol.</def>
<col>Methyl ketol</col>, <cd>a weak organic base, obtained
as a white crystalline substance having the odor of
fæces.</cd>
<hw>Ke"tone</hw> (k&emacr;"t&omacr;n), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Acetone.] (Chem.) <def>One of a large class of organic
substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of
certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united
with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless
volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor.</def>
&fist; The ketones are named by adding the suffix-one to

the stems of the organic acids from which they are respectively
derived; thus, acetic acid gives acetone; butyric acid,
butyrone, etc.
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<hw>Ke*ton"ic</hw> (k&esl;*t&obreve;n"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or derived
from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid.</def>
<hw>Ket"tle</hw> (k&ebreve;t"t'l), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

ketel; cf. AS. cetel, cetil, cytel; akin
to D. kjedel, G. kessel, OHG. chezzil, Icel.
ketill, SW. kittel, Dan. kjedel, Goth.
katils; all perh. fr. L. catillus, dim. of
catinus a deep vessel, bowl; but cf. also OHG.
chezz&imacr; kettle, Icel. kati small ship.] <def>A
metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for
heating and boiling water or other liguids.</def>
<col>Kettle pins</col>, <cd>ninepins; skittles.</cd> [Obs.]

Shelton. -- <col>Kettle stitch</col>
(Bookbinding), <cd>the stitch made in sewing at the head and
tail of a book.</cd> Knight.
<hw>Ket"tle*drum`</hw> (-dr&ubreve;m`), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> (Mus.) <def>A drum made of thin copper in
the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the
mouth of it.</def>
&fist; Kettledrums, in pairs, were formerly used in martial

music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to orchestras, where
they are called tympani.

<sn>2.</sn> <def>An informal social party at which a light

collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf.
Drum, <pos>n.</pos>, 4 and 5.</def>
<hw>Ket"tle*drum`mer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

plays on a kettledrum.</def>
<hw>||Keu"per</hw> (koi"p&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [G.]

(Geol.) <def>The upper division of the European Triassic. See
Chart of Geology.</def>
<hw>Kev"el</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prov. E. kevil,
cavel, rod, pole, a large hammer, horse's bit; cf. Icel.
kefli cylinder, a stick, mangle, and Dan. kievle a
roller.] <sn>1.</sn> (Naut.) <def>A strong cleat to
which large ropes are belayed.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A stone mason's hammer.</def> [Written

also cavil.]
<col>Kevel head</col> (Naut.), <cd>a projecting end

of a timber, used as a kevel.</cd>
{ <hw>Kev"el</hw>, <hw>Kev"in</hw> (?) }, <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The gazelle.</def>
<hw>Kev"er</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To

cover.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Kev"er*chief</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

kerchief.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Kex</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [W. cecys, pl.,

hollow stalks.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A weed; a kecksy.</def>

Bp. Gauden.
<blockquote>Though the rough kex break 

The starred mosaic.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A dry husk or covering.</def>
<blockquote>When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a

fair flying butterfly.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Key</hw> (k&emacr;), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. keye,

key, kay, AS. cæg.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or
drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism
of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An instrument which is turned like a key

in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a
bed key, etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That part of an instrument or machine

which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph
key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a
typewriter.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A position or condition which affords

entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line
of defense; the key of a country; the key of a
political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open,
discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key
to a riddle; the key to a problem.</def>
<blockquote>Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true

key of books.</blockquote> Locke.
<blockquote>Who keeps the keys of all the

creeds.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>That part of a mechanism which serves to

lock up, make fast, or adjust to position.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Arch.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A piece

of wood used as a wedge.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The last
board of a floor when laid down.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Masonry) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

keystone.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>That part of the plastering
which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in
place.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> (Mach.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A wedge

to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a
cotter; a forelock.</def> See Illusts. of Cotter, and
Gib. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a
crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative
turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by
its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the
shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> (Bot.) <def>An indehiscent, one-seeded

fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a
samara; -- called also key fruit.</def>
<sn>10.</sn> (Mus.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and
named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three,
dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic
or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members
of a key, under such names as " sharp four, " "flat seven," etc.
Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a
key.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The fundamental tone of a
movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it
generally begins and ends; keynote.</def>
<blockquote>Both warbling of one song, both in one

key.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>11.</sn> <def>Fig: The general pitch or tone of a

sentence or utterance.</def>
<blockquote>You fall at once into a lower key.</blockquote>

Cowper.
<col>Key bed</col>. <cd>Same as Key seat.</cd> --

<col>Key bolt</col>, <cd>a bolt which has a mortise near the
end, and is secured by a cotter or wedge instead of a nut.</cd>
<col>Key bugle</col>. <cd>See Kent bugle.</cd> --
<col>Key of a position</col> or <col>country.</col>
(Mil.) <cd>See Key, 4.</cd> -- <col>Key
seat</col> (Mach.), <cd>a bed or groove to receive a key
which prevents one part from turning on the other.</cd> --
<col>Key way</col>, <cd>a channel for a key, in the hole of a
piece which is keyed to a shaft; an internal key seat; -- called also
key seat.</cd> -- <col>Key wrench</col> (Mach.),
<cd>an adjustable wrench in which the movable jaw is made fast by a
key.</cd> -- <col>Power of the keys</col> (Eccl.),
<cd>the authority claimed by the ministry in some Christian churches
to administer the discipline of the church, and to grant or withhold
its privileges; -- so called from the declaration of Christ, "I will
give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven."</cd>
Matt. xvi. 19.
<hw>Key</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Keved (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Keying.] <def>To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten
with keys or wedges.</def> Francis.
<col>To key up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> (Arch.)

<cd>To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by
driving in the keystone forcibly</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd>
(Mus.) <cd>To raise the pitch of</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd>
<cd>Hence, fig., to produce nervous tension in.</cd>
<hw>Key"age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. caiage, F.

guayage. See lst Key, Quay.] <def>Wharfage;
quayage.</def>
<hw>Key"board`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The whole

arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ, typewriter,
etc.</def>
<hw>Key"-cold`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Cold as a

metallic key; lifeless.</def> [Formerly, a proverbial expression.]
Shak. Milton.
<hw>Keyed</hw> (k&emacr;d), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished

with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a key, as a
tune.</def>
<col>Keyed bugle</col>. <cd>See Kent bugle.</cd>
<hw>Key"hole`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a
key.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> (Carp.) <def>A hole

or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the
key which fastens them.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (Mach.)
<def>a mortise for a key or cotter.</def>
<col>Keyhole limpet</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a marine

gastropod of the genus Fissurella and allied genera. See
Fissurella.</cd> -- <col>Keyhole saw</col>, <cd>a
narrow, slender saw, used in cutting keyholes, etc., as in doors; a
kind of compass saw or fret saw.</cd> -- <col>Keyhole
urchin</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any one of numerous
clypeastroid sea urchins, of the genera Melitta,
Rotula, and Encope; -- so called because they have one
or more perforations resembling keyholes.</cd>
<hw>Key"note`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
(Mus.) <def>The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a
piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to
which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also
key tone.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The fundamental fact or idea; that which

gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a
sermon.</def>
<hw>Key"seat`</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To form a key

seat, as by cutting. See Key seat, under Key.</def>
<hw>Key"stone`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Arch.)

<def>The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is
made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is
decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch.</def>
<col>Keystone State</col>, <cd>the State of Pennsylvania; -

- so called from its having been the central State of the Union at
the formation of the Constitution.</cd>
<hw>Key" tone`</hw> (?). (Mus.) <def>See

Keynote.</def>
<hw>Key"way`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Key

way, under Key.</def>
<hw>Kha"liff</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Caliph.</def>
<hw>Kham*sin`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Kamsin.</def>
<hw>Khan</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pers. & Tart.

kh&amacr;<pos>n.</pos>] [Also kan, kaun.]
<def>A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the
Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly
governed by them.</def>
<hw>Khan</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Per. kh&amacr;n,

kh&amacr;nah, house, tent, inn.] <def>An Eastern inn or
caravansary.</def> [Written also kawn.]
<hw>Khan*ate</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Dominion or

jurisdiction of a khan.</def>
<hw>Kha"ya</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the
mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is
used as a febrifuge.</def>
<hw>||Khe`dive"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

khédive, Pers. khediw a prince.] <def>A governor
or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the
ruler of Egypt.</def>
<hw>Khen"na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
Henna.</def>
<hw>Kho"lah</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The Indian jackal.</def>
<hw>Khol"sun</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The dhole.</def>
<hw>Khut"bah</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Ar.] <def>An address

or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan
mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his
descendants, and the ruling princes.</def>
<hw>Kià*boo"ca wood`</hw> (?). <def>See Kyaboca

wood.</def>
<hw>Ki*ang"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The dziggetai.</def>
<hw>Kib"ble</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To bruise; to

grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats.</def> [Prov.Eng.]
<hw>Kib"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A large iron bucket

used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.</def> [Prov.
Eng.] [Written also kibbal.]
<hw>Kib"blings</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Portions of

small fish used for bait on the banks of Newfoundland.</def>
<hw>Kibe</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [W. cib + gwst

pain, sickness.] <def>A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by
cold; an ulcerated chilblain.</def> "He galls his kibe."
Shak.
<hw>Kibed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Chapped; cracked

with cold; affected with chilblains; as, kibed heels.</def>
<hw>||Ki*bit"ka</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Kibitkas</plw> (&?;). [Russ.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels

or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often
used as a movable habitation.</def>
<hw>Kib"lah</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Keblah.</def>
<hw>Kib"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Affected with

kibes.</def> Skelton.
<hw>Kich"il</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Kechil.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Kick</hw> (k&ibreve;k), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Kicked (k&ibreve;kt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Kicking.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
<def>To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse
kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.</def>
<blockquote>He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of

his judges.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<col>To kick the beam</col>, <cd>to fit up and strike the

beam; -- said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be
found wanting in weight.</cd> Milton. -- <col>To kick the
bucket</col>, <cd>to lose one's life; to die.</cd> [Colloq. &
Low]
<hw>Kick</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the
foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike
backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence,
figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to
spurn.</def>
<blockquote>I should kick, being kicked.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon,

etc.</def>
<hw>Kick</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A blow

with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.</def>
<blockquote>A kick, that scarce would move a horse, 

May kill a sound divine.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The projection on the tang of the blade of

a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking
the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Brickmaking) <def>A projection in a

mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The recoil of a musket or other firearm,

when discharged.</def>
<hw>Kick"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable or

deserving of being kicked.</def> "A kickable boy." G.
Eliot.
<hw>Kickà*poos"</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>; sing.

<singw>Kickapoo</singw> (&?;). (Ethnol.) <def>A tribe
of Indians which formerly occupied the region of Northern Illinois,
allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes.</def>
<hw>Kick"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, kicks.</def>
<hw>Kick"shaw`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Kickshaws, the correct singular.</def>
<hw>Kick"shaws`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.
<plw>Kickshawses</plw> (#) [Corrupt. fr. F. quelque
chose something, fr. L. qualis of what kind (akin to E.
which) + suffix -guam + causa cause, in
LL., a thing. See Which, and Cause.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a
toy.</def>
<blockquote>Art thou good at these

kickshawses!</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A fancy dish; a titbit; a

delicacy.</def>
<blockquote>Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty

little tiny kickshaws.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-

maigre.</blockquote> Fenton.
<hw>Kick"shoe`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

kickshaws.</def> Milton.
{ <hw>Kick"sy-wick`sy</hw> (?), <hw>Kick"y-wisk`y</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is restless and
uneasy.</def>
&fist; Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy-

wicksy, is applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in
"All's Well that Ends Well," ii. 3, 297.
<hw>Kick"sy-wick`sy</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fantastic;

restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames.</def> Nares.
<hw>Kick"up</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The water thrush or accentor.</def> [Local, West Indies]
<hw>Kid</hw> (k&ibreve;d), <pos>n.</pos> [Of Scand. origin;

cf. Icel. kið, Dan. & Sw. kid; akin to OHG.
kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A young goat.</def>
<blockquote>The . . . leopard shall lie down with the

kid.</blockquote> Is. xi. 6.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A young child or infant; hence, a simple

person, easily imposed on.</def> [Slang] Charles Reade.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A kind of leather made of the skin of the

young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> pl. <def>Gloves made of kid.</def>

[Colloq. & Low]
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given

by sailors to one in which they receive their food.</def>
Cooper.
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> Kidded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kidding.] <def>To bring forth a young goat.</def>
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. W. cidysen.] <def>A

fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>p. p.</pos> <def>of Kythe.</def>

[Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
<hw>Kid</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See Kiddy,

<pos>v. t.</pos></def> [Slang]
<hw>Kid"de</hw> (?), <def><pos>imp.</pos> of

Kythe.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Kid"der*min`ster</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of

ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of
it was manufactured.</def>
<hw>Kid"di*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OSw. kyta

to truck.] <def>A huckster; a cadger.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Kid"dle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. LL.

kidellus, Armor. ki&amacr;el] <def>A kind of basketwork
wear in a river, for catching fish.</def> [Improperly spelled
kittle.]
<hw>Kid"dow</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The guillemot.</def> [Written also kiddaw.] [Prov.
Eng.]
<hw>Kid"dy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To deceive; to

outwit; to hoax.</def> [Slang] Dickens.
<hw>Kid"dy</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A young fellow;

formerly, a low thief.</def> [Slang, Eng.]
<hw>Kid"dy*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Frolicsome;

sportive.</def> [Slang]
<hw>Kid" fox`</hw> (?). (Zoöl.) <def>A young

fox.</def> Shak.
<hw>Kid"ling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Kid + -

ling: cf. Sw. kidling.] <def>A young kid.</def>
<hw>Kid"nap`</hw> (k&ibreve;d"n&abreve;p`), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Kidnaped (-
n&abreve;pt`) or Kidnapped; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kidnaping or Kidnapping.] [Kid a child + Prov.
E. nap to seize, to grasp. Cf. Knab, Knap,
Nab.] <def>To take (any one) by force or fear, and against
one's will, with intent to carry to another place.</def>
Abbott.
<blockquote>You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but
never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make proselytes
of them.</blockquote> Whately.
&fist; Originally used only of stealing children, but now extended

in application to any human being, involuntarily abducted.
{ <hw>Kid"napèr</hw> (?), or <hw>Kid"nap`per</hw> },

<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who steals or forcibly carries away a
human being; a manstealer.</def>
<hw>Kid"ney</hw> (k&ibreve;d"n&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Kidneys</plw> (-n&ibreve;z). [OE.
kidnei, kidnere, from Icel. koiðr belly,
womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwiþ womb) + OE.
nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG.
nioro, Icel. n&ymacr;ra, Dan. nyre, Sw.
njure, and probably to Gr. <grk>nefro`s</grk> Cf. Kite
belly.]
<! p. 813 !>
<sn>1.</sn> (Anat.) <def>A glandular organ which

excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a
urinary gland.</def>
&fist; In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one on
each side of vertebral column in the back part of the abdomen, each
kidney being connected with the bladder by a long tube, the ureter,
through which the urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be
periodically discharged.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Habit; disposition; sort; kind.</def>

Shak.
<blockquote>There are in later times other decrees, made by popes

of another kidney.</blockquote> Barrow.
<blockquote>Millions in the world of this man's

kidney.</blockquote> L'Estrange.
<blockquote>Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that

kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on
prudence.</blockquote> Burns.
&fist; This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that the
kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of the
condition of an animal as to fatness. "Think of that, -- a man of my
kidney; -- . . . as subject to heat as butter."
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A waiter.</def> [Old Cant]

Tatler.
<col>Floating kidney</col>. <cd>See Wandering

kidney, under Wandering.</cd> -- <col>Kidney
bean</col> (Bot.), <cd>a sort of bean; -- so named from
its shape. It is of the genus Phaseolus (P. vulgaris).
See under Bean.</cd> -- <col>Kidney ore</col>
(Min.), <cd>a variety of hematite or iron sesquioxide,
occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.</cd> -- <col>Kidney
stone</col>. (Min.) <cd>See Nephrite, and
Jade.</cd> -- <col>Kidney vetch</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia (Anthyllis
vulneraria), with cloverlike heads of red or yellow flowers, once
used as a remedy for renal disorders, and also to stop the flow of
blood from wounds; lady's-fingers.</cd>
{ <hw>Kid"ney-form`</hw> (?), <hw>Kid"ney-shaped`</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the form or shape of a kidney;
reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf.</def> Gray.
<hw>Kid"ney*wort`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage
stellaris).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The
navelwort.</def>
<hw>Kie</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [Cf. Kee.]

<def>Kine; cows.</def> [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
<hw>Kie"fe*kil</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Per. keff

foam, scum + gil clay, mud.] (Min.) <def>A species of
clay; meerschaum.</def> [Also written keffekil.]
<hw>Kier</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Icel. ker a tub.]

(Bleaching) <def>A large tub or vat in which goods are
subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also
called keeve.</def>
<hw>||Kie"sel*guhr`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G., fr.

kiesel flint + guhr an earthy deposit or sediment in
water.] <def>Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth,
used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of
dynamite.</def>
<hw>Kie"ser*ite</hw> (?). <pos>n.</pos> [Named after Prof.

Kieser, of Jena.] (Min.) <def>Hydrous sulphate of
magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian
Saxony.</def>
<hw>Kieve</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Keeve,

<hw>Kike</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Cf. D. kijken,

Sw. kika.] <def>To gaze; to stare.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Kike</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To

kick.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Kil"der*kin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OD.

kindeken, kinneken, a small barrel, orig., a little
child, fr. kind child; akin to G. kind, and to E.
kin.] <def>A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing
eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United
States measure.</def> [Written also kinderkin.]
<hw>Kill</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kiln.</def> [Obs.]
Fuller.
<hw>Kill</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [D. kil.] <def>A

channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between
Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the
Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill,
Catskill, etc.</def>
<hw>Kill</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Killed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Killing.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to
kill, strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen,
to kill (cf. Quell), or perh. rather akin to Icel.
kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top, summit,
head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to kill with the ax.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in
any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to
slay.</def>
<blockquote>Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words

!</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill

one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.</def> "To
kill thine honor." Shak.
<blockquote>Her lively color kill'd with deadly

cares.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to

still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the
wind.</def>
<blockquote>Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, 

You see, is killed in him.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To destroy the effect of; to counteract;

to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.</def>
<col>To kill time</col>, <cd>to busy one's self with

something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass
without tediousness.</cd>
Syn. -- To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. --

To Kill, Murder, Assassinate. To kill
does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man may
kill another by accident or in self-defense, without the
imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with malicious
forethought and intention. To assassinate is to murder
suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without
murdering; the duelist murders, but does not
assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and
murders.
{ <hw>Kill"dee`</hw> (?), <hw>Kill"deer`</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [So named from its notes.] (Zoöl.)
<def>A small American plover (Ægialitis
vocifera).</def>
&fist; It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail
coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a line over the
eyes, white; a ring round the neck and band across the breast,
black.
<hw>Kill"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who deprives of life; one who, or that which,
kills.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A voracious, toothed

whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are
known.</def>
&fist; The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful

jaws armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and swallow entire,
large numbers of seals, porpoises, and dolphins, and are celebrated
for their savage, combined attacks upon the right whales, which they
are said to mutilate and kill. The common Atlantic species (Orca
gladiator), is found both on the European and the American coast.
Two species (Orca ater and O. rectipinna) occur on
the Pacific coast.
<hw>Kil*lesse"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Coulisse.] (Arch.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A gutter,
groove, or channel.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A hipped
roof.</def> [Prov. Eng.] Parker.
<hw>Kil"li*fish`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several small American
cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera.
They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the
sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also
minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow.</def>
<hw>Kil"li*grew</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The Cornish chough. See under Chough.</def> [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]
<hw>Kil`li*ki*nick"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Kinnikinic.</def>
<hw>Kill"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Literally, that

kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense,
conquering; captivating; irresistible.</def> -- <wf>Kill"ing*ly</wf>,
<blockquote>Those eyes are made so killing.</blockquote>

Pope.
<blockquote>Nothing could be more killingly

spoken.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Kill"-joy`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who causes

gloom or grief; a dispiriting person.</def> W. Black.
<hw>Kil"lock</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Scot.
killick "the flue [fluke] of an anchor." Jamieson.]
<def>A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone
inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.</def> [Written also
killick.]
<hw>Kil"low</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prov. E. kollow

the smut or grime on the backs of chimneys.] <def>An earth of a
blackish or deep blue color.</def> Woodward.
<hw>Kiln</hw> (k&ibreve;l), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to
Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See
Coal.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A large stove or oven; a
furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of
hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking
or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal,
lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A furnace for burning bricks; a

brickkiln.</def>
<hw>Kiln"-dry`</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To dry in a

kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain.</def>
Mortimer.
<hw>Kiln"hole`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The mouth or

opening of an oven or kiln.</def> Shak.
<hw>Ki"lo</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Kilos</plw> (#). [F.] <def>An abbreviation of
Kilogram.</def>
{ <hw>Kil"o*gram</hw> (?), <hw>Kil"o*gramme</hw> },

<pos>n.</pos> [F. kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr.
Gr. <grk>chi`lioi</grk> a thousand ) + gramme. See 3d
Gram.] <def>A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal
to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the
weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of
maximum density, or 39° Fahrenheit.</def>
{ <hw>Kil"o*gram*me`ter</hw> (?), <hw>Kil"o*gram*me`tre</hw> },

<pos>n.</pos> (Mech.) <def>A measure of energy or work
done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the
height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.</def>
{ <hw>Kil"o*li`ter</hw> (?), <hw>Kil"o*li`tre</hw> },

<pos>n.</pos> [F. kilolitre. See Kilogram, and
Liter.] <def>A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or
a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to
220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic
inches.</def>
{ <hw>Kil"o*me`ter</hw> (?), <hw>Kil"o*me`tre</hw> },

<pos>n.</pos> [F. kilometre. See Kilogram, and
Meter.] <def>A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It
is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or .62137 of a mile.</def>
<hw>Kil"o*stere`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.
kilostere. See Kilogram, and Stere.] <def>A
cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315
cubic feet.</def>
<hw>Kil"o*watt</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Kilogram

and Watt.] (Elec.) <def>One thousand watts.</def>
<hw>Kilt</hw> (&?;), <def><pos>p. p.</pos> from

Kill.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>Kilt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OGael. cealt clothes,

or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]
<def>A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees,
worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by
young boys; a filibeg.</def> [Written also kelt.]
<hw>Kilt</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kilted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kilting.] <def>To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes.</def>
[Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Kilt"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Having on a kilt.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Plaited after the manner of

kilting.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Tucked or fastened up; -- said of

petticoats, etc.</def>
<hw>Kil"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Kelter.</def>
<hw>Kilt"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Dressmaking)

<def>A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait
being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding
one.</def>
<hw>Kim"bo</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. Akimbo.]

<def>Crooked; arched; bent.</def> [Written also kimbow.]
Dryden.
<hw>Kim*me"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Cimmerian.</def>
<hw>Kim"nel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tub. See

Kemelin.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>She knew not what a kimnel was</blockquote>

<hw>Kim"ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cymry.</def>
<hw>-kin</hw> (-k&ibreve;n). [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -

chen, LG. -- ken.] <def>A diminutive suffix; as,
manikin; lambkin.</def>
<hw>Kin</hw> (k&ibreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> (Mus.)
<def>A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from
five to twenty-five silken strings.</def> Riemann.
<hw>Kin</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. kin, cun,

AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to
beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel.
kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L.
genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr.
<grk>gi`gnesqai</grk> to be born, Skr. jan to beget.
√44. Cf. Kind, King, Gender kind,
Nation.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Relationship, consanguinity,
or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near
connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Relatives; persons of the same family or

race.</def>
<blockquote>The father, mother, and the kin

beside.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>You are of kin, and so a friend to their

persons.</blockquote> Bacon.
<hw>Kin</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the same nature or

kind; kinder.</def> "Kin to the king." Shak.
<hw>Kin`æ*sod"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Physiol.) <def>Kinesodic.</def>
<hw>||Kin`æs*the"sis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.,

fr. Gr. <grk>kinei^n</grk> to move + &?; perception.]
(Physiol.) <def>The perception attendant upon the movements of
the muscles.</def> Bastian.
<hw>Ki"nate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. kinate.

] (Chem.) <def>See Quinate.</def> [Obsolescent]
<hw>Kin"cob</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>India silk

brocaded with flowers in silver or gold.</def> --
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the nature of kincob; brocaded.</def>
<hw>Kind</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [<pos>Compar.</pos>

Kinder (?); <pos>superl.</pos> Kindest.] [AS.
cynde, gecynde, natural, innate, prop. an old p. p.
from the root of E. kin. See Kin kindred.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Characteristic of the species; belonging to
one's nature; natural; native.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<blockquote>It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth the

kind taste.</blockquote> Holland.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Having feelings befitting our common

nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind
heart.</def>
<blockquote>Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, 
The love he bore to learning was his fault.</blockquote>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed

to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining;
benevolent; benignant; gracious.</def>
<blockquote>He is kind unto the unthankful and to

evil.</blockquote> Luke vi 35.
<blockquote>O cruel Death, to those you take more kind 

Than to the wretched mortals left behind.</blockquote>
Waller.
<blockquote>A fellow feeling makes one wondrous

kind.</blockquote> Garrick.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Proceeding from, or characterized by,

goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act.</def>
"Manners so kind, yet stately." Tennyson.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a

horse kind in harness.</def>
Syn. -- Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous;

gracious; propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender;
humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild; gentle; bland;
obliging; friendly; amicable. See Obliging.
<hw>Kind</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. kinde,

cunde, AS. cynd. See Kind, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Nature; natural instinct or
disposition.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>He knew by kind and by no other

lore.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, 

Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Race; genus; species; generic class; as,

in mankind or humankind.</def> "Come of so low a
kind." Chaucer.
<blockquote>Every kind of beasts, and of

birds.</blockquote> James iii.7.
<blockquote>She follows the law of her kind.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Here to sow the seed of bread, 

That man and all the kinds be fed.</blockquote>
Emerson.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Nature; style; character; sort; fashion;

manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several
kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds
of government; various kinds of soil, etc.</def>
<blockquote>How diversely Love doth his pageants play, 

And snows his power in variable kinds !</blockquote>
Spenser.
<blockquote>There is one kind of flesh of men, another

flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of
birds.</blockquote> I Cor. xv. 39.
<blockquote>Diogenes was asked in a kind of scorn: What was

the matter that philosophers haunted rich men, and not rich men
philosophers ?</blockquote> Bacon.
<col>A kind of</col>, <cd>something belonging to the class

of; something like to; -- said loosely or slightingly.</cd>
<col>In kind</col>, <cd>in the produce or designated commodity
itself, as distinguished from its value in money.</cd>
<blockquote>Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon

corn.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- Sort; species; class; genus; nature; style;

character; breed; set.
<hw>Kind</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [See Kin.] <def>To

beget.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>Kin"der*gar`ten</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G., lit.,

children's garden; kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to
E. kin kindred) + garten garden.] <def>A school for
young children, conducted on the theory that education should be
begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise,
play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by
Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of
training, in rooms opening on a garden.</def>
<hw>Kin"der*gart`ner</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

teaches in a kindergarten.</def>
<hw>Kind"-heartèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane
disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.</def>
<blockquote>To thy self at least kind-hearted

prove.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Kind"-heartèd*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.</def>
<hw>Kin"dle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> [OE.

kindlen, cundlen. See Kind.] <def>To bring forth
young.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<blockquote>The poor beast had but lately

kindled.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Kin`dle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> Kindled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kindling (?).] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr.
L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf.
Candle.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set on fire; to cause to
burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to
light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.</def>
<blockquote>His breath kindleth coals.</blockquote> Job

xii. 21.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to

rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate;
to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the
flame of love, or love into a flame.</def>
<blockquote>So is a contentious man to kindle

strife.</blockquote> Prov. xxvi. 21.
<blockquote>Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy

thither.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday

beam.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft

desire.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite;

arouse; stir up.
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<hw>Kin"dle</hw> (k&ibreve;n"d'l), <pos>v. i.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to
start as a flame.</def>
<blockquote>When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be

burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.</blockquote>
Is. xliii. 2.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To begin to be excited; to grow warm

or animated; to be roused or exasperated.</def>
<blockquote>On all occasions where forbearance might be called

for, the Briton kindles, and the Christian gives
way.</blockquote> I. Taylor.
<hw>Kin"dler</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire.</def> "Kindlers of
riot." Gay.
<hw>Kind"less</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of

kindness; unnatural.</def>[Obs.] "Kindless villain."
Shak.
<hw>Kind"li*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Natural inclination; natural course.</def> [Obs.]
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being kindly;

benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness
of disposition, of treatment, or of words.</def>
<blockquote>In kind a father, but not in

kindliness.</blockquote> Sackville.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as,

kindliness of weather, or of a season.</def>
<blockquote>Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air

and 
kindliness of seasons.</blockquote> Whitlock.
<hw>Kin"dling</hw> (k&ibreve;n"dl&ibreve;ng), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of causing to burn, or of exciting or
inflaming the passions.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> pl. <def>Materials, easily lighted, for

starting a fire.</def>
<hw>Kind"ly</hw> (k&imacr;nd"l&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Kindlier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Kindliest.] [AS. cyndelic.
See Kind, <pos>n.</pos> ]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>According to the kind or nature;

natural.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The kindly fruits of the earth.</blockquote>

Book of Com. Prayer.
<blockquote>An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth

sting.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is

kindly for 
Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men.</blockquote> L.
Andrews.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence,

disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as,
kindly affections, words, acts, etc.</def>
<blockquote>The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . 

Has made me kindly with my kind.</blockquote>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious;

beneficent.</def>
<blockquote>In soft silence shed the kindly

shower.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>Should e'er a kindlier time ensue.</blockquote>

&fist; "Nothing ethical was connoted in kindly once: it was
simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance that
kind should be kindly, in our modern sense of the word
as well; and thus the word has attained this meaning."
Trench.
<hw>Kind"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Naturally; fitly.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<blockquote>Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech

mix and incorporate with the English language</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>In a kind manner; congenially; with good

will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to
oblige.</def>
<blockquote>Be kindly affectioned one to another, with

brotherly love.</blockquote> Rom. xii. 10. 
<hw>Kind"ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Kind.

<pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of
being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind
feeling or disposition beneficence.</def>
<blockquote>I do fear thy nature; 

It is too full o' the milk of human kindness 
To catch the nearest way.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Unremembered acts 
Of kindness and of love.</blockquote> Wordsworth.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do

a great kindness.</def>
Syn. -- Good will; benignity; grace; tenderness;

compassion; humanity; clemency; mildness; gentleness; goodness;
generosity; beneficence; favor.
<hw>Kin"dred</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. kinrede,

kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d), fr. AS.
cynn kin, race + the termination -r&aemacr;den, akin to
AS. r&aemacr;dan to advise, G. rathen. Cf.
Hatred.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Relationship by birth or
marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.</def>
<blockquote>Like her, of equal kindred to the

throne.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Relatives by blood or marriage, more

properly the former; relations; persons related to each
other.</def>
<blockquote>I think there's no man is secure 

But the queen's kindred.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations;

relationship; affinity.
<hw>Kin"dred</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Related; congenial;

of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls;
kindred skies; kindred propositions.</def>
<blockquote>True to the kindred points of heaven and

home.</blockquote> Wordsworth.
<hw>Kine</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [For older

kyen, formed like oxen, fr. AS. c&?;, itself pl.
of c&?; cow. See Cow, and cf. Kee, Kie.]
<def>Cows.</def> "A herd of fifty or sixty kine."
Milton.
{ <hw>Kinè*mat"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Kinè*mat"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to kinematics.</def>
<col>Kinematic curves</col>, <cd>curves produced by

machinery, or a combination of motions, as distinguished from
mathematical curves.</cd>
<hw>Kinè*mat"ics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. (&?;), (&?;)

motion, fr. <grk>kinei^n</grk> to move.] (Physics) <def>The
science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart
from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions.</def>
&fist; Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as

involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its
data of forces. Nichol.
<hw>Kine"pox`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Med.)

<def>See Cowpox.</def>
Kin"e*scope (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Kinetoscope.</def>
<hw>Kinè*si*at"rics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. (&?;)

motion (fr. <grk>kinei^n</grk> to move) + (&?;) pertaining to
medicine, fr. (&?;) a physician.] (Med.) <def>A mode of
treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed
kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the
movement cure.</def>
<hw>Kinè*sip"a*thy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; motion

+ <grk>pa`qos</grk> suffering.] (Med.) <def>See
Kinesiatrics.</def>
<hw>Kinè*si*ther"a*py</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;

motion + &?; to heal.] (Med.) <def>See
<hw>Kinè*sod"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?; motion +

&?; way: cf. F. kinésodigue.] (Physiol.)
<def>Conveying motion; as, kinesodic substance; -- applied
esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth
voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by
motor impulses applied to it directly.</def>
<hw>Ki*net"ic</hw> (?), <pos>q.</pos> [Gr. &?;, from
<grk>kinei^n</grk> to move.] (Physics) <def>Moving or causing
motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.</def>
<col>Kinetic energy</col>. <cd>See Energy,

<pos>n.</pos> 4.</cd>
<hw>Ki*net"ics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Physics)

<def>See Dynamics.</def>
<hw>Ki*ne`to*gen"e*sis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;

movable + -scope.] <def>An instrument for producing curves by
the combination of circular movements; -- called also
kinescope.</def>
<hw>King</hw> (k&ibreve;ng), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Chinese

musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates,
arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with
a hammer.</def>
<hw>King</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. cyng,

cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D. koning, OHG.
kuning, G. könig, Icel. konungr, Sw.
konung, Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending,
and fr. the root of E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of
noble birth. √44. See Kin.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a
nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a
monarch; a prince.</def> "Ay, every inch a king."
Shak.
<blockquote>Kings will be tyrants from policy, when

subjects are rebels from principle.</blockquote> Burke.
<blockquote>There was a State without king or

nobles.</blockquote> R. Choate.
<blockquote>But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, 

Rejoicing in the east</blockquote> Thomson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, holds a supreme

position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad
king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the
king of beasts.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A playing card having the picture of a

king; as, the king of diamonds.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The chief piece in the game of

chess.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A crowned man in the game of

draughts.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> pl. <def>The title of two historical

books in the Old Testament.</def>
&fist; King is often used adjectively, or in combination,
to denote preëminence or superiority in some
particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king
vulture.
<col>Apostolic king</col>. <cd>See Apostolic.</cd> -

- <col>King-at-arms</col>, or <col>King-of-
arms</col>, <cd>the chief heraldic officer of a country. In
England the king-at-arms was formerly of great authority. His
business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and
have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three principal kings-at-
arms, viz., Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The latter (literally
north roy or north king) officiates north of the
Trent.</cd> -- <col>King auk</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>the little auk or sea dove.</cd> -- <col>King bird of
paradise</col>. (Zoöl.), <cd>See Bird of
paradise.</cd> -- <col>King card</col>, <cd>in whist, the
best unplayed card of each suit; thus, if the ace and king of a suit
have been played, the queen is the king card of the suit.</cd>
-- <col>King Cole</col> , <cd>a legendary king of Britain, who
is said to have reigned in the third century.</cd> -- <col>King
conch</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a large and handsome
univalve shell (Cassis cameo), found in the West Indies. It is
used for making cameos. See Helmet shell, under
Helmet.</cd> -- <col>King Cotton</col>, <cd>a popular
personification of the great staple production of the southern United
States.</cd> -- <col>King crab</col>. (Zoöl.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The limulus or horseshoe crab. See
Limulus.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The large European
spider crab or thornback (Maia squinado).</cd> -- <col>King
crow</col>. (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A black
drongo shrike (Buchanga atra) of India; -- so called because,
while breeding, they attack and drive away hawks, crows, and other
large birds</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The Dicrurus
macrocercus of India, a crested bird with a long, forked tail.
Its color is black, with green and blue reflections. Called also
devil bird.</cd> -- <col>King duck</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a large and handsome eider duck
(Somateria spectabilis), inhabiting the arctic regions of both
continents.</cd> -- <col>King eagle</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>an eagle (Aquila heliaca) found in Asia and Southeastern
Europe. It is about as large as the golden eagle. Some writers
believe it to be the imperial eagle of Rome.</cd> -- <col>King
hake</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>an American hake (Phycis
regius), found in deep water along the Atlantic coast.</cd> --
<col>King monkey</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>an African
monkey (Colobus polycomus), inhabiting Sierra Leone.</cd> --
<col>King mullet</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a West Indian
red mullet (Upeneus maculatus); -- so called on account of its
great beauty. Called also goldfish.</cd> -- <col>King of
terrors</col>, <cd>death.</cd> -- <col>King
parrakeet</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a handsome Australian
parrakeet (Platycercys scapulatus), often kept in a cage. Its
prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings bright green,
the rump blue, and tail black.</cd> -- <col>King penguin</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any large species of penguin of the genus
Aptenodytes; esp., A. longirostris, of the Falkland
Islands and Kerguelen Land, and A. Patagonica, of
Patagonia.</cd> -- <col>King rail</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>a small American rail (Rallus elegans), living in fresh-
water marshes. The upper parts are fulvous brown, striped with black;
the breast is deep cinnamon color.</cd> -- <col>King
salmon</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the quinnat. See
Quinnat.</cd> -- <col>King's, or Queen's</col>,
<col>counsel</col> (Eng. Law), <cd>barristers learned
in the law, who have been called within the bar, and selected to be
the king's or queen's counsel. They answer in some measure to the
advocates of the revenue (advocati fisci) among the Romans.
They can not be employed against the crown without special
license.</cd> Wharton's Law Dict. -- <col>King's
cushion</col>, <cd>a temporary seat made by two persons crossing
their hands.</cd> [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- <col>The
king's English</col>, <cd>correct or current language of good
speakers; pure English.</cd> Shak. -- <col>King's or
Queen's</col>, <col>evidence</col>, <cd>testimony in favor
of the Crown by a witness who confesses his guilt as an accomplice.
See under Evidence.</cd> [Eng.] -- <col>King's
evil</col>, <cd>scrofula; -- so called because formerly supposed
to be healed by the touch of a king.</cd> -- <col>King
snake</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a large, nearly black,
harmless snake (Ophiobolus getulus) of the Southern United
States; -- so called because it kills and eats other kinds of snakes,
including even the rattlesnake.</cd> -- <col>King's
spear</col> (Bot.), <cd>the white asphodel (Asphodelus
albus).</cd> -- <col>King's yellow</col>, <cd>a yellow
pigment, consisting essentially of sulphide and oxide of arsenic; --
called also yellow orpiment.</cd> -- <col>King
tody</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a small fly-catching bird
(Eurylaimus serilophus) of tropical America. The head is
adorned with a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which is bright
red, edged with black.</cd> -- <col>King vulture</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a large species of vulture (Sarcorhamphus
papa), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general color is
white. The wings and tail are black, and the naked carunculated head
and the neck are briliantly colored with scarlet, yellow, orange, and
blue. So called because it drives away other vultures while
feeding.</cd> -- <col>King wood</col>, <cd>a wood from Brazil,
called also violet wood, beautifully streaked in violet tints,
used in turning and small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species
of Dalbergia. See Jacaranda.</cd>
<hw>King</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kinged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kinging). ] <def>To supply with a king; to make a king of; to
raise to royalty.</def> [R.] Shak.
<blockquote>Those traitorous captains of Israel who kinged

themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in their
stead.</blockquote> South.
<hw>King"bird</hw> (-b&etilde;rd), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small American bird
(Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its
courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially
when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical
tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark
ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing
coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white
terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults
show a bright orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee
bird, and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species
of Tyrannus are also called king birds.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The king tody. See under

King.</def>
<hw>King"bolt`</hw> (-b&omacr;lt`), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle
or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other
parts.</def>
<hw>King Charles span"iel</hw> (?). (Zoöl.) <def>A

variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped
forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The
color is usually black and tan.</def>
<hw>King"craft</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The craft of

kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy.</def>
Prescott.
<hw>King"cup`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The common buttercup.</def>
<hw>King"dom</hw> (k&ibreve;ng"d&ubreve;m), <pos>n.</pos>

[AS. cyningd&omacr;m. See 2d King, and -dom.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a
king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion;
monarchy.</def>
<blockquote>Thy kingdom is an everlasting

kingdom.</blockquote> Ps. cxiv. 13. 
<blockquote>When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his

father, he strengthened himself.</blockquote> 2 Chron. xxi. 4.

<sn>2.</sn> <def>The territory or country subject to a king

or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king
or has control.</def>
<blockquote>Unto the kingdom of perpetual

night.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>You're welcome, 
Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An extensive scientific division

distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal
division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom.</def> "The
animal and vegetable kingdoms."
Locke.
<col>Animal kingdom</col>. <cd>See under

Animal.</cd> -- <col>Kingdom of God</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The universe</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged
sovereign</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>The authority or dominion of
God.</cd> -- <col>Mineral kingdom</col>. <cd>See under
Mineral.</cd> -- <col>United Kingdom</col>. <cd>See
under United.</cd> -- <col>Vegetable kingdom</col>.
<cd>See under Vegetable.</cd>
Syn. -- Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty;

domain.
<hw>King"domed</hw> (-d&ubreve;md), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom.</def>
[R.]
<blockquote>"Twixt his mental and his active parts, 

Kingdom'd Achilles in commotion rages 
And batters down himself.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>King"fish`</hw> (-f&ibreve;sh`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An American marine food
fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially M. saxatilis,
or M. nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also
whiting, surf whiting, and barb.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The opah.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The
common cero; also, the spotted cero. See Cero.</def>
<sd>(d)</sd> <def>The queenfish.</def>
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<hw>King"fishèr</hw> (k&ibreve;ng"f&ibreve;sh`&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of numerous
species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidæ.
Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and
seizing them with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects,
etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in
nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the
East Indies.</def>
&fist; The belted king-fisher of the United States (Ceryle

alcyon) feeds upon fishes. It is slate-blue above, with a white
belly and breast, and a broad white ring around the neck. A dark band
crosses the breast. The common European species (Alcedo
ispida), which is much smaller and brighter colored, is also a
fisher. See Alcedo. The wood kingfishers (Halcyones),
which inhabit forests, especially in Africa, feed largely upon
insects, but also eat reptiles, snails, and small Crustacea, as well
as fishes. The giant kingfisher of Australia feeds largely upon
lizards and insects. See Laughing jackass, under
Laughing.
<hw>King"hood</hw> (k&ibreve;ng"h&oocr;d), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The state of being a king; the attributes of a king;
kingship.</def> Gower.
<hw>King"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no

king.</def> F. Lieber.
<hw>King"let</hw> (k&ibreve;ng"l&ebreve;t), <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A little king; a weak or insignificant
king.</def> Carlyle.
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several

species of small singing birds of the genus Regulus and family
Sylviidæ.</def>
&fist; The golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa), and

the rubycrowned kinglet (R. calendula), are the most common
American species. The common English kinglet (R. cristatus) is
also called golden-crested wren, moonie, and
marigold finch. The kinglets are often popularly called
wrens, both in America and England. 
[1913 Webster]
<hw>King"li*hood</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>King-

liness.</def> Tennyson.
<hw>King"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being kingly.</def>
<hw>King"ling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Kinglet, 1.</def> Churchill.
<hw>King"ly</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Kinglier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Kingliest.] <def>Belonging to,
suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, or resembling, a
king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal;
sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand.</def> "Kingly
magnificence." Sir P. Sidney. "A kingly government."
Swift. "The kingly couch." Shak.
<blockquote>The kingliest kings are crowned with

thorn.</blockquote> G. Massey.
<blockquote>Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly

cares.</blockquote> Cowper.
Syn. -- Regal; royal; monarchical; imperial; august;

sovereign; noble; splendid. -- Kingly, Regal.
Kingly is Anglo-Saxon, and refers especially to the character
of a king; regal is Latin, and now relates more to his office.
The former is chiefly used of dispositions, feelings, and purposes
which are kinglike; as, kingly sentiments;
kingly condescension; " a kingly heart for
enterprises." Sir P. Sidney. The latter is oftener applied to
external state, pomp, etc.; as, regal state, regal
title, etc. This distinction is not observed by our early writers,
but is gaining ground.
<hw>King"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a kingly or

kinglike manner.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>Low bowed the rest; he, kingly, did but

nod.</blockquote> Pore.
&fist; Although this citation, one from Paradise Lost, and one
from Shakespeare's ll4th Sonnet are given by lexicographers as
examples of adverbial use, it is by no means clear that the word is
not an adjective in each instance.
<hw>King"-post`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Carp.)

<def>A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is
strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the
middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often
bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-
post.</def>
<hw>King's Bench</hw> (?). (Law) <def>Formerly, the highest

court of common law in England; -- so called because the king used to
sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne,
or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the
Queen's Bench. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the
judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created
by that legislation.</def>
<hw>King"ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state,

office, or dignity of a king; royalty.</def> Landor.
{ <hw>King"ston</hw> (?), <hw>King"stone`</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>The black angel fish.
See Angel fish, under Angel.</def>
<hw>King"ston met"al</hw> (?). <def>An alloy of tin, copper, and

mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of
machinery.</def> McElrath.
<hw>King"ston valve</hw> (?). (Marine Steam Engin.) <def>A

conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which
passes through the side of a vessel below the water line.</def>
<hw>King"truss`</hw> (?). (Carp.) <def>A truss, framed with

a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges, etc.</def>
<hw>Ki"nic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. kinique.]

(Chem.) <def>See Quinic.</def>
<hw>Kink</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D. kink a bend or

turn, or Sw. kink.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A twist or loop in a rope or thread,

caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop
or curl; a doubling in a cord.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a

whim; a caprice.</def> [Colloq.] Cozzens.
<hw>Kink</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kinked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kinking.] <def>To wind into a kink; to knot or twist
spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.</def>
<hw>Kink</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Chincough,

Kink-haust.] <def>A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of
laughter.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Kin"ka*jou`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

kinkajou, quincajou, from the native American name.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A nocturnal carnivorous mammal
(Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large
as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It
is the only representative of a distinct family
(Cercoleptidæ) allied to the raccoons. Called also
potto, and honey bear.</def>
<hw>Kink"haust`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prov. E.

kink to gasp (cf. Chin cough) + haust a cough
(akin to E. wheeze).] <def>Whooping cough.</def> [Obs.or Prov.
Eng.]
<hw>Kin"kle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as 3d

Kink.</def>
<hw>Kink"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky
hair.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Queer; eccentric; crotchety.</def>

[Colloq. U.S.]
<hw>Kin`ni*ki*nic"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Indian,

literally, a mixture.] <def>Prepared leaves or bark of certain
plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either
mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used,
as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry
(Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi).</def> [Spelled also
kinnickinnick and killikinick.]
<hw>Ki"no</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The dark red dried

juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as
an astringent in medicine.</def>
&fist; The chief supply is from an East Indian leguminous tree,

the Pterocarpus Marsupium. Other sources are the African
Pterocarpus erinaceus, the tropical American sea grape
(Coccoloba uvifera), and several Australian Eucalypti. See
Botany bay kino, under Botany bay, Gum butea,
under Gum, and Eucalyptus.
<hw>Ki*nol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>kinei^n</grk> to move + -logy.] <def>That branch of
physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving
bodies.</def>

<hw>Ki"none</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>See

Quinone.</def>
<hw>Ki"noyl</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) [Obs.]

<def>See Quinoyl.</def>
<hw>Kin"rede</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Kindred.</def>
<hw>Kins"folk`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Relatives;

kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely related
families.</def>
<blockquote>They sought him among their kinsfolk and

acquaintance.</blockquote> Luke ii. 44. 
<hw>Kin"ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Family

relationship.</def>
<hw>Kins"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Kinsmen</plw> (&?;). <def>A man of the same race or
family; one related by blood.</def>
<hw>Kins"man*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Kinship.</def>

<hw>Kins"womàn</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Kinswomen</plw> (&?;). <def>A female relative.</def>
Shak.
<hw>Kint"lidge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>See Kentledge.</def>
<hw>Ki*osk"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Turk. kiushk,

kiöshk, Per. k&?;shk.] <def>A Turkish open summer
house or pavilion, supported by pillars.</def>
<hw>Ki"o*ways`</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>; sing.

<singw>Kioway</singw> (&?;). (Ethnol.) <def>A tribe of
Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited
the region about the head waters of the North Platte.</def>
<hw>Kip</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The hide of a young or

small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.</def>
<col>Kip leather.</col> <cd>See Kipskin.</cd>
<hw>Kipe</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OE. kipen to

catch, Icel. kippa to pull, snatch. Cf. Kipper.]
<def>An osier basket used for catching fish.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Kip"per</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D. kippen to

hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.] <sn>1.</sn>
(Zoöl.) <def>A salmon after spawning.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A salmon split open, salted, and dried or

smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so
cured, not being good when fresh.</def> [Scot.]
<col>Kipper time</col>, <cd>the season in which fishing for

salmon is forbidden.</cd> [Eng. & Scot.]
<hw>Kip"per</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kippered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kippering.] <def>To cure, by splitting, salting, and
smoking.</def> "Kippered salmon." Dickens.
<hw>Kip"per</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Amorous; also, lively;

light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Kip"per*nut`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A name given to earthnuts of several kinds.</def>
<hw>Kip"skin`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Kip +

skin.] <def>Leather prepared from the skin of young or small
cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.</def>
<hw>Kirk</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Scot.; cf. Icel.

kirkja, of Greek origin. See Church.] <def>A church or
the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of
Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the
Roman Catholic Church.</def> [Scot.] Jamieson.
<hw>Kirked</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]

<def>Turned upward; bent.</def> [Obs.] Rom. of R.
<hw>Kirk"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Kirkmen</plw> (&?;).
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A clergyman or officer in a kirk.</def>

[Scot.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A member of the Church of Scotland, as

distinguished from a member of another communion.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Kirk"yard`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

churchyard.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Kir"mess</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D. kermis; cf.

G. kirmes; prop., church mass. See Church, and
Mass a religious service.] <def>In Europe, particularly in
Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United
States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair
combined.</def>
<hw>Kirsch"was`ser</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G., fr.

kirsche cherry + wasser water.] <def>An alcoholic
liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black
cherry.</def>
<hw>Kir"some</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Corrupted from

chrisom.] <def>Christian; christened.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I am a true kirsome woman.</blockquote>

<hw>Kir"tle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. kirtel,

curtel, AS. cyrtel; skin to Icel. kyrtill, Sw.
kjortel, Dan. kiortel, kiole.] <def>A garment
varying in form and use at different times, and worn both by men and
women.</def>
<blockquote>Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of
blue.</blockquote> Longfellow.
&fist; The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense

of " an outer petticoat." Halliwell.
<hw>Kir"tled</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wearing a

kirtle.</def> Byron.
<hw>Ki*rum"bo</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only
living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral
plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections;
the female is spotted with brown and black.</def>
<hw>Kish</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. G. kies

gravel, pyrites.] (Min.) <def>A workman's name for the
graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.</def>
<hw>Kis"met</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Per. qismat.]

<def>Destiny; fate.</def> [Written also kismat.]
[Oriental]
<hw>Kiss</hw> (k&ibreve;s), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Kissed (k&ibreve;st);<pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Kissing.] [OE. kissen, cussen, AS.
cyssan, fr. coss a kiss; of uncertain origin; akin to
D. kus, G. kuss, Icel. koss.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence,
submission, forgiveness, etc.</def>
<blockquote>He . . . kissed her lips with such a clamorous

smack, 
That at the parting all the church echoed.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To touch gently, as if fondly or

caressingly.</def>
<blockquote>When the sweet wind did gently kiss the

trees.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Kiss</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect,
etc.; as, kiss and make friends.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To meet; to come in contact; to touch

fondly.</def>
<blockquote>Like fire and powder, 

Which as they kiss consume.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Rose, rose and clematis, 

Trail and twine and clasp and kiss.</blockquote>
<col>Kissing comfit</col>, <cd>a perfumed sugarplum to

sweeten the breath.</cd> [Obs or Prov. End.] Shak.
<hw>Kiss</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. kiss, derived

under the influence of the verb from the older form coss, AS.
coss. See Kiss, <pos>v.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A salutation with the lips, as a token of

affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of
reconciliation.</def>
<blockquote>Last with a kiss, she took a long

farewell.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>Dear as remembered kisses after

death.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A small piece of confectionery.</def>
<hw>Kiss"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

kisses.</def>
<hw>Kiss"ing*crust`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Cookery) <def>The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which
has touched another loaf in baking.</def> Lamb.
<blockquote>A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust

that hangs like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the
loaf.</blockquote> W. Howitt.
<hw>Kist</hw> (k&ibreve;st), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Chest.] <def>A chest; hence, a coffin.</def> [Scot. & Prov.
End.] Jamieson. Halliwell.
<hw>Kist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Ar. gist.] <def>A

stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land; hence, the
time for such payment.</def> [India]
<hw>Kist"vaen</hw> (k&ibreve;st"v&amacr;n), <pos>n.</pos>

[W. cist-faen.] (Archæol.) <def>A Celtic
monument, commonly known as a dolmen.</def>
<hw>Kit</hw>, (k&ibreve;t), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp.</pos> Kitte.] <def>To cut.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Kit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See Kitten.] <def>A

kitten.</def>
<col>Kit fox</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a small

burrowing fox (Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the
Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and
flanks, and white below. Called also swift fox.</cd>
<hw>Kit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L.

cithara. Cf. Guitar.] <def>A small violin.</def> "A
dancing master's kit." Grew.
<blockquote>Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his
kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to
dance.</blockquote> Dickens.
<hw>Kit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. D. kit a large

bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
large bottle.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top

than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel.</def>
Wright.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any

kind of basket.</def> [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A box for working implements; hence, a

working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A group of separate parts, things, or

individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously;
as, the whole kit of them.</def>

<hw>Kit"cat`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele
belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook,
who served the club with mutton pies.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Designating a canvas used for portraits of

a peculiar size, viz., twenty-right or twenty-nine inches by thirty-
six; -- so called because that size was adopted by Sir Godfrey
Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of the
Kitcat Club.</def> Fairholt.
<hw>Kit"cat`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A game played by

striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat,
shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat.</def>
Cotton.
<col>Kitcat roll</col> (Agric.), <cd>a roller

somewhat in the form of two cones set base to base.</cd> [Prov.
Eng.]
<hw>Kitch"en</hw> (k&ibreve;ch"&ebreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>

[OE. kichen, kichene, kuchene, AS.
cycene, L. coquina, equiv. to culina a kitchen,
fr. coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr. coquere to
cook. See Cook to prepare food, and cf. Cuisine.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated
to cookery.</def>
<blockquote>Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were

hot.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>A fat kitchen makes a lean will.</blockquote>

Franklin.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin

kitchen.</def>
<col>Kitchen garden</col>. <cd>See under

Garden.</cd> -- <col>Kitchen lee</col>, <cd>dirty
soapsuds.</cd> [Obs.] "A brazen tub of kitchen lee."
Ford. -- <col>Kitchen stuff</col>, <cd>fat collected
from pots and pans.</cd> Donne.
<hw>Kitch"en</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To furnish food

to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen.</def> [Obs.]
Shak.
<hw>Kitch"en*er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kitchen servant;

a cook.</def> Carlyle.
<hw>Kitch"en*maid`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman

employed in the kitchen.</def> Shak.
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<hw>Kitch"en mid`dens</hw> (k&ibreve;ch"&ebreve;n

m&ibreve;d`d'nz). [Dan. kjök-kenmöddings kitchen
leavings; cf. Scot. midden a dunghill.] <def>Relics of
neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell
mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and
two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds
found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North
American Indians.</def>
<hw>Kitch"en-ry</hw> (-r&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

body of servants employed in the kitchen.</def> [Obs.]
Holland.
<hw>Kite</hw> (k&imacr;t), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. kyte,

AS. c&ymacr;ta; cf. W. cud, cut.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any raptorial bird of

the subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known.
They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked
tail.</def>
&fist; The European species are Milvus ictinus and M.

migrans; the pariah kite of India is M. govinda; the
sacred or Brahmany kite of India is Haliastur Indus; the
American fork-tailed kite is the Nauclerus furcatus.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig. : One who is rapacious.</def>
<blockquote>Detested kite, thou liest.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A light frame of wood or other material

covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a
string.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Naut.) <def>A lofty sail, carried only

when the wind is light.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Geom.) <def>A quadrilateral, one of
whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.</def> Henrici.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Fictitious commercial paper used for

raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no
deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of
goods; an accommodation check or bill.</def> [Cant]
<sn>7.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The brill.</def>

[Prov. Eng.]
<col>Flying kites</col>. (Naut.) <cd>See under

Flying.</cd> -- <col>Kite falcon</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>an African falcon of the genus
Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.</cd>
<hw>Kite</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To raise money by

"kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.</def>
[Cant]
<hw>Kite</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The belly.</def> [Prov.

Eng. & Scot.]
<hw>Kite"flyìng</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mode of

raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which
is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.</def> --
<hw>Kite"flièr</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Kite,
<pos>n.</pos>, 6.</def> [Cant] McElrath.
Thackeray.
<hw>Kith</hw> (k&ibreve;th), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

kith, cuð, AS. c&ymacr;ððe, c&ymacr;ð,
native land, fr. c&umacr;ð known. √45. See
Uncouth, Can, and cf. Kythe.] <def>Acquaintance;
kindred.</def>
<blockquote>And my near kith for that will sore me

shend.</blockquote> W. Browne.
<blockquote>The sage of his kith and the

hamlet.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<col>Kith and kin</col>, <cd>kindred more or less

remote.</cd>
<hw>||Kith"a*ra</hw> (-&adot;*r&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Cithara.</def>
<hw>Kithe</hw> (k&imacr;&thlig;), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Obs.]

<def>See Kythe.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Kit"ish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Like or relating to a kite.</def>
<hw>Kit"ling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Kit a kitten +

-ling: cf. Icel. ketlingr.] <def>A young kitten; a
whelp.</def> [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.
<hw>Kit"te</hw> (k&ict;t"te), <def><pos>imp.</pos>
of Kit to cut.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Kit"tel</hw> (k&ict;t"t'l), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Kittle, <pos>v. t.</pos></def>
<hw>Kit"ten</hw> (-t'n), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. kiton, a

dim. of cat; cf. G. kitze a young cat, also a female
cat, and F. chaton, dim. of chat cat, also E.
kitling. See Cat.] <def>A young cat.</def>
<hw>Kit"ten</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kittened (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kittening.] <def>To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring
forth, as kittens.</def> Shak. H. Spencer.
<hw>Kit"ten*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling a

kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.</def>
<hw>Kit"ti*wake</hw> (-t&ibreve;*w&amacr;k), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla),
inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black
tips to the wings, and has but three toes.</def>
<hw>Kit"tle</hw> (-t'l), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Cf. Kit a

kitten.] (Zoöl.) <def>To bring forth young, as a cat; to
kitten; to litter.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
<hw>Kit"tle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. AS.

citelian; akin to D. kittelen, G. kitzeln, Icel.
kitla, Sw. kittla, kittsla, Dan. kildre.
Cf. Tickle.] <def>To tickle.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
[Written also kittel.] Halliwell.
<hw>Kit"tle</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ticklish; not easily

managed; troublesome; difficult; variable.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Kit"tlish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ticklish;

kittle.</def> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Kit*ty*sol"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Sp.

quitasol.] <def>The Chinese paper parasol.</def>
<hw>Kive</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mash vat. See

Keeve.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Kiv"er</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cover.</def>

-- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cover.</def> [Disused except in
illiterate speech.]
{ <hw>Ki`vi*ki"vi</hw> (?), <hw>Ki`wi*ki"wi</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Kivikivies</plw> (&?;),
<plw>Kiwikiwies</plw> (&?;). (Zoöl.) <def>Any
species of Apteryx, esp. A. australis; -- so called in
imitation of its notes. Called also kiwi. See
Apteryx.</def>
<hw>||Kjoek"ken moed`dings</hw> (?). [Dan.] <def>See Kitchen

middens.</def>
<hw>Kla"maths</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>; sing.

<singw>Klamath</singw> (Ethnol.) <def>A collective name
for the Indians of several tribes formerly living along the Klamath
river, in California and Oregon, but now restricted to a reservation
at Klamath Lake; -- called also Clamets and
Hamati.</def>
<hw>Kleene"boc`</hw> (kl&emacr;n"b&obreve;k`),
<pos>n.</pos> [D. kleen little, small + bok
buck.] (Zoöl.) <def>An antelope (Cerphalopus
pygmæus), found in South Africa. It is of very small size,
being but one foot high at the shoulder. It is remarkable for its
activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. Called also
guevi, and pygmy antelope.</def>
<hw>klep`to*ma"ni*a</hw>
(kl&ebreve;p`t&osl;*m&amacr;"n&ibreve;*&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>
[Gr. <grk>kle`pths</grk> thief + E. mania.] <def>A propensity
to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal
irresponsibility.</def> Wharton.
<hw>klep`to*ma"ni*ac</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person

affected with kleptomania.</def>
<hw>Klick</hw> (?), <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See

Click.</def>
<hw>Klick"et</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Clicket.]

(Mil.) <def>A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the
passage of sallying parties.</def> [Written also klinket.]
<hw>Klink"stone`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Clinkstone.</def>
<hw>Kli*nom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Clinometer.</def>
{ <hw>Klip"das</hw> (?), <hw>Klip"dachs`</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> [D. klip cliff + das badger, akin
to G. dachs.] (Zoöl.) <def>A small mammal
(Hyrax Capensis), found in South Africa. It is of about the
size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also
rock rabbit.</def>
<hw>Klip"fish`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Dried cod,

exported from Norway.</def> [Written also clipfish.]
<hw>Klip"springèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D., lit., cliff

springer.] (Zoöl.) <def>A small, graceful South African
antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois,
springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also
kainsi.</def> [Written also klippspringer.]
<hw>||Kloof</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D. See Clove a
cleft.] <def>A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end.</def> [South
Africa]
<hw>Klo`pe*ma"ni*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>kloph`</grk> theft + E. mania.] <def>See
Kleptomania.</def>
<hw>Knab</hw> (n&abreve;b), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Knabbed (n&abreve;bd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Knabbing.] [See Nab, <pos>v.
t.</pos>, and cf. Knap, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.</def>
"Knabbing crusts." [Obs.] L'Estrange.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To nab. See Nab, <pos>v.

t.</pos></def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Knab"ble</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Freq. of

knab.] <def>To bite or nibble.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Horses will knabble at walls, and rats gnaw

iron.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Knack</hw> (n&abreve;k), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Prob. of

imitative origin; cf. G. knacken to break, Dan. knage
to crack, and E. knock.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To crack; to
make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To speak affectedly.</def> [Prov. Eng.]

<hw>Knack</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.</def>
<blockquote>A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's

cap.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A readiness in performance; aptness at

doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.</def>
<blockquote>The fellow . . . has not the knack with his

shears.</blockquote> B. Jonson.
<blockquote>The dean was famous in his time, 

And had a kind of knack at rhyme.</blockquote>
Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Something performed, or to be done,

requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.</def> "The
knacks of japers." Chaucer.
<blockquote>For how should equal colors do the knack

!</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Knack"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One of two or more pieces of bone or wood

held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the
hand; -- called also clapper.</def> Halliwell.
<hw>Knack"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Icel. hnakkr a

saddle.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>a harness maker.</def> [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who slaughters worn-out horses and

sells their flesh for dog's meat.</def> [Eng.]
<hw>Knack"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Trickish;

artful.</def> [Obs.] -- <wf>Knack"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Knack"-kneed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Knock-kneed.</def>
<hw>Knack"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a knack;

cunning; crafty; trickish.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
<hw>Knag</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Prov. G.

knagge a knot in wood, Sw. knagg, Dan. knag a
hook to hand clothes on, a bracket; Gael. & Ir. cnag peg,
knob.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A knot in wood; a protuberance.</def>
Wright.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A wooden peg for hanging things on.</def>

Wright.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The prong of an antler.</def>

Holland.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The rugged top of a hill.</def> [Prov.

Eng.] Halliwell.
<hw>Knag"ged</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of knots;

knaggy.</def>
<hw>Knag"gy</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Knotty; rough;

figuratively, rough in temper.</def> Fuller. --
<wf>Knag"gi*ness</wf> (#), <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Knap</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. cnæp,

cnæpp, top, knob, button; cf. Icel. knappr knob,
Sw. knapp, Dan. knap button, W., Gael., & Ir.
cnap knob, button, and E. knop.] <def>A protuberance; a
swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See
Knob, and Knop.</def>
<blockquote>The highest part and knap of the same

island.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Knap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Knapped (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Knapping.] [D. knappen to chew, bite, crack, take hold
of; prob. of imitative origin.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To bite; to
bite off; to break short.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]
<blockquote>He will knap the spears apieces with his

teeth.</blockquote> Dr. H. More.
<blockquote>He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in

sunder.</blockquote> Ps. xlvi. 9 (Book of Common Prayer.)
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike smartly; to rap; to snap.</def>

Bacon.
<hw>Knap</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make a sound of

snapping.</def> Wiseman.
<hw>Knap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sharp blow or

slap.</def> Halliwell.
<hw>Knap"bot`tle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The bladder campion (Silene inflata).</def>
<hw>Knap"pish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Knap to

strike.] <def>Snappish; peevish.</def> [Obs.] Grafton.
<hw>Knap"ple</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Freq. of

knap, <pos>v.</pos>, cf. D. knabbelen to gnaw.]
<def>To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to
nibble.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Knap"py</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having knaps; full

of protuberances or humps; knobby.</def> [Obs.] Huloet.
<hw>Knap"sack`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D. knapzak;

knappen to eat + zak a bag. See Knap, <pos>v.
t.</pos>, and Sack.] <def>A case of canvas or leather, for
carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc.,
of a traveler.</def>
<blockquote>And each one fills his knapsack or his

scrip 
With some rare thing that on the field is found.</blockquote>
Drayton.
<hw>Knap"weed`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from
the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.</def>
<hw>Knar</hw> (när), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Gnar.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Knarl</hw> (närl), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A knot in

wood. See Gnarl.</def>
<hw>Knarled</hw> (närld), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Knotted.

See Gnarled.</def>
<hw>Knarred</hw> (närd), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Knotty;

gnarled.</def>
<blockquote>The knarred and crooked cedar

knees.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<hw>Knar"ry</hw> (när"r&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Knotty; gnarled.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Knave</hw> (n&amacr;v), <pos>n.</pos> [OE., boy,

servant, knave, AS. cnafa boy, youth; cf. AS. cnapa
boy, youth, D. knaap, G. knabe boy, knappe
esquire, Icel. knapi, Sw. knape esquire,
knäfvel knave.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A boy;
especially, a boy servant.</def> [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer.
<blockquote>O murderous slumber, 

Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy 
That plays thee music ? Gentle knave, good night.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any male servant; a menial.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<blockquote>He's but Fortune's knave, 

A minister of her will.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest

person; a rogue; a villain.</def> "A pair of crafty knaves."
Shak.
<blockquote>In defiance of demonstration, knaves will

continue to proselyte fools.</blockquote> Ames.
&fist; "How many serving lads must have been unfaithful and
dishonest before knave -which meant at first no more than boy
-- acquired the meaning which it has now !" Trench.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A playing card marked with the figure of a

servant or soldier; a jack.</def>
<col>Knave child</col>, <cd>a male child.</cd> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
Syn. -- Villain; cheat; rascal; rogue; scoundrel;

miscreant.
<hw>Knav"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Knaveries</plw> (&?;). <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish
action.</def>
<blockquote>This is flat knavery, to take upon you another

man's name.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> pl. <def>Roguish or mischievous

tricks.</def> Shak.
<hw>Knave"ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small due, in

meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller.</def>
[Scot.]
<hw>Knav"ess</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A knavish

woman.</def> Carlyle.
<hw>Knav"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish;
fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a
knavish trick.</def> "Knavish politicians."
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Mischievous; roguish; waggish.</def>
<blockquote>Cupid is knavish lad, 

Thus to make poor females mad.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Knav"ish*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.</def>
Holland.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly.</def>

"Knavishly witty." Gayton.
<hw>Knav"ish*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or

state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.</def>
<hw>Knaw</hw> (n&add;), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Gnaw.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. More.
<hw>Knaw"el</hw> (n&add;"&ebreve;l), <pos>n.</pos> [Akin to

G. knauelk, knäuel, prop., a ball of thread, coil.
Cf. Clew.] (Bot.) <def>A low, spreading weed
(Scleranthus annuus), common in sandy soil.</def>
<hw>Knead</hw> (n&emacr;d), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Kneaded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kneading.] [OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D.
kneden, G. kneten, Sw. knåda, Icel.
knoða; cf. OSlav. gnesti.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to
work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed
mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead
dough.</def>
<blockquote>The kneading, the making of the cake, the

heating of the oven, and the baking.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to

beat.</def>
<blockquote>I will knead him : I'll make him

supple.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>Kneading trough</col>, <cd>a trough or tray in which

dough is kneaded.</cd> Ex. viii. 3.
<hw>Knead"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may be

kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass.</def>
<hw>Knead"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

kneads.</def>
<hw>Knead"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner

of one kneading.</def>
<hw>Kne"bel*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Major von

Knebel.] (Min.) <def>A mineral of a gray, red, brown,
or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and
manganese.</def>
<hw>Kneck</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]

(Naut.) <def>The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running
out.</def> [Eng.]
<hw>Knee</hw> (n&emacr;), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. kne,

cneo, As. cneó, cneów; akin to OS.
knio, kneo, OFries. kn&imacr;, G. & D.
knie, OHG. chniu, chneo, Icel. kn&emacr;,
Sw. knä, Dan. knæ, Goth. kniu, L.
genu, Gr. <grk>go`ny</grk>, Skr. j&amacr;nu,
√231. Cf. Genuflection.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>In
man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The

joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>In the horse and allied animals, the carpal
joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mech. & Shipbuilding) <def>A piece of

timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the
human knee when bent.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A bending of the knee, as in respect or

courtesy.</def>
<blockquote>Give them title, knee, and

approbation.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>Knee breeches</col>. <cd>See under

Breeches.</cd> -- <col>Knee holly</col>, <col>Knee
holm</col> (Bot.), <cd>butcher's broom.</cd> --
<col>Knee jerk</col> (Physiol.) <cd>a jerk or kick
produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the
knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one
of the so-called tendon reflexes.</cd> -- <col>Knee
joint</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Knee
timber</col>, <cd>timber with knees or angles in it.</cd> --
<col>Knee tribute</col>, or <col>Knee worship</col>,
<cd>tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection.</cd> [Obs.]
"Knee tribute yet unpaid." Milton.
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<hw>Knee</hw> (n&emacr;), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

supplicate by kneeling.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Fall down, and knee 
The way into his mercy.</blockquote> Shak
<hw>Knee"brush`</hw> (n&emacr;"br&ubreve;sh`),
<pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A
tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and
other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A thick mass or

collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry
the collected pollen to the hive or nest; -- usually in the
plural.</def>
<hw>Knee"cap`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Anat.) <def>The kneepan.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A cap or protection for the

knee.</def>
<hw>Knee"-crookìng</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Obsequious; fawning; cringing.</def> "Knee-crooking
knave." Shak.
<hw>Kneed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed;
out-kneed; weak-kneed.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Geniculated; forming an

obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as,
kneed grass.</def>
<hw>Knee"-deep`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-
deep.</def>
<blockquote>Grass knee-deep within a month.</blockquote>

Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-

deep in water.</def>
<blockquote>Where knee-deep the trees were

standing.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<hw>Knee"-high`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Rising or

reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-
high.</def>
<hw>Knee"joint`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The joint of the knee.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mach.) <def>A toggle joint; -- so

called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to
end, making an angle like the knee when bent.</def>
<hw>Knee"jointèd</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, <pos>a.</pos>,
2.</def>
<hw>Kneel</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Knelt (?) or Kneeled (&?;); <pos>p. pr.
& vb. n.</pos> Kneeling.] [OE. knelen,
cneolien; akin to D. knielen, Dan. knæle.
See Knee.] <def>To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the
knees; -- sometimes with down.</def>
<blockquote>And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud

voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.</blockquote> Acts
vii. 60.
<blockquote>As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the

Lord's Prayer.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Kneel"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A cushion or stool to kneel on.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Eccl. Hist.) <def>A name given to

certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in
parts of church worship.</def>
<hw>Kneel"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a kneeling

position.</def>
<hw>Knee"pan`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Anat.) <def>A

roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee
joint; the patella; the kneecap.</def>
<hw>Knee"piece`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A piece shaped

like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat.</def>
<hw>Knell</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. knel,

cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to sound a bell;
cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw. knall a
clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack. Cf.
Knoll, n. & v.] <def>The stroke of a bell tolled at a
funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell;
hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing
away of anything.</def>
<blockquote>The dead man's knell 

Is there scarce asked for who.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The curfew tolls the knell of parting

day.</blockquote> Gray.
<hw>Knell</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Knelled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Knelling.] [OE. knellen, knillen, As.
cnyllan. See Knell, <pos>n.</pos>] <def>To sound
as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to
sound as a warning or evil omen.</def>
<blockquote>Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for
thee.</blockquote> Beau. & Fl.
<blockquote>Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, 

Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word,
"alone".</blockquote> Ld. Lytton.
<hw>Knell</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To summon, as by a

knell.</def>
<blockquote>Each matin bell, the baron saith, 

Knells us back to a world of death.</blockquote>
<hw>Knelt</hw> (?), <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <def>of

Kneel.</def>
<hw>Knew</hw> (?), <def><pos>imp.</pos> of

Know.</def>
<hw>Knick"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D. knikker.]

<def>A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by
boys in playing.</def> [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] Halliwell.
Bartlett.
<hw>Knick"er*bockèrs</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>The

name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.</def>
<hw>Knick"knack`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Knack.] <def>A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.</def>
<hw>Knick"knackà*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

collection of knickknacks.</def> Richardson.
<hw>Knick"knackèr*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Knickknacks.</def>
<hw>Knife</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Knives</plw> (#). [OE. knif, AS.
cn&imacr;f; akin to D. knijf, Icel. kn&imacr;fr,
Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>An
instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a
sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different
forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing
knife, putty knife, pallet knife,
pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife,
etc..</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A sword or dagger.</def>
<blockquote>The coward conquest of a wretch's

knife.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>Knife grass</col> (Bot.) <cd>a tropical

American sedge (Scleria latifolia), having leaves with a very
sharp and hard edge, like a knife.</cd> -- <col>War to the
knife</col>, <cd>mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last
extremity.</cd>
<hw>Knife</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> Knifed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Knifing (?).] <sn>1.</sn> (Hort.) <def>To prune
with the knife.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cut or stab with a knife.</def>

[Low]
<hw>Knife"board`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A board on

which knives are cleaned or polished.</def>
<hw>Knife"-edge`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mech.)

<def>A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and
resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a
pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the
least possible friction.</def>
<col>Knife-edge file</col>. <cd>See Illust. of

File.</cd>
<hw>Knight</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. knight,

cniht, knight, soldier, As. cniht, cneoht, a
boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to D. & G.
knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A young servant or follower; a military
attendant.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>In feudal times, a

man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military
rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the
distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below
that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be
addressed as Sir; as, Sir John.</def> [Eng.] Hence:
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>A champion; a partisan; a lover.</def> "Give
this ring to my true knight." Shak "In all your quarrels will
I be your knight." Tennyson.
<blockquote>Knights, by their oaths, should right poor

ladies' harms.</blockquote> Shak.
&fist; Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was

customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a knight
is not hereditary.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A piece used in the game of chess, usually

bearing a horse's head.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A playing card bearing the figure of a

knight; the knave or jack.</def> [Obs.]
<col>Carpet knight</col>. <cd>See under Carpet.</cd>

-- <col>Knight of industry</col>. <cd>See Chevalier
d'industrie, under Chevalier.</cd> -- <col>Knight of
Malta</col>, <col>Knight of Rhodes</col>, <col>Knight
of St. John of Jerusalem</col>. <cd>See Hospitaler.</cd> -
- <col>Knight of the post</col>, <cd>one who gained his living
by giving false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper
in general.</cd> Nares. "A knight of the post, . . .
quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you anything
for twelve pence." Nash. -- <col>Knight of the
shire</col>, <cd>in England, one of the representatives of a
county in Parliament, in distinction from the representatives of
cities and boroughs.</cd> -- <col>Knights commanders</col>,
<col>Knights grand cross</col>, <cd>different classes of the
Order of the Bath.</cd> See under Bath, and Companion.
<col>Knights of labor</col>, <cd>a secret organization whose
professed purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen
as respects their relations to their employers.</cd> [U. S.] --
<col>Knights of Pythias</col>, <cd>a secret order, founded in
Washington, d.C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes.</cd> -
- <col>Knights of the Round Table</col>, <cd>knights belonging
to an order which, according to the legendary accounts, was
instituted by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common
title from the table around which they sat on certain solemn
days.</cd> Brande & C.
<hw>Knight</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Knighted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Knighting.] <def>To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in
England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a
sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.</def>
<blockquote>A soldier, by the honor-giving hand 

Of C&?;ur-de-Lion knighted in the field.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>Knight"age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The body of

knights, taken collectively.</def>
<hw>Knight" bach"e*lor</hw> (?); pl. <plw>Knights

bachelors</plw> (&?;). <def>A knight of the most ancient, but
lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of
chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.</def>
<hw>Knight" ban"ner*et</hw> (?); pl. <plw>Knights

bannerets</plw>. <def>A knight who carried a banner, who
possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who
was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The
dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the
field of battle.</def>
<hw>Knight" bar"o*net</hw> (?). <def>See Baronet.</def>
<hw>Knight"-er`rant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Knight-errants</plw>, or <plw>Knights-
errant</plw>. <def>A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in
search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill,
prowess, and generosity.</def>
<hw>Knight"-er`rant*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Knight-errantries</plw> (&?;). <def>The character or
actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of
adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or
scheme.</def>

<blockquote>The rigid guardian [i. e., conscience] of a

blameless heart 
Is weak with rank knight-erratries o'errun.</blockquote>
Young.
<hw>Knight"-er-rat"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.</def> [R.]
Quart. Rev.
<hw>Knight"head`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>A bollard timber. See under Bollard.</def>
<hw>Knight"hood</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Knight +

hood: cf. AS. chihth&amacr;d youth.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights
as a class; hence, chivalry.</def> "O shame to knighthood."
Shak.
<blockquote>If you needs must write, write Cæsar's

praise; 
You 'll gain at least a knighthood, or the bays.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The whole body of knights.</def>
<blockquote>The knighthood nowadays are nothing like the

knighthood of old time.</blockquote> Chapman.
&fist; "When the order of knighthood was conferred with

full solemnity in the leisure of a court or court or city, imposing
preliminary ceremonies were required of the candidate. He prepared
himself by prayer and fasting, watched his arms at night in a chapel,
and was then admitted with the performance of religious rites.
Knighthood was conferred by the accolade, which, from
the derivation of the name, would appear to have been originally an
embrace; but afterward consisted, as it still does, in a blow of the
flat of a sword on the back of the kneeling candidate." Brande &
C.
<hw>Knight"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Unbecoming a

knight.</def> [Obs.] "Knightless guile." Spenser.
<hw>Knight"li*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.</def>
Spenser.
<hw>Knight`ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [AS. cnihtlic

boyish.] <def>Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight;
chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly
spirit.</def>
<blockquote>For knightly jousts and fierce encounters

fit.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>[Excuses] full knightly without

scorn.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Knight"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner
becoming a knight.</def>
<blockquote>And why thou comest thus knightly clad in

arms.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Knight" mar"shal</hw> (?). (Eng. Law) <def>An officer

in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of
transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts
made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.</def>
Wharton.
<hw>Knight" serv"ice</hw> (?). (Eng. Feud. Law) <def>A

tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military
service. See Chivalry, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</def>
<hw>Knight" Tem"plar</hw> (?); pl. <plw>Knights

Templars</plw> (&?;). <def>See Commandery,
<pos>n.</pos>, 3, and also Templar,
<pos>n.</pos>, 1 and 3.</def>
<hw>Knit</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Knit or Knitted; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Knitting.] [OE. knitten, knutten,
As. cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot; akin to Icel.
kn&?;ta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See
Knot.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into a knot, or into
knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.</def>
<blockquote>A great sheet knit at the four

corners.</blockquote> Acts x. 11.
<blockquote>When your head did but ache, 

I knit my handkercher about your brows.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To form, as a textile fabric, by the

interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by
means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit
stockings.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To join; to cause to grow

together.</def>
<blockquote>Nature can not knit the bones while the parts

are under a discharge.</blockquote> Wiseman.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To unite closely; to connect; to engage;

as, hearts knit together in love.</def>
<blockquote>Thy merit hath my duty strongly

knit.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Come , knit hands, and beat the ground, 

In a light fantastic round.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>A link among the days, toknit 

The generations each to each.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To draw together; to contract into

wrinkles.</def>
<blockquote>He knits his brow and shows an angry

eye.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Knit</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots
or loops.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To be united closely; to grow together;

as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.</def>
<col>To knit up</col>, <cd>to wind up; to conclude; to come

to a close.</cd> "It remaineth to knit up briefly with the
nature and compass of the seas." [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>Knit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Union knitting;

texture.</def> Shak.
<hw>Knit"back`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a
restorative.</def> Dr. Prier.
{ <hw>Knitch</hw> (?), <hw>Knitch"et</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Knit.] <def>A number of things tied
or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
<blockquote>When they [stems of asphodel] be dried, they ought to

be made up into knitchets, or handfuls.</blockquote>
Holland.
<hw>Knits</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [Prob. same word as

nit a louse's egg.] (Mining) <def>Small particles of
ore.</def> Raymond.
<hw>Knit"ster</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who

knits.</def> [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
<hw>Knit"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.</def>
Shak.
<hw>Knit"ting</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Union formed by knitting, as of

bones.</def>
<col>Knitting machine</col>, <cd>one of a number of

contrivances for mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the
like.</cd> -- <col>Knitting &?;eedle</col>, <cd>a stiff rod,
as of steel wire, with rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into
a fabric, as in stockings.</cd> -- <col>Knitting sheath</col>,
<cd>a sheath to receive the end of a needle in knitting.</cd>
<hw>Knit"tle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Knit.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A string that draws together a purse or
bag.</def> [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
<sn>2.</sn> pl. (Naut.) <def>See

Nettles.</def>
<hw>Knives</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>of

Knife. See Knife.</def>
<hw>Knob</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [A modification of

knop. Cf. Nob.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A hard
protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a
knob in the flesh, or on a bone.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the

knob of a lock, door, or drawer.</def> Chaucer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot

Knob.</def> [U. S.] Bartlett.
<sn>4.</sn> (Arch.) <def>See Knop.</def>
<col>Knob latch</col>, <cd>a latch which can be operated by

turning a knob, without using a key.</cd>
<hw>Knob</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow into knobs or

bunches; to become knobbed.</def> [Obs.] Drant.
<hw>Knobbed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing knobs;

full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust of
Antenna.</def>
<blockquote>The horns of a roe deer of Greenland are pointed at

the top, and knobbed or tuberous at the bottom.</blockquote>
Grew.
<hw>Knob"ber</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Knobbler.</def>
<hw>Knob"bing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Stone

Quarrying) <def>Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or
projections.</def>
<hw>Knob"bler</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The hart in its second year; a young deer.</def> [Written also
knobber.] Halliwell.
<blockquote>He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed

knobbler.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Knob"bling fire</hw> (?). <def>A bloomery fire. See

Bloomery.</def>
<hw>Knob"by</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [From Knob.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard
protuberances.</def> Dr. H. More.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Irregular; stubborn in particulars.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>The informers continued in a knobby kind of

obstinacy.</blockquote> Howell.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Abounding in rounded hills or mountains;

hilly.</def> [U.S.] Bartlett.
<hw>Knob"stick`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union.</def> [Cant,
Eng.]
<hw>Knock</hw> (n&obreve;k), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Knocked (n&obreve;kt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Knocking.] [OE. knoken, AS.
cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw.
knacka. Cf. Knack.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To drive
or be driven against something; to strike against something; to
clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.</def>
Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike or beat with something hard or

heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on
the door.</def>
<blockquote>For harbor at a thousand doors they

knocked.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be

opened unto you.</blockquote> Matt. vii. 7.
<col>To knock about</col>, <cd>to go about, taking knocks

or rough usage; to wander about; to saunter.</cd> [Colloq.]
"Knocking about town." W. Irving. -- <col>To knock
up</col>, <cd>to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn out,
as with labor; to give out.</cd> "The horses were beginning to
knock up under the fatigue of such severe service." De
Quincey. -- <col>To knock off</col>, <cd>to cease, as from
work; to desist.</cd> -- <col>To knock under</col>, <cd>to
yield; to submit; to acknowledge one's self conquered; -- an
expression probably borrowed from the practice of knocking under
the table with the knuckles, when conquered.</cd> "Colonel Esmond
knocked under to his fate." Thackeray.
<! p. 818 !>
<hw>Knock</hw> (n&obreve;k), <pos>v. t.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To strike with something hard or heavy; to
move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to
knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a
post; to knock a lamp off the table.</def>
<blockquote>When heroes knock their knotty heads

together.</blockquote> Rowe.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as

a door.</def>
<blockquote>Master, knock the door hard.</blockquote>

Shak.
<col>To knock down</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To strike

down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, to knock
down an assailant</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To assign to a
bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock; to knock off.</cd> --
<col>To knock in the head</col>, or <col>on the
head</col>, <cd>to stun or kill by a blow upon the head; hence,
to put am end to; to defeat, as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to
quash.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col>To knock off</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To force off by a blow or by beating.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a
blow on the counter</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To leave off (work,
etc.)</cd>. [Colloq.] -- <col>To knock out</col>, <cd>to force
out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out the brains.</cd> -
- <col>To knock up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To arouse by
knocking</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To beat or tire out; to
fatigue till unable to do more; as, the men were entirely knocked
up.</cd> [Colloq.] "The day being exceedingly hot, the want of
food had knocked up my followers." Petherick.
<sd>(c)</sd> (Bookbinding) <cd>To make even at the
edges, or to shape into book form, as printed sheets.</cd>
<hw>Knock</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a

rap.</def> " A knock at the door." Longfellow.
<blockquote>A loud cry or some great knock.</blockquote>

Holland.
<col>Knock off</col>, <cd>a device in a knitting machine to

remove loops from the needles.</cd>
<hw>Knock"down`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A felling by a

knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.</def>
<hw>Knock"down`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of force

sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown
blow; a knockdown argument.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Knock"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer,
fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.</def>
<blockquote>Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said; 

Tie up the knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead.</blockquote>
Pope.
<hw>Knock"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A beating; a rap; a

series of raps.</def>
<blockquote>The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon

the ground by the Chinese worshiper.</blockquote> H.
Spencer.
<hw>Knock"ings</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> (Mining)

<def>Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.</def>
<hw>Knock"-knee`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Med.)

<def>A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each
other in walking; inknee.</def>
<hw>Knock"-kneed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the

legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.</def> [Written
also knack-kneed.]
<hw>Knock"stone`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mining)

<def>A block upon which ore is broken up.</def>
<hw>Knoll</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. cnoll; akin

to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD.
knolle ball, bunch, Sw. knöl, Dan. knold.]
<def>A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the
top or crown of a hill.</def>
<blockquote>On knoll or hillock rears his crest, 

Lonely and huge, the giant oak.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Knoll</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Knolled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Knolling.] [OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See
Knell.] <def>To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to
toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing.</def> "Knolled to
church." Shak.
<blockquote>Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy

hours.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Knoll</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To sound, as a bell;

to knell.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>For a departed being's soul 

The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll.</blockquote>
Byron.
<hw>Knoll</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The tolling of a bell; a

knell.</def> [R.] Byron.
<hw>Knoll"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tolls a

bell.</def> [Obs.] Sherwood.
<hw>Knop</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. knop,

knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf,
Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp,
button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap,
<pos>n.</pos> Cf. Knap, Knob.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.</def>
<blockquote>Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their

knops and their flowers.</blockquote> Ex. xxv. 21.
<sn>2.</sn> (Arch.) <def>Any boldly projecting
sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle,
and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob,
and knosp.</def>
<col>Knop sedge</col> (Bot.), <cd>the bur reed

(Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed
vessels.</cd> Prior.
<hw>Knopped</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having knops or

knobs; fastened as with buttons.</def> [Obs.] Rom. of R.
<hw>Knop"pern</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. G.

knopper. See Knop.] (Zoöl.) <def>A kind of
gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning
and dyeing.</def>
<hw>Knop"weed`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Knapweed.</def>
<hw>Knor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Knur.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Knosp</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. G. knospe

bud, E. knop, knar.] (Arch.) <def>Same as
Knop,2.</def> Milman.
<hw>Knot</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. knot,

knotte, AS. cnotta; akin to D. knot, OHG.
chnodo, chnoto, G. knoten, Icel. kn&?;tr,
Sw. knut, Dan. knude, and perh. to L. nodus.
Cf. Knout, Knit.] <sn>1.</sn>
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A fastening together of the pars or ends of
one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways
of tying or entangling.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A lump or loop
formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or
interweaving it upon itself.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>An
ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.</def>
&fist; The names of knots vary according to the manner of their

making, or the use for which they are intended; as, dowknot,
reef knot, stopper knot, diamond knot, etc.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A bond of union; a connection; a

tie.</def> "With nuptial knot." Shak.
<blockquote>Ere we knit the knot that can never be

loosed.</blockquote> Bp. Hall.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Something not easily solved; an intricacy;

a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.</def>
<blockquote>Knots worthy of solution.</blockquote>

Cowper.
<blockquote>A man shall be perplexed with knots, and

problems of business, and contrary affairs.</blockquote>
South.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A figure the lines of which are interlaced
or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.</def>
"Garden knots." Bacon.
<blockquote>Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art 

In beds and curious knots, but nature boon 
Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A cluster of persons or things; a

collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of
politicians.</def> "Knots of talk." Tennyson.
<blockquote>His ancient knot of dangerous

adversaries.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Palms in cluster, knots of

Paradise.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<blockquote>As they sat together in small, separate knots,

they discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of
belief.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott. 
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A portion of a branch of a tree that forms

a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main
stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is
generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later
woody growth.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>A knob, lump, swelling, or

protuberance.</def>
<blockquote>With lips serenely placid, felt the knot 

Climb in her throat.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>A protuberant joint in a plant.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> <def>The point on which the action of a story

depends; the gist of a matter.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I shoulde to the knotte condescend, 

And maken of her walking soon an end.</blockquote>
Chaucer.
<sn>10.</sn> (Mech.) <def>See Node.</def>
<sn>11.</sn> (Naut.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's
motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile
that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off
from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles
the vessel sails in an hour.</def> Hence: <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an
hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.</def>
<sn>12.</sn> <def>A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder

knot.</def>
<sn>13.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A sandpiper
(Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the
continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and
upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale
brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is
prized by epicures. Called also dunne.</def>
&fist; The name is said to be derived from King Canute, this bird
being a favorite article of food with him.
<blockquote>The knot that called was Canutus' bird of

old, 
Of that great king of Danes his name that still doth hold, 
His appetite to please that far and near was sought.</blockquote>
Drayton.
<hw>Knot</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Knotted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Knotting.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To tie in or with, or form
into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to
entangle.</def> "Knotted curls." Drayton.
<blockquote>As tight as I could knot the

noose.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To unite closely; to knit together.</def>

Bacon.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.</def>

[Obs. or R.]
<hw>Knot</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become
entangled.</def>
<blockquote>Cut hay when it begins to knot.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>To knit knots for fringe or

trimming.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To copulate; -- said of toads.</def> [R.]

Shak.
<hw>Knot"ber`ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The cloudberry (Rudus Chamæmorus); -- so called
from its knotted stems.</def>
<hw>Knot"grass`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>a common weed with jointed stems
(Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>The dog grass. See under Dog.</def>
&fist; An infusion of Polygonum aviculare was once supposed

to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and hence it
was called, as by Shakespeare, "hindering knotgrass."
<blockquote>We want a boy extremely for this function, 
Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass.</blockquote>
<hw>Knot"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from knots;

without knots.</def> "Silver firs with knotless trunks."
Congreve.
<hw>Knot"ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Full of knots; having knots; knurled; as, a knotted cord;
the knotted oak.</def> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Interwoven; matted; entangled.</def>
<blockquote>Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to

part.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Having intersecting lines or

figures.</def>
<blockquote>The west corner of thy curious knotted

garden.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> (Geol.) <def>Characterized by small,

detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the
mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered
surface; as, knotted rocks.</def> Percival.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Entangled; puzzling; knotty.</def>

[R.]
<blockquote>They're catched in knotted lawlike

nets.</blockquote> Hudibras.
<hw>Knot"ti*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Knotty.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being
knotty or full of knots.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Difficulty of solution; intricacy;

complication.</def> " Knottiness of his style."
Hare.
<hw>Knot"ty</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Knottier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Knottiest.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty
timber; a knotty rope.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hard; rugged; as, a knotty

head.</def>[R.] Rewe.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Difficult; intricate; perplexed.</def>
<blockquote>A knotty point to which we now

proceed</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Knot"weed`</hw> (n&obreve;t"w&emacr;d`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>See Knotgrass.</def>
<hw>Knot"wort`</hw> (-wûrt`), <pos>n.</pos>
(Bot.) <def>A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus
Illecebrum (I. verticillatum).</def>
<hw>Knout</hw> (nout or n&oomac;t), <pos>n.</pos>

[Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut
knot, knout, Icel. kn&umacr;tr knot: cf. F. knout. See
Knot.] <def>A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly
much used in Russia. The lash is a tapering bundle of leather thongs
twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the
flesh.</def>
<hw>Knout</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To punish with the

knout.</def> Brougham.
<hw>Know</hw> (n&omacr;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Knee.</def>

<hw>Know</hw> (n&omacr;), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp.</pos> Knew (n&umacr;); <pos>p.
p.</pos> Known (n&omacr;n); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Knowing.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS.
cnäwan; akin to OHG. chnäan (in comp.), Icel.
knä to be able, Russ. znate to know, L.
gnoscere, noscere, Gr. <grk>gighw`skein</grk>, Skr.
jn&amacr;; fr. the root of E. can, <pos>v.
i.</pos>, ken. √45. See Ken, Can to
be able, and cf. Acquaint, Cognition, Gnome,
Ignore, Noble, Note.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have
full information of; as, to know one's duty.</def>
<blockquote>O, that a man might know 

The end of this day's business ere it come!</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>There is a certainty in the proposition, and we

know it.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>Know how sublime a thing it is 

To suffer and be strong.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To be convinced of the truth of; to be

fully assured of; as, to know things from
information.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To be acquainted with; to be no stranger

to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of;
to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to
know the rules of an organization.</def>
<blockquote>He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no

sin.</blockquote> 2 Cor. v. 21.
<blockquote>Not to know me argues yourselves

unknown.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To recognize; to distinguish; to discern
the character of; as, to know a person's face or
figure.</def>
<blockquote>Ye shall know them by their

fruits.</blockquote> Matt. vil. 16. 
<blockquote>And their eyes were opened, and they knew

him.</blockquote> Luke xxiv. 31.
<blockquote>To know 
Faithful friend from flattering foe.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>At nearer view he thought he knew the

dead.</blockquote> Flatman.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To have sexual commerce with.</def>
<blockquote>And Adam knew Eve his wife.</blockquote>

Gen. iv. 1.
&fist; Know is often followed by an objective and an

infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent
sentence, etc.
<blockquote>And I knew that thou hearest me

always.</blockquote> John xi. 42.
<blockquote>The monk he instantly knew to be the

prior.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<blockquote>In other hands I have known money do

good.</blockquote> Dickens.
<col>To know how</col>, <cd>to understand the manner, way,

or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity.
How is sometimes omitted.</cd> " If we fear to die, or
know not to be patient." Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Know</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess
wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with
of.</def>
<blockquote>Israel doth not know, my people doth not

consider.</blockquote> Is. i. 3.
<blockquote>If any man will do his will, he shall know of

the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of
myself.</blockquote> John vii. 17.
<blockquote>The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of

willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn.</blockquote>
Tylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To be assured; to feel

confident.</def>
<col>To know of</col>, <cd>to ask, to inquire.</cd> [Obs.]
" Know of your youth, examine well your blood."
Shak.
<hw>Know"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may be

known; capable of being discovered, understood, or
ascertained.</def>
<blockquote>Thus mind and matter, as known or knowable, are

only two different series of phenomena or qualities.</blockquote>
Sir W. Hamilton. 
<hw>Know"a* ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being knowable.</def> Locke.
<hw>Know"-all`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who knows

everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a
wiseacre; -- usually ironical.</def> [Colloq. or R.]
<hw>Know"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

knows.</def> Shak.
<hw>Know"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a
knowing dog.</def>
<blockquote>The knowing and intelligent part of the

world.</blockquote> South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Artful; cunning; as, a knowing

rascal.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Know"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Knowledge; hence,

experience.</def> " In my knowing." Shak.
<blockquote>This sore night 

Hath trifled former knowings.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Know"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously;
deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend.</def>
Strype.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>By experience.</def> [Obs.]

Shak.
<hw>Know"ing*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness;
skillfulness.</def>
<hw>Knowl"eche</hw> (?), <pos>n. & v.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Knowledge.</def>
<blockquote>We consider and knowleche that we have

offended.</blockquote> Chaucer.
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<hw>Knowl"ech*ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Knowledge.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Knowl"edge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

knowlage, knowlege, knowleche, knawleche.
The last part is the Icel. suffix -leikr, forming abstract
nouns, orig. the same as Icel. leikr game, play, sport, akin
to AS. l&amacr;c, Goth. laiks dance. See Know,
and cf. Lake, <pos>v. i.</pos>, Lark a
frolic.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or state of knowing; clear

perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar
cognizance; cognition.</def>
<blockquote>Knowledge, which is the highest degree of the

speculative faculties, consists in the perception of the truth of
affirmative or negative propositions.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is or may be known; the object

of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the
plural.</def>
<blockquote>There is a great difference in the delivery of the

mathematics, which are the most abstracted of
knowledges.</blockquote> Bacon.
<blockquote>Knowledges is a term in frequent use by Bacon,

and, though now obsolete, should be revived, as without it we are
compelled to borrow "cognitions" to express its import.</blockquote>
<blockquote>To use a word of Bacon's, now unfortunately obsolete,

we must determine the relative value of
knowledges.</blockquote> H. Spencer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is gained and preserved by

knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning;
scholarship; erudition.</def>
<blockquote>Knowledge puffeth up, but charity

edifieth.</blockquote> 1 Cor. viii. 1.
<blockquote>Ignorance is the curse of God; 

Knowledge, the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>That familiarity which is gained by actual

experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of
life.</def>
<blockquote>Shipmen that had knowledge of the

sea.</blockquote> 1 Kings ix. 27.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Scope of information; cognizance; notice;

as, it has not come to my knowledge.</def>
<blockquote>Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou

shouldst take knowledge of me?</blockquote> Ruth ii.
10.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by

carnal; as, carnal knowledge.</def>
Syn. -- See Wisdom.
<hw>Knowl"edge</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

acknowledge.</def> [Obs.] "Sinners which knowledge their
sins." Tyndale.
<hw>Known</hw> (?), <pos>p. p.</pos> <def>of

Know.</def>
<hw>Know"-nothìng</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A member of

a secret political organization in the United States, the chief
objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of
the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans
for office.</def>
&fist; The party originated in 1853, and existed for about three
years. The members of it were called Know-nothings, because
they replied "I don't know," to any questions asked them in reference
to the party.
<hw>Know"-nothìng*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings.</def>
<hw>Knubs</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Waste silk

formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.</def>
<hw>Knuc"kle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. knokel,

knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to D. knokkel, OFries.
knokele, knokle, G. knöchel, Sw.
knoge, Dan. knokkel, G. knochen bone, and perh.
to E. knock.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The joint of a finger,
particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.</def>
Davenant.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either

leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the
kneejoint of a human being.</def>
<blockquote>With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled

sadly down.</blockquote> Golding.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The joint of a plant.</def> [Obs.]

Bacon.
<sn>4.</sn> (Mech.) <def>The joining parts of a

hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle
joint.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Shipbuilding) <def>A convex portion of

a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a
canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat
bottom.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A contrivance, usually of brass or iron,
and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to
a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; as, brass
knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster.</def>
[Slang.]
<col>Knuckle joint</col> (Mach.), <cd>a hinge joint,

in which a projection with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between
two corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and is
retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and forms the
pivot.</cd> -- <col>Knuckle of veal</col> (Cookery),
<cd>the lower part of a leg of veal, from the line of the body to the
knuckle.</cd>
<hw>Knuc"kle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Knuckled (?);; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Knuckling (?).] <def>To yield; to submit; -- used with
down, to, or under.</def>
<col>To knuckle to</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To submit

to in a contest; to yield to</cd>. [Colloq.] See To knock
under, under Knock, <pos>v. i.</pos>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly
to; as, to knuckle to work.</cd> [Colloq.]
<hw>Knuc"kle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To beat with the

knuckles; to pommel.</def> [R.] Horace Smith.
<hw>Knuc"kled</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Jointed.</def>

[Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>Knuff</hw> (n&ubreve;f), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Gnof

a churl.] <def>A lout; a clown.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, 

With clubs and clouted shoon.</blockquote> Hayward.
<hw>Knur</hw> (nûr), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Knurl.] <def>A knurl.</def> Woodward.
<hw>Knurl</hw> (nûrl), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Knar, Gnar.] <def>A contorted knot in wood; a
crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, is

crossgrained.</def>
<hw>Knurl</hw> (nûrl), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat
knob, or coin; to mill.</def>
<hw>Knurled</hw> (nûrld), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of knots; gnarled.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Milled, as the head of a screw, or the

edge of a coin.</def>
<hw>Knurl"y</hw> (nûrl"&ybreve;), [<pos>Compar.</pos>
Knurlier (-&ibreve;*&etilde;r); <pos>superl.</pos>
Knurliest.] [See Knur, and cf. Gnarly.]
<def>Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or
resisting much.</def>
<hw>Knur"ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of

knots.</def> [Obs.] Drayton.
<hw>Ko*ai"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Same as Coaita.</def>
<hw>Ko*a"la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tailless

marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The
female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also
Australian bear, native bear, and native
sloth.</def>

{ <hw>Kob</hw> (?), <hw>Ko"ba</hw> (?) }, <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several species of African
antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp. the species Kobus sing-
sing.</def>
<hw>Ko"balt</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cobalt.</def>
<hw>Ko"bel*lite</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From Franz von

Kobell, of Munich.] (Min.) <def>A blackish gray
mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.</def>
<hw>Ko"bold</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G., perh. orig., house

god, hose protector. See Cobalt] <def>A kind of domestic
spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and
the English Robin Goodfellow.</def>
<hw>Ko"dak</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of portable

camera.</def>
<hw>||Ko"el</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name in India.]

(Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several species of cuckoos of the
genus Eudynamys, found in India, the East Indies, and
Australia. They deposit their eggs in the nests of other
birds.</def>
<hw>Koff</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D. kof.] <def>A

two-masted Dutch vessel.</def>
{ <hw>Kohì*noor"</hw>, <hw>Koh`*nur</hw> } (?),

<pos>n.</pos> [Per. koh-i-n&?;r, lit., mountain of
light.] <def>A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on
the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindoo legends, it was
found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindoo
and Persian rulers.</def>
<hw>Kohl</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Alcohol.]

<def>A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and
other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.</def>
<hw>Kohl"-ra`bi</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.
<plw>Kohl-rabies</plw> (#). [G. Cf. Cole, Rape
the plant.] (Bot.) <def>A variety of cabbage, in which the
edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the
surface of the ground.</def>
<hw>||Ko*ka"ma</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The gemsbok.</def>
<hw>Ko"klass</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this
genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long
central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also
pucras.</def>
<hw>Ko*koon"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The gnu.</def>
<hw>Ko*la"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Ethnol.)

<def>An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants
which survive in Hindostan.</def> -- <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to the Kolarians.</def>
<hw>Ko*me"nic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Prob. G.

mekonin (by transposition of letters) + -ic.]
(Chem.) <def>Of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid
derived from meconic acid.</def> [Written also comenic.]
<hw>Kom"tok</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>An African freshwater fish (Protopterus annectens),
belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs,
and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud,
where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food.</def>
<hw>Kon</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To know. See

Can, and Con.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Ye konnen thereon as much as any

man.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Ko"nite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.) <def>See

Conite.</def>
<hw>Konze</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A large African antelope (Alcelaphus Lichtensteini),
allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and
lacking a black patch on the face.</def>
<hw>Koo"doo</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The
males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The
general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white
bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become
dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The
females are hornless. Called also nellut.</def> [Written also
kudu.]
<hw>Koo"koom</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)
<def>The oryx or gemsbok.</def> [Written also kookaam.]
<hw>Koo`lo*kam"ba</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>A west African anthropoid ape
(Troglodytes koolokamba, or T. Aubryi), allied to the
chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between
them.</def>
<hw>Kool"slaa`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Coleslaw.</def>
<hw>Koord</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Kurd.</def>
<hw>Koord"ish</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Kurdish.</def>
<hw>Koo*ril"i*an</hw> (?), <pos>a & n.</pos> <def>Same as

Kurilian.</def>
<hw>Ko"peck</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Russ. kopeika.]

<def>A small Russian coin. One hundred kopecks make a rouble, worth
about sixty cents.</def> [Written also kopek, copec,
and copeck.]
<hw>Ko"ran</hw> (k&omacr;"ran or k&osl;*rän";

277), <pos>n.</pos> [Ar. qor&amacr;n. See
Alcoran.] <def>The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing
the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also
Alcoran.</def> [Written also Kuran or
Quran.] 
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<hw>Ko"rin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The gazelle.</def>
<hw>||Kor"ri*gum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A West African antelope (Damalis
Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a
black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the
knees.</def>
<hw>Kos"mos</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cosmos.</def> Gladstone.
<hw>Ko*tow"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Chinese, knock head.]

<def>The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors,
either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground.
There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three
knockings.</def> [China] S. W. Williams.
<hw>Ko*tow"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kotowed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kotowing.] <def>To perform the kotow.</def>
<hw>||Kou"lan</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A wild horse (Equus, or Asinus,
onager) inhabiting the plains of Central Asia; -- called also
gour, khur, and onager.</def> [Written also
kulan.]
&fist; It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it

is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It
has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In
size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.
<hw>Kou"miss</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Russ. kumys;

of Mongolian origin.] <def>An intoxicating fermented or distilled
liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. It
can be obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in
Europe.</def> [Written also koumyss, kumiss,
kumish, and kumys.]
<blockquote>Koumiss has from time immemorial served the

Tartar instead of wine or spirits.</blockquote> J. H.
Newman.
<hw>Kous"so</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>An

Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera anthelmintica), the flowers
of which are used as a vermifuge.</def> [Written also cusso
and kosso.]
<hw>Kow*tow"</hw> (?), <pos>n. & v. i.</pos> <def>The same

as Kotow.</def>
<blockquote>I have salaamed and kowtowed to

him.</blockquote> H. James.
<hw>Kra</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>A

long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. It
is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.</def>
<hw>Kraal</hw> (kräl or kr&add;l; 277),

<pos>n.</pos> [D., a village, inclosure, park, prob. fr. Pg.
curral a cattle pen; the same word as Sp. corral. See
Corral.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A collection of huts within a
stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut.</def> [South
Africa]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An inclosure into which are driven wild

elephants which are to be tamed and educated.</def> [Ceylon]
<hw>||Krait</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus
c&oelig;ruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish
or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is
whitish.</def>
<hw>Kra"ken</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. from OSw.

krake, or ODan. krage the trunk of a tree, the branches
of which are not entirely cut off, to which it was likened by the
Norwegian mariners.] <def>A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often
represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an
immense octopus.</def>
<blockquote>To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent
or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of
their existence, would be presumption.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Like a kraken huge and black.</blockquote>

<hw>Kra*ko"wi*ak</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mus.)

<def>A lively Polish dance. See Cracovienne.</def>
<hw>||Kra*me"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. So called

after the German botanists, J. G. H. & W. H. Kramer.]
(Bot.) <def>A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from
one species of which (K. triandra), found in Peru, rhatany
root, used as a medicine, is obtained.</def>
<hw>Kra*mer"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Pertaining to, or derived from, Krameria (rhatany); as,
krameric acid, usually called ratanhia-tannic
acid.</def>
<hw>Krang</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. D. kreng a

carcass.] <def>The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been
removed.</def> [Written also crang and kreng.]
<hw>Krang"ing hook`</hw> (?). (Whaling) <def>A hook for

holding the blubber while cutting it away.</def> [Written also
cranging hook.]
<hw>Kre*at"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Creatic.</def>
<hw>Kre"a*tin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>See Creatin.</def>
<hw>Kre*at"i*nin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>See Creatinin.</def>
<hw>Kreel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Creel.</def>
<hw>Krem"lin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Russ. kremle.]

<def>The citadel of a town or city; especially, the citadel of
Moscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces,
cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc.</def> [Russia]
<hw>Krems</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A variety of white

lead. See Krems lead, under Lead,
<hw>Kreng</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Krang.</def>
<hw>Kre"o*sote</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Creosote.</def>
<hw>Kreut"zer</hw> (kroit"s&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [G.

kreuzer.] <def>A small copper coin formerly used in South
Germany; also, a small Austrian copper coin.</def> [Written also
kreuzer.]
<hw>||Kriegs"spiel`</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> [G., fr.

krieg war + spiel play.] <def>A game of war, played for
practice, on maps.</def> Farrow.
<hw>Kris</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Malay dagger. See

Creese.</def>
<hw>||Krish"na</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> [Skr.

k&rsdot;sh&nsdot;a.] (Hindoo Myth.) <def>The most popular of
the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of
the god Vishnu.</def>
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<hw>Kri"tarch*y</hw> (kr&imacr;"tärk*&tcr;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>krith`s</grk> judge +
<grk>'archh`</grk> beginning, government.] <def>The rule of the
judges over Israel.</def>
<blockquote>Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the

kritarchy.</blockquote> Southey.
<hw>Kro*kid"o*lite</hw> (kr&osl;*k&ibreve;d"&osl;*l&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> (Min.) <def>See
Crocidolite.</def>
<hw>||Kro"ne</hw> (kr&omacr;"n&asl;), <pos>n.</pos> [Dan.]

<def>A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about
twenty-eight cents. See Crown, <pos>n.</pos>,
9.</def>
<hw>Kroo"man</hw> (kr&oomac;"man), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Kroomen</plw> (-men). <def>One of a
negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much
employed on shipboard.</def>
<hw>Krul"ler</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cruller.</def>
{ <hw>Krumm"horn`</hw>, <hw>Krum"horn`</hw> }

(kr&oomac;m"hôrn`), <pos>n.</pos> [G. krummhorn
cornet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A reed instrument of music of the cornet
kind, now obsolete (see Cornet, 1,
<pos>a.</pos>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A reed stop in
the organ; -- sometimes called cremona.</def>
<hw>Krupp" gun"</hw> (?). <def>A breech-loading steel cannon

manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in
Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several
concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid.</def>
Knight.
<hw>Kry"o*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.)

<def>See Cryolite.</def>
<hw>Ksar</hw> (zär), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Czar.</def>
{ <hw>Ksha"tri*ya</hw> (?), <hw>Ksha"tru*ya</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Skr. kshatriya one belonging to the
military caste.] <def>The military caste, the second of the four
great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See
Caste.</def> [India]
<hw>||Ku"da</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The East Indian tapir. See Tapir.</def>
<hw>||Ku"dos</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>ky^dos</grk> glory.] <def>Glory; fame; renown; praise.</def>
W. H. Russel.
<hw>Ku"dos</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To praise; to extol;

to glorify.</def> "Kudos'd egregiously." [R.]
Southey.
<hw>||Ku"du</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Koodoo.</def>
<hw>Ku"fic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Cufic.</def>
<hw>||Ku*kang"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

[Native name.] <def>The slow lemur. See Lemur.</def>
<hw>Ku`klux"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The name adopted

in the southern part of the United States by a secret political
organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil
War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of
the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan.</def>
<hw>Ku"lan</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Koulan.</def>
{ <hw>Ku"mish</hw> (?), <hw>Ku"miss</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>See Koumiss.</def>
<hw>Kum"mel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G. kümmel

cumin, caraway seed, L. cuminum. Cf. Cumin.] <def>A
Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit flavored
with caraway seeds.</def>
<hw>Kum"quat</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Chin. kin

keu.] (Bot.) <def>A small tree of the genus Citrus
(C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small
acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves.</def>
<hw>||Kup"fer*nick"el</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G. See

Copper, and Nickel.] (Min.) <def>Copper-nickel;
niccolite. See Niccolite.</def>
<hw>Kurd</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or

inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the
Turkish and Persian monarchies.</def> [Written also
Koord.]
<hw>Kurd"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to

the Kurds.</def> [Written also Koordish.]
<hw>Ku*ril"i*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific
ocean, extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka to
Yesso.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or an inhabitant
of the Kurile Islands.</def> [Written also Koorilian.]
<hw>||Kur"saal`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G.] <def>A public

hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health
resorts in Germany.</def>
<hw>Ku`si*man"se</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus
obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called
also kusimansel, and mangue.</def>
<hw>Kus"kus</hw> (?), [Per. & Hind. khaskhas.]

(Bot.) <def>See Vetiver.</def>
<hw>Kus"si*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>(Mus.) A Turkish

instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over which
five strings are stretched.</def> [Written also kussir.]
<hw>Ku*tauss"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The India civet (Viverra zibetha).</def>
<hw>Kutch</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Goldbeating)

<def>The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten
into thin sheets.</def>
<hw>Kutch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Catechu.</def>
<hw>Ky</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Kine.</def> [Scot.]

See Kee, Kie, and Kine.
<hw>Kyà*bo"ca wood`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>Amboyna wood.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Sandalwood
(Santalum album).</def>
<hw>Ky"a*nite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cyanite.</def>
<hw>Ky"an*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Kyanized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Kyanizing (?).] [From Mr. Kyan, the inventor of the
process.] <def>To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating
with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under
pressure.</def>
<hw>Ky"a*nol</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Cyanite.]

(Chem.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Aniline.</def> [Obs.]
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A base obtained from coal tar.</def>
Ure.
<hw>Ky*an"o*phyll</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Same as Cyanophyll.</def>
<hw>Kyar</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Cocoanut fiber, or

the cordage made from it. See Coir.</def>
<hw>Kyaw</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>A

daw.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Kyd</hw> (?), <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of

Kythe.</def>
<hw>Kyd"de</hw> (&?;), <def><pos>imp.</pos> of

Kythe, to show.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
&fist; Spenser erroneously uses kydst to mean

"knowest."
<hw>Kyke</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [See 1st Kike.]

<def>To look steadfastly; to gaze.</def> [Obs.] [Written also
kike, keke.]
<blockquote>This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright, 

As he had kyked on the newe moon.</blockquote>
Chaucer.
<hw>Ky"ley</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A variety of the

boomerang.</def>
<hw>Ky"loes</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>The cattle of

the Hebrides, or of the Highlands.</def> [Scot.] Sir W.
Scott.
<hw>Kym"nel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Kimnel.</def> [Obs.] Chapman.
<hw>Ky"mo*graph</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; wave +

-graph.] (Physiol.) <def>An instrument for measuring,
and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the
blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also
kymographion.</def>
<hw>Ky`mo*graph"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Physiol.) <def>Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as, a
kymographic tracing.</def>
<hw>Kym"ric</hw> (?), <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>See

Cymric, <pos>a. & n.</pos></def>
<hw>Kym"ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Cymry.</def>
<hw>Kyn"rede</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Kindred.</def>

[Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Ky`nu*ren"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;, dog
+ &?; urine.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or
designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By
decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called
kynurin) and carbonic acid.</def> [Written also
cynurenic.]
<hw>Kyr"i*e</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Kyrie

eleison.</def>
<hw>Kyr"i*e e*lei"son</hw> (?). [Gr. <grk>ky`rie 'elei^son</grk>

.]
<sn>1.</sn> (R. C. Ch.) <def>Greek words, meaning

"Lord, have mercy upon us," used in the Mass, the breviary offices,
the litany of the saints, etc.</def> Addis & Arnold.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The name given to the response to the

Commandments, in the service of the Church of England and of the
Protestant Episcopal Church.</def>
<hw>Kyrì*elle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

kyrielle.] <def>A litany beginning with the words, "Kyrie
eleison."</def> Shipley.
{ <hw>Kyr"i*o*lex`y</hw> (?), <hw>Kyrì*ol"o*gy</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;. See Curiologic.] <def>The
use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use
of figurative or obscure ones.</def> Krauth-Fleming.
<hw>Kyrì*o*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Curiologic.] <def>Serving to denote objects by conventional
signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of
sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented
the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic.</def> [Written
also curiologic and kuriologic.]
&fist; The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those

Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put conventionally for the
whole, as in depicting a battle by two hands, one holding a shield
and the other a bow.
{ <hw>Kythe</hw>, <hw>Kithe</hw> (k&imacr;&thlig;) }, <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp.</pos> Kydde, Kidde
(k&ibreve;d"de); <pos>p. p.</pos> Kythed (?),
Kid; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Kything.] [OE.
kythen, kithen, cuðen, to make known, AS.
c&ymacr;ðan, fr. c&umacr;ð known. √45.
See Uncouth, Can to be able, and cf. Kith.]
<def>To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare.</def> [Obs. or
Scot.]
<blockquote>For gentle hearte kytheth

gentilesse.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Kythe</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To come into view; to

appear.</def> [Scot.]
<blockquote>It kythes bright . . . because all is dark
around it.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>||Ky*tom"i*ton</hw> (k&isl;*t&obreve;m"&ibreve;*t&obreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., from Gr. <grk>ky`tos</grk> a hollow vessel
+ <grk>mi`tos</grk> a thread.] (Biol.) <def>See
Karyomiton.</def>
<hw>||Ky`to*plas"ma</hw> (k&imacr;`t&osl;*pl&abreve;z"m&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ky`tos</grk> a hollow vessel
+ <grk>pla`sma</grk> thing molded.] (Biol.) <def>See
Karyoplasma.</def>
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<point26>L.</point26>
<hw>L</hw> (&ebreve;l). <sn>1.</sn> <def>L is the twelfth

letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually
called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are
from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being
from the Ph&oelig;nician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian.
Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u;
as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr.
collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus).</def>
 At the end of monosyllables containing a single vowel, it is

often doubled, as in fall, full, bell; but not
after digraphs, as in foul, fool, prowl,
growl, foal. In English words, the terminating syllable
le is unaccented, the e is silent, and l is
preceded by a voice glide, as in able, eagle,
pronounced &amacr;"b'l, &emacr;"g'l.
See Guide to Pronunciation, § 241.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the

English, as in the Latin language.</def>
<blockquote>For 50 the Romans used the Chalcidian chi, &?;,

which assumed the less difficult lapidary type, &?;, and was then
easily assimilated to L.</blockquote> I. Taylor (The
Alphabet).
<hw>L</hw> (&ebreve;l), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>An extension at right angles to the length of a main building,
giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes
less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the
direction of the length of the main building; a wing.</def> [Written
also ell.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Mech.) <def>A short right-angled pipe

fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.</def> [Written
also ell.]
<hw>La</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Mus.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the
scale in music in solmization.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The
tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians.</def>
<hw>La</hw> (?), <pos>interj.</pos> [Cf. Lo.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by
you.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An exclamation of surprise; -- commonly

followed by me; as, La me!</def> [Low]
<hw>Laas</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lace. See

Lace.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lab</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Cf. OD. labben

to babble.] <def>To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab.</def>
<hw>Lab</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A telltale; a prater; a

blabber.</def> [Obs.] "I am no lab." Chaucer.
<hw>Lab"a*dist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Eccl. Hist.)

<def>A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the
17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of
mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among
Christians.</def>
<hw>La`bar`raque's" so*lu"tion</hw> (?). [From Labarraque,

a Parisian apothecary.] (Med.) <def>An aqueous solution of
hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.</def>
<hw>||Lab"a*rum</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Labara</plw> (#). [L.] <def>The standard adopted by the
Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is
described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece,
and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two
letters (<grk>CHR</grk>) of the name of Christ in its Greek form.
Later, the name was given to various modifications of this
standard.</def>

<hw>Lab"da*num</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>See Ladanum.</def>
<hw>Labè*fac"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Labefy.] <def>The act of labefying or making weak; the state
of being weakened; decay; ruin.</def>
<blockquote>There is in it such a labefaction of all

principles as may be injurious to morality.</blockquote>
Johnson.
<hw>Lab"e*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

labefacere; labare to totter + facere to make.]
<def>To weaken or impair.</def> [R.]
<hw>La"bel</hw> (l&amacr;"b&ebreve;l), <pos>n.</pos> [OF.

label sort of ribbon or fringe, label in heraldry, F.
lambeau shred, strip, rag; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
labellum, dim. of labrum lip, edge, margin, G.
lappen flap, patch, rag, tatter (cf. Lap of a dress),
W. llab, llabed, label, flap, Gael. leab,
leob, slice, shred, hanging lip.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
tassel.</def> [Obs.] Huloet. Fuller.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc.,

affixed to anything, and indicating, usually by an inscription, the
contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a
bottle or a package.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc.,

attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the
seal.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A writing annexed by way of addition, as a

codicil added to a will.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Her.) <def>A barrulet, or, rarely, a

bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as
a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his
father is still living.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A brass rule with sights, formerly used,

in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.</def>
Knight.
<sn>7.</sn> (Gothic Arch.) <def>The name now

generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the
tops, of openings in mediæval architecture. It always has a
square form, as in the illustration.</def> Arch. Pub.
Soc.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>In mediæval art, the representation

of a band or scroll containing an inscription.</def>
Fairholt.
<hw>La"bel</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Labeled (-b&ebreve;ld) or Labelled;
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Labeling or
Labelling.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To affix a label to; to
mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a
package.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To affix in or on a label.</def> [R.]
<hw>La"bel*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

labels.</def> [Written also labeller.]
<hw>||La*bel"lum</hw> (l&adot;*b&ebreve;l"l&ubreve;m),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. L. <plw>Labella</plw> (-
l&adot;), E. <plw>Labellums</plw> (-l&ubreve;mz). [L., dim. of
labrum lip.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>The lower
or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a
very curious shape.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A small appendage

beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.</def>
<hw>La"bent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. labens, p.

pr. of labi to slide, glide.] <def>Slipping; sliding;
gliding.</def> [R.]
<hw>||La"bi*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See

Labium.</def>
<hw>La"bi*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [LL. labialis,

fr. L. labium lip: cf. F. labial. See Lip.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as,
labial veins.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mus.) <def>Furnished with lips; as, a

labial organ pipe.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Phonetics) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m,
w.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Modified, as a vowel, by
contraction of the lip opening, as &oomac; (f&oomac;d), &omacr;
(&omacr;ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and
ö, ü in German. See Guide to Pronunciation,
§§ 11, 178.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to

the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See
Labium.</def>
<hw>La"bi*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Phonetics) <def>A letter or character representing an
articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as
b, p, w.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mus.) <def>An organ pipe that is

furnished with lips; a flue pipe.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>One of the scales

which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.</def>
<hw>La"bi*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Phonetics)

<def>The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an
articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is
different in another language.</def> J. Peile.
<hw>La`bi*al*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Phonetics) <def>The modification of an articulation by
contraction of the lip opening.</def>
<hw>La"bi*al*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos>

(Phonetics) <def>To modify by contraction of the lip
opening.</def>
<hw>La"bi*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a labial

manner; with, or by means of, the lips.</def>
<hw>La"bi*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

labialize.</def> Brewer.
<hw>La"bi*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [NL. labiatus,

fr. L. labium lip.] (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two
unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a
mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Belonging to a natural order of plants
(Labiatæ), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are
examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.</def>
<hw>La"bi*ate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

plant of the order Labiatæ.</def>
<hw>La"bi*a`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Same as Labiate, <pos>a.</pos>
<sd>(a)</sd>.</def>
{ <hw>La`bi*a`ti*flo"ral</hw> (?), <hw>La`bi*a`ti*flo"ral</hw>

(?), } <pos>a.</pos> [Labiate + L. flos,
floris, flower.] (Bot.) <def>Having labiate flowers, as
the snapdragon.</def>
<hw>Labì*dom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>labi`s</grk>, <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a forceps + meter: cf.
F. labidometre.] (Med.) <def>A forceps with a measuring
attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.</def>
<hw>La"bile</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. labilis apt

to slip, fr. labi to slip.] <def>Liable to slip, err, fall, or
apostatize.</def> [Obs.] Cheyne.
<hw>La*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Liability to

lapse, err, or apostatize.</def> [Archaic] Coleridge.
<hw>La*bim"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

labimetre.] (Med.) <def>See
Labidometer.</def>
<hw>La`bi*o*den"tal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Labium

+ dental.] (Phonetics) <def>Formed or pronounced by the
cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A labiodental sound or letter.</def>
<hw>La`bi*o*na"sal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Labium +

nasal.] (Phonetics) <def>Formed by the lips and the
nose.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A labionasal sound or
letter.</def>
<hw>La"bi*ose`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Labium.] (Bot.) <def>Having the appearance of being
labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.</def>
<hw>||La`bi*pal"pus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Labipalpi</plw> (&?;). [NL. See Labium, and
Palpus.] (Zoöl.) <def>One of the labial palpi of
an insect. See Illust. under Labium.</def>
<hw>||La"bi*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.

<plw>Labia</plw> (#), E. <plw>Labiums</plw> (#). [L.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A lip, or liplike organ.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The lip of an organ pipe.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> pl. (Anat.) <def>The folds of

integument at the opening of the vulva.</def>

<def>The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves
as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillæ,
usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of
palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part
(ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate
(mentum).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Inner margin of the
aperture of a shell.</def>
<hw>Lab"lab</hw> (l&abreve;b"l&abreve;b), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>an East Indian name for several twining leguminous
plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean
(Dolichos Lablab).</def>
<hw>La"bor</hw> (l&amacr;"b&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

labour, OF. labour, laber, labur, F.
labeur, L. labor; cf. Gr. <grk>lamba`nein</grk> to
take, Skr. labh to get, seize.] [Written also labour.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially
when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive
exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as
agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion;
work.</def>
<blockquote>God hath set 

Labor and rest, as day and night, to men 
Successive.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as,

the labor of compiling a history.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which requires hard work for its

accomplishment; that which demands effort.</def>
<blockquote>Being a labor of so great a difficulty, the

exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look
for.</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Travail; the pangs and efforts of

childbirth.</def>
<blockquote>The queen's in labor, 

They say, in great extremity; and feared 
She'll with the labor end.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Any pang or distress.</def>

Shak.
<sn>6.</sn> (Naut.) <def>The pitching or tossing of

a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and
rigging.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> [Sp.] <def>A measure of land in Mexico and

Texas, equivalent to an area of 177&frac17; acres.</def>
Bartlett.
Syn. -- Work; toil; drudgery; task; exertion; effort;

industry; painstaking. See Toll.
<hw>La"bor</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Labored (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Laboring.] [OE. labouren, F. labourer, L.
laborare. See Labor, <pos>n.</pos>] [Written
also labour.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To exert muscular
strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly
in servile occupations; to work; to toil.</def>
<blockquote>Adam, well may we labor still to dress 

This garden.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To exert one's powers of mind in the

prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To be oppressed with difficulties or

disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially
hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a
burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with
of.</def>
<blockquote>The stone that labors up the hill.</blockquote>

Granville.
<blockquote>The line too labors,and the words move

slow.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>To cure the disorder under which he

labored.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<blockquote>Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy

laden, and I will give you rest.</blockquote> Matt. xi. 28
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of

childbirth.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Naut.) <def>To pitch or roll heavily,

as a ship in a turbulent sea.</def> Totten.
<hw>La"bor</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [F. labourer, L.

laborare.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To work at; to work; to
till; to cultivate by toil.</def>
<blockquote>The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only

labored by children.</blockquote> W. Tooke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To form or fabricate with toil, exertion,

or care.</def> "To labor arms for Troy." Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to

urge strenuously; as, to labor a point or argument.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To belabor; to beat.</def> [Obs.]

Dryden.
<hw>Lab"o*rant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. laborans,

p. pr. of laborare to labor.] <def>A chemist.</def> [Obs.]
Boyle.
<hw>Lab"o*ra*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Laboratories</plw> (#). [Shortened fr.
elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F.
laboratoire. See Elaborate, Labor.] [Formerly
written also elaboratory.] <def>The workroom of a chemist;
also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural
science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory.
Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some
operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the
bile.</def>
<hw>La"bored</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bearing marks of

labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as,
labored poetry; a labored style.</def>
<hw>La"bored*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a labored

manner; with labor.</def>
<hw>La"bor*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Written also

labourer.] <def>One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a
person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as
distinguished from that of an artisan.</def>
<hw>La"bor*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy
work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as,
laboring days.</def>
<blockquote>The sleep of a laboring man is

sweet.</blockquote> Eccl. v. 12.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Suffering pain or grief.</def>

Pope.
<col>Laboring oar</col>, <cd>the oar which requires most

strength and exertion; often used figuratively; as, to have, or pull,
the laboring oar in some difficult undertaking.</cd>
<hw>La*bo"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

laboriosus,fr. labor labor: cf. F. laborieux.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices;
toilsome; tiresome.</def>
<blockquote>Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, 

Laborious virtues all ? Learn these from Cato.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious;

as, a laborious mechanic.</def>
-- <wf>La*bo"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>La*bo"ri*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>La"bor*less</hw> (l&amacr;"b&etilde;r*l&ebreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Not involving labor; not laborious;
easy.</def>
<! p. 822 !>
<hw>La"bor*ous</hw> (l&amacr;"b&etilde;r*&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Laborious.</def> [Obs.] Wyatt. --
<wf>La"bor*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.] Sir T.
Elyot.
<hw>La"bor-savìng</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Saving

labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as,
labor-saving machinery.</def>
<hw>La"bor*some</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>Likely or inclined to roll

or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to
labor.</def>
<hw>Lab`ra*dor"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A region of

British America on the Atlantic coast, north of
Newfoundland.</def>
<col>Labrador duck</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a sea

duck (Camtolaimus Labradorius) allied to the eider ducks. It
was formerly common on the coast of New England, but is now supposed
to be extinct, no specimens having been reported since 1878.</cd> --
<col>Labrador feldspar</col>. <cd>See Labradorite.</cd>
-- <col>Labrador tea</col> (Bot.), <cd>a name of two
low, evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum (L. palustre
and L. latifolium), found in Northern Europe and America. They
are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as a
substitute for hops.</cd>
<hw>Lab"ra*dorìte</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.)

<def>A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors,
and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens
come from Labrador. See Feldspar.</def>
<hw>La"bras</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L. labrum;

cf. It. labbro, pl. labbra.] <def>Lips.</def> [Obs. &
R.] Shak.
<hw>La"broid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Labrus + -

oid.] (Zoöl.) <def>Like the genus Labrus; belonging
to the family Labridæ, an extensive family of marine
fishes, often brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the
Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American
examples.</def>
<hw>La"brose`</hw> (l&amc;"br&omacr;s`), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

labrosus, fr. labrum lip.] <def>Having thick
lips.</def>
<hw>||La"brum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.
<plw>Labra</plw> (#), E. <plw>Labrums</plw> (#). [L.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A lip or edge, as of a basin.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An

organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the
mouth, and serving as an upper lip. See Illust. of
Hymenoptera.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The external
margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.</def>
<hw>||La"brus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Labri</plw> (-br&imacr;). [L., a sort of fish.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A genus of marine fishes, including the
wrasses of Europe. See Wrasse.</def>
<hw>La*bur`nic</hw> (l&adot;*bûr"n&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the
laburnum.</def>
<hw>La*bur`nine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the
laburnum.</def>
<hw>La*bur"num</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] (Bot.)

<def>A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the
Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds.
It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.</def>
&fist; Scotch laburnum (Cytisus alpinus) is similar, but

has smooth leaves; purple laburnum is C. purpureus.
<hw>Lab"y*rinth</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

labyrinthus, Gr. <grk>laby`rinthos</grk>: cf. F.
labyrinthe.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>An edifice or place full
of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way
from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan
labyrinths.</def>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any intricate or involved inclosure;

especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or
garden.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Any object or arrangement of an intricate

or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.</def>
<blockquote>The serpent . . . fast sleeping soon he found, 

In labyrinth of many a round self-rolled.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>The labyrinth of the mind.</blockquote>

<sn>4.</sn> <def>An inextricable or bewildering

difficulty.</def>
<blockquote>I' the maze and winding labyrinths o' the

world.</blockquote> Denham.
<sn>5.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The internal ear. See Note

under Ear.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Metal.) <def>A series of canals through

which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and
depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal.</def>
Ure.
<sn>7.</sn> (Arch.) <def>A pattern or design

representing a maze, -- often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church,
etc.</def>
Syn. -- Maze; confusion; intricacy; windings. --

Labyrinth, Maze. Labyrinth, originally; the name
of an edifice or excavation, carries the idea of design, and
construction in a permanent form, while maze is used of
anything confused or confusing, whether fixed or shifting.
Maze is less restricted in its figurative uses than
labyrinth. We speak of the labyrinth of the ear, or of
the mind, and of a labyrinth of difficulties; but of the
mazes of the dance, the mazes of political intrigue, or
of the mind being in a maze.
<hw>Lab`y*rin"thal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.</def>
<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*an</hw> (&?;), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed;
labyrinthal.</def>
<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*branch</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Labyrinth, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) <def>Of
or pertaining to the Labyrinthici.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos>
<def>One of the Labyrinthici.</def>
{ <hw>Lab`y*rin"thic</hw> (?), <hw>Lab`y*rin`thic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. labyrinthicus: cf. F.
labyrinthique.] <def>Like or pertaining to a
labyrinth.</def>
<hw>||Lab`y*rin"thi*ci</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See

Labyrinth.] (Zoöl.) <def>An order of teleostean
fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied
fishes.</def>
&fist; They have, connected with the gill chamber, a special

cavity in which a labyrinthiform membrane is arranged so as to retain
water to supply the gills while the fish leaves the water and travels
about on land, or even climbs trees.
<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Labyrinth + -form: cf. F. labyrinthiforme.]
<def>Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.</def>
<hw>Lab`y*rin"thine</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.</def>
<hw>Lab`y*rin"tho*don</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.
<grk>laby`rinqos</grk> labyrinth + <grk>'odoy`s</grk>,
<grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, tooth.] (Paleon.) <def>A genus of very
large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates
on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order
Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.</def>
<hw>Lab`y*rin"tho*dont</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Paleon.) <def>Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta.</def>
-- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Labyrinthodonta.</def>
<hw>||Lab`y*rin`tho*don"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.

See Labyrinthodon.] (Paleon.) <def>An extinct order of
Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other
allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic
formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more
orders. See Stegocephala.</def>
{ <hw>Lac</hw> (l&abreve;k), <hw>||Lakh</hw> (läk) },

<pos>n.</pos> [Hind. lak, l&amacr;kh,
l&amacr;ksh, Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.] <def>One
hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of
rupees.</def> [Written also lack.] [East Indies]
<hw>Lac</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Per. lak; akin to Skr.

l&amacr;ksh&amacr;: cf. F. lague, It. & NL.
lacca. Cf. Lake a color, Lacquer,
Litmus.] <def>A resinous substance produced mainly on the
banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus
lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself
on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous
&fist; Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state,

incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the coloring matter
partly removed, the granular residuum is called seed-lac. When
melted, and reduced to a thin crust, it is called shell-lac or
shellac. Lac is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes,
varnishes, and lacquers.
<col>Ceylon lac</col>, <cd>a resinous exudation of the tree

Croton lacciferum, resembling lac.</cd> -- <col>Lac
dye</col>, <cd>a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.</cd> --
<col>Lac lake</col>, <cd>the coloring matter of lac dye when
precipitated from its solutions by alum.</cd> -- <col>Mexican
lac</col>, <cd>an exudation of the tree Croton
Draco.</cd>
<hw>Lac"cic</hw> (l&abreve;k"s&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos>

[Cf. F. laccique.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to lac, or
produced from it; as, laccic acid.</def>
<hw>Lac"cin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

laccine.] (Chem.) <def>A yellow amorphous substance
obtained from lac.</def>
{ <hw>Lac"co*lite</hw> (?), <hw>Lac"co*lith</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; a cistern + -lite, -
lith.] (Geol.) <def>A mass of igneous rock intruded
between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the
overlying strata.</def> -- <wf>Lac`co*lit"ic</wf> (#),
<hw>Lace</hw> (l&amacr;s), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. las,

OF. laz, F. lacs, dim. lacet, fr. L.
laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice.
Cf. Delight, Elicit, Lasso, Latchet.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That which binds or holds, especially by
being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing
through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding
together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt,
etc.</def>
<blockquote>His hat hung at his back down by a

lace.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>For striving more, the more in laces strong 

Himself he tied.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A snare or gin, especially one made of

interwoven cords; a net.</def> [Obs.] Fairfax.
<blockquote>Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his

lace.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk,

cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of
thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.</def>
<blockquote>Our English dames are much given to the wearing of

costly laces.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Spirits added to coffee or some other

beverage.</def> [Old Slang] Addison.
<col>Alencon lace</col>, <cd>a kind of point lace, entirely

of needlework, first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century.
It is very durable and of great beauty and cost.</cd> -- <col>Bone
lace</col>, <col>Brussels lace</col>, <cd>etc. See under
Bone, Brussels, etc.</cd> -- <col>Gold
lace</col>, or <col>Silver lace</col>, <cd>lace having
warp threads of silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads
covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt.</cd> -- <col>Lace
leather</col>, <cd>thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting
into lacings for machine belts.</cd> -- <col>Lace lizard</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a large, aquatic, Australian lizard
(Hydrosaurus giganteus), allied to the monitors.</cd> --
<col>Lace paper</col>, <cd>paper with an openwork design in
imitation of lace.</cd> -- <col>Lace piece</col>
(Shipbuilding), <cd>the main piece of timber which supports
the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a ship.</cd> --
<col>Lace pillow</col>, &and; <col>Pillow lace</col>.
<cd>See under Pillow.</cd>
<hw>Lace</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Laced (&amacr;st); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lacing (?).] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fasten
with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet
holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything
resembling laces.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>When Jenny's stays are newly

laced.</blockquote> Prior.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To adorn with narrow strips or braids of

some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.</def>
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To beat; to lash; to make stripes

on.</def> [Colloq.]
<blockquote>I'll lace your coat for ye.</blockquote>

<sn>4.</sn> <def>To add spirits to (a beverage).</def> [Old

Slang]
<hw>Lace</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be fastened with a

lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.</def>
<hw>Lace"-bark`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so
called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.</def>
<hw>Laced</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or
braid. See Lace, <pos>v. t.</pos></def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Decorated with the fabric lace.</def>
<blockquote>A shirt with laced ruffles.</blockquote>

Fielding.
<col>Laced mutton</col>, <cd>a prostitute.</cd> [Old slang]

-- <col>Laced stocking</col>, <cd>a strong stocking which can
be tightly laced; -- used in cases of weak legs, varicose veins,
etc.</cd> Dunglison.
<hw>Lacè*dæ*mo"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

Lacedamonius, Gr. <grk>Lakedaimo`nios</grk>, fr.
<grk>Lakedai`mwn</grk> Lacedæmon.] <def>Of or pertaining to
Lacedæmon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the
Peloponnesus.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Spartan.</def>
[Written also Lacedemonian.]
<hw>Lace"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lacemen</plw> (&?;). <def>A man who deals in
lace.</def>
<hw>Lac"er*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lacerabilis: cf. F. lacérable.] <def>That can be
lacerated or torn.</def>
<hw>Lac"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> Lacerated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lacerating (&?;>).] [L. laceratus, p. p.
of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated;
cf. Gr. &?; a rent, rending, &?; to tear; perh. akin to E.
slay.] <def>To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to
mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to
torture; as, to lacerate the heart.</def>
{ <hw>Lac"er*ate</hw> (?), <hw>Lac"er*a`ted</hw> (?), } <pos>p.

a.</pos> [L. laceratus, p. p.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.</def>
<blockquote>By each other's fury lacerate</blockquote>

Southey.
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot. & Zoöl.) <def>Jagged, or

slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.</def>
<hw>Lacèr*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

laceratio: cf. F. lacération.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of lacerating.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A breach or wound made by

lacerating.</def> Arbuthnot.
<hw>Lac"er*a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lacerating,

or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors.</def>
Harvey.
<hw>La"cert</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lacerte.

See Lacertus.] <def>A muscle of the human body.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>La*cer"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lacertus

the arm.] <def>A fathom.</def> [Obs.] Domesday Book.
<hw>La*cer"ta</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. a lizard. See

Lizard.] <sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A genus
of lizards. See Lizard.</def>
&fist; Formerly it included nearly all the known lizards. It is

now restricted to certain diurnal Old World species, like the green
lizard (Lacerta viridis) and the sand lizard (L.
agilis), of Europe.
<sn>2.</sn> (Astron.) <def>The Lizard, a northern

constellation.</def>
<hw>La*cer"tian</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lacertien.] (Zoöl.) <def>Like a lizard; of or
pertaining to the Lacertilia.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One
of the Lacertilia.</def>
<hw>||Lacèr*til"i*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.

L. lacertus a lizard.] (Zoöl.) <def>An order of
Reptilia, which includes the lizards.</def>
&fist; They are closely related to the snakes, and like the
latter, usually have the body covered with scales or granules. They
usually have eyelids, and most of then have well-formed legs; but in
some groups (amphisbæna, glass-snake, etc.) the legs are
wanting and the body is serpentlike. None are venomous, unless
Heloderma be an exception. The order includes the chameleons,
the Cionocrania, or typical lizards, and the
amphisbænas. See Amphisbæna, Gecko, Gila
monster, and Lizard.
<hw>Lacèr*til"i*an</hw> (-an), <pos>a. & n.</pos>

<def>Same as Lacertian.</def>
<hw>La*cer"ti*loid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Lacertilia + -oid.] (Zoöl.) <def>Like or
belonging to the Lacertilia.</def>
<hw>La*cer"tine</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Lacertian.</def>
<hw>||La*cer"tus</hw> (l&adot;*s&etilde;r"t&ubreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Lacerti</plw> (-
t&imacr;). [L., the upper arm.] (Anat.) <def>A bundle or
fascicle of muscular fibers.</def>
<hw>Lace"wing`</hw> (l&amacr;s"w&ibreve;ng`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several species of neuropterous
insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have
delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larvæ are
useful in destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and
goldeneyed fly.</def>
<hw>Lace"-winged`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-
winged flies.</def>
{ <hw>Lach"es</hw> (?), <hw>Lache</hw> (?), } <pos>n.</pos>

[OF. lachesse, fr. lache lax, indolent, F.
lâche, ultimately fr. L. laxus loose, lax. See
Lax.] (Law) <def>Neglect; negligence; remissness;
neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a
claim.</def>
<blockquote>It ill became him to take advantage of such a

laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.</blockquote>
<hw>Lach"ry*ma*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lacrimabilis, fr. lacrima a tear.]
<def>Lamentable.</def> Martin Parker.
<hw>||Lach"ry*mæ Chris"ti</hw> (?). [L., lit., Christ's

tears.] <def>A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine.</def>
<hw>Lach"ry*mal</hw> (&?;), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lacrymal. See Lachrymose.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of
or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal
gland.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to the lachrymal
organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.</def>
{ <hw>Lach"ry*mal</hw>, <hw>Lac"ry*mal</hw> } (?),

<pos>n.</pos> <def>See Lachrymatory.</def>
<hw>Lach"ry*ma*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing,

or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.</def> Addison.
<hw>Lach"ry*mate</hw> (-m&amacr;t), <pos>v. i.</pos>

<def>To weep.</def> [R.] Blount.
<hw>Lach`ry*ma"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lacrimatio, from lacrimare to shed tears, fr.
lacrima tear.] <def>The act of shedding tears;
weeping.</def>
<hw>Lach"ry*ma*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. -

<plw>ries</plw> (#). [Cf. F. lacrymatoire.]
(Antiq.) <def>A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in
sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion
that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it.
Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.</def>
<hw>Lach"ry*mi*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>, [L.

lacrima tear + -form; cf. F. lacrymiforme.]
<def>Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.</def>
<hw>Lach"ry*mose`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lacrymosus, better lacrimosus, fr. lacrima,
lacruma (also badly spelt lachryma) a tear, for older
dacrima, akin to E. tear. See Tear the
secretion.] <def>Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding
tears; suffused with tears; tearful.</def>
<blockquote>You should have seen his lachrymose

visnomy.</blockquote> Lamb.
-- <wf>Lach"ry*mose`ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<! p. 823 !>
<hw>La"cing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or
laces.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A lace; specifically (Mach.), a

thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A rope or line passing through eyelet

holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard,
gaff, etc.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Bridge Building) <def>A system of

bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the
channel bars of a compound strut.</def> Waddell.
<hw>La*cin"i*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.
<plw>Laciniæ</plw> (#). [L., the lappet or flap of a
garment.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which
form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some
flowers.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A narrow, slender portion of
the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised
leaf.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The posterior, inner

process of the stipes on the maxillæ of insects.</def>
{ <hw>La*cin"i*ate</hw> (?), <hw>La*cin"i*a"ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [See Lacinia.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Fringed; having a fringed border.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot. & Zoöl.) <def>Cut into deep,

narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.</def>
<hw>La*cin"i*o*late</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Lacinia.] (Bot.) <def>Consisting of, or abounding in,
very minute laciniæ.</def>
<hw>||La*cin"u*la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lacinulæ</plw> (#), E. <plw>Lacinulas</plw>
(#). [NL.] (Bot.) <def>A diminutive lacinia.</def>
<hw>Lack</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lak; cf. D.

lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS.
leán.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Blame; cause of blame;
fault; crime; offense.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Deficiency; want; need; destitution;

failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.</def>
<blockquote>She swooneth now and now for lakke of

blood.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Let his lack of years be no

impediment.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Lack</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lacked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lacking.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To blame; to find fault
with.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Love them and lakke them not.</blockquote>

Piers Plowman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To be without or destitute of; to want; to

need.</def>
<blockquote>If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of

God.</blockquote> James i. 5.
<hw>Lack</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less
than, short, not quite, etc.</def>
<blockquote>What hour now ? 

I think it lacks of twelve.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Peradventure there shall lack five of the

fifty.</blockquote> Gen. xvii. 28.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To be in want.</def>
<blockquote>The young lions do lack, and suffer

hunger.</blockquote> Ps. xxxiv. 10.
<hw>Lack</hw>, <pos>interj.</pos> [Cf. Alack.]

<def>Exclamation of regret or surprise.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
Cowper.
<hw>Lackà*dai"si*cal</hw>
(l&abreve;k`&adot;*d&amacr;"z&ibreve;*kal),
<pos>a.</pos> [From Lackadaisy, interj.]
<def>Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.</def> --
<wf>Lackà*dai"si*cal*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Lack"a*dai`sy</hw> (?), <pos>interj.</pos> [From

Lackaday, interj.] <def>An expression of
languor.</def>
<hw>Lack"a*dai`sy</hw>, <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Lackadaisical.</def>
<hw>Lack"a*day`</hw> (?), <pos>interj.</pos> [Abbreviated

from alackaday.] <def>Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of
sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.</def>
<hw>Lack"brain`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

deficient in understanding; a witless person.</def> Shak.
<hw>Lack"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lacks or

is in want.</def>
<hw>Lack"er</hw>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See

Lacquer.</def>
<hw>Lack"ey</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lackeys</plw> (#). [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg.
lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin
to E. lick, <pos>v.</pos>] <def>An attending male
servant; a footman; a servile follower.</def>
<blockquote>Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's

lackey.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>Lackey caterpillar</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the

caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus
Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The
common European species (C. neustria) is striped with blue,
yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species
(C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are commonly called
tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar, under
Tent.</cd> -- <col>Lackey moth</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>the moth which produces the lackey
caterpillar.</cd>
<hw>Lack"ey</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To attend as a

lackey; to wait upon.</def>
<blockquote>A thousand liveried angels lackey

her.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Lack"ey</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lackeyed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lackeying.] <def>To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile
attendance.</def>
{ <hw>Lack"lus`ter</hw>, <hw>Lack"lus`tre</hw> } (?),

<pos>n.</pos> <def>A want of luster.</def> --
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Wanting luster or brightness.</def>
"Lackluster eye." Shak.
<hw>Lac"mus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Litmus.</def>
<hw>La*co"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.</def> -
- <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a
Spartan.</def>
{ <hw>La*con"ic</hw> (?), <hw>La*con"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. &?;&?;, fr.
&?;&?; a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, or Spartan: cf. F.
laconique.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Expressing much in few
words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and
pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the
usual form.</def>
<blockquote>I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for

sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary
epistles of half a yard long.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>His sense was strong and his style

laconic.</blockquote> Welwood.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the

Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.</def>
<blockquote>His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all
that laconical discipline pleased him well.</blockquote>
Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious;

pointed; pithy. -- Laconic, Concise. Concise
means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of
diffuse. Laconic means concise with the additional
quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness.
<hw>La*con"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Laconism.</def>

[Obs.] Addison.
<hw>La*con"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Laconic, <pos>a.</pos></def>
<hw>La*con"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a laconic

manner.</def>
<hw>La*con"i*cism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Laconism.</def> Pope.
<hw>Lac"o*nism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to

imitate Lacedæmonian manners, to speak laconically: cf. F.
laconisme.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A vigorous, brief manner
of expression; laconic style.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An instance of laconic style or

expression.</def>
<hw>Lac"o*nize</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Laconized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Laconizing (?).] [Gr. &?;. See Laconic.]
<def>To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief,
pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.</def>
<hw>Lac"quer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lacre a

sort of sealing wax, Pg. lacte, fr. laca lac. See
Lac the resin.] [Written also lacker.] <def>A varnish,
consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with
gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-
maché, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of
other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese,
with which ornamental objects are made.</def>

<hw>Lac"quer</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lacquered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lacquering.] <def>To cover with lacquer.</def>
"Lacquer'd chair." Pope.
<hw>Lac"quer*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

lacquers, especially one who makes a business of
lacquering.</def>
<hw>Lac"quer*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put
on.</def>
<hw>||La`cri*mo"so</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [It. See

Lachrymose.] (Mus.) <def>Plaintive; -- a term applied
to a mournful or pathetic movement or style.</def> Moore.
<hw>La*crosse"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. la

crosse, lit., the crosier, hooked stick. Cf. Crosier.]
<def>A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians,
now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and
the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called
a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse
and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or
throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the
field.</def>
<hw>Lac"ry*mal</hw> (?), <pos>n. & a.</pos> <def>See

Lachrymatory, <pos>n.</pos>, and Lachrymal,
{ <hw>Lac"ry*ma*ry</hw>, <hw>Lac"ry*to*ry</hw>,

<hw>Lac"ry*mose</hw>. } <def>See Lachrymary,
Lachrymatory, Lachrymose.</def>
<hw>Lac"tage</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lac,

lactis, milk: cf. F. laitage. See Lacteal.]
<def>The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is
made from it.</def>
<hw>Lac"tam</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lactone +

amido.] (Chem.) <def>One of a series of anhydrides of
an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.</def>
<hw>Lac*tam"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic
acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.</def>
<hw>Lac*tam"ide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lactic +

amide.] (Chem.) <def>An acid amide derived from lactic
acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral
reaction. It is metameric with alanine.</def>
<hw>Lac"tant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lactans, p.

pr. of lactare to suck, fr. lac, lactis, milk.]
<def>Suckling; giving suck.</def>
<hw>Lac"ta*rene</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lac,

lactis, milk.] <def>A preparation of casein from milk, used in
printing calico.</def>
<hw>Lac"ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [l. lactarius,

fr. lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. lactaire.]
<def>Milky; full of white juice like milk.</def> [Obs.]
"Lactary or milky plants." Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Lac"ta*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a dairyhouse.</def>

[R.]
<hw>Lac"tate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lac,

lactis, milk: cf. F. lactate.] (Chem.) <def>A
salt of lactic acid.</def>
<hw>Lac*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A giving suck;

the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.</def>
<hw>Lac"te*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lacteus

milky, fr. lac, lactis, milk. Cf. Galaxy,
Lettuce.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or
resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat. & Physiol.) <def>Pertaining to,
or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.</def>
<hw>Lac"te*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Anat.) <def>One

of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine
through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous
vessel.</def>
<hw>Lac"te*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Milkily; in the

manner of milk.</def>
<hw>Lac"te*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Lacteal.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Milky; consisting of, or resembling,
milk.</def> "This lactean whiteness." Moxon.
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat. & Physiol.) <def>Lacteal;

conveying chyle.</def>
<hw>Lac"te*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Lacteal.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Milky; resembling
milk.</def> "The lacteous circle." Sir T. Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lacteal; conveying chyle; as,

lacteous vessels.</def>
<hw>Lac"te*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lacteous

manner; after the manner of milk.</def>
<hw>Lac*tes"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lactescence.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of
producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky
color.</def>
<blockquote>This lactescence does commonly ensue when . . .

fair water is suddenly poured upon the solution.</blockquote>
Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>The latex of certain plants.

See Latex.</def>
<hw>Lac*tes"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lactescens, p. pr. of lactescere to turn to milk,
incho. fr. lactere to be milky, fr. lac, lactis,
milk: cf. F. lactescent.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a
milky look; becoming milky.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Producing milk or a milklike

juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex.</def>
<hw>Lac"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lac,

lactis, milk: cf. F. lactique. See Lacteal, and
cf. Galactic.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>Of or pertaining
to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid;
lactic fermentation, etc.</def>
<col>Lactic acid</col> (Physiol. Chem.), <cd>a

sirupy, colorless fluid, soluble in water, with an intensely sour
taste and strong acid reaction. There are at least three isomeric
modifications all having the formula
C3H6O3. Sarcolactic or
paralactic acid occurs chiefly in dead muscle tissue, while
ordinary lactic acid results from fermentation. The two acids
are alike in having the same constitution (expressed by the name
ethylidene lactic acid), but the latter is optically inactive,
while sarcolactic acid rotates the plane of polarization to the
right. The third acid, ethylene lactic acid, accompanies
sarcolactic acid in the juice of flesh, and is optically
inactive.</cd> -- <col>Lactic ferment</col>, <cd>an organized
ferment (Bacterium lacticum or lactis), which produces lactic
fermentation, decomposing the sugar of milk into carbonic and lactic
acids, the latter, of which renders the milk sour, and precipitates
the casein, thus giving rise to the so-called spontaneous coagulation
of milk.</cd> -- <col>Lactic fermentation</col>. <cd>See under
Fermentation.</cd>

<hw>Lac"tide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lactic +

anhydride.] (Chem.) <def>A white, crystalline substance,
obtained from lactic acid by distillation, and regarded as an
anhydride; also, by extension, any similar substance.</def>
<hw>Lac*tif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [l. lac,

lactis, milk + -ferous: cf. F.
lactifère.] <def>Bearing or containing milk or a
milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of
various vascular plants.</def>
{ <hw>Lac*tif"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Lac*tif"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lac, lactis, milk +
facere to make.] <def>Producing or yielding milk.</def>
<hw>Lac"ti*fuge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lac,

lactis, milk + fugare to expel.] (Med.) <def>A
medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed
accumulation of milk in any part of the body.</def>
<hw>Lac"tim</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lactic +

imido.] (Chem.) <def>One of a series of anhydrides
resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a
lactim. Cf. Lactam.</def>
<hw>Lac*tim"ide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lactic +

imide.] (Chem.) <def>A white, crystalline substance
obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido
derivative of lactic acid.</def>
<hw>Lac"tin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lac,

lactis, milk: cf. F. lactine. Cf. Galactin.]
(Physiol. Chem.) <def>See Lactose.</def>
<hw>Lac`to*a*bu"min</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lac,

lactis, milk + E. albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
<def>The albumin present in milk, apparently identical with ordinary
serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.</def>
<hw>Lac`to*bu`ty*rom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lac, lactis, milk + E. butyrometer.] <def>An
instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a
given sample of milk.</def>
<hw>Lac`to*den*sim"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lac, lactis, milk + E. densimeter.] <def>A form
of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk,
and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of
the cream has been removed.</def>
<hw>Lac*tom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lac,

lactis, milk + meter: cf. F. lactomètre.
Cf. Galactometer.] <def>An instrument for estimating the
purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity
bulb, or other apparatus.</def>
<hw>Lac"tone</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of
certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having
a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone
is derived from lactic acid.</def>
<hw>Lac*ton"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Lactone.] (Chem.) <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived
from, lactone.</def>
<hw>Lac*ton"ic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [From Lactose.]

(Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained
by the oxidation of milk sugar (lactose).</def>
<hw>Lac`to*pro"te*in</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lac, lactis, milk + E. protein.] (Physiol.
Chem.) <def>A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal
constituent of milk.</def>
<hw>Lac"to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Lactiferous.</def> [Obs.] "Lactory or milky plants."
<hw>Lac"to*scope</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lac,

lactis + scope.] <def>An instrument for estimating the
amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative
opacity.</def>
<hw>Lac"tose`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Physiol. Chem.) <def>Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a
crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by
evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is
dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane
sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>See

Galactose.</def>
<hw>||Lac*tu"ca</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., lettuce. See

Lettuce.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of composite herbs,
several of which are cultivated for salad; lettuce.</def>
<hw>||Lac`tu*ca"ri*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. L.
lactuca lettuce.] <def>The inspissated juice of the common
lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium.</def>
<hw>Lac*tu"cic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the juice of the Lactuca
virosa; -- said of certain acids.</def>
<hw>Lac*tu"cin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Lactuca: cf. F. lactucine.] (Chem.) <def>A
white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral
reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of
lactucarium.</def>
<hw>Lac*tu"cone</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Lactuca.] (Chem.) <def>A white, crystalline, tasteless
substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and
constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.</def>
<hw>Lac`tu*ram"ic</hw> (&?;), <pos>a.</pos> [Lactic

+ urea + amic.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or
designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative
of lactic acid and urea.</def>
<hw>Lac"tyl</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lactic + -

yl.] (Chem.) <def>An organic residue or radical derived
from lactic acid.</def>
<hw>||La*cu"na</hw> (l&adot;*k&umacr;"n&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. L. <plw>Lacunæ</plw>
(#); E. <plw>Lacunas</plw> (#). [L., ditch, pit, lake, orig.,
anything hollow. See Lagoon.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small
opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or
vacancy; a hiatus.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Biol.) <def>A small opening; a small

depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of
plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower
animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the
body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a
mucous membrane.</def>
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{ <hw>La*cu"nal</hw> (l&adot;*k&umacr;"nal),

<hw>La*cu"nar</hw> (l&adot;*k&umacr;"n&etilde;r), }
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or having, lacunæ; as,
a lacunar circulation.</def>
<hw>La*cu"nar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; pl. E.

<plw>Lacunars</plw> (#), L. <plw>Lacunaria</plw> (#).
[L.] (Arch.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The ceiling or under
surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments,
sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels.</def>
Gwilt <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the sunken panels in
such a ceiling.</def>
<hw>La*cune"</hw> (l&adot;*k&umacr;n"), <pos>n.</pos> [F.]

<def>A lacuna.</def> [R.] Landor.
{ <hw>Lac"u*nose`</hw> (?), <hw>La*cu"nous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lacunosus full of holes or hollows;
cf. F. lacuneux. See Lacuna.] (Biol.)
<def>Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacunæ; as,
a lacunose leaf.</def>
{ <hw>La*cus"tral</hw> (?), <hw>La*cus"trine</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lacus lake: cf. F. lacustral,
lacustre.] <def>Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or
growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers.</def>
<col>Lacustrine deposits</col> (Geol.), <cd>the

deposits which have been accumulated in fresh-water areas.</cd> --
<col>Lacustrine dwellings</col>. <cd>See Lake
dwellings, under Lake.</cd>
<hw>Lac"work`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Ornamentation by

means of lacquer painted or carved, or simply colored, sprinkled with
gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this
kind.</def>
<hw>Lad</hw> (l&abreve;d), obs. <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of

Lead, to guide.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Lad</hw> (l&abreve;d), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. ladde,

of Celtic origin; cf. W. llawd, Ir. lath. √123.
Cf. Lass.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A boy; a youth; a
stripling.</def> "Cupid is a knavish lad." Shak.
<blockquote>There is a lad here, which hath five barley

loaves and two small fishes.</blockquote> John vi. 9.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A companion; a comrade; a mate.</def>
<col>Lad's love</col>. (Bot.) <cd>See Boy's

love, under Boy.</cd>
<hw>Lad"a*num</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. ladanum,

ledanum, Gr. <grk>la`danon</grk>, <grk>lh`danon</grk>, fr.
<grk>lh^don</grk> name of a shrub, mastic; cf. Per.
l&amacr;dan, l&amacr;den. Cf. Laudanum.] <def>A
gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It
has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for
fumigation.</def> [Written also labdanum.]
<hw>Lad"de</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos>imp.</pos> of

Lead, to guide.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Lad"der</hw> (-d&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

laddre, AS. hl&aemacr;der, hl&aemacr;dder; akin
to OFries. hladder, OHG. leitara, G. leiter, and
from the root of E. lean, v. √40. See Lean,
<pos>v. i.</pos>, and cf. Climax.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent
and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened
cross strips or rounds forming steps.</def>
<blockquote>Some the engines play, 
And some, more bold, mount ladders to the fire.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which resembles a ladder in form or

use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.</def>
<blockquote>Lowliness is young ambition's

ladder.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>Fish ladder</col>. <cd>See under Fish.</cd> --

<col>Ladder beetle</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>an American
leaf beetle (Chrysomela scalaris). The elytra are silvery
white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose-
colored. It feeds upon the linden tree.</cd> -- <col>Ladder
handle</col>, <cd>an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed
ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing.</cd> -- <col>Ladder
shell</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a spiral marine shell of the
genus Scalaria. See Scalaria.</cd>
<hw>Lad"die</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lad; a male

sweetheart.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Lade</hw> (l&amacr;d), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp.</pos> Laded; <pos>p. p.</pos>
Laded, Laden (l&amacr;d'n); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lading.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw
(water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan,
ladan, Icel. hlaða, Sw. ladda, Dan.
lade, Goth. afhlaþan. Cf. Load,
Ladle, Lathe for turning, Last a load.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To load; to put a burden or freight on or in;
-- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct
object.</def>
<blockquote>And they laded their asses with the

corn.</blockquote> Gen. xlii. 26.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To throw in or out, with a ladle or

dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a
cistern.</def>
<blockquote>And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, 

Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Plate Glass Manuf.) <def>To transfer

(the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.</def>
<hw>Lade</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [See Lade,

<pos>v. t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To draw water.</def>
[Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>To admit water by leakage,

as a ship, etc.</def>
<hw>Lade</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Prov. E., a ditch or drain.

Cf. Lode, Lead to conduct.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
mouth of a river.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Gibson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A passage for water; a ditch or

drain.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Lade"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who leads a

pack horse; a miller's servant.</def> [Obs. or Local]
<hw>Lad"en</hw> (?), <pos>p. & a.</pos> <def>Loaded;

freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden
heart.</def>
<blockquote>Ah sinful nation, a people laden with

iniquity.</blockquote> Is. i. 4.
<blockquote>A ship laden with gold.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>La"died</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ladylike; not

rough; gentle.</def> [Obs.] "Stroked with a ladied land."
Feltham.
<hw>La"dies' ear`drops`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>The small-

flowered Fuchsia (F. coccinea), and other closely related
species.</def>
<hw>La"di*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Lady + -

fy.] <def>To make a lady of; to make ladylike.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>La*din"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From L. Latinus

Latin. See Latin] <def>A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts
of Switzerland and the Tyrol.</def>
<hw>Lad"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of loading.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which lades or constitutes a load or

cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship.</def>
<col>Bill of lading</col>. <cd>See under

Bill.</cd>
<hw>||La*di"no</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Ladinos</plw> (#). [Sp.] <def>One of the half-breed
descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout
Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge.</def>
Am. Cyc.
<hw>Lad"kin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little

lad.</def> [R.] Dr. H. More.
<hw>La"dle</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

hlædel, fr. hladan to load, drain. See
Lade, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in
lading or dipping.</def>
<blockquote>When the materials of glass have been kept long in
fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen
take off with ladles.</blockquote> Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> (Founding) <def>A vessel to carry liquid

metal from the furnace to the mold.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The float of a mill wheel; -- called also

ladle board.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Gun.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An

instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to
it, for carrying shot.</def>
<col>Ladle wood</col> (Bot.), <cd>the wood of a

South African tree (Cassine Colpoon), used for
carving.</cd>
<hw>La"dle</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Ladled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Ladling (?).] <def>To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip
with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to
ladle oatmeal into a kettle.</def>
<hw>La"dle*ful</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Ladlefuls</plw> (&?;). <def>A quantity sufficient to fill
a ladle.</def>
<hw>La*drone"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Sp. ladron,

L. latro servant, robber, Gr. (&?;) a servant.] <def>A robber;
a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.</def>
<hw>La"dy</hw> (l&amacr;"d&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Ladies</plw> (-d&ibreve;z). [OE. ladi,
læfdi, AS. hl&aemacr;fdige,
hl&aemacr;fdie; AS. hl&amacr;f loaf + a root of
uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See Loaf,
and cf. Lord.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A woman who looks after the domestic

affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a
household.</def>
<blockquote>Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and

whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my
lady.</blockquote> Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.).
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A woman having proprietary rights or

authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.</def>
"Lord or lady of high degree." Lowell.
<blockquote>Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . .

. 
We make thee lady.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A woman to whom the particular homage of a

knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a
sweetheart.</def>
<blockquote>The soldier here his wasted store supplies, 

And takes new valor from his lady's eyes.</blockquote>
Waller.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A woman of social distinction or position.

In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband
is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not
lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of
Lady by courtesy, but not by right.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A woman of refined or gentle manners; a

well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of
gentleman.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A wife; -- not now in approved

usage.</def> Goldsmith.
<sn>7.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The triturating

apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied
resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous
plates.</def>
<col>Ladies' man</col>, <cd>a man who affects the society

of ladies.</cd> -- <col>Lady altar</col>, <cd>an altar in a
lady chapel.</cd> Shipley. -- <col>Lady chapel</col>,
<cd>a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.</cd> -- <col>Lady
court</col>, <cd>the court of a lady of the manor.</cd> --
<col>Lady crab</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a handsomely
spotted swimming crab (Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on
the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States.</cd> --
<col>Lady fern</col>. (Bot.) <cd>See Female
fern, under Female, and Illust. of
Fern.</cd> -- <col>Lady in waiting</col>, <cd>a lady of
the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the
queen.</cd> -- <col>Lady Mass</col>, <cd>a Mass said in honor
of the Virgin Mary.</cd> Shipley. <col>Lady of the
manor</col>, <cd>a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the
wife of a manor lord.</cd> <col>Lady's maid</col>, <cd>a
maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady.</cd> Thackeray.
-- <col>Our Lady</col>, <cd>the Virgin Mary.</cd>
<hw>La"dy</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging or becoming to

a lady; ladylike.</def>
"Some lady trifles." Shak.
<hw>La"dy*bird`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Equiv. to, bird of

Our Lady.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of numerous species of
small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera
(family Coccinellidæ); -- called also ladybug,
ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady
beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common
European species. See Coccinella.</def>
&fist; The ladybirds are usually more or less hemispherical in

form, with a smooth, polished surface, and often colored red, brown,
or black, with small spots of brighter colors. Both the larvæ
and the adult beetles of most species feed on aphids, and for this
reason they are very beneficial to agriculture and horticulture.
<hw>La"dy*bug`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Same as Ladybird.</def>
<hw>La"dy*clock`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>See Ladybird.</def>
<hw>La"dy` Day`</hw> (d&amacr;). <def>The day of the annunciation

of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.</def>
<hw>La"dy*fish`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula
vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called
also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and
macabé.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A labroid fish
(Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.</def>
<hw>La"dy*hood</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.</def>
<hw>La"dy-killèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A gallant

who captivates the hearts of women.</def> "A renowned dandy and
lady-killer." Blackw. Mag.
<hw>La"dy-killìng</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or

practice of captivating the hearts of women.</def>
<blockquote>Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous

dog should leave off lady-killing.</blockquote>
<hw>La"dy*kin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lady + -

kin.] <def>A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen
Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin
Mary.</def>
&fist; The diminutive does not refer to size, but is equivalent to

"dear." Brewer.
<hw>La"dy*like`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.</def>
<blockquote>She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the

feminine gentility of those days.</blockquote> Hawthorne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Becoming or suitable to a lady; as,

ladylike manners.</def> "With fingers ladylike."
Warner.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Delicate; tender; feeble;

effeminate.</def>
<blockquote>Too ladylike a long fatigue to

bear.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>La"dy*like`ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
quality or state of being ladylike.</def>
<hw>La"dy*love`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sweetheart

or mistress.</def>
<hw>La"dy's bed"straw`</hw> (?), (Bot.) <def>The common

bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian
shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in
umbels.</def>
<hw>La"dy's bow"er</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A climbing plant

with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).</def>
&fist; This term is sometimes applied to other plants of the same

genus.
<hw>La"dy's comb"</hw> (?), (Bot.) <def>An umbelliferous

plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender
fruits remotely resembling a comb.</def>
<hw>La"dy's cush"ion</hw> (?), (Bot.) <def>An herb growing

in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).</def>
<hw>La"dy's fin"ger</hw> (?), <sn>1.</sn> pl.

(Bot.) <def>The kidney vetch.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Cookery) <def>A variety of small cake

of about the dimensions of a finger.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A long, slender variety of the

potato.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>One of the

branchiæ of the lobster.</def>
<hw>La"dy's gar"ters</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>Ribbon

grass.</def>
<hw>La"dy's hair"</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A plant of the

genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking
grass.</def>
<hw>La"dy*ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The rank or

position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or
your).</def>
<blockquote>Your ladyship shall observe their

gravity.</blockquote> B. Jonson.
<hw>La"dy's la"ces</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A slender climbing

plant; dodder.</def>
<hw>La"dy's look"ing-glass`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>See

Venus's looking-glass, under Venus.</def>
<hw>La"dy's man"tle</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A genus of

rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A.
vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated
lobes.</def>
<hw>La"dy's seal"</hw> (?).(Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum
verticillatum).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The black bryony
(Tamus communis).</def>
<hw>La"dy's slip"per</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>Any orchidaceous

plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which
resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden
balsam (Impatiens Balsamina).</def>
<hw>La"dy's smock"</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A plant of the

genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo
flower.</def>
<hw>La"dy's thim"ble</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>The

harebell.</def>
<hw>La"dy's thumb"</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>An annual weed

(Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark
spot in the middle.</def>
{ <hw>La"dy's tra"ces</hw> (?), <hw>La"dies' tress"es</hw> (?). }

(Bot.) <def>A name given to several species of the
orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are
set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided
hair.</def>
<hw>||Læ"laps</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

&?; a dark, furious storm.] (Paleon.) <def>A genus of huge,
carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of
the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are
supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about
eighteen feet high.</def>
<hw>Laem"mer*geyèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>See Lammergeir.</def>
<hw>Læ*mod"i*pod</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>One of the Læmodipoda.</def>
<hw>||Læ`mo*dip"o*da</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>

[NL., from Gr. &?; throat + &?; twice + &?;, &?;, foot.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which
the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to
five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella
are examples.</def>
<hw>Læ`mo*dip"o*dous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

Læmodipoda.</def>
<hw>Læ*te"re Sun"day</hw> (?). <def>The fourth Sunday of

Lent; -- so named from the Latin word Lætare (rejoice),
the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the
Roman Catholic service.</def>
<hw>Læv"i*gate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Levigate.] (Biol.) <def>Having a smooth surface, as if
polished.</def>
<hw>Læ"vo-</hw> (?). <def>A prefix. See

Levo.</def>
<hw>Læ"vo*ro"ta*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Same as Levorotatory. Cf.
Dextrorotatory.</def>
<hw>Læv"u*lose`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Chem.) <def>See Levulose.</def>
<hw>La`fa`yette"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The dollar fish.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A market fish, the goody, or spot
(Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United
States.</def>
<hw>Laft</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of

Leave.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Laf"te</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos>imp.</pos> of

Leave.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Lag</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Of Celtic origin: cf.

Gael. & Ir. lagweak, feeble, faint, W. llag,
llac, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish; prob. akin to E.
lax, languid.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Coming tardily
after or behind; slow; tardy.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Came too lag to see him buried.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in

the phrase lag end.</def> "The lag end of my life."
Shak.
<! p. 825 !>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Last made; hence, made of refuse;

inferior.</def> [Obs.] "Lag souls." Dryden.
<hw>Lag</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One

who lags; that which comes in last.</def> [Obs.] "The lag of
all the flock." Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest

class.</def>
<blockquote>The common lag of people.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The amount of retardation of anything, as

of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially
(Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the
covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a
carding machine or a steam engine.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>See

Graylag.</def>
<col>Lag of the tide</col>, <cd>the interval by which the

time of high water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third
quarters of the moon; -- opposed to priming of the tide, or
the acceleration of the time of high water, in the second and fourth
quarters; depending on the relative positions of the sun and
moon.</cd> -- <col>Lag screw</col>, <cd>an iron bolt with a
square head, a sharp-edged thread, and a sharp point, adapted for
screwing into wood; a screw for fastening lags.</cd>
<hw>Lag</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lagged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lagging (?).] <def>To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall
behind; to linger or loiter.</def> "I shall not lag behind."
Milton.
Syn. -- To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.
<hw>Lag</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

cause to lag; to slacken.</def> [Obs.] "To lag his flight."
Heywood.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mach.) <def>To cover, as the cylinder

of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, <pos>n.</pos>,
4.</def>
<hw>Lag</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One transported for a

crime.</def> [Slang, Eng.]
<hw>Lag</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To transport for

crime.</def> [Slang, Eng.]
<blockquote>She lags us if we poach.</blockquote> De

Quincey.
<hw>La"gan</hw> (?), <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See

Ligan.</def>
<hw>La*gar"to</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Alligator.] <def>An alligator.</def> [Obs.] Sir W.
Raleigh.
<hw>||La*ge"na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.

<plw>Lagenæ</plw> (#), E. <plw>Lagenas</plw> (#).
[L., a flask; cf. Gr. &?;, &?;.] (Anat.) <def>The terminal
part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the
sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and
amphibians.</def>
<hw>La*ge"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Lagena.] (Zoöl.) <def>Like, or pertaining to,
Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered
shell.</def>
<hw>La*ge"ni*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Lagena, and -form.] (Bot.) <def>Shaped like a
bottle or flask; flag-shaped.</def>
<hw>La"ger</hw> (lä"g&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Lager beer.</def>
<hw>La"ger beer`</hw> (?). [G. lager bed, storehouse +

bier beer. See Lair, and Beer.] <def>Originally
a German beer, but now also made in immense quantities in the United
States; -- so called from its being laid up or stored for some months
before use.</def>
<hw>La"ger wine`</hw> (?). <def>Wine which has been kept for some
time in the cellar.</def> Simmonds.
<hw>Lag"gard</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lag + -

ard.] <def>Slow; sluggish; backward.</def>
<hw>Lag"gard</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lags; a

loiterer.</def>
<hw>Lag"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

laggard.</def>
<hw>Lag"ging</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Mach.) <def>The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering),
as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a
covering of lags; -- called also deading and
cleading.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lags, collectively; narrow planks

extending from one rib to another in the centering of
arches.</def>
<hw>Lag"ging*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lagging

manner; loiteringly.</def>
<hw>Lag"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Laggingly.</def>

[Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Lag"o*morph</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>One of the Lagomorpha.</def>
<hw>||Lagò*mor"pha</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.

Gr. &?; a hare + &?; form.] (Zoöl.) <def>A group of
rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper
jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.</def>
<hw>La*goon"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [It. or Sp.

laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake.
See Lake, and cf. Lacuna.] [Written also
lagune.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A shallow sound, channel,
pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the
lagoons of Venice.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A lake in a coral island, often occupying

a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea.
See Atoll.</def>
<col>Lagoon island</col>, <cd>a coral island consisting of

a narrow reef encircling a lagoon.</cd>
{ <hw>||Lagòph*thal"mi*a</hw> (?), <hw>||Lagòph*thal"mos</hw>

(?), } <pos>n.</pos> [NL. lagophtalmia, fr. Gr.
<grk>lagw`s</grk> hare + <grk>'ofqalmo`s</grk> eye; -- so called from
the notion that a hare sleeps with his eyes open.] (Med.)
<def>A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a
peculiar staring appearance.</def>
<hw>La*go"pous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?; a hare +

&?;, &?;, foot.] (Bot.) <def>Having a dense covering of long
hair, like the foot of a hare.</def>
<hw>La*gune"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lagoon.</def>
{ <hw>La"ic</hw> (?), <hw>La"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. laicus: cf. F. laïque.
See Lay laic.] <def>Of or pertaining to a layman or the
laity.</def> "Laical literature." Lowell.
<blockquote>An unprincipled, unedified, and laic

rabble.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>La"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A layman.</def> Bp.

Morton.
<hw>La"ic*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.</def>
<hw>La"ic*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>As a layman;

after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter
laically.</def>
<hw>Laid</hw> (?), <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <def>of

Lay.</def>
<col>Laid paper</col>, <cd>paper marked with parallel lines

or water marks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is
called blue laid, cream laid, etc., according to its
color.</cd>
<hw>Laid"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ugly; loathsome.</def>

[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
<blockquote>This laidly and loathsome worm.</blockquote>

W. Howitt.
<hw>Lain</hw> (?), <pos>p. p.</pos> <def>of Lie,

<pos>v. i.</pos></def>
<hw>Lain"ere</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
Lanier.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lair</hw> (lâr), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. leir,

AS. leger; akin to D. leger, G. lager couch,
lair, OHG. legar, Goth. ligrs, and to E. lie.
See Lie to be prostrate, and cf. Layer,
Leaguer.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A place in which to lie or rest;

especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A burying place.</def> [Scot.]

<sn>3.</sn> <def>A pasture; sometimes, food.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<hw>Laird</hw> (lârd), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Lord.] <def>A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land
directly of the crown.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Laird"ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being

a laird; an estate; landed property.</def> [Scot.]
Ramsay.
<hw>La"ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lamaism.</def> [R.]
<hw>||Lais`sez" faire"</hw> (?). [F., let alone.]

<def>Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists,
deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or
regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction;
as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire
system of government.</def>
<hw>La"i*ty</hw> (l&amacr;"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Lay, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The people, as distinguished from the clergy;
the body of the people not in orders.</def>
<blockquote>A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal

caste.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of a layman.</def> [Obs.]

Ayliffe.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Those who are not of a certain profession,

as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to
it.</def>
<hw>||La*ka"o</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Sap green.</def>

[China]
<hw>Lake</hw> (l&amacr;k), <pos>n.</pos> [F. laque,

fr. Per. See Lac.] <def>A pigment formed by combining some
coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or
earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake;
Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.</def>
<hw>Lake</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. G. laken.] <def>A

kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Lake</hw> (l&amacr;k), <pos>v. i.</pos> [AS.

l&amacr;can, læcan, to spring, jump,
l&amacr;c play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play,
sport; both akin to Goth. laikan to dance. √120. Cf.
Knowledge.] <def>To play; to sport.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Lake</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. lac, L.

lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel.
lögr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. <grk>la`kkos</grk> pond,
tank. Cf. Loch, Lough.] <def>A large body of water
contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from
the drainage of a more or less extended area.</def>
&fist; Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes,
like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the
ocean.
<col>Lake dwellers</col> (Ethnol.), <cd>people of a

prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of
Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short
distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
Switzerland.</cd> -- <col>Lake dwellings</col>
(Archæol.), <cd>dwellings built over a lake, sometimes
on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles;
specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are
still used by many savage tribes. Called also lacustrine
dwellings. See Crannog.</cd> -- <col>Lake fly</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any one of numerous species of dipterous
flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble
mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvæ live in lakes.</cd>
-- <col>Lake herring</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the cisco
(Coregonus Artedii).</cd> -- <col>Lake poets</col>,
<col>Lake school</col>, <cd>a collective name originally
applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and
Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England,
Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics.
Called also lakers and lakists.</cd> -- <col>Lake
sturgeon</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a sturgeon (Acipenser
rubicundus), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the
Mississippi River. It is used as food.</cd> -- <col>Lake
trout</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any one of several species
of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the
United States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes,
and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large
variety of brook trout (S. fontinalis), inhabiting many lakes
in New England, is also called lake trout. See
Namaycush.</cd> -- <col>Lake whitefish</col>.
(Zoöl.) <cd>See Whitefish.</cd> -- <col>Lake
whiting</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>an American whitefish
(Coregonus Labradoricus), found in many lakes in the Northern
United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
whitefish.</cd>
<hw>Lake"-dwellèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Lake
dwellers, under Lake.</def>
<hw>Lake"let</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little

lake.</def> Southey.
<hw>Lake"weed`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant
of Europe and North America.</def>
<hw>||Lakh</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as Lac,

one hundred thousand.</def>
<hw>La"kin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Ladykin.</def>
<hw>Lak"ke</hw> (?), <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See

Lack.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lak"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to a

lake.</def> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Lak"y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [From Lake the

pigment.] <def>Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by
the action of some solvent agent on the red blood
corpuscles.</def>
<hw>Lal*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lallare

to sing lalla, or lullaby: cf. F. lallation.] <def>An
imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like
l.</def>
<hw>La"lo</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The powdered leaves

of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the
southern negroes use powdered sassafras. Cf.
Couscous.</def>
<hw>Lam</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lammed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lamming.] [Icel. lemja to beat, or lama to
bruise, both fr. lami, lama, lame. See Lame.]
<def>To beat soundly; to thrash.</def> [Obs. or Low] Beau. &
Fl.
<hw>La"ma</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Llama.</def>
<hw>La"ma</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Thibet. blama

(pronounced lä"ma) a chief, a high priest.] <def>In Thibet,
Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called
Lamaism.</def>
<col>The Grand Lama</col>, or <col>Dalai Lama</col>

[lit., Ocean Lama], <cd>the supreme pontiff in the lamaistic
hierarchy. See Lamaism.</cd>
<hw>La"ma*ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to Lamaism.</def>
<hw>La"ma*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A modified form

of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent
parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d
Lama.</def>
{ <hw>La"ma*ist</hw> (?), <hw>La"ma*ite</hw> (?) }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who believes in Lamaism.</def>
<hw>La`ma*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Lamaism.</def>
<hw>La*man"tin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lamantin,

lamentin, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles.
Cf. Manater.] (Zoöl.) <def>The manatee.</def>
[Written also lamentin, and lamantine.]
<hw>La*marck"i*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.</def>
<hw>La*marck"i*an*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Biol.) <def>Lamarckism.</def>
<hw>La"marck"ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Lamarck, a distinguished French naturalist.] (Biol.)
<def>The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species
and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct
influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals,
by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.</def>
<hw>La"ma*ser*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See 2d

Lama.] <def>A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet,
Mongolia, etc.</def>
<hw>Lamb</hw> (l&abreve;m), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. lamb;

akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., &
Icel. lamb.] <sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The
young of the sheep.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any person who is as innocent or gentle as

a lamb.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A simple, unsophisticated person; in the

cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is
victimized.</def>
<col>Lamb of God</col>, <col>The Lamb</col>

(Script.), <cd>the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal
lamb.</cd>
<blockquote>The twelve apostles of the Lamb.</blockquote>

Rev. xxi. 14.
<blockquote>Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the

sin of the world.</blockquote> John i. 29.
-- <col>Lamb's lettuce</col> (Bot.), <cd>an annual

plant with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often
used as a salad; corn salad.</cd> [Written also lamb lettuce.]
-- <col>Lamb's tongue</col>, <cd>a carpenter's plane with a
deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves.</cd> Knight. --
<col>Lamb's wool</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The wool of a
lamb.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted
apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted
apples to lamb's wool</cd>. [Obs.] Goldsmith.
<hw>Lamb</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lambed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lambing.] <def>To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as
sheep.</def>
<hw>Lamb"ale`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A feast at the

time of shearing lambs.</def>
<hw>Lam*baste"</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Lam +

baste to beat.] <def>To beat severely.</def> [Low]
Nares.
<hw>Lam"ba*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lambere

to lick. See Lambent.] <def>Taken by licking with the
tongue.</def> "Sirups and lambative medicines." Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Lam"ba*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A medicine taken

by licking with the tongue; a lincture.</def> Wiseman.
<hw>||Lamb"da</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>la`mbda</grk>.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The name of the Greek
letter &LAMBDA;, λ, corresponding with the English letter L,
l.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The point of junction of

the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.</def>
<col>Lambda moth</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a moth so

called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda
(&LAMBDA;).</cd>
<hw>Lamb"da*cism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lambdacismus, Gr. &?;, fr. <grk>la`mbda</grk> the letter
lambda (&LAMBDA;).] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fault in speaking or in
composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter
l, or in doubling it erroneously.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A defect in pronunciation of the letter

l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if
followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in
billion.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The use of the sound of l for that

of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for
American.</def>
<hw>Lamb"doid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;,

<grk>la`mbda</grk> the letter lambda (&LAMBDA;) + <grk>e"i^dos</grk>
shape.] <def>Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (&LAMBDA;); as, the
lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of
the skull.</def>
<hw>Lamb*doid"al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as

Lambdoid.</def>
<hw>Lam"bent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lambens,

-enlis, p. pr. of lambere to lick; akin to lap.
See Lap to drink by licking.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Playing
on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.</def> "A
lambent flame." Dryden. "A lambent style."
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.</def>

"The lambent purity of the stars." W. Irving.
<hw>Lam"bert pine`</hw> (?). [So called from Lambert, an

English botanist.] (Bot.) <def>The gigantic sugar pine of
California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves
in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of
the white pine of the Eastern States.</def>
<hw>Lamb"kin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small

lamb.</def>
<hw>Lamb"like</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lamb;

gentle; meek; inoffensive.</def>
<hw>Lam"boys</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [Cf. F.

lambeau. Cf. Label.] (Anc. Armor) <def>Same as
Base, <pos>n.</pos>, 19.</def>
<hw>Lam"bre*quin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. Cf.

Lamboys, Label.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of
pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from
wet or heat.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A leather flap hanging from a

cuirass.</def> Wilhelm.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A piece of ornament drapery or short

decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a
window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.</def>
<hw>Lamb"skin`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on,
and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of woolen.</def>
<hw>Lamb"skin`net"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lansquenet.</def>
<hw>Lamb's-quar"ters</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family,
sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and
Atriplex patulsa.</def>
<hw>Lam*doid"al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Lambdoid.</def> [R.]
<hw>Lame</hw> (l&amacr;m), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Lamer (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Lamest.] [OE. lame, AS.
lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm,OHG., Dan., & Sw.
lam, Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break,
lomota rheumatism.] <sn>1.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or
temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or
muscle.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To some degree disabled by
reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame
man.</def> "Lame of one leg." Arbuthnot. "Lame
in both his feet." 2 Sam. ix. 13. "He fell, and became
lame." 2 Sam. iv. 4.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient;

imperfect.</def> "A lame endeavor." Barrow.
<blockquote>O, most lame and impotent

conclusion!</blockquote> Shak.
<col>Lame duck</col> (stock Exchange), <cd>a person

who can not fulfill his contracts.</cd> [Cant]
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<hw>Lame</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lamed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Laming.] <def>To make lame.</def>
<blockquote>If you happen to let child fall and lame

it.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>Lam"el</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lamella.</def>
<hw>La*mel"la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.

<plw>Lamellæ</plw> (#), E. <plw>Lamellas</plw>
(#). [L. lamella, dim. of lamina plate, leaf, layer:
cf. F. lamelle. Cf. Lamina, Omelet.] <def>a
thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the
petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of
which certain shells are composed.</def>
<hw>Lam"el*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lamellaire.] <def>Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of
lamellæ.</def> -- <hw>Lam"el*lar*ly</hw>,
<pos>adv.</pos> <def>In thin plates or scales.</def>
<hw>Lam"el*la*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to lamella or to lamellæ; lamellar.</def>
{ <hw>Lam"el*late</hw> (?), <hw>Lam"el*la`ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [See Lamella.] <def>Composed of, or
furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of
Antennæ.</def>
<hw>La*mel"li*branch</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used
adjectively.</def>
{ <hw>||La*mel`li*bran"chi*a</hw> (?),

<hw>||La*mel`li*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> (?), } <pos>n. pl.</pos>
[NL. See lamella, and Branchia, Branchiate.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A class of Mollusca including all those that
have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.</def>
&fist; They usually have two (rarely but one) flat, lamelliform
gills on each side of the body. They have an imperfectly developed
head, concealed within the shell, whence they are called
Acephala. Called also Conchifera, and
Pelecypoda. See Bivalve.
<hw>Lamèl*li*bran"chi*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Having lamellar gills; belonging to the
Lamellibranchia.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the
Lamellibranchia.</def>
<hw>La*mel"li*corn</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lamella

+ L. cornu a horn: cf. F. lamellicorne. See
Lamella.] (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having
antennæ terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said
of certain coleopterous insects.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>Terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of
antennæ.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lamellicorn
insect.</def>
<hw>||La*mel`li*cor"ni*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.

See Lamellicorn.] (Zoöl.) <def>A group of
lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also
Lamellicornes.</def>
<hw>Lamèl*lif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Lamella + -ferous: cf. F. lamellifère.]
<def>Bearing, or composed of, lamellæ, or thin layers, plates,
or scales; foliated.</def>
<hw>La*mel"li*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lamella

+ -form : cf. F. lamelliforme.] <def>Thin and flat;
scalelike; lamellar.</def>
<hw>Lamèl*li*ros"tral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Lamella + rostral : cf. F. lamellirostre.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and
geese.</def>
<hw>||La*mel`li*ros"tres</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.

See Lamella, and Rostrum.] (Zoöl.) <def>A
group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the
bill is lamellate.</def>
<hw>Lam"el*lose`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lamelleux.] <def>Composed of, or having, lamellæ;
lamelliform.</def>
<hw>Lame"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [See Lame.]

<def>In a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk
lamely; a figure lamely drawn.</def>
<hw>Lame"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition or

quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an
argument.</def>
<hw>La*ment"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [F.

lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.]
<def>To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.</def>
<blockquote>Jeremiah lamented for Josiah.</blockquote> 2

Chron. xxxv. 25.
<blockquote>Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall

rejoice.</blockquote> John xvi. 20.
<hw>La*ment"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lamented; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lamenting.] <def>To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.</def>
<blockquote>One laughed at follies, one lamented

crimes.</blockquote> Dryden.
Syn. -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.
<hw>La*ment"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. lamentum. Cf.

Lament, <pos>v.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Grief or
sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a
moaning; a weeping.</def>
<blockquote>Torment, and loud lament, and furious

rage.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An elegy or mournful ballad, or the

like.</def>
<hw>Lam"en*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lamentabilis : cf. F. lamentable.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable
countenance.</def> "Lamentable eye." Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented;

sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or
error.</def> "Lamentable helplessness." Burke.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a

contemptuous or ridiculous sense.</def> Bp.
-- <wf>Lam"en*ta*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Lam"en*ta*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Lamèn*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

lamentation, L. lamentatio.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing;
moaning.</def>
<blockquote>In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation

and weeping.</blockquote> Matt. ii. 18.
<sn>2.</sn> pl. (Script.) <def>A book of the

Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name
from the nature of its contents.</def>
<hw>La*ment"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Mourned for;

bewailed.</def>
<blockquote>This humble praise, lamented shade !

receive.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>La*ment"er</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

laments.</def>
<hw>La*men"tin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lamantin.</def>
<hw>La*ment"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Lamentation.</def>
<blockquote>Lamentings heard i' the air.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>La*ment"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

lamenting manner.</def>
<hw>Lames</hw> (l&adot;mz), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [F.

lame a thin plate, L. lamina.] (Armor)
<def>Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the
other and form a piece of armor.</def>
<hw>||La*met"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. It.

lametta, dim. of lama a thin plate.] <def>Foil or wire
made of gold, silver, or brass.</def> De Colange.
<hw>La"mi*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. Gr. &?;.]

(Class. Myth.) <def>A monster capable of assuming a woman's
form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a
vampire; a sorceress; a witch.</def>
<hw>Lam"i*na</hw> (l&abreve;m"&ibreve;*n&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. L. <plw>Laminæ</plw> (-
n&emacr;) E. <plw>Laminas</plw> (-n&adot;z). [L. cf.
Lamella.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thin plate or scale; a
layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike
substances, as of bone or minerals.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>The blade of a leaf; the

broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.</def>
Gray.
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A thin plate or scale;

specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a
feather.</def>
<hw>Lamì*na*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

quality or state of being laminable.</def>
<hw>Lam"i*na*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of

being split into laminæ or thin plates, as mica; capable of
being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.</def>
<blockquote>When a body can be readily extended in all directions

under the hammer, it is said to be malleable; and when into fillets
under the rolling press, it is said to be
laminable.</blockquote> Ure.
{ <hw>Lam"i*nar</hw> (?), <hw>Lam"i*nal</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. laminaire. See Lamina]
<def>In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of
a thin plate or lamina.</def>
<hw>||Lamì*na"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Lamina.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of great seaweeds with
long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly
grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in
length. See Illust. of Kelp.</def>
<hw>Lamì*na"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from
two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus
grow.</def>
<hw>Lam"i*na*rite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Lamina.] (Paleon.) <def>A broad-leafed fossil
alga.</def>
<hw>Lam"i*na*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Laminar.</def>
<hw>Lam"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Lamina.]

<def>Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates,
scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.</def>
<hw>Lam"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Laminated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Laminating (?).] [See Lamina.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To cause to separate into thin plates or
layers; to divide into thin plates.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as

by rolling.</def>
<hw>Lam"i*nate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To separate into

laminæ.</def>
<hw>Lam"i*na`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Laminate.</def>
<col>Laminated arch</col> (Arch.), <cd>a timber arch

made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.</cd>
<hw>Lam"i*na`ting</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Forming, or
separating into, scales or thin layers.</def>
<hw>Lamì*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The process

of laminating, or the state of being laminated.</def>
<hw>Lamì*nif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lamina

+ -ferous.] <def>Having a structure consisting of
laminæ, or thin layers.</def>
<hw>Lamì*ni*plan"tar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Lamina + L. planta sole of the foot.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Having the tarsus covered behind with a
horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds,
except the larks.</def>
<hw>||Lamì*ni"tis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Lamina, and -itis.] (Far.) <def>Inflammation of
the laminæ or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse;
founder.</def> Youatt.
<hw>Lam"ish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat

lame.</def> Wood.
<hw>Lamm</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See

Lam.</def>
<hw>Lam"mas</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

hl&amacr;mmesse, hl&amacr;fmæsse, loaf mass,
bread feast, or feast of first fruits; hl&amacr;f loaf +
mæsse mass. See Loaf, and Mass religious
service.] <def>The first day of August; -- called also Lammas
day, and Lammastide.</def>
{ <hw>Lam"mer*geir</hw> (l&abreve;m"m&etilde;r*g&imacr;r),

<hw>Lam"mer*geièr</hw> (-g&imacr;`&etilde;r), } <pos>n.</pos>
[G. lämmergeier; lamm, pl. lämmer,
lamb + geier vulture.] (Zoöl.) <def>A very large
vulture (Gypaëtus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains
of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is
nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with
the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white;
the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and
partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying
tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on
stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called
bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the
ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and
bearded eagle.</def> [Written also lammergeyer.]
<hw>||Lam*nun"gui*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.

L. lamina a scale + unguis a nail.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Same as Hyracoidea.</def>
<hw>Lamp</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. (with excrescent

p), fr. F. lame, L. lamina. See Lamina.]
<def>A thin plate or lamina.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lamp</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lampe, L.
lampas, -adis, fr. Gr. &?; , &?;, torch, fr. &?; to
give light, to shine. Cf. Lampad, Lantern.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A light-producing vessel, instrument or
apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion
of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing
artificial light.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Figuratively, anything which enlightens

intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a
performing the uses of a lamp.</def>
<blockquote>Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light

unto my path.</blockquote> Ps. cxix. 105.
<blockquote>Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp

appeared.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> (Elec.) <def>A device or mechanism for

producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under
Incandescent.</def>
<col>Æolipile lamp</col>, <cd>a hollow ball of copper

containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath,
so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is
ignited.</cd> Weale. -- <col>Arc lamp</col>
(Elec.), <cd>a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used
as the source of light.</cd> -- <col>Dëbereiner's
lamp</col>, <cd>an apparatus for the instantaneous production of
a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led
over platinum sponge; -- named after the German chemist
Döbereiner, who invented it. Called also philosopher's
lamp.</cd> -- <col>Flameless lamp</col>, <cd>an
aphlogistic lamp.</cd> -- <col>Lamp burner</col>, <cd>the part
of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited.</cd> Knight.
-- <col>Lamp fount</col>, <cd>a reservoir for oil, in a
lamp.</cd> -- <col>Lamp jack</col>. <cd>See 2d Jack,
<pos>n.</pos>, 4 <sd>(l)</sd> &
<sd>(n)</sd>.</cd> -- <col>Lamp shade</col>, <cd>a
screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the
light of a lamp.</cd> -- <col>Lamp shell</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any brachiopod shell of the genus
Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is
like that of an antique lamp. See Terebratula.</cd> --
<col>Safety lamp</col>, <cd>a miner's lamp in which the flame
is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of
dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir Humphry
Davy the inventor, Davy lamp.</cd> -- <col>To smell
of the lamp</col>, <cd>to bear marks of great study and labor, as
a literary composition.</cd>
<hw>Lam"pad</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; , &?;. See

Lamp.] <def>A lamp or candlestick.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>By him who 'mid the golden lampads

went.</blockquote> Trench.
<hw>Lam"pa*dist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;, fr. &?;,
&?;, torch. See Lamp.] (Gr. Antiq.) <def>One who gained
the prize in the lampadrome.</def>
<hw>Lam"pa*drome</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;; &?;,

&?;, torch + &?; course, race, fr. &?; to run.] (Gr. Antiq.)
<def>A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He
who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the
prize.</def>
<hw>Lam"pas</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lampas.]

<def>An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of
the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called
also lampers.</def>
<hw>Lam"pate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lampate.] (Chem.) <def>A supposed salt of lampic
acid.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lamp"black`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lamp +

black.] <def>The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke
of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in
the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon,
with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is
used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments
and cements.</def>
<hw>Lam"per eel`</hw> (?). (Zoöl.) <def>See

Lamprey.</def>
<hw>Lam"pern</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lamprey.]

(Zoöl.) <def>The river lamprey (Ammoc&oelig;tes, or
Lampetra, fluviatilis).</def>
&fist; The name is also applied to other river lampreys.
<hw>Lam"pers</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lampas.</def>
<hw>Lam"pic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. lampique,

fr. lampe lamp. See Lamp.] (Chem.)
<def>Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a
supposed acid.</def>
<hw>Lamp"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Shining;

brilliant.</def> [Obs.] "Lamping eyes." Spenser.
<hw>Lamp"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being without a

lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation;
dull.</def>
<blockquote>Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that

virtue.</blockquote> Beau. & Fl.
<hw>Lamp"light`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Light from a

lamp.</def>
<blockquote>This world's artificial

lamplights.</blockquote> Owen Meredith.
<hw>Lamp"lightèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp.,
a person who lights street lamps.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The calico

bass.</def>
<hw>Lam*poon"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lampon a

drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such
a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of
German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so called
because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.]
<def>A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive
censure written only to reproach and distress.</def>
<blockquote>Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, 

And grieved to find herself decayed so soon.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<hw>Lam*poon"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lampooned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lampooning.] <def>To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in
writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.</def>
<blockquote>Ribald poets had lampooned him.</blockquote>

Syn. -- To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
<hw>Lam*poon"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The writer of

a lampoon.</def> "Libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers."
Tatler.
<hw>Lam*poon"ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.</def>
<hw>Lamp"-post`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A post

(generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for
lighting a street, park, etc.</def>
<hw>Lam"prel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Lamprey.</def>
<hw>Lam"prey</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lampreys</plw> (#). [OE. lampreie, F.
lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L.
lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are
so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths
to rocks and stones, whence they are also called rocksuckers.
See Lap to drink, Petrify.] (Zoöl.) <def>An
eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied
genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but
set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the
palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven
small branchial openings on each side.</def> [Written also lamper
eel, lamprel, and lampron.]
<! p. 827 !>
&fist; The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe

(Petromyzon marinus), which in spring ascends rivers to spawn,
is considered excellent food by many, and is sold as a market fish in
some localities. The smaller river lampreys mostly belong to the
genus Ammoc&oelig;les, or Lampetra, as A.
fluviatilis, of Europe, and A. æpypterus of America.
All lampreys attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by
means of the suckerlike mouth.
<hw>Lam"pron</hw> (l&abreve;m"pr&obreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>

[Cf. OE. lampreon. See Lamprey.] (Zoöl.)
<def>See Lamprey.</def>
<hw>Lam*py"rine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Lampyris.] (Zoöl.) <def>An insect of the genus
Lampyris, or family Lampyridæ. See
Lampyris.</def>
<hw>||Lam*py"ris</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., glowworm, Gr.

(&?;).] (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of coleopterous insects,
including the glowworms.</def>
<hw>Lan"ark*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Lanarkshire, a county in Scotland.] (Min.) <def>A
mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or
in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.</def>
<hw>La"na*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lanaria,

fr. lanarius belonging to wool, lana wool.] <def>A
place for storing wool.</def>
{ <hw>La"nate</hw> (?), <hw>La"na*ted</hw> (?), } [L.

lanatus, fr. lana wool, down.] <def>Wooly; covered with
fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.</def>
<hw>Lan"ca*shire boil"er</hw> (?). <def>A steam boiler having two

flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from
end to end.</def>
<hw>Lan`cas*te"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph
Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school
teach pupils below them.</def>
<hw>Lance</hw> (l&abreve;ns), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr.
<grk>lo`gchh</grk>. Cf. Launch.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade
or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a
small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and
fishermen.</def>
<blockquote>A braver soldier never couched

lance.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A soldier armed with a lance; a
lancer.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Founding) <def>A small iron rod which

suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Mil.) <def>An instrument which conveys

the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Pyrotech.) <def>One of the small paper

cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of
a figure.</def>
<col>Free lance</col>, <cd>in the Middle Ages, and

subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for
any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person
who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility
without regard to party lines or deference to authority.</cd> --
<col>Lance bucket</col> (Cavalry), <cd>a socket
attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a
lance.</cd> -- <col>Lance corporal</col>, <cd>same as
Lancepesade.</cd> -- <col>Lance knight</col>, <cd>a
lansquenet.</cd> B. Jonson. -- <col>Lance snake</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>the fer-de-lance.</cd> -- <col>Stink-fire
lance</col> (Mil.), <cd>a kind of fuse filled with a
composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the
counter operations of miners.</cd> -- <col>To break a
lance</col>, <cd>to engage in a tilt or contest.</cd>
<hw>Lance</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lanced (&?;); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lancing (?).] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pierce with a lance,
or with any similar weapon.</def>
<blockquote>Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced 

Her back.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to

lance a vein or an abscess.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To throw in the manner of a lance. See

Lanch.</def>
<hw>Lance" fish`</hw> (?). (Zoöl.) <def>A slender

marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes
tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand
lance.</def>
{ <hw>Lance"gay`</hw>, <hw>Lance"gaye`</hw> } (?),

<pos>n.</pos> [OF. lancegaie, corrupted from the same
source as E. assagai, under the influence of F. lance
lance. See Assagai.] <def>A kind of spear anciently used. Its
use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.</def>
Nares.
<blockquote>In his hand a launcegay, 

A long sword by his side.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Lance"let</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lance + -
let.] (Zoöl.) <def>A small fishlike animal
(Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary
condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See
Amphioxus, Leptocardia.</def>
<hw>Lance"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lance.</def>

[R.] Sir P. Sidney.
<hw>Lan"ce*o*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lanceola a little lance, dim. of lancea lance: cf. F.
lancéolaire.] (Bot.) <def>Lanceolate.</def>
{ <hw>Lan"ce*o*late</hw> (?), <hw>Lan"ce*o*la`ted</hw> (?) }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lanceolatus: cf. F.
lancéolé. See Lanceolar.] (Bot. &
Zoöl.) <def>Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex,
and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate
leaf.</def>
<hw>Lance`pe*sade"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade, It.
lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan,
a light horseman, bodyguard.] <def>An assistant to a corporal; a
private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance
corporal.</def>
<hw>Lan"cer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lancier.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lances; one who
carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed
with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.</def>
Wilhelm.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A lancet.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>3.</sn> pl. (Dancing) <def>A set of

quadrilles of a certain arrangement.</def> [Written also
lanciers.]
<hw>Lan"cet</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lancette,

dim. of lance lance. See Lance.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed
and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses,
etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Metal.) <def>An iron bar used for

tapping a melting furnace.</def> Knight.
<col>Lancet arch</col> (Arch.), <cd>a pointed arch,

of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.</cd>
-- <col>Lancet architecture</col>, <cd>a name given to a style
of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to
England and 13th century.</cd> -- <col>Lancet fish</col>.
(Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A large, voracious, deep-
sea fish (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike
teeth</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The doctor, or surgeon
fish.</cd>
<hw>Lance"wood`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)
<def>A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs,
archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which
produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana
and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family
(Anonaseæ).</def>
<col>Australian lancewood</col>, <cd>a myrtaceous tree

(Backhousia Australis).</cd>
<hw>Lanch</hw> (l&adot;nch), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Lanched (l&adot;ncht); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lanching. See Launch, Lance.]
<def>To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.</def>
<blockquote>See Whose arm can lanch the surer

bolt.</blockquote> Dryden & Lee.
<hw>Lan*cif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lance +

-ferous.] <def>Bearing a lance.</def>
<hw>Lan"ci*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lance +

-form: cf. F. lanciforme.] <def>Having the form of a
lance.</def>
<hw>Lan"ci*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Lancinated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lancinating (?).] [L. lancinatus, p. p. of
lancinare to fear.] <def>To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or
stab.</def> De Quincey.
<hw>Lan"ci*na`ting</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Piercing;

seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e.,
severe, darting pains).</def>
<hw>Lan`ci*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tearing;

laceration.</def> "Lancinations of the spirit." Jer.
Taylor.
<hw>Land</hw> (l&abreve;nd), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Urine. See

Lant.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Land</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. land, lond;

akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land. ]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The solid part of the surface of the earth; -
- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially
to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long
voyage.</def>
<blockquote>They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to

land.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any portion, large or small, of the

surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an
individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or
tract.</def>
<blockquote>Go view the land, even Jericho.</blockquote>

Josh. ii. 1.
<blockquote>Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a

prey, 
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.</blockquote>
Goldsmith.

&fist; In the expressions "to be, or dwell, upon land,"

"to go, or fare, on land," as used by Chaucer,
land denotes the country as distinguished from the town.
<blockquote>A poor parson dwelling upon land [i.e., in the

country].</blockquote> Chaucer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Ground, in respect to its nature or

quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad
land.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The inhabitants of a nation or

people.</def>
<blockquote>These answers, in the silent night received, 

The king himself divulged, the land believed.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>The mainland, in distinction from

islands.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>The ground or floor.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Herself upon the land she did

prostrate.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>7.</sn> (Agric.) <def>The ground left unplowed

between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is
divided for convenience in plowing.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> (Law) <def>Any ground, soil, or earth

whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed
to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of
man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.</def> Kent.
Bouvier. Burrill.
<sn>9.</sn> (Naut.) <def>The lap of the strakes in a

clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called
also landing.</def> Knight.
<sn>10.</sn> <def>In any surface prepared with

indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface
which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the
furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the
grooves.</def>
<col>Land agent</col>, <cd>a person employed to sell or let

land, to collect rents, and to attend to other money matters
connected with land.</cd> -- <col>Land boat</col>, <cd>a
vehicle on wheels propelled by sails.</cd> -- <col>Land
blink</col>, <cd>a peculiar atmospheric brightness seen from sea
over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions. See Ice
blink.</cd> -- <col>Land breeze</col>. <cd>See under
Breeze.</cd> -- <col>Land chain</col>. <cd>See
Gunter's chain.</cd> -- <col>Land crab</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any one of various species of crabs which
live much on the land, and resort to the water chiefly for the
purpose of breeding. They are abundant in the West Indies and South
America. Some of them grow to a large size.</cd> -- <col>Land
fish</col> <cd>a fish on land; a person quite out of place.</cd>
Shak. -- <col>Land force</col>, <cd>a military force
serving on land, as distinguished from a naval force.</cd> --
<col>Land, ho!</col> (Naut.), <cd>a sailor's cry in
announcing sight of land.</cd> -- <col>Land ice</col>, <cd>a
field of ice adhering to the coast, in distinction from a floe.</cd>
-- <col>Land leech</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any one of
several species of blood-sucking leeches, which, in moist, tropical
regions, live on land, and are often troublesome to man and
beast.</cd> -- <col>Land measure</col>, <cd>the system of
measurement used in determining the area of land; also, a table of
areas used in such measurement.</cd> -- <col>Land, or
House</col>, <col>of bondage</col>, <cd>in Bible history,
Egypt; by extension, a place or condition of special oppression.</cd>
-- <col>Land o' cakes</col>, <cd>Scotland.</cd> --
<col>Land of Nod</col>, <cd>sleep.</cd> -- <col>Land of
promise</col>, <cd>in Bible history, Canaan: by extension, a
better country or condition of which one has expectation.</cd> --
<col>Land of steady habits</col>, <cd>a nickname sometimes
given to the State of Connecticut.</cd> -- <col>Land
office</col>, <cd>a government office in which the entries upon,
and sales of, public land are registered, and other business
respecting the public lands is transacted.</cd> [U.S.] --
<col>Land pike</col>. (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>The gray pike, or sauger.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The
Menobranchus.</cd> -- <col>Land service</col>, <cd>military
service as distinguished from naval service.</cd> -- <col>Land
rail</col>. (Zoöl) <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The crake
or corncrake of Europe</cd>. See Crake. <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>An Australian rail (Hypotænidia Phillipensis); --
called also pectoral rail.</cd> -- <col>Land
scrip</col>, <cd>a certificate that the purchase money for a
certain portion of the public land has been paid to the officer
entitled to receive it.</cd> [U.S.] -- <col>Land shark</col>,
<cd>a swindler of sailors on shore.</cd> [Sailors' Cant] --
<col>Land side</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>That side of
anything in or on the sea, as of an island or ship, which is turned
toward the land</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The side of a plow
which is opposite to the moldboard and which presses against the
unplowed land.</cd> -- <col>Land snail</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any snail which lives on land, as
distinguished from the aquatic snails are Pulmonifera, and belong to
the Geophila; but the operculated land snails of warm countries are
Di&oelig;cia, and belong to the Tænioglossa. See
Geophila, and Helix.</cd> -- <col>Land
spout</col>, <cd>a descent of cloud and water in a conical form
during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on land.</cd> -
- <col>Land steward</col>, <cd>a person who acts for another
in the management of land, collection of rents, etc.</cd> --
<col>Land tortoise</col>, <col>Land turtle</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any tortoise that habitually lives on dry
land, as the box tortoise. See Tortoise.</cd> -- <col>Land
warrant</col>, <cd>a certificate from the Land Office,
authorizing a person to assume ownership of a public land.</cd>
[U.S.] -- <col>Land wind</col>. <cd>Same as Land breeze
(above).</cd> -- <col>To make land</col> (Naut.),
<cd>to sight land.</cd> <col>To set the land</col>, <cd>to see
by the compass how the land bears from the ship.</cd> -- <col>To
shut in the land</col>, <cd>to hide the land, as when fog, or an
intervening island, obstructs the view.</cd>
<hw>Land</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Landed; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Landing.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set or put on shore from
a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.</def>
<blockquote>I 'll undertake to land them on our

coast.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To catch and bring to shore; to capture;

as, to land a fish.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To set down after conveying; to cause to

fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he
landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and
landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or
mistakes.</def>
<hw>Land</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To go on shore from a

ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.</def>
<hw>Lan"dam*man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G.

Landamman; land land, country + amimann bailiff.
See Land, and Ambassador.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The president of the diet of the Helvetic

republic.</def>
<hw>Lan"dau</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From the town

Ladau in Germany; cf. F. landau. See Land,
Island.] <def>A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which
is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back,
in such a manner as to make an open carriage.</def> [Written also
landaw.]
<hw>Lan`dau*let"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

landaulet, dim, of landau. See Landau.] <def>A
small landau.</def>
<hw>Land"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Having an estate in land.</def>
<blockquote>The House of Commons must consist, for the most part,

of landed men.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting in real estate or land; as,

landed property; landed security.</def>
<hw>Land"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who lands, or makes a landing.</def> "The lander in a
lonely isle." Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mining) <def>A person who waits at the

mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.</def>
<hw>Land"fall</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its
owner.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>Sighting or making land

when at sea.</def>
<col>A good landfall</col> (Naut.), <cd>the sighting

of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and
expectation.</cd>
<hw>Land"flood`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An overflowing

of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.</def>
<hw>Land"grave`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G.

landgraf; land land + graf earl, count; cf. D.
landgraaf, F. landgrave.] <def>A German nobleman of a
rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in
France.</def>
&fist; The title was first adopted by some German counts in the
twelfth century, to distinguish themselves from the inferior counts
under their jurisdiction. Three of them were princes of the
empire.
<hw>Land*gra"vi*ate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

landgraviat.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The territory held by a
landgrave.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The office, jurisdiction, or authority of

a landgrave.</def>
<hw>Land"gra*vine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G.

landgräfin; cf. D. landgravin.] <def>The wife of a
landgrave.</def>
<hw>Land"holdèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A holder,

owner, or proprietor of land.</def> -- <wf>Land"holdìng</wf>,
<pos>n. & a.</pos>
<hw>Land"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or

used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.</def>
<col>Landing charges</col>, <cd>charges or fees paid on

goods unloaded from a vessel.</cd> -- <col>Landing net</col>,
<cd>a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from
the water after being hooked.</cd> -- <col>Landing
stage</col>, <cd>a floating platform attached at one end to a
wharf in such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus
facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the
stage.</cd> -- <col>Landing waiter</col>, <cd>a customhouse
officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels; a
landwaiter.</cd>
<hw>Land"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

going or bringing on shore.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A place for landing, as from a ship, a

carriage. etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Arch.) <def>The level part of a

staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight
with another.</def>
<col>Landing place</col>. <cd>me as Landing,

<pos>n.</pos>, 2 and 3.</cd>
<hw>Land"la`dy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Landladies</plw> (#). [Cf. Landlord.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A woman having real estate which she leases
to a tenant or tenants.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The mistress of an inn or lodging

house.</def>
<! p. 828 !>
<hw>Land"leapèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Landlouper.</def>
<hw>Land"less</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no

property in land.</def>
<hw>Land"lock`</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inclose,

or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.</def>
<hw>Land"locked`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Confined to a fresh-

water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that
would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the
landlocked salmon.</def>
<hw>Land"lo`per</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Landlouper.</def>
<hw>Land"lord`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Land,

and Lord.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The lord of a manor, or of
land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or
tenants.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The master of an inn or of a lodging

house.</def>
<blockquote>Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out

the jolly landlord.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>Land"lordìsm</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in
Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as
regards leased agricultural lands.</def> J. S. Mill.
<hw>Land"lord`ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

a landlord.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Land"loupèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D.

landlooper, lit., landrunner; land land +
loopen to run. See Land, and Leap.] <def>A
vagabond; a vagrant.</def> [Written also landleaper and
landloper.] "Bands of landloupers." Moltey.
<hw>Land"loupìng</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Vagrant;

wandering about.</def>
<hw>Land"lub`ber</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prop. fr.

land + lubber, or possibly corrupted fr.
laudlouper.] (Naut.) <def>One who passes his life on
land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.</def>
<hw>Land"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Landmen</plw> (&?;). <sn>1.</sn> <def>A man who
lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Eng.) <def>An occupier of land.</def>

 Cowell.
<hw>Land"mark`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

landmearc. See Land, and Mark a sign.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A mark to designate the boundary of land; any
mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap
of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of
territory may be known and preserved.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any conspicuous object on land that serves

as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.</def>
<col>Landmarks of history</col>, <cd>important events by

which eras or conditions are determined.</cd>
<hw>Land"ownèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An owner of

land.</def>
<hw>Land"ownìng</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The owning of

land.</def> -- <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having property in land; of
or pertaining to landowners.</def>
<hw>Land"-poor`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pecuniarily

embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.</def>
[Colloq.]
<hw>Land"reeve`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Land +

reeve an officer.] <def>A subordinate officer on an extensive
estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.</def>
<hw>Land"scape</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Formerly written
also landskip.] [D. landschap; land land + -
schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin to G. landschaft,
Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See Land,
and -schip.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A portion of land
or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including
all the objects it contains.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A picture representing a scene by land or

sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of
nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The pictorial aspect of a

country.</def>
<blockquote>The landscape of his native country had taken

hold on his heart.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<col>Landscape gardening</col>, <cd>The art of laying out

grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to
produce a picturesque effect.</cd>
<hw>Land"scapìst</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A painter of

landscapes.</def>
<hw>Land"skip</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Landscape.] <def>A landscape.</def> [Obs. except in
poetry.]
<blockquote>Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, 

Whilst the landskip round it measures.</blockquote>
Milton.
{ <hw>Land"slip`</hw> (?), <hw>Land"slide`</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The slipping down of a
mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The land which slips down.</def>
<hw>Lands"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Landsmen</plw> (#). <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lives
on the land; -- opposed to seaman.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>A sailor on his first

voyage.</def>
<hw>Land"streight`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Strait.] <def>A narrow strip of land.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>||Land"sturm`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G. See

Land, and Storm.] <def>That part of the reserve force
in Germany which is called out last.</def>
<hw>||Land"tag`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G. See

Land, and Day.] <def>The diet or legislative body; as,
the Landtag of Prussia.</def>
<hw>Land"waitèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
Landing waiter, under Landing,
<hw>Land"ward</hw> (?), <pos>adv. & a.</pos> <def>Toward

the land.</def>
<hw>||Land"wehr`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G., fr.

land land, country + wehr defense.] <def>That part of
the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual
military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except
that it is called out occasionally for drill.</def>
<hw>Lane</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Lone.]

<def>Alone.</def> [Scot.]
<col>His lane</col>, <cd>by himself; himself

alone.</cd>
<hw>Lane</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lane,

lone, AS. lone, lone; akin to D. laan,
OFries. lana, lona.] <def>A passageway between fences
or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between
buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural
obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a
lane between lines of men, or through a field of
ice.</def>
<blockquote>It is become a turn-again lane unto them which

they can not go through.</blockquote> Tyndale.
<hw>Lang</hw> (?), <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>Long.</def>

[Obs. or Scot.]
<hw>Lan"ga*ha</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus,
from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the
form of a sharp blade.</def>
<hw>Lan`ga*rey"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of
Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and
allied genera; called also wood swallow.</def>
<hw>Lan"gate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Surg.) <def>A

linen roller used in dressing wounds.</def>
<hw>Lang"dak`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the
jackal.</def>
{ <hw>Lan"grage</hw> (?), <hw>Lan"grel</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of shot formerly used at sea for
tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other
pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.</def>
<hw>Lan"gret</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of loaded

die.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lan"gridge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
Langrage.</def> [Sometimes compounded with shot.]
<hw>Lang`syne"</hw> (?), <pos>adv. & n.</pos> [Scot.

lang long + syne since.] <def>Long since; long
ago.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Lang`ter*a*loo"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Loo.] <def>An old game at cards. See Loo
<sd>(a)</sd>.</def> Tatler.
<hw>Lan"guage</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. langage,

F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech,
language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf.
Lingual.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Any means of conveying or communicating

ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the
voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of
the throat and mouth.</def>
&fist; Language consists in the oral utterance of sounds

which usage has made the representatives of ideas. When two or more
persons customarily annex the same sounds to the same ideas, the
expression of these sounds by one person communicates his ideas to
another. This is the primary sense of language, the use of
which is to communicate the thoughts of one person to another through
the organs of hearing. Articulate sounds are represented to the eye
by letters, marks, or characters, which form words.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The expression of ideas by writing, or any

other instrumentality.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The forms of speech, or the methods of

expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The characteristic mode of arranging

words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of
expression; style.</def>
<blockquote>Others for language all their care

express.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>The inarticulate sounds by which animals

inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>The suggestion, by objects, actions, or

conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of
flowers.</def>
<blockquote>There was . . . language in their very

gesture.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>The vocabulary and phraseology belonging

to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language;
the language of chemistry or theology.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> <def>A race, as distinguished by its
speech.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>All the people, the nations, and the languages,

fell down and worshiped the golden image.</blockquote> Dan. iii.
7.
<col>Language master</col>, <cd>a teacher of

languages.</cd> [Obs.]
Syn. -- Speech; tongue; idiom; dialect; phraseology;

diction; discourse; conversation; talk. -- Language,
Speech, Tongue, Idiom, Dialect.
Language is generic, denoting, in its most extended use, any
mode of conveying ideas; speech is the language of articulate
sounds; tongue is the Anglo-Saxon term for language, esp. for
spoken language; as, the English tongue. Idiom denotes
the forms of construction peculiar to a particular language;
dialects are varieties of expression which spring up in
different parts of a country among people speaking substantially the
same language.
<hw>Lan"guage</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Languaged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Languaging (?).] <def>To communicate by language; to express
in language.</def>
<blockquote>Others were languaged in such doubtful

expressions that they have a double sense.</blockquote>
Fuller.
<hw>Lan"guaged</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a

language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.</def>
" Many-languaged nations." Pope.
<hw>Lan"guage*less</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lacking or

wanting language; speechless; silent.</def> Shak.
<hw>Langued</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. langue

tongue. See Language.] (Her.) <def>Tongued; having the
tongue visible.</def>
<blockquote>Lions . . . represented as armed and langued

gules.</blockquote> Cussans.
<hw>||Langue` d'oc"</hw> (?). [F., language of oc yes.]

<def>The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of
the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc);
Provençal.</def>
<hw>||Langue` d'oïl"</hw> (?). [F., language of

oïl yes.] <def>The dialect formerly spoken north of the
Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oïl, F.
oui).</def>
<hw>||Lan*guen"te</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [It., p. pr. of

languire. See Languish.] (Mus.) <def>In a
languishing manner; pathetically.</def>
<hw>Lan"guet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. languette, dim.
of langue tongue, L. lingua.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the
slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward
its mouth.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of

swords, which overlaps the scabbard.</def>
<hw>Lan"guid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. languidus,

fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide.
See Languish.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Drooping or flagging from exhaustion;

indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy;
dull.</def> " Languid, powerless limbs. "
Armstrong.
<blockquote>Fire their languid souls with Cato's

virtue.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Slow in progress; tardy.</def> " No motion

so swift or languid." Bentley.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Promoting or indicating weakness or

heaviness; as, a languid day.</def>
<blockquote>Feebly she laugheth in the languid

moon.</blockquote> Keats.
<blockquote>Their idleness, aimless flirtations and languid

airs.</blockquote> W. Black.
Syn. -- Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted;

weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless.
-- <wf>Lan"guid*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lan"guid*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lan"guish</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Languished (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Languishing.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F.
languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. &?; to slacken, &?;
slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag,
lax, and perh. to E. slack. See -ish.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To become languid or weak; to lose strength
or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine
away; to wither or fade.</def>
<blockquote>We . . . do languish of such

diseases.</blockquote> 2 Esdras viii. 31.
<blockquote>Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, 

And let me languish into life.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>For the fields of Heshbon

languish.</blockquote> Is. xvi. 8. 
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To assume an expression of weariness or
tender grief, appealing for sympathy.</def> Tennyson.
Syn. -- To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
<hw>Lan"guish</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To cause to

droop or pine.</def> [Obs.] Shak. Dryden.
<hw>Lan"guish</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Languishment.</def> [Obs. or Poetic]
<blockquote>What, of death, too, 

That rids our dogs of languish ?</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>And the blue languish of soft Allia's

eye.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Lan"guish*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

languishes.</def>
<hw>Lan"guish*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and
strength.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Amorously pensive; as, languishing

eyes, or look.</def>
<hw>Lan"guish*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

languishing manner.</def>
<hw>Lan"guish*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of languishing.</def> " Lingering
languishment." Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Tenderness of look or mien; amorous

pensiveness.</def>
<hw>Lan"guish*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Languishment.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lan"guor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. langour,

OF. langour, F. langueur, L. languor. See
Languish.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A state of the body or mind which
is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid
feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any enfeebling disease.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Sick men with divers languors.</blockquote>

Wyclif (Luke iv. 40).
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Listless indolence; dreaminess.</def>

Pope. " German dreams, Italian languors." The
Century.
Syn. -- Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness;

dullness; heaviness; lassitude; listlessness.
<hw>Lan"guor*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From
Languor: cf. F. langoureux.] <def>Producing, or tending
to produce, languor; characterized by languor.</def> [Obs. or
Poetic]
<blockquote>Whom late I left in languorous

constraint.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>To wile the length from languorous hours, and

draw 
The sting from pain.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Lan"gure</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

languish.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lan"gya</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

[Native name Anglicized.] <def>One of several species of East Indian
and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus,
remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their
tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.</def>
<hw>Lan"iard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lanyard.</def>
<hw>La`ni*ar"i*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Laniary

+ -form.] (Anat.) <def>Shaped like a laniary, or
canine, tooth.</def> Owen.
<hw>La"ni*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

laniarius, fr. lanius butcher, laniare to tear
in pieces: cf. F. laniaire.] (Anat.) <def>Lacerating or
tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.</def>
<hw>La"ni*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. Laniary,

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The shambles; a place of slaughter.</def>

[R.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>A laniary, or canine,

tooth.</def>
<hw>La"ni*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

laniatus, p. p. of laniare.] <def>To tear in
pieces.</def> [R.]
<hw>La`ni*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

laniatio.] <def>A tearing in pieces.</def> [R.]
<hw>Lan"ier</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

lanière. See Lanyard.] [Written also
lanner, lanyer.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thong of
leather; a whip lash.</def> [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A strap used to fasten together parts of

armor, to hold the shield by, and the like.</def>
Fairholt.
<hw>La*nif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
lanifer; lana wool + ferre to bear: cf. F.
lanifère.] <def>Bearing or producing wool.</def>
<hw>La*nif"i*cal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lanificus; lana wool + facere to make.]
<def>Working in wool.</def>
<hw>Lan"i*fice</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lanificium: cf. OF. lanifice.] <def>Anything made of
wool.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>La*nig"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

laniger; lano wool + gerere to hear.]
<def>Bearing or producing wool.</def>
<hw>La"ni*oid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [NL. Lanius

(fr. L. lanius a butcher), the typical genus + -oid.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family
Laniidæ).</def>
<hw>Lank</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [<pos>Compar.</pos>

Lanker (?); <pos>superl.</pos> Lankest.]
[AS. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk
joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a
chain.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Slender and thin; not well filled
out; not plump; shrunken; lean.</def>
<blockquote>Meager and lank with fasting

grown.</blockquote> Swift.
<blockquote>Who would not choose . . . to have rather a

lank purse than an empty brain?</blockquote>
Barrow.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Languid; drooping.</def>[Obs.]
<blockquote>Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank

head.</blockquote> Milton.
<col>Lank hair</col>, <cd>long, thin hair.</cd>

<hw>Lank</hw>, <pos>v. i. & t.</pos> <def>To become lank;

to make lank.</def> [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.
<hw>Lank"i*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition

or quality or being lanky.</def>
<hw>Lank"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lank

manner.</def>
<hw>Lank"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality

of being lank.</def>
<hw>Lank"y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat lank.</def>

<blockquote>The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in
height.</blockquote> The Century.
{ <hw>Lan"ner</hw> (?), <pos>n. f.</pos>

<hw>Lan"ner*et</hw> (?), <pos>n. m.</pos>} [F. lanier,
OF. also, lasnier. Cf. Lanyard.] (Zoöl.)
<def>A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern
Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie
falcon.</def>
<hw>Lan"o*lin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lana wool

+ oleum oil.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>A peculiar fatlike
body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in
feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.</def>
&fist; Under the same name, it is prepared from wool for

commercial purposes, and forms an admirable basis for ointments,
being readily absorbed by the skin.
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<hw>||Lan"seh</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The small,

whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium
domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid
taste.</def> Balfour.
<hw>Lans"que*net</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. G.

landsknecht a foot soldier, also a game of cards introduced by
these foot soldiers; land country + knecht boy,
servant. See Land, and Knight.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th
centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western
Europe.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A game at cards, vulgarly called

lambskinnet.</def>
<blockquote>[They play] their little game of

lansquenet.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<hw>Lant</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Urine.</def> [Prov.

Eng.] Nares.
<hw>Lant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Lance.]

(Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several species of small,
slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common
European species (A. tobianus) and the American species (A.
Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are
caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and
sand eel.</def>
<hw>Lant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lanterloo.</def> [Obs.] Halliwell.
{ <hw>Lan*ta"ni*um</hw> (?), <hw>Lan"ta*num</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>See
Lanthanum.</def>
<hw>Lan`ta*nu"ric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Formed by
transposition of the letters of allantoin and -uric.]
(Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous
organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of
allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid.</def>
<hw>Lan"ter*loo`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An old name

of loo <sd>(a)</sd>.</def>
<hw>Lan"tern</hw> (l&abreve;n"t&etilde;rn), <pos>n.</pos>

[F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr.
<grk>lampth`r</grk> light, torch. See Lamp.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Something inclosing a light, and protecting
it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel
or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other
material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the
glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse
light.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Arch.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An open

structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to
the interior.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cage or open chamber
of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it
crowns.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A smaller and secondary cupola
crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the
lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the
Florence cathedral.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mach.) <def>A lantern pinion or trundle

wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Steam Engine) <def>A kind of cage

inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate
the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the
reception of steam, etc.; -- called also lantern
brass.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Founding) <def>A perforated barrel to

form a core upon.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>See Aristotle's

lantern.</def>
&fist; Fig. 1 represents a hand lantern; fig. 2, an arm

lantern; fig. 3, a breast lantern; -- so named from the
positions in which they are carried.
<col>Dark lantern</col>, <cd>a lantern with a single

opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; -- called
also bull's-eye.</cd> -- <col>Lantern fly</col>,
<col>Lantern carrier</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any one of
several species of large, handsome, hemipterous insects of the genera
Laternaria, Fulgora, and allies, of the family
Fulgoridæ. The largest species is Laternaria
phosphorea of Brazil. The head of some species has been supposed
to be phosphorescent.</cd> -- <col>Lantern jaws</col>,
<cd>long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage.</cd> -- <col>Lantern
pinion</col>, <col>Lantern wheel</col> (Mach.),
<cd>a kind of pinion or wheel having cylindrical bars or trundles,
instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or
plates; -- so called as resembling a lantern in shape; -- called also
wallower, or trundle.</cd> -- <col>Lantern
shell</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any translucent, marine,
bivalve shell of the genus Anatina, and allied genera.</cd> --
<col>Magic lantern</col>, <cd>an optical instrument consisting
of a case inclosing a light, and having suitable lenses in a lateral
tube, for throwing upon a screen, in a darkened room or the like,
greatly magnified pictures from slides placed in the focus of the
outer lens.</cd>
<hw>Lan"tern</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lanterned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lanterning.] [Cf. F. lanterner to hang at the lamp
post, fr. lanterne. See Lantern.] <def>To furnish with
a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.</def>
<hw>Lan"tern-jawed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed
person.</def>
<hw>Lan"tha*nite</hw> (l&abreve;n"th&adot;*n&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> (Min.) <def>Hydrous carbonate of
lanthanum, found in tabular white crystals.</def>
<hw>Lan"tha*num</hw> (-n&ubreve;m), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr.

Gr. <grk>lanqa`nein</grk> to lie hid, to be concealed.]
(Chem.) <def>A rare element of the group of the earth metals,
allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite,
gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of
separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with
which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La.</def>
[Formerly written also lanthanium.]
<hw>Lan"tho*pine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>lanqa`nein</grk> to lie hid + E. opium.] (Chem.)
<def>An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as
a white crystalline substance.</def>
<hw>Lan"thorn</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lantern.</def> [Obs.]
{ <hw>La*nu"gi*nose`</hw> (?), <hw>La*nu"gi*nous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lanuginosus, fr. lanugo, -
ginis, woolly substance, down, fr. lana wool: cf. F.
lanugineux.] <def>Covered with down, or fine soft hair;
downy.</def>
<hw>||La*nu"go</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Lanuginose.] (Anat.) <def>The soft woolly hair which
covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or
soon after birth.</def>
<hw>Lan"yard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

lanière thong, strap, OF. lasniere, fr.
lasne strap, thong, L. lacinia lappet. flap, edge of a
garment. Cf. Lanier.] [Written also laniard.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Naut.) <def>A short piece of rope or line
for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun
ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the
dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mil.) <def>A strong cord, about twelve

feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used
in firing cannon with a friction tube.</def>
<hw>Lan"yer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lanier.</def>
<hw>La*oc"o*ön</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. Gr.

&?; ] <sn>1.</sn> (Class. Myth.) <def>A priest of
Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Sculp.) <def>A marble group in the

Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoön, with his sons,
infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by
Virgil.</def>
<hw>La*odì*ce"an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the
Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.</def> Rev. iii. 14-
16.
<hw>Lap</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lappe, AS.

læppa; akin to D. lap patch, piece, G.
lappen, OHG. lappa, Dan. lap, Sw. lapp.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a
garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.</def>
Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An edge; a border; a hem, as of

cloth.</def> Chaucer.
<blockquote>If he cuts off but a lap of truth's garment,

his heart smites him.</blockquote> Fuller.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The part of the clothing that lies on the

knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus
covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be
reared in the lap of luxury.</def>
<blockquote>Men expect that happiness should drop into their

laps.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>That part of any substance or fixture

which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of
another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such
extension over or upon another thing.</def>
&fist; The lap of shingles or slates in roofing is the

distance one course extends over the second course below, the
distance over the course immediately below being called the
cover.
<sn>5.</sn> (Steam Engine) <def>The amount by which
a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being
equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke
position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap
refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>The state or condition of being in part

extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the
overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length
on the leader.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>One circuit around a race track, esp. when

the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty
laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold,
2.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> <def>In card playing and other games, the

points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; --
so called when they are counted in the score of the following
game.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> (Cotton Manuf.) <def>A sheet, layer, or

bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.</def>
<sn>10.</sn> (Mach.) <def>A piece of brass, lead, or

other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in
cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It
is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical
axis.</def>
<col>Lap joint</col>, <cd>a joint made by one layer, part,

or piece, overlapping another, as in the scarfing of timbers.</cd> --
<col>Lap weld</col>, <cd>a lap joint made by welding together
overlapping edges or ends.</cd> -- <col>Inside lap</col>
(Steam Engine), <cd>lap of the valve with respect to the
exhaust port.</cd> -- <col>Outside lap</col>, <cd>lap with
respect to the admission, or steam, port.</cd>
<hw>Lap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lapped (&?;); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lapping.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To rest or recline in a lap,
or as in a lap.</def>
<blockquote>To lap his head on lady's breast.</blockquote>

Praed.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cut or polish with a lap, as glass,

gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.</def>
<hw>Lap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [OE. lappen to fold

(see Lap, <pos>n.</pos>); cf. also OE. wlappen,
perh. another form of wrappen, E, wrap.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To fold; to bend and lay over or on
something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To wrap or wind around

something.</def>
<blockquote>About the paper . . . I lapped several times a
slender thread of very black silk.</blockquote> Sir I.
Newton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to

cherish.</def>
<blockquote>Her garment spreads, and laps him in the

folds.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To lay or place over anything so as to

partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over
another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap
weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of
(something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost
one.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Carding & Spinning) <def>To lay

together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further
working.</def>
<col>To lap boards</col>, <col>shingles</col>, etc.,

<cd>to lay one partly over another.</cd> -- <col>To lap
timbers</col>, <cd>to unite them in such a way as to preserve the
same breadth and depth throughout, as by scarfing.</cd>
Weale.

<hw>Lap</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be turned or folded;

to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another;
as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges
lap.</def>
<blockquote>The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends,

where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a
flay.</blockquote> Grew.
<hw>Lap</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [OE. lappen,

lapen, AS. lapian; akin to LG. lappen, OHG.
laffan, Icel. lepja, Dan. lade, Sw.
läppja, L. lambere; cf. Gr. &?;, W. llepio.
Cf. Lambent.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take up drink or food
with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.</def>
<blockquote>The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty,

lap hastily as they run along the shore.</blockquote> Sir
K. Digby.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To make a sound like that produced by

taking up drink with the tongue.</def>
<blockquote>I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, 

And the wild water lapping on the crag.</blockquote>
<hw>Lap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To take into the mouth

with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the
tongue.</def>
<blockquote>They 'II take suggestion as a cat laps
milk.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Lap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act

of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into
the mouth with a lap.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The sound of lapping.</def>
<hw>Lap"a*ro*cele`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; loins +

&?; tumor.] (Med.) <def>A rupture or hernia in the lumbar
regions.</def>
<hw>Lapà*rot"o*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; loins +

<grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.] (Surg.) <def>A cutting through
the walls of the abdomen, as in the Cæsarean section.</def>
<hw>Lap"board`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A board used on

the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.</def>
<hw>Lap"dog`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small dog

fondled in the lap.</def>
<hw>La*pel"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Dim. of lap a

fold.] <def>That part of a garment which is turned back;
specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in
continuation of collar.</def> [Written also lappel and
lapelle.]
<hw>La*pelled"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished with

lapels.</def>
<hw>Lap"ful</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lapfuls</plw> (&?;). <def>As much as the lap can
contain.</def>
<hw>Lap"i*cide</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lapicida,

fr. lapis stone + caedere to cut.] <def>A
stonecutter.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lapì*da"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian
record.</def>
<hw>Lapì*da"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lapidarius, fr. lapis, -idis, stone.]
<def>Consisting of stones.</def>
<hw>Lap"i*da*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lapidaries</plw> (#). [L. lapidarius, fr.
lapidarius pertaining to stone: cf. F. lapidaire.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves
precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious

stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.</def>
<col>Lapidary's lathe</col>, <col>mill</col>,
<col>or wheel</col>, <cd>a machine consisting essentially of a
revolving lap on a vertical spindle, used by a lapidary for grinding
and polishing.</cd>
<hw>Lap"i*da*ry</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L. lapidarius

pertaining to stone: cf. F. lapidaire.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on
stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary
ornamentation.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to monumental

inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.</def>
<col>Lapidary style</col>, <cd>that style which is proper

for monumental and other inscriptions; terse; sententious.</cd>
<hw>Lap"i*date</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

lapidatus, p. p. of lapidare, fr. lapis stone.]
<def>To stone.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lapì*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lapidatio: cf. F. lapidation.] <def>The act of
stoning.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>La*pid"e*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lapideus, fr. lapis stone.] <def>Of the nature of
stone.</def> [Obs.] Ray.
<hw>Lapì*des"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being
lapidescent.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A hardening into a stone

<sn>3.</sn> <def>A stony concretion.</def> Sir T.

Browne.
<hw>Lapì*des"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lapidescens, p. pr. of lapidescere to become stone, fr.
lapis, -idis, stone: cf. F. lapidescent.]
<def>Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of
being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying
bodies.</def>
<hw>Lap"i*des"cent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any substance

which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or
being converted into stone.</def>
{ <hw>Lapì*dif"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Lapì*dif"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lapis, -idis, stone +
facere to make: cf. F. lapidifique.] <def>Forming or
converting into stone.</def>
<hw>La*pidì*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lapidification.] <def>The act or process of lapidifying;
fossilization; petrifaction.</def>
<hw>La*pid"i*fy</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> Lapidified (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lapidifying (?).] [Cf. f. lapidifier. See
Lapidific, and -fy.] <def>To convert into stone or
stony material; to petrify.</def>
<hw>La*pid"i*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become stone

or stony.</def>
<hw>Lap"i*dist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lapis,

-idis, a stone.] <def>A lapidary.</def> Ray.
<hw>Lap"il*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Lapilli.] <def>The state of being, or the act of making,
stony.</def>
<hw>||La*pil"li</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L.

lapillus a little stone, dim. of lapis stone.]
(Min.) <def>Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular,
stony fragments or particles.</def>
<hw>||La"pis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lapides</plw> (#). [L.] <def>A stone.</def>
<col>Lapis calaminaris</col> (&?;). [NL.] (Min.)

<cd>Calamine.</cd> -- <col>Lapis infernalis</col> (&?;). [L.]
<cd>Fused nitrate of silver; lunar caustic.</cd>
<hw>La"pis laz"u*li</hw> (?). (Min.) <def>An albuminous

mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli, which
see.</def>
<hw>Lap"-jointèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a lap

joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal
work.</def>
<hw>Lap"land*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or

inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.</def>
<hw>Lap"land*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to Lapland.</def>
<hw>Lap"ling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lap of a

garment + ling.] <def>One who has been fondled to excess; one
fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.</def>
<hw>Lapp</hw> (l&abreve;p), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Laplander. Cf. Lapps.</def>
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<hw>Lap*pa"ceous</hw> (l&abreve;p*p&amacr;"sh&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lappaceus burlike, fr. lappa a
bur.] (Bot.) <def>Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered
with forked points.</def>
<hw>Lap"per</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Lap to

drink.] <def>One who takes up food or liquid with his
tongue.</def>
<hw>Lap"pet</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Dim. of lap a

fold.] <def>A small decorative fold or flap, esp. of lace or muslin,
in a garment or headdress.</def> Swift.
<col>Lappet moth</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>one of

several species of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy
caterpillars, flat beneath. Two common American species
(Gastropacha Americana, and Tolype velleda) feed upon
the apple tree.</cd>
<hw>Lap"pet</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lappeted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lappeting.] <def>To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.</def>
[R.] Landor.
<hw>Lap"pic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to Lapland, or the Lapps.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
language of the Lapps. See Lappish.</def>
<hw>Lap"ping</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of machine

blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.</def>
Ure.
<col>Lapping engine</col>, <col>Lapping

machine</col> (Textile Manuf.), <cd>A machine for forming
fiber info a lap. See its Lap, 9.</cd>
<hw>Lap"pish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to the Lapps; Laplandish.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish
and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.</def>
{ <hw>Lap*po"ni*an</hw> (?), <hw>Lap*pon"ic</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Laplandish; Lappish.</def>
<hw>Lapps</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>; sing.

<singw>Lapp</singw> (&?;). (Ethnol.) <def>A branch of
the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway,
Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.</def>
<hw>Laps"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lapsible.</def>

<hw>Lapse</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lapsus, fr.

labi, p. p. lapsus, to slide, to fall: cf. F.
laps. See Sleep.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A gliding,
slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress
or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to
figurative uses.</def>
<blockquote>The lapse to indolence is soft and

imperceptible.</blockquote> Rambler.
<blockquote>Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long

centuries for his expected revenue of fame.</blockquote> I.
Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in

duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.</def>
<blockquote>To guard against those lapses and failings to

which our infirmities daily expose us.</blockquote>
Rogers.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>The termination of a right or

privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or
through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right
or privilege.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Theol.) <def>A fall or

apostasy.</def>
<hw>Lapse</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lapsed (#); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lapsing.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pass slowly and smoothly
downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to
glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.</def>
<blockquote>A tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those

northern nations from whom we are descended.</blockquote>
Swift.
<blockquote>Homer, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites, has

lapsed into the burlesque character.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail

in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a
fault by inadvertence or mistake.</def>
<blockquote>To lapse in fullness 

Is sorer than to lie for need.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To fall

or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original
destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as
a patron, a legatee, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To become
ineffectual or void; to fall.</def>
<blockquote>If the archbishop shall not fill it up within six

months ensuing, it lapses to the king.</blockquote>
Ayliffe.
<hw>Lapse</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to
pass.</def>
<blockquote>An appeal may be deserted by the appellant's

lapsing the term of law.</blockquote> Ayliffe.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to

surprise or catch, as an offender.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>For which, if be lapsed in this place, 
I shall pay dear.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Lapsed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost
position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative
uses.</def>
<blockquote>Once more I will renew 

His lapsed powers, though forfeit.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a

lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.</def>
<col>Lapsed devise</col>, <col>Lapsed legacy</col>

(Law), <cd>a devise, or legacy, which fails to take effect in
consequence of the death of the devisee, or legatee, before that of
the testator, or for other cause.</cd> Wharton (Law
Dict.).
<hw>Laps"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Liable to

lapse.</def>
<hw>Lap"sidèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Lopsided.</def>
<hw>Lap"stone`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A stone for the

lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.</def>
{ <hw>Lap"streak`</hw> (?), <hw>Lap"strake`</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Made with boards whose edges lap one over
another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.</def>
<hw>La*pu"tan</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's
Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful;
preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.</def> "Laputan
ideas." G. Eliot.
<hw>Lap"-weldèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having edges

or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.</def>
<hw>Lap"wing`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lapwynke,

leepwynke, AS. hleápewince;
hleápan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word akin to AS.
wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering;
cf. G. wanken to stagger, waver. See Leap, and
Wink.] (Zoöl.) <def>A small European bird of the
Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It
has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular
fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or
greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London
market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit,
dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is
the Squatarola cinerea.</def>
<hw>Lap"work`</hw> (l&abreve;p"wûrk`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Work in which one part laps over another.</def>
Grew.
<hw>Laq"uay</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lackey.</def>

[Obs.] Evelyn.
<hw>La"que*ar</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Laquearia</plw> (#). [L.] (Arch.) <def>A
lacunar.</def>
<hw>Laq"ue*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. laqueus

a noose.] <def>Using a noose, as a gladiator.</def> [Obs. or R.]
<blockquote>Retiary and laqueary combatants.</blockquote>

<hw>Lar</hw> (lär), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lares</plw> (#), sometimes <plw>Lars</plw> (#).
[L.] (Rom. Myth.) <def>A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor
regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the
tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Fig.: Hearth or
dwelling house.</def>
<blockquote>Nor will she her dear Lar forget, 

Victorious by his benefit.</blockquote> Lovelace.
<blockquote>The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight

plaint.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Looking backward in vain toward their Lares and

lands.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<hw>Lar</hw> (lär), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah.
Called also white-handed gibbon.</def>
<hw>Lar"a*mie group`</hw> (?). (Geol.) <def>An extensive

series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region,
as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of
the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of
intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite,
often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic
group. See Chart of Geology.</def>
<hw>Lar"board`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lar- is of

uncertain origin, possibly the same as lower, i. e., humbler
in rank, because the starboard side is considered by mariners as
higher in rank; cf. D. laag low, akin to E. low. See
Board, <pos>n.</pos>, 8.] (Naut.) <def>The left-
hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; --
opposed to starboard.</def>
&fist; Larboard is a nearly obsolete term, having been

superseded by port to avoid liability of confusion with
starboard, owing to similarity of sound.
<hw>Lar"board`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>On or pertaining to

the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard
quarter.</def>
{ <hw>Lar"ce*ner</hw> (?), <hw>Lar"ce*nist</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who commits larceny.</def>
<hw>Lar"ce*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. OE.

larrecinos. See Larceny.] <def>Having the character of
larceny; as, a larcenous act; committing larceny.</def> "The
larcenous and burglarious world." Sydney Smith. --
<wf>Lar"ce*nous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Lar"ce*ny</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Larcenies</plw> (#). [F. larcin, OE.
larrecin, L. latrocinium, fr. latro robber,
mercenary, hired servant; cf. Gr. (&?;) hired servant. Cf.
Latrociny.] (Law) <def>The unlawful taking and carrying
away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the
same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.</def>
<col>Grand larceny</col> &and; <col>Petit larceny

are</col> <cd>distinctions having reference to the nature or
value of the property stolen. They are abolished in England.</cd> --
<col>Mixed</col>, or <col>Compound, larceny</col>,
<cd>that which, under statute, includes in it the aggravation of a
taking from a building or the person.</cd> -- <col>Simple
larceny</col>, <cd>that which is not accompanied with any
aggravating circumstances.</cd>
<hw>Larch</hw> (lärch), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OE.

larege (Cotgrave), It. larice, Sp. larice,
alerce, G. lärche; all fr. L. larix, -
icis, Gr. <grk>la`rix</grk>.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of
coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see
Illust. of Fascicle).</def> The European larch is
Larix Europæa. The American or black larch is L.
Americana, the hackmatack or tamarack. The trees are generally of
a drooping, graceful appearance.
<hw>Larch"en</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to the larch.</def> Keats.
<hw>Lard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., bacon, pig's fat, L.

lardum, laridum; cf. Gr. (&?;) fattened, fat.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Bacon; the flesh of swine.</def> [Obs.]
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of

the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.</def>
<col>Lard oil</col>, <cd>an illuminating and lubricating

oil expressed from lard.</cd> -- <col>Leaf lard</col>, <cd>the
internal fat of the hog, separated in leaves or masses from the
kidneys, etc.; also, the same melted.</cd>
<hw>Lard</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Larded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Larding.] [F. larder. See Lard,
<pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To stuff with bacon; to
dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork
in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard
poultry.</def>
<blockquote>And larded thighs on loaded altars

laid.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To fatten; to enrich.</def>
<blockquote>[The oak] with his nuts larded many a

swine.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>Falstaff sweats to death. 

And lards the lean earth as he walks along.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To smear with lard or fat.</def>
<blockquote>In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat 

Of slaughtered brutes.</blockquote> Somerville.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To mix or garnish with something, as by

way of improvement; to interlard.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>Let no alien Sedley interpose 

To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<hw>Lard</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow fat.</def>

[Obs.]
<hw>Lar`da*ce"in</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Lardaceous.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>A peculiar amyloid
substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring
mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver,
etc.</def>
<hw>Lar*da"ceous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lardacé.] <def>Consisting of, or resembling,
lard.</def>
<cd>Lardaceous degeneration</cd> (Med.), <cd>amyloid

degeneration.</cd>
<hw>Lard"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. lardier.

See Lard, <pos>n.</pos>] <def>A room or place where
meat and other articles of food are kept before they are
cooked.</def> Shak.
<hw>Lard"er*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One in charge

of the larder.</def>
<hw>Lard"er*y</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OE.

larderie.] <def>A larder.</def> [Obs.]
{ <hw>Lar"don</hw> (?), <hw>Lar*doon"</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [F. lardon, fr. lard lard.] <def>A
bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding.</def>
<hw>Lard"ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lardery.]
<def>A larder.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lard"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing, or

resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.</def>
<hw>Lare</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lore.]

<def>Lore; learning.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lare</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Pasture; feed. See

Lair.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>Lare</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To feed; to

fatten.</def> [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
<hw>||La"res</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See 1st

Lar.</def>
<hw>Large</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Larger (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Largest.] [F., fr. L. largus.
Cf. Largo.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Exceeding most other
things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial
dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;
extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a
large house or room; a large lake or pool; a
large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large
army; a large city.</def>
&fist; For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and

not large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great
length, breadth, depth; a great distance; a great
height.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Abundant; ample; as, a large supply

of provisions.</def>
<blockquote>We have yet large day.</blockquote>

Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Full in statement; diffuse; full;

profuse.</def>
<blockquote>I might be very large upon the importance and

advantages of education.</blockquote> Felton.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Having more than usual power or capacity;

having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said
of the mind and heart.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Free; unembarrassed.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Of burdens all he set the Paynims

large.</blockquote> Fairfax.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of

language.</def> [Obs.] "Some large jests he will make."
Shak.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>Prodigal in expending; lavish.</def>

<sn>8.</sn> (Naut.) <def>Crossing the line of a

ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it
is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.</def>
<col>At large</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Without

restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at
large. <sd>(b)</sd> Diffusely; fully; in the full extent;
as, to discourse on a subject at large.</cd> -- <col>Common
at large</col>. <cd>See under Common,
<pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col>Electors at large</col>,
<col>Representative at large</col>, <cd>electors, or a
representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a
State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular
districts in a State.</cd> [U. S.] -- <col>To give, go, run, or
sail large</col> (Naut.), <cd>to have the wind crossing
the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel
its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See
Large, <pos>a.</pos>, 8.</cd>
Syn. -- Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample;

abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal.
<hw>Large</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Freely;

licentiously.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Large</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Mus.) <def>A musical

note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight
semibreves.</def>
<hw>Large"-a`cred</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Possessing

much land.</def>
<hw>Large"-handèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

large hands.</def> Fig.: <def>Taking, or giving, in large quantities;
rapacious or bountiful.</def>
<hw>Large"-heartèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a

large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.</def> --
<wf>Large"-heartèd*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Large"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a large

manner.</def> Dryden. Milton.
<hw>Large"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or

state of being large.</def>
{ <hw>Lar"gess</hw>, <hw>Lar"gesse</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [F. largesse, fr. large. See
Large, <pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Liberality; generosity; bounty.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Fulfilled of largesse and of all

grace.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A present; a gift; a bounty
bestowed.</def>
<blockquote>The heralds finished their proclamation with their

usual cry of "Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!" and
gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the
galleries.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Lar"get</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. larget.]

<def>A short piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small
billet.</def>
<hw>||Lar*ghet"to</hw> (?), <pos>a. & adv.</pos> [It., dim.

of largo largo.] (Mus.) <def>Somewhat slow or slowly,
but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than
andante.</def>
<hw>Lar*gif"i*cal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

largificus; largus large + facere.]
<def>Generous; ample; liberal.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lar*gif"lu*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

largifluus; large abundantly + fluere to flow.]
<def>Flowing copiously.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lar*gil"o*quent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. L.

largiloquus.] <def>Grandiloquent.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lar"gish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat

large.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Lar*gi"tion</hw> (?), [L. largitio, fr. largiri,

p. p. largitus, to give bountifully.] <def>The bestowment of a
largess or gift.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>||Lar"go</hw> (?), <pos>a. & adv.</pos> [It., large, L.

largus, See Large.] (Mus.) <def>Slow or slowly;
-- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave,
which is also weighty and solemn.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos>
<def>A movement or piece in largo time.</def>
<hw>Lar"i*at</hw> (l&abreve;r"&ibreve;*&abreve;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [Sp. la reata the rope; la the +
reata rope. Cf. Reata.] <def>A long, slender rope made
of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso
for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that
he can graze without wandering.</def> [Mexico & Western U.S.]
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<hw>Lar"i*at</hw> (l&abreve;r"&ibreve;*&abreve;t), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Lariated;
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Lariating.] <def>To secure
with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing;
also, to lasso or catch with a lariat.</def> [Western U.S.]
<hw>La"rine</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Of or pertaining to the Gull family
(Laridæ).</def>
<hw>Larìx*in"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as,
larixinic acid.</def>
<hw>Lark</hw> (lärk), <pos>n.</pos> [Perh fr. AS.

l&amacr;c play, sport. Cf. Lake, <pos>v.
i.</pos>] <def>A frolic; a jolly time.</def> [Colloq.]
Dickens.
<hw>Lark</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Larked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Larking.] <def>To sport; to frolic.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Lark</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. larke,

laverock, AS. l&amacr;werce; akin to D.
leeuwerik, LG. lewerke, OHG. l&emacr;rahha, G.
lerche, Sw. lärka, Dan. lerke, Icel.
lævirki.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any one numerous
species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera
(family Alaudidæ). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia,
and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore
larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks
have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and, usually, dull,
sandy brown colors.</def>
&fist; The European skylark, or lark of the poets (Alauda

arvensis), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted for its
clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and descends almost
perpendicularly in the air. It is considered a table delicacy, and
immense numbers are killed for the markets. Other well-known European
species are the crested, or tufted, lark (Alauda cristata),
and the wood lark (A. arborea). The pipits, or titlarks, of
the genus Anthus (family Motacillidæ) are often
called larks. See Pipit. The American meadow larks, of the
genus Sturnella, are allied to the starlings. See Meadow
Lark. The Australian bush lark is Mirafra Horsfieldii. See
Shore lark.
<col>Lark bunting</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a

fringilline bird (Calamospiza melanocorys) found on the plains
of the Western United States.</cd> -- <col>Lark sparrow</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a sparrow (Chondestes grammacus),
found in the Mississippi Valley and the Western United
States.</cd>
<hw>Lark</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To catch larks; as, to

go larking.</def>
<hw>Lark"-colòred</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the

sandy brown color of the European larks.</def>
<hw>Lark"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See 3d Lark,

for sense 1, and 1st Lark, for sense 2.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A catcher of larks.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who indulges in a lark or
frolic.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Lark's"-heel`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Indian cress.</def>
<hw>Lark"spur</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy
flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate
zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida.
The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals
bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.</def>
<hw>Lar"mi*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. larme

tear, drop, L. lacrima. See Lachrymose.] (Anat.)
<def>See Tearpit.</def>
<hw>La"roid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Larus + -

oid.] (Zoöl.) <def>Like or belonging to the Gull
family (Laridæ).</def>
<hw>Lar"rup</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Larruped (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Larruping.] [Perh, a corrupt. of lee rope, used by
sailors in beating the boys; but cf. D. larpen to thresh,
larp a whip, blow.] <def>To beat or flog soundly.</def> [Prov.
Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby.
<hw>Lar"ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Lorry, or Lorrie.</def>
<hw>Lar"um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Alarum,

and Alarm.</def>
<hw>Lar"va</hw> (lär"v&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. L. <plw>Larvæ</plw> (-væ), E.
<plw>Larvas</plw> (-v&adot;z). [L. larva ghost,
specter, mask.] <sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any young
insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a
pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times,
and may change its form or color each time. The larvæ of many
insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no
trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa
stage. In other groups of insects the larvæ are totally unlike
the parents in structure and habits, and are called
caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The early, immature

form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place,
before the assumption of the mature shape.</def>
<hw>Lar"val</hw> (-val), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

larvalis ghostly. See Larva.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Of or pertaining to a larva.</def>
<hw>||Lar*va"li*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See

Larval.] (Zoöl.) <def>An order of Tunicata,
including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because
certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called
also Copelata. See Appendicularia.</def>
<hw>Lar"va*ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. larvatus

bewitched. See Larva.] <def>Masked; clothed as with a
mask.</def>
<hw>Larve</hw> (lärv), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Larves</plw> (lärvz). [F.] <def>A larva.</def>
<hw>Lar"vi*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Larva +

-form.] (Zoöl.) <def>Having the form or structure
of a larva.</def>
<hw>Lar*vip"a*rous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Larva +

L. parete to bring forth.] (Zoöl.) <def>Depositing
living larvæ, instead of eggs; -- said of certain
insects.</def>
<hw>La"ry</hw> (l&amacr;"r&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lare sea gull, L. larus a sort of sea bird, Gr.
<grk>la`ros</grk>.] <def>A guillemot; -- called also
lavy.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Lar`yn*ge"al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Larynx.] <def>Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to
operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps.</def>
<hw>Lar`yn*ge"an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Laryngeal.</def>
<hw>||Lar`yn*gis"mus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>laryggismo`s</grk> a croaking. See Larynx.] (Med.)
<def>A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or
closure of the opening.</def>
<hw>||Lar`yn*gi"tis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Larynx, and -tis.] (Med.) <def>Inflammation of
the larynx.</def>
<hw>La*ryn`go*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to laryngology.</def>
<hw>Lar`yn*gol"o*gist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

applies himself to laryngology.</def>
<hw>Lar`yn*gol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Larynx

+ -logy.] <def>Systematized knowledge of the action and
functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of
the diseases of the larynx.</def>
<hw>Lar`yn*goph"o*ny</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Larynx

+ Gr. (&?;) voice.] <def>The sound of the voice as heard through a
stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx.</def>
<hw>La*ryn"go*scope</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Larynx

+ -scope.] (Surg.) <def>An instrument, consisting of an
arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and
for examining its image.</def>
<hw>La*ryn`go*scop"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to the inspection of the larynx.</def>
<hw>Lar`yn*gos"co*pist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

skilled in laryngoscopy.</def>
<hw>Lar`yn*gos"co*py</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art

of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the
laryngoscope.</def>
<hw>La*ryn"go*tome</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Surg.)

<def>An instrument for performing laryngotomy.</def>
<hw>Lar`yn*got"o*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. (&?;);

(&?;), (&?;), the larynx + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut: cf. F.
laryngotomie.] (Surg.) <def>The operation of cutting
into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting
respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign
bodies.</def>
<hw>La*ryn`go*tra"che*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[Larynx + tracheal.] (Anat.) <def>Pertaining to
both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotracheal cartilage in
the frog.</def>
<hw>La*ryn`go*tra`che*ot"o*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[Larynx + tracheotomy.] (Surg.) <def>The
operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the
trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to
breathing.</def>
<hw>Lar"ynx</hw> (l&abreve;r"&ibreve;&nsm;ks; 277),

<pos>n.</pos> [NL. from Gr. <grk>la`rygx</grk>, <grk>-
yggos</grk>.] (Anat.) <def>The expanded upper end of the
windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It
contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their
vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes
between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening,
the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike
epiglottis.</def>
&fist; In the framework of the human larynx, the thyroid

cartilage, attached to the hyoid bone, makes the protuberance on the
front of the neck known as Adam's apple, and is articulated
below to the ringlike cricoid cartilage. This is narrow in front and
high behind, where, within the thyroid, it is surmounted by the two
arytenoid cartilages, from which the vocal cords pass forward to be
attached together to the front of the thyroid. See Syrinx.
<hw>Las</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lace. See

Lace.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Las</hw>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>Less.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<hw>Las"car</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Per. & Hind.

lashkar an army, an inferior artillery man, a cooly, a native
sailor.] <def>A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a
menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp
follower.</def> [East Indies]
<hw>Las"ci*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Loose;

lascivious.</def> [Obs.] "To depaint lascious wantonness."
Holland.
<hw>Las*civ"i*en*cy</hw>
(l&abreve;s*s&ibreve;v"&ibreve;*en*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Lascivient.] <def>Lasciviousness;
wantonness.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Las*civ"i*ent</hw> (-ent), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lasciviens, pr. of lascivire to be wanton, fr.
lascivus. See Lascivious.] <def>Lascivious.</def>
<hw>Las*civ"i*ous</hw> (-&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lascivia wantonness, fr. lascivus wanton; cf. Gr.
<grk>la`stauros</grk> lecherous, <grk>lh^n</grk> to wish, Skr.
lash to desire.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Wanton; lewd;
lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires.</def>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd

emotions.</def>
<blockquote>He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber 

To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.</blockquote>
Shak.
-- <wf>Las*civ"i*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Las*civ"i*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>La"ser*wort`</hw> (l&amacr;"s&etilde;r*wûrt`),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. laser the juice of the laserwort.]
(Bot.) <def>Any plant of the umbelliferous genus
Laserpitium, of several species (as L. glabrum, and
L. siler), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a
bitter taste. The genus is mostly European.</def>
<hw>Lash</hw> (l&abreve;sh), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

lasche; cf. D. lasch piece set in, joint, seam, G.
lashe latchet, a bit of leather, gusset, stripe,
laschen to furnish with flaps, to lash or slap, Icel.
laski gusset, flap, laska to break.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is
given.</def>
<blockquote>I observed that your whip wanted a lash to

it.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A leash in which an animal is caught or

held; hence, a snare.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant

and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine
lashes.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an

expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.</def>
<blockquote>The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating

that to ourselves which succeeds well.</blockquote>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A hair growing from the edge of the

eyelid; an eyelash.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>In carpet weaving, a group of strings for

lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.</def>
<hw>Lash</hw> (l&abreve;sh), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Lashed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lashng.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To strike with a
lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like
one.</def>
<blockquote>We lash the pupil, and defraud the

ward.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a

lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a
whale lashes the sea with his tail.</def>
<blockquote>And big waves lash the frighted

shores.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To throw out with a jerk or

quickly.</def>
<blockquote>He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider

throws.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To scold; to berate; to satirize; to

censure with severity; as, to lash vice.</def>
<hw>Lash</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To ply the whip; to

strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.</def>
<blockquote>To laugh at follies, or to lash at

vice.</blockquote> Dryden.
<col>To lash out</col>, <cd>to strike out wildly or

furiously.</cd>
<hw>Lash</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. D. lasschen to

fasten together, lasch piece, joint, Sw. laska to
stitch, Dan. laske stitch. See Lash,
<pos>n.</pos> ] <def>To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or
chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to
lash a pack on a horse's back.</def>
<hw>Lash"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who whips or

lashes.</def>
<hw>Lash"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; --
called also lashing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A weir in a river.</def> [Eng.]

<hw>Lash"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of one who,

or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.</def>
South.
<col>Lashing out</col>, <cd>a striking out; also,

extravagance.</cd>
<hw>Lash"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 2d

Lasher.</def>
<hw>Lask</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A diarrhea or

flux.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>Las"ket</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Lash,

Latching.] (Naut.) <def>latching.</def>
<hw>Lass</hw> (l&adot;s), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lasse;

prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. llodes girl, fem. of
llawd lad. √123. See Lad a youth.] <def>A young
woman; a girl; a sweetheart.</def>
<hw>Lasse</hw> (?), <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>Less.</def>

<hw>Las"sie</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A young girl; a

lass.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Las"si*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lassitudo, fr. lassus faint, weary; akin to E.
late: cf. F. lassitude. See Late.] <def>A
condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are
performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will;
languor; debility; weariness.</def>
<blockquote>The corporeal instruments of action being strained to

a high pitch . . . will soon feel a lassitude.</blockquote>
Barrow.
<hw>Lass"lorn`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Forsaken by a

lass.</def> Shak.
<hw>Lass"o</hw> (l&abreve;s"s&osl;) <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Lassos</plw> (-s&omacr;z). [Sp. lazo,
L. laqueus. See Lace.] <def>A rope or long thong of
leather with a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle,
etc.</def>
<col>Lasso cell</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>one of a

peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in
great numbers in all c&oelig;lenterates, and in a few animals of
other groups. They are most highly developed in the tentacles of
jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actiniæ. Each of these cells is
filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often barbed,
hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell contracts the thread
is quickly ejected, being at the same time turned inside out. The
thread is able to penetrate the flesh of various small, soft-bodied
animals, and carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily
paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold the prey in
position, attached to the tentacles. Some of the jellyfishes, as the
Portuguese man-of-war, and Cyanea, are able to penetrate the
human skin, and inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also
nettling cell, cnida, cnidocell.</cd>
<hw>Las"so</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lassoed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lassoing.] <def>To catch with a lasso.</def>
<hw>Last</hw> (?), <pos>3d pers. sing. pres.</pos> <def>of

Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Last</hw> (&?;), <pos>a.</pos> [OE. last,

latst, contr. of latest, superl. of late; akin
to OS. lezt, lazt, last, D. laatst, G.
letzt. See Late, and cf. Latest.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Being after all the others, similarly classed
or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all
the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a
century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last
page in a book; his last chance.</def>
<blockquote>Also day by day, from the first day unto the

last day, he read in the book of the law of God.</blockquote>
Neh. viii. 18.
<blockquote>Fairest of stars, last in the train of

night.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Next before the present; as, I saw him

last week.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Supreme; highest in degree;

utmost.</def>
<blockquote>Contending for principles of the last

importance.</blockquote> R. Hall.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Lowest in rank or degree; as, the

last prize.</def> Pope.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Farthest of all from a given quality,

character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he
is the last person to be accused of theft.</def>
<! p. 832 !>
<col>At last</col>, <cd>at the end of a certain period;

after delay.</cd> "The duke of Savoy felt that the time had at
last arrived." Motley. -- <col>At the last</col>.
[Prob. fr. AS. on l&amacr;ste behind, following behind, fr.
l&amacr;st race, track, footstep. See Last mold of the
foot.] <cd>At the end; in the conclusion.</cd> [Obs.] "Gad, a troop
shall overcome him; but he shall overcome at the last."
Gen. xlix. 19. -- <col>Last heir</col>, <cd>the person
to whom lands escheat for want of an heir.</cd> [Eng.] Abbott.
-- <col>On one's last legs</col>, <cd>at, or near, the end of
one's resources; hence, on the verge of failure or ruin, especially
in a financial sense.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col>To breathe one's
last</col>, <cd>to die.</cd> -- <col>To the last</col>,
<cd>to the end; till the conclusion.</cd>
<blockquote>And blunder on in business to the

last.</blockquote> Pope.
Syn. -- At Last, At Length. These phrases

both denote that some delayed end or result has been reached. At
length implies that a long period was spent in so doing; as,
after a voyage of more than three months, we at Length arrived
safe. At last commonly implies that something has occurred (as
interruptions, disappointments, etc.) which leads us to emphasize the
idea of having reached the end; as, in spite of every obstacle, we
have at last arrived.
<hw>Last</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [See Last,

<pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>At a time or on an
occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have
occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New
York.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>In conclusion; finally.</def>
<blockquote>Pleased with his idol, he commends, admires, 

Adores; and, last, the thing adored desires.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>At a time next preceding the present

time.</def>
<blockquote>How long is't now since last yourself and I 

Were in a mask ?</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Last</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lasted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lasting.] [OE. lasten, As. læstan to
perform, execute, follow, last, continue, fr. l&amacr;st,
l&?;st, trace, footstep, course; akin to G. leisten to
perform, Goth. laistjan to follow. See Last mold of the
foot.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To continue in time; to endure; to
remain in existence.</def>
<blockquote>[I] proffered me to be slave in all that she me would

ordain while my life lasted.</blockquote> Testament of
Love.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To endure use, or continue in existence,

without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better
than that; the fuel will last through the winter.</def>
<hw>Last</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. l&amacr;sttrace,

track, footstep; akin to D. leest a last, G. leisten,
Sw. läst, Dan. læst, Icel.
leistr the foot below the ankle, Goth. laists track,
way; from a root signifying, to go. Cf. Last, <pos>v.
i.</pos>, Learn, Delirium.] <def>A wooden block
shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are
formed.</def>
<blockquote>The cobbler is not to go beyond his

last.</blockquote> L'Estrange.
<col>Darning last</col>, <cd>a smooth, hard body, often

egg-shaped, put into a stocking to preserve its shape in
darning.</cd>
<hw>Last</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To shape with a last;

to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to
last a boot.</def>
<hw>Last</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [As. hlæst, fr.

hladan to lade; akin to OHG. hlast, G., D., Dan., & Sw.
last: cf. F. laste, last, a last, of German or
Dutch origin. See Lade.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A load; a
heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated
at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different
countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings,
meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten
quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one
quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs;
of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of
leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool,
twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The burden of a ship; a cargo.</def>
<hw>Last"age</hw> (?) <pos>n.</pos> [E. lestage

ballasting, fr. lest ballast, or LL. lastagium,
lestagium. See Last a load.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things
where one will.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A tax on wares sold by the last.</def>

[Obs.] Cowell.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The lading of a ship; also, ballast.</def>

Spelman.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Room for stowing goods, as in a

ship.</def>
<hw>Last"e</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos>imp.</pos> of

Last, to endure.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Last"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A workman whose

business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on
lasts; a tool for stretching leather on a last.</def>
<hw>Last"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A red

color.</def>[Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>Last"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Existing or

continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil;
a lasting color.</def>
Syn. -- Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual;

unending. -- Lasting, Permanent, Durable.
Lasting commonly means merely continuing in existence;
permanent carries the idea of continuing in the same state,
position, or course; durable means lasting in spite of
agencies which tend to destroy.
<hw>Last"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Continuance; endurance.</def> Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A species of very durable woolen stuff,

used for women's shoes; everlasting.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The act or process of shaping on a

last.</def>
<hw>Last"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lasting

manner.</def>
<hw>Last"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>In the last place; in conclusion.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>at last; finally.</def>
<hw>Lat</hw> (l&abreve;t), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To let; to

allow.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Latà*ki"a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Turk.] <def>A

superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place
where produced, the ancient Laodicea.</def>
<hw>Latch</hw> (l&abreve;ch), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. F.

lécher to lick (of German origin). Cf. Lick.]
<def>To smear; to anoint.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Latch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lacche, fr.

lacchen to seize, As. læccan.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.</def> [Obs.]
Rom. of R.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A movable piece which holds anything in

place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which
holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Naut.) <def>A latching.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A crossbow.</def> [Obs.]

Wright.
<hw>Latch</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> Latched (l&abreve;cht); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Latching.] [OE. lacchen. See Latch.
<pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To catch so as to
hold.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Those that remained threw darts at our men, and

latching our darts, sent them again at us.</blockquote>
Golding.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To catch or fasten by means of a

latch.</def>
<blockquote>The door was only latched.</blockquote>

Locke.
<hw>Latch"et</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lachet,

from an OF. dialect form of F. lacet plaited string, lace dim.
of lacs. See Lace.] <def>The string that fastens a
shoe; a shoestring.</def>
<hw>Latch"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.) <def>A

loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is
attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and
lasket.</def> [Usually in pl.]
<hw>Latch"key`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A key used to

raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night
latch.</def>
<hw>Latch"string`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A string for

raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to
the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.</def>
<col>To find the latchstring out</col>, <cd>to meet with

hospitality; to be welcome. (Intrusion is prevented by drawing in the
latchstring.)</cd> [Colloq. U.S.]
<hw>Late</hw> (l&amacr;t), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Later (l&amacr;t"&etilde;r), or
latter (l&abreve;t"t&etilde;r); <pos>superl.</pos>
Latest (l&amacr;t"&ebreve;st) or Last (l&adot;st).]
[OE. lat slow, slack, AS. læt; akin to OS.
lat, D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack,
Icel. latr, Sw. lat, Dan. lad, Goth.
lats, and to E. let, <pos>v.</pos> See
Let to permit, and cf. Alas, Lassitude.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Coming after the time when due, or after the
usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a
late spring.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Far advanced toward the end or close; as,

a late hour of the day; a late period of
life.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Existing or holding some position not long

ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office;
as, the late bishop of London; the late
administration.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Not long past; happening not long ago;

recent; as, the late rains; we have received late
intelligence.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Continuing or doing until an advanced hour

of the night; as, late revels; a late
watcher.</def>
<hw>Late</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> [AS. late. See

Late, <pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>After the
usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he
arrived late; -- opposed to early.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not long ago; lately.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Far in the night, day, week, or other

particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late
at night.</def>
<col>Of late</col>, <cd>in time not long past, or near the

present; lately; as, the practice is of late uncommon.</cd> --
<col>Too late</col>, <cd>after the proper or available time;
when the time or opportunity is past.</cd>
<hw>Lat"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belated; too

late.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>La*teen"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Naut.) <def>Of

or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and
adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See
below.</def>
<col>Lateen sail</col>. [F. voile latine a sail in

the shape of a right-angled triangle; cf. It. & Sp. vela
latina; properly Latin sail. See Latin.]
(Naut.) <cd>A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which
is slung at about one fourth of its length from the lower end, to a
low mast, this end being brought down at the tack, while the other
end is elevated at an angle or about forty-five degrees; -- used in
small boats, feluccas, xebecs, etc., especially in the Mediterranean
and adjacent waters. Some lateen sails have also a boom on the lower
side.</cd>
<hw>Late"ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not long ago;

recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy.</def>
<hw>La"tence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Latency.</def>

<hw>La"ten*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Latent.]

<def>The state or quality of being latent.</def>
<blockquote>To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three

degrees of this latency.</blockquote> Sir W.
Hamilton.
<hw>Late"ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state,
condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his
arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the
season.</def>
<hw>La"tent</hw> (l&amacr;"tent), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

latens, -entis, p. pr. of latere to lie hid or
concealed; cf. Gr. <grk>lanqa`nein</grk>, E. lethargy: cf. F.
latent.] <def>Not visible or apparent; hidden; concealed;
secret; dormant; as, latent springs of action.</def>
<blockquote>The evils latent in the most promising

contrivances are provided for as they arise.</blockquote>
Burke.
<col>Latent buds</col> (Bot.), <cd>buds which remain

undeveloped or dormant for a long time, but may at length grow.</cd>
<col>Latent heat</col> (Physics), <cd>that quantity of
heat which disappears or becomes concealed in a body while producing
some change in it other than rise of temperature, as fusion,
evaporation, or expansion, the quantity being constant for each
particular body and for each species of change.</cd> --
<col>Latent period</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> (Med.)
<cd>The regular time in which a disease is supposed to be existing
without manifesting itself</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd>
(Physiol.) <cd>One of the phases in a simple muscular
contraction, in which invisible preparatory changes are taking place
in the nerve and muscle</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> (Biol.)
<cd>One of those periods or resting stages in the development of the
ovum, in which development is arrested prior to renewed
activity.</cd>
<hw>La"tent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a secret or

concealed manner; invisibly.</def>
<hw>||La"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lateres</plw> (#). [L.] <def>A brick or tile.</def>
Knight.
<hw>Lat"er</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Compar. of

Late, <pos>a. & adv.</pos></def>
<hw>Lat"er*ad</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [L. latus,

lateris, side + ad to.] (Anat.) <def>Toward the
side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to
mesiad.</def>
<hw>Lat"er*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lateralis,

fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F.
latéral.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to
the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the
lateral branches of a tree.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>Lying at, or extending

toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to
mesial.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Directed to the side; as, a lateral
view of a thing.</def>
<col>Lateral cleavage</col> (Crystallog.),

<cd>cleavage parallel to the lateral planes.</cd> -- <col>Lateral
equation</col> (Math.), <cd>an equation of the first
degree.</cd> [Obs.] -- <col>Lateral line</col> (Anat.),
<cd>in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the
body, often marked by a distinct line of color.</cd> --
<col>Lateral pressure</col> or <col>stress</col>
(Mech.), <cd>a pressure or stress at right angles to the
length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal
pressure or stress.</cd> -- <col>Lateral strength</col>
(Mech.), <cd>strength which resists a tendency to fracture
arising from lateral pressure.</cd> -- <col>Lateral
system</col> (Bridge Building), <cd>the system of
horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral
stiffness is secured.</cd>
<hw>Latèr*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or condition of being lateral.</def>
<hw>Lat"er*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By the

side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.</def>
<hw>Lat"er*an</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The church and

palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of
Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic
world.</def>
&fist; The name is said to have been derived from that of the
Laterani family, who possessed a palace on or near the spot
where the church now stands. In this church several ecclesiastical
councils, hence called Lateran councils, have been held.
<hw>Lat"ered</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclined to

delay; dilatory.</def> [Obs.] "When a man is too latered."
Chaucer.
<hw>Latèr*i*fo"li*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

latus, lateris, side + folium leaf: cf. F.
latérifolié.] (Bot.) <def>Growing from
the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious
flower.</def>
<hw>Lat"er*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. later

brick, tile: cf. F. latérite.] (Geol.) <def>An
argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in
India.</def>
<hw>Latèr*it"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Consisting

of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic
formations.</def>
<hw>Lat"er*i"tious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lateritius, fr. later a brick.] <def>Like bricks; of
the color of red bricks.</def>
<col>Lateritious sediment</col> (Med.), <cd>a
sediment in urine resembling brick dust, observed after the crises of
fevers, and at the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually
consists of uric acid or urates with some coloring matter.</cd>
<hw>||La"tes</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a

fish of the Nile.] (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of large percoid
fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the
Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and
other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.</def>
<hw>La*tes"cence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A slight

withdrawal from view or knowledge.</def> Sir W. Hamilton.
<hw>La*tes"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

latescens, -entis, p. pr. of latescere to be
concealed, fr. latere to be hid.] <def>Slightly withdrawn from
view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning.</def> Sir W.
Hamilton.
<hw>Late"wake`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Lich

wake, under Lich.</def>
<hw>Late"ward</hw> (?), <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>Somewhat

late; backward.</def> [Obs.] "Lateward lands."
Holland.
<hw>||La"tex</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] (Bot.)

<def>A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called
latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar
principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in
many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.</def>

<hw>Lath</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Laths</plw> (#). [OE. laththe, latthe,
latte, AS. lætta; akin to D. lat, G.
latte, OHG. latta; cf. W. llath a rod, staff,
yard. Cf. Lattice, Latten.] <def>A thin, narrow strip
of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building,
for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A
corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.</def>
<col>Lath brick</col>, <cd>a long, slender brick, used in

making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln.</cd>
<col>Lath nail</col> <cd>a slender nail for fastening
laths.</cd>
<hw>Lath</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lathed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lathing.] <def>To cover or line with laths.</def>
<hw>Lathe</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

l&aemacr;ð. Of. uncertain origin.] <def>Formerly, a part
or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it
consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of
Kent.</def> [Written also lath.] Brande & C.
<hw>Lathe</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lathe a
granary; akin to G. lade a chest, Icel. hlaða a
storehouse, barn; but cf. also Icel. löð a smith's
lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are perh. of the same origin as lathe a
granary, the original meaning being, a frame to hold something. If
so, the word is from an older form of E. lade to load. See
Lade to load.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A granary; a
barn.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mach.) <def>A machine for turning, that

is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by
causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.</def>

<sn>3.</sn> <def>The movable swing frame of a loom,

carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the
weft; -- called also lay and batten.</def>
<col>Blanchard lathe</col>, <cd>a lathe for turning

irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the
like.</cd> -- <col>Drill lathe</col>, or <col>Speed
lathe</col>, <cd>a small lathe which, from its high speed, is
adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.</cd> -- <col>Engine
lathe</col>, <cd>a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an
automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals,
cutting screws, etc.</cd> -- <col>Foot lathe</col>, <cd>a
lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot.</cd> --
<col>Geometric lathe</col>. See under Geometric --
<col>Hand lathe</col>, <cd>a lathe operated by hand; a power
turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool.</cd> --
<col>Slide lathe</col>, <cd>an engine lathe.</cd> --
<col>Throw lathe</col>, <cd>a small lathe worked by one hand,
while the cutting tool is held in the other.</cd>
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<hw>Lath"er</hw> (l&abreve;&thlig;"&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [AS. leáðor niter, in
leáðorwyrt soapwort; cf. Icel. lauðr;
perh. akin to E. lye.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Foam or froth
made by soap moistened with water.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Foam from profuse sweating, as of a

horse.</def>
<hw>Lath"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lathered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lathering.] [AS. l&emacr;ðrian to lather, anoint.
See Lather, <pos>n.</pos> ] <def>To spread over with
lather; as, to lather the face.</def>
<hw>Lath"er</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To form lather, or

a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a
horse.</def>
<hw>Lath"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. Leather.]

<def>To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to
flog.</def> [Low]
{ <hw>Lathe"reeve`</hw> (?), <hw>Lath"reeve`</hw> (?), }
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See
1st Lathe.</def>
<hw>Lath"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

process of covering with laths; laths, collectively; a covering of
laths.</def>
<hw>Lath"-shaped`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a

slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of
certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic
sections.</def>
<hw>Lath"work`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Lathing.</def>
<hw>Lath"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lath; long

and slender.</def>
<blockquote>A lathy horse, all legs and

length.</blockquote> R. Browning.
<hw>La"tian</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging, or

relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See
Latin.</def>
<hw>La*tib"u*lize</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Latibulized (&?;); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Latibulizing (?).] [L. latibulum hiding
place, fr. latere to lie hid.] <def>To retire into a den, or
hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid.</def> [R.]
G. Shaw.
<hw>||La*tib"u*lum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Latibula</plw> (#). [L.] <def>A concealed hiding place; a
burrow; a lair; a hole.</def>
<hw>Latì*cif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

latex, laticis, a liquid + -ferous.]
(Bot.) <def>Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or
tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.</def>
<hw>Lat"i*clave</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

laticlavus, laticlavium; latus broad +
clavus nail, a purple stripe on the tunica: cf. F.
laticlave.] (Rom. Antiq.) <def>A broad stripe of purple
on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an
emblem of office.</def>
<hw>Latì*cos"tate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. latus

broad + E. costate.] <def>Broad-ribbed.</def>
<hw>Latì*den"tate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. latus

broad + E. dentate.] <def>Broad-toothed.</def>
{ <hw>Latì*fo"li*ate</hw> (?), <hw>Latì*fo"li*ous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. latifolius; latus broad +
folium leaf: cf. F. latifolié.] (Bot.)
<def>Having broad leaves.</def>
<hw>Lat"i*mer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. latinier,

latimier, prop., one knowing Latin.] <def>An
interpreter.</def> [Obs.] Coke
<hw>Lat"in</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F., fr. L.

Latinus belonging to Latium, Latin, fr. Latium a
country of Italy, in which Rome was situated. Cf. Ladin,
Lateen sail, under Lateen.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of
or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman;
as, the Latin language.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the

language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a
Latin composition or idiom.</def>
<col>Latin Church</col> (Eccl. Hist.), <cd>the

Western or Roman Catholic Church, as distinct from the Greek or
Eastern Church.</cd> -- <col>Latin cross</col>. <cd>See
Illust. 1 of Cross.</cd> -- <col>Latin
races</col>, <cd>a designation sometimes loosely given to certain
nations, esp. the French, Spanish, and Italians, who speak languages
principally derived from Latin.</cd> <col>Latin Union</col>,
<cd>an association of states, originally comprising France, Belgium,
Switzerland, and Italy, which, in 1865, entered into a monetary
agreement, providing for an identity in the weight and fineness of
the gold and silver coins of those countries, and for the amounts of
each kind of coinage by each. Greece, Servia, Roumania, and Spain
subsequently joined the Union.</cd>
<hw>Lat"in</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The language of the ancient

Romans.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An exercise in schools, consisting in

turning English into Latin.</def> [Obs.] Ascham.
<sn>4.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>A member of the Roman

Catholic Church.</def>
<col>Dog Latin</col>, <cd>barbarous Latin; a jargon in

imitation of Latin; as, the log Latin of schoolboys.</cd> --
<col>Late Latin</col>, <col>Low Latin</col>, <cd>terms
used indifferently to designate the latest stages of the Latin
language; low Latin (and, perhaps, late Latin also), including the
barbarous coinages from the French, German, and other languages into
a Latin form made after the Latin had become a dead language for the
people.</cd> -- <col>Law Latin</col>, <cd>that kind of late,
or low, Latin, used in statutes and legal instruments; -- often
barbarous.</cd>
<hw>Lat"in</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To write or speak in

Latin; to turn or render into Latin.</def> [Obs.] Fuller.
<hw>Lat"in*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.
latinisme.] <def>A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to
Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed
on a Latin model.</def>
&fist; The term is also sometimes used by Biblical scholars to

designate a Latin word in Greek letters, or the Latin sense of a
Greek word in the Greek Testament.
<hw>Lat"in*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

latiniste.] <def>One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar.</def>
Cowper.
<blockquote>He left school a good Latinist.</blockquote>

<hw>Latìn*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of,

pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or
idiom.</def> "Latinistic words." Fitzed. Hall.
<hw>La*tin"i*tas`ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Poetaster.] <def>One who has but a smattering of Latin.</def>
Walker.
<hw>La*tin"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

latinitas: cf. F. latinité.] <def>The Latin
tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of
Latin style or idiom.</def> "His ele&?;ant Latinity."
Motley.
<hw>Latìn*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act

or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country.</def>
<blockquote>The Germanization of Britain went far deeper than the

Latinization of France.</blockquote> M. Arnold.
<hw>Lat"in*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Latinized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Latinizing (?).] [L. latinizare: cf. F.
latiniser.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give Latin terminations
or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To bring under the power or influence of

the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins,
especially in speech.</def> "Latinized races."
Lowell.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To make like the Roman Catholic Church or

diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of
England.</def>
<hw>Lat"in*ize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To use words or

phrases borrowed from the Latin.</def> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To come under the influence of the Romans,

or of the Roman Catholic Church.</def>
<hw>Lat"in*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of

the Latin language; in correct Latin.</def> [Obs.]
Heylin.
<hw>La"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. latio, fr.

latus borne. See Tolerate.] <def>Transportation;
conveyance.</def> [Obs.]
{ <hw>Latì*ros"tral</hw> (?), <hw>Latì*ros"trous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. latirostre. See
Latirostres.] (Zoöl.) <def>Having a broad
beak.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>||Latì*ros"tres</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.

L. latus broad + rostrum beak.] (Zoöl.)
<def>The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their
allies.</def>
<hw>Lat"ish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat

late.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Latì*ster"nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. latus

broad + E. sternal.] (Zoöl.) <def>Having a broad
breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.</def>
<hw>Lat"i*tan*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Latitant.] <def>Act or state of lying hid, or lurking.</def>
[R.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Lat"i*tant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. latitans,

pr. of latitare to lie hid, to lurk, v. intens. fr.
latere to be hid: cf. F. latitant.] <def>Lying hid;
concealed; latent.</def> [R.]
<hw>||Lat"i*tat</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., he lies hid.]

(O. Eng. Law) <def>A writ based upon the presumption that the
person summoned was hiding.</def> Blackstone.
<hw>Latì*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

latitatio.] <def>A lying in concealment; hiding.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>Lat"i*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. latitude,

L. latitudo, fr. latus broad, wide, for older
stlatus; perh. akin to E. strew.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given
point or line; breadth; width.</def>
<blockquote>Provided the length do not exceed the latitude

above one third part.</blockquote> Sir H. Wotton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Room; space; freedom from confinement or

restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.</def>
<blockquote>In human actions there are no degrees and precise

natural limits described, but a latitude is
indulged.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Extent or breadth of signification,

application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth,
style, etc.</def>
<blockquote>No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in

the latitude of monkish relations.</blockquote>
Fuller.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Extent; size; amplitude; scope.</def>
<blockquote>I pretend not to treat of them in their full

latitude.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>5.</sn> (Geog.) <def>Distance north or south of

the equator, measured on a meridian.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Astron.) <def>The angular distance of a

heavenly body from the ecliptic.</def>
<col>Ascending latitude</col>, <col>Circle of

latitude</col>, <col>Geographical latitude</col>, <cd>etc.
See under Ascending. Circle, etc.</cd> -- <col>High
latitude</col>, <cd>that part of the earth's surface near either
pole, esp. that part within either the arctic or the antarctic
circle.</cd> -- <col>Low latitude</col>, <cd>that part of the
earth's surface which is near the equator.</cd>
<hw>Latì*tu"di*nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.</def>
<hw>Latì*tu`di*na"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

latitudinaire.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not restrained; not
confined by precise limits.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Indifferent to a strict application of any

standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely
from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian
divines; latitudinarian theology.</def>
<blockquote>Latitudinarian sentiments upon religious

subjects.</blockquote> Allibone.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Lax in moral or religious

<hw>Latì*tu`di*na"ri*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who is moderate in his notions, or not
restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges
freedom in thinking.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) <def>A member of the

Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more
liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and
doctrines of the church than generally prevailed.</def>
<blockquote>They were called "men of latitude;" and upon this, men

of narrow thoughts fastened upon them the name of
latitudinarians.</blockquote> Bp. Burnet.
<sn>3.</sn> (Theol.) <def>One who departs in opinion
from the strict principles of orthodoxy.</def>
<hw>Latì*tu`di*na"ri*an*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters
pertaining to religious belief.</def>
<blockquote>Fierce sectarianism bred fierce

latitudinarianism.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<blockquote>He [Ammonius Saccas] plunged into the wildest

latitudinarianism of opinion.</blockquote> J. S.
Harford.
<hw>Latì*tu"di*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

latitude, or wide extent.</def>
{ <hw>Lat"on</hw> (?), <hw>Lat"oun</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>Latten, 1.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>La"trant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. latrans, p.

pr. of latrare. See Latrate.] <def>Barking.</def>
[Obs.] Tickell.
<hw>La"trate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [L.

latratus, p. p. of latrare to bark.] <def>To bark as a
dog.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>La*tra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

barking.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>La*treu"tic*al</hw> (l&adot;*tr&udd;"t&ibreve;*kal),
<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. <grk>latreytiko`s</grk>, fr.
<grk>latreyèin</grk> to serve, to worship.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering;
assisting.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to latria.</def> [Obs.]

<hw>||La*tri"a</hw> (l&adot;*tr&imacr;"&adot;; 277),

<pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. Gr. <grk>latreià</grk>, fr.
<grk>latreyèin</grk> to serve, fr. <grk>la`tris</grk> servant.]
<def>The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; --
distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the
inferior worship paid to saints.</def>
<hw>La*trine"</hw> (l&adot;*tr&emacr;n"), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

latrina: cf. F. latrines.] <def>A privy, or water-
closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.</def>
<hw>Lat"ro*cin`y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

latrocinium. Cf. Larceny.] <def>Theft; larceny.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>Lat"ten</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. latoun,

laton, OF. laton, F. laiton, prob. fr. OF.
late lath, F. latte; -- because made in thin plates;
cf. It. latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F.
latte is of German origin. See Lath a thin board.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets,

formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks,
crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass.</def>
<blockquote>He had a cross of latoun full of

stones.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin;

also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten.</def>
<col>Black latten</col>, <cd>brass in milled sheets,

composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into
wire.</cd> -- <col>Roll latten</col>, <cd>latten polished on
both sides ready for use.</cd> -- <col>Shaven latten</col>,
<cd>a thinner kind than black latten.</cd> -- <col>White
latten</col>, <cd>a mixture of brass and tin.</cd>
<hw>Lat"ter</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE. later,

lætter, compar. of lat late. See Late, and
cf. Later.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Later; more recent; coming
or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as,
the former and latter rain.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of two things, the one mentioned

second.</def>
<blockquote>The difference between reason and revelation, and in

what sense the latter is superior.</blockquote> I.
Watts.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Recent; modern.</def>
<blockquote>Hath not navigation discovered in these latter

ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania?</blockquote>
Locke.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Last; latest; final.</def> [R.] "My

latter gasp." Shak.
<col>Latter harvest</col>, <cd>the last part of the

harvest.</cd> -- <col>Latter spring</col>, <cd>the last part
of the spring of the year.</cd> Shak.
<hw>Lat"ter-day` saint"</hw> (?). <def>A Mormon; -- the Church of

Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole
body of Mormons.</def>
<hw>Lat"ter*kin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A pointed

wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice.</def>
<hw>Lat"ter*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Lately; of late;

recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former,
period.</def>
<blockquote>Latterly Milton was short and
thick.</blockquote> Richardson.
<hw>Lat"ter*math</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Aftermath.] <def>The latter, or second, mowing; the
aftermath.</def>
<hw>Lat"tice</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. latis, F.

lattis lathwork, fr. latte lath. See Latten, 1st
Lath.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any work of wood or metal, made
by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the
lattice of a window; -- called also
latticework.</def>
<blockquote>The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried

through the lattice.</blockquote> Judg. v. 28. 
<sn>2.</sn> (Her.) <def>The representation of a

piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and
horizontal.</def>
<col>Lattice bridge</col>, <cd>a bridge supported by

lattice girders, or latticework trusses.</cd> -- <col>Lattice
girder</col> (Arch.), <cd>a girder of which the wed
consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of
latticework.</cd> -- <col>Lattice plant</col> (Bot.),
<cd>an aquatic plant of Madagascar (Ouvirandra fenestralis),
whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so
as to resemble latticework. A second species is O. Berneriana.
The genus is merged in Aponogeton by recent authors.</cd>
<hw>Lat"tice</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Latticed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Latticing (?).] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make a lattice of;
as, to lattice timbers.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To close, as an opening, with latticework;

to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window.</def>
<col>To lattice up</col>, <cd>to cover or inclose with a

lattice.</cd>
<blockquote>Therein it seemeth he [Alexander] hath latticed

up Cæsar.</blockquote> Sir T. North.
<hw>Lat"tice*work`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Lattice, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</def>
<hw>Lat"ti*cing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act or process of making a lattice of, or of fitting a
lattice to.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bridge Building) <def>A system of bars

crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal
members, as of a strut.</def>
<hw>||La"tus rec"tum</hw> (?). [L., the right side.] (Conic

Sections) <def>The line drawn through a focus of a conic section
parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It
is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and
Parameter.</def>
<hw>Laud</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. laus,

laudis. See Laud, <pos>v. i.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>High commendation; praise; honor;

exaltation; glory.</def> "Laud be to God." Shak.
<blockquote>So do well and thou shalt have laud of the

same.</blockquote> Tyndals.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A part of divine worship, consisting

chiefly of praise; -- usually in the pl.</def>
&fist; In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at daybreak,

between those of matins and prime, are called lauds.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Music or singing in honor of any

one.</def>
<hw>Laud</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lauded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lauding.] [L. laudare, fr. laus, laudis,
praise. Cf. Allow.] <def>To praise in words alone, or with
words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.</def>
<blockquote>With all the company of heaven, we laud and

magnify thy glorious name.</blockquote> Book of Common
Prayer.
<hw>Laudà*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

laudabilitas.] <def>Laudableness; praiseworthiness.</def>
<hw>Laud"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

laudabilis: cf. OE. laudable. See Laud,
<pos>v. i.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Worthy of being
lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives;
laudable actions; laudable ambition.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>Healthy; salubrious; normal;

having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; as,
laudable juices of the body; laudable pus.</def>
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<hw>Laud"a*ble*ness</hw> (l&add;d"&adot;*b'l*n&ebreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being laudable;
praiseworthiness; commendableness.</def>
<hw>Laud"a*bly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a laudable

manner.</def>
<hw>Lau"da*nine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Laudanum.] (Chem.) <def>A white organic base,
resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of
opium.</def>
<hw>Lau"da*num</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Orig. the same wort

as ladanum, ladbdanum: cf. F. laudanum, It.
laudano, ladano. See Ladanum.] <def>Tincture of
opium, used for various medical purposes.</def>
&fist; A fluid ounce of American laudanum should contain the

soluble matter of one tenth of an ounce avoirdupois of powdered opium
with equal parts of alcohol and water. English laudanum should have
ten grains less of opium in the fluid ounce. U. S. Disp.
<col>Dutchman's laudanum</col> (Bot.) <cd>See under

Dutchman.</cd>
<hw>Lau*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

laudatio: cf. OE. taudation. See Land,
<pos>v. t.</pos>] <def>The act of lauding; praise; high
commendation.</def>
<hw>Laud"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

laudativus laudatory: cf. F. laudatif.]
<def>Laudatory.</def>
<hw>Laud"a*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A panegyric; a

eulogy.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>||Lau*da"tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lauds.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>An arbitrator.</def> [Obs.]

Cowell.
<hw>Laud"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

laudatorius: cf. OF. laudatoire.] <def>Of or pertaining
praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses;
the laudatory powers of Dryden.</def> Sir J.
Stephen.
<hw>Laud"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

lauds.</def>
<hw>Laugh</hw> (l&au;f), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Laughed (l&au;ft); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Laughing.] [OE. laughen, laghen,
lauhen, AS. hlehhan, hlihhan, hlyhhan,
hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G. lachen,
OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahh&emacr;n, Icel.
hlæja, Dan. lee, Sw. le, Goth.
hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement
of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a
lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the
emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat;
to indulge in laughter.</def>
<blockquote>Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran

o'er.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>He laugheth that winneth.</blockquote>
Heywood's Prov.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful,

pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to
sport.</def>
<blockquote>Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets

crowned.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble

Joy.</blockquote> Pope.
<col>To laugh at</col>, <cd>to make an object of laughter

or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride.</cd>
<blockquote>No wit to flatter left of all his store, 

No fool to laugh at, which he valued more.</blockquote>
Pope.
-- <col>To laugh in the sleeve</col>, <cd>to laugh

secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently
preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons
laughed at.</cd> -- <col>To laugh out</col>, <cd>to laugh in
spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud.</cd> --
<col>To laugh out of the other corner</col> (or
<col>side</col>) <col>of the mouth</col>, <cd>to weep
or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or
exaltation.</cd> [Slang]
<hw>Laugh</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.</def>
<blockquote>Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very

heavy?</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>I shall laugh myself to death.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To express by, or utter with, laughter; --

with out.</def>
<blockquote>From his deep chest laughs out a loud

applause.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>To laugh away</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To drive

away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To waste in hilarity.</cd> "Pompey doth this
day laugh away his fortune." Shak. -- <col>To laugh
down</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To cause to cease or desist
by laughter; as, to laugh down a speaker</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To cause to be given up on account of
ridicule; as, to laugh down a reform.</cd> -- <col>To laugh
one out of</col>, <cd>to cause one by laughter or ridicule to
abandon or give up; as, to laugh one out of a plan or
purpose.</cd> -- <col>To laugh to scorn</col>, <cd>to deride;
to treat with mockery, contempt, and scorn; to despise.</cd>
<hw>Laugh</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An expression of
mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing;
laughter. See Laugh, <pos>v. i.</pos></def>
<blockquote>And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant

mind.</blockquote> Goldsmith.
<blockquote>That man is a bad man who has not within him the power
of a hearty laugh.</blockquote> F. W. Robertson.
<hw>Laugh"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fitted to

excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable
scene.</def>
Syn. -- Droll; ludicrous; mirthful; comical. See

Droll, and Ludicrous.
-- <wf>Laugh"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --

<wf>Laugh"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Laugh"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who laughs.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A variety of the domestic

pigeon.</def>
<hw>Laugh"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>from

Laugh, <pos>v. i.</pos></def>
<col>Laughing falcon</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a South

American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from
its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh.</cd> -- <col>Laughing
gas</col> (Chem.), <cd>hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of
nitrogen; -- so called from the exhilaration and laughing which it
sometimes produces when inhaled. It is much used as an
anæsthetic agent.</cd> -- <col>Laughing goose</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>the European white-fronted goose.</cd> --
<col>Laughing gull</col>. (Zoöl.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A common European gull (Xema
ridibundus); -- called also pewit, black cap,
red-legged gull, and sea crow.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head is
nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries
black.</cd> -- <col>Laughing hyena</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>the spotted hyena. See Hyena.</cd> -- <col>Laughing
jackass</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the great brown kingfisher
(Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also giant
kingfisher, and gogobera.</cd> -- <col>Laughing
owl</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a peculiar owl (Sceloglaux
albifacies) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of
extinction. The name alludes to its notes.</cd>
<hw>Laugh"ing*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With

laughter or merriment.</def>
<hw>Laugh"ing*stock`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An object

of ridicule; a butt of sport.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself
the laughingstock of his hearers.</blockquote>
<hw>Laugh"some</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Exciting

laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.</def> [R.]
<hw>Laugh"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. hleahtor;

akin to OHG. hlahtar, G. gelächter, Icel.
hl&amacr;tr, Dan. latter. See Laugh, <pos>v.
i.</pos> ] <def>A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles
of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of
the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and
usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from
the lungs. See Laugh, <pos>v. i.</pos></def>
<blockquote>The act of laughter, which is a sweet

contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of
the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction
of ourselves.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<blockquote>Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning

with laughter.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<hw>Laugh"ter*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not laughing;

without laughter.</def>
<hw>Laugh"wor`thy</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Deserving to

be laughed at.</def> [R.] B. Jonson.
<hw>Lau"mont*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Dr.

Laumont, the discoverer.] (Min.) <def>A mineral, of a
white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina
and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and
crumbles.</def> [Written also laumonite.]
<hw>Launce</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lance.</def>

[Obs.]
<hw>Launce</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [It. lance, L.

lanx, lancis, plate, scale of a balance. Cf.
Balance.] <def>A balance.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Fortune all in equal launce doth

sway.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>Launce</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>See

Lant, the fish.</def>
<hw>Launce"gaye`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lancegaye.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Launch</hw> (länch), <pos>v. i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Launched (läncht);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Launching.] [OE.
launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another
form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See
Lance.] [Written also lanch.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike with, or as with, a lance; to

pierce.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Launch your hearts with lamentable

wounds.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to move or slide from the land

into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.</def>
<blockquote>With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, 

And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To send out; to start (one) on a career;

to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation;
as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business
project or enterprise.</def>
<blockquote>All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch

presbytery in England.</blockquote> Eikon Basilike.
<hw>Launch</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To move with force

and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to
plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of
a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to
launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with
<blockquote>Launch out into the deep, and let down your

nets for a draught.</blockquote> Luke v. 4.
<blockquote>He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery

paths.</blockquote> Prior.
<hw>Launch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The

act of launching.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The movement of a vessel from land into

the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which
it is built.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> [Cf. Sp. lancha.] (Naut.)

<def>The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also,
an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or
the like.</def>
<col>Launching ways</col>. (Naut.) <cd>See

Way, <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.).</cd>
<hw>Laund</hw> (l&add;nd), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lawn

of grass.] <def>A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a
glade.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>In a laund upon an hill of

flowers.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Through this laund anon the deer will
come.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Laun"der</hw> (län"d&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

[Contracted fr. OE. lavender, F. lavandière, LL.
lavandena, from L. lavare to wash. See Lave.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A washerwoman.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Mining) <def>A trough used by miners to

receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for
carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or
sorting, the ore.</def>
<hw>Laun"der</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Laundered (-d&etilde;rd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Laundering.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To wash, as
clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash
and iron; as, to launder shirts.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To lave; to wet.</def> [Obs.]

Shak.
<hw>Laun"der*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

follows the business of laundering.</def>
<hw>Laun"der*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act, or

occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.</def>
<hw>Laun"dress</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman whose

employment is laundering.</def>
<hw>Laun"dress</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To act as a

laundress.</def>[Obs.]
<hw>Laun"dry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Laundries</plw> (#). [OE. lavendrie, OF.
lavanderie. See Launder.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
laundering; a washing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A place or room where laundering is

done.</def>
<hw>Laun"dry*man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Laundrymen</plw> (&?;). <def>A man who follows the
business of laundering.</def>
<hw>Lau"ra</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL., fr. Gr. (&?;)

lane, defile, also, a kind of monastery.] (R. C. Ch.) <def>A
number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by
anchorites who were under the same superior.</def> C.
Kingsley.
<hw>Lau*ra"ceous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Laurus.] (Bot.) <def>Belonging to, or resembling, a
natural order (Lauraceæ) of trees and shrubs having
aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras,
cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.</def>
<hw>Lau"rate</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A
salt of lauric acid.</def>
<hw>Lau"re*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus
of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. lauréat.
Cf. Laurel.] <def>Crowned, or decked, with laurel.</def>
Chaucer.
<blockquote>To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid

lies.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Soft on her lap her laureate son

reclines.</blockquote> Pope.
<col>Poet laureate</col>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>One who

received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and
rhetoric, at the English universities; -- so called as being
presented with a wreath of laurel</cd>. [Obs.] <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>Formerly, an officer of the king's household, whose business was
to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and other
suitable occasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such
honorary title, the office being a sinecure. It is said this title
was first given in the time of Edward IV.</cd> [Eng.]
<hw>Lau"re*ate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One crowned with

laurel; a poet laureate.</def> "A learned laureate."
<hw>Lau"re*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Laureated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Laureating (?).] <def>To honor with a wreath of
laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English
universities.</def>
<hw>Lau"re*ate*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State, or

office, of a laureate.</def>
<hw>Lau`re*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lauréation.] <def>The act of crowning with laurel; the
act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.</def>
<hw>Lau"rel</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lorel,

laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F.
laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L.
laurus.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>An evergreen
shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having
aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small,
yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet
bay.</def> The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the
Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks to crown the
victor in the games of Apollo. At a later period, academic honors
were indicated by a crown of laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and
tree yield an aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of
commerce.
&fist; The name is extended to other plants which in some respect

resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A crown of laurel; hence, honor;

distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win
laurels.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An English gold coin made in 1619, and so

called because the king's head on it was crowned with
laurel.</def>
<col>Laurel water</col>, <cd>water distilled from the fresh

leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other
products carried over in the process.</cd>
<col>American laurel</col>, or <col>Mountain

laurel</col>, <cd>Kalmia latifolia. See under
Mountain.</cd> -- <col>California laurel</col>,
<cd>Umbellularia Californica.</cd> -- <col>Cherry
laurel</col> <cd>(in England called laurel). See under
Cherry.</cd> -- <col>Great laurel</col>, <cd>the
rosebay (Rhododendron maximum).</cd> -- <col>Ground
laurel</col>, <cd>trailing arbutus.</cd> -- <col>New Zealand
laurel</col>, <cd>Laurelia Novæ Zelandiæ.</cd>
-- <col>Portugal laurel</col>, <cd>the Prunus
Lusitanica.</cd> -- <col>Rose laurel</col>, <cd>the
oleander. See Oleander.</cd> -- <col>Sheep
laurel</col>, <cd>a poisonous shrub, Kalmia angustifolia,
smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder
flowers.</cd> -- <col>Spurge laurel</col>, <cd>Daphne
Laureola.</cd> -- <col>West Indian laurel</col>,
<cd>Prunus occidentalis.</cd>
<hw>Lau"reled</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Crowned with

laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.</def> [Written also
laurelled.]
<hw>Lau*ren"tian</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian
hills.</def>
<col>Laurentian period</col> (Geol.), <cd>the lower

of the two divisions of the Archæan age; -- called also the
Laurentian.</cd>
<hw>Lau"rer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Laurel.</def>

<hw>Lau"res*tine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. lautus

tinus, fr. L. laurus the laurel + tinus laurestine.
See Laurel.] (Bot.) <def>The Viburnum Tinus, an
evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during
the winter months.</def> [Written also laurustine and
laurestina.]
<hw>Lau"ric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or

derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus
nobilis).</def>
<col>Lauric acid</col> (Chem.), <cd>a white,
crystalline substance, C12H24O2,
resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from the fruit of the bay
tree, and other sources.</cd>

<hw>Lau*rif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

laurifer; laurus + ferre to bear.] <def>Producing, or
bringing, laurel.</def>
<hw>Lau"rin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

laurine.] (Chem.) <def>A white crystalline substance
extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and
consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic
acids.</def>
<hw>Lau"ri*nol</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Laurin +

-ol.] (Chem.) <def>Ordinary camphor; -- so called in
allusion to the family name (Lauraceæ) of the camphor
trees. See Camphor.</def>
<hw>Lau"ri*ol</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Spurge

laurel.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lau"rite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]

(Min.) <def>A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with
platinum in Borneo and Oregon.</def>
<hw>Lau"rone</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lauric + -

one.] (Chem.) <def>The ketone of lauric acid.</def>
<hw>||Lau"rus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., laurel.]

(Bot.) <def>A genus of trees including, according to modern
authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger
L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the
sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other
aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus
Laurus.</def>
<hw>Laus</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Loose.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<hw>La"va</hw> (lä"v&adot;; 277), <pos>n.</pos> [It.

lava lava, orig. in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the
streets, fr. It. & L. lavare to wash. See Lave.]
<def>The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured
sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also
issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering
many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.</def>
&fist; Lavas are classed, according to their structure, as

scoriaceous or cellular, glassy, stony, etc., and according to the
material of which they consist, as doleritic, trachytic, etc.
<col>Lava millstone</col>, <cd>a hard and coarse basaltic

millstone from the neighborhood of the Rhine.</cd> -- <col>Lava
ware</col>, <cd>a kind of cheap pottery made of iron slag cast
into tiles, urns, table tops, etc., resembling lava in
appearance.</cd>
<hw>Lav"a*ret</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A European whitefish (Coregonus
laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and
Switzerland.</def>
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<hw>La*vat"ic</hw> (l&adot;*v&abreve;t"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Like lava, or composed of lava;
lavic.</def>
<hw>La*va"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lavatio:

cf. OF. lavation.] <def>A washing or cleansing.</def> [Obs. or
R.]
<hw>Lav"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Washing, or

cleansing by washing.</def>
<hw>Lav"a*to*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lavatories</plw> (#). [L. lavatorium: cf.
lavatoire. See Lave to wash, and cf. Laver.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A place for washing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A basin or other vessel for washing

in.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A wash or lotion for a diseased

part.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A place where gold is obtained by

washing.</def>
<hw>Lav"a*ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A wash or

lotion.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lave</hw> (l&amacr;v), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Laved (l&amacr;vd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Laving.] [F. laver, L. lavare, akin
to luere to wash, Gr. &?;. Cf. Ablution,
Deluge, Lavender, Lava, Lotion.] <def>To
wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.</def>
<blockquote>His feet the foremost breakers

lave.</blockquote> Byron.
<hw>Lave</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To bathe; to wash

one's self.</def>
<blockquote>In her chaste current oft the goddess

laves.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Lave</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [OE. laven. See

Lavish.] <def>To lade, dip, or pour out.</def> [Obs.]
Dryden.
<hw>Lave</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. l&amacr;f the

remainder, what is left. √119. See Leave.] <def>The
remainder; others.</def> [Scot.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>Lave"-eared`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. W.

llaf that extends round, llipa flaccid, flapping, G.
lapp flabby, lappohr flap ear.] <def>Having large,
pendent ears.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>La*veer"</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [D.

laveren.] (Naut.) <def>To beat against the wind; to
tack.</def> [Obs.] Dryden.
<hw>Lave"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lavement,

fr. laver to wash.] <def>A washing or bathing; also, a
clyster.</def>
<hw>Lav"en*der</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

lavendre, F. lavande, It. lavanda lavender, a
washing, fr. L. lavare to wash; cf. It. lsavendola, LL.
lavendula. So called because it was used in bathing and
washing. See Lave. to wash, and cf. Lavender.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>An aromatic plant of the genus
Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It
yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike
lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike),
used in the arts.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The pale, purplish color of lavender

flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.</def>
<col>Lavender cotton</col> (Bot.), <cd>a low,

twiggy, aromatic shrub (Santolina Chamæcyparissus) of
the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and
still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called ground
cypress.</cd> -- <col>Lavender water</col>, <cd>a perfume
composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, essential oil of
bergamot, and essence of ambergris.</cd> -- <col>Sea
lavender</col>. (Bot.) <cd>See Marsh rosemary.</cd>
-- <col>To lay in lavender</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To
lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To pawn.</cd> [Obs.]
<hw>Lav"er</hw> (l&amacr;"v&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

lavour, F. lavoir, L. lavatorium a washing
place. See Lavatory.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A vessel for
washing; a large basin.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Script. Hist.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish
tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and
feet.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of several vessels in
Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were
washed.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which washes or cleanses.</def>

<hw>Lav"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From Lave to wash.]

<def>One who laves; a washer.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>La"ver</hw> (l&amacr;"v&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The fronds of certain marine algæ used as food, and for
making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva
latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and
P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with
other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also
sloke, or sloakan.</def>
<col>Mountain laver</col> (Bot.), <cd>a reddish

gelatinous alga of the genus Palmella, found on the sides of
mountains</cd>
<hw>La"ver*ock</hw> (l&amacr;"v&etilde;r*&obreve;k),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Lark the bird.] <def>The lark.</def>
[Old Eng. & Scot.] [Written also lavrock.] Gower.
<hw>La"vic</hw> (lä"v&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>See Lavatic.</def>
<hw>Lav"ish</hw> (l&abreve;v"&ibreve;sh), <pos>a.</pos>

[Akin to E. lave to lade out; cf. AS. gelafian to
refresh, G. laben.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Expending or
bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money;
lavish of praise.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Superabundant; excessive; as,

lavish spirits.</def>
<blockquote>Let her have needful, but not lavish,

means.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant;

exuberant; immoderate. See Profuse.
<hw>Lav"ish</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lavished (-&ibreve;sht); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lavishing.] <def>To expend or bestow with
profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish
money or praise.</def>
<hw>Lav"ish*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

who lavishes.</def>
<hw>Lav"ish*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lavish

manner.</def>
<hw>Lav"ish*ment</hw> (-ment), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The act of lavishing.</def>
<hw>Lav"ish*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or

state of being lavish.</def>
<hw>||La*v&oelig;"si*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr.

Lavoisier, the celebrated French chemist.] (Chem.)
<def>A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been
discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of a
silver-white color, and malleable.</def>
{ <hw>La*volt"</hw> (?), <hw>La*vol"ta</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [It. la volta the turn, turning, whirl.
Cf. Volt of a horse, Volta.] <def>An old dance, for two
persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring
or bound.</def> Shak.
<hw>La*vol`ta*teer"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dancer

of the lavolta.</def>
<hw>Lav"our</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A laver.</def>

<hw>La"vrock</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Laverock.</def>
<hw>Law</hw> (l&add;), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lawe,

laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin
to OS. lag, Icel. lög, Sw. lag, Dan.
lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that
which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L.
statuere to make to stand. See Lie to be prostrate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>In general, a rule of being or of conduct,
established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling
regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power
acts.</def>
&fist; A law may be universal or particular, written or unwritten,

published or secret. From the nature of the highest laws a degree of
permanency or stability is always implied; but the power which makes
a law, or a superior power, may annul or change it.
<blockquote>These are the statutes and judgments and laws,

which the Lord made.</blockquote> Lev. xxvi. 46.
<blockquote>The law of thy God, and the law of the

King.</blockquote> Ezra vii. 26.
<blockquote>As if they would confine the Interminable . . . 

Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.</blockquote>
Milton.
<blockquote>His mind his kingdom, and his will his

law.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>In morals: The will of God as the rule for

the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and
toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness;
the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral
nature.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part

of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the
gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament.</def>
<blockquote>What things soever the law saith, it saith to

them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of
God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the
law and the prophets.</blockquote> Rom. iii. 19, 21.

<sn>4.</sn> In human government: <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and
defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other
organized community.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any edict,
decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision,
usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling
<sn>5.</sn> <def>In philosophy and physics: A rule of

being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is
conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling
authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of
motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the
laws of cause and effect; law of self-
preservation.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>In mathematics: The rule according to

which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of
the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of

construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of
success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry,
of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> <def>Collectively, the whole body of rules

relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including
usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings
under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman
law; the law of real property; insurance
law.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> <def>Legal science; jurisprudence; the

principles of equity; applied justice.</def>
<blockquote>Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common

law itself is nothing else but reason.</blockquote>
Coke.
<blockquote>Law is beneficence acting by rule.</blockquote>

Burke.
<blockquote>And sovereign Law, that state's collected

will 
O'er thrones and globes elate, 
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.</blockquote> Sir W.
Jones.
<sn>10.</sn> <def>Trial by the laws of the land; judicial

remedy; litigation; as, to go law.</def>
<blockquote>When every case in law is right.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>He found law dear and left it
cheap.</blockquote> Brougham.
<sn>11.</sn> <def>An oath, as in the presence of a

court.</def> [Obs.] See Wager of law, under Wager.
<col>Avogadro's law</col> (Chem.), <cd>a fundamental

conception, according to which, under similar conditions of
temperature and pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same
volume the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after
Avogadro, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called
Ampère's law.</cd> -- <col>Bode's law</col>
(Astron.), <cd>an approximative empirical expression of the
distances of the planets from the sun, as follows: -- 
<table><pre>
<row>Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep.</row>
<row> 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4</row>
<row> 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384</row>
<row> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- ---</row>
<row> 4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388</row>
<row> 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4 52 95.4 192 300</row>
</pre></table>
where each distance (line third) is the sum of 4 and a multiple of

3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, etc., the true distances being given
in the lower line.</cd> -- <col>Boyle's law</col>
(Physics), <cd>an expression of the fact, that when an elastic
fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at a constant
temperature, the product of the pressure and volume is a constant
quantity, i. e., the volume is inversely proportioned to the
pressure; -- known also as Mariotte's law, and the law of
Boyle and Mariotte.</cd> -- <col>Brehon laws</col>.
<cd>See under Brehon.</cd> -- <col>Canon law</col>,
<cd>the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the Christian Church,
certain portions of which (for example, the law of marriage as
existing before the Council of Tent) were brought to America by the
English colonists as part of the common law of the land.</cd>
Wharton. -- <col>Civil law</col>, <cd>a term used by
writers to designate Roman law, with modifications thereof which have
been made in the different countries into which that law has been
introduced. The civil law, instead of the common law, prevails in the
State of Louisiana.</cd> Wharton. -- <col>Commercial
law</col>. <cd>See Law merchant (below).</cd> --
<col>Common law</col>. <cd>See under Common.</cd> --
<col>Criminal law</col>, <cd>that branch of jurisprudence
which relates to crimes.</cd> -- <col>Ecclesiastical
law</col>. <cd>See under Ecclesiastical.</cd> --
<col>Grimm's law</col> (Philol.), <cd>a statement
(propounded by the German philologist Jacob Grimm) of certain
regular changes which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants,
so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some changes, in
Greek and Latin), have undergone in the Teutonic languages. Examples:
Skr. bh&amacr;tr, L. frater, E. brother, G.
bruder; L. tres, E. three, G. drei, Skr.
go, E. cow, G. kuh; Skr. dh&amacr; to
put, Gr. <grk>ti-qe`-nai</grk>, E. do, OHG, tuon, G.
thun.</cd> -- <col>Kepler's laws</col>
(Astron.), <cd>three important laws or expressions of the
order of the planetary motions, discovered by John Kepler.
They are these: (1) The orbit of a planet with respect to the sun is
an ellipse, the sun being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept
over by a vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to
the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times of
revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes of their mean
distances.</cd> -- <col>Law binding</col>, <cd>a plain style
of leather binding, used for law books; -- called also law
calf.</cd> -- <col>Law book</col>, <cd>a book containing,
or treating of, laws.</cd> -- <col>Law calf</col>. <cd>See
Law binding (above).</cd> -- <col>Law day</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a
court-leet.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The day named in a mortgage
for the payment of the money to secure which it was given</cd>. [U.
S.] -- <col>Law French</col>, <cd>the dialect of Norman, which
was used in judicial proceedings and law books in England from the
days of William the Conqueror to the thirty-sixth year of Edward
III.</cd> -- <col>Law language</col>, <cd>the language used in
legal writings and forms.</cd> -- <col>Law Latin</col>.
<cd>See under Latin.</cd> -- <col>Law lords</col>,
<cd>peers in the British Parliament who have held high judicial
office, or have been noted in the legal profession.</cd> --
<col>Law merchant</col>, or <col>Commercial
law</col>, <cd>a system of rules by which trade and commerce are
regulated; -- deduced from the custom of merchants, and regulated by
judicial decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures.</cd> --
<col>Law of Charles</col> (Physics), <cd>the law that
the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a
definite fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of
temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled Gay Lussac's
law, or Dalton's law.</cd> -- <col>Law of
nations</col>. <cd>See International law, under
International.</cd> -- <col>Law of nature</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A broad generalization expressive of the
constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a
law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See
Law, 4.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A term denoting the
standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature
and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural
revelation or of municipal and social usages.</cd> -- <col>Law of
the land</col>, <cd>due process of law; the general law of the
land.</cd> -- <col>Laws of honor</col>. <cd>See under
Honor.</cd> -- <col>Laws of motion</col>
(Physics), <cd>three laws defined by Sir Isaac Newton: (1)
Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in
a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by
external force. (2) Change of motion is proportional to the impressed
force, and takes place in the direction in which the force is
impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that
is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal
and in opposite directions.</cd> -- <col>Marine law</col>,
or <col>Maritime law</col>, <cd>the law of the sea; a
branch of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea, such
as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like.</cd>
Bouvier. -- <col>Mariotte's law</col>. <cd>See
Boyle's law (above).</cd> -- <col>Martial
law</col>.<cd>See under Martial.</cd> -- <col>Military
law</col>, <cd>a branch of the general municipal law, consisting
of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state
in peace and war, and administered in courts martial.</cd>
Kent. Warren's Blackstone. -- <col>Moral
law</col>, <cd>the law of duty as regards what is right and wrong
in the sight of God; specifically, the ten commandments given by
Moses. See Law, 2.</cd> -- <col>Mosaic</col>, or
<col>Ceremonial</col>, <col>law</col>. (Script.)
<cd>See Law, 3.</cd> -- <col>Municipal law</col>,
or <col>Positive law</col>, <cd>a rule prescribed by
the supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing some
duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from
international and constitutional law. See Law,
1.</cd> -- <col>Periodic law</col>. (Chem.) <cd>See
under Periodic.</cd> -- <col>Roman law</col>, <cd>the
system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the
lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less
into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded
by them. See Civil law (above).</cd> -- <col>Statute
law</col>, <cd>the law as stated in statutes or positive
enactments of the legislative body.</cd> -- <col>Sumptuary
law</col>. <cd>See under Sumptuary.</cd> -- <col>To go
to law</col>, <cd>to seek a settlement of any matter by bringing
it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute some one.</cd> --
<col>To</col> <col>take, or have</col>, <col>the law
of</col>, <cd>to bring the law to bear upon; as, to take the
law of one's neighbor.</cd> Addison. -- <col>Wager of
law</col>. <cd>See under Wager.</cd>
Syn. -- Justice; equity. -- Law, Statute,

Common law, Regulation, Edict, Decree.
Law is generic, and, when used with reference to, or in
connection with, the other words here considered, denotes whatever is
commanded by one who has a right to require obedience. A
statute is a particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly
enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action founded
on long usage and the decisions of courts of justice. A
regulation is a limited and often, temporary law, intended to
secure some particular end or object. An edict is a command or
law issued by a sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government.
A decree is a permanent order either of a court or of the
executive government. See Justice.
<hw>Law</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>Same as

Lawe, <pos>v. t.</pos></def> [Obs.]
<hw>Law</hw>, <pos>interj.</pos> [Cf. La.] <def>An

exclamation of mild surprise.</def> [Archaic or Low]
<hw>Law"-a*bidìng</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abiding the

law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights;
also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding
people.</def>
<hw>Law"breakèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

disobeys the law; a criminal.</def> -- <wf>Law"breakìng</wf>,
<pos>n. & a.</pos>
<hw>Lawe</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See 2d Lawing.]
<def>To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore
feet.</def> Wright.
<hw>Law"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lawyer.</def>

[Obs.] Bale.
<hw>Law"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate;
competent.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Constituted or authorized by law;

rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands.</def>
<col>Lawful age</col>, <cd>the age when the law recognizes

one's right of independent action; majority; -- generally the age of
twenty-one years.</cd>
&fist; In some of the States, and for some purposes, a woman

attains lawful age at eighteen. Abbott.
Syn. -- Legal; constitutional; allowable; regular;

rightful. -- Lawful, Legal. Lawful means
conformable to the principle, spirit, or essence of the law, and is
applicable to moral as well as juridical law. Legal means
conformable to the letter or rules of the law as it is administered
in the courts; conformable to juridical law. Legal is often
used as antithetical to equitable, but lawful is seldom
used in that sense.
-- <wf>Law"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Law"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Law"givèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes

or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.</def>
<hw>Law"givìng</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Enacting laws;

legislative.</def>
<hw>Law"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Going to law;

litigation.</def> Holinshed.
<hw>Law"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [So called because done in

compliance with an English forest law.]
<def>Expeditation.</def> Blackstone.
<hw>Law"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a
lawless claim.</def>
<blockquote>He needs no indirect nor lawless

course.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not subject to, or restrained by, the law

of morality or of society; as, lawless men or
behavior.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not subject to the laws of nature;

uncontrolled.</def>
<blockquote>Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the

void.</blockquote> Pope.
-- <wf>Law"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Law"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Law"makèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A legislator; a

lawgiver.</def>
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<hw>Law"makìng</hw> (l&add;"m&amacr;`k&ibreve;ng),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Enacting laws; legislative.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The enacting of laws;
legislation.</def>
<hw>Law"mon`ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A trader in

law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.</def>
Milton.
<hw>Lawn</hw> (l&add;n), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. laund,

launde, F. lande heath, moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W.
llan an open, clear place, llawnt a smooth rising hill,
lawn, Armor. lann or lan territory, country,
lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath, moor.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An open space between woods.</def>
Milton.
<blockquote>"Orchard lawns and bowery

hollows."</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Ground (generally in front of or around a

house) covered with grass kept closely mown.</def>
<col>Lawn mower</col>, <cd>a machine for clipping the short

grass of lawns.</cd> -- <col>Lawn tennis</col>, <cd>a variety
of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn,
instead of in a tennis court. See Tennis.</cd>
<hw>Lawn</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Earlier laune lynen,

i. e., lawn linen; prob. from the town Laon in France.]
<def>A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather
open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official
dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office
itself.</def>
<blockquote>A saint in crape is twice a saint in

lawn.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Lawnd</hw> (l&add;nd), <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Laund.</def>
<hw>Lawn"y</hw> (l&add;n"&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a
lawn.</def>
<blockquote>Musing through the lawny park.</blockquote>
T. Warton.
<hw>Lawn"y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of lawn or fine

linen.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>Law*so"ni*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis),
with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is
prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called
Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica
mignonette.</def>
<hw>Law"suit`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An action at

law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a
court for the enforcement of a claim.</def>
<hw>Law"yer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Law, like

bowyer, fr. bow.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One versed in
the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to
conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or
defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other
matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors,
solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.</def>

<def>The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The bowfin (Amia calva).</def>
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>The burbot (Lota maculosa).</def>
{ <hw>Law"yer*like`</hw> (?), <hw>Law"yer*ly</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as,
lawyerlike sagacity.</def> "Lawyerly mooting of this
point." Milton.
<hw>Lax</hw> (l&abreve;ks), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Laxer (-&etilde;r);
<pos>superl.</pos> Laxest.] [L. laxus Cf.
Laches, Languish, Lease, <pos>v.
t.</pos>, Leash.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not tense, firm,
or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax
fiber.</def>
<blockquote>The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and

spongy.</blockquote> Ray.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose;

weak; vague; equivocal.</def>
<blockquote>The discipline was lax.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax,

in matters of the passions.</blockquote> J. A. Symonds.
<blockquote>The word "æternus" itself is sometimes of a

lax signification.</blockquote> Jortin.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Having a looseness of the bowels;
diarrheal.</def>
Syn. -- Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained;

dissolute; licentious.
<hw>Lax</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A looseness;

diarrhea.</def>
<hw>Lax*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. laxatio,

fr. laxare to loosen, fr. laxus loose, slack.] <def>The
act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or
slackened.</def>
<hw>Lax"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. laxativus

mitigating, assuaging: cf. F. laxatif. See Lax,
<pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a tendency to
loosen or relax.</def> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>Having the effect of

loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation;
-- opposed to astringent.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos>
(Med.) <def>A laxative medicine. See the Note under
Cathartic.</def>
<hw>Lax"a*tive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being laxative.</def>
<hw>||Lax*a"tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. L.

laxare, laxatum, to loosen.] (Anat.) <def>That
which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens
some part.</def>
<hw>Lax"i*ty</hw> (l&abreve;ks"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. laxitas, fr. laxus loose,
slack: cf. F. laxité, See Lax,
<pos>a.</pos>] <def>The state or quality of being lax; want of
tenseness, strictness, or exactness.</def>
<hw>Lax"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lax

manner.</def>
<hw>Lax"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being

lax; laxity.</def>
<hw>Lay</hw> (?), <def><pos>imp.</pos> of Lie, to

recline.</def>
<hw>Lay</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [F. lai, L.

laicus, Gr. &?; of or from the people, lay, from &?;, &?;,
people. Cf. Laic.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining
to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a
lay preacher; a lay brother.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not educated or cultivated;

ignorant.</def>[Obs.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not belonging to, or emanating from, a

particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion
regarding the nature of a disease.</def>
<col>Lay baptism</col> (Eccl.), <cd>baptism

administered by a lay person.</cd> F. G. Lee. -- <col>Lay
brother</col> (R. C. Ch.), <cd>one received into a convent
of monks under the three vows, but not in holy orders.</cd> --
<col>Lay clerk</col> (Eccl.), <cd>a layman who leads
the responses of the congregation, etc., in the church service.</cd>
Hook. -- <col>Lay days</col> (Com.), <cd>time
allowed in a charter party for taking in and discharging cargo.</cd>
McElrath. -- <col>Lay elder</col>. <cd>See 2d
Elder, 3, note.</cd>
<hw>Lay</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The laity; the common

people.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The learned have no more privilege than the

lay.</blockquote> B. Jonson.
<hw>Lay</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A meadow. See

Lea.</def> [Obs.] Dryden.
<hw>Lay</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OF. lei faith, law, F.

loi law. See Legal.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Faith;
creed; religious profession.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Of the sect to which that he was born 

He kept his lay, to which that he was sworn.</blockquote>
Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A law.</def> [Obs.] "Many goodly

lays." Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An obligation; a vow.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>They bound themselves by a sacred lay and

oath.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Lay</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OF. lai,

lais, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. laoi,
laoidh, song, poem, OIr. laoidh poem, verse; but cf.
also AS. l&amacr;c play, sport, G. leich a sort of poem
(cf. Lake to sport). &?;.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A song; a
simple lyrical poem; a ballad.</def> Spenser. Sir W.
Scott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A melody; any musical utterance.</def>
<blockquote>The throstle cock made eke his

lay.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Lay</hw> (l&amacr;), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Laid (l&amacr;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Laying.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan,
causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G.
legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See
Lie to be prostrate.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cause to lie
down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set
down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to
lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the
dust.</def>
<blockquote>A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of

the den.</blockquote> Dan. vi. 17.
<blockquote>Soft on the flowery herb I found me

laid.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To place in position; to establish firmly;

to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to
lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to
lay the covers on a table.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to

provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To spread on a surface; as, to lay

plaster or paint.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To cause to be still; to calm; to allay;

to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.</def>
<blockquote>After a tempest when the winds are

laid.</blockquote> Waller.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To cause to lie dead or dying.</def>
<blockquote>Brave Cæneus laid Ortygius on the

plain, 
The victor Cæneus was by Turnus slain.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to

risk.</def>
<blockquote>I dare lay mine honor 

He will remain so.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>To bring forth and deposit; as, to

lay eggs.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> <def>To apply; to put.</def>
<blockquote>She layeth her hands to the

spindle.</blockquote> Prov. xxxi. 19.
<sn>10.</sn> <def>To impose, as a burden, suffering, or

punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on
land.</def>
<blockquote>The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us

all.</blockquote> Is. liii. 6.
<sn>11.</sn> <def>To impute; to charge; to

allege.</def>
<blockquote>God layeth not folly to them.</blockquote>
Job xxiv. 12.
<blockquote>Lay the fault on us.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>12.</sn> <def>To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to

lay commands on one.</def>
<sn>13.</sn> <def>To present or offer; as, to lay an

indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before
one.</def>
<sn>14.</sn> (Law) <def>To state; to allege; as, to

lay the venue.</def> Bouvier.
<sn>15.</sn> (Mil.) <def>To point; to aim; as, to

lay a gun.</def>
<sn>16.</sn> (Rope Making) <def>To put the strands

of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite
them; as, to lay a cable or rope.</def>
<sn>17.</sn> (Print.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To

place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>To place (new type) properly in the
cases.</def>
<col>To lay asleep</col>, <cd>to put sleep; to make

unobservant or careless.</cd> Bacon. -- <col>To lay
bare</col>, <cd>to make bare; to strip.</cd>
<blockquote>And laid those proud roofs bare to

summer's rain.</blockquote> Byron.
-- <col>To lay before</col>, <cd>to present to; to submit

for consideration; as, the papers are laid before
Congress.</cd> -- <col>To lay by</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>To save.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To discard</cd>.
<blockquote>Let brave spirits . . . not be laid

by.</blockquote> Bacon.
-- <col>To lay by the heels</col>, <cd>to put in the

stocks.</cd> Shak. -- <col>To lay down</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To stake as a wager.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>To yield; to relinquish; to surrender; as, to lay down
one's life; to lay down one's arms</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd>
<cd>To assert or advance, as a proposition or principle.</cd> --
<col>To lay forth</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To extend at
length; (reflexively) to exert one's self; to expatiate.</cd> [Obs.]
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To lay out (as a corpse).</cd> [Obs.]
Shak. -- <col>To lay hands on</col>, <cd>to seize.</cd>
-- <col>To lay hands on one's self</col>, or <col>To lay
violent hands on one's self</col>, <cd>to injure one's self;
specif., to commit suicide.</cd> -- <col>To lay heads
together</col>, <cd>to consult.</cd> -- <col>To lay hold
of</col>, or <col>To lay hold on</col>, <cd>to
seize; to catch.</cd> -- <col>To lay in</col>, <cd>to store;
to provide.</cd> -- <col>To lay it on</col>, <cd>to apply
without stint.</cd> Shak. -- <col>To lay on</col>,
<cd>to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on blows.</cd>
-- <col>To lay on load</col>, <cd>to lay on blows; to strike
violently.</cd> [Obs. or Archaic] -- <col>To lay one's self
out</col>, <cd>to strive earnestly.</cd>
<blockquote>No selfish man will be concerned to lay out

himself for the good of his country.</blockquote>
Smalridge.
-- <col>To lay one's self open to</col>, <cd>to expose

one's self to, as to an accusation.</cd> -- <col>To lay
open</col>, <cd>to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal.</cd> -
- <col>To lay over</col>, <cd>to spread over; to cover.</cd> -
- <col>To lay out</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To
expend.</cd> Macaulay. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To display; to
discover</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To plan in detail; to arrange;
as, to lay out a garden</cd>. <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To
prepare for burial; as, to lay out a corpse</cd>.
<sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To exert; as, to lay out all one's
strength.</cd> -- <col>To lay siege to</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To besiege; to encompass with an army.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To beset pertinaciously.</cd> -- <col>To
lay the course</col> (Naut.), <cd>to sail toward the port
intended without jibing.</cd> -- <col>To lay the land</col>
(Naut.), <cd>to cause it to disappear below the horizon, by
sailing away from it.</cd> -- <col>To lay to</col>
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To charge upon; to impute.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To apply with vigor</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd>
<cd>To attack or harass</cd>. [Obs.] Knolles.
<sd>(d)</sd> (Naut.) <cd>To check the motion of (a
vessel) and cause it to be stationary.</cd> -- <col>To lay to
heart</col>, <cd>to feel deeply; to consider earnestly.</cd> --
<col>To lay under</col>, <cd>to subject to; as, to lay
under obligation or restraint.</cd> -- <col>To lay
unto</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Same as To lay to
(above).</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To put before</cd>. Hos. xi.
4. -- <col>To lay up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To
store; to reposit for future use.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To
confine; to disable</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To dismantle, and
retire from active service, as a ship.</cd> -- <col>To lay wait
for</col>, <cd>to lie in ambush for.</cd> -- <col>To lay
waste</col>, <cd>to destroy; to make desolate; as, to lay
waste the land.</cd>
Syn. -- See Put, <pos>v. t.</pos>, and the

Note under 4th Lie.
<hw>Lay</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

produce and deposit eggs.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>To take a position; to come

or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To lay a wager; to bet.</def>

<col>To lay about</col>, or <col>To lay about
one</col>, <cd>to strike vigorously in all directions.</cd> J.
H. Newman. -- <col>To lay at</col>, <cd>to strike or
strike at.</cd> Spenser. -- <col>To lay for</col>,
<cd>to prepare to capture or assault; to lay wait for.</cd> [Colloq.]
Bp Hall. -- <col>To lay in for</col>, <cd>to make
overtures for; to engage or secure the possession of.</cd> [Obs.] "I
have laid in for these." Dryden. -- <col>To lay
on</col>, <cd>to strike; to beat; to attack.</cd> Shak. --
<col>To lay out</col>, <cd>to purpose; to plan; as, he lays
out to make a journey.</cd>
<hw>Lay</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been
laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a
lay of stone or wood.</def> Addison.
<blockquote>A viol should have a lay of wire strings

below.</blockquote> Bacon.
&fist; The lay of a rope is right-handed or left-handed

according to the hemp or strands are laid up. See Lay,
<pos>v. t.</pos>, 16. The lay of land is its
topographical situation, esp. its slope and its surface features.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A wager.</def> "My fortunes against any

lay worth naming."
<sn>3.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A job, price, or

profit.</def> [Prov. Eng.] Wright. <sd>(b)</sd> <def> A
share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man
ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.</def>
[U. S.]
<sn>4.</sn> (Textile Manuf.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea
<sd>(a)</sd>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The lathe of a
loom. See Lathe, 3.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A plan; a scheme.</def> [Slang]

Dickens.
<col>Lay figure</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A jointed

model of the human body that may be put in any attitude; -- used for
showing the disposition of drapery, etc.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>A mere puppet; one who serves the will of others without
independent volition.</cd> -- <col>Lay race</col>, <cd>that
part of a lay on which the shuttle travels in weaving; -- called also
shuttle race.</cd>
<hw>Lay"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lay to cause

to lie flat.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which,
lays.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> [Prob. a corruption of lair.] <def>That

which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid
over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a
layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an
onion.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached

from the stock, laid under ground for growth or
propagation.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>An artificial oyster bed.</def>
<hw>Lay"er*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A propagating by

layers.</def> Gardner.
<hw>Lay"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of one who, or that which,

lays.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs

laid for one incubation; a clutch.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The first coat on laths of plasterer's

two-coat work.</def>
<hw>Lay"land`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lay a meadow

+ land.] <def>Land lying untilled; fallow ground.</def> [Obs.]
Blount.
<hw>Lay"man</hw> (?) <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Laymen</plw> (&?;). [Lay, <pos>adj.</pos> +
man.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of the people, in
distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not
belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those
who do.</def>
<blockquote>Being a layman, I ought not to have concerned

myself with speculations which belong to the profession.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A lay figure. See under Lay,

<pos>n.</pos> (above).</def> Dryden
<hw>Lay"ner</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lanier.]

<def>A whiplash.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lay"ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition of

being a layman.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<hw>Lay"stall`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or
deposited.</def>[Obs.] B. Jonson.
<blockquote>Smithfield was a laystall of all ordure and

filth.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A place where milch cows are kept, or

cattle on the way to market are lodged.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>La"zar</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. lazare, fr.

Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi. 20.] <def>A person
infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.</def>
Chaucer.
<blockquote>Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges

lay.</blockquote> Spenser.
<col>Lazar house</col> <cd>a lazaretto; also, a hospital

for quarantine.</cd>
{ <hw>Lazà*ret"</hw> (?), <hw>Lazà*ret"to</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [F. lazaret, or It. lazzeretto,
fr. Lazarus. See Lazar.] <def>A public building,
hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons,
particularly those affected with contagious diseases.</def>
{ <hw>Laz"a*rist</hw> (?), <hw>Laz"a*rite</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> (R. C. Ch.) <def>One of the Congregation
of the Priests of the Mission, a religious institute founded by
Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites
from the College of St. Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them
until 1792.</def>
{ <hw>La"zar*like`</hw> (?), <hw>La"zar*ly</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of sores; leprous.</def> Shak.
<hw>Lazà*ro"ni</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See

Lazzaroni.</def>
<hw>La"zar*wort`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Laserwort.</def>
<hw>Laze</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lazed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lazing.] [See Lazy.] <def>To be lazy or idle.</def>
[Colloq.] Middleton.
<hw>Laze</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To waste in sloth; to

spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole
days.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>La"zi*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lazy

manner.</def> Locke.
<hw>La"zi*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being lazy.</def>
<blockquote>Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon

overtakes him.</blockquote> Franklin.
<hw>Laz"u*li</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. & NL. lapis

lazuli, LL. lazulus, lazurius, lazur from
the same Oriental source as E. azure. See Azure.]
(Min.) <def>A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in
small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime,
and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots
or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work.
Called also lapis lazuli, and Armenian stone.</def>

<hw>Laz"u*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From lazuli

: cf. F. lazulite, G. lazulith.] (Min.) <def>A
mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or
in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous phosphate of
alumina and magnesia.</def>
<hw>La"zy</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Lazier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Laziest.] [OE. lasie,
laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L.
lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig,
lesig.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Disinclined to action or
exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.</def>
Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a

lazy stream.</def> "The night owl's lazy flight."
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Wicked; vicious.</def> [Obs. or Prov.

Eng.] B. Jonson.
<! p. 837 !>
<col>Lazy tongs</col>, <cd>a system of jointed bars capable

of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a
distance, now variously applied in machinery.</cd>
Syn. -- Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See

Idle.
<hw>La"zy*back`</hw> (l&amacr;"z&ybreve;*b&abreve;k`),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A support for the back, attached to the
seat of a carriage.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>La"zy*bones`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lazy

person.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Laz`za*ro"ni</hw> (l&abreve;z`z&adot;*r&omacr;"n&ibreve;; It.

lät`s&adot;*r&omacr;"n&esl;), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [It.
lazzarone, pl. lazzaroni.] <def>The homeless idlers of
Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the
Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge.</def> [Written
also, but improperly, lazaroni.]
<hw>Lea</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Lay,

<pos>n.</pos> (that which is laid), 4.] (Textile
Manuf.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A measure of yarn; for linen,
300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.</def>
<hw>Lea</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. ley, lay,

As. leáh, leá; akin to Prov. G.
lon bog, morass, grove, and perh. to L. lucus grove, E.
light, <pos>n.</pos>] <def>A meadow or sward land; a
grassy field.</def> "Plow-torn leas." Shak.
<blockquote>The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the

lea.</blockquote> Gray.
<hw>Leach</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.) <def>See

3d Leech.</def>
<hw>Leach</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Written also letch.]

[Cf. As. leáh lye, G. lauge. See Lye.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A quantity of wood ashes, through which water
passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark,

etc.</def>
<col>Leach tub</col>, <cd>a wooden tub in which ashes are

leached.</cd>
<hw>Leach</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leached (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Leaching.] [Written also leech and letch.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To remove the soluble constituents from by
subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to
leach ashes or coffee.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To dissolve out; -- often used with

out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.</def>
<hw>Leach</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To part with soluble

constituents by percolation.</def>
<hw>Leach</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Leech, a

physician.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Leach"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Permitting liquids

to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous;
pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.</def>
<hw>Lead</hw> (l&ebreve;d), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. led,

leed, lead, AS. leád; akin to D.
lood, MHG. l&omacr;t, G. loth plummet, sounding
lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. √123.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Chem.) <def>One of the elements, a heavy,
pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily
tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little
tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific
gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other
metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight,
206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the
mineral galena, lead sulphide.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An article made of lead or an alloy of

lead</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A plummet or mass of lead,
used in sounding at sea.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (Print.)
<def>A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in
printing.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Sheets or plates of lead
used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with
lead sheets or terne plates.</def>
<blockquote>I would have the tower two stories, and goodly

leads upon the top.</blockquote> Bacon
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A small cylinder of black lead or

plumbago, used in pencils.</def>
<col>Black lead</col>, <cd>graphite or plumbago; -- so

called from its leadlike appearance and streak.</cd> [Colloq.] --
<col>Coasting lead</col>, <cd>a sounding lead intermediate in
weight between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.</cd> -- <col>Deep-
sea lead</col>, <cd>the heaviest of sounding leads, used in water
exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth.</cd> Ham. Nav. Encyc. --
<col>Hand lead</col>, <cd>a small lead use for sounding in
shallow water.</cd> -- <col>Krems lead</col>, <col>Kremnitz
lead</col> [so called from Krems or Kremnitz, in
Austria], <cd>a pure variety of white lead, formed into tablets, and
called also Krems, or Kremnitz, white, and Vienna
white.</cd> -- <col>Lead arming</col>, <cd>tallow put in
the hollow of a sounding lead. See To arm the lead
(below).</cd> -- <col>Lead colic</col>. <cd>See under
Colic.</cd> -- <col>Lead color</col>, <cd>a deep bluish
gray color, like tarnished lead.</cd> -- <col>Lead
glance</col>. (Min.) <cd>Same as Galena.</cd> --
<col>Lead line</col> <sd>(a)</sd> (Med.) <cd>A
dark line along the gums produced by a deposit of metallic lead, due
to lead poisoning</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> (Naut.) <cd>A
sounding line.</cd> -- <col>Lead mill</col>, <cd>a leaden
polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.</cd> -- <col>Lead
ocher</col> (Min.), <cd>a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of
lead. Same as Massicot.</cd> -- <col>Lead pencil</col>,
<cd>a pencil of which the marking material is graphite (black
lead).</cd> -- <col>Lead plant</col> (Bot.), <cd>a low
leguminous plant, genus Amorpha (A. canescens), found
in the Northwestern United States, where its presence is supposed to
indicate lead ore.</cd> Gray. -- <col>Lead tree</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> (Bot.) <cd>A West Indian name for the
tropical, leguminous tree, Leucæna glauca; -- probably
so called from the glaucous color of the foliage.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> (Chem.) <cd>Lead crystallized in
arborescent forms from a solution of some lead salt, as by suspending
a strip of zinc in lead acetate.</cd> -- <col>Mock lead</col>,
<cd>a miner's term for blende.</cd> -- <col>Red lead</col>,
<cd>a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder, consisting of minium
when pure, but commonly containing several of the oxides of lead. It
is used as a paint or cement and also as an ingredient of flint
glass.</cd> -- <col>Red lead ore</col> (Min.),
<cd>crocoite.</cd> -- <col>Sugar of lead</col>, <cd>acetate of
lead.</cd> -- <col>To arm the lead</col>, <cd>to fill the
hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to
discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering.</cd>
Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- <col>To</col> <col>cast, or
heave</col>, <col>the lead</col>, <cd>to cast the sounding
lead for ascertaining the depth of water.</cd> -- <col>White
lead</col>, <cd>hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a white,
amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of white
paint.</cd>
<hw>Lead</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> Leaded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Leading.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cover, fill, or affect
with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a
rifle.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Print.) <def>To place leads between the

lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.</def>
<hw>Lead</hw> (l&emacr;d), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Led (l&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Leading.] [OE. leden, AS.
l&aemacr;dan (akin to OS. l&emacr;dian, D.
leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le&imacr;ða, Sw.
leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS.
liðan to go; akin to OHG. l&imacr;dan, Icel.
l&imacr;ða, Goth. leiþan (in comp.). Cf.
Lode, Loath.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To guide or
conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact or
connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads
a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.</def>
<blockquote>If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down

in the ditch.</blockquote> Wyclif (Matt. xv. 14.)
<blockquote>They thrust him out of the city, and led him

unto the brow of the hill.</blockquote> Luke iv. 29.
<blockquote>In thy right hand lead with thee 

The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To guide or conduct in a certain course,

or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the
way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively:
To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to
lead a pupil.</def>
<blockquote>The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a

cloud, to lead them the way.</blockquote> Ex. xiii.
21.
<blockquote>He leadeth me beside the still

waters.</blockquote> Ps. xxiii. 2.
<blockquote>This thought might lead me through the world's

vain mask. 
Content, though blind, had I no better guide.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To conduct or direct with authority; to

have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring
party, or a search; to lead a political party.</def>
<blockquote>Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might
conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess
places.</blockquote> South.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To go or to be in advance of; to precede;
hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led
the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes
leads the orators of all ages.</def>
<blockquote>As Hesperus, that leads the sun his

way.</blockquote> Fairfax.
<blockquote>And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the

rest.</blockquote> Leigh Hunt.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To draw or direct by influence, whether

good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to
lead one to espouse a righteous cause.</def>
<blockquote>He was driven by the necessities of the times, more

than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of
actions.</blockquote> Eikon Basilike.
<blockquote>Silly women, laden with sins, led away by

divers lusts.</blockquote> 2 Tim. iii. 6 (Rev. Ver.).
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To guide or conduct one's self in,

through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way
of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to
cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).</def>
<blockquote>That we may lead a quiet and peaceable

life.</blockquote> 1 Tim. ii. 2.
<blockquote>Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse 

A life that leads melodious days.</blockquote>
<blockquote>You remember . . . the life he used to lead his

wife and daughter.</blockquote> Dickens.
<sn>7.</sn> (Cards & Dominoes) <def>To begin a game,

round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was
led.</def>
<col>To lead astray</col>, <cd>to guide in a wrong way, or

into error; to seduce from truth or rectitude.</cd> -- <col>To
lead captive</col>, <cd>to carry or bring into captivity.</cd> --
<col>To lead the way</col>, <cd>to show the way by going in
front; to act as guide.</cd> Goldsmith.
<hw>Lead</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing,
influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or
preëminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses
of lead, <pos>v. t.</pos></def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To tend or reach in a certain direction,

or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill;
gambling leads to other vices.</def>
<blockquote>The mountain foot that leads towards

Mantua.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>To lead</col> <col>off or out</col>, <cd>to go

first; to begin.</cd>
<hw>Lead</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The

act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the
lead; to be under the lead of another.</def>
<blockquote>At the time I speak of, and having a momentary

lead, . . . I am sure I did my country important
service.</blockquote> Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Precedence; advance position; also, the

measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a
lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Cards & Dominoes) <def>The act or right

of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so
played; as, your partner has the lead.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>An open way in an ice field.</def>

Kane.
<sn>5.</sn> (Mining) <def>A lode.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Naut.) <def>The course of a rope from

end to end.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Steam Engine) <def>The width of port

opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release
of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its
stroke.</def>
&fist; When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for

the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or
exhaust.
<sn>8.</sn> (Civil Engineering) <def>the distance of

haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> (Horology) <def>The action of a tooth,

as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.</def>
Saunier.
<col>Lead angle</col> (Steam Engine), <cd>the angle

which the crank maker with the line of centers, in approaching it, at
the instant when the valve opens to admit steam.</cd> -- <col>Lead
screw</col> (Mach.), <cd>the main longitudinal screw of a
lathe, which gives the feed motion to the carriage.</cd>
<hw>Lead"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded
windows.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Print.) <def>Separated by leads, as the

lines of a page.</def>
<hw>Lead"en</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden
ball.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Like lead in color, etc.; as, a

leaden sky.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Heavy; dull; sluggish.</def>

"Leaden slumber." Shak.
<hw>Lead"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a
conductor.</def> Especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who goes
first.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One having authority to direct;
a chief; a commander.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> (Mus.) <def>A
performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra,
the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first
violins.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> (Naut.) <def>A block of
hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their
proper places.</def> <sd>(e)</sd> (Mach.) <def>The
principal wheel in any kind of machinery.</def> [Obs. or R.] G.
Francis. <sd>(f)</sd> <def>A horse placed in advance of
others; one of the forward pair of horses.</def>
<blockquote>He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they

gallop away with him at times.</blockquote> Hare.
<sd>(g)</sd> <def>A pipe for conducting rain water from a

roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.</def>
<sd>(h)</sd> (Fishing) <def>A net for leading fish into
a pound, weir, etc.; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly
hook is attached.</def> <sd>(i)</sd> (Mining) <def>A
branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the
proximity of a better one.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The first, or the principal, editorial

article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial
article.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Print.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A type

having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> pl. <def>a row of dots, periods, or
hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a
space to the right word or number.</def>
Syn. -- chief; chieftain; commander. See Chief.
<hw>Lead"er*ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office of

a leader.</def>
<hw>Lead"hill*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.)

<def>A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of
the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been
first found at Leadhills, Scotland.</def>
<hw>Lead"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Guiding;

directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a
leading man; a leading example.</def> --
<wf>Lead"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<col>Leading case</col> (Law), <cd>a reported

decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the
question involved.</cd> Abbott. -- <col>Leading
motive</col> [a translation of G. leitmotif]
(Mus.), <cd>a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of
Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always
accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract
idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical
label.</cd> -- <col>Leading note</col> (Mus.), <cd>the
seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible
note.</cd> -- <col>Leading question</col>, <cd>a question so
framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply.</cd> --
<col>Leading strings</col>, <cd>strings by which children are
supported when beginning to walk.</cd> -- <col>To be in leading
strings</col>, <cd>to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or
under the guidance of others.</cd> -- <col>Leading
wheel</col>, <cd>a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a
locomotive engine.</cd>
<hw>Lead"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing;
guidance.</def> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Suggestion; hint; example.</def> [Archaic]

Bacon.
<hw>Lead"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Leadmen</plw> (&?;). <def>One who leads a
dance.</def>[Obs.] B. Jonson.
<hw>Leads"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Leadsmen</plw> (&?;). (Naut.) <def>The man who
heaves the lead.</def> Totten.
<hw>Lead"wort`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). P. Europæa
has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored
flowers.</def>
<hw>Lead"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling

lead.</def> Sir T. Elyot.
<hw>Leaf</hw> (l&emacr;f), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Leaves</plw> (l&emacr;vz). [OE. leef, lef,
leaf, AS. leáf; akin to S. l&omacr;f,
OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G. laub, OHG.
loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. löf,
Dan. löv, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas.
Cf. Lodge.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A colored,
usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or
rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated
under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which
collectively constitute its foliage.</def>
&fist; Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina ,

supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued
through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs
and veins that support the cellular texture. The petiole has
usually some sort of an appendage on each side of its base, which is
called the stipule. The green parenchyma of the leaf is
covered with a thin epiderm pierced with closable microscopic
openings, known as stomata.
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A special organ of

vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether
appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a
bract, a spine, or a tendril.</def>
&fist; In this view every part of a plant, except the root and the
stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves more or less
modified and transformed.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Something which is like a leaf in being

wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a
larger body by one edge or end; as : <sd>(a)</sd> A part of a
book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides.
<sd>(b)</sd> A side, division, or part, that slides or is
hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc.
<sd>(c)</sd> The movable side of a table. <sd>(d)</sd>
A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. <sd>(e)</sd> A
portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. <sd>(f)</sd>
One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.</def>
<col>Leaf beetle</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any beetle

which feeds upon leaves; esp., any species of the family
Chrysomelidæ, as the potato beetle and helmet
beetle.</cd> -- <col>Leaf bridge</col>, <cd>a draw-bridge
having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges.</cd> --
<col>Leaf bud</col> (Bot.), <cd>a bud which develops
into leaves or a leafy branch.</cd> -- <col>Leaf
butterfly</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any butterfly which, in
the form and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants upon
which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus Kallima, found
in Southern Asia and the East Indies.</cd> -- <col>Leaf
crumpler</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a small moth (Phycis
indigenella), the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple
tree, and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves together
in clusters.</cd> -- <col>Leaf cutter</col>
(Zoöl.) <cd>, any one of various species of wild bees of
the genus Megachile, which cut rounded pieces from the edges
of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be used in the construction
of their nests, which are made in holes and crevices, or in a leaf
rolled up for the purpose. Among the common American species are
M. brevis and M. centuncularis. Called also rose-
cutting bee.</cd> -- <col>Leaf fat</col>, <cd>the fat
which lies in leaves or layers within the body of an animal.</cd> --
<col>Leaf flea</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a jumping plant
louse of the family Psyllidæ.</cd> -- <col>Leaf
frog</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any tree frog of the genus
Phyllomedusa.</cd> -- <col>Leaf
green</col>.(Bot.) <cd>See Chlorophyll.</cd> --
<col>Leaf hopper</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any small
jumping hemipterous insect of the genus Tettigonia, and allied
genera. They live upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See Live
hopper.</cd> -- <col>Leaf insect</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any one of several genera and species of
orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus Phyllium, in which the
wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves in color and form.
They are common in Southern Asia and the East Indies.</cd> --
<col>Leaf lard</col>, <cd>lard from leaf fat. See under
Lard.</cd> -- <col>Leaf louse</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>an aphid.</cd> -- <col>Leaf
metal</col>, <cd>metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or
tin.</cd> -- <col>Leaf miner</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>any one of various small lepidopterous and dipterous insects,
which, in the larval stages, burrow in and eat the parenchyma of
leaves; as, the pear-tree leaf miner (Lithocolletis
geminatella).</cd> -- <col>Leaf notcher</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a pale bluish green beetle (Artipus
Floridanus), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the leaves of
orange trees.</cd> -- <col>Leaf roller</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>the larva of any tortricid moth which makes
a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants. See Tortrix.</cd> -
- <col>Leaf scar</col> (Bot.), <cd>the cicatrix on a
stem whence a leaf has fallen.</cd> -- <col>Leaf sewer</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar makes a
nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges together with silk,
as if sewn; esp., Phoxopteris nubeculana, which feeds upon the
apple tree.</cd> -- <col>Leaf sight</col>, <cd>a hinged sight
on a firearm, which can be raised or folded down.</cd> --
<col>Leaf trace</col> (Bot.), <cd>one or more
fibrovascular bundles, which may be traced down an endogenous stem
from the base of a leaf.</cd> -- <col>Leaf tier</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a tortricid moth whose larva makes a nest by
fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk; esp., Teras
cinderella, found on the apple tree.</cd> -- <col>Leaf
valve</col>, <cd>a valve which moves on a hinge.</cd> --
<col>Leaf wasp</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a sawfly.</cd> -
- <col>To turn over a new leaf</col>, <cd>to make a radical
change for the better in one's way of living or doing.</cd>
[Colloq.]
<blockquote> They were both determined to turn over a new

leaf.</blockquote> Richardson.
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<hw>Leaf</hw> (l&emacr;f), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Leafed (l&emacr;ft); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Leafing.] <def>To shoot out leaves; to produce
leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.</def> Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Leaf"age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Leaves,

collectively; foliage.</def>
<hw>Leaf"cup`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).</def>
<hw>Leafed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having (such) a

leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-
leafed; four-leafed.</def>
<hw>Leaf"et</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A
leaflet.</def>
<hw>Leaf"-footèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Having leaflike expansions on the legs; --
said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug
(Leptoglossus phyllopus).</def>
<hw>Leaf"i*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being leafy.</def>
<hw>Leaf"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no leaves or

foliage; bearing no foliage.</def> "Leafless groves."
Cowper. -- <wf>Leaf"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<col>Leafless plants</col>, <cd>plants having no foliage,

though leaves may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See
Leaf, <pos>n.</pos>, 1 and 2.</cd>
<hw>Leaf"let</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>One of the divisions of a

compound leaf; a foliole.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A leaflike organ or

part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.</def>
<hw>Leaf"-nosed`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; --
said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and
Rhinonycteris. See Vampire.</def>
<hw>Leaf"stalk`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.</def>
<hw>Leaf"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Leafier (?);
<pos>superl</pos>. Leafiest.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy
forest.</def> "The leafy month of June."
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of leaves.</def> "A

leafy bed." Byron.
<hw>League</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OE. legue,

lieue, a measure of length, F. lieue, Pr. lega,
legua, It. & LL. lega, Sp. legua, Pg.
legoa, legua; all fr. LL. leuca, of Celtic
origin: cf. Arm. leo, lev (perh. from French), Ir.
leige (perh. from English); also Ir. & Gael. leac a
flag, a broad, flat stone, W. llech, -- such stones having
perh. served as a sort of milestone (cf. Cromlech).]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A measure of length or distance, varying in
different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of
5,280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the
continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The
marine league of England and the United States is equal to
three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.</def>
&fist; The English land league is equal to three English statute

miles. The Spanish and French leagues vary in each country according
to usage and the kind of measurement to which they are applied. The
Dutch and German leagues contain about four geographical miles, or
about 4.6 English statute miles.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A stone erected near a public road to mark

the distance of a league.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>League</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. ligue, LL.

liga, fr. L. ligare to bind; cf. Sp. liga. Cf.
Ally a confederate, Ligature.] <def>An alliance or
combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the
accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of
action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial,
religious, or political interests, etc.</def>
<blockquote>And let there be 

'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity.</blockquote>
Denham.
&fist; A league may be offensive or

defensive, or both; offensive, when the parties agree
to unite in attacking a common enemy; defensive, when they
agree to a mutual defense of each other against an enemy.
<col>The Holy League</col>, <cd>an alliance of Roman

Catholics formed in 1576 by influence of the Duke of Guise for the
exclusion of Protestants from the throne of France.</cd> --
<col>Solemn League and Covenant</col>. <cd>See
Covenant,2.</cd> -- <col>The land league</col>, <cd>an
association, organized in Dublin in 1879, to promote the interests of
the Irish tenantry, its avowed objects being to secure fixity of
tenure, fair rent, and free sale of the tenants' interest. It was
declared illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions have failed
to suppress it.</cd>
Syn. -- Alliance; confederacy; confederation; coalition;

combination; compact; coöperation.
<hw>League</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leagued (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Leaguing (?).] [Cf. F. se liguer. See 2d
League.] <def>To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine
for mutual support; to confederate.</def> South.
<hw>League</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To join in a league;

to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as,
common interests will league heterogeneous elements.</def>
<hw>Lea"guer</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [D. leger camp,

bed, couch, lair. See Lair, and cf.Beleaguer.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The camp of a besieging army; a camp in
general.</def> b. Jonson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A siege or beleaguering.</def> [R.]
<hw>Lea"guer</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To besiege; to

beleaguer.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lea"guer*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

besieger.</def> [R.] J. Webster.
<hw>Leak</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Akin to D. lek

leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel. lekr leaky, Dan.
læk leaky, a leak, Sw. läck; cf. AS.
hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. Leak,
<pos>v.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A crack, crevice,
fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it
escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a
leak in a gas pipe.</def> "One leak will sink a ship."
Bunyan.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The entrance or escape of a fluid through

a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on
the ship's pumps.</def>
<col>To spring a leak</col>, <cd>to open or crack so as to

let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a
leak.</cd>
<hw>Leak</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Leaky.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<hw>Leak</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leaked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Leaking.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken,
lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. lække, Sw.
läcka, AS. leccan to wet, moisten. See
Leak, <pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To let
water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the
cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat
leaks.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a

hole, crevice, etc.; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; --
usually with in or out.</def>
<col>To leak out</col>, <cd>to be divulged gradually or

clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked
out.</cd>
<hw>Leak"age</hw> (&?;), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. D.

lekkage, for sense 1.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A leaking;
also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Com.) <def>An allowance of a certain

rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by
leaking.</def>
<hw>Leak"i*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being leaky.</def>
<hw>Leak"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Leakier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Leakiest.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a
leaky roof or cask.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not

close.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Leal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [OE. leial, another

form of loial, F. loyal. See Loyal.]
<def>Faithful; loyal; true.</def>
<blockquote>All men true and leal, all women

pure.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<col>Land of the leal</col>, <cd>the place of the faithful;

heaven.</cd>
<hw>Leam</hw> (?), <pos>n. & v. i.</pos> <def>See

Leme.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>Leam</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See Leamer,

Lien.] <def>A cord or strap for leading a dog.</def> Sir
W. Scott.
<hw>Leam"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. limier, OF.

liemier, fr. L. ligamen band, bandage. See
Lien.] <def>A dog held by a leam.</def>
<hw>Lean</hw> (l&emacr;n), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Icel.

leyna; akin to G. läugnen to deny, AS.
l&ymacr;gnian, also E. lie to speak falsely.] <def>To
conceal.</def> [Obs.] Ray.
<hw>Lean</hw> (l&emacr;n), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Leaned (l&emacr;nd), sometimes Leant
(l&ebreve;nt); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Leaning.]
[OE. lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, <pos>v.
i.</pos>; akin to OS. hlin&omacr;n, D. leunen, OHG.
hlin&emacr;n, lin&emacr;n, G. lehnen, L.
inclinare, Gr. <grk>kli`nein</grk> , L. clivus hill,
slope. √40. Cf. Declivity, Climax,
Incline, Ladder.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To incline,
deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus
inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a
leaning column.</def> "He leant forward."
Dickens.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To incline in opinion or desire; to

conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.</def>
<blockquote>They delight rather to lean to their old

customs.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and

the like; -- with on, upon, or
against.</def>
<blockquote>He leaned not on his fathers but

himself.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Lean</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [From Lean,

<pos>v. i.</pos>; AS. hl&aemacr;nan, v. t., fr.
hleonian, hlinian, <pos>v. i.</pos>] <def>To
cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.</def> Mrs.
Browning.
<blockquote>His fainting limbs against an oak he

leant.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Lean</hw> (l&emacr;n), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Leaner (l&emacr;n"&etilde;r);
<pos>superl.</pos> Leanest.] [OE. lene, AS.
hl&aemacr;ne; prob. akin to E. lean to incline. See
Lean, <pos>v. i.</pos> ] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump;
meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean
cattle.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency,

or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant;
barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the
lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse;
lean wages.</def> "No lean wardrobe." Shak.
<blockquote>Their lean and flashy songs.</blockquote>

Milton.
<blockquote>What the land is, whether it be fat or

lean.</blockquote> Num. xiii. 20.
<blockquote>Out of my lean and low ability 

I'll lend you something.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Typog.) <def>Of a character which

prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to
fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.</def>
Syn. -- slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny;

gaunt.
<hw>Lean</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without
the fat.</def>
<blockquote>The fat was so white and the lean was so

ruddy.</blockquote> Goldsmith.
<sn>2.</sn> (Typog.) <def>Unremunerative copy or

work.</def>
<hw>Lean"-faced`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Having a thin face.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Typog.) <def>slender or narrow; -- said
of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow
in proportion to their height.</def> W. Savage.
<hw>Lean"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act, or state, of

inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards
Calvinism.</def>
<hw>Lean"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Meagerly; without

fat or plumpness.</def>
<hw>Lean"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

hl&aemacr;nnes.] <def>The condition or quality of being
lean.</def>
<hw>Lean"-to`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Arch.)

<def>Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A shed or slight building placed against
the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; --
called also penthouse, and to-fall.</def>
<blockquote>The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all

round this inner apartment.</blockquote> De Foe.
<hw>Lean"-wit`ted</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having but

little sense or shrewdness.</def>
<hw>Lean"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lean.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<hw>Leap</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. leáp.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A basket.</def> [Obs.] Wyclif.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A weel or wicker trap for fish.</def>

[Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Leap</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leaped (?), rarely Leapt; <pos>p. pr. &
vb. n.</pos> Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen,
AS. hleápan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS.
&amacr;hl&?;pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G.
laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel.
hlaupa, Sw. löpa, Dan. löbe, Goth.
ushlaupan. Cf. Elope, Lope, Lapwing,
Loaf to loiter.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To spring clear of
the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps
over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.</def> Bacon.
<blockquote> Leap in with me into this angry

flood.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump

or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.</def>
<blockquote>My heart leaps up when I behold 

A rainbow in the sky.</blockquote> Wordsworth.
<hw>Leap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a
ditch.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To copulate with (a female beast); to

cover.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to leap; as, to leap a

horse across a ditch.</def>
<hw>Leap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The

act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a
bound.</def>
<blockquote>Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden

leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or

glides.</blockquote> H. Sweet.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Copulation with, or coverture of, a female

beast.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mining) <def>A fault.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Mus.) <def>A passing from one note to

another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including
several other and intermediate intervals.</def>
<hw>Leap"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

hleápere.] <def>One who, or that which,
leaps.</def>
<hw>Leap"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See 1st Leap.]

<def>A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old
cordage.</def>
<hw>Leap"frog`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A play among

boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing
his hands on the shoulders of the former.</def>
<hw>Leap"ful</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See 1st Leap.]

<def>A basketful.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Leap"ing</hw>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>from

Leap, to jump.</def>
<col>Leaping house</col>, <cd>a brothel.</cd> [Obs.]

Shak. -- <col>Leaping pole</col>, <cd>a pole used in
some games of leaping.</cd> -- <col>Leaping spider</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a jumping spider; one of the
Saltigradæ.</cd>
<hw>Leap"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By

leaps.</def>
<hw>Leap" year`</hw> (?). <def>Bissextile; a year containing 366

days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a
common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See
Bissextile.</def>
&fist; Every year whose number is divisible by four without a

remainder is a leap year, excepting the full centuries, which, to be
leap years, must be divisible by 400 without a remainder. If not so
divisible they are common years. 1900, therefore, is not a leap
year.
<hw>Lear</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To learn. See

Lere, to learn.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lear</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Lore; lesson.</def>

<hw>Lear</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See Leer,

<pos>a.</pos></def> [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
<hw>Lear</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An annealing oven. See

Leer, <pos>n.</pos></def>
<hw>Learn</hw> (l&etilde;rn), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Learned (l&etilde;rnd), or
Learnt (l&etilde;rnt); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Learning.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS.
leornian; akin to OS. lin&omacr;n, for
lirn&omacr;n, OHG. lirn&emacr;n, lern&emacr;n,
G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l&?;ran to teach, OS.
l&emacr;rian, OHG. l&emacr;ran, G. lehren, Goth.
laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted
(in comp.); all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence,
to learn; cf. AS. leoran to go . Cf. Last a mold of
the foot, lore.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To gain knowledge or
information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to
receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire
understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to
learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to
skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about
something.</def> "Learn to do well." Is. i. 17.
<blockquote>Now learn a parable of the fig

tree.</blockquote> Matt. xxiv. 32.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To communicate knowledge to; to

teach.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Hast thou not learned me how 

To make perfumes ?</blockquote> Shak.
&fist; Learn formerly had also the sense of teach,

in accordance with the analogy of the French and other languages, and
hence we find it with this sense in Shakespeare, Spenser, and other
old writers. This usage has now passed away. To learn is to
receive instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He
who is taught learns, not he who teaches.
<hw>Learn</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To acquire knowledge

or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to
receive information or instruction; as, this child learns
quickly.</def>
<blockquote>Take my yoke upon you and learn of

me.</blockquote> Matt. xi. 29.
<col>To learn by heart</col>. <cd>See By heart,

under Heart.</cd> -- <col>To learn by rote</col>,
<cd>to memorize by repetition without exercise of the
understanding.</cd>
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<hw>Learn"a*ble</hw> (l&etilde;rn"&adot;*b'l),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be learned.</def>
<hw>Learn"ed</hw> (l&etilde;rn"&ebreve;d), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by,
learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a
learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a
learned theory.</def>
<blockquote>The learnedlover lost no time.</blockquote>

Spenser.
<blockquote>Men of much reading are greatly learned, but

may be little knowing.</blockquote> Locke.
<blockquote>Words of learned length and thundering

sound.</blockquote> Goldsmith.
<col>The learned</col>, <cd>learned men; men of erudition;

scholars.</cd>
-- <wf>Learn"ed*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>

<wf>Learn"ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<blockquote>Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as

they.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>Learn"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who learns; a

scholar.</def>
<hw>Learn"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. leornung.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as,
the learning of languages; the learning of
telegraphy.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The knowledge or skill received by

instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of
science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a
man of great learning.</def>
<col>Book learning</col>. <cd>See under

Book.</cd>
Syn. -- Literature; erudition; lore; scholarship; science;

letters. See Literature.
<hw>Leas"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From 2d

Lease.] <def>Such as can be leased.</def>
<hw>Lease</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [AS. lesan to

gather; akin to D. lezen to gather, read, G. lesen,
Goth. lisan to gather; cf. Lith lesti to peck.] <def>To
gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.</def> [Obs.]
Dryden.
<hw>Lease</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leased (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Leasing.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier,
lessier, to leave, transmit, L. laxare to loose,
slacken, from laxus loose, wide. See Lax, and cf.
Lesser.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To grant to another by lease
the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let;
to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; --
sometimes with out.</def>
<blockquote>There were some [houses] that were leased out

for three lives.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To hold under a lease; to take lease of;

as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.</def>
<hw>Lease</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF. lais. See

Lease, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another
for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest
than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a
specified rent or compensation.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The contract for such letting.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Any tenure by grant or permission; the

time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.</def>
<blockquote>Our high-placed Macbeth 

Shall live the lease of nature.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>Lease and release</col> <cd>a mode of conveyance of

freehold estates, formerly common in England and in New York. its
place is now supplied by a simple deed of grant.</cd>
Burrill. Warren's Blackstone.

<hw>Lease"hold`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Held by

lease.</def>
<hw>Lease"hold`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tenure by lease;

specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for
years.</def>
<hw>Lease"holdèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tenant

under a lease.</def> -- <wf>Lease"holdìng</wf>, <pos>a. &
n.</pos>
<hw>Leas"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From 1st
Lease.] <def>One who leases or gleans.</def> [Obs.]
Swift.
<hw>Leas"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A liar.</def> [Obs.]

See Leasing.
<hw>Leash</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lese,

lees, leece, OF. lesse, F. laisse, LL.
laxa, fr. L. laxus loose. See Lax.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which
a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.</def>
<blockquote>Even like a fawning greyhound in the

leash.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> (Sporting) <def>A brace and a half; a

tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds,
foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in
general.</def>
<blockquote>[I] kept my chamber a leash of

days.</blockquote> B. Jonson.
<blockquote>Then were I wealthier than a leash of

kings.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>3.</sn> (Weaving) <def>A string with a loop at

the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.</def>
<hw>Leash</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leashed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Leashing.] <def>To tie together, or hold, with a
leash.</def>
<hw>Leas"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

leásung, fr. leás loose, false,
deceitful. See -less, Loose, <pos>a.</pos>]
<def>The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies.</def> [Archaic]
Spenser.
<blockquote>Thou shalt destroy them that speak

leasing.</blockquote> Ps. v. 6.
<blockquote>Blessed be the lips that such a leasing

told.</blockquote> Fairfax.
<col>Leasing making</col> (Scots Law), <cd>the

uttering of lies or libels upon the personal character of the
sovereign, his court, or his family.</cd> Bp. Burnet.
<hw>Lea"sow</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. lesu,

læsu.] <def>A pasture.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Least</hw> (l&emacr;st), <pos>a.</pos> [OE.

last, lest, AS. l&aemacr;sast,
l&aemacr;sest, superl. of l&aemacr;ssa less. See
Less, <pos>a.</pos>] [Used as the superlative of
little.] <def>Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest;
lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the
least mercy; the least space.</def>
&fist; Least is often used with the, as if a

noun.
<blockquote>I am the least of the apostles.</blockquote>

1 Cor. xv. 9.
<col>At least</col>, or <col>At the least</col>,

<cd>at the least estimate, consideration, chance, etc.; hence, at any
rate; at all events; even. See However.</cd>
<blockquote>He who tempts, though in vain, at least

asperses 
The tempted with dishonor.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>Upon the mast they saw a young man, at least if

he were a man, who sat as on horseback.</blockquote> Sir P.
Sidney.
-- <col>In least</col>, or <col>In the least</col>,

<cd>in the least degree, manner, etc.</cd> "He that is unjust in
the least is unjust also in much." Luke xvi. 10. --
<col>Least squares</col> (Math.), <cd>a method of
deducing from a number of carefully made yet slightly discordant
observations of a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown
quantities.</cd> It takes as its fundamental principle that the most
probable values are those which make the sum of the squares of the
residual errors of the observation a minimum.
<hw>Least</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the smallest or

lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who
least deserve it.</def>
<hw>Least</hw>, <pos>conj.</pos> <def>See Lest,

<pos>conj.</pos></def> [Obs.] Spenser.
{ <hw>Least"ways`</hw> (?), <hw>Least"wise`</hw> (?), }

<pos>adv.</pos> <def>At least; at all events.</def>
[Colloq.]
<col>At leastways</col>, or <col>At leastwise</col>,

<cd>at least.</cd> [Obs.] Fuller.
<hw>Lea"sy</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [AS. leás

void, loose, false. Cf. Leasing.] <def>Flimsy; vague;
deceptive.</def> [Obs.] Ascham.
<hw>Leat</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Lead to

conduct.] <def>An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a
mill.</def> C. Kingsley.
<hw>Leath"er</hw> (l&ebreve;&thlig;"&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [OE. lether, AS. leðer; akin
to D. leder, leêr, G. leder, OHG.
ledar, Icel. leðr, Sw. läder, Dan.
læder.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The skin of an animal,
or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for
use; also, dressed hides, collectively.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The skin.</def> [Ironical or Sportive]
&fist; Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of

made of, relating to, or like,
leather.
<col>Leather board</col>, <cd>an imitation of sole leather,

made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.</cd> -- <col>Leather
carp</col> (Zoöl.) <cd>, a variety of carp in which
the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under
Carp.</cd> -- <col>Leather jacket</col>.
(Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A California carangoid
fish (Oligoplites saurus).</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A
trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis).</cd> -- <col>Leather
flower</col> (Bot.), <cd>a climbing plant (Clematis
Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery
sepals of a purplish color.</cd> -- <col>Leather leaf</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata), growing
in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy
leaves.</cd> -- <col>Leather plant</col> (Bot.),
<cd>one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus
Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves.</cd> --
<col>Leather turtle</col>. (Zoöl.) <cd>See
Leatherback.</cd> -- <col>Vegetable leather</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An imitation of leather made of cotton
waste</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Linen cloth coated with India
rubber.</cd> Ure.
<hw>Leath"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leathered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Leathering.] <def>To beat, as with a thong of leather.</def>
[Obs. or Colloq.] G. Eliot.
<hw>Leath"er*back`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>A large sea turtle (Sphargis
coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the
warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a
thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery
turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.</def>
{ <hw>Leath"er*et</hw> (?), <hw>Leathèr*ette"</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> [Leather + et, F. -ette.]
<def>An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.</def>
<hw>Leath"er*head`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The friar bird.</def>
<hw>Leath"ern</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of leather;

consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse.</def> "A
leathern girdle about his loins." Matt. iii. 4.
<hw>Leath"er*neck`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The sordid friar bird of Australia
(Tropidorhynchus sordidus).</def>
<hw>Leath"er*wood`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft
wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the
Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and
wicopy.</def> Gray.
<hw>Leath"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling

leather in appearance or consistence; tough.</def> "A leathery
skin." Grew.
<hw>Leave</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leaved (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Leaving] <def>To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with
out.</def> G. Fletcher.
<hw>Leave</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [See Levy.] <def>To

raise; to levy.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>An army strong she leaved.</blockquote>

Spenser.
<hw>Leave</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. leve,

leave, AS. leáf; akin to leóf
pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave, G.
arlaub, and erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi.
√124. See Lief.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Liberty
granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission;
allowance; license.</def>
<blockquote>David earnestly asked leave of me.</blockquote>

1 Sam. xx. 6.
<blockquote>No friend has leave to bear away the

dead.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of leaving or departing; a formal

parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase,
to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to
go.</def>
<blockquote>A double blessing is a'double grace; 

Occasion smiles upon a second leave.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while,

and then took his leave of the brethren.</blockquote> Acts
xviii. 18.
<col>French leave</col>. <cd>See under

French.</cd>
Syn. -- See Liberty.
<hw>Leave</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Left (l&ebreve;ft); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Leaving.] [OE. leven, AS. l&?;fan,
fr. l&amacr;f remnant, heritage; akin to lifian,
libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. bel&imacr;fan to
remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. √119. See
Live, <pos>v.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to
leave the house.</def>
<blockquote>Therefore shall a man leave his father and his

mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.</blockquote> Gen. ii.
24.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To let remain unremoved or undone; to let

stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or
changed.</def>
<blockquote>If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not

leave some gleaning grapes ?</blockquote> Jer. xlix. 9.

<blockquote>These ought ye to have done, and not to leave

the other undone.</blockquote> Matt. xxiii. 23. 
<blockquote>Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more

might be said than is expressed.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cease from; to desist from; to abstain

from.</def>
<blockquote>Now leave complaining and begin your

tea.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence,

to give up; to relinquish.</def>
<blockquote>Lo, we have left all, and have followed

thee.</blockquote> Mark x. 28.
<blockquote>The heresies that men do leave.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To let be or do without interference; as,

I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to
judge.</def>
<blockquote>I will leave you now to your gossiplike

humor.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver;

to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from;
as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to
leave the matter to arbitrators.</def>
<blockquote>Leave there thy gift before the altar and go

thy way.</blockquote> Matt. v. 24.
<blockquote>The foot 
That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>To have remaining at death; hence, to
bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good
name; he left a legacy to his niece.</def>
<col>To leave alone</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To leave

in solitude</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To desist or refrain from
having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals
alone.</cd> -- <col>To leave off</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as,
to leave off work at six o'clock</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position;
as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the
tablecloth</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To forsake; as, to leave
off a bad habit.</cd> -- <col>To leave out</col>, <cd>to
omit; as, to leave out a word or name in writing.</cd> --
<col>To leave to one's self</col>, <cd>to let (one) be alone;
to cease caring for (one).</cd>
Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver;

bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See
Quit.
<hw>Leave</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To depart; to set out.</def> [Colloq.]
<blockquote>By the time I left for Scotland.</blockquote>

Carlyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cease; to desist; to leave off.</def>

"He . . . began at the eldest, and left at the youngest."
Gen. xliv. 12.
<col>To leave off</col>, <cd>to cease; to desist; to

stop.</cd>
<blockquote>Leave off, and for another summons

wait.</blockquote> Roscommon.
<hw>Leaved</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From Leaf.]

<def>Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in
combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved
gate; long-leaved.</def>
<hw>Leave"less</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Leafless.</def>

[Obs.] Carew.
<hw>Leav"en</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. levain,

levein, F. levain, L. levamen alleviation,
mitigation; but taken in the sense of, a raising, that which raises,
fr. levare to raise. See Lever, <pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Any substance that produces, or is designed
to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of
fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough,
produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast;
barm.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything which makes a general

assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.</def>
<blockquote>Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is

hypocrisy.</blockquote> Luke xii. 1.
<hw>Leav"en</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leavened (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Leavening (?).] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make light by the
action of leaven; to cause to ferment.</def>
<blockquote>A little leaven leaveneth the whole

lump.</blockquote> 1 Cor. v. 6.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.</def>
<blockquote>With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he

leavens also his prayer.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Leav"en*ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of
leaven.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which leavens or makes light.</def>

Bacon.
<hw>Leav"en*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing

leaven.</def> Milton.
<hw>Leav"er</hw> (l&emacr;v"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>One who leaves, or withdraws.</def>
<hw>Leaves</hw> (l&emacr;vz), <pos>n.</pos>,

<def><pos>pl.</pos> of Leaf.</def>
<hw>Leave"-takìng</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Taking of

leave; parting compliments.</def> Shak.
<hw>Leav"i*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Fr. Leaf.]

<def>Leafiness.</def>[Obs.]
<hw>Leav"ings</hw>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Things left; remnants; relics.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Refuse; offal.</def>
<hw>Leav"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Leafy.</def> [Obs.]

Chapman.
{ <hw>Leb"an</hw>, <hw>Leb"ban</hw> } (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage
among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same.</def>
<hw>Le*ca"ma</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The hartbeest.</def>
<hw>Le*can"o*man`cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>leka`nh</grk> bowl or basin + -mancy.] <def>Divination
practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it,
and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.</def>
<hw>Lecà*no"ric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained
from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella,
etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also
orsellic, or diorsellinic acid, lecanorin,
etc.</def>
<hw>Lecà*no"rin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>See Lecanoric.</def>
<hw>Lech</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [F.

lécher. See Lick.] <def>To lick.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>Le*che"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See water

buck, under 3d Buck.</def>
<hw>Lech"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lechur,

lechour, OF. lecheor, lecheur, gormand, glutton,
libertine, parasite, fr. lechier to lick, F.
lécher; of Teutonic origin. See Lick.] <def>A
man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the
indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with
women.</def>
<hw>Lech"er</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lechered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lechering.] <def>To practice lewdness.</def>
<hw>Lech"er*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lecher, <pos>n.</pos></def> Marston.
<hw>Lech"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lecher;

addicted to lewdness; lustful; also, lust-provoking.</def> "A
lecherous thing is wine." Chaucer. --
<wf>Lech"er*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>Lech"er*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lech"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lecherie,

OF. lecherie. See Lecher.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Free
indulgence of lust; lewdness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Selfish pleasure; delight.</def> [Obs.]

<hw>Lec"i*thin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>le`kiqos</grk> the yolk of an egg.] (Physiol. Chem.)
<def>A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed
through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and
nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood
corpuscles.</def>
<hw>Lec"tern</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lecturn.</def>
<hw>||Lec*ti"ca</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lecticæ</plw> (#). [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) <def>A
kind of litter or portable couch.</def>
<hw>Lec"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lectio, fr.

legere, lectum, to read. See lesson,
Legend.] <sn>1.</sn> (Eccl.) <def>A lesson or
selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A reading; a variation in the

text.</def>
<blockquote>We ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the new

lections into the text.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<hw>Lec"tion*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>-ries</plw> (#). [LL. lectionarium,
lectionarius : cf. F. lectionnaire.] (Eccl.)
<def>A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine
service.</def>
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<hw>Lec"tor</hw> (l&ebreve;k"t&obreve;r), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

See Lection.] (Eccl.) <def>A reader of lections;
formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the
illiterate.</def>
<hw>Lec"tu*al</hw> (-t&usl;*al), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

lectualis, fr. L. lectus bed.] (Med.)
<def>Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease.</def>
<hw>Lec"ture</hw> (-t&usl;r; 135), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

lecture, LL. lectura, fr. L. legere,
lectum, to read. See Legend.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy
Scripture.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A discourse on any subject; especially, a

formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes,
a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A reprimand or formal reproof from one

having authority.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Eng. Universities) <def>A rehearsal of

a lesson.</def>
<hw>Lec"ture</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lectured (-t&usl;rd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lecturing.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To read or
deliver a lecture to.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To reprove formally and with

<hw>Lec"ture</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To deliver a

lecture or lectures.</def>
<hw>Lec"tur*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One
who lectures; an assistant preacher.</def>
<hw>Lec"ture*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office of a

lecturer.</def>
<hw>Lec"turn</hw> (l&ebreve;k"t&ubreve;rn), <pos>n.</pos>

[LL. lectrinum, fr. lectrum; cf. L. legere,
lectum, to read.] <def>A choir desk, or reading desk, in some
churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted
or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and
lettern.]</def> Fairholt.
<hw>||Lec"y*this</hw> (l&ebreve;s"&ibreve;*th&ibreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. 3 an oil flask.] (Bot.)
<def>A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order
Myrtaceæ, having woody capsules opening by an apical
lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts.
L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark
separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for
cigarette wrappers.</def>
<hw>Led</hw> (l&ebreve;d), <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <def>of

Lead.</def>
<col>Led captain</col>. <cd>An obsequious follower or

attendant.</cd> [Obs.] Swift. -- <col>Led horse</col>,
<cd>a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along.</cd>
{ <hw>Led"en</hw> (l&ebreve;d"'n), <hw>Led"den</hw> (-d'n) }

<pos>n.</pos> [AS. l&emacr;den, l&ymacr;den,
language, speech. Cf. Leod.] <def>Language; speech; voice;
cry.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
<hw>Ledge</hw> (l&ebreve;j), <pos>n.</pos> [Akin to AS.

licgan to lie, Icel. liggja; cf. Icel. lögg
the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See Lie to be
prostrate.] [Formerly written lidge.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which
resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part,
or a molding or edge in joinery.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A shelf, ridge, or reef, of

rocks.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A layer or stratum.</def>
<blockquote>The lowest ledge or row should be of

stone.</blockquote> Sir H. Wotton.
<sn>4.</sn> (Mining) <def>A lode; a limited mass of

rock bearing valuable mineral.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Shipbuilding) <def>A piece of timber to

support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.</def>
<hw>Ledge"ment</hw> (l&ebreve;j"ment), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Ledgment.</def>
<hw>Ledg"er</hw>(l&ebreve;j"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [Akin
to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay,
liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See Lie to
be prostrate.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A book in which a summary of
accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in
business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the
journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads.</def> [Written
also leger.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Arch.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large

flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.</def> Oxf. Gloss.
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A horizontal piece of timber secured to the
uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or
the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to
carry weight.</def> [Written also ligger.]
<col>Ledger bait</col>, <cd>fishing bait attached to a

floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc.</cd>
Walton. J. H. Walsh. -- <col>Ledger blade</col>,
<cd>a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of
cloth.</cd> -- <col>Ledger line</col>. <cd>See Leger
line, under 3d Leger, <pos>a.</pos></cd> --
<col>Ledger wall</col> (Mining), <cd>the wall under a
vein; the foot wall.</cd> Raymond.
<hw>Ledg"ment</hw> (-ment), <pos>n.</pos>

(Arch.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A string-course or horizontal
suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building.</def>
Oxf. Gloss. <sd>(b)</sd> <def> The development of the
surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different
sides may be easily ascertained.</def> Gwilt. [Written also
ledgement, legement, and ligement.]
<hw>Ledg"y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abounding

in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy
island.</def>
<hw>Lee</hw> (l&emacr;), <pos>v. i.</pos>, <def>To lie; to

speak falsely.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lee</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lees</plw> (l&emacr;z). [F. lie, perh. fr. L.
levare to lift up, raise. Cf. Lever.] <def>That which
settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment;
dregs; -- used now only in the plural.</def> [Lees occurs also as a
form of the singular.] "The lees of wine." Holland.
<blockquote>A thousand demons lurk within the

lee.</blockquote> Young.
<blockquote>The wine of life is drawn, and the mere

lees 
Is left this vault to brag of.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Lee</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lee shelter, Icel.

hl&emacr;, akin to AS. hleó,
hleów, shelter, protection, OS. hlèo, D.
lij lee, Sw. lä, Dan. læ.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A sheltered place; esp., a place protected
from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind;
shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or
a ship.</def>
<blockquote>We lurked under lee.</blockquote> Morte

d'Arthure.
<blockquote>Desiring me to take shelter in his

lee.</blockquote> Tyndall.
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>That part of the

hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows.
See Lee, <pos>a.</pos></def>
<col>By the lee</col>, <col>To bring by the

lee</col>. <cd>See under By, and Bring.</cd> --
<col>Under the lee of</col>, <cd>on that side which is
sheltered from the wind; as, to be under the lee of a
ship.</cd>
<hw>Lee</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> (Naut.) <def>Of or

pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the
wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or
lee rail of a vessel.</def>
<col>Lee gauge</col>. <cd>See Gauge,

<pos>n.</pos></cd> (Naut.) -- <col>Lee
shore</col>, <cd>the shore on the lee side of a vessel.</cd> --
<col>Lee tide</col>, <cd>a tide running in the same direction
that the wind blows.</cd> -- <col>On the lee beam</col>,
<cd>directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length
of the vessel and to the leeward.</cd>
<hw>Lee"board`</hw> (l&emacr;"b&omacr;rd`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel
to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater
draught.</def>
<hw>Leech</hw> (l&emacr;ch), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 2d

Leach.</def>
<hw>Leech</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See Leach,

<hw>Leech</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. LG. leik, Icel.

l&imacr;k, Sw. lik boltrope, stående liken
the leeches.] (Naut.) <def>The border or edge at the side of a
sail.</def> [Written also leach.]
<col>Leech line</col>, <cd>a line attached to the leech

ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the
leeches by.</cd> Totten. -- <col>Leech rope</col>,
<cd>that part of the boltrope to which the side of a sail is
sewed.</cd>
<hw>Leech</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. leche,

læche, physician, AS. l&aemacr;ce; akin to Fries.
l&emacr;tza, OHG. l&amacr;hh&imacr;, Icel.
læknari, Sw. läkare, Dan. læge,
Goth. l&emacr;keis, AS. l&amacr;cnian to heal, Sw.
läka, Dan. læge, Icel. lækna,
Goth. l&emacr;kin&omacr;n.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.</def>
[Written also leach.] [Archaic] Spenser.
<blockquote>Leech, heal thyself.</blockquote> Wyclif

(Luke iv. 23).
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of numerous

genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order
Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in
medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied
species.</def>
&fist; In the mouth of bloodsucking leeches are three convergent,

serrated jaws, moved by strong muscles. By the motion of these jaws a
stellate incision is made in the skin, through which the leech sucks
blood till it is gorged, and then drops off. The stomach has large
pouches on each side to hold the blood. The common large bloodsucking
leech of America (Macrobdella decora) is dark olive above, and
red below, with black spots. Many kinds of leeches are parasitic on
fishes; others feed upon worms and mollusks, and have no jaws for
drawing blood. See Bdelloidea. Hirudinea, and
Clepsine.
<sn>3.</sn> (Surg.) <def>A glass tube of peculiar

construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by
means of a vacuum.</def>
<col>Horse leech</col>, <cd>a less powerful European leech

(Hæmopis vorax), commonly attacking the membrane that
lines the inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at
pools where it lives.</cd>
<hw>Leech</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leeched (l&emacr;cht); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Leeching.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To treat as a
surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.</def> [Archaic]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To bleed by the use of leeches.</def>
<hw>Leech"craft`</hw> (-kr&adot;ft`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The art of healing; skill of a physician.</def> [Archaic]
Chaucer.
{ <hw>Leed</hw>, <hw>Leede</hw> (l&emacr;d) },

<pos>n.</pos> [Etymol. uncertain.] <def>A caldron; a copper
kettle.</def> [Obs.] "A furnace of a leed."
Chaucer.
<hw>Leef</hw> (l&emacr;f), <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>See

Lief.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Leek</hw> (l&emacr;k), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

leác; akin to D. look, G. lauch, OHG.
louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. lök, Dan
lög. Cf. Garlic.] (Bot.) <def>A plant of
the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linear
succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The
flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.</def>
<col>Wild leek</col> , <cd>in America, a plant (Allium

tricoccum) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong
elliptical leaves.</cd>
<hw>Leeme</hw> (l&emacr;m), <pos>v. & n.</pos> <def>See

Leme.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Leep</hw> (l&emacr;p), obs. <pos>strong imp.</pos> of

Leap. <def>Leaped.</def>
<hw>Leer</hw> (l&emacr;r), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

learn.</def> [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.
<hw>Leer</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [OE. lere; akin to G.

leer, OHG. & OS. l&amacr;ri.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
<def>Empty; destitute; wanting</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Empty of contents.</def> "A leer stomach."
Gifford. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Destitute of a rider; and
hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.</def> B.
Jonson. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Wanting sense or seriousness;
trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.</def>
<hw>Leer</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An oven in which

glassware is annealed.</def>
<hw>Leer</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lere cheek, face,

look, AS. hleór cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear,
hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl&ymacr;r.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The cheek.</def> [Obs.] Holinshed.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Complexion; aspect; appearance.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>A Rosalind of a better leer than

you.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A distorted expression of the face, or an

indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest
suggestion.</def>
<blockquote>With jealous leer malign 

Eyed them askance.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>She gives the leer of invitation.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Damn with faint praise, assent with civil

leer.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Leer</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leered (l&emacr;rd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Leering.] <def>To look with a leer; to look
askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust,
etc.; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.</def>
<blockquote>I will leerupon him as a' comes

by.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The priest, above his book, 

Leering at his neighbor's wife.</blockquote>
<hw>Leer</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To entice with a leer,

or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.</def> Dryden.
<hw>Leere</hw> (l&emacr;r), <pos>n.</pos> [Etymol.

uncertain.] <def>Tape or braid; an ornament.</def>
<col>Leere side</col>, <cd>the left side, as that on which

a leere or ornament was worn.</cd> B. Jonson.
<hw>Leer"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a leering

manner.</def>
<hw>Lees</hw> (l&emacr;z), <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Dregs.

See 2d Lee.</def>
<hw>Lees</hw> (l&emacr;s), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

leash.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Leese</hw> (l&emacr;z), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Lose.] <def>To lose.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>They would rather leese their friend than their

jest.</blockquote> Lord Burleigh.
<hw>Leese</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. F.

léser, L. laesus, p. p. of laedere.]
<def>To hurt.</def> [Obs.] B. Jonson.
<hw>Leet</hw> (l&emacr;t), obs. <def><pos>imp.</pos> of

Let, to allow.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Leet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. AS. hl&emacr;t

share, lot.] <def>A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an
office.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Leet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [LL. leta. Cf. F.

lit de justice a solemn sitting of the king in Parliament, L.
lis, litis, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. lite.]
(Eng. Hist.) <def>A court-leet; the district within the
jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is
held.</def> Shak.
&fist; The original intent of the court-leet was to view the

frankpledges or freemen within the liberty; hence called the view
of frankpledge. Latterly it has fallen into almost entire disuse.
Burrill. Warren's Blackstone.
<col>Leet ale</col>, <cd>a feast or merrymaking in time of
leet.</cd> [Obs.]
<hw>Leet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]

(Zoöl.) <def>The European pollock.</def>
<hw>Leet"man</hw> (-man), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Leetmen</plw> (-men). <def>One subject to the
jurisdiction of a court-leet.</def>
<hw>Lee"ward</hw> (l&emacr;"w&etilde;rd or l&umacr;"&etilde;rd),

<pos>a.</pos> (Naut.) <def>Pertaining to, or in the
direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; --
opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a
leeward ship.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>The lee side;
the lee.</def> -- <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Toward the
lee.</def>
<hw>Lee"way`</hw> (l&emacr;"w&amacr;`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Naut.) <def>The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of
her course; drift.</def>
<hw>Left</hw> (l&ebreve;ft), <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>

<def>of Leave.</def>
<hw>Left</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [OE. left, lift,

luft; akin to Fries. leeft, OD. lucht,
luft; cf. AS. left (equiv. to L. inanis),
lyft&amacr;dl palsy; or cf. AS. l&emacr;f weak.]
<def>Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the
muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other
side; -- opposed to right, when used in reference to a part of
the body; as, the left hand, or arm; the left ear. Also
said of the corresponding side of the lower animals.</def>
<col>Left bank of a river</col>, <cd>that which is on the

left hand of a person whose face is turned downstream.</cd> --
<col>Left bower</col>. <cd>See under 2d Bower.</cd> --
<col>Left center</col>, <cd>the members whose sympathies are,
in the main, with the members of the Left, but who do not favor
extreme courses, and on occasions vote with the government. They sit
between the Center and the extreme Left.</cd> -- <col>Over the
left shoulder</col>, or <col>Over the left</col>,
<cd>an old but still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used
as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief; as, he
said it, and it is true, -- over the left.</cd>
<hw>Left</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That

part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is
turned; as, the house is on the left when you face
North.</def>
<blockquote>Put that rose a little more to the

left.</blockquote> Ld. Lytton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Those members of a legislative assembly

(as in France) who are in the opposition; the advanced republicans
and extreme radicals. They have their seats at the left-hand side of
the presiding officer. See Center, and Right.</def>
<hw>Left"-hand`</hw> (l&ebreve;ft"h&abreve;nd`),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Situated on the left; nearer the left hand
than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand
road.</def>
<col>Left-hand rope</col>, <cd>rope laid up and twisted

over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also water-
laid rope.</cd>
<hw>Left"-handèd</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the
right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the
right.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere;

sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.</def>
<blockquote>The commendations of this people are not always

left-handed and detractive.</blockquote> Landor.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Having a direction contrary to that of the

hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary
motion, etc., looked at from a given direction.</def>
<col>Left-handed marriage</col>, <cd>a morganatic marriage.

See Morganatic.</cd> -- <col>Left-handed screw</col>,
<cd>a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when
turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood
screw is right-handed.</cd>
{ <hw>Left"-handèd*ness</hw>, <hw>Left"-handì*ness</hw> (-

&ibreve;*n&ebreve;s), } <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or
quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.</def>
<blockquote>An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions,

and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the expression)
proclaim low education.</blockquote> Chesterfield.
<hw>Left"-off`</hw> (-&obreve;f`; 115), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Laid aside; cast-off.</def>
<hw>Left"ward</hw> (-w&etilde;rd), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Toward or on the left side.</def>
<blockquote>Rightward and leftward rise the

rocks.</blockquote> Southey.
<hw>Le"ful</hw> (l&emacr;"f&usdot;l), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>See Leveful.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Leg</hw> (l&ebreve;g), <pos>n.</pos> [Icel.

leggr; akin to Dan. læg calf of the leg, Sw.
lägg.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A limb or member of an
animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and
swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and
foot.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which resembles a leg in form or use;

especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests;
as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses
or dividers.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The part of any article of clothing which

covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of
trousers.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a

leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>He that will give a cap and make a leg in

thanks for a favor he never received.</blockquote> Fuller.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A disreputable sporting character; a

blackleg.</def> [Slang, Eng.]
<sn>6.</sn> (Naut.) <def>The course and distance

made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Steam Boiler) <def>An extension of the

boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical
plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and
serving to support the boiler; -- called also water
leg.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> (Grain Elevator) <def>The case

containing the lower part of the belt which carries the
buckets.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> (Cricket) <def>A fielder whose position

is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.</def>
<col>A good leg</col> (Naut.), <cd>a course sailed

on a tack which is near the desired course.</cd> -- <col>Leg
bail</col>, <cd>escape from custody by flight.</cd> [Slang] --
<col>Legs of an hyperbola</col> (or other curve)
(Geom.), <cd>the branches of the curve which extend outward
indefinitely.</cd> -- <col>Legs of a triangle</col>, <cd>the
sides of a triangle; -- a name seldom used unless one of the sides is
first distinguished by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and
two legs of a right-angled triangle.</cd> <col>On one's
legs</col>, <cd>standing to speak.</cd> -- <col>On one's last
legs</col>. <cd>See under Last.</cd> -- <col>To have
legs</col> (Naut.), <cd>to have speed.</cd> -- <col>To
stand on one's own legs</col>, <cd>to support one's self; to be
independent.</cd>
<! p. 841 pr=VMG !>
<hw>Leg</hw> (l&ebreve;g), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To use as

a leg, with it as object</def>: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To
bow.</def> [Obs.] <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To run.</def> [Low]
<hw>Leg"a*cy</hw> (l&ebreve;g"&adot;*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Legacies</plw> (-
s&ibreve;z). [L. (assumed) legatia, for legatum, from
legare to appoint by last will, to bequeath as a legacy, to
depute: cf. OF. legat legacy. See Legate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A gift of property by will, esp. of money or
personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of
dishonor or disease.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A business with which one is intrusted by

another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last
legacy, dying legacy, and the like.</def>
<blockquote>My legacy and message wherefore I am sent into

the world.</blockquote> Tyndale.
<blockquote>He came and told his legacy.</blockquote>

Chapman.
<col>Legacy duty</col>, <cd>a tax paid to government on

legacies.</cd> Wharton. -- <col>Legacy hunter</col>,
<cd>one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a
legacy.</cd>
<hw>Le"gal</hw> (l&emacr;"gal), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

legalis, fr. lex, legis, law; prob. orig., that
which lies or is fixed (cf. L. lectus bed), and if so akin to
E. lie, law: cf. F. légal. Cf. Lie
to be prostrate, Loyal, Leal.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to,
law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test;
a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade;
anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Theol.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace;
or resting on works for salvation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with
the law of Moses.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>Governed by the rules of law

as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate;
legal assets.</def> Bouvier. Burrill.
<col>Legal cap</col>. <cd>See under Cap.</cd> --

<col>Legal tender</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The act of
tendering in the performance of a contract or satisfaction of a claim
that which the law prescribes or permits, and at such time and place
as the law prescribes or permits</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>That
currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor to tender and
requires a creditor to receive. It differs in different
countries.</cd>
Syn. -- Lawful; constitutional; legitimate; licit;

authorized. See Lawful.
<hw>Le"gal*ism</hw> (l&emacr;"gal*&ibreve;z'm),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness,
in conforming to law.</def>
<hw>Le"gal*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who practices

or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to
the law of works. See Legal, 2 <sd>(a)</sd>.</def>
<hw>Le*gal"i*ty</hw> (l&esl;*g&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. LL. legalitas, F.
légalité. Cf. Loyalty.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being legal;
conformity to law.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Theol.) <def>A conformity to, and

resting upon, the letter of the law.</def>
<hw>Le`gal*i*za"tion</hw>
(l&emacr;`gal*&ibreve;*z&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of making legal.</def>
<hw>Le"gal*ize</hw> (l&emacr;"gal*&imacr;z), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Legalized (-
&imacr;zd); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Legalizing (-
&imacr;`z&ibreve;ng).] [Cf. F. légaliser.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To make legal.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Theol.) <def>To interpret or apply in a

legal spirit.</def>
<hw>Le"gal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a legal

manner.</def>
<hw>Le*gan"tine</hw> (l&esl;*g&abreve;n"t&ibreve;n),
<pos>a.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See Legatine.</def>
<hw>Leg"a*ta*ry</hw> (l&ebreve;g"&adot;*t&asl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. legatarius, fr. legaturius
enjoined by a last will: cf. F. légataire. See
Legacy.] <def>A legatee.</def> [R.] Ayliffe.
<hw>Leg"ate</hw> (l&ebreve;g"&asl;t), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

legat, L. legatus, fr. legare to send with a
commission or charge, to depute, fr. lex, legis, law:
cf. F. légat, It. legato. See Legal.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An ambassador or envoy.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An ecclesiastic representing the pope and

invested with the authority of the Holy See.</def>
&fist; Legates are of three kinds: (a) Legates a

latere, now always cardinals. They are called ordinary or
extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces, and the
latter class being sent to foreign countries on extraordinary
occasions. (b) Legati missi, who correspond to the
ambassadors of temporal governments. (c) Legati nati,
or legates by virtue of their office, as the archbishops of
Salzburg and Prague.
<sn>3.</sn> (Rom. Hist.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An

official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a
province.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Under the emperors, a
governor sent to a province.</def>
<hw>Legà*tee"</hw> (l&ebreve;g`&adot;*t&emacr;"),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Legacy.] (Law) <def>One to
whom a legacy is bequeathed.</def>
<hw>Leg"ate*ship</hw> (l&ebreve;g"&asl;t*sh&ibreve;p),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The office of a legate.</def>
<hw>Leg"a*tine</hw> (-&adot;*t&imacr;n), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a legate; as,
legatine power.</def> Holinshed.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Made by, proceeding from, or under the

sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution.</def>
Ayliffe.
<hw>Le*ga"tion</hw> (l&esl;*g&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. legatio: cf. F.
légation, It. legazione. See Legate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The sending forth or commissioning one person
to act for another.</def> "The Divine legation of Moses."
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A legate, or envoy, and the persons

associated with him in his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter
usage, a diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The place of business or official

residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A district under the jurisdiction of a

legate.</def>
<hw>||Le*ga"to</hw> (l&asl;*gä"t&osl;), <pos>a.</pos>

[It., tied, joined, fr. legare to tie, bind, L.
ligare.] (Mus.) <def>Connected; tied; -- a term used
when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected,
smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus
&?;, &?;, or &?;, &?;, written over or under the notes to be so
performed; -- opposed to staccato.</def>
<hw>||Legà*tor"</hw> (l&ebreve;g`&adot;*tôr"),
<pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. legare: cf. OF. legateur.
See Legacy.] (Law) <def>A testator; one who bequeaths a
legacy.</def> Dryden.
<hw>||Le`ga*tu"ra</hw> (l&asl;`g&adot;*t&oomac;"r&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [It. See Ligature.] (Mus.) <def>A
tie or brace; a syncopation.</def>
<hw>Leg"a*ture</hw> (l&ebreve;g"&adot;*t&usl;r; 135),

<pos>n.</pos> <def>Legateship.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lege</hw> (l&ebreve;j), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Abbrev. fr.

allege to assert.] <def>To allege; to assert.</def> [Obs.]
Bp. Fisher.
<hw>Lege"ment</hw> (-ment), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Ledgment.</def>
<hw>Leg"end</hw> (l&ebreve;j"&ebreve;nd or l&emacr;"j&ebreve;nd;

277), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. legende, OF. legende,
F. légende, LL. legenda, fr. L. legendus
to be read, fr. legere to read, gather; akin to Gr.
<grk>le`gein</grk> to gather, speak. Cf. Collect,
Dialogue, Lesson, Logic.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is appointed to be read;

especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly
read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A story respecting saints; especially, one

of a marvelous nature.</def> Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Any wonderful story coming down from the

past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a
fable.</def>
<blockquote>And in this legend all that glorious deed 

Read, whilst you arm you.</blockquote> Fairfax.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one

surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic
shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.</def>
<col>Golden legend</col>. <cd>See under

Golden.</cd>
<hw>Leg"end</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To tell or narrate,

as a legend.</def> Bp. Hall.
<hw>Leg"end*a*ry</hw> (l&ebreve;j"&ebreve;n*d&asl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends;
consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous.</def>
"Legendary writers." Bp. Lloyd.
<blockquote>Legendary stories of nurses and old

women.</blockquote> Bourne.
<hw>Leg"end*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

legendaire, LL. legendarius.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
book of legends; a tale or narrative.</def>
<blockquote>Read the Countess of Pembroke's "Arcadia," a gallant

legendary full of pleasurable accidents.</blockquote> James
I.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who relates legends.</def> Bp.

Lavington.
<hw>Leg"er</hw> (l&ebreve;j"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Ledger.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything that lies in a
place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A minister or ambassador resident at a

court or seat of government.</def> [Written also lieger,
leiger.] [Obs.]
<blockquote>Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at

Rome.</blockquote> Fuller.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A ledger.</def>
<hw>Leg"er</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lying or remaining in a

place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador.</def>
<hw>Leg"er</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [F. léger, fr.

LL. (assumed) leviarius, fr. L. levis light in weight.
See Levity.] <def>Light; slender; slim; trivial.</def> [Obs.
except in special phrases.] Bacon.
<col>Leger line</col> (Mus.), <cd>a line added above

or below the staff to extend its compass; -- called also added
line.</cd>
<hw>Legèr*de*main"</hw> (l&ebreve;j`&etilde;r*d&esl;*m&amacr;n"),
<pos>n.</pos> [F. léger light, nimble +
de of + main hand, L. manus. See 3d
Leger, and Manual.] <def>Sleight of hand; a trick of
sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.</def>
<blockquote>He of legierdemayne the mysteries did

know.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose

upon their own souls.</blockquote> South.
<hw>Legèr*de*main"ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.</def>
<hw>Le*ger"i*ty</hw> (l&esl;*j&ebreve;r"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [F. légèreté. See 3d
Leger.] <def>Lightness; nimbleness.</def> [Archaic]
Shak.
<hw>Legge</hw> (l&ebreve;g), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Lay, <pos>v. t.</pos> ] <def>To lay.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Legge</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [Abbrev. fr.

alegge.] <def>To lighten; to allay.</def> [Obs.] Rom. of
R.
<hw>Legged</hw> (l&ebreve;gd or l&ebreve;g"g&ebreve;d),

<pos>a.</pos> [From Leg.] <def>Having (such or so many)
legs; -- used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-
legged animal.</def>
{ <hw>||Leg`gi*a"dro</hw> (l&asl;d`j&esl;*ä"dr&osl;),

<hw>||Leg`gi*e"ro</hw> (l&asl;d`j&esl;*&asl;"r&osl;), } <pos>a. &
adv.</pos> [It.] (Mus.) <def>Light or graceful; in a
light, delicate, and brisk style.</def>
{ <hw>Leg"ging</hw> (l&ebreve;g"g&ibreve;ng), <hw>Leg"gin</hw>

(l&ebreve;g"g&ibreve;n), } <pos>n.</pos> [From Leg.]
<def>A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter.</def>
<hw>Leg"ging</hw>, <def><pos>a. & vb. n.</pos>, from

Leg, <pos>v. t.</pos></def>
<hw>Leg"gy</hw> (-g&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

long legs.</def>
<hw>Leg"horn</hw> (-hôrn), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A straw

plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a
particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; --
so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.</def>
<hw>Legì*bil"i*ty</hw>
(l&ebreve;j`&ibreve;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being legible;
legibleness.</def> Sir. D. Brewster.
<hw>Leg"i*ble</hw> (l&ebreve;j"&ibreve;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos>

[L. legibilis, fr. legere to read: cf. OF.
legible. See Legend.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable
of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of
writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.</def>
<blockquote>The stone with moss and lichens so overspread, 

Nothing is legible but the name alone.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of being discovered or understood

by apparent marks or indications; as, the thoughts of men are often
legible in their countenances.</def>
<hw>Leg"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being legible.</def>
<hw>Leg"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a legible

manner.</def>
<hw>Le*gif"ic</hw> (l&esl;*j&ibreve;f"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lex, legis, law + -
ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] <def>Of or pertaining
to making laws.</def>
<blockquote>Practically, in many cases, authority or

legific competence has begun in bare power.</blockquote> J.
Grote.
<hw>Le"gion</hw> (l&emacr;"j&ubreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

legioun, OF. legion, F. légion, fr. L.
legio, fr. legere to gather, collect. See
Legend.] <sn>1.</sn> (Rom. Antiq.) <def>A body
of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at
different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand
men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A military force; an army; military

bands.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A great number; a multitude.</def>
<blockquote>Where one sin has entered, legions will force

their way through the same breach.</blockquote> Rogers.
<sn>4.</sn> (Taxonomy) <def>A group of orders

inferior to a class.</def>
<col>Legion of honor</col>, <cd>an order instituted by the

French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a
reward for merit, both civil and military.</cd>
<hw>Le"gion*a*ry</hw> (-&asl;*r&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

legionarius: cf. F. légionnaire.] <def>Belonging
to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely
great number; as, legionary soldiers; a legionary
force.</def> "The legionary body of error." Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Le"gion*a*ry</hw> (l&emacr;"j&ubreve;n*&asl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Legionaries</plw> (-
r&ibreve;z). <def>A member of a legion.</def> Milton.
<hw>Le"gioned</hw> (l&emacr;"j&ubreve;nd), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Formed into a legion or legions; legionary.</def>
Shelley.
<hw>Le"gion*ry</hw> (l&emacr;"j&ubreve;n*r&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A body of legions; legions,
collectively.</def> [R.] Pollok.
<hw>Leg"is*late</hw> (l&ebreve;j"&ibreve;s*l&amacr;t), <pos>v.

i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Legislated (-
l&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Legislating (-l&amacr;`t&ibreve;ng).] [See Legislator.]
<def>To make or enact a law or laws.</def>
<blockquote>Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an

idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them.</blockquote>
Bp. Watson (1805).
<hw>Legìs*la"tion</hw> (-l&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. législation, L. legis
latio. See Legislator.] <def>The act of legislating;
preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.</def>
<blockquote>Pythagoras joined legislation to his

philosophy.</blockquote> Lyttelton.
<hw>Leg"is*la*tive</hw> (l&ebreve;j"&ibreve;s*l&asl;*t&ibreve;v),
<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. législatif.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Making, or having the power to make, a law

or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a
legislative act; a legislative body.</def>
<blockquote>The supreme legislative power of England was

lodged in the king and great council, or what was afterwards called
the Parliament.</blockquote> Hume.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the making of laws;

suitable to legislation; as, the transaction of legislative
business; the legislative style.</def>
<hw>Leg"is*la*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

legislative manner.</def>
<hw>Leg"is*la`tor</hw> (l&ebreve;j"&ibreve;s*l&amacr;`t&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. legis lator, prop., a proposer of a
law; lex, legis, law + lator a proposer, bearer,
fr. latus, used as p. p. of ferre to bear: cf. F.
législateur. See Legal, and Tolerate.]
<def>A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a
member of a legislative body.</def>
<blockquote>The legislators in ancient and heroical

times.</blockquote> Bacon.
<blockquote>Many of the legislators themselves had taken an

oath of abjuration of his Majesty's person and family.</blockquote>
E. Phillips.
<hw>Legìs*la*to"ri*al</hw> (-
l&adot;*t&omacr;"r&ibreve;*al), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of
or pertaining to a legislator or legislature.</def>
<hw>Leg"is*la`tor*ship</hw>
(l&ebreve;j"&ibreve;s*l&amacr;`t&etilde;r*sh&ibreve;p),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The office of a legislator.</def>
Halifax.
{ <hw>Leg"is*la`tress</hw> (-tr&ebreve;s), <hw>Leg"is*la`trix</hw>

(-tr&ibreve;ks), } <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who makes
laws.</def> Shaftesbury.
<hw>Leg"is*la`ture</hw> (l&ebreve;j"&ibreve;s*l&amacr;`t&usl;r;
135), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. législature.]
<def>The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to
make and repeal laws; a legislative body.</def>
<blockquote>Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of

the legislature, no law is, or can be, made.</blockquote>
&fist; The legislature of Great Britain consists of the

Lords and Commons, with the king or queen, whose sanction is
necessary to every bill before it becomes a law. The
legislatures of most of the United States consist of two
houses or branches; but the sanction or consent of the governor is
required to give their acts the force of law, or a concurrence of two
thirds of the two houses after he has refused his sanction and
assigned his objections.
<hw>Le"gist</hw> (l&emacr;"j&ibreve;st), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

légiste, LL. legista, fr. L. lex,
legis, law. See Legal.] <def>One skilled in the laws; a
writer on law.</def> Milman. J. Morley.
<hw>Le*git"im</hw> (l&esl;*j&ibreve;"&ibreve;m),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Legitimate, <pos>a.</pos>]
(Scots Law) <def>The portion of movable estate to which the
children are entitled upon the death of the father.</def>
<hw>Le*git"i*ma*cy</hw> (-&ibreve;*m&adot;*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Legitimate, <pos>a.</pos>]
<def>The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity
with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or
born in wedlock.</def>
<blockquote>The doctrine of Divine Right, which has now come back

to us, like a thief from transportation, under the alias of
Legitimacy.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<hw>Le*git"i*mate</hw> (-m&asl;t), <pos>a.</pos> [LL.

legitimatus, p. p. of legitimare to legitimate, fr. L.
legitimus legitimate. See Legal.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Accordant with law or with established legal forms and
requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government;
legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the
throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a
legitimate heir.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lawfully begotten; born in

wedlock.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Authorized; real; genuine; not false,

counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer;
legitimate inscriptions.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Conforming to known principles, or

accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate
standard, or method; a legitimate combination of
colors.</def>
<blockquote>Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate

English classic.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Following by logical sequence; reasonable;

as, a legitimate result; a legitimate
inference.</def>
<hw>Le*git"i*mate</hw> (-m&amacr;t), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Legitimated (-
m&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Legitimating (-m&amacr;`t&ibreve;ng).] <def>To make
legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state
of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to
legitimate a bastard child.</def>
<blockquote>To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to
approve, even to legitimate vice.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Le*git"i*mate*ly</hw> (-m&asl;t*l&ybreve;),
<pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a legitimate manner; lawfully;
genuinely.</def>
<hw>Le*git"i*mate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.</def>
<hw>Le*gitì*ma"tion</hw> (-m&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. légitimation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of making legitimate.</def>
<blockquote>The coining or legitimation of

money.</blockquote> East.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lawful birth.</def> [R.] Shak.
<hw>Le*git"i*ma*tist</hw>
(l&esl;*j&ibreve;t"&ibreve;*m&adot;*t&ibreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>See Legitimist.</def>
<hw>Le*git"i*ma*tize</hw> (-t&imacr;z), <pos>v. t.</pos>

<def>To legitimate.</def>
<hw>Le*git"i*mism</hw> (-m&ibreve;z'm), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The principles or plans of legitimists.</def>
<hw>Le*git"i*mist</hw> (-m&ibreve;st), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

F. légitimiste.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who
supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary
monarchy, as a divine right.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Specifically, a supporter of the claims of

the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of
France.</def>
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<hw>Le*git"i*mize</hw> (l&esl;*j&ibreve;t"&ibreve;*m&imacr;z),
Legitimized (-m&imacr;zd); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Legitimizing.] <def>To legitimate.</def>
<hw>Leg"less</hw> (l&ebreve;g"l&ebreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Not having a leg.</def>
<hw>Le"go-lit"er*a*ry</hw> (l&emacr;"g&osl;-
l&ibreve;t"&etilde;r*&asl;*r&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos> [See
Legal, and Literary.] <def>Pertaining to the literature
of law.</def>
<hw>Le`gu*le"ian</hw> (l&emacr;`g&usl;*l&emacr;"yan),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. leguleius pettifogger, fr.
lex, legis, law.] <def>Lawyerlike; legal.</def> [R.]
"Leguleian barbarism." De Quincey. --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A lawyer.</def>
<hw>Leg"ume</hw> (l&ebreve;g"&usl;m or l&esl;*g&umacr;m"),

<pos>n.</pos> [F. légume, L. legumen, fr.
legere to gather. So called because they may be gathered
without cutting. See Legend.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bot.)
<def>A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed
attached at one suture, as that of the pea.</def>
&fist; In the latter circumstance, it differs from a

siliqua, in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In
popular use, a legume is called a pod, or cod;
as, pea pod, or peas cod.
<sn>2.</sn> pl. <def>The fruit of leguminous plants,

as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.</def>
<hw>||Le*gu"men</hw> (l&esl;*g&umacr;"m&ebreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. L. <plw>Legumina</plw> (-
m&ibreve;*n&adot;), E. <plw>Legumens</plw> (-m&ebreve;nz).
[L.] <def>Same as Legume.</def>
<hw>Le*gu"min</hw> (-m&ibreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

légumine.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>An albuminous
substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of
the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing plants.</def>
<hw>Le*gu"mi*nous</hw> (-m&ibreve;*n&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. légumineux.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to pulse; consisting of
pulse.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Belonging to, or resembling,

a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosæ), which
bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias,
and mimosas.</def>
<hw>Lei"ger</hw> (l&emacr;"j&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Leger, and Ledger.] <def>See Leger,
<pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Lei*ot"ri*chan</hw> (l&isl;*&obreve;t"r&ibreve;*kan),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Leiotrichi.</def> -
- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Leiotrichi.</def>
<hw>||Lei*ot"ri*chi</hw> (-k&imacr;), <pos>n. pl.</pos>

[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>leiôs</grk> smooth + <grk>qri`x</grk>,
<grk>tricho`s</grk>, hair.] (Anthropol.) <def>The division of
mankind which embraces the smooth-haired races.</def>
<hw>Lei*ot"ri*chous</hw> (-k&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Leiotrichi.] (Anthropol.) <def>Having smooth, or nearly
smooth, hair.</def>
<hw>||Lei*po"a</hw> (l&isl;*p&omacr;"&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>

[NL.] (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of Australian gallinaceous
birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about
the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white,
and gray. Called also native pheasant.</def>
&fist; It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material, in

which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of the decomposing
mass.
<hw>Lei`po*thym"ic</hw> (l&imacr;`p&osl;*th&ibreve;m"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>See Lipothymic.</def>
{ <hw>Leis"ter</hw>, <hw>Lis"ter</hw> } (l&ibreve;s"t&etilde;r),

<pos>n.</pos> <def>A spear armed with three or more prongs,
for striking fish.</def> [Scotland]
<hw>Lei"sur*a*ble</hw> (l&emacr;"zh&usl;r*&adot;*b'l; 135),

<pos>a.</pos> [See Leisure.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Leisurely.</def> [Obs.] Hooker.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle;

leisure; as leisurable hours.</def> [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Lei"sur*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>At

leisure.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lei"sure</hw> (l&emacr;"zh&usl;r; 135), <pos>n.</pos>

[OE. leisere, leiser, OF. leisir, F.
loisir, orig., permission, fr. L. licere to be
permitted. See License.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Freedom from
occupation or business; vacant time; time free from
employment.</def>
<blockquote>The desire of leisure is much more natural than

of business and care.</blockquote> Sir W. Temple.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Time at one's command, free from

engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience;
ease.</def>
<blockquote>He sighed, and had no leisure more to

say.</blockquote> Dryden.
<col>At leisure</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Free from

occupation; not busy</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In a leisurely
manner; at a convenient time.</cd>
<hw>Lei"sure</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Unemployed; as,

leisure hours.</def>
<hw>Lei"sured</hw> (l&emacr;"zh&usl;rd), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having leisure.</def> "The leisured classes."
Gladstone.
<hw>Lei"sure*ly</hw> (l&emacr;"zh&usl;r*l&ybreve;),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Characterized by leisure; taking abundant
time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely
walk.</def>
<hw>Lei"sure*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a leisurely
manner.</def> Addison.
<hw>||Leit"mo*tif"</hw> (l&imacr;t"m&osl;*t&esl;f"),
<pos>n.</pos> [G.] (Mus.) <def>See Leading
motive, under Leading, <pos>a.</pos></def>
<hw>Le"man</hw> (l&emacr;"man or l&ebreve;m"an;

277), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lemman, lefman; AS.
leóf dear + mann man. See Lief, and
Man.] <def>A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a
mistress; -- usually in a bad sense.</def> [Archaic] Chaucer.
Spenser. Shak.
<hw>Leme</hw> (l&emacr;m), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. leem,

leme, leam, AS. leóma light, brightness;
akin to E. light, <pos>n.</pos> √122.] <def>A ray
or glimmer of light; a gleam.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Leme</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To shine.</def> [Obs.]

Piers Plowman.
<hw>Lem"ma</hw> (l&ebreve;m"m&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. L. <plw>Lemmata</plw> (-m&adot;*t&adot;), E.
<plw>Lemmas</plw> (-m&adot;z). [L. lemma, Gr.
<grk>lh^mma</grk> anything received, an assumption or premise taken
for granted, fr. <grk>lamba`nein</grk> to take, assume. Cf.
Syllable.] <def>A preliminary or auxiliary proposition
demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of
some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.</def>
<hw>Lem"man</hw> (l&ebreve;m"man), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A leman.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lem"ming</hw> (l&ebreve;m"m&ibreve;ng), <pos>n.</pos>

[Nor. lemming, lemende; cf. Sw. lemel, Lapp.
lummik.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several species
of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and
Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found
in both hemispheres.</def>
&fist; The common Northern European lemming (Myodes lemmus)

is remarkable for making occasional devastating migrations in
enormous numbers from the mountains into the lowlands.
<hw>Lem"ni*an</hw> (l&ebreve;m"n&ibreve;*an),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. Lemnius, fr. Lemnus, Gr.
<grk>Lh^mnos</grk>.] <def>Of or pertaining to the isle of
Lemnos.</def>
<col>Lemnian bole</col>, <col>Lemnian earth</col>,

<cd>an aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; sphragide; --
formerly sold as medicine, having astringent properties.</cd> --
<col>Lemnian reddle</col>, <cd>a reddle of firm consistence
and deep red color; -- used by artificers in coloring.</cd>
{ <hw>Lem`nis*ca"ta</hw> (l&ebreve;m`n&ibreve;s*k&amacr;"t&adot;),

<hw>Lem*nis"cate</hw> (l&ebreve;m*n&ibreve;s"k&asl;t), }
<pos>n.</pos> [L. lemniscatus adorned with ribbons, fr.
lemniscus a ribbon hanging down, Gr. <grk>lhmni`skos</grk>.]
(Geom.) <def>A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both
parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an
equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the
center.</def>
<hw>||Lem*nis"cus</hw> (l&ebreve;m*n&ibreve;s"k&ubreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Lemnisci</plw> (-
s&imacr;). [L. See Lemniscata.] (Zoöl.) <def>One
of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the
Acanthocephala.</def>
<hw>Lem"on</hw> (l&ebreve;m"&ubreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

limon, Per. l&imacr;m&umacr;n; cf. Ar.
laim&umacr;n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf.
Lime a fruit.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>An oval or roundish fruit

resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid.
It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the
common fruit known in commerce being that of the species C.
Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many
varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The tree which bears lemons; the lemon

tree.</def>
<col>Lemon grass</col> (Bot.), <cd>a fragrant East

Indian grass (Andropogon Sh&oelig;nanthus, and perhaps other
allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.</cd> -
- <col>Lemon sole</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a yellow
European sole (Solea aurantiaca).</cd> -- <col>Salts of
lemon</col> (Chem.), <cd>a white crystalline substance,
inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium oxalate
and contains no citric acid, which is the characteristic acid of
lemon; -- called also salts of sorrel. It is used in removing
ink stains. See Oxalic acid, under Oxalic.</cd>
[Colloq.]
<hw>Lemòn*ade"</hw> (l&ebreve;m`&ubreve;n*&amacr;d"),
<pos>n.</pos> [F. limonade; cf. Sp. limonada,
It. limonata. See Lemon.] <def>A beverage consisting of
lemon juice mixed with water and sweetened.</def>
<hw>Le"mur</hw> (l&emacr;"m&ubreve;r), <pos>n.</pos> [L., a

ghost, specter. So called on account of its habit of going abroad by
night.] (Zoöl.) <def>One of a family
(Lemuridæ) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys,
but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large
eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly
natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus
(Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the
East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago,
Indris, and Colugo.</def>
<hw>||Lem"u*res</hw> (l&ebreve;m"&usl;*r&emacr;z; E.
l&emacr;"m&umacr;rz), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L. See Lemur.]
<def>Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters.</def>
<blockquote>The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight

plaint.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Le*mu"ri*a</hw> (l&esl;*m&umacr;"r&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [So named from the supposition that it was the
original home of the lemurs.] <def>A hypothetical land, or
continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian
Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant.</def> Herschel.
<hw>Lem"u*rid</hw> (l&ebreve;m"&usl;*r&ibreve;d), <pos>a. &

n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>Same as
Lemuroid.</def>
{ <hw>Le*mu"ri*dous</hw> (l&esl;*m&umacr;"r&ibreve;*d&ubreve;s),

<hw>Lem"u*rine</hw> (l&ebreve;m"&usl;*r&ibreve;n or *r&imacr;n), }
<pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>Lemuroid.</def>
<hw>Lem"u*roid</hw> (l&ebreve;m"&usl;*roid), <pos>a.</pos>

[Lemur + -oid.] (Zoöl.) <def>Like or
pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Lemuroidea.</def>
<hw>||Lemù*roi"de*a</hw> (l&ebreve;m`&usl;*roi"d&esl;*&adot;),
<pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See Lemur, and -oid.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A suborder of primates, including the
lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species.</def> [Written also
Lemuroida.]
<hw>||Le"na</hw> (l&emacr;"n&adot;), <pos>n.</pos> [L.]

<def>A procuress.</def> J. Webster.
<hw>Lend</hw> (l&ebreve;nd), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Lent (l&ebreve;nt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lending.] [OE. lenen, AS.
l&aemacr;nan, fr. l&aemacr;n loan; akin to G.
lehnen to lend. See Loan.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same;
to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed
to borrow.</def>
<blockquote>Give me that ring. 

I'll lend it thee, my dear, but have no power 
To give it from me.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To allow the possession and use of, on

condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend
money or some article of food.</def>
<blockquote>Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor
lend him thy victuals for increase.</blockquote> Levit.
xxv. 37.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To afford; to grant or furnish in general;

as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or
<blockquote>Cato, lend me for a while thy
patience.</blockquote> Addison.
<blockquote>Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space

and largeness to his compositions.</blockquote> J. A.
Symonds.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To let for hire or compensation; as, to

lend a horse or gig.</def>
&fist; This use of the word is rare in the United States, except
with reference to money.
<col>To lend a hand</col>, <cd>to give assistance; to

help.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col>To lend</col> <col>an ear or
one's ears</col>, <cd>to give attention.</cd>
<hw>Lend"a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such

as can be lent.</def> Sherwood.
<hw>Lend"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

lends.</def>
<blockquote>The borrower is servant to the lender.

</blockquote> Prov. xxii. 7.
<hw>Lend"es</hw> (l&ebreve;nd"&ebreve;z), <pos>n. pl.</pos>

<def>See Lends.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lend"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of one who lends.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is lent or furnished.</def>
<hw>Lends</hw> (l&ebreve;ndz), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [AS.

lend, lenden; akin to D. & G. lende, OHG.
lenti, Icel. lend, and perh to E. loin.]
<def>Loins.</def> [Obs.] Wyclif.
<hw>Lene</hw> (l&emacr;n), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See

Lend.] <def>To lend; to grant; to permit.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Le"ne</hw> (l&emacr;"n&esl;), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lenis smooth.] (Phonetics) <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Smooth; as, the lene breathing.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and
t (or Gr. π, κ, τ).</def> W. E. Jelf.
<hw>Le"ne</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Phonetics)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any one of the lene consonants, as p,
k, or t (or Gr. π, κ, τ).</def> W. E.
Jelf.
{ <hw>Leng"er</hw> (l&ebreve;ng"&etilde;r), <hw>Leng"est</hw> },

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar. and
superl. of long.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Length</hw> (l&ebreve;ngth), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

lengthe, AS. lengð, fr. lang, long,
long; akin to D. lengte, Dan. længde, Sw.
längd, Icel. lengd. See Long,
<pos>a.</pos> ] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The longest, or
longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth
or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line
which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the
length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope
or line.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A portion of space or of time considered

as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.</def>
<blockquote>Large lengths of seas and shores.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>The future but a length behind the

past.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being long, in

space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable
for the length of their wings; he was tired by the
length of the sermon, and the length of his
walk.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A single piece or subdivision of a series,

or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a
length of pipe; a length of fence.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Detail or amplification; unfolding;

continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great
length.</def>
<blockquote>May Heaven, great monarch, still augment your

bliss 
With length of days, and every day like this.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Distance.</def>[Obs.]
<blockquote>He had marched to the length of

Exeter.</blockquote> Clarendon.
<col>At length</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>At or in the

full extent; without abbreviation; as, let the name be inserted at
length.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>At the end or conclusion;
after a long period. See Syn. of At last, under
Last.</cd> -- <col>At arm's length</col>. <cd>See under
Arm.</cd>
<hw>Length</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To lengthen.</def>

<hw>Length"en</hw> (-'n), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Lengthened (-'nd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lengthening (-'n*&ibreve;ng).] <def>To extent in
length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen
a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by
<blockquote>What if I please to lengthen out his

date.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Length"en</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become

longer.</def> Locke.
<hw>Length"ful</hw> (-f&usd;l), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Long.</def> [Obs.] Pope.
<hw>Length"i*ly</hw> (-&ibreve;*l&ybreve;), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.</def>
<hw>Length"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being lengthy; prolixity.</def>
{ <hw>Length"ways`</hw> (-w&amacr;z`), <hw>Length"wise`</hw> (-

w&imacr;z`), } <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the direction of the
length; in a longitudinal direction.</def>
<hw>Length"y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Lengthier (-&ibreve;*&etilde;r);
<pos>superl.</pos> Lengthiest.] <def>Having length;
rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of
discourses, writings, and the like.</def> "Lengthy periods."
Washington. "Some lengthy additions." Byron.
"These would be details too lengthy." Jefferson. "To
cut short lengthy explanations." Trench.
{ <hw>Le"ni*ence</hw> (l&emacr;"n&ibreve;*ens or

l&emacr;n"yens; 106), <hw>Le"ni*en*cy</hw>
(l&emacr;"n&ibreve;*en*s&ybreve; or
l&emacr;n"yen*s&ybreve;), } <pos>n.</pos> <def>The
quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.</def>
<hw>Le"ni*ent</hw> (l&emacr;"n&ibreve;*ent or
l&emacr;n"yent), <pos>a.</pos> [L. leniens, -
entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft,
mild. Cf. Lithe.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive;

-- sometimes followed by of.</def> "Lenient of grief."
Milton.
<blockquote>Of relax the fibers, are lenient,

balsamic.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<blockquote>Time, that on all things lays his lenient

hand.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or

severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or
sentence.</def>
<hw>Le"ni*ent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Med.) <def>A
lenitive; an emollient.</def>
<hw>Le"ni*ent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lenient

manner.</def>
<hw>Len"i*fy</hw> (l&ebreve;n"&ibreve;*f&imacr;), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [L. lenis soft, mild + -fy: cf. F.
lénifier.] <def>To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to
alleviate.</def> Bacon. Dryden.
<hw>Len"i*ment</hw> (-ment), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lenimentum: cf. OF. leniment. See Lenient.]
<def>An assuasive.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Len"i*tive</hw> (-t&ibreve;v), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lénitif. See Lenient.] <def>Having the quality
of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive;
emollient.</def>
<hw>Len"i*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lénitif.] <sn>1.</sn> (Med.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A medicine or application that has the
quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of
irritants.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A mild purgative; a
laxative.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which softens or mitigates; that

which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a
palliative.</def>
<blockquote>There is one sweet lenitive at least for evils,

which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell
asleep.</blockquote> Sterne.
<hw>Len"i*tive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being lenitive.</def>
<hw>Len"i*tude</hw> (-t&umacr;d), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lenitudo.] <def>The quality or habit of being lenient;
lenity.</def> [Obs.] Blount.
<hw>Len"i*ty</hw> (-t&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lenitas, fr. lenis soft, mild: cf. OF.
lenité. See Lenient.] <def>The state or quality
of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of
treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to
severity and rigor.</def>
<blockquote>His exceeding lenity disposes us to be somewhat

too severe.</blockquote> Macaulay.
Syn. -- Gentleness; kindness; tenderness; softness;

humanity; clemency; mercy.
<hw>Len`ni-Len*a"pe</hw> (l&ebreve;n`n&ibreve;-
l&ebreve;n*ä"p&asl;), <pos>n. pl.</pos> (Ethnol.)
<def>A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly
occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to
Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and
several other tribes.</def>
<! p. 843 pr=VMG !>
<hw>Le"no</hw> (l&emacr;"n&osl;), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. It.

leno weak, flexible.] <def>A light open cotton fabric used for
window curtains.</def>
<hw>Le*noc"i*nant</hw> (l&esl;*n&obreve;s"&ibreve;*nant),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lenocinans, p. pr. of
lenocinari to pander, cajole; akin to leno pimp.]
<def>Given to lewdness.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lens</hw> (l&ebreve;nz), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lenses</plw> (-&ebreve;z). [L. lens a lentil. So
named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the
seed of a lentil. Cf. Lentil.] (Opt.) <def>A piece of
glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite
regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other
plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical
instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus
magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the
curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or
of some other figure.</def>
<figure><figtitle>Lenses</figtitle></figure>
&fist; Of spherical lenses, there are six varieties, as shown in

section in the figures herewith given: viz., a plano-concave;
b double-concave; c plano-convex; d double-
convex; e converging concavo-convex, or converging meniscus;
f diverging concavo-convex, or diverging meniscus.
<col>Crossed lens</col> (Opt.), <cd>a double-convex

lens with one radius equal to six times the other.</cd> --
<col>Crystalline lens</col>. (Anat.) <cd>See
Eye.</cd> -- <col>Fresnel lens</col> (Opt.),
<cd>a compound lens formed by placing around a central convex lens
rings of glass so curved as to have the same focus; used, especially
in lighthouses, for concentrating light in a particular direction; --
so called from the inventor.</cd> -- <col>Multiplying</col>
<col>lens or glass</col> (Opt.), <cd>a lens one side of
which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a number of plane
faces inclined to one another, each of which presents a separate
image of the object viewed through it, so that the object is, as it
were, multiplied.</cd> -- <col>Polyzonal lens</col>. <cd>See
Polyzonal.</cd>
<hw>Lent</hw> (l&ebreve;nt), <def><pos>imp. & p. p.</pos>

of Lend.</def>
<hw>Lent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lente,

lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten,
spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin,
langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E.
long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.]
(Eccl.) <def>A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash
Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian
churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.</def>
<col>Lent lily</col> (Bot.), <cd>the daffodil; -- so

named from its blossoming in spring.</cd>
<hw>Lent</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L. lentus; akin to

lenis soft, mild: cf. F. lent. See Lenient.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter
heats.</def> [Obs.] B. Jonson.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mus.) <def>See Lento.</def>
<hw>||Len`ta*men"te</hw> (l&asl;n`t&adot;*m&asl;n"t&asl;; E.
l&ebreve;n`t&adot;*m&ebreve;n"t&esl;), <pos>adv.</pos> [It.]
(Mus.) <def>Slowly; in slow time.</def>
<hw>||Len*tan"do</hw> (l&asl;n*tän"d&osl;; E.
l&ebreve;n*t&abreve;n"d&osl;), <pos>a.</pos> [It., p. pr. of
lentare to make slow. See Lent, <pos>a.</pos>]
(Mus.) <def>Slackening; retarding. Same as
Rallentando.</def>
<hw>Lent"en</hw> (l&ebreve;nt"'n), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Lent.</def> [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
<hw>Lent"en</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [From OE. lenten

lent. See Lent, <pos>n.</pos> ] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable
to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.</def>
<blockquote>She quenched her fury at the flood, 

And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Spare; meager; plain; somber;

unostentatious; not abundant or showy.</def> "Lenten
entertainment." " Lenten answer." Shak. " Lenten
suit." Beau. & Fl.
<col>Lenten color</col>, <cd>black or violet.</cd> F. G.

Lee.
<hw>Lent"en*tide`</hw> (-t&imacr;d`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>The season of Lenten or Lent.</def>
<hw>Len"ti*cel</hw> (l&ebreve;n"t&ibreve;*s&ebreve;l),
<pos>n.</pos> [F. lenticelle, dim. fr. L. lens,
lentis, a lentil. Cf. Lentil.] (Bot.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon
the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may
protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when
the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side
of some leaves.</def>
<hw>Len`ti*cel"late</hw>
(l&ebreve;n`t&ibreve;*s&ebreve;l"l&asl;t), <pos>a.</pos>
(Bot.) <def>Producing lenticels; dotted with
lenticels.</def>
<hw>Len`ti*celle"</hw> (l&ebreve;n`t&ibreve;*s&ebreve;l"),
<pos>n.</pos> [F.] (Bot.) <def>Lenticel.</def>
<hw>||Len*tic"u*la</hw> (l&ebreve;n*t&ibreve;k"&usl;*l&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. E. <plw>Lenticulas</plw> (-
l&adot;z), L. <plw>Lenticulæ</plw> (-l&emacr;). [L. See
Lenticel.] <sn>1.</sn> (Med.) <def>A kind of
eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Opt.) <def>A lens of small

size.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A lenticel.</def>
<hw>Len*tic"u*lar</hw> (-l&etilde;r), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lenticularis: cf. F. lenticulaire. See
Lenticel.] <def>Resembling a lentil in size or form; having
the form of a double-convex lens.</def>
<hw>Len*tic"u*lar*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the

manner of a lens; with a curve.</def>
<hw>Len"ti*form</hw> (l&ebreve;n"t&ibreve;*fôrm),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lens, lentis, lentil + -
form: cf. F. lentiforme.] <def>Lenticular.</def>
<hw>Len*tig"i*nose`</hw>
(l&ebreve;n*t&ibreve;j"&ibreve;*n&omacr;s`), <pos>a.</pos>
[See Lentiginous.] (Bot.) <def>Bearing numerous dots
resembling freckles.</def>
<hw>Len*tig"i*nous</hw> (-n&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lentiginosus. See Lentigo.] <def>Of or pertaining to
lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.</def>
<hw>||Len*ti"go</hw> (l&ebreve;n*t&imacr;"g&osl;),
<pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. lens, lentis, lentil.]
(Med.) <def>A freckly eruption on the skin;
freckles.</def>
<hw>Len"til</hw> (l&ebreve;n"t&ibreve;l), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

lentille, fr. L. lenticula, dim. of lens,
lentis, lentil. Cf. Lens.] (Bot.) <def>A
leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of
small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is
used for food on the continent.</def>
&fist; The lentil of the Scriptures probably included

several other vetchlike plants.
<col>Lentil shell</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a small

bivalve shell of the genus Ervillia, family
Tellinidæ.</cd>
{ <hw>Len*tis"cus</hw> (l&ebreve;n*t&ibreve;s"k&ubreve;s),
<hw>Len"tisk</hw> (l&ebreve;n"t&ibreve;sk), } <pos>n.</pos>
[L. lentiscus, lentiscum: cf. F. lentisque.]
(Bot.) <def>A tree; the mastic. See Mastic.</def>
<hw>Len"ti*tude</hw> (l&ebreve;n"t&ibreve;*t&umacr;d),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. lentitudo, fr. lentus slow:
cf. OF. lentitude. See Lent, <pos>a.</pos>]
<def>Slowness; sluggishness.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>||Len"to</hw> (l&asl;n"t&osl;; E. l&ebreve;n"t&osl;),

<pos>a. & adv.</pos> [It.] (Mus.) <def>Slow; in slow
time; slowly; -- rarely written lente.</def>
<hw>Len"toid</hw> (l&ebreve;n"toid), <pos>a.</pos>

[Lens + -oid.] <def>Having the form of a lens; lens-
shaped.</def>
<hw>||Len"tor</hw> (-t&obreve;r), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr.

lentus pliant, tough, slow. See Lent,
<pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Tenacity; viscidity, as
of fluids.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Slowness; delay; sluggishness.</def>

<hw>Len"tous</hw> (-t&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lentus. See Lentor.] <def>Viscid; viscous;
tenacious.</def>
<blockquote>Spawn of a lentous and transparent

body.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>||L'en`voi"</hw>, or <hw>L'en`voy"</hw>

(län`vwä"), <pos>n.</pos> [F. le the +
envoi a sending. See Envoy.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>One or more detached verses at the end of a literary
composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a
particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry.</def>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A conclusion; a result.</def>

<hw>||Le"o</hw> (l&emacr;"&omacr;), <pos>n.</pos> [L. See

Lion.] (Astron.) <sn>1.</sn> <def>The Lion, the
fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [&Leo;] in almanacs.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A northern constellation east of Cancer,

containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the
Sickle.</def>
<col>Leo Minor</col>, <cd>a small constellation between Leo

and the Great Bear.</cd>
<hw>Le"od</hw> (l&emacr;"&obreve;d), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

leód people, nation, man, chief; akin to OS.
liud, OHG. liut, pl. liuti, G. leute,
pl., fr. AS. leódan to grow, akin to Goth.
liudan, OS. liodan, OHG. liotan to grow;
cf. Skr. ruh. √123.] <def>People; a nation; a man.</def>
[Obs.] Piers Plowman. Bp. Gibson.
<hw>Le"on</hw> (l&emacr;"&obreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

lion.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Le"onced</hw> (l&emacr;"&obreve;nst), <pos>a.</pos>

(Her.) <def>See Lionced.</def>
<hw>Leò*nese"</hw> (l&emacr;`&osl;*n&emacr;z" or -

n&emacr;s"), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Leon, in
Spain.</def> -- <pos>n. sing. & pl.</pos> <def>A native or
natives of Leon.</def>
<hw>Le"o*nid</hw> (l&emacr;"&osl;*n&ibreve;d),
<pos>n.</pos> [From Leo: cf. F. léonides,
pl.] (Astron.) <def>One of the shooting stars which constitute
the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at
intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these
shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from
the constellation Leo.</def>
<hw>Le"o*nine</hw> (l&emacr;"&osl;*n&imacr;n),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. leoninus, fr. leo,
leonis, lion: cf. F. léonin. See Lion.]
<def>Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a
leonine look; leonine rapacity.</def> --
<wf>Le"o*nine*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<col>Leonine verse</col>, <cd>a kind of verse, in which the

end of the line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from Leo,
or Leoninus, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth
century, who wrote largely in this measure, though he was not the
inventor. The following line is an example:</cd>
<blockquote>Gloria factorum temere conceditur

horum.</blockquote>
<hw>Le*on"to*don</hw> (l&esl;*&obreve;n"t&osl;*d&obreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>le`wn</grk>, <grk>leòntos</grk>, lion
+ <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, tooth. Cf. Lion's-
tooth, Dandelion.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of
liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L.
autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also
lion's tooth.</def>
<hw>Leop"ard</hw> (l&ebreve;p"&etilde;rd), <pos>n.</pos>

[OE. leopart, leparde, lebarde, libbard,
OF. leopard, liepart, F. léopard, L.
leopardus, fr. Gr. <grk>leo`pardos</grk>; <grk>le`wn</grk>
lion + <grk>pa`rdos</grk> pard. See Lion, and Pard.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A large, savage, carnivorous mammal
(Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings
or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is
found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis
pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard.</def>
<col>Hunting leopard</col>. <cd>See Cheetah.</cd> --
<col>Leopard cat</col> (Zoöl.) <cd>any one of
several species or varieties of small, spotted cats found in Africa,
Southern Asia, and the East Indies; esp., Felis
Bengalensis.</cd> -- <col>Leopard marmot</col>. <cd>See
Gopher, 2.</cd>
<hw>Leop"ard's bane`</hw> (l&ebreve;p"&etilde;rdz b&amacr;n`).

(Bot.) <def>A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica
montana, Senecio Doronicum, and Paris
quadrifolia.</def>
<hw>Leop"ard*wood`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>See Letterwood.</def>
<hw>Lep</hw> (l&ebreve;p), obs. <pos>strong imp.</pos> of

Leap. <def>Leaped.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Lep"a*dite</hw> (-&adot;*d&imacr;t), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lepas, lepadis, limpet, Gr. <grk>lepa`s</grk>,
<grk>lepa`dos</grk>.] (Zoöl.) <def>Same as
Lepadoid.</def>
<hw>Lep"a*doid</hw> (-&adot;*doid), <pos>n.</pos>

[Lepas + -oid.] (Zoöl.) <def>A stalked
barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidæ; a goose
barnacle. Also used adjectively.</def>
<hw>Lep"al</hw> (l&ebreve;p"al), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>lepi`s</grk> a scale: cf. F. lépale.]
(Bot.) <def>A sterile transformed stamen.</def>
<hw>||Le"pas</hw> (l&emacr;"p&abreve;s), <pos>n.</pos> [L.,

a limpet, fr. Gr. <grk>lepa`s</grk>.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any
one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated
barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf
weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See
Barnacle.</def>
<hw>Lep"er</hw> (l&ebreve;p"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

lepre leprosy, F. lèpre, L. leprae,
lepra, fr. Gr. <grk>le`pra</grk>, fr. <grk>lepro`s</grk>
scaly, fr. <grk>le`pos</grk> scale, <grk>le`pein</grk> to peel.]
<def>A person affected with leprosy.</def>
<hw>Lep"ered</hw> (-&etilde;rd), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Affected or tainted with leprosy.</def>
<hw>Lep"er*ize</hw> (l&ebreve;p"&etilde;r*&imacr;z), <pos>v.

t.</pos> <def>To affect with leprosy.</def>
<hw>Lep"er*ous</hw> (-&etilde;r*&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous.</def> "The
leperous distillment." Shak.
<hw>Lep"id</hw> (-&ibreve;d), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lepidus.] <def>Pleasant; jocose.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The joyous and lepid consul.</blockquote>
Sydney Smith.
<hw>Lep"i*dine</hw> (l&ebreve;p"&ibreve;*d&ibreve;n or

*d&emacr;n), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>An organic
base, C9H6.N.CH3, metameric with
quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine.</def>
<hw>Lepì*do*den"drid</hw>
(l&ebreve;p`&ibreve;*d&osl;*d&ebreve;n"dr&ibreve;d),
<pos>n.</pos> (Paleon.) <def>One of an extinct family
of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including
Lepidodendron and its allies.</def>
<hw>Lepì*do*den"droid</hw> (-droid), <pos>a.</pos>

(Paleon.) <def>Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron.</def>
-- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lepidodendrid.</def>
<hw>||Lepì*do*den"dron</hw> (-dr&obreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>

[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale +
<grk>de`ndron</grk> tree.] (Paleon.) <def>A genus of fossil
trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior
marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the
separation of the leafstalks.</def>
<hw>Lepì*do*ga"noid</hw>
(l&ebreve;p`&ibreve;*d&osl;*g&amacr;"noid or -g&abreve;n"oid),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a
scale + E. ganoid.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of a
division (Lepidoganoidei) of ganoid fishes, including those
that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also used
adjectively.</def>
<hw>Le*pid"o*lite</hw> (l&esl;*p&ibreve;d"&osl;*l&imacr;t; 277),

scale + -lite: cf. F. lépidolithe.]
(Min.) <def>A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet
color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of
small scales. See Mica.</def>
<hw>Lepì*dom"e*lane</hw>
(l&ebreve;p`&ibreve;*d&obreve;m"&esl;*l&amacr;n),
scale + <grk>me`las</grk>, <grk>me`laina</grk>, black.] (Min.)
<def>An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in
granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of
minute opaque scales. See Mica.</def>
<hw>Lepì*dop"ter</hw>
(l&ebreve;p`&ibreve;*d&obreve;p"t&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>
[Cf. F. lépidoptère.] (Zoöl.)
<def>One of the Lepidoptera.</def>
<hw>||Lepì*dop"te*ra</hw> (-d&obreve;p"t&esl;*r&adot;),
<pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-
i`dos</grk>, a scale + <grk>ptero`n</grk> a feather, wing.]
(Zoöl.) <def>An order of insects, which includes the
butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute
overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.</def>
&fist; They have a tubular proboscis, or haustellum, formed by the

two slender maxillæ. The labial palpi are usually large, and
the proboscis, when not in use, can be coiled up spirally between
them. The mandibles are rudimentary. The larvæ, called
caterpillars, are often brightly colored, and they commonly
feed on leaves. The adults feed chiefly on the honey of flowers.
{ <hw>Lepì*dop"ter*al</hw> (-t&etilde;r*al),

<hw>Lepì*dop"ter*ous</hw> (-&ubreve;s), } <pos>a.</pos>
Lepidoptera.</def>
<hw>Lepì*dop"ter*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
(Zoöl.) <def>One who studies the Lepidoptera.</def>
<hw>||Lepì*do*sau"ri*a</hw> (-d&osl;*s&add;"r&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-
i`dos</grk>, a scale + <grk>say^ros</grk> a lizard.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A division of reptiles, including the
serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata.</def>
<hw>Lepì*do*si"ren</hw> (-s&imacr;"r&ebreve;n),
scale + <grk>seirh`n</grk> a siren.] (Zoöl.) <def>An eel-
shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs.
It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to
a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The
lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also
doko.</def>
{ <hw>Lep"i*dote</hw> (l&ebreve;p"&ibreve;*d&omacr;t),

<hw>Lep"i*do`ted</hw> (-d&omacr;`t&ebreve;d), } <pos>a.</pos>
[Gr. <grk>lepidwto`s</grk> covered with scales, fr. <grk>lepi`s</grk>
<grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale.] (Bot.) <def>Having a coat of
scurfy scales, as the leaves of the oleaster.</def>
<hw>||Le*pis"ma</hw> (l&esl;*p&ibreve;z"m&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>le`pisma</grk> peel, fr.
<grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale.] (Zoöl.)
<def>A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated
flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven
unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is
found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also
shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and
furniture bug.</def>
<hw>Le*pis"moid</hw> (-moid), <pos>a.</pos> [Lepisma

+ -oid.] (Zoöl.) <def>Like or pertaining to the
Lepisma.</def>
<hw>Lep"o*rine</hw> (l&ebreve;p"&osl;*r&imacr;n or -

r&ibreve;n), <pos>a.</pos> [L. leporinus, fr.
lepus, leporis, hare. See Leveret.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to a hare; like or
characteristic of, a hare.</def>
<hw>||Le"pra</hw> (l&emacr;"pr&adot;), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
See Leper.] (Med.) <def>Leprosy.</def>
&fist; The term lepra was formerly given to various skin

diseases, the leprosy of modern authors being Lepra Arabum.
See Leprosy.
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<hw>Lep"re</hw> (l&ebreve;p"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Leprosy.</def>[Obs.] Wyclif.
<hw>Lep"rose`</hw> (l&ebreve;p"r&omacr;s`), <pos>a.</pos>

[See Leprous.] (Nat. Hist.) <def>Covered with thin,
scurfy scales.</def>
<hw>Le*pros"i*ty</hw> (l&esl;*pr&obreve;s"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being leprous or
scaly; also, a scale.</def> Bacon.
<hw>Lep"ro*sy</hw> (l&ebreve;p"r&osl;*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Leprous.] (Med.) <def>A
cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish,
shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are
often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules,
frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease,
anæsthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition
there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and
nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the
bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably
contagious.</def>
&fist; The disease now called leprosy, also designated as

Lepra or Lepra Arabum, and Elephantiasis
Græcorum, is not the same as the leprosy of the ancients.
The latter was, indeed, a generic name for many varieties of skin
disease (including our modern leprosy, psoriasis, etc.), some of
which, among the Hebrews, rendered a person ceremonially unclean. A
variety of leprosy of the Hebrews (probably identical with modern
leprosy) was characterized by the presence of smooth, shining,
depressed white patches or scales, the hair on which participated in
the whiteness, while the skin and adjacent flesh became insensible.
It was an incurable disease.
<hw>Lep"rous</hw> (-r&umacr;s), <pos>a.</pos> [OF.

leprous, lepros, F. lépreux, fr. L.
leprosus, fr. lepra, leprae, leprosy. See
Leper.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or

resembling leprosy.</def> "His hand was leprous as snow."
Ex. iv. 6.
<sn>2.</sn> (Nat. Hist.) <def>Leprose.</def>
-- <wf>Lep"rous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lep"rous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lep"ry</hw> (-r&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Leprosy.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>Lep"ti*form</hw> (-t&ibreve;*fôrm), <pos>a.</pos>

[Leptus + -form.] (Zoöl.) <def>Having a
form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insect larvæ
having three pairs of legs. See Larva.</def>
<hw>||Lep`to*car"di*a</hw>
(l&ebreve;p`t&osl;*kär"d&ibreve;*&adot;), <pos>n.
pl.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> small +
<grk>kardià</grk> the heart.] (Zoöl.) <def>The lowest
class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is
represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is
colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the
backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See
Amphioxus.</def> [Written also Leptocardii.]
<hw>Lep`to*car"di*an</hw> (-an), <pos>a.</pos>

Leptocardia.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the
Leptocardia.</def>
<hw>Lep`to*dac"tyl</hw> (-d&abreve;k"t&ibreve;l),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> small, thin +
<grk>da`ktylos</grk> finger, toe.] (Zoöl.) <def>A bird or
other animal having slender toes.</def> [Written also
lepodactyle.]
<hw>Lep`to*dac"tyl*ous</hw> (-&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having slender toes.</def>
<hw>Lep*tol"o*gy</hw> (l&ebreve;p*t&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>leptologià</grk>; <grk>lepto`s</grk>
small, subtile + <grk>lo`gos</grk> discourse.] <def>A minute and
tedious discourse on trifling things.</def>
<hw>||Lep`to*menìn*gi"tis</hw>
(l&ebreve;p`t&osl;*m&ebreve;n`&ibreve;n*j&imacr;"t&ibreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> small +
meningitis.] (Med.) <def>Inflammation of the pia
mater or of the arachnoid membrane.</def>
<hw>Lep"to*rhine</hw> (l&ebreve;p"t&osl;*r&imacr;n or
*r&ibreve;n), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> small +
<grk>"ri`s</grk>, <grk>"rino`s</grk>, the nose.] (Anat.)
<def>Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed to
platyrhine.</def>
<hw>||Lep*tos"tra*ca</hw>
(l&ebreve;p*t&obreve;s"tr&adot;*k&adot;), <pos>n. pl.</pos>
[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> thin, slender +
<grk>'o`strakon</grk> shell of a testacean.] (Zoöl.)
<def>An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied
forms.</def>
<hw>||Lep"to*thrix</hw> (l&ebreve;p"t&osl;*thr&ibreve;ks),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> small +
<grk>qri`x</grk> hair.] (Biol.) <def>A genus of bacteria,
characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and
indistinctly articulated.</def>
<hw>||Lep"to*thrix</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [See

Leptothrix, <pos>n.</pos> ] (Biol.) <def>Having
the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in
multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform
individuals.</def>
<hw>||Lep"tus</hw> (l&ebreve;p"t&ubreve;s), <pos>n.</pos>

[NL., from Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> thin, small.] (Zoöl.)
<def>The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes
used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under
Harvest.</def>
<hw>Lep"ty*nite</hw> (l&ebreve;p"t&ibreve;*n&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> (Min.) <def>See
Granulite.</def>
<hw>Lere</hw> (l&emacr;r), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lore

knowledge.] <def>Learning; lesson; lore.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<hw>Lere</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> [OE. leeren,

leren, AS. l&aemacr;ran. See Lore,
Learn.] <def>To learn; to teach.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Lere</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Empty.</def> [Obs.] See

Leer, <pos>a.</pos>
<hw>Lere</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. lira flesh; cf.

Icel. lær thigh.] <def>Flesh; skin.</def> [Obs.] "His
white leer." Chaucer.
<hw>Ler"ed</hw> (l&emacr;r"&ebreve;d), <pos>a.</pos> [From

lere, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <def>Learned.</def> [Obs.] "
Lewed man or lered." Chaucer.
<hw>||Ler*næ"a</hw> (l&etilde;r*n&emacr;"&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. L. Lernaeus Lernæan, fr.
Lerna, Gr. <grk>Le`rnh</grk>, a forest and marsh near Argos,
the mythological abode of the hydra.] (Zoöl.) <def>A
Linnæan genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as the
family Lernæidæ.</def>
&fist; The genus is restricted by modern zoölogists to a

limited number of species similar to Lernæa branchialis
found on the gills of the cod.
<hw>||Ler`næ*a"ce*a</hw>
(l&etilde;r`n&esl;*&amacr;"sh&esl;*&adot;), <pos>n. pl.</pos>
[NL. See Lernæa.] (Zoöl.) <def>A suborder of
copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms,
mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim
freely. See Illustration in Appendix.</def>
<hw>Ler*ne"an</hw> (l&etilde;r*n&emacr;"an),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Lernæa.] (Zoöl.)
<def>One of a family (Lernæidæ) of parasitic
Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some
species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and
feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix.</def>
<hw>||Lé`rot"</hw> (l&asl;`r&osl;"), <pos>n.</pos>

[F.] (Zoöl.) <def>A small European rodent (Eliomys
nitela), allied to the dormouse.</def>
<hw>Les</hw> (l&ebreve;s), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

leash.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Les"bi*an</hw> (l&ebreve;s"b&ibreve;*an),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the island anciently
called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian
Archipelago.</def> 

<hw>Lese</hw> (l&emacr;z), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

lose.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lese`-maj"es*ty</hw> (-m&abreve;j"&ebreve;s*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>See Leze majesty.</def>
<hw>Le"sion</hw> (l&emacr;"zh&ubreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

lésion, L. laesio, fr. laedere,
laesum, to hurt, injure.] <def>A hurt; an injury.</def>
Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> (Civil Law) <def>Loss
sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract.</def>
Burrill. <sd>(b)</sd> (Med.) <def>Any morbid
change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs.</def>
Dunglison.
<hw>-less</hw> (-l&ebreve;s). [AS. leás loose,

false; akin to OS. l&omacr;s loose, false, D. los
loose, loos false, sly, G. los loose, Icel.
lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and also
to E. loose, lose. √127. See Lose, and cf.
Loose, Leasing.] <def>A privative adjective suffix,
denoting without, destitute of, not having; as
witless, childless, fatherless.</def>
<hw>Less</hw> (l&ebreve;s), <pos>conj.</pos>

<def>Unless.</def> [Obs.] B. Jonson.
<hw>Less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [OE. lesse, AS.

l&aemacr;ssa; akin to OFries. l&emacr;ssa; a compar.
from a lost positive form. Cf. Lesser, Lest,
Least. Less has the sense of the comparative degree of
little.] <def>Smaller; not so large or great; not so much;
shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of
less size or value; in less time than before.</def>
&fist; The substantive which less qualifies is often

omitted; as, the purse contained less (money) than ten
dollars. See Less, <pos>n.</pos>
<blockquote>Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from

the coming of Augustine, all England became Christian.</blockquote>
E. A. Freeman.
<hw>Less</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> [AS. l&aemacr;s. See

Less, <pos>adj.</pos>, and cf. Lest.] <def>Not
so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or
loud; less beautiful.</def>
<hw>Less</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

smaller portion or quantity.</def>
<blockquote>The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some

more, some less.</blockquote> Ex. xvi. 17.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The inferior, younger, or

smaller.</def>
<blockquote>The less is blessed of the better.</blockquote>

Heb. vii. 7. 
<hw>Less</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make less; to

lessen.</def> [Obs.] Gower.
<hw>Les*see"</hw> (l&ebreve;s*s&emacr;"), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

laissé, p. p. of laisser. See Lease,
<pos>v. t.</pos>] (Law) <def>The person to whom a lease
is given, or who takes an estate by lease.</def>
<hw>Less"en</hw> (l&ebreve;s"'n), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Lessened (-'nd); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Lessening.] [From Less,
<pos>a.</pos>] <def>To make less; to reduce; to make smaller,
or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a
kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank,
fortune.</def>
<blockquote>Charity . . . shall lessen his

punishment.</blockquote> Calamy.
<blockquote>St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men

conspired to lessen it.</blockquote> Atterbury.
Syn. -- To diminish; reduce; abate; decrease; lower;

impair; weaken; degrade.
<hw>Less"en</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become less; to

shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent
magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care,
or his wealth, lessened.</def>
<blockquote>The objection lessens much, and comes to no

more than this: there was one witness of no good
reputation.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<hw>Less"en*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One
who, or that which, lessens.</def>
<blockquote>His wife . . . is the lessener of his pain, and

the augmenter of his pleasure.</blockquote> J. Rogers (1839).

<hw>Less"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>a.</pos> [This word is

formed by adding anew the compar. suffix -er (in which
r is from an original s) to less. See
Less, <pos>a.</pos>] <def>Less; smaller;
inferior.</def>
<blockquote>God made . . . the lesser light to rule the

night.</blockquote> Gen. i. 15.
&fist; Lesser is used for less, now the compar. of

little, in certain special instances in which its employment
has become established by custom; as, Lesser Asia (i. e., Asia
Minor), the lesser light, and some others; also in poetry, for
the sake of the meter, and in prose where its use renders the passage
more euphonious.
<blockquote>The more my prayer, the lesser is my

grace.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The larger here, and there the lesser

lambs.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>By the same reason may a man, in the state of nature,

punish the lesser breaches of the law.</blockquote>
Locke.
<hw>Less"er</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Less.</def> [Obs.]

Shak.
<hw>Les"ses</hw> (l&ebreve;s"s&ebreve;z), <pos>n. pl.</pos>

[F. laissées, from laisser to leave. See
Lease, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <def>The leavings or dung of
beasts.</def>
<hw>Les"son</hw> (l&ebreve;s"s'n), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

lessoun, F. leçon lesson, reading, fr. L.
lectio a reading, fr. legere to read, collect. See
Legend, and cf. Lection.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner;
something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied
or learned at one time.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is learned or taught by an

express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience,
observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give
a lesson in drawing.</def>" A smooth and pleasing
lesson." Milton.
<blockquote>Emprinteth well this lesson in your

mind.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A portion of Scripture read in divine
service for instruction; as, here endeth the first
lesson.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke;

warning.</def>
<blockquote>She would give her a lesson for walking so

late.</blockquote> Sir. P. Sidney.
<sn>5.</sn> (Mus.) <def> An exercise; a composition

serving an educational purpose; a study.</def>
<hw>Les"son</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lessoned (-s'nd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lessoning.] <def>To teach; to instruct.</def>
Shak.
<blockquote>To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, 

Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the
bad.</blockquote> Byron.
<hw>Les"sor</hw> (l&ebreve;s"s&obreve;r or l&ebreve;s*sôr"),

<pos>n.</pos> [See Lessee, Lease, <pos>v.
t.</pos>] (Law) <def>One who leases; the person who lets
to farm, or gives a lease.</def> Blackstone.
<hw>Lest</hw> (l&ebreve;st), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

listen.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
<hw>Lest</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See List to choose.]

<def>Lust; desire; pleasure.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lest</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Last; least.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<hw>Lest</hw>, <pos>conj.</pos> [OE. leste, fr. AS.

ð&ymacr; l&aemacr;s ð&emacr; the less that, where
ð&ymacr; is the instrumental case of the definite article,
and ð&emacr; is an indeclinable relative particle,
that, who, which. See The, Less,
<pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>For fear that; that . .
. not; in order that . . . not.</def>
<blockquote>Love not sleep, lest thou come to

poverty.</blockquote> Prov. xx. 13.
<blockquote>Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed

lest he fall.</blockquote> 1 Cor. x. 12.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That (without the negative particle); --

after certain expressions denoting fear or
apprehension.</def>
<blockquote>I feared 
Lest I might anger thee.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>-let</hw> (-l&ebreve;t). [From two French dim. endings -

el (L. -ellus) and -et, as in bracelet.]
<def>A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet,
wavelet, armlet.</def>
<hw>Let</hw> (l&ebreve;t), <pos>v. t.</pos> [OE.

letten, AS. lettan to delay, to hinder, fr.
læt slow; akin to D. letten to hinder, G.
verletzen to hurt, Icel. letja to hold back, Goth.
latjan. See Late.] <def>To retard; to hinder; to
impede; to oppose.</def> [Archaic]
<blockquote>He was so strong that no man might him

let.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>He who now letteth will let, until he be

taken out of the way.</blockquote> 2. Thess. ii. 7.
<blockquote>Mine ancient wound is hardly whole, 

And lets me from the saddle.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Let</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the
phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.</def>
Keats.
<blockquote>Consider whether your doings be to the let of

your salvation or not.</blockquote> Latimer.
<sn>2.</sn> (Lawn Tennis) <def>A stroke in which a

ball touches the top of the net in passing over.</def>
<hw>Let</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Let (Letted (l&ebreve;t"t&ebreve;d),
[Obs].); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Letting.] [OE.
leten, læten (past tense lat, let,
p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS.
l&aemacr;tan (past tense l&emacr;t, p. p.
l&aemacr;ten); akin to OFries. l&emacr;ta, OS.
l&amacr;tan, D. laten, G. lassen, OHG.
l&amacr;zzan, Icel. l&amacr;ta, Sw. låta,
Dan. lade, Goth. l&emacr;tan, and L. lassus
weary. The original meaning seems to have been, to let loose, let go,
let drop. Cf. Alas, Late, Lassitude, Let
to hinder.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To leave; to relinquish; to
abandon.</def> [Obs. or Archaic, except when followed by alone
or be.]
<blockquote>He . . . prayed him his voyage for to

let.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets, 

But to her mother Nature all her care she lets.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<blockquote>Let me alone in choosing of my

wife.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To consider; to think; to esteem.</def>

<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause; to make; -- used with the

infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as,
let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring,
i. e., cause to be brought.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>This irous, cursed wretch 

Let this knight's son anon before him fetch.</blockquote>
Chaucer.
<blockquote>He . . . thus let do slay hem all

three.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Anon he let two coffers make.</blockquote>

Gower.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either

affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to
restrain or prevent.</def>
&fist; In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the latter

is commonly without the sign to; as to let us walk,
i. e., to permit or suffer us to walk. Sometimes there is
entire omission of the verb; as, to let [to be or to go]
loose.
<blockquote>Pharaoh said, I will let you go.</blockquote>

Ex. viii. 28.
<blockquote>If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it

is.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To allow to be used or occupied for a

compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with
out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to
let out horses.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To give, grant, or assign, as a work,

privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let
the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the
plastering.</def>
&fist; The active form of the infinitive of let, as of many

other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense; as, a house
to let (i. e., for letting, or to be let). This form of
expression conforms to the use of the Anglo-Saxon gerund with
to (dative infinitive) which was commonly so employed. See
Gerund, 2. " Your elegant house in Harley Street is to
let." Thackeray.
In the imperative mood, before the first person plural, let
has a hortative force. " Rise up, let us go." Mark xiv.
42. " Let us seek out some desolate shade."
Shak.
<col>To let alone</col>, <cd>to leave; to withdraw from; to

refrain from interfering with.</cd> -- <col>To let
blood</col>, <cd>to cause blood to flow; to bleed.</cd> --
<col>To let down</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To lower</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To soften in tempering; as, to let
down tools, cutlery, and the like.</cd> -- <col>To
let</col> <col>drive or fly</col>, <cd>to discharge with
violence, as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under Drive, and
Fly.</cd> -- <col>To let in</col> or into.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To permit or suffer to enter; to admit.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a
recess formed in a surface for the purpose</cd>. <col>To let
loose</col>, <cd>to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at
large.</cd> -- <col>To let off.</col> <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the charge of, as
a gun</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To release, as from an engagement
or obligation</cd>. [Colloq.] -- <col>To let out</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To allow to go forth; as, to let out a
prisoner</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To extend or loosen, as the
folds of a garment; to enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord</cd>.
<sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To lease; to give out for performance by
contract, as a job</cd>. <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To divulge.</cd> --
<col>To let slide</col>, <cd>to let go; to cease to care
for.</cd> [Colloq.] " Let the world slide."
Shak.
<hw>Let</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

forbear.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To be let or leased; as, the farm

lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, <pos>v.
t.</pos></def>
<col>To let on</col>, <cd>to tell; to tattle; to divulge

something.</cd> [Low] -- <col>To let up</col>, <cd>to become
less severe; to diminish; to cease; as, when the storm lets
up.</cd> [Colloq.]
<hw>Let"-a*lone"</hw> (l&ebreve;t"&adot;*l&omacr;n"),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Letting alone.</def>
<col>The let-alone</col> <col>principle, doctrine, or

policy</col>. (Polit. Econ.) <cd>See Laissez
faire.</cd>
<hw>Letch</hw> (l&ebreve;ch), <pos>v. & n.</pos> <def>See

Leach.</def>
<hw>Letch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See Lech,

Lecher.] <def>Strong desire; passion. (Archaic).</def>
<blockquote>Some people have a letch for unmasking

impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others.</blockquote> De
Quincey.
<hw>Letch"y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Leachy.</def>
<hw>Lete</hw> (l&ebreve;t), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To let;

to leave.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Let"en</hw> (l&ebreve;t"en), obs. <def><pos>p.
p.</pos> of Lete.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Leth"al</hw> (l&ebreve;th"&abreve;l), <pos>n.</pos>

[Lauric + ether + alcohol.] (Chem.)
<def>One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from
spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it
occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.</def>
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<hw>Le"thal</hw> (l&emacr;"thal), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lethalis, letalis, fr. lethum, letum,
death: cf. F. léthal.] <def>Deadly; mortal;
fatal.</def> "The lethal blow." W. Richardson. --
<wf>Le"thal*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Le*thal"i*ty</hw> (l&esl;*th&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. léthalité.]
<def>The quality of being lethal; mortality.</def>
{ <hw>Le*thar"gic</hw> (l&esl;*thär"j&ibreve;k),

<hw>Le*thar"gic*al</hw> (-j&ibreve;*kal), }
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lethargicus, Gr.
<grk>lhqargiko`s</grk>: cf. F. léthargique. See
Lethargy.] <def>Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling,
lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy.</def> --
<wf>Le*thar"gic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>Le*thar"gic*al*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> --
<wf>Le*thar"gic*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Leth"ar*gize</hw> (l&ebreve;th"&adot;r*j&imacr;z), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Lethargized (-
j&imacr;zd); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Lethargizing (-
j&imacr;`z&ibreve;ng).] <def>To make lethargic.</def>
<blockquote>All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and

depressing, and lethargizing the irritability.</blockquote>
<hw>Leth"ar*gy</hw> (-j&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>-gies</plw> (-j&ibreve;z). [F. léthargie,
L. lethargia, Gr. <grk>lhqargià</grk>, fr.
<grk>lh`qargos</grk> forgetful, fr. <grk>lh`qh</grk> forgetfulness.
See Lethe.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Morbid drowsiness;
continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be
awaked.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A state of inaction or

indifference.</def>
<blockquote>Europe lay then under a deep

lethargy.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<hw>Leth"ar*gy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

lethargize.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Le"the</hw> (l&emacr;"th&esl; or l&emacr;th),

<pos>n.</pos> [See Lethal.] <def>Death.</def>[Obs.]
Shak.
<hw>Le"the</hw> (l&emacr;"th&esl;), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr.

Gr. <grk>lh`qh</grk>, prop., forgetfulness; akin to
<grk>lanqa`nesqai</grk> to forget, <grk>lanqa`nein</grk> to escape
notice.] <sn>1.</sn> (Class. Myth.) <def>A river of
Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the
past.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Oblivion; a draught of oblivion;

forgetfulness.</def>
<hw>Le*the"an</hw> (l&esl;*th&emacr;"an),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. Lethaeus, Gr. <grk>lh`qaios</grk> or
<grk>lhqaiôs</grk>.] <def>Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in
effect the water of Lethe.</def> Milton. Barrow.
<hw>Le"theed</hw> (l&emacr;"th&emacr;d), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Caused by Lethe.</def> " Letheed dullness." [Obs.]
Shak.
<hw>Le"the*on</hw> (l&emacr;"th&esl;*&obreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lh`qh</grk>.] (Med.)
<def>Sulphuric ether used as an anæsthetic agent.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Le"the*on*ize</hw> (-&imacr;z), <pos>v. t.</pos>

<def>To subject to the influence of letheon.</def> [R. or Obs.]
<hw>Le*thif"er*ous</hw> (l&esl;*th&ibreve;f"&etilde;r*&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lethifer, letifer, fr.
lethum, letum, death + ferre to bear, to bring:
cf. F. léthifère.] <def>Deadly; bringing death
or destruction.</def>
<hw>Le"thy</hw> (l&emacr;"th&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Lethean.</def> [Obs.] Marston.
<hw>Let"-off`</hw> (l&ebreve;t"&obreve;f`; 115),

<pos>n.</pos> (Mach.) <def>A device for letting off,
releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a
loom.</def>
<hw>Let"te</hw> (l&ebreve;t"te), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Letted.] <def>To let; to
hinder. See Let, to hinder.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Let"ter</hw> (l&ebreve;t"t&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

[From Let to permit.] <def>One who lets or permits; one who
lets anything for hire.</def>
<hw>Let"ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From Let to

hinder.] <def>One who retards or hinders.</def> [Archaic.]
<hw>Let"ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lettre, F.

lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera,
litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr.
linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over;
because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the
characters upon tablets smeared over or covered with wax. Pliny,
xiii. 11. See Liniment, and cf. Literal.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A mark or character used as the
representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs
of speech; a first element of written language.</def>
<blockquote>And a superscription also was written over him in

letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.</blockquote> Luke
xxiii. 38.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A written or printed communication; a

message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to
conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.</def>
<blockquote>The style of letters ought to be free, easy,

and natural.</blockquote> Walsh.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A writing; an inscription.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>None could expound what this letter

meant.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Verbal expression; literal statement or

meaning; exact signification or requirement.</def>
<blockquote>We must observe the letter of the law, without

doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the
lawgiver.</blockquote> Jer. Taylor.
<blockquote>I broke the letter of it to keep the

sense.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>5.</sn> (Print.) <def>A single type; type,

collectively; a style of type.</def>
<blockquote>Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing

house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.</blockquote>
Evelyn.
<sn>6.</sn> pl. <def>Learning; erudition; as, a man

of letters.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> pl. <def>A letter; an epistle.</def>

<col>Dead letter</col>, <col>Drop letter</col>,

<cd>etc. See under Dead, Drop, etc.</cd> --
<col>Letter book</col>, <cd>a book in which copies of letters
are kept.</cd> -- <col>Letter box</col>, <cd>a box for the
reception of letters to be mailed or delivered.</cd> --
<col>Letter carrier</col>, <cd>a person who carries letters; a
postman; specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters
to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects letters to be
mailed.</cd> -- <col>Letter cutter</col>, <cd>one who engraves
letters or letter punches.</cd> -- <col>Letter lock</col>,
<cd>a lock that can not be opened when fastened, unless certain
movable lettered rings or disks forming a part of it are in such a
position (indicated by a particular combination of the letters) as to
permit the bolt to be withdrawn.</cd>
<blockquote>A strange lock that opens with AMEN.</blockquote>

-- <col>Letter paper</col>, <cd>paper for writing letters

on; especially, a size of paper intermediate between note paper and
foolscap. See Paper.</cd> -- <col>Letter punch</col>,
<cd>a steel punch with a letter engraved on the end, used in making
the matrices for type.</cd> -- <col>Letters of
administration</col> (Law), <cd>the instrument by which an
administrator or administratrix is authorized to administer the goods
and estate of a deceased person.</cd> -- <col>Letter of
attorney</col>, <col>Letter of credit</col>, etc. <cd>See
under Attorney, Credit, etc.</cd> -- <col>Letter of
license</col>, <cd>a paper by which creditors extend a debtor's
time for paying his debts.</cd> -- <col>Letters close or
clause</col> (Eng. Law.), <cd>letters or writs directed to
particular persons for particular purposes, and hence closed
or sealed on the outside; -- distinguished from letters
patent.</cd> Burrill. -- <col>Letters of
orders</col> (Eccl.), <cd>a document duly signed and
sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has regularly
ordained a certain person as priest, deacon, etc.</cd> --
<col>Letters patent</col>, <col>overt</col>, or
<col>open</col> (Eng. Law), <cd>a writing executed and
sealed, by which power and authority are granted to a person to do
some act, or enjoy some right; as, letters patent under the
seal of England.</cd> -- <col>Letter-sheet envelope</col>,
<cd>a stamped sheet of letter paper issued by the government,
prepared to be folded and sealed for transmission by mail without an
envelope.</cd> -- <col>Letters testamentary</col>
(Law), <cd>an instrument granted by the proper officer to an
executor after probate of a will, authorizing him to act as
executor.</cd> -- <col>Letter writer</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>One who writes letters.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A machine for copying letters</cd>.
<sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A book giving directions and forms for the
writing of letters.</cd>
<hw>Let"ter</hw> (l&ebreve;t"t&etilde;r), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Lettered (-t&etilde;rd);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Lettering.] <def>To impress
with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and
lettered.</def>
<hw>Let"tered</hw> (l&ebreve;t"t&etilde;rd), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Literate; educated; versed in
literature.</def> " Are you not lettered?" Shak.
<blockquote>The unlettered barbarians willingly accepted the aid

of the lettered clergy, still chiefly of Roman birth, to
reduce to writing the institutes of their forefathers.</blockquote>
Milman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to learning or
literature; learned.</def> " A lettered education."
Collier.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Inscribed or stamped with letters.</def>

Addison.
<hw>Let"ter*er</hw> (l&ebreve;t"t&etilde;r*&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes, inscribes, or engraves,
alphabetical letters.</def>
<hw>Let"ter*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by
cutting or painting.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The letters made; as, the lettering

of a sign.</def>
<hw>Let"ter*less</hw> (l&ebreve;t"t&etilde;r*l&ebreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not having a
letter.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Illiterate.</def> [Obs.] E.

Waterhouse.
<hw>Let"tern</hw> (l&ebreve;t"t&etilde;rn), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Lecturn.</def>
<hw>Let"ter*press`</hw> (-t&etilde;r*pr&ebreve;s`),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Print; letters and words impressed on paper
or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in
distinction from the illustrations.</def>
<blockquote>Letterpress printing, printing directly from type, in

distinction from printing from plates.</blockquote>
<hw>Let"ter*ure</hw> (-&usl;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Letters;

literature.</def> [Obs.] "To teach him letterure and
courtesy." Chaucer.
<hw>Let"ter*wood`</hw> (-w&oocr;d`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of
the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; --
so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to
hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood.
It is much used for bows and for walking sticks.</def>
<hw>Let"tic</hw> (l&ebreve;t"t&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos>

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the Letts;
Lettish.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to a branch
of the Slavic family, subdivided into Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old
Prussian.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The
language of the Letts; Lettish.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The
language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old
Prussian.</def>
<hw>Let"tish</hw> (l&ebreve;t"t&ibreve;sh), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Of or pertaining to the Letts.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos>
<def>The language spoken by the Letts. See Lettic.</def>
<hw>Let"trure</hw> (-tr&usd;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Letterure.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Letts</hw> (l&ebreve;ts), <pos>n. pl.</pos>; sing.

<singw>Lett</singw> (l&ebreve;t). (Ethnol.) <def>An
Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and Old Prussians,
and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia.</def>
<hw>Let"tuce</hw> (l&ebreve;t"t&ibreve;s), <pos>n.</pos>

[OE. letuce, prob. through Old French from some Late Latin
derivative of L. lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro,
is fr. lac, lactis, milk, on account of the milky white
juice which flows from it when it is cut: cf. F. laitue. Cf.
Lacteal, Lactucic.] (Bot.) <def>A composite
plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of
which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice,
from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the
United States is L. Canadensis.</def>
<col>Hare's lettuce</col>, <col>Lamb's

lettuce</col>. <cd>See under Hare, and Lamb.</cd> -
- <col>Lettuce opium</col>. <cd>See Lactucarium.</cd> -
- <col>Sea lettuce</col>, <cd>certain papery green seaweeds of
the genus Ulva.</cd>
<hw>Let"u*a*ry</hw> (l&ebreve;t"&usl;*&asl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Electuary.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Let"-up`</hw> (l&ebreve;t"&ubreve;p`), <pos>n.</pos>

[See Let to forbear.] <def>Abatement; also, cessation; as, it
blew a gale for three days without any let-up.</def>
[Colloq.]
<hw>Leuc-</hw> (l&umacr;k-). <def>Same as Leuco-.</def>
<hw>||Leu`ca*den"dron</hw>
(l&umacr;`k&adot;*d&ebreve;n"dr&obreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.,
fr. Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white + <grk>de`ndron</grk> tree.]
(Bot.) <def>A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good
Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the
silverboom of the colonists.</def>
<hw>Leu*can"i*line</hw> (l&usl;*k&abreve;n"&ibreve;*l&ibreve;n or
-l&emacr;n), <pos>n.</pos> [Leuc- + aniline.]
(Chem.) <def>A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained
from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms
colorless salts.</def>
<hw>||Leu*chæ"mi*a</hw> (l&usl;*k&emacr;"m&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white +
<grk>a"i^ma</grk> blood.] (Med.) <def>See
Leucocythæmia.</def> -- <wf>Leu*chæm"ic</wf>
(l&usl;*k&ebreve;m"&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos> [Written also
leukæmia, leukæmic.]

{ <hw>Leu"cic</hw> (l&umacr;"s&ibreve;k), <hw>Leu*cin"ic</hw>
(l&usl;*s&ibreve;n"&ibreve;k), } <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)
<def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from leucin, and
called also oxycaproic acid.</def>
<hw>Leu"cin</hw> (l&umacr;"s&ibreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>leyko`s</grk> white.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>A white,
crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of
albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling
dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It is also found as a
constituent of various tissues and organs, as the spleen, pancreas,
etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom. Chemically it is to be
considered as amido-caproic acid.</def>

<hw>Leu"cite</hw> (l&umacr;"s&imacr;t), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>leyko`s</grk> white: cf. F. leucite.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Min.) <def>A mineral having a glassy

fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a
silicate of alumina and potash. It is found in the volcanic rocks of
Italy, especially at Vesuvius.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A leucoplast.</def>
<hw>Leu*cit"ic</hw> (l&usl;*s&ibreve;t"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> (Min.) <def>Containing leucite; as,
leucitic rocks.</def>
<hw>Leu"ci*toid</hw> (l&umacr;"s&ibreve;*toid),
<pos>n.</pos> [Leucite + -oid.]
(Crystallog.) <def>The trapezohedron or tetragonal
trisoctahedron; -- so called as being the form of the mineral
leucite.</def>
{ <hw>Leu"co-</hw> (l&umacr;"k&osl;-), <hw>Leuc-</hw> (l&umacr;k-

). } [Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white.] <def>A combining form signifying
white, colorless; specif. (Chem.), denoting an
extensive series of colorless organic compounds, obtained by
reduction from certain other colored compounds; as,
leucaniline, leucaurin, etc.</def>
<hw>Leu"co*cyte</hw> (l&umacr;"k&osl;*s&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [Leuco- + Gr. <grk>ky`tos</grk> a hollow
vessel.] (Physiol.) <def>A colorless corpuscle, as one of the
white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of bone,
connective tissue, etc.</def>
&fist; They all consist of more or less spherical masses of

protoplasm, without any surrounding membrane or wall, and are capable
of motion.
{ <hw>||Leu`co*cy*thæ"mi*a</hw>
<hw>||Leu`co*cy*the"mi*a</hw> }
(l&umacr;`k&osl;*s&isl;*th&emacr;"m&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white +
<grk>ky`tos</grk> a hollow vessel + <grk>a"i^ma</grk> blood.]
(Med.) <def>A disease in which the white corpuscles of the
blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of
the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchæmia.</def>
<hw>Leu`co*cy`to*gen"e*sis</hw> (-
s&imacr;`t&osl;*j&ebreve;n"&esl;*s&ibreve;s), <pos>n.</pos>
[Leucocyte + genesis.] (Physiol.) <def>The
formation of leucocytes.</def>
<hw>Leu`co*e`thi*op"ic</hw> (-
&emacr;`th&ibreve;*&obreve;p"&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos>
[Leuco- + Ethiopic.] <def>White and black; -- said of a
white animal of a black species, or the albino of the negro
race.</def>
<hw>Leu`co*e"thi*ops</hw> (-&emacr;"th&ibreve;*&obreve;ps),
<pos>n.</pos> [Leuco- + Aethiops.] <def>An
albino.</def> [Also written leuc&oelig;thiops.]
<hw>Leu"co*line</hw> (l&umacr;"k&osl;*l&ibreve;n or -l&emacr;n),

<pos>n.</pos> [Leuc- + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.) <def>A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and
identical with quinoline. Cf. Quinoline.</def>
<hw>||Leu*co"ma</hw> (l&usl;*k&omacr;"m&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ley`kwma</grk>, fr.
<grk>leyko`s</grk> white.] (Med.) <def>A white opacity in the
cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo.</def>
<hw>Leu*co"ma*ine</hw> (l&usl;*k&omacr;"m&adot;*&ibreve;n or -
&emacr;n), <pos>n.</pos> [Leuco- + -maine, as in
ptomaine.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>An animal base or
alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital
alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric
poison.</def>
<hw>Leu*con"ic</hw> (-k&obreve;n"&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos>

[Leuc- + croconic.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to,
or designating, a complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish white
gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.</def>
<hw>Leu*cop"a*thy</hw> (l&usl;*k&obreve;p"&adot;*th&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Leuco- + Gr. <grk>pa`schein</grk>,
<grk>paqei^n</grk> to suffer.] <def>The state of an albino, or of a
white child of black parents.</def>
<hw>Leu"co*phane</hw> (l&umacr;"k&osl;*f&amacr;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>leykofanh`s</grk> appearing bright or
white; <grk>leyko`s</grk> white + <grk>fai`nein</grk> to show: cf. G.
leukophan.] (Min.) <def>A mineral of a greenish yellow
color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine.
Called also leucophanite.</def>
<hw>Leu`co*phleg"ma*cy</hw>
(l&umacr;`k&osl;*fl&ebreve;g"m&adot;*s&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>
[Gr. <grk>leykoflegmatià</grk>; <grk>leyko`s</grk> white +
<grk>fle`gma</grk> phlegm: cf. F. leucophlegmasie.]
(Med.) <def>A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of
anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.</def>
<hw>Leu`co*phleg*mat"ic</hw> (-fl&ebreve;g*m&abreve;t"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. leucophlegmatique, Gr.
<grk>leykofle`gmatos</grk>.] <def>Having a dropsical habit of body,
with a white bloated skin.</def>
<hw>Leu"co*phyll</hw> (l&umacr;"k&osl;*f&ibreve;l),
<pos>n.</pos> [Leuco- + Gr. <grk>fy`llon</grk> a leaf.]
(Chem.) <def>A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll,
contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green.</def>
Watts.
<hw>Leu*coph"yl*lous</hw> (l&usl;*k&obreve;f"&ibreve;l*l&ubreve;s
or l&umacr;`k&osl;*f&ibreve;l"l&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.
<grk>leyko`fyllos</grk>; <grk>leyko`s</grk> white +
<grk>fy`llon</grk> a leaf.] (Bot.) <def>Having white or
silvery foliage.</def>
{ <hw>Leu"co*plast</hw> (l&umacr;"k&osl;*pl&abreve;st),

<hw>Leu`co*plas"tid</hw> (-pl&abreve;s"t&ibreve;d), }
<pos>n.</pos> [Leuco- + Gr. <grk>pla`ssein</grk> to
mold.] (Bot.) <def>One of certain very minute whitish or
colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed
to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.</def>
<hw>Leu*cop"y*rite</hw> (l&usl;*k&obreve;p"&ibreve;*r&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [Leuco- + pyrites.] (Min.)
<def>A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a
metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and
iron.</def>
<hw>Leu`cor*rh&oelig;"a</hw>
(l&umacr;`k&obreve;r*r&emacr;"&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>
[Leuco- + Gr. <grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow.] (Med.) <def>A
discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting
from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital
organs of the female; the whites.</def> Dunglison.
<hw>||Leu"co*ryx</hw> (l&umacr;"k&osl;*r&ibreve;ks),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., from Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> +
<grk>'o`ryx</grk> a kind of gazelle.] (Zoöl.) <def>A
large antelope of North Africa (Oryx leucoryx), allied to the
gemsbok.</def>
<hw>Leu"co*scope</hw> (l&umacr;"k&osl;*sk&omacr;p),
<pos>n.</pos> [Leuco- + -scope.]
(Physics) <def>An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz,
for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing
different lights, as to their constituent colors or their relative
whiteness.</def>
<hw>Leu"co*soid</hw> (-soid), <pos>a.</pos> [NL.

Leucosia, the typical genus (fr. Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white)
+ -oid.] (Zoöl.) <def>Like or pertaining to the
Leucosoidea, a tribe of marine crabs including the box crab or
Calappa.</def>
<hw>Leu"co*sphere</hw> (-sf&emacr;r), <pos>n.</pos>

[Leuco- + sphere.] (Astron.) <def>The inner
corona.</def> [R.]
<hw>Leu`co*tu"ric</hw> (l&umacr;`k&osl;*t&umacr;"r&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [Leuco- + allantoic +
uric.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a
nitrogenous organic substance of the uric acid group, called
leucoturic acid or oxalantin. See
Oxalantin.</def>
<hw>Leu"cous</hw> (l&umacr;"k&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>leyko`s</grk>.] <def>White; -- applied to albinos, from the
whiteness of their skin and hair.</def>
<hw>Leu*cox"ene</hw> (l&usl;*k&obreve;ks"&emacr;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Leuco- + Gr. <grk>xe`nos</grk>
stranger.] (Min.) <def>A nearly opaque white mineral, in part
identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result
of the alteration of titanic iron.</def>
<hw>Leu*kæ"mi*a</hw> (l&usl;*k&emacr;"m&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Leucocythæmia.</def>
<hw>Leuke</hw> (l&umacr;k), <pos>a.</pos>,

<hw>Leuke"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See Luke,
etc.</def>
<hw>Leu"ko*plast</hw> (l&umacr;"k&osl;*pl&abreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>See
Leucoplast.</def>
<hw>||Le*va"na</hw> (l&esl;*v&amacr;"n&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [L., fr. levare to raise.] (Rom.
Myth.) <def>A goddess who protected newborn infants.</def>
<hw>Le"vant</hw> (l&emacr;"vant), <pos>a.</pos> [F.,

p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law) <def>Rising or having
risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant,
under Couchant.</def>
<hw>Le*vant"</hw> (l&esl;*v&abreve;nt"), <pos>n.</pos> [It.

levante the point where the sun rises, the east, the Levant,
fr. levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F.
levant. See Lever.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its
contiguous waters.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A levanter (the wind so called).</def>
<hw>Le"vant</hw> (l&emacr;"vant; 277), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Eastern.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Forth rush the levant and the ponent

winds.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Le*vant"</hw> (l&esl;*v&abreve;nt"), <pos>v. i.</pos>

[Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.]
<def>To run away from one's debts; to decamp.</def> [Colloq. Eng.]
<! p. 846 pr=VMG !>
<hw>Le*vant"er</hw> (l&esl;*v&abreve;nt"&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [From Levant, <pos>v.</pos>]
<def>One who levants, or decamps.</def> [Colloq. Eng.]
<hw>Le*vant"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From Levant,

<pos>n.</pos>] <def>A strong easterly wind peculiar to the
Mediterranean.</def> W. H. Russell.
<hw>Le*vant"ine</hw> (l&esl;*v&abreve;nt"&ibreve;n or
l&ebreve;v"ant*&imacr;n; 277), <pos>a.</pos> [F.
levantin, or It. levantino. See Levant,
<pos>n.</pos>] <def>Of or pertaining to the Levant.</def>
J. Spencer.
<hw>Le*vant"ine</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A native or inhabitant of the Levant.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> [F. levantine, or It. levantina.]

<def>A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the
Levant.</def>
<hw>||Le*va`ri fa"ci*as</hw> (l&esl;*v&amacr;`r&isl;

f&amacr;"sh&ibreve;*&abreve;s). [Law L., cause to be levied.] <def>A
writ of execution at common law.</def>
<hw>Le*va"tion</hw> (l&esl;*v&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. levatio.] <def>The act of raising;
elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a
levator muscle.</def>
<hw>Le*va"tor</hw> (l&esl;*v&amacr;"t&obreve;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. L. levare to raise. See
Lever, <pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> (Anat.)
<def>A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the
eyelid.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Surg.) <def>A surgical instrument used

to raise a depressed part of the skull.</def>
<hw>Leve</hw> (l&emacr;v), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dear. See

Lief.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Leve</hw>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>Same as 3d & 4th

Leave.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Leve</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To live.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<hw>Leve</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [OE., fr. AS.

l&emacr;fan, abbrev. fr. gel&emacr;fan. See
Believe.] <def>To believe.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Leve</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [OE. leven, AS.

l&emacr;fan, l&ymacr;fan. See Leave permission.]
<def>To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a
dependent clause.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>God leve all be well.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
<hw>Lev"ee</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&esl;; often

l&ebreve;v*&emacr;" in U. S.), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lever,
fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever,
<pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of
rising.</def> " The sun's levee." Gray.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A morning assembly or reception of

visitors, -- in distinction from a soirée, or evening
assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or
somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or
evening; as, the president's levee.</def>
&fist; In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by

both ladies and gentlemen, is called a drawing-room.
<hw>Lev"ee</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To attend the levee

or levees of.</def>
<blockquote>He levees all the great.</blockquote>

Young.
<hw>Lev"ee</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. levée, fr.

lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy.]
<def>An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along
the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.</def> [U.
S.]
<hw>Lev"ee</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To keep within a

channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.</def> [U.
S.]
<hw>||Le*vée" en` masse"</hw> (le*v&asl;" äN`

m&adot;s"). [F.] <def>See Levy in mass, under Levy,
<hw>Leve"ful</hw> (l&emacr;v"f&usd;l), <pos>a.</pos>

[Leve, <pos>n.</pos> + -ful.] <def>Allowable;
permissible; lawful.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lev"el</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ebreve;l), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

level, livel, OF. livel, F. niveau, fr.
L. libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of
libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level.
Cf. Librate, Libella.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A line
or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is
perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the
surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a
curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the
center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact
sphere.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A horizontal line or plane; that is, a

straight line or a plane which is tangent to a true level at a given
point and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this is the
apparent level at the given point.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An approximately horizontal line or

surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center
of the earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the
level of the plateau and then descend to the level of
the valley or of the sea.</def>
<blockquote>After draining of the level in

Northamptonshire.</blockquote> Sir M. Hale.
<blockquote>Shot from the deadly level of a

gun.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Hence, figuratively, a certain position,

rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in
one of several planes of different elevation.</def>
<blockquote>Providence, for the most part, sets us on a

level.</blockquote> Addison.
<blockquote>Somebody there of his own level.</blockquote>

Swift.
<blockquote>Be the fair level of thy actions laid 

As temperance wills and prudence may persuade.</blockquote>
Prior.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A uniform or average height; a normal

plane or altitude; a condition conformable to natural law or which
will secure a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a
level.</def>
<blockquote>When merit shall find its level.</blockquote>

F. W. Robertson.
<sn>6.</sn> (Mech. & Surv.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust
something with reference to a horizontal line.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A measurement of the difference of altitude
of two points, by means of a level; as, to take a
<sn>7.</sn> <def>A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a

mine.</def>
<col>Air level</col>, <col>a spirit level</col>.

<cd>See Spirit level (below).</cd> -- <col>Box
level</col>, <cd>a spirit level in which a glass-covered box is
used instead of a tube.</cd> -- <col>Carpenter's level</col>,
<col>Mason's level</col>, <cd>either the plumb level or
a straight bar of wood, in which is imbedded a small spirit
level.</cd> -- <col>Level of the sea</col>, <cd>the imaginary
level from which heights and depths are calculated, taken at a mean
distance between high and low water.</cd> -- <col>Line of
levels</col>, <cd>a connected series of measurements, by means of
a level, along a given line, as of a railroad, to ascertain the
profile of the ground.</cd> -- <col>Plumb level</col>, <cd>one
in which a horizontal bar is placed in true position by means of a
plumb line, to which it is at right angles.</cd> -- <col>Spirit
level</col>, <cd>one in which the adjustment to the horizon is
shown by the position of a bubble in alcohol or ether contained in a
nearly horizontal glass tube, or a circular box with a glass
cover.</cd> -- <col>Surveyor's level</col>, <cd>a telescope,
with a spirit level attached, and with suitable screws, etc., for
accurate adjustment, the whole mounted on a tripod, for use in
leveling; -- called also leveling instrument.</cd> --
<col>Water level</col>, <cd>an instrument to show the level by
means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes
connected by a pipe.</cd>
<hw>Lev"el</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ebreve;l), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Even; flat; having no part higher than
another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the
undisturbed liquid parts of the earth's surface; as, a level
field; level ground; the level surface of a pond or
lake.</def>
<blockquote>Ample spaces o'er the smooth 

And level pavement.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Coinciding or parallel with the plane of

the horizon; horizontal; as, the telescope is now
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Even with anything else; of the same

height; on the same line or plane; on the same footing; of equal
importance; -- followed by with, sometimes by
to.</def>
<blockquote>Young boys and girls 

Are level now with men; the odds is gone.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>Everything lies level to our wish.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Straightforward; direct; clear;

open.</def>
<blockquote>A very plain and level account.</blockquote>

M. Arnold.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Well balanced; even; just; steady;

impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding.
[Colloq.] </def> " A level consideration." Shak.
<sn>6.</sn> (Phonetics) <def>Of even tone; without

rising or falling inflection.</def> H. Sweet.
<col>Level line</col> (Shipbuilding), <cd>the

outline of a section which is horizontal crosswise, and parallel with
the rabbet of the keel lengthwise.</cd> -- <col>Level
surface</col> (Physics), <cd>an equipotential surface at
right angles at every point to the lines of force.</cd>
<hw>Lev"el</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Leveled (-&ebreve;ld) or Levelled;
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Leveling or
Levelling.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make level; to make
horizontal; to bring to the condition of a level line or surface;
hence, to make flat or even; as, to level a road, a walk, or a
garden.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To bring to a lower level; to overthrow;

to topple down; to reduce to a flat surface; to lower.</def>
<blockquote>And their proud structures level with the

ground.</blockquote> Sandys.
<blockquote>He levels mountains and he raises

plains.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To bring to a horizontal position, as a

gun; hence, to point in taking aim; to aim; to direct.</def>
<blockquote>Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall,

leveled a quarrel out of a crossbow.</blockquote>
Stow.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Figuratively, to bring to a common level

or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.;
as, to level all the ranks and conditions of men.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as,

to level remarks to the capacity of children.</def>
<blockquote>For all his mind on honor fixed is, 

To which he levels all his purposes.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<hw>Lev"el</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To be level; to be on a level with, or on an equality with,
something; hence, to accord; to agree; to suit.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>With such accommodation and besort 

As levels with her breeding.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally;

hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig.,
to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object.</def>
<blockquote>The foeman may with as great aim level at the

edge of a penknife.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The glory of God and the good of his church . . .

ought to be the mark whereat we also level.</blockquote>
Hooker.
<blockquote>She leveled at our purposes.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>Lev"el*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [Written
also leveller.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that
which, levels.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who would remove social inequalities

or distinctions; a socialist.</def>
<hw>Lev"el*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Written also

levelling.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or operation of
making level.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Surveying) <def>The art or operation of

using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for
ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the
earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc.,
as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of
railroad.</def>
<col>Leveling instrument</col>. <cd>See Surveyor's

level, under Level, <pos>n.</pos></cd> --
<col>Leveling staff</col>, <cd>a graduated rod or staff used
in connection with a leveling instrument for measuring differences of
level between points.</cd>
<hw>Lev"el*ism</hw> (-&ibreve;z'm), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rank in
society.</def>
<hw>Lev"el*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an even or

level manner.</def>
<hw>Lev"el*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being level.</def>
<hw>Lev"en</hw> (l&ebreve;v"en), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Levin.] <def>Lightning.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Wild thunder dint and fiery leven.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
<hw>Lev"er</hw> (l&emacr;"v&etilde;r), <pos>a.</pos> [Old

compar. of leve or lief.] <def>More agreeable; more
pleasing.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<col>To be lever than</col>. <cd>See Had as lief,

under Had.</cd>
<hw>Lev"er</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Rather.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<blockquote>For lever had I die than see his deadly

face.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>Le"ver</hw> (l&emacr;"v&etilde;r or l&ebreve;v"&etilde;r;

277), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. levour, OF. leveor,
prop., a lifter, fr. F. lever to raise, L. levare; akin
to levis light in weight, E. levity, and perh. to E.
light not heavy: cf. F. levier. Cf. Alleviate,
Elevate, Leaven, Legerdemain, Levee,
Levy, <pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> (Mech.)
<def>A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or
axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where
forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and
motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used
to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length,
by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on
a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the
first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according
as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the
power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as
in the figures.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mach.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A bar,

as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to
the shaft or to obtain motion from it.</def>
<col>Compound lever</col>, <cd>a machine consisting of two

or more levers acting upon each other.</cd> -- <col>Lever
escapement</col>. <cd>See Escapement.</cd> --
<col>Lever jack</col>. <cd>See Jack,
<pos>n.</pos>, 5.</cd> -- <col>Lever watch</col>, <cd>a
watch having a vibrating lever to connect the action of the escape
wheel with that of the balance.</cd> -- <col>Universal
lever</col>, <cd>a machine formed by a combination of a lever
with the wheel and axle, in such a manner as to convert the
reciprocating motion of the lever into a continued rectilinear motion
of some body to which the power is applied.</cd>
<hw>Lev"er*age</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&etilde;r*&asl;j or
l&emacr;"v&etilde;r*&asl;j), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The action of
a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.</def>
<col>Leverage of a couple</col> (Mech.), <cd>the

perpendicular distance between the lines of action of two forces
which act in parallel and opposite directions.</cd> --
<col>Leverage of a force</col>, <cd>the perpendicular distance
from the line in which a force acts upon a body to a point about
which the body may be supposed to turn.</cd>
<hw>Lev"er*et</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&etilde;r*&ebreve;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [F. levraut, dim. of lièvre
hare, L. lepus. Cf. Leporine.] (Zoöl.)
<def>A hare in the first year of its age.</def>
<hw>Lev"er*ock</hw> (-&obreve;k), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Lark.] <def>A lark.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Lev"er*wood`</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&etilde;r*w&oocr;d`),
<pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>The American hop hornbeam
(Ostrya Virginica), a small tree with very tough
wood.</def>
<hw>Lev"e*sel</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&esl;*s&ebreve;l),
<pos>n.</pos> [AS. leáf a leaf +
sæl, sel, a room, a hall.] <def>A leafy shelter;
a place covered with foliage.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Behind the mill, under a levesel.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
<hw>Lev"et</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ebreve;t), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

F. lever to raise.] <def>A trumpet call for rousing soldiers;
a reveille.</def> [Obs.] Hudibras.
<hw>Lev"i*a*ble</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ibreve;*&adot;*b'l),
<pos>a.</pos> [From Levy to assess.] <def>Fit to be
levied; capable of being assessed and collected; as, sums
leviable by course of law.</def> Bacon.
<hw>Le*vi"a*than</hw> (l&esl;*v&imacr;"&adot;*than),
<pos>n.</pos> [Heb. livy&amacr;th&amacr;n.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An aquatic animal, described in the book

of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of
&fist; It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether

the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The whale, or a great whale.</def>

Milton.
<hw>Lev"i*er</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ibreve;*&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who levies.</def>
Cartwright.
<hw>Lev"i*ga*ble</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ibreve;*g&adot;*b'l),
<pos>a.</pos> [See Levigate, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<def>Capable of being levigated.</def>
<hw>Lev"i*gate</hw> (-g&asl;t), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

levigatus, p. p. of levigare to lighten, fr.
l&ebreve;vis light.] <def>Made less harsh or burdensome;
alleviated.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
<hw>Lev"i*gate</hw> (-g&amacr;t), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Levigated (-
g&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Levigating.] [L. levigatus, p. p. of levigare to
make smooth, fr. l&emacr;vis smooth; akin to Gr.
<grk>leiôs</grk>.] <def>To make smooth in various senses</def>:
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>To free from grit; to reduce to an
impalpable powder or paste.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To mix
thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.</def> <sd>(c)</sd>
<def>To polish.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>To make smooth in
action.</def> " When use hath levigated the organs."
Barrow. <sd>(e)</sd> <def>Technically, to make smooth
by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding
pigments.</def>
<hw>Lev"i*gate</hw> (-g&asl;t), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

levigatus, p. p.] <def>Made smooth, as if
polished.</def>
<hw>Levì*ga"tion</hw> (l&ebreve;v`&ibreve;*g&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. levigatio a smoothing: cf. F.
lévigation.] <def>The act or operation of
levigating.</def>
<hw>Lev"in</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ibreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>

[Etymol. uncertain. Cf. Leven.] <def>Lightning.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<col>Levin brand</col>, <cd>a thunderbolt.</cd> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<hw>Lev"in*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>A swift hound.</def>
<hw>Le"vir</hw> (l&emacr;"v&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [L.]

<def>A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate
marriages.</def>
{ <hw>Lev"i*rate</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ibreve;*r&asl;t),

<hw>Levì*rat"ic*al</hw> (-r&abreve;t"&ibreve;*kal), }
<pos>a.</pos> [L. levir a husband's brother, brother-
in-law; akin to Gr. <grk>dah`r</grk>: cf. F. lévirat
leviration.] <def>Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of
the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which
a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the
husband's brother.</def>
<blockquote>The firstborn son of a leviratical marriage was

reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased
brother.</blockquote> Alford.
<hw>Levì*ra"tion</hw> (l&ebreve;v`&ibreve;*r&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Levirate marriage or marriages.</def>
Kitto.
<hw>||Levì*ros"tres</hw> (-r&obreve;s"tr&emacr;z), <pos>n.

pl.</pos> [NL., fr. L. levis light + rostrum beak.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A group of birds, including the hornbills,
kingfishers, and related forms.</def>
<hw>Lev"i*tate</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ibreve;*t&amacr;t), <pos>v.

i.</pos> [L. levitas, -atis, lightness. See
Levity.] <def>To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the
surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to
gravitate.</def> Sir. J. Herschel.
<hw>Lev"i*tate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> (Spiritualism)

<def>To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to
levitate a table.</def> [Cant]
<hw>Levì*ta"tion</hw> (-t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. levis light in weight.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Lightness; buoyancy; act of making

light.</def> Paley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act or process of making
buoyant.</def>
<hw>Le"vite</hw> (l&emacr;"v&imacr;t), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

Levites, Gr. <grk>Leyi:`ths</grk>, fr. Heb. Levi, one
of the sons of Jacob.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bib. Hist.)
<def>One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp.,
one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and
employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and
afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of
wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the
services, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A priest; -- so called in contempt or

ridicule.</def>
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<hw>Le*vit"ic*al</hw> (l&esl;*v&ibreve;t"&ibreve;*kal),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. Leviticus, Gr.
<grk>Leyitiko`s</grk>.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a
Levite or the Levites.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Priestly.</def> " Levitical

questions." Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to, or designating, the

law contained in the book of Leviticus.</def> Ayliffe.
<col>Levitical degrees</col>, <cd>degrees of relationship

named in Leviticus, within which marriage is forbidden.</cd>
<hw>Le*vit"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>After the

manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical
law.</def>
<hw>Le*vit"i*cus</hw> (-&ibreve;*k&ubreve;s), <pos>n.</pos>

[See Levitical.] <def>The third canonical book of the Old
Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the
priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial
law.</def>
<hw>Lev"i*ty</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. levitas, fr. levis light in
weight; akin to levare to raise. See Lever,
<pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of weighing
less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness,
especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous
substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity.</def>
<blockquote>He gave the form of levity to that which

ascended; to that which descended, the form of gravity.</blockquote>
Sir. W. Raleigh.
<blockquote>This bubble by reason of its comparative levity

to the fluidity that incloses it, would ascend to the
top.</blockquote> Bentley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lack of gravity and earnestness in
deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness;
vanity.</def> " A spirit of levity and libertinism."
Atterbury.
<blockquote>He never employed his omnipotence out of

levity.</blockquote> Calamy.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Lack of steadiness or constancy;

disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.</def>
<blockquote>The levity that is fatigued and disgusted with

everything of which it is in possession.</blockquote>
Burke.
Syn. -- Inconstancy; thoughtlessness; unsteadiness;

inconsideration; volatility; flightiness. -- Levity,
Volatility, Flightiness. All these words relate to
outward conduct. Levity springs from a lightness of mind which
produces a disregard of the proprieties of time and
place.Volatility is a degree of levity which causes the
thoughts to fly from one object to another, without resting on any
for a moment. Flightiness is volatility carried to an extreme
which often betrays its subject into gross impropriety or weakness.
Levity of deportment, of conduct, of remark; volatility
of temper, of spirits; flightiness of mind or disposition.
<hw>Le"vo-</hw> (l&emacr;"v&osl;-). <def>A prefix from L.

laevus</def>, meaning: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining
to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> (Chem. & Opt.) <def>Turning the plane
of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid;
levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc.</def>
[Written also lævo-.]
<hw>Le`vo*gy"rate</hw> (-j&imacr;"r&asl;t), <pos>a.</pos>

[Levo- + gyrate.] (Chem. & Physics) <def>Turning
or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose,
levotartaric acid, etc.</def> [Written also
lævogyrate.]
<hw>Le`vo*ro"ta*to*ry</hw> (-r&omacr;"t&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>a.</pos> [Levo- + rotatory.] (Chem. &
Physics) <def>Turning or rotating the plane of polarization
towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz
crystals, etc.</def> [Written also lævorotatory.]
<hw>Lev"u*lin</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&usl;*l&ibreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A substance resembling
dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and
other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so
called because by decomposition it yields levulose.</def>
[Written also lævulin.]
<hw>Levù*lin"ic</hw> (-l&ibreve;n"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or denoting,
an acid (called also acetyl-propionic acid),
C5H8O3, obtained by the action of
dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose).</def> [Written also
lævulinic.]
<hw>Levù*lo"san</hw> (-l&omacr;"san), <pos>n.</pos>

(Chem.) <def>An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently
heating levulose.</def>
<hw>Lev"u*lose`</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&usl;*l&omacr;s`),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Levo-.] (Chem.) <def>A sirupy
variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in
honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar.
It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane of
polarization to the left.</def> [Written also
lævulose.]>
&fist; It is obtained, together with an equal quantity of

dextrose, by the inversion of ordinary cane or beet sugar, and hence,
as being an ingredient of invert sugar, is often so called.
It is fermentable, nearly as sweet as cane sugar, and is metameric
with dextrose. Cf. Dextrose.
<hw>Lev"y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Levies</plw> (-&ibreve;z). [A contr. of
elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.] <def>A name formerly
given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of
one eighth of a dollar (or 12½ cents), valued at eleven pence
when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.</def>
<hw>Lev"y</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. levée, fr.

lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levee.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of levying or collecting by
authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.</def>
<blockquote>A levy of all the men left under

sixty.</blockquote> Thirlwall.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is levied, as an army, force,

tribute, etc.</def> " The Irish levies." Macaulay.
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>The taking or seizure of

property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the
collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.</def>
<col>Levy in mass</col> [F. levée en masse],

<cd>a requisition of all able-bodied men for military
service.</cd>
<hw>Lev"y</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Levied (l&ebreve;v"&ibreve;d); <pos>p. pr. &
vb. n.</pos> Levying.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To raise,
as a siege.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To raise; to collect; said of troops, to

form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to

levy his power, and to war against them.</blockquote>
Fuller.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To raise or collect by assessment; to
exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or
contributions.</def>
<blockquote>If they do this . . . my ransom, then, 

Will soon be levied.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> (Law) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To gather

or exact; as, to levy money.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To
erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up;
as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.</def> [Obs.]
Cowell. Blackstone. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>To take or
seize on execution; to collect by execution.</def>
<col>To levy a fine</col>, <cd>to commence and carry on a

suit for assuring the title to lands or tenements.</cd>
Blackstone. -- <col>To levy war</col>, <cd>to make or
begin war; to take arms for attack; to attack.</cd>
<hw>Lev"y</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To seize property,

real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to
make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of
levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.</def>
<col>To levy on goods and chattels</col>, <cd>to take into

custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a
writ.</cd>
{ <hw>Lev"yne</hw> (l&ebreve;v"&ibreve;n), <hw>Lev"yn*ite</hw> (-

&ibreve;n*&imacr;t), } <pos>n.</pos> [From Mr. Levy, an
English mineralogist.] (Min.) <def>A whitish, reddish, or
yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to
chabazite.</def>
<hw>Lew</hw> (l&umacr;), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. lee a

calm or sheltered place, lukewarm.] <def>Lukewarm;
tepid.</def> [Obs.] Wyclif.
<hw>Lewd</hw> (l&umacr;d), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Lewder (-&etilde;r);
<pos>superl.</pos> Lewdest.] [OE. lewed,
lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS. l&aemacr;wed laical,
belonging to the laity.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not clerical; laic;
laical; hence, unlearned; simple.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, 

No wonder is a lewed man to rust.</blockquote>
Chaucer.
<blockquote>So these great clerks their little wisdom show 

To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they.</blockquote>
Sir. J. Davies.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Belonging to the lower classes, or the

rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious.</def> [Archaic]
Chaucer.
<blockquote>But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them
certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted
the house of Jason.</blockquote> Acts xvii. 5.
<blockquote>Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of

mischief.</blockquote> Southey.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Given to the promiscuous indulgence of

lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.</def> Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness;

involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct,
or language.</def>
Syn. -- Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate;

dissolute; sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous; rakish;
debauched.
-- <wf>Lewd"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lewd"ness</wf>,

<hw>Lewd"ster</hw> (-st&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

lewd person.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
{ <hw>Lew"is</hw> (l&umacr;"&ibreve;s), <hw>Lew"is*son</hw> (-

s&ubreve;n), } <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An iron
dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a
dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of shears used in cropping woolen

cloth.</def>
<col>Lewis hole</col>, <cd>a hole wider at the bottom than

at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted.</cd> De
Foe.
<hw>||Lex</hw> (l&ebreve;ks), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Leges</plw> (l&emacr;"j&emacr;z). [L. See Legal.]
<def>Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex
terræ, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the
forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex
mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.</def>
<hw>Lex"ic*al</hw> (-&ibreve;*kal), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words;
according or conforming to a lexicon.</def> -- <wf>Lex"ic*al*ly</wf>,
<hw>Lexì*cog"ra*pher</hw> (-
&ibreve;*k&obreve;g"r&adot;*f&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.
<grk>lexikogra`fos</grk>; <grk>lexiko`n</grk> dictionary +
<grk>gra`fein</grk> to write: cf. F. lexicographe. See
Lexicon.] <def>The author or compiler of a lexicon or
dictionary.</def>
<blockquote>Every other author may aspire to praise; the

lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this
negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.</blockquote>
Johnson.
{ <hw>Lexì*co*graph"ic</hw> (-k&osl;*gr&abreve;f"&ibreve;k),

<hw>Lexì*co*graph"ic*al</hw> (-&ibreve;*kal), }
<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. lexicographique.] <def>Of or
pertaining to, or according to, lexicography.</def> --
<wf>Lexì*co*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Lexì*cog"ra*phist</hw> (-k&obreve;g"r&adot;*f&ibreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A lexicographer.</def> [R.]
Southey.
<hw>Lexì*cog"ra*phy</hw> (-f&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

F. lexicographie.] <def>The art, process, or occupation of
making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in
making dictionaries.</def>
<hw>Lexì*col"o*gist</hw> (-k&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ibreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One versed in lexicology.</def>
<hw>Lexì*col"o*gy</hw> (-j&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>lexiko`n</grk> lexicon + -logy: cf. F.
lexicologie.] <def>The science of the derivation and
signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the
signification and application of words.</def>
<hw>Lex"i*con</hw> (l&ebreve;ks"&ibreve;*k&obreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>lexiko`n</grk> (sc.
<grk>bibliòn</grk>), neut. of <grk>lexiko`s</grk> of or belonging to
words, fr. <grk>le`xis</grk> a speaking, speech, a way of speaking, a
single word or phrase, fr. <grk>le`gein</grk> to say, to speak. See
Legend.] <def>A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical
arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of
them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a
dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.</def>

<hw>Lex"i*con*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A writer of a

lexicon.</def> [R.]
<hw>Lexì*graph"ic</hw> (-gr&abreve;f"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. lexigraphique.] <def>Of or
pertaining to lexigraphy.</def>
<hw>Lex*ig"ra*phy</hw> (l&ebreve;ks*&ibreve;g"r&adot;*f&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>le`xis</grk> word + -graphy:
cf. F. lexigraphie.] <def>The art or practice of defining
words; definition of words.</def>
<hw>Lexì*phan"ic</hw>
(l&ebreve;ks`&ibreve;*f&abreve;n"&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos>
[Gr. <grk>lexifa`nis</grk> a phrase monger; <grk>le`xis</grk> speech
+ <grk>fai`nein</grk> to show.] <def>Using, or interlarded with,
pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or
speaker; lexiphanic writing.</def>
<hw>Lexì*phan"i*cism</hw> (-&ibreve;*s&ibreve;z'm),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The use of pretentious words, language, or
style.</def>
<hw>Lexì*phar"mic</hw> (-fär"m&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>See Alexipharmic.</def>
<hw>Ley</hw> (l&amacr;), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To lay;

to wager.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Ley</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OF.] <def>Law.</def>

Abbott.
<hw>Ley</hw> (l&imacr;), <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See

Lye.</def>
<hw>Ley</hw> (l&emacr;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Grass or meadow

land; a lea.</def>
<hw>Ley</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fallow; unseeded.</def>

[Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
{ <hw>Ley"den jar"</hw> (l&imacr;"d'n jär"; 277). <hw>Ley"den

phi"al</hw> (f&imacr;"al).} (Elec.) <def>A glass jar or
bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil,
within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass
knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of
charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been
invented in Leyden, Holland.</def>
<hw>Ley"ser</hw> (l&amacr;"z&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Leisure.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Leze` maj"es*ty</hw> (l&emacr;z`

m&abreve;j"&ebreve;s*t&ybreve;). [F. lese-majesté, fr.
L. laesus, fem. laesa, injured (see Lesion) +
majestas majesty; that is, crimen laesae majestatis.]
[Written also lese majesty.] (Law) <def>Any crime
committed against the sovereign power.</def>

<hw>Lher"zo*lite</hw> (l&etilde;r"z&osl;*l&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [From Lherz, a place in the Pyrenees +
-lite.] (Min.) <def>An igneous rock consisting largely
of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel
containing chromium).</def>
<hw>Li</hw> (l&emacr;), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one
third of a mile.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A Chinese copper coin; a cash. See

Cash.</def>
<hw>Lià*bil"i*ty</hw>
(l&imacr;`&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Liabilities</plw> (-
t&ibreve;z).
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being liable; as, the

liability of an insurer; liability to accidents;
liability to the law.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which one is under obligation to pay,

or for which one is liable.</def> Specifically, in the pl.,
<def>the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to
assets.</def>
<col>Limited liability</col>. <cd>See Limited

company, under Limited.</cd>
<hw>Li"a*ble</hw> (l&imacr;"&adot;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos>

[From F. lier to bind, L. ligare. Cf. Ally,
<pos>v. t.</pos>, Ligature.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as,
the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Exposed to a certain contingency or

casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive
or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to
accident.</def>
Syn. -- Accountable; responsible; answerable; bound;

subject; obnoxious; exposed. -- Liable, Subject.
Liable refers to a future possible or probable happening which
may not actually occur; as, horses are liable to slip; even
the sagacious are liable to make mistakes. Subject
refers to any actual state or condition belonging to the nature or
circumstances of the person or thing spoken of, or to that which
often befalls one. One whose father was subject to attacks of
the gout is himself liable to have that disease. Men are
constantly subject to the law, but liable to suffer by
its infraction.
<blockquote>Proudly secure, yet liable to

fall.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>All human things are subject to

decay.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Li"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being

liable; liability.</def>
<hw>Li"age</hw> (l&imacr;"&asl;j), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OF.

liage a bond. See Liable.] <def>Union by league;
alliance.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>||Liài`son"</hw> (l&esl;`&asl;`zôN"),
<pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L. ligatio, fr. ligare to
bind. See Ligature, and cf. Ligation.] <def>A union, or
bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a
man and a woman.</def>
{ <hw>Li*ane"</hw> (l&isl;*&amacr;n"), <hw>Li*a"na</hw>

(l&isl;*&amacr;"n&adot;), } <pos>n.</pos> [F. liane;
prob. akin to lien a band, fr. L. ligamen, fr.
ligare to bind. Cf. Lien, <pos>n.</pos> ]
(Bot.) <def>A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and
having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane.
Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.</def>
<hw>Li"ar</hw> (l&imacr;"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

liere. See Lie to falsify.] <def>A person who knowingly
utters falsehood; one who lies.</def>
<hw>Li"ard</hw> (l&imacr;"&etilde;rd), <pos>a.</pos> [OF.

liart, LL. liardus gray, dapple.] <def>Gray.</def>
&fist; Used by Chaucer as an epithet of a gray or dapple gray

horse. Also used as a name for such a horse.
<hw>||Liard</hw> (lyär), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>A

French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sou.</def>
<hw>Li"as</hw> (l&imacr;"as), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lias, fr. liais sort of limestone, OF. also
liois; perh. of Celtic origin, cf. Armor. liach,
leach, a stone, Gael. leac, W. llech. Cf.
Cromlech.] (Geol.) <def>The lowest of the three
divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe
to a series of marine limestones underlying the Oölite. See the
Chart of Geology.</def>
<hw>Li*as"sic</hw> (l&isl;*&abreve;s"s&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> (Geol.) <def>Of the age of the Lias;
pertaining to the Lias formation.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Same as Lias.</def>
<hw>Lib</hw> (l&ibreve;b), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf.

Glib to geld.] <def>To castrate.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lib"a*ment</hw> (l&ibreve;b"&adot;*ment),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. libamentum.] <def>Libation.</def>
[Obs.] Holland.
<hw>Li"bant</hw> (l&imacr;"bant), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

libans, p. pr. of libare to taste, touch.]
<def>Sipping; touching lightly.</def> [R.] Landor.
<hw>Li*ba"tion</hw> (l&isl;*b&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. libatio, fr. libare to take a
little from anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering: cf. F.
libation.] <def>The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually
wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of
some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.</def>
Dryden.
<blockquote>A heathen sacrifice or libation to the

earth.</blockquote> Bacon.
<hw>Li"ba*to*ry</hw> (l&imacr;"b&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to libation.</def>
<hw>Lib"bard</hw> (l&ibreve;b"b&etilde;rd), <pos>n.</pos>

[See Leopard.] <def>A leopard.</def> [Obs. or Poetic]
Spenser. Keats.
<hw>Lib"bard's bane`</hw> (-b&etilde;rdz b&amacr;n`).

<def>Leopard's bane.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Li"bel</hw> (l&imacr;"b&ebreve;l), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

libellus a little book, pamphlet, libel, lampoon, dim. of
liber the liber or inner bark of a tree; also (because the
ancients wrote on this bark), paper, parchment, or a roll of any
material used to write upon, and hence, a book or treatise: cf. F.
libelle.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A brief writing of any kind, esp. a

declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.</def>
<blockquote>A libel of forsaking

[divorcement].</blockquote> Wyclif (Matt. v. 31).
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a

satire.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Law) <def>A malicious publication

expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or
other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or
ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.</def>
&fist; The term, in a more extended sense, includes the

publication of such writings, pictures, and the like, as are of a
blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obscene character. These also
are indictable at common law.
<sn>4.</sn> (Law) <def>The crime of issuing a

malicious defamatory publication.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Civil Law & Courts of Admiralty) <def>A

written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of
action, and of the relief he seeks.</def>
<hw>Li"bel</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Libeled (-b&ebreve;ld) or Libelled;
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Libeling or
Libelling.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To defame, or expose to
public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign,
etc.; to lampoon.</def>
<blockquote>Some wicked wits have libeled all the

fair.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> (Law) <def>To proceed against by filing

a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.</def>
<! p. 848 pr=VMG !>
<hw>Li"bel</hw> (l&imacr;"b&ebreve;l), <pos>v. i.</pos>

<def>To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with
against.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>What's this but libeling against the
senate?</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>[He] libels now 'gainst each great

man.</blockquote> Donne.
<hw>Li"bel*ant</hw> (-ant), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or
admiralty court.</def> [Written also libellant.]
Cranch.
<hw>Li"bel*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

libels.</def> [Written also libeller.] " Libelers of
others." Buckminster.
<hw>Li"bel*ist</hw> (-&ibreve;st), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

libeler.</def>
<hw>||Li *bel"la</hw> (l&isl;*b&ebreve;l"l&adot;),

<pos>n.</pos> [L., dim. of libra balance. See
Level, <pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small
balance.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A level, or leveling instrument.</def>
<hw>Li*bel"lu*lid</hw> (l&isl;*b&ebreve;l"l&usl;*l&ibreve;d),
<pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>A dragon fly.</def>
<hw>Li*bel"lu*loid</hw> (-loid), <pos>a.</pos> [NL.

Libellula, the name of the typical genus + -oid.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Like or pertaining to the dragon
flies.</def>
<hw>Li"bel*ous</hw> (l&imacr;"b&ebreve;l*&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing or involving a libel;
defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public
hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet.</def>
[Written also libellous.] -- <wf>Li"bel*ous*ly</wf>,
<hw>||Li"ber</hw> (l&imacr;"b&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

See Libel.] (Bot.) <def>The inner bark of plants, lying
next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody,
fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of
the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.</def>
<col>Liber cells</col>, <cd>elongated woody cells found in

the liber.</cd>
<hw>Lib"er*al</hw> (l&ibreve;b"&etilde;r*al),
<pos>a.</pos> [F. libéral, L. liberalis,
from liber free; perh. akin to libet, lubet, it
pleases, E. lief. Cf. Deliver.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined;
noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal
ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or
studies.</def> " Liberal education." Macaulay. " A
liberal tongue." Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a
freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal
giver.</def> " Liberal of praise." Bacon.
<blockquote>Infinitely good, and of his good 

As liberal and free as infinite.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than

sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal
gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water.</def>
<blockquote>His wealth doth warrant a liberal

dower.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Not strict or rigorous; not confined or

restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal
translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or
of language.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Not narrow or contracted in mind; not

selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Free to excess; regardless of law or moral

restraint; licentious.</def> " Most like a liberal villain."
Shak.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>Not bound by orthodox tenets or

established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent
in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the
constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward
democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or
aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal
Christians; the Liberal party.</def>
<blockquote>I confess I see nothing liberal in this " order

of thoughts," as Hobbes elsewhere expresses it.</blockquote>
Hazlitt.
&fist; Liberal has of, sometimes with, before

the thing bestowed, in before a word signifying action, and
to before a person or object on which anything is bestowed;
as, to be liberal of praise or censure; liberal with
money; liberal in giving; liberal to the poor.
<col>The liberal arts</col>. <cd>See under Art.</cd>

-- <col>Liberal education</col>, <cd>education that enlarges
and disciplines the mind and makes it master of its own powers,
irrespective of the particular business or profession one may
follow.</cd>
Syn. -- Generous; bountiful; munificent; beneficent; ample;

large; profuse; free. -- Liberal, Generous.
Liberal is freeborn, and generous is
highborn. The former is opposed to the ordinary feelings of a
servile state, and implies largeness of spirit in giving, judging,
acting, etc. The latter expresses that nobleness of soul which is
peculiarly appropriate to those of high rank, -- a spirit that goes
out of self, and finds its enjoyment in consulting the feelings and
happiness of others. Generosity is measured by the extent of
the sacrifices it makes; liberality, by the warmth of feeling
which it manifests.
<hw>Lib"er*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who favors

greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the
established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the
Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig.</def>
<hw>Lib"er*al*ism</hw> (-&ibreve;z'm), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

F. libéralisme.] <def>Liberal principles; the
principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion;
specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.</def>
<hw>Lib"er*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

liberal.</def>
<hw>Libèr*al*is"tic</hw> (-&ibreve;s"t&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by,
liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions.</def>
<hw>Libèr*al"i*ty</hw> (-&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Liberalities</plw> (-
t&ibreve;z). [L. liberalitas: cf. F.
libéralité.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality
or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom
from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.</def>
<blockquote>That liberality is but cast away 

Which makes us borrow what we can not pay.</blockquote>
Denham.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the

plural; as, a prudent man is not impoverished by his
liberalities.</def>
<hw>Libèr*al*i*za"tion</hw> (-
al*&ibreve;*z&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>The act of liberalizing.</def>
<hw>Lib"er*al*ize</hw> (l&ibreve;b"&etilde;r*al*&imacr;z),
Liberalized (-&imacr;zd); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Liberalizing (-&imacr;`z&ibreve;ng).] [Cf. F.
libéraliser.] <def>To make liberal; to free from narrow
views or prejudices.</def>
<blockquote>To open and to liberalize the

mind.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>Lib"er*al*i`zer</hw> (-&imacr;`z&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, liberalizes.</def>
Emerson.
<hw>Lib"er*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a liberal

manner.</def>
<hw>Lib"er*ate</hw> (-&amacr;t), <pos>v. t.</pos>
[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Liberated (-
&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Liberating (-&amacr;`t&ibreve;ng).] [L. liberatus, p.
p. of liberare to free, fr. liber free. See
Liberal, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf. Deliver.]
<def>To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to
free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or
prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to
liberate gases.</def>
Syn. -- To deliver; free; release. See Deliver.
<hw>Libèr*a"tion</hw> (l&ibreve;b`&etilde;r*&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. liberatio: cf. F.
libération. Cf. Livraison.] <def>The act of
liberating or the state of being liberated.</def>
<blockquote>This mode of analysis requires perfect

liberation from all prejudged system.</blockquote>
Pownall.
<hw>Lib"er*a`tor</hw> (l&ibreve;b"&etilde;r*&amacr;`t&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>One who, or that which, liberates; a
deliverer.</def>
<hw>Lib"er*a*to*ry</hw> (-&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending, or serving, to liberate.</def>
[R.]
<hw>Libèr*ta"ri*an</hw> (-t&amacr;"r&ibreve;*an),
<pos>a.</pos> [See Liberty.] <def>Pertaining to
liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine
of necessity.</def>
<hw>Libèr*ta"ri*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who holds

to the doctrine of free will.</def>
<hw>Libèr*ta"ri*an*ism</hw> (-&ibreve;z'm), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Libertarian principles or doctrines.</def>
<hw>Lib"er*ti*cide</hw>
(l&ibreve;b"&etilde;r*t&ibreve;*s&imacr;d), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
libertas liberty + caedere to kill: cf. (for sense 2)
F. liberticide.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The destruction of
civil liberty.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A destroyer of civil liberty.</def> B.

F. Wade.
<hw>Lib"er*tin*age</hw> (-t&ibreve;n*&asl;j), <pos>n.</pos>

[Cf. F. libertinage. See Libertine.] <def>Libertinism;
license.</def> [R.]
<hw>Lib"er*tine</hw> (-t&ibreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

libertinus freedman, from libertus one made free, fr.
liber free: cf. F. libertin. See Liberal.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Rom. Antiq.) <def>A manumitted slave; a
freedman; also, the son of a freedman.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Eccl. Hist.) <def>One of a sect of

Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth
century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and
advocated a community of goods and of women.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>One free from restraint; one who acts

according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who
gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee.</def>
<blockquote>Like a puffed and reckless libertine, 

Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A defamatory name for a freethinker.</def>

[Obsoles.]
<hw>Lib"er*tine</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [L. libertinus

of a freedman: cf. F. libertin. See Libertine,
<pos>n.</pos> ] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Free from restraint;
uncontrolled.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>You are too much libertine.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose

in morals; as, libertine principles or manners.</def>
Bacon.
<hw>Lib"er*tin*ism</hw> (-t&ibreve;n*&ibreve;z'm),
<pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of a libertine
or freedman.</def> [R.] Hammond.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Licentious conduct; debauchery;

lewdness.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Licentiousness of principle or

opinion.</def>
<blockquote>That spirit of religion and seriousness vanished all

at once, and a spirit of liberty and libertinism, of
infidelity and profaneness, started up in the room of
it.</blockquote> Atterbury.
<hw>Lib"er*ty</hw> (l&ibreve;b"&etilde;r*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Liberties</plw> (-
t&ibreve;z). [OE. liberte, F. liberté, fr. L.
libertas, fr. liber free. See Liberal.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of a free person; exemption from
subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or
subjection.</def>
<blockquote>But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every

man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure,
to return, and brought them into subjection.</blockquote> Jer.
xxxiv. 16.
<blockquote>Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the

glorious liberty of the sons of God.</blockquote> Bible,
1551. Rom. viii. 21.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other

restraint upon locomotion.</def>
<blockquote>Being pent from liberty, as I am

now.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A privilege conferred by a superior power;

permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to
play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity

enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.</def>
<blockquote>His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much

less did he grant . . . any extraordinary
liberties.</blockquote> Sir J. Davies.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>The place within which certain immunities

are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.</def> [Eng.]
<blockquote>Brought forth into some public or open place within

the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.</blockquote>
Fuller.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A certain amount of freedom; permission to

go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>A privilege or license in violation of the

laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a
liberty.</def>
<blockquote>He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who had

taken liberties with him.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>The power of choice; freedom from

necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in
willing.</def>
<blockquote>The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in

any agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the
determination or thought of the mind, whereby either of them is
preferred to the other.</blockquote> Locke.
<blockquote>This liberty of judgment did not of necessity

lead to lawlessness.</blockquote> J. A. Symonds.
<sn>9.</sn> (Manege) <def>A curve or arch in a bit

to afford room for the tongue of the horse.</def>
<sn>10.</sn> (Naut.) <def>Leave of absence;
permission to go on shore.</def>
<col>At liberty</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Unconfined;

free</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>At leisure</cd>. -- <col>Civil
liberty</col>, <cd>exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the government under
which one lives, and freedom to take part in modifying that
government or its laws.</cd> -- <col>Liberty bell</col>.
<cd>See under Bell.</cd> -- <col>Liberty cap</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The Roman pileus which was given to a
slave at his manumission</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A limp, close-
fitting cap with which the head of representations of the goddess of
liberty is often decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.</cd> -- <col>Liberty of the press</col>,
<cd>freedom to print and publish without official supervision.</cd>
<col>Liberty party</col>, <cd>the party, in the American
Revolution, which favored independence of England; in more recent
usage, a party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.</cd> --
<col>Liberty pole</col>, <cd>a tall flagstaff planted in the
ground, often surmounted by a liberty cap.</cd> [U. S.] --
<col>Moral liberty</col>, <cd>that liberty of choice which is
essential to moral responsibility.</cd> -- <col>Religious
liberty</col>, <cd>freedom of religious opinion and
worship.</cd>
Syn. -- Leave; permission; license. -- Liberty,

Freedom. These words, though often interchanged, are distinct
in some of their applications. Liberty has reference to
previous restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his master
had always been in a state of freedom. A prisoner under trial
may ask liberty (exemption from restraint) to speak his
sentiments with freedom (the spontaneous and bold utterance of
his feelings). The liberty of the press is our great security
for freedom of thought.
<hw>Li*beth"en*ite</hw>
(l&ibreve;*b&ebreve;th"&ebreve;n*&imacr;t), <pos>n.</pos>
[From Libethen, in Hungary, where it was first found.]
(Min.) <def>A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in
orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.</def>
<hw>Li*bid"i*nist</hw>
(l&ibreve;*b&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*n&ibreve;st), <pos>n.</pos>
[See Libidinous.] <def>One given to lewdness.</def>
<hw>Li*bidì*nos"i*ty</hw> (-n&obreve;s"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being libidinous;
libidinousness.</def>
Skelton.
<hw>Li*bid"i*nous</hw> (-n&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

libidinosus, fr. libido, libidinis, pleasure,
desire, lust, fr. libet, lubet, it pleases: cf. F.
libidineux. See Lief.] <def>Having lustful desires;
characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.</def> --
<wf>Li*bid"i*nous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>Li*bid"i*nous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
Syn. -- Lewd; lustful; lascivious; unchaste; impure;

sensual; licentious; lecherous; salacious.
{ <hw>Lib"ken</hw> (l&ibreve;b"k&ebreve;n), <hw>Lib"kin</hw>

(l&ibreve;b"k&ibreve;n), } <pos>n.</pos> [AS. libban,
E. live, v. i. + -kin.] <def>A house or lodging.</def>
[Old Slang] B. Jonson.
<hw>||Li"bra</hw> (l&imacr;"br&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Libræ</plw> (l&imacr;"br&emacr;). [L., a
balance.] (Astron.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The Balance; the
seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal
equinox in September, marked thus &libra; in almanacs, etc.</def>
<sd>(b )</sd> <def>A southern constellation between Virgo and
Scorpio.</def>
<hw>Li"bral</hw> (l&imacr;"bral), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

libralis, fr. libra the Roman pound.] <def>Of a pound
weight.</def> [Obs.] Johnson.
<hw>Li*bra"ri*an</hw> (l&isl;*br&amacr;"r&ibreve;*an),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Library.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>One who has the care or charge of a library.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who copies manuscript books.</def>

[Obs.] Broome.
<hw>Li*bra"ri*an*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office

of a librarian.</def>
<hw>Li"bra*ry</hw> (l&imacr;"br&asl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Libraries</plw> (-
r&ibreve;z). [OE. librairie, F. librairie bookseller's
shop, book trade, formerly, a library, fr. libraire
bookseller, L. librarius, from liber book; cf.
libraria bookseller's shop, librarium bookcase, It.
libreria. See Libel.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A
considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as
merchandise; as, a private library; a public
library.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A building or apartment appropriated for

holding such a collection of books.</def> Holland.
<hw>Li"brate</hw> (l&imacr;"br&amacr;t), <pos>v. i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Librated
(l&imacr;"br&asl;*t&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Librating.] [L. libratus, p. p. of librare to
balance, to make even, fr. libra. Cf. Level,
Deliberate, Equilibrium.] <def>To vibrate as a balance
does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.</def>
<blockquote>Their parts all librate on too nice a

beam.</blockquote> Clifton.
<hw>Li"brate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To poise; to

balance.</def>
<hw>Li*bra"tion</hw> (l&isl;*br&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. libratio: cf. F. libration.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or state of librating.</def> Jer.
Taylor.
<sn>2.</sn> (Astron.) <def>A real or apparent

libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to
rest.</def>
<col>Libration of the moon</col>, <cd>any one of those

small periodical changes in the position of the moon's surface
relatively to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at
opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It receives
different names according to the manner in which it takes place; as:
(a) Libration in longitude, that which, depending on
the place of the moon in its elliptic orbit, causes small portions
near the eastern and western borders alternately to appear and
disappear each month. (b) Libration in latitude, that
which depends on the varying position of the moon's axis in respect
to the spectator, causing the alternate appearance and disappearance
of either pole. (c) Diurnal or parallactic
libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb, at
rising and setting, some parts not in the average visible
hemisphere.</cd>
<hw>Li"bra*to*ry</hw> (l&imacr;"br&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Balancing; moving like a balance, as it
tends to an equipoise or level.</def>
<hw>Li*bret"tist</hw> (l&ibreve;*br&ebreve;t"t&ibreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes a libretto.</def>
<hw>Li*bret"to</hw> (l&ibreve;*br&ebreve;t"t&osl;; It.

l&esl;*br&asl;t"t&osl;), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. E.
<plw>Librettos</plw> (-t&omacr;z), It.
<plw>Libretti</plw> (-t&esl;). [It., dim. of libro
book, L. liber. See Libel.] (Mus.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A book containing the words of an opera or
extended piece of music.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The words
themselves.</def>
<hw>Li"bri*form</hw> (l&imacr;"br&ibreve;*fôrm),
<pos>a.</pos> [Liber + -form.] (Bot.)
<def>Having the form of liber, or resembling liber.</def>
<col>Libriform cells</col>, <cd>peculiar wood cells which

are very slender and relatively thick-walled, and occasionally are
furnished with bordered pits.</cd> Goodale.
<hw>Lib"y*an</hw> (l&ibreve;b"&ibreve;*an),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name
of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of
Africa as a whole.</def>
<hw>Lice</hw> (l&imacr;s), <pos>n.</pos>;

<def><pos>pl.</pos> of Louse.</def>
<hw>Li"cens*a*ble</hw> (l&imacr;"sens*&adot;*b'l),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>That can be licensed.</def>
<hw>Li"cense</hw> (l&imacr;"sens), <pos>n.</pos>

[Written also licence.] [F. licence, L.
licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to
be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See
Loan, and cf. Illicit, Leisure.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Authority or liberty given to do or forbear
any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities
to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which
without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as,
a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder
or intoxicating liquors.</def>
<blockquote>To have a license and a leave at London to

dwell.</blockquote> P. Plowman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The document granting such

permission.</def> Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used

in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or
propriety.</def>
<blockquote>License they mean when they cry

liberty.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>That deviation from strict fact, form, or

rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be
permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic
license; grammatical license, etc.</def>
Syn. -- Leave; liberty; permission.
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<hw>Li"cense</hw> (l&imacr;"sens), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Licensed
(l&imacr;"senst); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Licensing.] <def>To permit or authorize by license; to give
license to; as, to license a man to preach.</def> Milton.
Shak.
<hw>Li"censed</hw> (l&imacr;"senst), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a
licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.</def>
<col>Licensed victualer</col>, <cd>one who has a license to

keep an inn or eating house; esp., a victualer who has a license to
sell intoxicating liquors.</cd>
<hw>Li`cen*see"</hw> (l&imacr;`sen*s&emacr;"),
<pos>n.</pos> (Law) <def>The person to whom a license
is given.</def>
<hw>Li"cens*er</hw> (l&imacr;"sens*&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who gives a license; as, a
licenser of the press.</def>
<hw>Li"cen*sure</hw> (l&imacr;"sen*sh&usl;r; 135),

<pos>n.</pos> <def>A licensing.</def> [R.]
<hw>Li*cen"ti*ate</hw> (l&isl;*s&ebreve;n"sh&ibreve;*&asl;t or -
sh&asl;t; 106), <pos>n.</pos> [LL. licentiatus, fr.
licentiare to allow to do anything, fr. L. licentia
license. See License, <pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a
licentiate in medicine or theology.</def>
<blockquote>The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an

edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates,
to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor.</blockquote>
Johnson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A friar authorized to receive confessions

and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local
clergy.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>One who acts without restraint, or takes a

liberty, as if having a license therefor.</def> [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>On the continent of Europe, a university

degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of
doctor.</def>
<hw>Li*cen"ti*ate</hw> (-sh&ibreve;*&amacr;t), <pos>v.

t.</pos> <def>To give a license to.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Li*cen"tious</hw> (-sh&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

licentiosus: cf. F. licencieux. See License.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Characterized by license; passing due bounds;
excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a
licentious press.</def>
<blockquote>A wit that no licentious pertness

knows.</blockquote> Savage.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless;

immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a
licentious life.</def> "Licentious wickedness."
Shak.
Syn. -- Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly;

riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose;
sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral.
-- <wf>Li*cen"tious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Li*cen"tious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lich</hw> (l&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like.</def>

[Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
<hw>Lich</hw> (l&ibreve;ch), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.
l&imacr;c body. See Like, <pos>a.</pos>] <def>A
dead body; a corpse.</def> [Obs.]
<col>Lich fowl</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the European

goatsucker; -- called also lich owl.</cd> -- <col>Lich
gate</col>, <cd>a covered gate through which the corpse was
carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed
to await the clergyman; a corpse gate.</cd> [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell. -- <col>Lich wake</col>, <cd>the wake, or
watching, held over a corpse before burial.</cd> [Prov Eng.]
Chaucer. -- <col>Lich wall</col>, <cd>the wall of a
churchyard or burying ground.</cd> -- <col>Lich way</col>,
<cd>the path by which the dead are carried to the grave.</cd> [Prov.
Eng.]
<hw>Li"chen</hw> (l&imacr;"k&ebreve;n; 277), <pos>n.</pos>

[L., fr. Gr. <grk>leichh`n</grk>.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bot.)
<def>One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically
called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem,
usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or
pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from
the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely
distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a
greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies,
to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly
called rock moss or tree moss.</def>
&fist; A favorite modern theory of lichens (called after its

inventor the Schwendener hypothesis), is that they are not
autonomous plants, but that they consist of ascigerous fungi,
parasitic on algæ. Each lichen is composed of white filaments
and green, or greenish, rounded cells, and it is argued that the two
are of different nature, the one living at the expense of the other.
See Hyphæ, and Gonidia.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>A name given to several

varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption
of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend
to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion.</def>
<hw>Li"chened</hw> (l&imacr;"k&ebreve;nd), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Belonging to, or covered with, lichens.</def>
<hw>Li*chen"ic</hw> (l&isl;*k&ebreve;n"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or obtained from,
lichens.</def>
<col>Lichenic acid</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An

organic acid, C14H24O3, obtained
from Iceland moss</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An old name of
fumaric acid.</cd>
<hw>Li*chen"i*form</hw> (-&ibreve;*fôrm),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the form of a lichen.</def>
<hw>Li"chen*in</hw> (l&imacr;"k&ebreve;n*&ibreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A substance isomeric with
starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from
Iceland moss.</def>
{ <hw>Li`chen*o*graph"ic</hw>
(l&imacr;`k&ebreve;n*&osl;*gr&abreve;f"&ibreve;k),
<hw>Li`chen*o*graph"ic*al</hw> (-&ibreve;*kal), }
<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. lichénographique.] <def>Of
or pertaining to lichenography.</def>
<hw>Li`chen*og"ra*phist</hw> (-&obreve;g"r&adot;*f&ibreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who describes lichens; one versed in
lichenography.</def>
<hw>Li`chen*og"ra*phy</hw>
(l&imacr;`k&ebreve;n*&obreve;g"r&adot;*f&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Lichen + -graphy: cf. F.
lichénographie.] <def>A description of lichens; the
science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.</def>
<hw>Li`chen*ol"o*gist</hw> (-&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ibreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One versed in lichenology.</def>
<hw>Li`chen*ol"o*gy</hw> (-j&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>

[Lichen + -logy.] <def>The science which treats of
lichens.</def>
<hw>Li"chen*ous</hw> (l&imacr;"k&ebreve;n*&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens;
abounding in lichens; covered with lichens.</def> G.
Eliot.
<hw>Li"chi`</hw> (l&emacr;"ch&emacr;`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>See Litchi.</def>
<hw>Lich"wale`</hw> (l&ibreve;ch"w&amacr;l`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>The gromwell.</def>
<hw>Lich"wort`</hw> (-wûrt`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>An herb, the wall pellitory. See
Pellitory.</def>
<hw>Lic"it</hw> (l&ibreve;s"&ibreve;t), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

licitus permitted, lawful, from licere: cf. F.
licite. See License.] <def>Lawful.</def> "Licit
establishments." Carlyle. -- <wf>Lic"it*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lic"it*ness</wf>,
<hw>Licì*ta"tion</hw> (l&ibreve;s`&ibreve;*t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. licitatio, fr. licitari,
liceri, to bid, offer a price.] <def>The act of offering for
sale to the highest bidder.</def> [R.]
<hw>Lick</hw> (l&ibreve;k), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Licked (l&ibreve;kt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Licking.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS.
likk&omacr;n, D. likken, OHG. lecch&omacr;n, G.
lecken, Goth. bi-laig&omacr;n, Russ. lizate, L.
lingere, Gr. <grk>lei`chein</grk> , Skr. lih,
rih. √121. Cf. Lecher, Relish.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog
licks his master's hand.</def> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a

dog or cat licks milk.</def> Shak.
<col>To lick the dust</col>, <cd>to be slain; to fall in

battle.</cd> "His enemies shall lick the dust." Ps. lxxii.
9. -- <col>To lick into shape</col>, <cd>to give proper
form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and
subsequently formed by licking.</cd> Hudibras. -- <col>To
lick the spittle of</col>, <cd>to fawn upon.</cd> South. -
- <col>To lick up</col>, <cd>to take all of by licking; to
devour; to consume entirely.</cd> Shak. Num. xxii.
4.
<hw>Lick</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [See Lick,

<pos>v.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A stroke of the tongue
in licking.</def> "A lick at the honey pot."
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A quick and careless application of

anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts
like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush.
Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.</def>
[Colloq.]
<blockquote>A lick of court whitewash.</blockquote>

Gray.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A place where salt is found on the surface

of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often,
but not always, near salt springs.</def> [U. S.]

<hw>Lick</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. OSw. lägga

to place, strike, prick.] <def>To strike with repeated blows for
punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic
encounter.</def> [Colloq. or Low] Carlyle. Thackeray.
<hw>Lick</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A slap; a quick

stroke.</def>[Colloq.] "A lick across the face."
Dryden.
<hw>Lick"er</hw> (l&ibreve;k"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Lecher.] <def>One who, or that which, licks.</def>
<col>Licker in</col> (Carding Machine), <cd>the

drum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed
rollers.</cd>
<hw>Lick"er*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. Lecherous.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to
taste or enjoy; greedy.</def> "The lickerish palate of the
glutton." Bp. Hall.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Tempting the appetite; dainty.</def>
"Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute." Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Lecherous; lustful.</def> Robert of

Brunne.
-- <wf>Lick"er*ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lick"er*ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lick"er*ous</hw> (-&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Lickerish; eager; lustful.</def> [Obs.]
-- <wf>Lick"er*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<hw>Lick"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

lapping with the tongue.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A flogging or castigation.</def> [Colloq.

or Low]
<hw>Lick"pen`ny</hw> (-p&ebreve;n`n&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A devourer or absorber of money.</def> "Law is a
lickpenny." Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Lick"-spigòt</hw> (-sp&ibreve;g`&ubreve;t),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A tapster.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lick"-spit`tle</hw> (-sp&ibreve;t`t'l), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>An abject flatterer or parasite.</def> Theodore
Hook.
<hw>Lic"o*rice</hw> (l&ibreve;k"&osl;*r&ibreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> [OE. licoris, through old French, fr. L.
liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr.
<grk>glyky`rriza</grk>; <grk>glyky`s</grk> sweet + <grk>"ri`za</grk>
root. Cf. Glycerin, Glycyrrhiza, Wort.]
[Written also liquorice.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bot.)
<def>A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the
root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in
demulcent compositions.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The inspissated juice of licorice root,

used as a confection and for medicinal purposes.</def>
<col>Licorice fern</col> (Bot.), <cd>a name of

several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish
flavor.</cd> -- <col>Licorice sugar</col>. (Chem.)
<cd>See Glycyrrhizin.</cd> -- <col>Licorice weed</col>
(Bot.), <cd>the tropical plant Scapania dulcis.</cd> --
<col>Mountain licorice</col> (Bot.), <cd>a kind of
clover (Trifolium alpinum), found in the Alps. It has large
purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock.</cd> --
<col>Wild licorice</col>. (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>The North American perennial herb Glycyrrhiza
lepidota.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Certain broad-leaved
cleavers (Galium circæzans and G.
lanceolatum).</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>The leguminous climber
Abrus precatorius, whose scarlet and black seeds are called
black-eyed Susans. Its roots are used as a substitute for
those of true licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra).</cd>
<hw>Lic"o*rous</hw> (l&ibreve;k"&osl;*r&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>See Lickerish.</def> --
<wf>Lic"o*rous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.]
Herbert.
<hw>Lic"our</hw> (l&ibreve;k"&obreve;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Liquor.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lic"tor</hw> (l&ibreve;k"t&obreve;r), <pos>n.</pos>

[L.] (Rom. Antiq.) <def>An officer who bore an ax and fasces
or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief
magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause
due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish
criminals.</def>
<blockquote>Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their

power.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Lid</hw> (l&ibreve;d), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. hlid,

fr. hl&imacr;dan (in comp.) to cover, shut; akin to OS.
hl&imacr;dan (in comp.), D. lid lid, OHG. hlit,
G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hlið gate, gateway.
√40.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That which covers the opening of a vessel

or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or
trunk.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The cover of the eye; an eyelid.</def>

Shak.
<blockquote>Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's

lid.</blockquote> Byron.
<sn>3.</sn> (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The

cover of the spore cases of mosses.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single
piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.</def>
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>The top of an ovary which opens
transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which
yields Brazil nuts.</def>
<hw>Lid"ded</hw> (l&ibreve;d"d&ebreve;d), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Covered with a lid.</def> Keats.
<hw>Lidge</hw> (l&ibreve;j), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Ledge.</def>[Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>Lid"less</hw> (l&ibreve;d"l&ebreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence,
sleepless; watchful.</def>
<blockquote>A lidless watcher of the public

weal.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Lie</hw> (l&imacr;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lye.</def>
<hw>Lie</hw> (l&imacr;), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. lyge;

akin to D. leugen, OHG. lugi, G. lüge,
lug, Icel. lygi, Dan. & Sw. lögn, Goth.
liugn. See Lie to utter a falsehood.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose
of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken
with the intention to deceive.</def>
<blockquote>The proper notion of a lie is an endeavoring to

deceive another by signifying that to him as true, which we ourselves
think not to be so.</blockquote> S. Clarke.
<blockquote>It is willful deceit that makes a lie. A man

may act a lie, as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction
when a traveler inquires of him his road.</blockquote>
Paley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A fiction; a fable; an untruth.</def>

Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Anything which misleads or

disappoints.</def>
<blockquote>Wishing this lie of life was o'er.</blockquote>

Trench.
<col>To give the lie to</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To

charge with falsehood; as, the man gave him the lie.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To reveal to be false; as, a man's actions
may give the lie to his words.</cd> -- <col>White
lie</col>, <cd>a euphemism for such lies as one finds it
convenient to tell, and excuses himself for telling.</cd>
Syn. -- Untruth; falsehood; fiction; deception. --

Lie, Untruth. A man may state what is untrue
from ignorance or misconception; hence, to impute an untruth
to one is not necessarily the same as charging him with a lie.
Every lie is an untruth, but not every untruth
is a lie. Cf. Falsity.
<hw>Lie</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lied (l&imacr;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lying (l&imacr;"&ibreve;ng).] [OE. lien,
li&yogh;en, le&yogh;en, leo&yogh;en, AS.
leógan; akin to D. liegen, OS. & OHG.
liogan, G. lügen, Icel. lj&umacr;ga, Sw.
ljuga, Dan. lyve, Goth. liugan, Russ.
lgate.] <def>To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive;
to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a
right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just
representation.</def>
<hw>Lie</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.</pos>

Lay (l&amacr;); <pos>p. p.</pos> Lain
(l&amacr;n), (Lien (l&imacr;"&ebreve;n), Obs.); <pos>p. pr.
& vb. n.</pos> Lying.] [OE. lien, liggen,
AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen,
licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw.
ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan, Russ.
lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr. <grk>le`chos</grk> bed,
<grk>le`xasqai</grk> to lie. Cf. Lair, Law,
Lay, <pos>v. t.</pos>, Litter, Low,
<pos>adj.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To rest extended on
the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an
horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched
out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures;
as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the
roof; he lies in his coffin.</def>
<blockquote>The watchful traveler . . . 

Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To be situated; to occupy a certain place;

as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along
the river; the ship lay in port.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To abide; to remain for a longer or

shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to
lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to
lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's
displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does
not lie smooth on the wall.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to

have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.</def>
<blockquote>Envy lies between beings equal in nature,

though unequal in circumstances.</blockquote> Collier.
<blockquote>He that thinks that diversion may not lie in

hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of
huntsmen.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To lodge; to sleep.</def>
<blockquote>Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . .

where I lay one night only.</blockquote> Evelyn.
<blockquote>Mr. Quinion lay at our house that

night.</blockquote> Dickens.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To be still or quiet, like one lying down

to rest.</def>
<blockquote>The wind is loud and will not lie.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>7.</sn> (Law) <def>To be sustainable; to be

capable of being maintained.</def> "An appeal lies in this
case." Parsons.
&fist; Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers
often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay and
lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its preterit
laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I laid
it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its preterit
lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay down.
Some persons blunder by using laid for the preterit of
lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid
down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid at
anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was
laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to remember, in
all such cases, that laid is the preterit of lay, and
not of lie.
<col>To lie along the shore</col> (Naut.), <cd>to

coast, keeping land in sight.</cd> -- <col>To lie at the door
of</col>, <cd>to be imputable to; as, the sin, blame, etc.,
lies at your door.</cd> -- <col>To lie at the
heart</col>, <cd>to be an object of affection, desire, or
anxiety.</cd> Sir W. Temple. -- <col>To lie at the mercy
of</col>, <cd>to be in the power of.</cd> -- <col>To lie
by</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To remain with; to be at hand;
as, he has the manuscript lying by him</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To rest; to intermit labor; as, we lay
by during the heat of the day.</cd> -- <col>To lie
hard</col> or <col>heavy</col>, <cd>to press or weigh; to
bear hard.</cd> -- <col>To lie in</col>, <cd>to be in
childbed; to bring forth young.</cd> -- <col>To lie in
one</col>, <cd>to be in the power of; to belong to.</cd> "As much
as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." Rom. xii.
18. -- <col>To lie in the way</col>, <cd>to be an obstacle
or impediment.</cd> -- <col>To lie in wait</col> , <cd>to wait
in concealment; to lie in ambush.</cd> -- <col>To lie on</col>
or <col>upon</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To depend on; as,
his life lies on the result</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To
bear, rest, press, or weigh on.</cd> -- <col>To lie low</col>,
<cd>to remain in concealment or inactive.</cd> [Slang] -- <col>To
lie on hand</col>, <col>To lie on one's hands</col>,
<cd>to remain unsold or unused; as, the goods are still lying on
his hands; they have too much time lying on their
hands.</cd> -- <col>To lie on the head of</col>, <cd>to be
imputed to.</cd>
<blockquote>What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it

lie on my head.</blockquote> Shak.
-- <col>To lie over</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To

remain unpaid after the time when payment is due, as a note in
bank.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be deferred to some future
occasion, as a resolution in a public deliberative body.</cd> --
<col>To lie to</col> (Naut.), <cd>to stop or delay;
especially, to head as near the wind as possible as being the
position of greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. To
bring to, under Bring.</cd> -- <col>To lie
under</col>, <cd>to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed
by.</cd> -- <col>To lie with</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To
lodge or sleep with.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To have sexual
intercourse with.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To belong to; as, it
lies with you to make amends.</cd>
<! p. 850 pr=VMG !>
<hw>Lie</hw> (l&imacr;), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The position or

way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.</def>
<blockquote>He surveyed with his own eyes . . . the lie of

the country on the side towards Thrace.</blockquote> Jowett
(Thucyd.).
<hw>Lie"ber*kühn</hw> (l&emacr;"b&etilde;r*k&usd;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Named after a German physician and instrument
maker, J. N. Lieberkühn.] (Optics) <def>A concave
metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to
throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.</def>
<hw>Lie"ber*kühn's glands`</hw> (l&emacr;"b&etilde;r*k&usd;nz

gl&abreve;ndz`). [See Lieberkühn.] (Anat.)
<def>The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called
also crypts of Lieberkühn.</def>
<hw>||Lied</hw> (l&emacr;t), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lieder</plw> (l&emacr;"d&etilde;r). [G.] (Mus.)
<def>A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson,
and the Italian canzone, all three being national.</def>
<blockquote>The German Lied is perhaps the most faithful

reflection of the national sentiment.</blockquote> Grove.
<hw>||Lie"der*ta`fel</hw> (l&emacr;"d&etilde;r*tä`f'l),
<pos>n.</pos> [G., lit., a song table.] (Mus.) <def>A
popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of
male part songs.</def>
<hw>Lief</hw> (l&emacr;f), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Lif.</def>
<hw>Lief</hw> (l&emacr;f), <pos>a.</pos> [Written also

lieve.] [OE. leef, lef, leof, AS.
leóf; akin to OS. liof, OFries. liaf, D.
lief, G. lieb, OHG. liob, Icel.
lj&umacr;fr, Sw. ljuf, Goth. liubs, and E.
love. √124. See Love, and cf. Believe,
Leave, <pos>n.</pos>, Furlough,
Libidinous.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Dear; beloved.</def>
[Obs., except in poetry.] "My liefe mother." Chaucer.
"My liefest liege." Shak.
<blockquote>As thou art lief and dear.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> (Used with a form of the verb to be, and

the dative of the personal pronoun.) <def>Pleasing; agreeable;
acceptable; preferable.</def> [Obs.] See Lief,
<pos>adv.</pos>, and Had as lief, under Had.
<blockquote>Full lief me were this counsel for to
hide.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Death me liefer were than such

despite.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Willing; disposed.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I am not lief to gab.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
<blockquote>He up arose, however lief or loth.</blockquote>

Spenser.
<hw>Lief</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dear one; a

sweetheart.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lief</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Gladly; willingly;

freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and
would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as
not.</def>
<blockquote>All women liefest would 

Be sovereign of man's love.</blockquote> Gower.
<blockquote>I had as lief the town crier spoke my

lines.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Far liefer by his dear hand had I

die.</blockquote> Tennyson.
&fist; The comparative liefer with had or

would, and followed by the infinitive, either with or without
the sign to, signifies prefer, choose as
preferable, would or had rather. In the 16th
century rather was substituted for liefer in such
constructions in literary English, and has continued to be generally
so used. See Had as lief, Had rather, etc. , under
Had.
<hw>Lief"some</hw> (l&emacr;f"s&ubreve;m), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Pleasing; delightful.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lieg"ance</hw> (l&emacr;"jans), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Same as Ligeance.</def>
<hw>Liege</hw> (l&emacr;j), <pos>a.</pos> [OE. lige,

lege, F. lige, LL. ligius, legius, liege,
unlimited, complete, prob. of German origin; cf. G. ledig free
from bonds and obstacles, MHG. ledec, ledic,
lidic, freed, loosed, and Charta Ottonis de Benthem, ann.
1253, "ligius homo quod Teutonicè dicitur
ledigman," i. e., uni soli homagio obligatus, free from all
obligations to others; influenced by L. ligare to bind. G.
ledig perh. orig. meant, free to go where one pleases, and is
perh. akin to E. lead to conduct. Cf. Lead to guide.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Sovereign; independent; having authority or
right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.</def>
Chaucer.
<blockquote>She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; 

And he, he reverenced his liege lady there.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Serving an independent sovereign or

master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to
a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a
liege man; a liege subject.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Old Law) <def>Full; perfect; complete;

pure.</def> Burrill.
<col>Liege homage</col> (Feudal Custom), <cd>that

homage of one sovereign or prince to another which acknowledged an
obligation of fealty and services.</cd> -- <col>Liege
poustie</col> [L. legitima potestas] (Scots Law),
<cd>perfect, i. e., legal, power; specif., having health
requisite to do legal acts.</cd> -- <col>Liege
widowhood</col>, <cd>perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood.</cd>
[Obs.]
<hw>Liege</hw> (l&emacr;j), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A free and independent person; specif., a
lord paramount; a sovereign.</def> Mrs. Browning.
<blockquote>The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, 

Liege of all loiterers and malcontents.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The subject of a sovereign or lord; a

liegeman.</def>
<blockquote>A liege lord seems to have been a lord of a free band;

and his lieges, though serving under him, were privileged men,
free from all other obligations, their name being due to their
freedom, not to their service.</blockquote> Skeat.
<hw>Liege"man</hw> (-man), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Liegemen</plw> (-men). <def>Same as Liege,
<pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def> Chaucer. Spenser.
<hw>Lie"ger</hw> (l&emacr;"j&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Leger, Ledger.] <def>A resident ambassador.</def>
[Obs.] See Leger. Denham.
<hw>Lie"gian*cy</hw> (l&emacr;"jan*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>See Ligeance.</def>
<hw>Li"en</hw> (l&imacr;"&ebreve;n), obs. <def><pos>p.

p.</pos> of Lie. See Lain.</def> Ps. lxviii.
13.
<hw>Lien</hw> (l&emacr;n or l&imacr;"&ebreve;n; 277),

<pos>n.</pos> [F. lien band, bond, tie, fr. L.
ligamen, fr. ligare to bind. Cf. League a
union, Leam a string, Leamer, Ligament.]
(Law) <def>A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal
property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to
control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim
of the former is paid or satisfied.</def>
<hw>Li*e"nal</hw> (l&isl;*&emacr;"nal),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lien the spleen.] (Anat.)
<def>Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.</def>
<hw>||Li*en"cu*lus</hw> (l&isl;*&ebreve;&nsm;"k&usl;*l&ubreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Lienculi</plw> (-
l&imacr;). [NL., dim. of L. lien the spleen.] (Anat.)
<def>One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of
the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.</def>
<hw>Li*e`no-in*tes"ti*nal</hw> (l&isl;*&emacr;`n&osl;-
&ibreve;n*t&ebreve;s"t&ibreve;*nal), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
lien the spleen + E. intestinal.] (Anat.)
<def>Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-
intestinal vein of the frog.</def>
<hw>Lièn*ter"ic</hw> (l&imacr;`&ebreve;n*t&ebreve;r"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lientericus, Gr.
<grk>leienteriko`s</grk>: cf. F. lientérique. See
Lientery.] (Med.) <def>Of or pertaining to, or of the
nature of, a lientery.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> (Med.)
<def>A lientery.</def> Grew.
<hw>Li"en*ter*y</hw> (l&imacr;"&ebreve;n*t&ebreve;r*&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>leienterià</grk>; <grk>leiôs</grk>
smooth, soft + <grk>'e`nteron</grk> an intestine: cf. F.
lientérie.] (Med.) <def>A diarrhea, in which the
food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little
change.</def> Dunglison.
<hw>Li"er</hw> (l&imacr;"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Lie. ] <def>One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in
concealment.</def>
<blockquote>There were liers in ambush against

him.</blockquote> Josh. viii. 14.
<hw>Lierne" rib`</hw> (lyârn" r&ibreve;b`). [F.

lierne.] (Arch.) <def>In Gothic vaulting, any rib which
does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes
from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to
another.</def>
<hw>Lieu</hw> (l&umacr;), <pos>n.</pos> [F., OF. also

liu, leu, lou, fr. L. locus place. See
Local, Locus.] <def>Place; room; stead; -- used only in
the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.</def>
<blockquote>The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu

of the scheme of confiscation.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>Lieu*ten"an*cy</hw> (l&usl;*t&ebreve;n"an*s&ybreve;;
277), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The office, rank,
or commission, of a lieutenant.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The body of lieutenants or

subordinates.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The list of the lieutenancy of our

metropolis.</blockquote> Felton.
<hw>Lieu*ten"ant</hw> (l&usl;*t&ebreve;n"ant),
<pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. lieu place + tenant
holding, p. pr. of tenir to hold, L. tenere. See
Lieu, and Tenant, and cf. Locum Tenens.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>An officer who supplies the place of a
superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for,
another in the performance of any duty.</def>
<blockquote>The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or

lieutenant of God.</blockquote> Abp. Bramhall.
<sn>2.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A commissioned officer

in the army, next below a captain.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a
commander.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A commissioned officer in
the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant
commander.</def>
&fist; Lieutenant is often used, either adjectively or in

hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next below another,
especially when the duties of the higher officer may devolve upon the
lower one; as, lieutenant general, or lieutenant-
general; lieutenant colonel, or lieutenant-colonel;
lieutenant governor, etc.
<col>Deputy lieutenant</col>, <cd>the title of any one of

the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county.</cd>
[Eng.] -- <col>Lieutenant colonel</col>, <cd>an army officer
next in rank above major, and below colonel.</cd> --
<col>Lieutenant commander</col>, <cd>an officer in the United
States navy, in rank next below a commander and next above a
lieutenant.</cd> -- <col>Lieutenant general</col>. <cd>See in
Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Lieutenant governor</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An officer of a State, being next in rank to
the governor, and, in case of the death or resignation of the latter,
himself acting as governor</cd>. [U. S.] <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A
deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of one of several
colonies under a governor general.</cd> [Eng.]
<hw>Lieu*ten"ant gen"er*al</hw> (j&ebreve;n"&etilde;r*al).

<def>An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a
major general.</def>
&fist; In the United States, before the civil war, this rank had
been conferred only on George Washington and (in brevet) on Winfield
Scott. In 1864 it was revived by Congress and conferred on Ulysses S.
Grant, and subsequently, by promotion, on William T. Sherman and
Philip H. Sheridan, each of whom was advanced to the rank of
general of the army. When Sheridan was made general (in 1888)
the rank of lieutenant general was suffered to lapse. See
General.
<hw>Lieu*ten"ant*ry</hw> (-r&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Lieutenancy.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lieu*ten"ant*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Lieutenancy, 1.</def>
<hw>Lieve</hw> (l&emacr;v), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as

Lief.</def>
<hw>Lif</hw> (l&ibreve;f), <pos>n.</pos> [Written also

lief.] <def>The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm
are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are
made.</def>
<hw>Life</hw> (l&imacr;f), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lives</plw> (l&imacr;vz). [AS. l&imacr;f; akin to
D. lijf body, G. leib body, MHG. l&imacr;p life,
body, OHG. l&imacr;b life, Icel. l&imacr;f, life, body,
Sw. lif, Dan. liv, and E. live, v. √119.
See Live, and cf. Alive.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination,
and ends with death; also, the time during which this state
continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of
its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -
- used of all animal and vegetable organisms.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of human beings: The union of the soul and

body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless
quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an
immortal life.</def>
<blockquote>She shows a body rather than a

life.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> (Philos.) <def>The potential principle,

or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and
continued in the performance of their several and coöperative
functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or
spiritual.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Figuratively: The potential or animating

principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is
conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or
functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book;
authority is the life of government.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A certain way or manner of living with

respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation,
etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as
a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil
life; the life of Indians, or of miners.</def>
<blockquote>That which before us lies in daily

life.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>By experience of life abroad in the
world.</blockquote> Ascham.
<blockquote>Lives of great men all remind us 

We can make our lives sublime.</blockquote>
<blockquote>'T is from high life high characters are

drawn.</blockquote> Pope
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor;

energy.</def>
<blockquote>No notion of life and fire in fancy and in

words.</blockquote> Felton.
<blockquote>That gives thy gestures grace and

life.</blockquote> Wordsworth.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>That which imparts or excites spirit or

vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the
life of the company, or of the enterprise.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> <def>The living or actual form, person, thing,

or state; as, a picture or a description from the
life.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> <def>A person; a living being, usually a human

being; as, many lives were sacrificed.</def>
<sn>10.</sn> <def>The system of animal nature; animals in

general, or considered collectively.</def>
<blockquote>Full nature swarms with life.</blockquote>

Thomson.
<sn>11.</sn> <def>An essential constituent of life, esp.

the blood.</def>
<blockquote>The words that I speak unto you . . . they are

life.</blockquote> John vi. 63.
<blockquote>The warm life came issuing through the

wound.</blockquote> Pope
<sn>12.</sn> <def>A history of the acts and events of a

life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of
Milton.</def>
<sn>13.</sn> <def>Enjoyment in the right use of the powers;

especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God;
heavenly felicity.</def>
<sn>14.</sn> <def>Something dear to one as one's existence;

a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.</def>
&fist; Life forms the first part of many compounds, for the
most part of obvious meaning; as, life-giving, life-
sustaining, etc.
<col>Life annuity</col>, <cd>an annuity payable during

one's life.</cd> -- <col>Life arrow</col>, <col>Life
rocket</col>, <col>Life shot</col>, <cd>an arrow, rocket,
or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in distress in
order to save life.</cd> -- <col>Life assurance</col>. <cd>See
Life insurance, below.</cd> -- <col>Life buoy</col>.
<cd>See Buoy.</cd> -- <col>Life car</col>, <cd>a water-
tight boat or box, traveling on a line from a wrecked vessel to the
shore. In it persons are hauled through the waves and surf.</cd> --
<col>Life drop</col>, <cd>a drop of vital blood.</cd>
Byron. -- <col>Life estate</col> (Law), <cd>an
estate which is held during the term of some certain person's life,
but does not pass by inheritance.</cd> -- <col>Life
everlasting</col> (Bot.), <cd>a plant with white or yellow
persistent scales about the heads of the flowers, as
Antennaria, and Gnaphalium; cudweed.</cd> --
<col>Life of an execution</col> (Law), <cd>the period
when an execution is in force, or before it expires.</cd> --
<col>Life guard</col>. (Mil.) <cd>See under
Guard.</cd> -- <col>Life insurance</col>, <cd>the act
or system of insuring against death; a contract by which the insurer
undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium (usually at
stated periods), to pay a stipulated sum in the event of the death of
the insured or of a third person in whose life the insured has an
interest.</cd> -- <col>Life interest</col>, <cd>an estate or
interest which lasts during one's life, or the life of another
person, but does not pass by inheritance.</cd> -- <col>Life
land</col> (Law), <cd>land held by lease for the term of a
life or lives.</cd> -- <col>Life line</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> (Naut.) <cd>A line along any part of a
vessel for the security of sailors</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A
line attached to a life boat, or to any life saving apparatus, to be
grasped by a person in the water.</cd> -- <col>Life
rate</col>, <cd>the rate of premium for insuring a life.</cd> --
<col>Life rent</col>, <cd>the rent of a life estate; rent or
property to which one is entitled during one's life.</cd> --
<col>Life school</col>, <cd>a school for artists in which they
model, paint, or draw from living models.</cd> -- <col>Life
table</col>, <cd>a table showing the probability of life at
different ages.</cd> -- <col>To lose one's life</col>, <cd>to
die.</cd> -- <col>To seek the life of</col>, <cd>to seek to
kill.</cd> -- <col>To the life</col>, <cd>so as closely to
resemble the living person or the subject; as, the portrait was drawn
to the life.</cd>
<hw>Life"blood`</hw> (l&imacr;f"bl&ubreve;d`),
<pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The blood necessary to
life; vital blood.</def> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: That which gives strength and

energy.</def>
<blockquote>Money [is] the lifeblood of the

nation.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>Life"boat`</hw> (-b&omacr;t`), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of
shipwrecked people.</def>
<hw>Life"ful</hw> (-f&usd;l), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of

vitality.</def> Spenser.
<hw>Life"-givìng</hw> (-g&ibreve;v`&ibreve;ng),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Giving life or spirit; having power to give
life; inspiriting; invigorating.</def>
<hw>Life"hold`</hw> (-h&omacr;ld`), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Land

held by a life estate.</def>
<hw>Life"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of life,

or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings
or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull;
as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a
lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless
story.</def> -- <wf>Life"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>Life"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
Syn. -- Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive;

dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless; vapid; flat;
tasteless. -- Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate,
Dead. In a moral sense, lifeless denotes a want of
vital energy; inanimate, a want of expression as to any
feeling that may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul
which checks all mental activity; dead supposes a destitution
of feeling. A person is said to be lifeless who has lost the
spirits which he once had; he is said to be inanimate when he
is naturally wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original
deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral sentiment
is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of his nature.
<hw>Life"like`</hw> (l&imacr;f"l&imacr;k`), <pos>a.</pos>

[Cf. Lively.] <def>Like a living being; resembling life;
giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike
portrait.</def> -- <wf>Life"like`ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
Poe.
<hw>Life"long`</hw> (-l&obreve;ng`), <pos>a.</pos>

[Life + long. Cf. Livelong.] <def>Lasting or
continuing through life.</def> Tennyson.
<hw>Life"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Cf. Lively,

<pos>a.</pos>] <def>In a lifelike manner.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Life"mate`</hw> (-m&amacr;t`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Companion for life.</def> Hawthorne.
<hw>Lif"en</hw> (l&imacr;f"'n), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To

enliven.</def> [Obs.] Marston.
<hw>Life"-pre*servèr</hw>
(l&imacr;f"pr&esl;*z&etilde;rv`&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various
materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while
in the water.</def> -- <wf>Life"-pre*servìng</wf>,
<hw>Life"-savìng</hw> (-s&amacr;v`&ibreve;ng),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>That saves life, or is suited to save life,
esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-
saving station.</def>
<hw>Life"-size`</hw> (-s&imacr;z`), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of

full size; of the natural size.</def>
<hw>Life"some</hw> (-s&ubreve;m), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Animated; sprightly.</def> [Poetic] Coleridge. --
<wf>Life"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Life"spring`</hw> (-spr&ibreve;ng`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Spring or source of life.</def>
<hw>Life"string`</hw> (-str&ibreve;ng`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to
life.</def> Daniel.
<hw>Life"time`</hw> (-t&imacr;m`), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

time that life continues.</def>
<hw>Life"-wea`ry</hw> (-w&emacr;`r&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Weary of living.</def> Shak.
<hw>Lif"lode</hw> (l&imacr;f"l&omacr;d), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Livelihood.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lift</hw> (l&ibreve;ft), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. lyft

air. See Loft.] <def>The sky; the atmosphere; the
firmament.</def> [Obs. or Scot.]
<hw>Lift</hw> (l&ibreve;ft), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Lifted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lifting.] [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to
Sw. lyfta to lift, Dan. löfte, G.
lüften; -- prop., to raise into the air. See Loft,
and cf. 1st Lift.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To move in a
direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to
bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes
implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said
of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to
lift a chair or a burden.</def>
<! p. 851 pr=VMG !>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in

rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with
<blockquote>The Roman virtues lift up mortal

man.</blockquote> Addison.
<blockquote>Lest, being lifted up with pride.</blockquote>

1 Tim. iii. 6.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To bear; to support.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To collect, as moneys due; to

raise.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> [Perh. a different word, and akin to Goth.

hliftus thief, hlifan to steal, L. clepere, Gr.
<grk>kle`ptein</grk>. Cf. Shoplifter.] <def>To steal; to
carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of
cattle.</def>
&fist; In old writers, lift is sometimes used for

lifted.
<blockquote>He ne'er lift up his hand but

conquered.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>To lift up</col>, <cd>to raise or elevate; in the

Scriptures, specifically, to elevate upon the cross.</cd> John
viii. 28. -- <col>To lift up the eyes</col>. <cd>To look
up; to raise the eyes, as in prayer.</cd> Ps. cxxi. 1. --
<col>To lift up the feet</col>, <cd>to come speedily to one's
relief.</cd> Ps. lxxiv. 3. -- <col>To lift up the
hand</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To take an oath</cd>. Gen.
xiv. 22. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To pray.</cd> Ps. xxviii.
2. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To engage in duty.</cd> Heb. xii.
12. -- <col>To lift up the hand against</col>, <cd>to
rebel against; to assault; to attack; to injure; to oppress.</cd>
Job xxxi. 21. -- <col>To lift up one's head</col>,
<cd>to cause one to be exalted or to rejoice.</cd> Gen. xl.
13. Luke xxi. 28. -- <col>To lift up the heel
against</col>, <cd>to treat with insolence or unkindness.</cd>
John xiii.18. -- <col>To lift up the voice</col>,
<cd>to cry aloud; to call out.</cd> Gen. xxi. 16.
<hw>Lift</hw> (l&ibreve;ft), <pos>v. i.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To try to raise something; to exert the
strength for raising or bearing.</def>
<blockquote>Strained by lifting at a weight too

heavy.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To rise; to become or appear raised or

elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship
approaching it.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> [See Lift, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 5.]

<def>To live by theft.</def> Spenser.
<hw>Lift</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Act of

lifting; also, that which is lifted.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The space or distance through which

anything is lifted; as, a long lift.</def> Bacon.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to

give one a lift in a wagon.</def> [Colloq.]
<blockquote>The goat gives the fox a lift.</blockquote>

<sn>4.</sn> <def>That by means of which a person or thing

lifts or is lifted</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A hoisting
machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
handle.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>An exercising
machine.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the

lift of a lock in canals.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A lift gate. See Lift gate,

below.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<sn>7.</sn> (Naut.) <def>A rope leading from the

masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or
supporting the end of the yard.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> (Mach.) <def>One of the steps of a cone

pulley.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> (Shoemaking) <def>A layer of leather in

the heel.</def>
<sn>10.</sn> (Horology) <def>That portion of the

vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.</def>
Saunier.
<col>Dead lift</col>. <cd>See under Dead.</cd>

Swift. -- <col>Lift bridge</col>, <cd>a kind of
drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being
drawn aside.</cd> -- <col>Lift gate</col>, <cd>a gate that is
opened by lifting.</cd> -- <col>Lift hammer</col>. <cd>See
Tilt hammer.</cd> -- <col>Lift lock</col>, <cd>a canal
lock.</cd> -- <col>Lift pump</col>, <cd>a lifting pump.</cd> -
- <col>Lift tenter</col> (Windmills), <cd>a governor
for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the
action of grinding machinery according to the speed.</cd> --
<col>Lift wall</col> (Canal Lock), <cd>the cross wall
at the head of the lock.</cd>
<hw>Lift"a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such

as can be lifted.</def>
<hw>Lift"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, lifts.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Founding) <def>A tool for lifting loose

sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold
the sand together when the cope is lifted.</def>
<hw>Lift"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Used in, or for, or

by, lifting.</def>
<col>Lifting bridge</col>, <cd>a lift bridge.</cd> --

<col>Lifting jack</col>. <cd>See 2d Jack, 5.</cd> --
<col>Lifting machine</col>. <cd>See Health lift, under
Health.</cd> -- <col>Lifting pump</col>. (Mach.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved
piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it
to a high level</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A pump which lifts the
water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a
lift pump.</cd> -- <col>Lifting rod</col>, <cd>a vertical rod
lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; --
used in the engines of river steamboats.</cd> -- <col>Lifting
sail</col> (Naut.), <cd>one which tends to lift a vessel's
bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.</cd>
<hw>Lig</hw> (l&ibreve;g), <pos>v. i.</pos> [See Lie

to be prostrate.] <def>To recline; to lie still.</def> [Obs. or
Scot.] Chaucer. Spenser.
<hw>Lig"a*ment</hw> (l&ibreve;g"&adot;*ment),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. ligamentum, fr. ligare to
bind: cf. F. ligament. Cf. Lien, <pos>n.</pos>,
Ligature.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything that ties or unites one thing or

part to another; a bandage; a bond.</def> Hawthorne.
<blockquote>Interwoven is the love of liberty with every

ligament of your hearts.</blockquote> Washington.
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A tough

band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage
serving to unite bones or form joints.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which
supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic
ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.</def>
{ <hw>Ligà*men"tal</hw> (-m&ebreve;n"tal),

<hw>Ligà*men"tous</hw> (-t&ubreve;s), } <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.
ligamenteux.] <def>Composing a ligament; of the nature of a
ligament; binding; as, a strong ligamentous
membrane.</def>
<hw>Li"gan</hw> (l&imacr;"gan), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

L. ligare to bind, to tie, ligamen band, bandage, E.
ligament, or ligsam.] (Law) <def>Goods sunk in
the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again.
See Jetsam and Flotsam.</def> [Written also
lagan.] Blackstone.
<hw>Li"gate</hw> (l&imacr;"g&amacr;t), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

ligatus, p. p. of ligare.] <def>To tie with a ligature;
to bind around; to bandage.</def>
<hw>Li*ga"tion</hw> (l&isl;*g&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. ligatio, fr. ligare to bind.
Cf. Liaison.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of binding, or
the state of being bound.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which binds; bond;

connection.</def>
<blockquote>Tied with tape, and sealed at each fold and

ligation.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Li*ga"tor</hw> (-t&obreve;r), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Ligate.] (Surg.) <def>An instrument for ligating, or
for placing and fastening a ligature.</def>
<hw>Lig"a*ture</hw> (l&ibreve;g"&adot;*t&usl;r; 135),

<pos>n.</pos> [L. ligatura, fr. ligare,
ligatum, to bind: cf. F. ligature. Cf. Ally,
League, Legatura, Liable, Ligament.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of binding.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything that binds; a band or

bandage.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Surg.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

thread or string for tying the blood vessels, particularly the
arteries, to prevent hemorrhage.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The state of being bound or stiffened;

stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Impotence caused by magic or charms.</def>

[Obs.]
<sn>6.</sn> (Mus.) <def>A curve or line connecting

notes; a slur.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Print.) <def>A double character, or a

type consisting of two or more letters or characters united, as
æ, &filig;, &ffllig;.</def>
<hw>Lig"a*ture</hw> (l&ibreve;g"&adot;*t&usl;r), <pos>v.

t.</pos> (Surg.) <def>To ligate; to tie.</def>
<hw>Lig"e</hw> (l&ibreve;g"e), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos>

<def>To lie; to tell lies.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Li"geance</hw> (l&emacr;"jans), <pos>n.</pos>

[OF. ligeance, ligance. See Liege.] (O. Eng.
Law) <def>The connection between sovereign and subject by which
they were mutually bound, the former to protection and the securing
of justice, the latter to faithful service; allegiance.</def>
[Written also ligeancy and liegance.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Lige"ment</hw> (l&ibreve;j"ment), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Ledgment.</def>
<hw>Lig"ge</hw> (l&ibreve;g"ge), <pos>v. i.</pos>

<def>To lie or recline.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lig"ger</hw> (l&ibreve;g"g&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A baited line attached to a float, for night
fishing. See Leger, <pos>a.</pos></def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>See Ledger, 2.</def>
<hw>Light</hw> (l&imacr;t), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

light, liht, AS. leóht; akin to OS.
lioht, D. & G. licht, OHG. lioht, Goth.
liuhaþ, Icel. lj&omacr;s, L. lux light,
lucere to shine, Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white, Skr. ruc
to shine. √122. Cf. Lucid, Lunar,
Luminous, Lynx.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>That agent,
force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs
of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.</def>
&fist; Light was regarded formerly as consisting of

material particles, or corpuscules, sent off in all directions from
luminous bodies, and traversing space, in right lines, with the known
velocity of about 186,300 miles per second; but it is now generally
understood to consist, not in any actual transmission of particles or
substance, but in the propagation of vibrations or undulations in a
subtile, elastic medium, or ether, assumed to pervade all space, and
to be thus set in vibratory motion by the action of luminous bodies,
as the atmosphere is by sonorous bodies. This view of the nature of
light is known as the undulatory or wave theory; the
other, advocated by Newton (but long since abandoned), as the
corpuscular, emission, or Newtonian theory. A
more recent theory makes light to consist in electrical oscillations,
and is known as the electro-magnetic theory of light.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which furnishes, or is a source of,

light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Then he called for a light, and sprang

in.</blockquote> Acts xvi. 29.
<blockquote>And God made two great lights; the greater

light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night.</blockquote> Gen. i. 16.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The time during which the light of the sun

is visible; day; especially, the dawn of day.</def>
<blockquote>The murderer, rising with the light, killeth

the poor and needy.</blockquote> Job xxiv. 14.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The brightness of the eye or

eyes.</def>
<blockquote>He seemed to find his way without his eyes; 

For out o' door he went without their helps, 
And, to the last, bended their light on me.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>The medium through which light is

admitted, as a window, or window pane; a skylight; in architecture,
one of the compartments of a window made by a mullion or
mullions.</def>
<blockquote>There were windows in three rows, and light was
against light in three ranks.</blockquote> I Kings
vii.4.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Life; existence.</def>
<blockquote>O, spring to light, auspicious Babe, be

born!</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>Open view; a visible state or condition;

public observation; publicity.</def>
<blockquote>The duke yet would have dark deeds darkly answered; he

would never bring them to light.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>The power of perception by

vision.</def>
<blockquote>My strength faileth me; as for the light of my

eyes, it also is gone from me.</blockquote> Ps. xxxviii.
10.
<sn>9.</sn> <def>That which illumines or makes clear to the

mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge;
information.</def>
<blockquote>He shall never know 

That I had any light of this from thee.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>10.</sn> <def>Prosperity; happiness; joy;

felicity.</def>
<blockquote>Then shall thy light break forth as the

morning, and thy health shall spring forth speedily.</blockquote>
Is. lviii. 8.
<sn>11.</sn> (Paint.) <def>The manner in which the

light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents
those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more
illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to
shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.</def>
<sn>12.</sn> <def>Appearance due to the particular facts

and circumstances presented to view; point of view; as, to state
things fairly and put them in the right light.</def>
<blockquote>Frequent consideration of a thing . . . shows it in

its several lights and various ways of
appearance.</blockquote> South.
<sn>13.</sn> <def>One who is conspicuous or noteworthy; a

model or example; as, the lights of the age or of
antiquity.</def>
<blockquote>Joan of Arc, 
A light of ancient France.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>14.</sn> (Pyrotech.) <def>A firework made by
filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white
or colored flame; as, a Bengal light.</def>
&fist; Light is used figuratively to denote that which

resembles physical light in any respect, as illuminating, benefiting,
enlightening, or enlivening mankind.
<col>Ancient lights</col> (Law), <col>Calcium

light</col>, <col>Flash light</col>, etc. <cd>See under
Ancient, Calcium, etc.</cd> -- <col>Light
ball</col> (Mil.), <cd>a ball of combustible materials,
used to afford light; -- sometimes made so as to be fired from a
cannon or mortar, or to be carried up by a rocket.</cd> --
<col>Light barrel</col> (Mil.), <cd>an empty powder
barrel pierced with holes and filled with shavings soaked in pitch,
used to light up a ditch or a breach.</cd> --
<col>Light dues</col> (Com.), <cd>tolls levied on ships
navigating certain waters, for the maintenance of lighthouses.</cd> -
- <col>Light iron</col>, <cd>a candlestick.</cd> [Obs.] --
<col>Light keeper</col>, <cd>a person appointed to take care
of a lighthouse or light-ship.</cd> -- <col>Light money</col>,
<cd>charges laid by government on shipping entering a port, for the
maintenance of lighthouses and light-ships.</cd> -- <col>The light
of the countenance</col>, <cd>favor; kindness; smiles.</cd>
<blockquote>Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance

upon us.</blockquote> Ps. iv. 6.
-- <col>Northern lights</col>. <cd>See Aurora

borealis, under Aurora.</cd> -- <col>To bring to
light</col>, <cd>to cause to be disclosed.</cd> -- <col>To
come to light</col>, <cd>to be disclosed.</cd> -- <col>To see
the light</col>, <cd>to come into the light; hence, to come into
the world or into public notice; as, his book never saw the
light.</cd> -- <col>To stand in one's own light</col>,
<cd>to take a position which is injurious to one's own
interest.</cd>
<hw>Light</hw> (l&imacr;t), <pos>a.</pos> [AS.

leóht. See Light, <pos>n.</pos>]
[<pos>Compar</pos>. Lighter (-&etilde;r);
<pos>superl</pos>. Lightest.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the
apartment is light.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>White or whitish; not intense or very

marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; as, a light
color; a light brown; a light complexion.</def>
<hw>Light</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lighted (-&ebreve;d) or Lit (l&ibreve;t);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Lighting.] [AS.
l&ymacr;htan, l&imacr;htan, to shine. √122. See
Light, <pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set
fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as,
to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; --
sometimes with up.</def>
<blockquote>If a thousand candles be all lighted from
one.</blockquote> Hakewill.
<blockquote>And the largest lamp is lit.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Absence might cure it, or a second mistress 

Light up another flame, and put out this.</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To give light to; to illuminate; to fill

with light; to spread over with light; -- often with
<blockquote>Ah, hopeless, lasting flames ! like those that

burn 
To light the dead.</blockquote> Pope.
<blockquote>One hundred years ago, to have lit this theater

as brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I
suppose, fifty pounds.</blockquote> F. Harrison.
<blockquote>The sun has set, and Vesper, to supply 

His absent beams, has lighted up the sky.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To attend or conduct with a light; to show

the way to by means of a light.</def>
<blockquote>His bishops lead him forth, and light him

on.</blockquote> Landor.
<col>To light a fire</col>, <cd>to kindle the material of a

fire.</cd>
<hw>Light</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not
light.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To be illuminated; to receive light; to

brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very
well.</def>
<hw>Light</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [<pos>Compar.</pos>

Lighter (-&etilde;r); <pos>superl.</pos>
Lightest.] [OE. light, liht, AS.
l&imacr;ht, leóht; akin to D. ligt, G.
leicht, OHG. l&imacr;hti, Icel. l&emacr;ttr,
Dan. let, Sw. lätt, Goth. leihts, and perh.
to L. levis (cf. Levity), Gr. <grk>'elachy`s</grk>
small, Skr. laghu light. √125. ] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not tending to
the center of gravity with force; not heavy.</def>
<blockquote>These weights did not exert their natural gravity, . .

. insomuch that I could not guess which was light or heavy
whilst I held them in my hand.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne,
or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or
load.</def>
<blockquote>Ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is

easy, and my burden is light.</blockquote> Matt. xi. 29,
30.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Easy to be endured or performed; not

severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task.</def>
Chaucer.
<blockquote>Light sufferings give us leisure to

complain.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the

stomach; as, light food; also, containing little
nutriment.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Not heavily armed; armed with light

weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light
horse.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of

impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.</def>
<blockquote>Unmarried men are best friends, best masters . . . but

not always best subjects, for they are light to run
away.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden;

not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned
light.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> <def>Slight; not important; as, a light

error.</def> Shak.
<sn>9.</sn> <def>Well leavened; not heavy; as, light

bread.</def>
<sn>10.</sn> <def>Not copious or heavy; not dense; not

inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow;
light vapors.</def>
<sn>11.</sn> <def>Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a

light wind.</def>
<sn>12.</sn> <def>Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence,

having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch;
a light style of execution.</def>
<sn>13.</sn> <def>Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate;

easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled;
volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light
mind.</def>
<blockquote>There is no greater argument of a light and

inconsiderate person than profanely to scoff at
religion.</blockquote> Tillotson.
<sn>14.</sn> <def>Indulging in, or inclined to, levity;

wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy;
unsubstantial.</def>
<blockquote>Seneca can not be too heavy, nor Plautus too

light.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Specimens of New England humor laboriously

light and lamentably mirthful.</blockquote>
<sn>15.</sn> <def>Not quite sound or normal; somewhat

impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.</def>
<blockquote>Are his wits safe? Is he not light of brain

<sn>16.</sn> <def>Easily bestowed; inconsiderately

rendered.</def>
<blockquote>To a fair semblance doth light faith

annex.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>17.</sn> <def>Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of

light character.</def>
<blockquote>A light wife doth make a heavy

husband.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>18.</sn> <def>Not of the legal, standard, or usual

weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.</def>
<sn>19.</sn> <def>Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a

light soil.</def>
<col>Light cavalry</col>, <col>Light horse</col>

(Mil.), <cd>light-armed soldiers mounted on strong and active
horses.</cd> -- <col>Light eater</col>, <cd>one who eats but
little.</cd> -- <col>Light infantry</col>, <cd>infantry
soldiers selected and trained for rapid evolutions.</cd> --
<col>Light of foot</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Having a
light step.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Fleet.</cd> -- <col>Light
of heart</col>, <cd>gay, cheerful.</cd> -- <col>Light
oil</col> (Chem.), <cd>the oily product, lighter than
water, forming the chief part of the first distillate of coal tar,
and consisting largely of benzene and toluene.</cd> -- <col>Light
sails</col> (Naut.), <cd>all the sails above the topsails,
with, also, the studding sails and flying jib.</cd> Dana. --
<col>Light sleeper</col>, <cd>one easily wakened.</cd> --
<col>Light weight</col>, <cd>a prize fighter, boxer, wrestler,
or jockey, who is below a standard medium weight. Cf. Feather
weight, under Feather.</cd> [Cant] -- <col>To make
light of</col>, <cd>to treat as of little consequence; to slight;
to disregard.</cd> -- <col>To set light by</col>, <cd>to
undervalue; to slight; to treat as of no importance; to
despise.</cd>
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<hw>Light</hw> (l&imacr;t), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Lightly;

cheaply.</def> Hooker.
<hw>Light</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [See Light not

heavy, and cf. Light to alight, and Lighten to make
less heavy.] <def>To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>From his head the heavy burgonet did

light.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>Light</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lighted (-&ebreve;d) or Lit (l&ibreve;t);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Lighting.] [AS.
l&imacr;htan to alight, orig., to relieve (a horse) of the
rider's burden, to make less heavy, fr. l&imacr;ht light. See
Light not heavy, and cf. Alight, Lighten to make
light.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To dismount; to descend, as from a
horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off,
on, upon, at, in.</def>
<blockquote>When she saw Isaac, she lighted off the

camel.</blockquote> Gen. xxiv. 64.
<blockquote>Slowly rode across a withered heath, 

And lighted at a ruined inn.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To feel light; to be made happy.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>It made all their hearts to light.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To descend from flight, and rest, perch,

or settle, as a bird or insect.</def>
<blockquote>[The bee] lights on that, and this, and tasteth

all.</blockquote> Sir. J. Davies.
<blockquote>On the tree tops a crested peacock

lit.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To come down suddenly and forcibly; to

fall; -- with on or upon.</def>
<blockquote>On me, me only, as the source and spring 

Of all corruption, all the blame lights due.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To come by chance; to happen; -- with

on or upon; formerly with into.</def>
<blockquote>The several degrees of vision, which the assistance of

glasses (casually at first lit on) has taught us to
conceive.</blockquote> Locke.
<blockquote>They shall light into atheistical

company.</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>And here we lit on Aunt Elizabeth, 

And Lilia with the rest.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Light"a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such

as can be lighted.</def>
<hw>Light"-armed`</hw> (-ärmd`), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Armed with light weapons or accouterments.</def>
<hw>Light"-boat`</hw> (-b&omacr;t`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Light-ship.</def>
<hw>Light"e</hw> (l&imacr;t"e), obs.

<def><pos>imp.</pos> of Light, to alight.</def>
Chaucer.
<hw>Light"en</hw> (l&imacr;t"'n), <pos>v. i.</pos> [See

Light to alight.] <def>To descend; to light.</def>
<blockquote>O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon

us.</blockquote> Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].
<hw>Light"en</hw> (l&imacr;t"'n), <pos>v. i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Lightened (-'nd); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Lightening.] [OE. lightenen. See
Light to kindle, illuminate.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To burst
forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to
display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.</def>
<blockquote>This dreadful night, 

That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars 
As doth the lion.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To grow lighter; to become less dark or

lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.</def>
<hw>Light"en</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [See Light to

illuminate.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make light or clear; to
light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps
or gas; to lighten the streets.</def> [In this sense less
common than light.]
<blockquote>A key of fire ran all along the shore, 

And lightened all the river with a blaze.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To illuminate with knowledge; to

enlighten.</def> [In this sense less common than
enlighten.]
<blockquote>Lighten my spirit with one clear heavenly

ray.</blockquote> Sir J. Davies.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To emit or disclose in, or as in,
lightning; to flash out, like lightning.</def>
<blockquote>His eye . . . lightens forth 

Controlling majesty.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To free from trouble and fill with

joy.</def>
<blockquote>They looked unto him, and were

lightened.</blockquote> Ps. xxxiv. 5.
<hw>Light"en</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [See Light not

heavy.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make lighter, or less heavy; to
reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to
lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or
burden.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To make less burdensome or afflictive; to

alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of
grief.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cheer; to exhilarate.</def>
<blockquote>Lightens my humor with his merry

jests.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Light"er</hw> (l&imacr;t"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of
lamps.</def>
<hw>Light"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [D. ligter, fr.

ligt light. See Light not heavy.] (Naut.) <def>A
large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels
which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or
delivery.</def>
<col>Lighter screw</col> (Mach.), <cd>a screw for

adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by
raising or lowering the bridgetree.</cd>
<hw>Light"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To convey by a

lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of
a ship.</def>
<hw>Light"er*age</hw> (-&asl;j; 48), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The price paid for conveyance of goods on a
lighter.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of unloading into a lighter, or of

conveying by a lighter.</def>
<hw>Light"er*man</hw> (-m&abreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Lightermen</plw> (-m&ebreve;n). <def>A person
employed on, or who manages, a lighter.</def>
<hw>Light"-fin`gered</hw> (l&imacr;t"f&ibreve;&nsm;`g&etilde;rd),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Dexterous in taking and conveying away;
thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.</def>
Fuller.
{ <hw>Light"-foot`</hw> (-f&oocr;t`), <hw>Light"-footèd</hw>, }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a light, springy step; nimble in
running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.</def>
<hw>Light"ful</hw> (l&imacr;t"f&usd;l), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Full of light; bright.</def> [R.] "Lightful presence."
Marston.
<hw>Light"-handèd</hw> (l&imacr;t"h&abreve;nd`&ebreve;d),
<pos>a.</pos> (Naut.) <def>Not having a full complement
of men; as, a vessel light-handed.</def>
<hw>Light"-headèd</hw> (-h&ebreve;d`&ebreve;d),
<pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Disordered in the head;
dizzy; delirious.</def> Walpole.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady;

fickle; loose.</def> "Light-headed, weak men."
-- <wf>Light"-headèd*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Light"-heartèd</hw> (-härt`&ebreve;d),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful;
merry.</def> -- <wf>Light"-heartèd*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -
- <wf>Light"-heartèd*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Light"-heeled`</hw> (-h&emacr;ld`), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.</def>
<hw>Light"-horse`man</hw> (-hôrs`man),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>-men</plw> (-
men).
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A soldier who serves in the light horse.

See under 5th Light.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A West Indian fish of

the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and
brilliant colors.</def>
<hw>Light"house`</hw> (-hous`), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lighthouses</plw> (-houz`&ebreve;z). <def>A tower or
other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance
of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide
to mariners at night; a pharos.</def>
<hw>Light"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Metal.) <def>A

name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.</def>
<hw>Light"-legged`</hw> (l&imacr;t"l&ebreve;gd`),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Nimble; swift of foot.</def> Sir P.
Sidney.
<hw>Light"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of light;
dark.</def> Shak.
<hw>Light"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>With little weight; with little force; as, to tread
lightly; to press lightly.</def>
<blockquote>Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, 

And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast.</blockquote>
Pope.
<blockquote>Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear 

Touched lightly.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.</def>
<blockquote>So mikle was that barge, it might not lightly

sail.</blockquote> R. of Brunne.
<blockquote>Watch what thou seest and lightly bring me

word.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Without deep impression.</def>
<blockquote>The soft ideas of the cheerful note, 

Lightly received, were easily forgot.</blockquote>
Prior.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>In a small degree; slightly; not

severely.</def>
<blockquote>At the first he lightly afflicted the land of

Zebulun . . . and afterward did more grievously afflict
her.</blockquote> Is. ix. 1.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>With little effort or difficulty; easily;

readily.</def>
<blockquote>That lightly come, shall lightly

go.</blockquote> Old Proverb.
<blockquote>They come lightly by the malt, and need not

spare it.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Without reason, or for reasons of little

weight.</def>
<blockquote>Flatter not the rich, neither do thou willingly or

lightly appear before great personages.</blockquote> Jer.
Taylor.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>Commonly; usually.</def> [Obs.] Bp.

Fisher.
<blockquote>The great thieves of a state are lightly the

officers of the crown.</blockquote> B. Jonson.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>Without dejection; cheerfully.</def>

"Seeming to bear it lightly." Shak.
<sn>9.</sn> <def>Without heed or care; with levity; gayly;

airily.</def>
<blockquote>Matrimony . . . is not by any to be enterprised, nor

taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly.</blockquote>
Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].
<sn>10.</sn> <def>Not chastely; wantonly.</def>

Swift.
<hw>Light"man</hw> (-m&abreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>-men</plw> (-m&ebreve;n). <def>A man who carries or takes
care of a light.</def> T. Brown.
<hw>Light"-mindèd</hw> (-m&imacr;nd`&ebreve;d),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not
considerate.</def> -- <wf>Light"-mindèd*ness</wf>,
<hw>Light"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From Light not

heavy.] <def>The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not
heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy;
grace.</def>
Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy;

unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness;
agility; nimbleness; sprightliness; briskness; swiftness; ease;
facility.
<hw>Light"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From Light

bright.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Illumination, or degree of
illumination; as, the lightness of a room.</def>
Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Absence of depth or of duskiness in color;

as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of
complexion.</def>
<hw>Light"ning</hw> (l&imacr;t"n&ibreve;ng), <pos>n.</pos>

[For lightening, fr. lighten to flash.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A discharge of atmospheric electricity,
accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to
another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by
the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes
thunder.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of making bright, or the state of

being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental
powers.</def> [R.]
<col>Ball lightning</col>, <cd>a rare form of lightning

sometimes seen as a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the
earth.</cd> -- <col>Chain lightning</col>, <cd>lightning in
angular, zigzag, or forked flashes.</cd> -- <col>Heat
lightning</col>, <cd>more or less vivid and extensive flashes of
electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon, esp. at the
close of a hot day.</cd> -- <col>Lightning arrester</col>
(Telegraphy), <cd>a device, at the place where a wire enters a
building, for preventing injury by lightning to an operator or
instrument. It consists of a short circuit to the ground interrupted
by a thin nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also
lightning discharger.</cd> -- <col>Lightning bug</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a luminous beetle. See Firefly.</cd>
-- <col>Lightning conductor</col>, <cd>a lightning rod.</cd> -
- <col>Lightning glance</col>, <cd>a quick, penetrating glance
of a brilliant eye.</cd> -- <col>Lightning rod</col>, <cd>a
metallic rod set up on a building, or on the mast of a vessel, and
connected with the earth or water below, for the purpose of
protecting the building or vessel from lightning.</cd> --
<col>Sheet lightning</col>, <cd>a diffused glow of electric
light flashing out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines.
The appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light from
distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.</cd>
<hw>Light"ning</hw> (l&imacr;t"n&ibreve;ng), <pos>vb.

n.</pos> <def>Lightening.</def> [R.]
<hw>Light"-o'-love`</hw> (l&imacr;t"&osl;-l&ubreve;v`),
<pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An old tune of a dance,
the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity,
especially in love matters.</def> Nares. "Best sing it to the
tune of light-o'-love." Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: A light or wanton woman.</def>

<hw>Light"room`</hw> (-r&oomac;m`), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted,
being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.</def>
<hw>Lights</hw> (l&imacr;ts), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [So called

from their lightness.] <def>The lungs of an animal or bird; --
sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.</def>
<hw>Light"-ship`</hw> (l&imacr;t"sh&ibreve;p`),
<pos>n.</pos> (Naut.) <def>A vessel carrying at the
masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of
dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners.</def>
<hw>Light"some</hw> (l&imacr;t"s&ubreve;m), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy;
bright.</def>
<blockquote>White walls make rooms more lightsome than

black.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Gay; airy; cheering;

exhilarating.</def>
<blockquote>That lightsome affection of joy.</blockquote>

Hooker.
-- <wf>Light"some*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Light"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<blockquote>Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as
dance lightsomely in a gala dress.</blockquote>
<hw>Light"-winged`</hw> (-w&ibreve;ngd`), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting.</def>
Shak.
<hw>Light"wood`</hw> (-w&oocr;d`), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Pine

wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United
States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire
quickly or making a blaze.</def>
<hw>Light"y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Illuminated.</def> [Obs.] Wyclif.
<hw>Lign`-al"oes</hw> (l&imacr;n`&abreve;l"&omacr;z or
l&ibreve;g*n&abreve;l"&omacr;z), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. ligne
aloes, fr. L. lignum wood + aloe aloe.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Aloes wood, or agallochum. See
Agallochum.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A fragrant tree mentioned in the

Bible.</def> Num. xxiv. 6.
<hw>Lig"ne*ous</hw> (l&ibreve;g"n&esl;*&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. ligneus, fr. lignum wood. Cf.
Lignous.] <def>Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature
of, or resembling, wood; woody.</def>
<blockquote>It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of

red roses; for it may be they, being of a moreligneous nature,
will incorporate with the tree itself.</blockquote> Bacon.
<col>Ligneous marble</col>, <cd>wood coated or prepared so

as to resemble marble.</cd>
<hw>Lig*nif"er*ous</hw>
(l&ibreve;g*n&ibreve;f"&etilde;r*&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
lignifer; lignum wood + ferre to bear: cf. F.
lignifère.] <def>Yielding or producing wood.</def>
<hw>Lig`ni*fi*ca"tion</hw>
(l&ibreve;g`n&ibreve;*f&ibreve;*k&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. lignification. See
Lignify.] (Bot.) <def>A change in the character of a
cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an
incrustation of lignin.</def>
<hw>Lig"ni*form</hw> (l&ibreve;g"n&ibreve;*fôrm),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lignum wood + -form: cf. F.
ligniforme.] <def>Like wood.</def>
<hw>Lig"ni*fy</hw> (-f&imacr;), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Lignified (-f&imacr;d);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Lignifying (-
f&imacr;`&ibreve;ng).] [L. lignum wood + -fy: cf. F.
lignifier.] (Bot.) <def>To convert into wood or into a
ligneous substance.</def>
<hw>Lig"ni*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> (Bot.) <def>To

become wood.</def>
<hw>Lig"nin</hw> (l&ibreve;g"n&ibreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lignum wood: cf. F. lignine.] (Bot.) <def>A
substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in
its conduct with certain chemical reagents.</def>
&fist; Recent authors have distinguished four forms of this

substance, naming them lignose, lignin, lignone,
and lignireose.
<hw>Lig`ni*per"dous</hw>
(l&ibreve;g`n&ibreve;*p&etilde;r"d&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>
[L. lignum wood + perdere to destroy: cf. F.
ligniperde.] (Zoöl.) <def>Wood-destroying; -- said
of certain insects.</def>
<hw>Lig*nir"e*ose`</hw> (l&ibreve;g*n&ibreve;r"&esl;*&omacr;s`),
<pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>See Lignin.</def>
<hw>Lig"nite</hw> (l&ibreve;g"n&imacr;t), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lignum wood: cf. F. lignite.] (Min.)
<def>Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was
formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent
origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal
series. Called also brown coal, wood coal.</def>
<hw>Lig*nit"ic</hw> (l&ibreve;g*n&ibreve;t"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing lignite; resembling, or of the
nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay.</def>
<col>Lignitic group</col>. <cd>See Laramie

Group.</cd>
<hw>Lig`ni*tif"er*ous</hw>
(l&ibreve;g`n&ibreve;*t&ibreve;f"&etilde;r*&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [Lignite + -ferous.]
<def>Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.</def>
<hw>Lig`no*cer"ic</hw> (-n&osl;*s&ebreve;r"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lignum wood + cera wax.]
(Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the
formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by
distilling certain kinds of wood, as the beech.</def>
<hw>Lig"none`</hw> (l&ibreve;g"n&omacr;n`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>See Lignin.</def>
{ <hw>Lig*nose"</hw> (l&ibreve;g*n&omacr;s"), <hw>Lig"nous</hw>

(l&ibreve;g"n&ubreve;s), } <pos>a.</pos> [L. lignosus,
fr. lignum wood: cf. F. ligneux. Cf. Ligneous.]
<def>Ligneous.</def> [R.] Evelyn.
<hw>Lig"nose`</hw> (l&ibreve;g"n&omacr;s`), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>See Lignin.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>An explosive compound of

wood fiber and nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.</def>
<hw>||Lig"num rho"di*um</hw> (l&ibreve;g"n&ubreve;m

r&omacr;"d&ibreve;*&ubreve;m). [NL., fr. L. lignum wood + Gr.
<grk>"ro`don</grk> a rose.] (Bot.) <def>The fragrant wood of
several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza
from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris
balsamifera.</def>
<hw>||Lig"num-vi"tae</hw> (-v&imacr;"t&emacr;),
<pos>n.</pos> [L., wood of life; lignum wood +
vita, genitive vitæ, life.] (Bot.) <def>A
tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of
America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its
wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical
purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the
like. See Guaiacum.</def>
&fist; In New Zealand the Metrosideros buxifolia is called

lignum-vitæ, and in Australia a species of Acacia. The
bastard lignum-vitæ is a West Indian tree (Sarcomphalus
laurinus).
<hw>Lig"ro*in</hw> (l&ibreve;g"r&osl;*&ibreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely
to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude
petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several
hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170° Fahr., and is more
inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a
carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special
lamps.</def>
<! p. 853 pr=VMG !>
<hw>Lig"sam</hw> (l&ibreve;g"sam), <pos>n.</pos>

[Cf. D. liggen to lie, E. lie to be prostrate, and E.
flotsam, jetsam, or ligan.] <def>Same as
Ligan.</def> Brande & C.
<hw>||Lig"u*la</hw> (l&ibreve;g"&usl;*l&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. L. <plw>Ligulæ</plw> (-
l&emacr;), E. <plw>Ligulas</plw> (-l&adot;z). [L., a little
tongue. See Ligule.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>See
Ligule.</def>

<def>The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It
sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees.</def> [See
Illust. under Labium, and Hymenoptera.]
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of
annelids. See Parapodium.</def>
{ <hw>Lig"u*late</hw> (l&ibreve;g"&usl;*l&asl;t),

<hw>Lig"u*la`ted</hw> (-l&amacr;`t&ebreve;d), } <pos>a.</pos>
[Cf. F. ligulé. See Ligule, and cf.
Lingulate.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Like a bandage, or strap;

strap-shaped.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Composed of ligules.</def>
<col>Ligulate flower</col>, <cd>a species of compound

flower, the florets of which have their corollets flat, spreading out
toward the end, with the base only tubular.</cd>
<hw>Lig"ule</hw> (-&usl;l), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

ligula, lingula, little tongue, dim. of lingua
tongue : cf. F. ligule.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The thin

and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of
grass.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A strap-shaped corolla of
flowers of Compositæ.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>A band of white matter in

the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.</def>
<hw>Ligù*li*flo"rous</hw>
(l&ibreve;g`&usl;*l&ibreve;*fl&omacr;"r&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [Ligule + L. flos, floris,
a flower.] (Bot.) <def>Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said
of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion,
lettuce, hawkweed, etc.</def>
<hw>Lig"ure</hw> (l&ibreve;g"&usl;r; 277), <pos>n.</pos>

[L. ligurius, Gr. <grk>ligy`rion</grk>,
<grk>liggoy`rion</grk>, <grk>ligkoy`rion</grk>,
<grk>lygkoy`rion</grk>, equiv. to Heb. leshem.] <def>A kind of
precious stone.</def>
<blockquote>The third row a ligure, an agate, and an

amethyst.</blockquote> Ex. xxviii. 19.
<hw>Li*gus"trin</hw> (l&isl;*g&ubreve;s"tr&ibreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A bitter principle found in
the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a
white crystalline substance with a warm, bitter taste; -- called also
ligustron.</def>
<hw>Lik"a*ble</hw> (l&imacr;k"&adot;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a
likable person.</def> Thackeray.
<hw>Like</hw> (l&imacr;k), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Liker (l&imacr;k"&etilde;r);
<pos>superl.</pos> Likest.] [OE. lik,
ilik, gelic, AS. gel&imacr;c, fr. pref. ge-
 + l&imacr;c body, and orig. meaning, having the same
body, shape, or appearance, and hence, like; akin to OS.
gil&imacr;k, D. gelijk, G. gleich, OHG.
gil&imacr;h, Icel. l&imacr;kr, gl&imacr;kr, Dan.
lig, Sw. lik, Goth. galeiks, OS. lik
body, D. lijk, G. leiche, Icel. l&imacr;k, Sw.
lik, Goth. leik. The English adverbial ending-ly
is from the same adjective. Cf. Each, Such,
Which.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the same, or nearly the
same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar
to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of
the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features,
complexion, and many traits of character.</def>
<blockquote>'T is as like you 

As cherry is to cherry.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Like master, like man.</blockquote>

Old Prov.
<blockquote>He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the

hoar-frost like ashes.</blockquote> Ps. cxlvii. 16.
&fist; To, which formerly often followed like, is

now usually omitted.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of

like extent.</def>
<blockquote>More clergymen were impoverished by the late war than

ever in the like space before.</blockquote> Sprat.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Having probability; affording probability;

probable; likely.</def> [Likely is more used now.]
Shak.
<blockquote>But it is like the jolly world about us will

scoff at the paradox of these practices.</blockquote>
South.
<blockquote>Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to

conform themselves to strict rules.</blockquote>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel

like taking a walk.</def>
<col>Had like</col> (followed by the infinitive), <cd>had

nearly; came little short of.</cd>
<blockquote>Had like to have been my utter

overthrow.</blockquote> Sir W. Raleigh
<blockquote>Ramona had like to have said the literal truth,

. . . but recollected herself in time.</blockquote> Mrs. H. H.
Jackson.
<col>Like figures</col> (Geom.), <cd>similar

figures.</cd>
&fist; Like is used as a suffix, converting nouns into

adjectives expressing resemblance to the noun; as, manlike,
like a man; childlike, like a child; godlike, like a
god, etc. Such compounds are readily formed whenever convenient, and
several, as crescentlike, serpentlike, hairlike,
etc., are used in this book, although, in some cases, not entered in
the vocabulary. Such combinations as bell-like, ball-
like, etc., are hyphened.
<hw>Like</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That

which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact
resemblance; a copy.</def>
<blockquote>He was a man, take him for all in all, 

I shall not look upon his like again.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A liking; a preference; inclination; --

usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and
dislikes.</def>
<hw>Like</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> [AS. gel&imacr;ce.

See Like, <pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a
manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act
like him.</def>
<blockquote>He maketh them to stagger like a drunken

man.</blockquote> Job xii. 25.
&fist; Like, as here used, is regarded by some grammarians

as a preposition.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>In a like or similar manner.</def>

Shak.
<blockquote>Like as a father pitieth his children, so the

Lord pitieth them that fear him.</blockquote> Ps. ciii.
13.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Likely; probably.</def> "Like

enough it will." Shak.
<hw>Like</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Liked (l&imacr;kt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Liking.] [OE. liken to please, AS.
l&imacr;cian, gel&imacr;cian, fr. gel&imacr;c.
See Like, <pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
suit; to please; to be agreeable to.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Cornwall him liked best, therefore he chose

there.</blockquote> R. of Gloucester.
<blockquote>I willingly confess that it likes me much

better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to
seek it in an ill-favored creature.</blockquote> Sir P.
Sidney.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To be pleased with in a moderate degree;

to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.</def>
<blockquote>He proceeded from looking to liking, and from

liking to loving.</blockquote> Sir P. Sidney.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To liken; to compare.</def>[Obs.]
<blockquote>Like me to the peasant boys of

France.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Like</hw> (l&imacr;k), <pos>v. i.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To be pleased; to choose.</def>
<blockquote>He may either go or stay, as he best

likes.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To have an appearance or expression; to

look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>You like well, and bear your years very

well.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to

escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf.
Had like, under Like, <pos>a.</pos></def>
[Colloq.]
<blockquote>He probably got his death, as he liked to have

done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the
wall of Kensington Garden.</blockquote> Walpole.
<col>To like of</col>, <cd>to be pleased with.</cd> [Obs.]

<hw>Like"a*ble</hw> (l&imacr;k"&adot;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>See Likable.</def>
<hw>Like"hood</hw> (-h&oocr;d), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Likelihood.</def> [Obs.] South.
<hw>Like"li*hood</hw> (-l&ibreve;*h&oocr;d), <pos>n.</pos>

[Likely + -hood.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Appearance;
show; sign; expression.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>What of his heart perceive you in his face 

By any likelihood he showed to-day ?</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Likeness; resemblance.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>There is no likelihood between pure light and

black darkness, or between righteousness and
reprobation.</blockquote> Sir W. Raleigh.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Appearance of truth or reality;

probability; verisimilitude.</def> Tennyson.
<hw>Like"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Likelihood; probability.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Suitableness; agreeableness.</def>

[Obs.]
<hw>Like"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [<pos>Compar.</pos>

Likelier (l&imacr;k"l&ibreve;*&etilde;r);
<pos>superl.</pos> Likeliest.] [That is, like-
like. See Like, <pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely
story.</def>
<blockquote>It seems likely that he was in hope of being

busy and conspicuous.</blockquote> Johnson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Having probability; having or giving

reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is
likely to rain.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Similar; like; alike.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing;

agreeable; handsome.</def> Shak. Milton.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Having such qualities as make success

probable; well adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely
young man; a likely servant.</def>
<hw>Like"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In all probability;

probably.</def>
<blockquote>While man was innocent he was likely ignorant

of nothing that imported him to know.</blockquote>
<hw>Like"-mindèd</hw> (-m&imacr;nd`&ebreve;d),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a like disposition or purpose; of
the same mind.</def> Tillotson.
<hw>Lik"en</hw> (l&imacr;k"'n), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Likened (-'nd); <pos>p. pr.
& vb. n.</pos> Likening.] [OE. liknen. See
Like, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To allege, or think, to be like; to

represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a
pilgrimage.</def>
<blockquote>Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth

them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house
upon a rock.</blockquote> Matt. vii. 24.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To make or cause to be like.</def> [R.]

Brougham.
<hw>Like"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

gel&imacr;cnes.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality
of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the
likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Appearance or form; guise.</def>
<blockquote>An enemy in the likeness of a

friend.</blockquote> L'Estrange.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which closely resembles; a

portrait.</def>
<blockquote>[How he looked] the likenesses of him which

still remain enable us to imagine.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A comparison; parable; proverb.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this

likeness, Leech, heal thyself.</blockquote> Wyclif (Luke
iv. 23).
Syn. -- Similarity; parallel; similitude; representation;

portrait; effigy.
{<hw>Lik"er*ous</hw> (l&ibreve;k"&etilde;r*&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos>, <hw>Lik"er*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
} [Obs.] <def>See Lickerish, Lickerishness.</def>
Chaucer.
<hw>Like"wise`</hw> (l&imacr;k"w&imacr;z`), <pos>adv. &

conj.</pos> [See Wise, <pos>n.</pos>] <def>In like
manner; also; moreover; too. See Also.</def>
<blockquote>Go, and do thou likewise.</blockquote> Luke

x. 37.
<blockquote>For he seeth that wise men die; likewise the

fool and the brutish person perish.</blockquote> Ps. xlix.
10.
<hw>Lik"ing</hw> (l&imacr;k"&ibreve;ng), <pos>p. a.</pos>

<def>Looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. See
Like, to look.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<blockquote>Why should he see your faces worse liking than

the children which are of your sort ?</blockquote> Dan. i.
10.
<hw>Lik"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The

state of being pleasing; a suiting. See On liking,
below.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being pleased with, or

attracted toward, some thing or person; hence, inclination; desire;
pleasure; preference; -- often with for, formerly with
to; as, it is an amusement I have no liking
for.</def>
<blockquote>If the human intellect hath once taken a liking

to any doctrine, . . . it draws everything else into harmony with
that doctrine, and to its support.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Appearance; look; figure; state of body as
to health or condition.</def> [Archaic]
<blockquote>I shall think the worse of fat men, as long as I have

an eye to make difference of men's liking.</blockquote>
Shak.
<blockquote>Their young ones are in good

liking.</blockquote> Job. xxxix. 4.
<col>On liking</col>, <cd>on condition of being pleasing to

or suiting; also, on condition of being pleased with; as, to hold a
place of service on liking; to engage a servant on
liking.</cd> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
<blockquote>Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line .

. . to be a king on liking and on sufferance ?</blockquote>
Hazlitt.
<hw>Li"lac</hw> (l&imacr;"lak), <pos>n.</pos> [Also

lilach.] [Sp. lilac, lila, Ar.
l&imacr;lak, fr. Per. l&imacr;laj, l&imacr;lanj,
l&imacr;lang, n&imacr;laj, n&imacr;l, the indigo
plant, or from the kindred l&imacr;lak bluish, the flowers
being named from the color. Cf. Anil.] <sn>1.</sn>
(Bot.) <def>A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six
species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the
common lilac, and S. Persica, the Persian lilac, are
frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish
or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have
this name.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A light purplish color like that of the

flower of the purplish lilac.</def>
<col>California lilac</col> (Bot.), <cd>a low shrub

with dense clusters of purplish flowers (Ceanothus
thyrsiflorus).</cd>
<hw>Lil"a*cin</hw> (l&ibreve;l"&adot;*s&ibreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>See
Syringin.</def>
<hw>Lilì*a"ceous</hw> (l&ibreve;l`&ibreve;*&amacr;"sh&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. liliaceus, fr. lilium lily.
See Lily.] (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or
pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth
are well-known examples.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Like the
blossom of a lily in general form.</def>
<hw>Lil"i*al</hw> (l&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*al),
<pos>a.</pos> (Bot.) <def>Having a general resemblance
to lilies or to liliaceous plants.</def>
<hw>Lil"ied</hw> (l&ibreve;l"&ibreve;d), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Covered with, or having many, lilies.</def>
<blockquote>By sandy Ladon's lilied banks.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Lill</hw> (l&ibreve;l), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

loll.</def> [Obs. or Prov.] Spenser.
<hw>Lil`li*pu"tian</hw>
(l&ibreve;l`l&ibreve;*p&umacr;"shan), <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One belonging to a very diminutive race
described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."</def>
<sn>2.</sn> Hence: <def>A person or thing of very small

size.</def>
<hw>Lil`li*pu"tian</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput
described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> Hence: <def>Of very small size; diminutive;

dwarfed.</def>
<hw>Lil"ly-pil`ly</hw> (l&ibreve;l"l&ybreve;-
p&ibreve;l`l&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>An
Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth
ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard
and fine-grained.</def>
<hw>Lilt</hw> (l&ibreve;lt), <pos>v. i.</pos> [Cf. Norw.

lilla, lirla, to sing in a high tone.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To do anything with animation and quickness,
as to skip, fly, or hop.</def> [Prov. Eng.] Wordsworth.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To sing cheerfully.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Lilt</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To utter with spirit,

animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.</def>
<blockquote>A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, 

With scraps of thundrous epic lilted out 
By violet-hooded doctors.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Lilt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm;
sprightliness.</def>
<blockquote>The movement, the lilt, and the subtle charm of

the verse.</blockquote> F. Harrison.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A lively song or dance; a cheerful

tune.</def>
<blockquote>The housewife went about her work, or spun at her

wheel, with a lilt upon her lips.</blockquote> J. C.
Shairp.
<hw>Lil"y</hw> (l&ibreve;l"&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Lilies</plw> (-&ibreve;z). [AS. lilie,
L. lilium, Gr. <grk>lei`rion</grk>. Cf. Flower-de-
luce.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A plant and flower of the

genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular
perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-
celled ovary.</def>
&fist; There are nearly fifty species, all found in the North
Temperate zone. Lilium candidum and L. longiflorum are
the common white lilies of gardens; L. Philadelphicum is the
wild red lily of the Atlantic States; L. Chalcedonicum is
supposed to be the "lily of the field" in our Lord's parable; L.
auratum is the great gold-banded lily of Japan.
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A name given to handsome

flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color
or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum,
Amaryllis, Nerine, etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That end of a compass needle which should

point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure
of a lily or fleur-de-lis.</def>
<blockquote>But sailing further, it veers its lily to the

west.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne. 
<col>African lily</col> (Bot.), <cd>the blue-

flowered Agapanthus umbellatus.</cd> -- <col>Atamasco
lily</col> (Bot.), <cd>a plant of the genus
Zephyranthes (Z. Atamasco), having a white and pink
funnelform perianth, with six petal-like divisions resembling those
of a lily.</cd> Gray. -- <col>Blackberry lily</col>
(Bot.), <cd>the Pardanthus Chinensis, the black seeds
of which form a dense mass like a blackberry.</cd> -- <col>Bourbon
lily</col> (Bot.), <cd>Lilium candidum. See
Illust.</cd> -- <col>Butterfly lily</col>.
(Bot.) <cd>Same as Mariposa lily, in the
Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Lily beetle</col> (Zool.),
<cd>a European beetle (Crioceris merdigera) which feeds upon
the white lily.</cd> -- <col>Lily daffodil</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a plant of the genus Narcissus, and its
flower.</cd> -- <col>Lily encrinite</col> (Paleon.),
<cd>a fossil encrinite, esp. Encrinus liliiformis. See
Encrinite.</cd> -- <col>Lily hyacinth</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a plant of the genus Hyacinthus.</cd> --
<col>Lily iron</col>, <cd>a kind of harpoon with a detachable
head of peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish.</cd>
-- <col>Lily of the valley</col> (Bot.), <cd>a low

perennial herb (Convallaria majalis), having a raceme of
nodding, fragrant, white flowers.</cd>
-- <col>Lily pad</col>, <cd>the large floating leaf of the

water lily.</cd> [U. S.] Lowell. -- <col>Tiger
lily</col> (Bot.), <cd>Lilium tigrinum, the sepals
of which are blotched with black.</cd> -- <col>Turk's-cap
lily</col> (Bot.), <cd>Lilium Martagon, a red lily
with recurved sepals; also, the similar American lily, L.
superbum.</cd> -- <col>Water lily</col> (Bot.),
<cd>the Nymphæa, a plant with floating roundish leaves,
and large flowers having many petals, usually white, but sometimes
pink, red, blue, or yellow. [See Illust. of
Nymphæa.]</cd>
<hw>Lil"y-handèd</hw> (-h&abreve;nd`&ebreve;d),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Having white, delicate hands.</def>
<hw>Lil"y-livèred</hw> (-l&ibreve;v`&etilde;rd),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>White-livered; cowardly.</def>
<hw>Lil"y*wort`</hw> (-wûrt`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>Any plant of the Lily family or order.</def>
Lindley.
<hw>Lim</hw> (l&ibreve;m), <pos>n.</pos> [See Limb.]

<def>A limb.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Li"ma</hw> (l&emacr;"m&adot; or l&imacr;"m&adot;),

<pos>n.</pos> <def>The capital city of Peru, in South
America.</def>
<col>Lima bean</col>. (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<cd>A variety of climbing or pole bean (Phaseolus lunatus),
which has very large flattish seeds</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The
seed of this plant, much used for food.</cd> -- <col>Lima
wood</col> (Bot.), <cd>the beautiful dark wood of the
South American tree Cæsalpinia echinata.</cd>
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<hw>Li*ma"ceous</hw> (l&isl;*m&amacr;"sh&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. limax, limacis, slug, snail:
cf. F. limacé.] (Zoöl.) <def>Pertaining to,
or like, Limax, or the slugs.</def>
<hw>||Limà*ci"na</hw> (l&ibreve;m`&adot;*s&imacr;"n&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., from L. limax, limacis, a
slug.] (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of small spiral pteropods,
common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food
of the right whales.</def>
<hw>||Li`ma`çon"</hw> (l&esl;`m&adot;`sôN"),
<pos>n.</pos> [F. limaçon, lit., a snail.]
(Geom.) <def>A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal.
Its polar equation is r = a cos θ + b.</def>
<hw>Li"maille</hw> (l&imacr;"m&amacr;l; F. l&esl;`mä"y'),

<pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. limer to file. See
Limation.] <def>Filings of metal.</def> [Obs.] "An ounce . . .
of silver lymaille." Chaucer.
<hw>Li"man</hw> (l&imacr;"man), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

limon, fr. L. limus slime.] <def>The deposit of slime
at the mouth of a river; slime.</def>
<hw>Li*ma"tion</hw> (l&isl;*m&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. limatus, p. p. of limare to
file, fr. lima file : cf. F. limation.] <def>The act of
filing or polishing.</def>
<hw>Li"ma*ture</hw> (l&imacr;"m&adot;*t&usl;r; 135),

<pos>n.</pos> [L. limatura. See Limation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of filing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is filed off; filings.</def>

Johnson.
<hw>||Li"max</hw> (l&imacr;"m&abreve;ks), <pos>n.</pos>

[L.] (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of airbreathing mollusks,
including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary
shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several
species are troublesome in gardens. See Slug.</def>
<hw>Limb</hw> (l&ibreve;m), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lim,

AS. lim; akin to Icel. limr limb, lim branch of
a tree, Sw. & Dan. lem limb; cf. also AS. lið, OHG.
lid, gilid, G. glied, Goth. liþus.
Cf. Lith, Limber.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A part of a
tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and
twigs; a large branch.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg,

arm, or wing of an animal.</def>
<blockquote>A second Hector for his grim aspect, 

And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A thing or person regarded as a part or

member of, or attachment to, something else.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>That little limb of the devil has cheated the

gallows.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>An elementary piece of the mechanism of a

lock.</def>
<col>Limb of the law</col>, <cd>a lawyer or an officer of

the law.</cd> [Colloq.] Landor.
<hw>Limb</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

supply with limbs.</def> [R.] Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To dismember; to tear off the limbs

of.</def>
<hw>Limb</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. limbus border. Cf.

Limbo, Limbus.] <def>A border or edge, in certain
special uses.</def> <sd>(a)</sd> (Bot.) <def>The border
or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or
sepal; blade.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (Astron.) <def>The
border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun
and moon.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The graduated margin of an
arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.</def>
<hw>Lim"bat</hw> (l&ibreve;m"b&abreve;t), <pos>n.</pos>
[Etymol. uncertain.] <def>A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of
Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M.,
to the middle of the day or later.</def>
<hw>Lim"bate</hw> (l&ibreve;m"b&asl;t), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

limbatus, fr. limbus border, edge. See Limbus.]
(Bot. & Zoöl.) <def>Bordered, as when one color is
surrounded by an edging of another.</def>
<hw>Lim"bec</hw> (-b&ebreve;k), <pos>n.</pos> [Abbrev. of

alembic.] <def>An alembic; a still.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
Shak.
<hw>Lim"bec</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To distill.</def>

[Obs.] Dryden.
<hw>Limbed</hw> (l&ibreve;md), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed;
short-limbed.</def>
<blockquote>Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, 

Limbed and full grown.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Lim"ber</hw> (l&ibreve;m"b&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

[For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of
lim; akin to E. limb. See Limb a branch.]
<sn>1.</sn> pl. <def>The shafts or thills of a wagon or
carriage.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Mil.) <def>The detachable fore part of

a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to
which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which
the cannoneers sit.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> pl. (Naut.) <def>Gutters or

conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to
the pump well.</def>
<col>Limber boards</col> (Naut.), <cd>short pieces

of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately
above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming
clogged.</cd> -- <col>Limber box or chest</col> (Mil.),
<cd>a box on the limber for carrying ammunition.</cd> --
<col>Limber rope</col>, <col>Limber chain</col>, or
<col>Limber clearer</col> (Naut.), <cd>a rope or chain
passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared
of dirt that chokes them.</cd> Totten. -- <col>Limber
strake</col> (Shipbuilding), <cd>the first course of
inside planking next the keelson.</cd>
<hw>Lim"ber</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Limbered (-b&etilde;rd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Limbering.] (Mil.) <def>To attach to the
limber; as, to limber a gun.</def>
<col>To limber up</col>, <cd>to change a gun carriage into

a four-wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber.</cd>

<hw>Lim"ber</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Akin to limp, a.

√125. See Limp, <pos>a.</pos>] <def>Easily bent;
flexible; pliant; yielding.</def> Milton.
<blockquote>The bargeman that doth row with long and limber

oar.</blockquote> Turbervile.
<hw>Lim"ber</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to become

limber; to make flexible or pliant.</def> Richardson.
<hw>Lim"ber*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or

state of being limber; flexibleness.</def> Boyle.
<hw>Limb"less</hw> (l&ibreve;m"l&ebreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Destitute of limbs.</def>
<hw>Limb"meal`</hw> (-m&emacr;l`), <pos>adv.</pos> [See

Limb, and Piecemeal.] <def>Piecemeal.</def> [Obs.] "To
tear her limbmeal." Shak.
{ <hw>Lim"bo</hw> (l&ibreve;m"b&osl;), <hw>Lim"bus</hw> (-

b&ubreve;s), } <pos>n.</pos> [L. limbus border, edge,
in limbo on the border. Cf. Limb border.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Scholastic Theol.) <def>An extramundane
region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the
judgment.</def>
<blockquote>As far from help as Limbo is from

bliss.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>A Limbo large and broad, since called 

The Paradise of fools.</blockquote> Milton.
&fist; The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the

souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior. The
limbus infantium was said to be a similar place for the souls
of unbaptized infants. To these was added, in the popular belief, the
limbus fatuorum, or fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle
of all vanity and nonsense.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: Any real or imaginary place of

restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in
limbo.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Anat.) <def>A border or margin; as, the

limbus of the cornea.</def>
<hw>Lim"bous</hw> (l&ibreve;m"b&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>

[See Limbus.] (Anat.) <def>With slightly overlapping
borders; -- said of a suture.</def>
<hw>Lime</hw> (l&imacr;m), <pos>n.</pos> [See Leam a

string.] <def>A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.</def>
<hw>Lime</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Formerly line, for
earlier lind. See Linden.] (Bot.) <def>The
linden tree. See Linden.</def>
<hw>Lime</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. lime; of Persian

origin. See Lemon.] (Bot.) <def>A fruit allied to the
lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two
kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely
sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta)
which is only slightly sour.</def>
<hw>Lime</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. l&imacr;m; akin to

D. lijm, G. leim, OHG. l&imacr;m, Icel.
l&imacr;m, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus
mud, linere to smear, and E. loam. √126. Cf.
Loam, Liniment.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Birdlime.</def>
<blockquote>Like the lime 

That foolish birds are caught with.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>Oxide of calcium; the white

or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained
by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide
and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water,
forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement,
plastering, mortar, etc.</def>
&fist; Lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble,

chalk, bones, shells, etc.
<col>Caustic lime</col>, <cd>calcium hydrate or slacked

lime; also, in a less technical sense, calcium oxide or
quicklime.</cd> -- <col>Lime burner</col>, <cd>one who burns
limestone, shells, etc., to make lime.</cd> -- <col>Lime
light</col>. <cd>See Calcium light, under
Calcium.</cd> -- <col>Lime pit</col>, <cd>a limestone
quarry.</cd> -- <col>Lime rod</col>, <col>Lime
twig</col>, <cd>a twig smeared with birdlime; hence, that which
catches; a snare.</cd> Chaucer.
<hw>Lime</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Limed (l&imacr;md); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Liming.] [Cf. AS. gel&imacr;man to glue or
join together. See Lime a viscous substance.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To smear with a viscous substance, as
birdlime.</def>
<blockquote>These twigs, in time, will come to be

limed.</blockquote> L'Estrange.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To entangle; to insnare.</def>
<blockquote>We had limed ourselves 

With open eyes, and we must take the chance.</blockquote>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of
calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing
the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them.</def>
<blockquote>Land may be improved by draining, marling, and

liming.</blockquote> Sir J. Child.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To cement.</def> "Who gave his blood to

lime the stones together." Shak.
<hw>Lime"hound`</hw> (l&imacr;m"hound`), <pos>n.</pos>

[Lime a leash + hound.] <def>A dog used in hunting the
wild boar; a leamer.</def> Spenser.
<hw>Lime"kiln`</hw> (l&imacr;m"k&ibreve;ln`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and
reduced to lime.</def>
<hw>Li*men"e*an</hw> (l&esl;*m&ebreve;n"&esl;*an),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the
inhabitants of Lima, in Peru.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A
native or inhabitant of Lima.</def>
<hw>Lim"er</hw> (l&imacr;m"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

limehound; a limmer.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Lime"stone`</hw> (l&imacr;m"st&omacr;n`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of
lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then
called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline
limestone is called marble.</def>
<hw>Lime twig</hw>. <def>See under 4th Lime.</def>
<hw>Lime"-twigged`</hw> (-tw&ibreve;gd`), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime.</def> L.
Addison.
<hw>Lime"wa`ter</hw> (-w&add;`t&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of
lime for medicinal purposes.</def>
<hw>||Li*mic"o*læ</hw> (l&isl;*m&ibreve;k"&osl;*l&emacr;),
<pos>n. pl.</pos> [L. limicola a dweller in the mud;
limus mud + colere to dwell.] (Zoöl.)
<def>A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers,
snipe, curlew, etc.; the Grallæ.</def>
<hw>Li*mic"o*line</hw> (-l&ibreve;n), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the
Limicolæ.</def>
<hw>Lim"i*ness</hw> (l&imacr;m"&ibreve;*n&ebreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being
limy.</def>
<hw>Lim"it</hw> (l&ibreve;m"&ibreve;t), <pos>n.</pos> [From

L. limes, limitis: cf. F. limite; or from E.
limit, v. See Limit, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That which terminates, circumscribes,
restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost
extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the
limits of human knowledge or endeavor.</def>
<blockquote>As eager of the chase, the maid 

Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The space or thing defined by

limits.</def>
<blockquote>The archdeacon hath divided it 

Into three limits very equally.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which terminates a period of time;

hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.</def>
<blockquote>The dateless limit of thy dear

exile.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The limit of your lives is out.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A restriction; a check; a curb; a

hindrance.</def>
<blockquote>I prithee, give no limits to my

tongue.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> (Logic & Metaph.) <def>A determining

feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Math.) <def>A determinate quantity, to

which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it
by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of
variation, the variable can never become exactly
equivalent.</def>
<col>Elastic limit</col>. <cd>See under

Elastic.</cd> -- <col>Prison limits</col>, <cd>a
definite extent of space in or around a prison, within which a
prisoner has liberty to go and come.</cd>
Syn. -- Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction;

bound; confine.
<hw>Lim"it</hw> (l&ibreve;m"&ibreve;t), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Limited; <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Limiting.] [F. limiter, L.
limitare, fr. limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin
to limen threshold, E. eliminate; cf. L. limus
sidelong.] <def>To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to
terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to
limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of
paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to
limit the meaning of a word.</def>
<col>Limiting parallels</col> (Astron.), <cd>those
parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or
planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur.</cd>
<hw>Lim"it</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To beg, or to

exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a
limiting friar.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lim"it*a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Capable of being limited.</def>
<hw>Limì*ta"ne*ous</hw>
(l&ibreve;m`&ibreve;*t&amacr;"n&esl;*&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>
[L. limitaneus. See Limit, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<def>Of or pertaining to a limit.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Limì*ta"ri*an</hw> (-r&ibreve;*an),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to limit.</def>
<hw>Lim"i*ta*ry</hw> (l&ibreve;m"&ibreve;*t&asl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. limitaris. See Limit ,
<pos>v. t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Placed at the limit,
as a guard.</def> "Proud limitary cherub." Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Confined within limits; limited in extent,

authority, power, etc.</def> "The limitary ocean."
Trench.
<blockquote>The poor, limitary creature calling himself a

man of the world.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Limiting, or tending to limit;

restrictive.</def>
<blockquote>Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the

papal power.</blockquote> Milman.
<hw>Lim"i*ta*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>-

ries</plw> (-r&ibreve;z). <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which
serves to limit; a boundary; border land.</def> [Obs.]
Fuller.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A limiter. See Limiter,

2.</def>
<hw>Lim"i*tate</hw> (-&ibreve;*t&asl;t), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

limitatus, p. p. of limitare to limit. See
Limit, <pos>v. t.</pos> ] <def>Bounded by a distinct
line.</def>
<hw>Limì*ta"tion</hw> (-t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. limitatio: cf. F. limitation.
See Limit, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited;
as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the
council.</def>
<blockquote>They had no right to mistake the limitation . .
. of their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of the
possible modes of existence in the universe.</blockquote> J. S.
Mill.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which limits; a restriction; a

qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or
qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.</def>
<blockquote>The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and

limitations all principles have in regard of the matter
whereunto they are applicable.</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A certain precinct within which friars

were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time
during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such
a district.</def> Chaucer. Latimer.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A limited time within or during which

something is to be done.</def>
<blockquote>You have stood your limitation, and the

tribunes 
Endue you with the people's voice.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> (Law) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A certain

period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce
his claims by suit.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A settling of an
estate or property by specific rules.</def> <sd>(c)</sd>
<def>A restriction of power; as, a constitutional
limitation.</def> Wharton. Bouvier.
<col>To know one's own limitations</col>, <cd>to know the

reach and limits of one's abilities.</cd> A. R. Wallace.
<hw>Lim"it*ed</hw> (l&ibreve;m"&ibreve;t*&ebreve;d),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Confined within limits; narrow;
circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very
limited.</def>
<col>Limited company</col>, <cd>a company in which the

liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he
has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the
amount of his shares.</cd> [Eng.] Mozley & W.
<hw>Lim"it*ed*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With

limitation.</def>
<hw>Lim"it*ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being limited.</def>
<hw>Lim"it*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, limits.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A friar licensed to beg within certain

bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district.</def>
[Formerly written also limitour.] Chaucer.
<blockquote>A limitour of the Gray Friars, in the time of
his limitation, preached many times, and had but one sermon at all
times.</blockquote> Latimer.
<hw>Lim"it*ive</hw> (-&ibreve;v), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to
limit existing powers.</def> [R.]
<hw>Lim"it*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no limits;

unbounded; boundless.</def> Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).
<hw>Lim"it*our</hw> (-&oomac;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Limiter, 2.</def>
<hw>Lim"mer</hw> (-m&etilde;r), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Limber.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>Lim"mer</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. limier. See

Leamer.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A limehound; a
leamer.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A mongrel, as a cross

between the mastiff and hound.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A low, base fellow; also, a

prostitute.</def> [Scot.]
<blockquote>Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the

Highlands.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>4.</sn> (Naut.) <def>A man rope at the side of a

ladder.</def>
<hw>Limn</hw> (l&ibreve;m), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Limned (l&ibreve;md); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Limning (l&ibreve;m"n&ibreve;ng or
l&ibreve;m"&ibreve;ng).] [OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for
enluminen, F. enluminer to illuminate, to limn, LL.
illuminare to paint. √122. See Illuminate,
Luminous.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To draw or paint;
especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or
brush.</def>
<blockquote>Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of

faces, and you shall find them all different.</blockquote> Sir T.
Browne. 
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To illumine, as books or parchments, with

ornamental figures, letters, or borders.</def>
<! p. 855 pr=VMG !>
<hw>||Lim *næ"a</hw> (l&ibreve;m*n&emacr;"&adot;),

<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>limnaiôs</grk> pertaining to
a marsh, fr. <grk>li`mh</grk> a marsh.] (Zoöl.) <def>A
genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and
streams; -- called also pond snail.</def> [Written also
Lymnæa.]
<hw>Lim"ner</hw> (l&ibreve;m"n&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [F.
enlumineur, LL. illuminator. See Limn, and cf.
Alluminor.] <def>A painter; an artist</def>; esp.:
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who paints portraits.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>One who illuminates books.</def>
[Archaic]
<hw>Lim"ni*ad</hw> (-n&ibreve;*&abreve;d), <pos>n.</pos>

[Gr. <grk>li`mh</grk> a pool.] (Myth.) <def>See
Limoniad.</def>
<hw>Lim"ning</hw> (l&ibreve;m"n&ibreve;ng or
l&ibreve;m"&ibreve;ng), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act, process,
or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so
produced.</def>
<blockquote>Adorned with illumination which we now call

limning.</blockquote> Wood.
<hw>Li*moges"</hw> (l&esl;*m&omacr;zh"), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A city of Southern France.</def>
<col>Limoges enamel</col>, <cd>a kind of enamel ware in

which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metal plaque,
vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art was brought
to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16th century.</cd> -
- <col>Limoges ware</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Articles
decorated with Limoges enamel</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Articles
of porcelain, etc., manufactured at Limoges.</cd>
<hw>Li*mo"ni*ad</hw> (l&isl;*m&omacr;"n&ibreve;*&abreve;d),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. limoniades, pl., Gr.
<grk>leimwnia`des</grk>, fr. <grk>leimw`n</grk> meadow.] (Class.
Myth.) <def>A nymph of the meadows; -- called also
Limniad.</def>
<hw>Li*mo"nin</hw> (l&isl;*m&omacr;"n&ibreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [From NL. Citrus Medica, var. Limonum,
the scientific name of the lemon.] (Chem.) <def>A bitter,
white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon
seeds.</def>
<hw>Li"mon*ite</hw> (l&imacr;"m&obreve;n*&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>leimw`n</grk> any moist grassy place,
a meadow : cf. F. limonite, G. limonit.] (Min.)
<def>Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring
in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color,
and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called
brown hematite.</def>
<hw>||Li*mo"sis</hw> (l&isl;*m&omacr;"s&ibreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>limo`s</grk> hunger.]
(Med.) <def>A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive
and morbid hunger.</def>
<hw>Li"mous</hw> (l&imacr;"m&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

limosus, fr. limus slime, mud.] <def>Muddy; slimy;
thick.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Limp</hw> (l&ibreve;mp), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Limped (l&ibreve;mt; 215); <pos>p. pr. &
vb. n.</pos> Limping.] [Cf. AS. lemphealt lame,
OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame,
or to limp, a √120.] <def>To halt; to walk lamely. Also
used figuratively.</def> Shak.
<hw>Limp</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A halt; the act of

limping.</def>
<hw>Limp</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Ore Washing) <def>A

scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.</def>
<hw>Limp</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. Icel. limpa

limpness, weakness, and E. lap, <pos>n.</pos>,
lop, <pos>v. t.</pos> Cf. Limber,
<pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Flaccid; flabby, as
flesh.</def> Walton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a

limp cravat.</def>
<hw>Limp"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

limps.</def>
<hw>Lim"pet</hw> (l&ibreve;m"p&ebreve;t), <pos>n.</pos>

[Prob. through French fr. L. lepas, -adis, Gr.
<grk>lepa`s</grk>, <grk>-a`dos</grk>.] (Zoöl.)
<sn>1.</sn> <def>In a general sense, any hatshaped, or
conical, gastropod shell.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any one of many species of marine

shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks,
between tides.</def>
&fist; The common European limpets of the genus Patella

(esp. P. vulgata) are extensively used as food. The common New
England species is Acmæa testudinalis. Numerous species
of limpets occur on the Pacific coast of America, some of them of
large size.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Any species of Siphonaria, a genus

of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on
rocks.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A keyhole limpet. See

Fissurella.</def>
<hw>Lim"pid</hw> (-p&ibreve;d), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

limpidus; akin to Gr. <grk>la`mpein</grk> to shine: cf. F.
limpide. Cf. Lamp.] <def>Characterized by clearness or
transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream.</def>
<blockquote>Springs which were clear, fresh, and

limpid.</blockquote> Woodward.
Syn. -- Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal;
translucent; bright.
<hw>Lim*pid"i*ty</hw> (l&ibreve;m*p&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. limpiditas: cf. F.
limpidité.] <def>The quality or state of being
limpid.</def>
<hw>Lim"pid*ness</hw> (l&ibreve;m"p&ibreve;d*n&ebreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being limpid;
limpidity.</def>
<hw>Lim"pin</hw> (-p&ibreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

limpet.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>Limp"ing*ly</hw> (l&ibreve;mp"-), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>In a limping manner.</def>
<hw>Limp"i*tude</hw> (-&ibreve;*t&umacr;d), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Limpidity.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Limp"kin</hw> (l&ibreve;mp"k&ibreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Either one of two species of wading birds of
the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails.
The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One
species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies;
the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called
also courlan, and crying bird.</def>
<hw>Limp"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state

of being limp.</def>
{ <hw>Limp"sy</hw> (-s&ybreve;), <hw>Lim"sy</hw>

(l&ibreve;m"s&ybreve;), } <pos>a.</pos> [See Limp,
<pos>a.</pos>, and cf. W. llymsi having a fickle
motion, weak. Cf. Flimsy.] <def>Limp; flexible; flimsy.</def>
[Local, U. S.]
<hw>||Li"mu</hw> (l&emacr;"m&oomac;), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty kinds
are used as food, and have species names, as Limu Lipoa,
Limu palawai, etc.</def>
<hw>Lim"ule</hw> (l&ibreve;m"&usl;l), <pos>n.</pos> [F.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A limulus.</def>
<hw>||Limù*loi"de*a</hw> (l&ibreve;m`&usl;*loi"d&esl;*&adot;),
<pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See Limulus, and -oid.]
(Zoöl.) <def>An order of Merostomata, including among
living animals the genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera,
mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also
Xiphosura.</def>
&fist; There are six pairs of leglike organs, surrounding the

mouth, most of which terminate in claws; those of the first pair
(probably mandibles) are the smallest; the others have the basal
joints thickened and spinose, to serve as jaws, while the terminal
joints serve as legs. 
This group is intermediate, in some characteristics, between
crustaceans and certain arachnids (scorpions), but the respiration is
by means of lamellate gills borne upon the five posterior abdominal
appendages, which are flat and united in pairs by their inner edges,
and are protected by the lidlike anterior pair, which also bear the
genital orifices.
<hw>||Lim"u*lus</hw> (l&ibreve;m"&usl;*l&ubreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Limuli</plw> (-
l&imacr;). [L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance.]
(Zoöl.) <def>The only existing genus of Merostomata. It
includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus
polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also
Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and
horsefoot.</def>
<hw>Lim"y</hw> (l&imacr;m"&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos> [See 4th

Lime.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Smeared with, or consisting of,
lime; viscous.</def> "Limy snares." Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Containing lime; as, a limy

soil.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Resembling lime; having the qualities of

lime.</def>
<hw>Lin</hw> (l&ibreve;n), <pos>v. i.</pos> [AS.

linnan. See Lithe.] <def>To yield; to stop; to
cease.</def> [Obs. or Scot.] Marston.
<hw>Lin</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cease from.</def>

[Obs. or Scot.]
<hw>Lin</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Ir. linn, or Gael.

linne; akin to W. llyn a pool, pond, lake, but in
senses 2 and 3 prob. from AS. hlynn torrent. Cf.
Dunlin.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pool or collection of
water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring

lin.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A steep ravine.</def>
&fist; Written also linn and lyn.
<hw>Lin"age</hw> (l&ibreve;n"&asl;j), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Lineage.</def> [Obs.] Holland.
<hw>Lin"a*ment</hw> (-&adot;*ment), <pos>n.</pos>

[L. linamentum, fr. linum flax.] (Surg.)
<def>Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or
ulcers.</def>
<hw>Li*nar"ite</hw> (l&esl;*när"&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [So called because formerly supposed to occur at
Linares, in Spain.] (Min.) <def>A hydrous sulphate of
lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic
crystals.</def>
<hw>Linch</hw> (l&ibreve;nch), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

hlinc a hill.] <def>A ledge; a right-angled
projection.</def>
<hw>||Lin"chi</hw> (l&ibreve;n"ch&ibreve;), <pos>n.</pos>

[Native Chinese name.] (Zoöl.) <def>An esculent
swallow.</def>
<hw>Linch"pin`</hw> (l&ibreve;nch"p&ibreve;n`),
<pos>n.</pos> [AS. lynis the axletree; akin to D.
luns linchpin, OS. lunisa, LG. lunse, G.
lünse, OHG. lun peg, bolt.] <def>A pin used to
prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the
axletree.</def>
<hw>Lin"coln green"</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"k&ubreve;n gr&emacr;n").

<def>A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the
cloth itself.</def>
{ <hw>Linc"ture</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;k"t&usl;r; 135),

<hw>Linc"tus</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;k"t&ubreve;s), }
<pos>n.</pos> [L. lingere, linctum, to lick.]
<def>Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.</def>
<hw>Lind</hw> (l&ibreve;nd), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The linden.

See Linden.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Lin"den</hw> (l&ibreve;n"den), <pos>n.</pos>

[Orig. an adj. from lind linden tree, AS. lind; akin to
D. & G. linde, OHG. linta, Icel., Sw., & Dan.
lind. Cf. Lime linden.] (Bot.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A handsome tree (Tilia
Europæa), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large
cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>In America, the basswood, or Tilia
Americana.</def>
<hw>||Lin"di*a</hw> (l&ibreve;n"d&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL.] (Zoöl.) <def>A peculiar genus
of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some
zoölogists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the
Arthropoda.</def>
<hw>Lin"di*form</hw> (-d&ibreve;*fôrm), <pos>a.</pos>

[Lindia + -form.] (Zoöl.) <def>Resembling
the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect
larvæ.</def> [See Illust. under Larva.]
<hw>Line</hw> (l&imacr;n), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lin.

See Linen.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Flax; linen.</def> [Obs.]
"Garments made of line." Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The longer and finer fiber of

flax.</def>
<hw>Line</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lined (l&imacr;nd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lining.] [See Line flax.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To cover the inner surface of; as, to
line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper
or tin.</def>
<blockquote>The inside lined with rich carnation

silk.</blockquote> W. Browne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To put something in the inside of; to

fill; to supply, as a purse with money.</def>
<blockquote>The charge amounteth very high for any one man's

purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach
unto.</blockquote> Carew.
<blockquote>Till coffee has her stomach lined.</blockquote>

Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To place persons or things along the side

of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to
fortify; as, to line works with soldiers.</def>
<blockquote>Line and new repair our towns of war 

With men of courage and with means defendant.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To impregnate; -- applied to brute

animals.</def> Creech.
<col>Lined gold</col>, <cd>gold foil having a lining of

another metal.</cd>
<hw>Line</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. line, AS.

l&imacr;ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen
thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable;
but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the
same L. word linea. See Linen.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord
of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a
line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a
towline.</def>
<blockquote>Who so layeth lines for to latch

fowls.</blockquote> Piers Plowman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A more or less threadlike mark of pen,

pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The course followed by anything in motion;

hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved
line; the place is remote from lines of
travel.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Direction; as, the line of sight or

vision.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A row of letters, words, etc., written or

printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or
column.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A short letter; a note; as, a line

from a friend.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Poet.) <def>A verse, or the words which

form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.</def>
<blockquote>In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of

Nausicaa.</blockquote> Broome.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or

policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or
intellectual activity.</def>
<blockquote>He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but

it is not the line of a first-rate man.</blockquote>
<sn>9.</sn> (Math.) <def>That which has length, but

not breadth or thickness.</def>
<sn>10.</sn> <def>The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or

territory; boundary; contour; outline.</def>
<blockquote>Eden stretched her line 

From Auran eastward to the royal towers 
Of great Seleucia.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>11.</sn> <def>A threadlike crease marking the face or

the hand; hence, characteristic mark.</def>
<blockquote>Though on his brow were graven lines

austere.</blockquote> Byron.
<blockquote>He tipples palmistry, and dines 

On all her fortune-telling lines.</blockquote>
<sn>12.</sn> <def>Lineament; feature; figure.</def> "The

lines of my boy's face." Shak.
<sn>13.</sn> <def>A straight row; a continued series or

rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of
barriers.</def>
<blockquote>Unite thy forces and attack their

lines.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>14.</sn> <def>A series or succession of ancestors or

descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or
descending line; the line of descent; the male
line; a line of kings.</def>
<blockquote>Of his lineage am I, and his offspring 

By very line, as of the stock real.</blockquote>
Chaucer.
<sn>15.</sn> <def>A connected series of public conveyances,
and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise,
etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.</def>
<sn>16.</sn> (Geog.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The equator; -- usually called the
line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the
line.</def>
<sn>17.</sn> <def>A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel,

etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a
tapeline.</def>
<sn>18.</sn> (Script.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

measuring line or cord.</def>
<blockquote>He marketh it out with a line.</blockquote>

Is. xliv. 13.
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>That which was measured by a line, as a

field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of
abode.</def>
<blockquote>The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant

places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.</blockquote> Ps. xvi.
6.
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>Instruction; doctrine.</def>
<blockquote>Their line is gone out through all the

earth.</blockquote> Ps. xix. 4.
<sn>19.</sn> (Mach.) <def>The proper relative

position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but
with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or
out of line.</def>
<sn>20.</sn> <def>The track and roadbed of a railway;

railroad.</def>
<sn>21.</sn> (Mil.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A row

of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some
distance apart; -- opposed to column.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The regular infantry of an army, as
distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,
artillery, etc.</def>
<sn>22.</sn> (Fort.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A

trench or rampart.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> pl.
<def>Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a
front in but one direction to an enemy.</def>
<sn>23.</sn> pl. (Shipbuilding) <def>Form of

a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and
oblique sections.</def>
<sn>24.</sn> (Mus.) <def>One of the straight
horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the
notes are placed.</def>
<sn>25.</sn> (Stock Exchange) <def>A number of

shares taken by a jobber.</def>
<sn>26.</sn> (Trade) <def>A series of various

qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a
full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc.</def>
McElrath.
<sn>27.</sn> <def>The wire connecting one telegraphic

station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires
under one management and name.</def>
<sn>28.</sn> pl. <def>The reins with which a horse

is guided by his driver.</def> [U. S.]
<sn>29.</sn> <def>A measure of length; one twelfth of an

inch.</def>
<col>Hard lines</col>, <cd>hard lot.</cd> C.

Kingsley. [See Def. 18.] -- <col>Line breeding</col>
(Stockbreeding), <cd>breeding by a certain family line of
descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother.</cd> --
<col>Line conch</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a spiral marine
shell (Fasciolaria distans), of Florida and the West Indies.
It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines.</cd> -- <col>Line
engraving</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Engraving in which the
effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut
with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so
engraved</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A picture produced by printing
from such an engraving.</cd> -- <col>Line of battle</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> (Mil. Tactics) <cd>The position of troops
drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> (Naval) <cd>The line or arrangement formed
by vessels of war in an engagement.</cd> -- <col>Line of battle
ship</col>. <cd>See Ship of the line, below.</cd> --
<col>Line of beauty</col> (Fine Arts), <cd>an abstract
line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; --
differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of
elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).</cd> --
<col>Line of centers</col>. (Mach.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or
levers</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A line which determines a dead
center. See Dead center, under Dead.</cd> --
<col>Line of dip</col> (Geol.), <cd>a line in the plane
of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection
with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a
stratum to the horizon.</cd> -- <col>Line of fire</col>
(Mil.), <cd>the direction of fire.</cd> -- <col>Line of
force</col> (Physics), <cd>any line in a space in which
forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its
tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts
at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets.
Specifically (Magnetism), a line in proximity to a magnet so
drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a
short compass needle held at that point.</cd> Faraday. --
<col>Line of life</col> (Palmistry), <cd>a line on the
inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to
indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's
life.</cd> -- <col>Line of lines</col>. <cd>See Gunter's
line.</cd> -- <col>Line of march</col>. (Mil.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Arrangement of troops for marching</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Course or direction taken by an army or body
of troops in marching.</cd> -- <col>Line of operations</col>,
<cd>that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in
attaining its object.</cd> H. W. Halleck. -- <col>Line of
sight</col> (Firearms), <cd>the line which passes through
the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at
an object.</cd> -- <col>Line tub</col> (Naut.), <cd>a
tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled.</cd> --
<col>Mason and Dixon's line</col>, <cd>the boundary line
between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run before the Revolution
(1764-1767) by two English astronomers named Charles Mason and
Jeremiah Dixon. In an extended sense, the line between the free and
the slave States.</cd> -- <col>On the line</col>, <cd>on a
level with the eye of the spectator; -- said of a picture, as hung in
an exhibition of pictures.</cd> -- <col>Right line</col>,
<cd>a straight line; the shortest line that can be drawn between two
points.</cd> -- <col>Ship of the line</col>, <cd>formerly, a
ship of war large enough to have a place in the line of battle; a
vessel superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-
decker; -- called also line of battle ship.</cd>
Totten. -- <col>To cross the line</col>, <cd>to cross
the equator, as a vessel at sea.</cd> -- <col>To give a person
line</col>, <cd>to allow him more or less liberty until it is
convenient to stop or check him, like a hooked fish that swims away
with the line.</cd> -- <col>Water line</col>
(Shipbuilding), <cd>the outline of a horizontal section of a
vessel, as when floating in the water.</cd>
<! p. 856 pr=VMG !>
<hw>Line</hw> (l&imacr;n), <pos>v. t.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To mark with a line or lines; to cover with
lines; as, to line a copy book.</def>
<blockquote>He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face,

though lined, bore few traces of anxiety.</blockquote>
Dickens.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To represent by lines; to delineate; to

portray.</def> [R.] "Pictures fairest lined."
Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To read or repeat line by line; as, to

line out a hymn.</def>
<blockquote>This custom of reading or lining, or, as it was

frequently called, "deaconing" the hymn or psalm in the churches, was
brought about partly from necessity.</blockquote> N. D.
Gould.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To form into a line; to align; as, to

line troops.</def>
<col>To line bees</col>, <cd>to track wild bees to their

nest by following their line of flight.</cd> -- <col>To line
up</col> (Mach.), <cd>to put in alignment; to put in
correct adjustment for smooth running. See 3d Line,
19.</cd>
<hw>Lin"e*age</hw> (l&ibreve;n"&esl;*&asl;j; 48),

<pos>n.</pos> [OE. linage, F. lignage, fr. L.
linea line. See 3d Line.] <def>Descent in a line from a
common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or
ascending line of parentage.</def>
<blockquote>Both the lineage and the certain sire 

From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<hw>Lin"e*al</hw> (l&ibreve;n"&esl;*al),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. linealis belonging to a line, fr.
linea line: cf. F. linéal. See 3d Line.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Descending in a direct line from an ancestor;
hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral;
as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.</def>
<blockquote>The prime and ancient right of lineal

succession.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Inheriting by direct descent; having the

right by direct descent to succeed (to).</def>
<blockquote>For only you are lineal to the

throne.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Composed of lines; delineated; as,

lineal designs.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>In the direction of a line; of or

pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear;
as, lineal magnitude.</def>
<col>Lineal measure</col>, <cd>the measure of length; --

usually written linear measure.</cd>
<hw>Linè*al"i*ty</hw> (-&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being lineal.</def>
<hw>Lin"e*al*ly</hw> (l&ibreve;n"&esl;*al*l&ybreve;),
<pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lineal manner; as, the prince is
lineally descended from the Conqueror.</def>
<hw>Lin"e*a*ment</hw> (-&adot;*ment), <pos>n.</pos>

[L. lineamentum, fr. linea line: cf. F.
linéament. See 3d Line.] <def>One of the
outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or
figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in
the plural.</def> "The lineaments of the body."
Locke. "Lineaments in the character." Swift.
<blockquote>Man he seems 
In all his lineaments.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Lin"e*ar</hw> (-&esl;*&etilde;r), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

linearis, linearius, fr. linea line: cf. F.
linéaire. See 3d Line.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight
direction; lineal.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Like a line; narrow; of the

same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a
linear leaf.</def>
<col>Linear differential equation</col> (Math.),

<cd>an equation which is of the first degree, when the expression
which is equated to zero is regarded as a function of the dependent
variable and its differential coefficients.</cd> -- <col>Linear
equation</col> (Math.), <cd>an equation of the first
degree between two variables; -- so called because every such
equation may be considered as representing a right line.</cd> --
<col>Linear measure</col>, <cd>the measurement of length.</cd>
-- <col>Linear numbers</col> (Math.), <cd>such numbers
as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents
one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is a square, the
linear figure is called a root.</cd> -- <col>Linear
problem</col> (Geom.), <cd>a problem which may be solved
geometrically by the use of right lines alone.</cd> -- <col>Linear
transformation</col> (Alg.), <cd>a change of variables
where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in
the new variable.</cd>
<hw>Linè*ar*en"sate</hw> (-&ebreve;n"s&asl;t),
<pos>a.</pos> (Bot.) <def>Having the form of a sword,
but very long and narrow.</def>
<hw>Lin"e*ar*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a linear

manner; with lines.</def>
<hw>Lin"e*ar-shaped`</hw> (-sh&amacr;pt`), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Of a linear shape.</def>
<hw>Lin"e*a*ry</hw> (-&asl;*r&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Linear.</def> Holland.
{ <hw>Lin"e*ate</hw> (l&ibreve;n"&esl;*&asl;t),

<hw>Lin"e*a`ted</hw> (-&amacr;`t&ebreve;d), } <pos>a.</pos>
[L. lineatus, p. p. of lineare to reduce to a straight
line, fr. linea line.] <sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.)
<def>Marked with lines.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Marked longitudinally with

depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf.</def>
<hw>Linè*a"tion</hw> (-&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>

[L. lineatio the drawing of a line, fr. lineare.]
<def>Delineation; a line or lines.</def>
<hw>Lin"e*a*ture</hw> (l&ibreve;n"&esl;*&adot;*t&usl;r; 135),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything having outline.</def> [R.]
Holland.
<hw>Line"man</hw> (l&imacr;n"m&abreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Linemen</plw> (-m&ebreve;n).
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who carries the line in surveying,
etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A man employed to examine the rails of a

railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed
to repair telegraph lines.</def>
<hw>Lin"en</hw> (l&ibreve;n"&ebreve;n), <pos>a.</pos> [OE.,

fr. lin linen. See Linen, <pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a
linen stocking.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Resembling linen cloth; white;

pale.</def>
<hw>Lin"en</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Prop. an adj. from OE.

lin flax, AS. l&imacr;n flax, whence l&imacr;nen
made of flax; akin to OS., Icel., & MHG. l&imacr;n flax and
linen, G. lein, leinen, linen, Sw. lin flax,
Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen, Gr.
<grk>li`non</grk>. Cf. Line, Linseed.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of
hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting,
sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.</def> "In linen white as
milk." Robert of Brunne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being,

in former times, chiefly made of linen.</def>
<col>Linen draper</col>, <cd>a dealer in linen.</cd> --

<col>Linen prover</col>, <cd>a small microscope for counting
the threads in a given space in linen fabrics.</cd> -- <col>Linen
scroll</col>, <col>Linen pattern</col> (Arch.),
<cd>an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece
of stuff symmetrically disposed.</cd>

<hw>Lin"en*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

dealer in linen; a linen draper.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lin"e*o*late</hw> (l&ibreve;n"&esl;*&osl;*l&asl;t),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lineola, dim. of linea line.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Marked with little
lines.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Marked longitudinally with

fine lines.</def> Gray.
<hw>Lin"er</hw> (l&imacr;n"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lines, as, a liner of
shoes.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A vessel belonging to a regular line of
packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mach.) <def>A thin piece placed between

two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a
shim.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Steam Engine) <def>A lining within the

cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer
shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam
jacket.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A slab on which small pieces of marble,

tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Baseball) <def>A ball which, when

struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from
the ground.</def>
<hw>-ling</hw> (-l&ibreve;ng). [AS. -ling.] <def>A noun

suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory
force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling,
fosterling, firstling, underling.</def>
<hw>-ling</hw>. <def>An adverbial suffix; as, darkling,

flatling.</def>
<hw>Ling</hw> (l&ibreve;ng), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

lenge; akin to D. leng, G. länge, Dan.
lange, Sw. långa, Icel. langa. So named
from its being long. See Long, <pos>a.</pos>]
(Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large, marine, gadoid
fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is
valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also
drizzle.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The burbot of Lake
Ontario.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>An American hake of the genus
Phycis.</def> [Canada] <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A New Zealand
food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally
applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the
cobia.</def>
<hw>Ling</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Icel. lyng; akin to

Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.] (Bot.) <def>Heather
(Calluna vulgaris).</def>
<col>Ling honey</col>, <cd>a sort of wild honey, made from

the flowers of the heather.</cd> Holland.
{ <hw>||Lin"ga</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"g&adot;), <hw>Lin"gam</hw>

(l&ibreve;&nsm;"g&abreve;m), } <pos>n.</pos> [Skr.
li&ndot;ga.] <def>The phallic symbol under which Siva is
principally worshiped in his character of the creative and
reproductive power.</def> Whitworth. E. Arnold.
<hw>Ling"-bird`</hw> (l&ibreve;ng"b&etilde;rd`),
<pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>The European meadow
pipit; -- called also titling.</def>
<hw>Lin"gel</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"g&ebreve;l), <pos>n.</pos>
[F. ligneul, dim. of L. linea a linen thread.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A shoemaker's thread.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A little tongue or thong of leather; a

lacing for belts.</def> Crabb.
<hw>Lin"gence</hw> (l&ibreve;n"jens), <pos>n.</pos>

[L. lingere to lick.] <def>A linctus.</def> [Obs.]
Fuller.
<hw>Lin"ger</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"g&etilde;r), <pos>v.

i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Lingered (-
g&etilde;rd); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Lingering.]
[OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off,
fr. lang long. √125. See Long,
<pos>a.</pos>] <def>To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait
long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in
deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.</def>
<blockquote>Nor cast one longing, lingering look

behind.</blockquote> Gray.
<blockquote>Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts

detained.</blockquote> Milton.
Syn. -- To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop;

hesitate.
<hw>Lin"ger</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To protract; to draw out.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>She lingers my desires.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To spend or pass in a lingering manner; --

with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick
bed.</def> Dryden.
<hw>Lin"ger*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

who lingers.</def> Guardian.
<hw>Lin"ger*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Delaying.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Drawn out in time; remaining long;

protracted; as, a lingering disease.</def>
<blockquote>To die is the fate of man; but to die with

lingering anguish is generally his folly.</blockquote>
Rambler.
<hw>Lin"ger*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With delay;

slowly; tediously.</def>
<hw>Lin"get</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"g&ebreve;t), <pos>n.</pos>

[F. lingot, perh. fr. L. lingua tongue (see
Tongue). Cf. Ingot.] <def>An ingot.</def> [Written
also lingot.]
<hw>Ling"ism</hw> (l&ibreve;ng"&ibreve;z'm), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics;
-- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See
<hw>Lin"gle</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"g'l), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Lingel.</def>
<hw>Lin"go</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"g&osl;), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lingua tongue, language. See Lingual.] <def>Language;
speech; dialect.</def> [Slang]
<hw>Lin*go"a wood`</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;*g&omacr;"&adot;

w&oocr;d`). <def>Amboyna wood.</def>
<hw>Lin"got</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"g&obreve;t), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See
Linget.</def>
<hw>||Lin"gua</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"gw&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Linguæ</plw> (-
gw&emacr;). [L., the tongue.] (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>A tongue.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A median process of the
labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a
tongue.</def>
<hw>Lin*gua"cious</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;*gw&amacr;"sh&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. linguax, -acis, loquacious,
fr. lingua tongue.] <def>Given to the use of the tongue;
loquacious.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lin`gua*den"tal</hw>
(l&ibreve;&nsm;`gw&adot;*d&ebreve;n"tal), <pos>a.</pos>
[L. lingua tongue + E. dental.] (Phonetics)
<def>Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or
rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual,
as the letters d and t.</def>
<hw>Lin`gua*den"tal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Phonetics)

<def>An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and
teeth.</def>
<hw>Lin"gua Fran"ca</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"gw&adot;

fr&abreve;&nsm;"k&adot;). [It., prop., language of the Franks.]
<def>The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the
languages of the people of the region and of foreign
traders.</def>
<hw>Lin"gual</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"gwal),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lingua tongue: cf. F. lingual.
See Tongue, and cf. Language.] <def>Of or pertaining to
the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the
lingual nerves; a lingual letter.</def>
<col>Lingual ribbon</col>. (Zoöl.) <cd>See

Odontophore.</cd>
<hw>Lin"gual</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A consonant sound
formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to
certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and
n) and to the letters denoting them.</def>
&fist; In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as &tsdot;,

&tsdot;h, &dsdot;, &dsdot;h, &nsdot;, are
called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the
tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the
palate.
<hw>Lin*gual"i*ty</hw>
(l&ibreve;&nsm;*gw&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>The quality of being lingual.</def>
<hw>||Lin`gua*tu"li*da</hw>
(l&ibreve;&nsm;`gw&adot;*t&umacr;"l&ibreve;*d&adot;), <pos>n.
pl.</pos> [NL., fr. L. lingua tongue.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Same as Linguatulina.</def>
<hw>||Lin*guatù*li"na</hw>
(l&ibreve;&nsm;*gw&abreve;t`&usl;*l&imacr;"n&adot;), <pos>n.
pl.</pos> [NL., fr. L. lingua tongue.] (Zoöl.)
<def>An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have
two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also
Pentastomida.</def>
&fist; The adults of some species inhabit the nostrils and nasal
sinuses of dogs and other carnivores. The young, after being
swallowed by sheep, rabbits, etc., find their way to the lungs and
liver and become encysted. These, when eaten by carnivores, develop
into the adult forms.
<hw>Lin`gui*den"tal</hw>
(l&ibreve;&nsm;`gw&ibreve;*d&ebreve;n"tal), <pos>a. &
n.</pos> <def>Linguadental.</def>
<hw>Lin"gui*form</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"gw&ibreve;*fôrm),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. lingua tongue + -form: cf. F.
linguiforme.] <def>Having the form of the tongue; tongue-
shaped.</def>
<hw>Lin"guist</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"gw&ibreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. lingua tongue, speech, language: cf.
F. linguiste.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A master of the use of
language; a talker.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>I'll dispute with him; 

He's a rare linguist.</blockquote> J. Webster.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A person skilled in languages.</def>
<blockquote>There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and

Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age.</blockquote>
{ <hw>Lin*guis"tic</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;*gw&ibreve;s"t&ibreve;k),

<hw>Lin*guis"tic*al</hw> (-t&ibreve;*kal), }
<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. linguistique.] <def>Of or
pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities
of languages.</def>
<hw>Lin*guis"tic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist.</def>
Tylor.
<hw>Lin*guis"tics</hw> (-t&ibreve;ks), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

F. linguistique.] <def>The science of languages, or of the
origin, signification, and application of words;
glossology.</def>
<hw>||Lin"gu*la</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;"g&usl;*l&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>-læ</plw> (-
l&emacr;). [L., a little tongue.] <sn>1.</sn> (Anat.)
<def>A tonguelike process or part.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of numerous

species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula,
and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration
in Appendix.</def>
<col>Lingula flags</col> (Geol.), <cd>a group of

strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which
some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of
Lingula.</cd>
<hw>Lin"gu*late</hw> (-l&asl;t), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lingulatus, fr. lingula a little tongue. Cf.
Ligulate.] <def>Shaped like the tongue or a strap;
ligulate.</def>
<hw>Li*nig"er*ous</hw> (l&ibreve;*n&ibreve;j"&etilde;r*&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. linum flax + -gerous.]
<def>Bearing flax; producing linen.</def>
<hw>Lin"i*ment</hw> (l&ibreve;n"&ibreve;*ment),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. linimentum, fr. linire,
linere, to besmear, anoint : cf. F. liniment. Cf.
Letter, Lime a viscous substance.] <def>A liquid or
semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment,
applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a
stimulant.</def>
<hw>Lin"ing</hw> (l&imacr;n"&ibreve;ng), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Line to cover the inside.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of one who lines; the act or

process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which covers the inner surface of

anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of
anything.</def>
<blockquote>The lining of his coffers shall make coats 

To deck our soldiers.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Link</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;k), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob.
corrupted from lint and this for lunt a torch, match,
D. lont match; akin to G. lunte, cf. MHG.
lünden to burn. Cf. Lunt, Linstock.]
<def>A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.</def>
Shak.
<hw>Link</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. linke, AS.

hlence; akin to Sw. länk ring of a chain, Dan.
lænke chain, Icel. hlekkr; cf. G. gelenk
joint, link, ring of a chain, lenken to bend.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A single ring or division of a
chain.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: Anything, whether material or not,

which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a
connected series; a tie; a bond.</def> "Links of iron."
Shak.
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<blockquote>The link of brotherhood, by which 

One common Maker bound me to the kind.</blockquote>
Cowper.
<blockquote>And so by double links enchained themselves in

lover's life.</blockquote> Gascoigne.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Anything doubled and closed like a link;

as, a link of horsehair.</def> Mortimer.
<sn>4.</sn> (Kinematics) <def>Any one of the several

elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod,
wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of
other parts is produced and constrained.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Mach.) <def>Any intermediate rod or

piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting
rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine),
the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which
the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of
the valve is varied, in a link motion.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Surveying) <def>The length of one joint

of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches,
the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain,
<pos>n.</pos>, 4.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Chem.) <def>A bond of affinity, or a

unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force
or attraction.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> pl. <def>Sausages; -- because linked

together.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Link</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;k), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Linked (l&ibreve;&nsm;kt);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Linking.] <def>To connect or
unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to
couple.</def>
<blockquote>All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman

Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and
the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious
intercourse, and of frequent communication.</blockquote>
Eustace.
<hw>Link</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be

connected.</def>
<blockquote>No one generation could link with the

other.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>Link"age</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;k"&asl;j; 48),

<pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of linking; the
state of being linked; also, a system of links.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>Manner of linking or of

being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the
molecule.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Geom.) <def>A system of straight lines

or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their
points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and
curves in the plane.</def>
{ <hw>Link"boy`</hw> (-boi`), <hw>Link"man</hw> (-m&abreve;n), }

<pos>n.</pos> [See 1st Link.] <def>A boy or man that
carried a link or torch to light passengers.</def>
<hw>Link" mo"tion</hw> (m&omacr;"sh&ubreve;n). (Steam

Engine) <def>A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with
their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable
connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion
of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; --
used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.</def>
&fist; The illustration shows a link motion for a vertical engine,

c representing the shaft carrying two eccentrics, a and
b, for making the engine run forward and backward,
respectively, their rods e and d being jointed to
opposite ends of the slotted link f, in the opening of which
is a pin g which is attached to the valve rod h. The
valve will receive the motion of the forward eccentric when the link
is in the position shown, and the motion of the backward eccentric
when the link is shifted so far to the right as to bring e in
line with h, or a compound motion derived from both eccentrics
when the link is shifted to intermediate positions, the compound
motion causing the valve to cut off the steam at a point determined
by the position to which the link may have been shifted.
<hw>Link"work`</hw> (-wûrk`), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A fabric consisting of links made of metal or
other material fastened together; also, a chain.</def>
<blockquote>And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of
fine gold; linkwork and wreathed.</blockquote>
Udall.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Mechanism in which links, or intermediate

connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to
another.</def>
<hw>||Lin*næ"a bo`re*a"lis</hw> (l&ibreve;n*n&emacr;"&adot;

b&omacr;`r&esl;*&amacr;"l&ibreve;s). [NL. Linnaeus
Linnæan + L. borealis northern.] (Bot.) <def>The
twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.</def>
{ <hw>Lin*næ"an</hw>, <hw>Lin*ne"an</hw> }

(l&ibreve;n*n&emacr;"an), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated Swedish
botanist.</def>
<col>Linnæan system</col> (Bot.), <cd>the

system in which the classes are founded mainly upon the number of
stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual
system.</cd>
<hw>Lin*næ"ite</hw> (-&imacr;t), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Linnæan.] (Min.) <def>A mineral of pale steel-
gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and
also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or
copper.</def>
<hw>Linne</hw> (l&ibreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Flax. See

Linen.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lin"net</hw> (l&ibreve;n"n&ebreve;t), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh.
shortened from AS. l&imacr;netwige, fr. AS. l&imacr;n
flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp.
See Linen.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several
species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota,
Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species
(L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut
brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of
its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray
linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown
linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher,
linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll
linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy.
See Redpoll, and Twite.</def>
<col>Green linnet</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the

European green finch.</cd>
<hw>Li*no"le*ate</hw> (l&ibreve;*n&omacr;"l&esl;*&asl;t),
<pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A salt of linoleic
acid.</def>
<hw>Li*no"le*ic</hw> (l&ibreve;*n&omacr;"l&esl;*&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum,
or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic
acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils
of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.</def>
<hw>Li*no"le*um</hw> (l&ibreve;*n&omacr;"l&esl;*&ubreve;m),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. linum flax + oleum oil.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Linseed oil brought to various degrees of
hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or
by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used
for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been
applied.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of floor cloth made by laying

hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas
backing.</def>
<hw>Li*nox"in</hw> (l&ibreve;*n&obreve;ks"&ibreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Linoleic + oxygen.]
(Chem.) <def>A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation
product of linoleic acid.</def> [Written also linoxyn.]
<hw>Lin*sang"</hw> (l&ibreve;n*säng"), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Any viverrine mammal of the genus
Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The
common East Indian linsang (P. gracilis) is white, crossed by
broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii)
is brown with black spots.</def>
<hw>Lin"seed`</hw> (l&ibreve;n"s&emacr;d`), <pos>n.</pos>

[OE. lin flax + seed. See Linen.] (Bot.)
<def>The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.</def>
[Written also lintseed.]
<col>Linseed cake</col>, <cd>the solid mass or cake which

remains when oil is expressed from flaxseed.</cd> -- <col>Linseed
meal</col>, <cd>linseed cake reduced to powder.</cd> --
<col>Linseed oil</col>, <cd>oil obtained by pressure from
flaxseed.</cd>
<hw>Lin"sey</hw> (l&ibreve;n"s&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Linen.] <def>Linsey-woolsey.</def>
<hw>Lin"sey-wool"sey</hw> (-w&oocr;l"s&ybreve;; 277),

<pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Cloth made of linen and
wool, mixed.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Jargon.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Lin"sey-wool"sey</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of linen

and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean.</def>
Johnson.
<hw>Lin"stock</hw> (l&ibreve;n"st&obreve;k), <pos>n.</pos>

[Corrupt. fr. luntstock, D. lontstok; lont lunt
+ stok stock, stick. See Link a torch, Lunt, and
Stock.] <def>A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the
foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.</def> [Written also
lintstock.]
<hw>Lint</hw> (l&ibreve;nt), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.
l&imacr;net flax, hemp, fr. l&imacr;n flax; or, perh.
borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen, from
linteus linen, a., fr. linum flax, lint. See
Linen.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Flax.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Linen scraped or otherwise made into a

soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also,
fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or
fabrics.</def>
<col>Lint doctor</col> (Calico-printing Mach.),

<cd>a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.</cd>
<hw>Lin"tel</hw> (l&ibreve;n"t&ebreve;l), <pos>n.</pos>

[OF. lintel, F. linteau, LL. lintellus, for
limitellus, a dim. fr. L. limes limit. See
Limit.] (Arch.) <def>A horizontal member spanning an
opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its
strength in resisting crosswise fracture.</def>
{ <hw>Lin"tie</hw> (l&ibreve;n"t&ibreve;), <hw>Lint"white`</hw>

(l&ibreve;nt"hw&imacr;t`) }, <pos>n.</pos> [AS.
l&imacr;netwige. See Linnet.] (Zoöl.)
<def>See Linnet.</def> Tennyson.
<hw>Lint"seed`</hw> (l&ibreve;nt"s&emacr;d`), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Linseed.</def>
<hw>||Li"num</hw> (l&imacr;"n&ubreve;m), <pos>n.</pos> [L.,

flax.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of herbaceous plants including the
flax (Linum usitatissimum).</def>
<hw>Li"on</hw> (l&imacr;"&ubreve;n), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

lion, L. leo, -onis, akin to Gr.
<grk>le`wn</grk>. Cf. Chameleon, Dandelion,
Leopard.] <sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A large
carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia
and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the
different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick
mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is
less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is
sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny
yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft
of the tail is black. In one variety, called the maneless
lion, the male has only a slight mane.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Astron.) <def>A sign and a

constellation; Leo.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An object of interest and curiosity,

especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a
lion in London at that time.</def>
<blockquote>Such society was far more enjoyable than that of

Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man.</blockquote>
Prof. Wilson.
<col>American lion</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the puma
or cougar.</cd> -- <col>Lion ant</col> (Zoöl.),
<cd>the ant-lion.</cd> -- <col>Lion dog</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually
clipped to resemble a lion's mane.</cd> -- <col>Lion
lizard</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the basilisk.</cd> --
<col>Lion's share</col>, <cd>all, or nearly all; the best or
largest part; -- from Æsop's fable of the lion hunting in
company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all
the prey.</cd>
<hw>Li"onced</hw> (l&imacr;"&ubreve;nst), <pos>a.</pos>

(Her.) <def>Adorned with lions' heads; having arms terminating
in lions' heads; -- said of a cross.</def> [Written also
leonced.]
<hw>Li"on*cel</hw> (l&imacr;"&ubreve;n*s&ebreve;l),
<pos>n.</pos> [OF., F. lionceau, dim. of lion.]
(Her.) <def>A small lion, especially one of several borne in
the same coat of arms.</def>
<hw>Li"on*el</hw> (-&ebreve;l), <pos>n.</pos> [OF., dim. of

lion.] (Zoöl.) <def>The whelp of a lioness; a
young lion.</def>
<hw>Li"on*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OF. lionesse.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A female lion.</def>
<hw>Li"on*et</hw> (-&ebreve;t), <pos>n.</pos> [OF., dim. of

lion.] (Zoöl.) <def>A young or small
lion.</def>
<hw>Li"on-heart`</hw> (-härt`), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

very brave person.</def>
<hw>Li"on-heartèd</hw> (-härt`&ebreve;d),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Very brave; brave and magnanimous.</def>
<hw>Li"on*hood</hw> (-h&oocr;d), <pos>n.</pos> <def>State

of being a lion.</def> Carlyle.
<hw>Li"on*ism</hw> (-&ibreve;z'm), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An

attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding
as a lion.</def>
<hw>Li"on*ize</hw> (-&imacr;z), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Lionized (-&imacr;zd),
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Lionizing (-
&imacr;`z&ibreve;ng).] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To treat or regard as
a lion or object of great interest.</def> J. D. Forbes.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To show the lions or objects of interest

to; to conduct about among objects of interest.</def>
<hw>Li"on*like`</hw> (-l&imacr;k`), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like

a lion; brave as a lion.</def>
<hw>Li"on*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lion;
fierce.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<hw>Li"on's ear`</hw> (l&imacr;"&ubreve;nz &emacr;r`).

(Bot.) <def>A name given in Western South America to certain
plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of Culcitium,
and Espeletia.</def>
<hw>Li"on's foot`</hw> (f&oocr;t`). (Bot.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def> A composite plant of the genus
Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United
States.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The edelweiss.</def>
<hw>Li"on*ship</hw> (l&imacr;"&ubreve;n*sh&ibreve;p),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being a lion.</def>
<hw>Li"on's leaf`</hw> (l&imacr;"&ubreve;nz l&emacr;f`).

(Bot.) <def>A South European plant of the genus
Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of
which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a
substitute for soap.</def>
<hw>Li"on's tail`</hw> (t&amacr;l`). (Bot.) <def>A genus of

labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied
resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. L.
Cardiaca is the common motherwort.</def>
<hw>Li"on's tooth`</hw> (t&oomac;th`); pl. <plw>Lions'

teeth</plw> (t&emacr;th`). (Bot.) <def>See
Leontodon.</def>
<hw>Lip</hw> (l&ibreve;p), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lippe,

AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe,
lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. læbe, Sw.
läpp, L. labium, labrum. Cf.
Labial.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of the two fleshy folds
which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other
animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain
articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the
organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.</def>
<blockquote>Thine own lips testify against

thee.</blockquote> Job xv. 6.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An edge of an opening; a thin projecting

part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a
vessel.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The sharp cutting edge on the end of an

auger.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of

the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.</def> (b) <def>The
odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See
Orchidaceous.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>One of the edges of

the aperture of a univalve shell.</def>
<col>Lip bit</col>, <cd>a pod auger. See Auger.</cd>

-- <col>Lip comfort</col>, <cd>comfort that is given with
words only.</cd> -- <col>Lip comforter</col>, <cd>one who
comforts with words only.</cd> -- <col>Lip labor</col>,
<cd>unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy.</cd> Bale. --
<col>Lip reading</col>, <cd>the catching of the words or
meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without
hearing his voice.</cd> Carpenter. -- <col>Lip
salve</col>, <cd>a salve for sore lips.</cd> -- <col>Lip
service</col>, <cd>expression by the lips of obedience and
devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such
sentiments.</cd> -- <col>Lip wisdom</col>, <cd>wise talk
without practice, or unsupported by experience.</cd> -- <col>Lip
work</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Talk</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Kissing</cd>. [Humorous] B. Jonson. --
<col>To make a lip</col>, <cd>to drop the under lip in
sullenness or contempt.</cd> Shak. -- <col>To shoot out the
lip</col> (Script.), <cd>to show contempt by protruding
the lip.</cd>
<hw>Lip</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lipped (l&ibreve;pt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lipping (-p&ibreve;ng).] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to
kiss.</def>
<blockquote>The bubble on the wine which breaks 

Before you lip the glass.</blockquote> Praed.
<blockquote>A hand that kings 

Have lipped and trembled kissing.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To utter; to speak.</def> [R.]

Keats.
<hw>Lip</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To clip; to trim.</def>

[Obs.] Holland.
<hw>||Li*pæ"mi*a</hw> (l&ibreve;*p&emacr;"m&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>li`pos</grk> fat +
<grk>a"i^ma</grk> blood.] (Med.) <def>A condition in which fat
occurs in the blood.</def>
<hw>Li*pans"</hw> (l&esl;*pänz"), <pos>n. pl.</pos>;

sing. <singw>Lipan</singw> (-pän"). (Ethnol.)
<def>A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part
of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related
to the Apaches.</def>
<hw>Li*pa"ri*an</hw> (l&ibreve;*p&amacr;"r&ibreve;*an),
<pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>Any species of a family
(Liparidæ) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock
moths.</def>
<hw>Lip"a*rite</hw> (l&ibreve;p"&adot;*r&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [So called from Lipari, the island.]
(Min.) <def>A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.</def>
<hw>Lip"ic</hw> (l&ibreve;p"&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>li`pos</grk> fat.] (Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or derived
from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a
supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax,
etc.</def>
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<hw>Li*pin"ic</hw> (l&ibreve;*p&ibreve;n"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> (Chem.) <def>Lipic.</def>
<hw>Lip"less</hw> (l&ibreve;p"l&ebreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having no lips.</def>
<hw>Lip"let</hw> (-l&ebreve;t), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little

lip.</def>
<hw>||Lipò*ceph"a*la</hw>
(l&ibreve;p`&osl;*s&ebreve;f"&adot;*l&adot;), <pos>n.
pl.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lei`pesqai</grk> to be lacking +
<grk>kefalh`</grk> head.] (Zoöl.) <def>Same as
Lamellibranchia.</def>
<hw>Lip"o*chrin</hw> (l&ibreve;p"&osl;*kr&ibreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>li`pos</grk> fat + <grk>chroà</grk>
color.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>A yellow coloring matter,
soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the
retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of
frogs.</def>
<hw>Lip"o*gram</hw> (l&ibreve;p"&osl;*gr&abreve;m; 277),

<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>lei`pein</grk>, <grk>lipei^n</grk>, to
leave, omit + -gram.] <def>A writing composed of words not
having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of
Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second,
and so on.</def>
<hw>Lipò*gram*mat"ic</hw> (-m&abreve;t"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. <grk>lipogra`mmatos</grk>: cf. F.
lipogrammatique.] <def>Omitting a letter; composed of words
not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic
writings.</def>
<hw>Lipò*gram"ma*tist</hw> (-gr&abreve;m"m&adot;*t&ibreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. lipogrammatiste.] <def>One who
makes a lipogram.</def>
<hw>||Li*po"ma</hw> (l&ibreve;*p&omacr;"m&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., from Gr. <grk>li`pos</grk> fat + -
oma.] (Med.) <def>A tumor consisting of fat or adipose
tissue.</def> -- <wf>Li*pom"a*tous</wf> (-
p&obreve;m"&adot;*t&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>
<hw>Li`po*thym"ic</hw> (l&imacr;`p&osl;*th&ibreve;m"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. <grk>leipoqymiko`s</grk>,
<grk>lipoqymiko`s</grk>.] <def>Tending to swoon; fainting.</def>
[Written also leipothymic.]
<hw>Li*poth"y*mous</hw> (l&isl;*p&obreve;th"&ibreve;*m&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. <grk>lei`pein</grk> to leave, to lack +
<grk>qymo`s</grk> soul, life.] <def>Pertaining, or given, to
swooning; fainting.</def>
<hw>Li*poth"y*my</hw> (-m&ybreve;), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>lipoqymià</grk>: cf. F. lipothymie.] <def>A fainting; a
swoon.</def> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Lipped</hw> (l&ibreve;pt), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a lip or lips; having a raised or
rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as,
thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Labiate.</def>
<hw>Lip"pi*tude</hw> (l&ibreve;p"p&ibreve;*t&umacr;d),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. lippitudo, fr. lippus blear-
eyed: cf. F. lippitude.] <def>Soreness of eyes; the state of
being blear-eyed; blearedness.</def>
<hw>Lipse</hw> (l&ibreve;ps), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

lisp.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lip"yl</hw> (l&ibreve;p"&ibreve;l), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>li`pos</grk> fat + -yl.] (Chem.) <def>A
hypothetical radical of glycerin.</def> [Obs.] Berzelius.
<hw>Liq"ua*ble</hw> (l&ibreve;k"w&adot;*b'l), <pos>a.</pos>

[L. liquabilis. See Liquate, <pos>v. i.</pos>]
<def>Capable of being melted.</def>
<hw>Li"quate</hw> (l&imacr;"kw&amacr;t), <pos>v. i.</pos>

[L. liquatus, p. p. of liquare to melt.] <def>To melt;
to become liquid.</def> [Obs.] Woodward.
<hw>Li"quate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> (Metal.) <def>To

separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible
material.</def>
<hw>Li*qua"tion</hw> (l&isl;*kw&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. liquatio: cf. F. liquation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or operation of making or becoming
liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Metal.) <def>The process of separating,

by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible;
eliquation.</def>
<hw>Liqùe*fa"cient</hw>
(l&ibreve;k`w&esl;*f&amacr;"shent), <pos>n.</pos> [L.
liquefaciens, p. pr. of liquefacere. See
Liquefy.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which serves to
liquefy.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>An agent, as mercury,
iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system,
and increases the secretions.</def>
<hw>Liqùe*fac"tion</hw> (-f&abreve;k"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. liquefactio: cf. F.
liquéfaction. See Liquefy.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially,
the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of
heat.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being liquid.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Chem. Physics) <def>The act, process,

or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by means of cold or
pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or
hydrogen.</def>
<hw>Liq"ue*fià*ble</hw> (l&ibreve;k"w&esl;*f&imacr;`&adot;*b'l),
<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. liquéfiable. See
Liquefy.] <def>Capable of being changed from a solid to a
liquid state.</def>
<hw>Liq"ue*fièr</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>That

which liquefies.</def>
<hw>Liq"ue*fy</hw> (-f&imacr;), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Liquefied (-f&imacr;d);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Liquefying (-
f&imacr;`&ibreve;ng).] [F. liquéfier, L. liquere
to be liquid + facere, -ficare (in comp.), to make. See
Liquid, and -fy.] <def>To convert from a solid form to
that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by
the sole agency of heat.</def>
<hw>Liq"ue*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become

liquid.</def>
<hw>Li*ques"cen*cy</hw> (l&isl;*kw&ebreve;s"sen*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [See Liquescent.] <def>The quality or
state of being liquescent.</def> Johnson.
<hw>Li*ques"cent</hw> (-sent), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

liquescens, p. pr. of liquescere to become liquid,
incho. fr. liquere to be liquid.] <def>Tending to become
liquid; inclined to melt; melting.</def>
<hw>||Li`queur"</hw> (l&esl;`k&etilde;r"), <pos>n.</pos>

[F. See Liquor.] <def>An aromatic alcoholic cordial.</def>
&fist; Some liqueurs are prepared by infusing certain

woods, fruits, or flowers, in either water or alcohol, and adding
sugar, etc. Others are distilled from aromatic or flavoring
agents.
<hw>Liq"uid</hw> (l&ibreve;k"w&ibreve;d), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

liquidus, fr. liquere to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr.
r&imacr; to ooze, drop, l&imacr; to melt.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Flowing freely like water; fluid; not
solid.</def>
<blockquote>Yea, though he go upon the plane and liquid

water which will receive no step.</blockquote> Tyndale.
<sn>2.</sn> (Physics) <def>Being in such a state

that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not
tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors
do; neither solid nor aëriform; as, liquid mercury, in
distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Flowing or sounding smoothly or without

abrupt transitions or harsh tones.</def> "Liquid melody."
Crashaw.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Pronounced without any jar or harshness;

smooth; as, l and r are liquid
letters.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Fluid and transparent; as, the

liquid air.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Clear; definite in terms or

amount.</def>[Obs.] "Though the debt should be entirely
liquid." Ayliffe.
<col>Liquid glass</col>. <cd>See Soluble glass,

under Glass.</cd>
<hw>Liq"uid</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest
pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the
state of liquidity; a fluid that is not aëriform.</def>

&fist; Liquid and fluid are terms often used

synonymously, but fluid has the broader signification. All
liquids are fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not
liquids.
<sn>2.</sn> (Phon.) <def>A letter which has a

smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as,
l and r, in bla, bra. M and
n also are called liquids.</def>
<col>Liquid measure</col>, <cd>a measure, or system of

measuring, for liquids, by the gallon, quart, pint, gill,
etc.</cd>
<hw>Liq"uid*am`bar</hw>
(l&ibreve;k"w&ibreve;d*&abreve;m`b&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>
[Liquid + amber.] <sn>1.</sn> (Bot.)
<def>A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-
shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar
styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L.
Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The balsamic juice which is obtained from
these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is
liquid storax.</def>
<hw>Liq"uid*am`ber</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Liquidambar.</def>
<hw>Liq"ui*date</hw> (l&ibreve;k"w&ibreve;*d&amacr;t), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Liquidated (-
d&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Liquidating.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of
liquidare to liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear.
See Liquid.] <sn>1.</sn> (Law) <def>To determine
by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness);
or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to
determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the
amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.</def>
<blockquote>A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the

amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of
law.</blockquote> 15 Ga. Rep. 321.
<blockquote>If our epistolary accounts were fairly

liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerable
debtor.</blockquote> Chesterfield.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>In an extended sense: To ascertain the

amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the
discharge of (an indebtedness).</def> Abbott.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To discharge; to pay off, as an

indebtedness.</def>
<blockquote>Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to

liquidate a debt of a thousand florins.</blockquote> W.
Coxe.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To make clear and intelligible.</def>
<blockquote>Time only can liquidate the meaning of all

parts of a compound system.</blockquote> A. Hamilton.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To make liquid.</def> [Obs.]
<col>Liquidated damages</col> (Law), <cd>damages the

amount of which is fixed or ascertained.</cd> Abbott.
<hw>Liqùi*da"tion</hw>
(l&ibreve;k`w&ibreve;*d&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>
[Cf. F. liquidation.] <def>The act or process of liquidating;
the state of being liquidated.</def>
<col>To go into liquidation</col> (Law), <cd>to turn

over to a trustee one's assets and accounts, in order that the
several amounts of one's indebtedness may be authoritatively
ascertained, and that the assets may be applied toward their
discharge.</cd>
<hw>Liq"ui*da`tor</hw> (l&ibreve;k"w&ibreve;*d&amacr;`t&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. liquidateur.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which,

liquidates.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An officer appointed to conduct the

winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its
name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company.</def>
[Eng.] Mozley & W.
<hw>Li*quid"i*ty</hw> (l&ibreve;*kw&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. liquiditas, fr. liquidus
liquid: cf. F. liquidité.] <def>The state or quality
of being liquid.</def>
<hw>Liq"uid*ize</hw> (l&ibreve;k"w&ibreve;d*&imacr;z), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Liquidized (-
&imacr;zd); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Liquidizing (-
&imacr;`z&ibreve;ng).] <def>To render liquid.</def>
<hw>Liq"uid*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a liquid

manner; flowingly.</def>
<hw>Liq"uid*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or

state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.</def>
<hw>Liq"uor</hw> (l&ibreve;k"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr.
L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See Liquid,
and cf. Liqueur.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any liquid
substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous

fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer,
etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Pharm.) <def>A solution of a medicinal

substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and
aqua.</def>
&fist; The U. S. Pharmacop&oelig;ia includes, in this class of

preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which
the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in
which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the
aquæ or waters. U. S. Disp.
<col>Labarraque's liquor</col> (Old Chem.), <cd>a

solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in
bleaching and as a disinfectant.</cd> -- <col>Liquor of
flints</col>, or <col>Liquor silicum</col> (Old
Chem.), <cd>soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made
from powdered flints. See Soluble glass, under
Glass.</cd> -- <col>Liquor of Libavius</col>. (Old
Chem.) <cd>See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under
Fuming.</cd> -- <col>Liquor sanguinis</col>
(s&abreve;n"gw&ibreve;n*&ibreve;s) (Physiol.), <cd>the blood
plasma.</cd> -- <col>Liquor thief</col>, <cd>a tube for taking
samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole.</cd> --
<col>To be in liquor</col>, <cd>to be intoxicated.</cd>
<hw>Liq"uor</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Liquored (-&etilde;rd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Liquoring.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To supply
with liquor.</def> [R.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To grease.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<blockquote>Liquor fishermen's boots.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>Liq"uor*ice</hw> (l&ibreve;k"&etilde;r*&ibreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>See Licorice.</def>
<hw>Liq"uor*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Lickerish.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Liq"uor*ous</hw> (-&ubreve;s), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Eagerly desirous. See Lickerish.</def> [Obs.]
Marston.
<hw>||Li"ra</hw> (l&emacr;"r&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Lire</plw> (-r&asl;). [It., fr. L.
libra the Roman pound. Cf. Livre.] <def>An Italian
coin equivalent in value to the French franc.</def>
<hw>||Li*rel"la</hw> (l&isl;*r&ebreve;l"l&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., dim. of L. lira a furrow.]
(Bot.) <def>A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the
fruit of certain lichens.</def>
<hw>Li*rel"li*form</hw> (-l&ibreve;*fôrm),
<pos>a.</pos> [Lirella + -form.] (Bot.)
<def>Like a lirella.</def> [Written also
lirellæform.]
<hw>||Lirì*o*den"dron</hw>
(l&ibreve;r`&ibreve;*&osl;*d&ebreve;n"dr&obreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Liriodendra</plw> (-
dr&adot;). [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lei`rion</grk> lily +
<grk>de`ndron</grk> tree.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of large and
very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves,
and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called
also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only
extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous
epoch.</def>
<hw>Lir"i*pipe</hw> (l&ibreve;r"&ibreve;*p&imacr;p),
<pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] <def>See Liripoop.</def>
<hw>Lir"i*poop</hw> (l&ibreve;r"&ibreve;*p&oomac;p),
<pos>n.</pos> [OF. liripipion, liripion, LL.
liripipium. Said to be corrupted from L. cleri
ephippium, lit., the clergy's caparison.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A pendent part of the old clerical tippet;
afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men,
etc.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick

or stratagem.</def> [Obs.] Stanihurst.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A silly person.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>A liripoop, vel lerripoop, a silly,

empty creature; an old dotard.</blockquote> Milles. MS. Devon
Gloss.
<hw>Li*roc"o*nite</hw> (l&isl;*r&obreve;k"&osl;*n&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>leiro`s</grk> pale + <grk>konià</grk>
powder.] (Min.) <def>A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring
in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green
color.</def>
<hw>Lis"bon</hw> (l&ibreve;z"b&obreve;n), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province
of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in
Portugal.</def>
<hw>Lisle</hw> (l&imacr;l), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A city of

France celebrated for certain manufactures.</def>
<col>Lisle glove</col>, <cd>a fine summer glove, made of

Lisle thread.</cd> -- <col>Lisle lace</col>, <cd>a fine
handmade lace, made at Lisle.</cd> -- <col>Lisle thread</col>,
<cd>a hard twisted cotton thread, originally produced at
Lisle.</cd>
<hw>Lisne</hw> (l&imacr;n), <pos>n.</pos> [Prov. E.

lissen, lisne, a cleft in a rock.] <def>A cavity or
hollow.</def>[Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
<hw>Lisp</hw> (l&ibreve;sp), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Lisped (l&ibreve;spt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lisping.] [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS.
wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to
lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. läspa, Dan. lespe.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To pronounce the sibilant letter s
imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; --
a defect common among children.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To speak with imperfect articulation; to

mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.</def>
<blockquote>As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, 

I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as

if afraid.</def>
<blockquote>Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should

halt.</blockquote> Drayton.
<hw>Lisp</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
pronounce with a lisp.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To utter with imperfect articulation; to

express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child
speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike
language.</def>
<blockquote>To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to

lisp the words unto them according as the babes and children
of that age might sound them again.</blockquote> Tyndale.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To speak with reserve or concealment; to

utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp
treason.</def>
<hw>Lisp</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The habit or act of

lisping. See Lisp, <pos>v. i.</pos>, 1.</def>
<blockquote>I overheard her answer, with a very pretty

lisp, "O! Strephon, you are a dangerous
creature."</blockquote> Tatler.
<hw>Lisp"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

lisps.</def>
<hw>Lisp"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With a lisp; in

a lisping manner.</def>
<hw>Liss</hw> (l&ibreve;s), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

liss.] <def>Release; remission; ease; relief.</def> [Obs.] "Of
penance had a lisse." Chaucer.
<hw>Liss</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [AS. lissan.]

<def>To free, as from care or pain; to relieve.</def> [Obs.]
"Lissed of his care." Chaucer.
<hw>||Lis`sen*ceph"a*la</hw>
(l&ibreve;s`s&ebreve;n*s&ebreve;f"&adot;*l&adot;), <pos>n.
pl.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lisso`s</grk> smooth +
<grk>'egke`falos</grk> the brain.] (Zoöl.) <def>A general
name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no
cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.</def>
{ <hw>Lis"som</hw>, <hw>Lis"some</hw> } (l&ibreve;s"s&ubreve;m),

<pos>a.</pos> [For lithesome.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.</def>
<blockquote>Straight, but as lissome as a hazel

wand.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Light; nimble; active.</def>

-- <wf>Lis"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>List</hw> (l&ibreve;st), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lice,

LL. liciae, pl., from L. licium thread, girdle.] <def>A
line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or
field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or
field inclosed for a race or combat.</def> Chaucer.
<blockquote>In measured lists to toss the weighty

lance.</blockquote> Pope.
<col>To enter the lists</col>, <cd>to accept a challenge,

or engage in contest.</cd>
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inclose for combat;

as, to list a field.</def>
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [See Listen.]

<def>To hearken; to attend; to listen.</def> [Obs. except in
poetry.]
<blockquote>Stand close, and list to him.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To listen or hearken

to.</def>
<blockquote>Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain, 

If with too credent ear you list his songs.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [OE. listen,

lusten, AS. lystan, from lust pleasure. See
Lust.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To desire or choose; to
please.</def>
<blockquote>The wind bloweth where it listeth.</blockquote>

John iii. 8.
<blockquote>Them that add to the Word of God what them

listeth.</blockquote> Hooker.
<blockquote>Let other men think of your devices as they

list.</blockquote> Whitgift.
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>To lean; to incline; as,

the ship lists to port.</def>
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Inclination; desire.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>An inclination to one side;

as, the ship has a list to starboard.</def>
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. l&imacr;st a list

of cloth; akin to D. lijst, G. leiste, OHG.
l&imacr;sta, Icel. lista, listi, Sw.
list, Dan. liste. In sense 5 from F. liste, of
German origin, and thus ultimately the same word.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth,
particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a
strip of cloth; a fillet.</def> "Gartered with a red and blue
list. " Shak.
<! p. 859 pr=VMG !>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A limit or boundary; a border.</def>
<blockquote>The very list, the very utmost bound, 

Of all our fortunes.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.</def>

<sn>4.</sn> <def>A stripe.</def> [Obs.] Sir T.

Browne.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A roll or catalogue, that is, a row or

line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles;
a list of ratable estate.</def>
<blockquote>He was the ablest emperor of all the

list.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>6.</sn> (Arch.) <def>A little square molding; a

fillet; -- called also listel.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Carp.) <def>A narrow strip of wood,

esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> (Rope Making) <def>A piece of woolen

cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> (Tin-plate Manuf.) <sd>(a)</sd>

<def>The first thin coat of tin.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is
coated.</def>
<col>Civil list</col> (Great Britain & U.S.), <cd>the civil

officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc.
Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support
of the civil officers. More recently, the civil list, in
England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's
household.</cd> -- <col>Free list</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A list of persons admitted to any
entertainment, as a theater or opera, without payment, or to whom a
periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost.</cd>
Syn. -- Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule. --

List, Roll, Catalogue, Register,
Inventory, Schedule. A list is properly a simple
series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be
entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a
list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as
Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among
its archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things
arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the
same, more or less extended. A register is designed for record
or preservation. An inventory is a list of articles, found on
hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or
under similar circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or
inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.
<hw>List</hw> (l&ibreve;st), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Listed; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Listing.] [From list a roll.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of
colors, or form a border.</def> Sir H. Wotton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cover with list, or with strips of

cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if
with list.</def>
<blockquote>The tree that stood white-listed through the

gloom.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To enroll; to place or register in a

list.</def>
<blockquote>Listed among the upper serving

men.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To engage, as a soldier; to

enlist.</def>
<blockquote>I will list you for my soldier.</blockquote>

<sn>5.</sn> (Carp.) <def>To cut away a narrow strip,

as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a
board.</def>
<col>To list a stock</col> (Stock Exchange), <cd>to

put it in the list of stocks called at the meeting of the
board.</cd>
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To engage in public

service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.</def>
<hw>List"el</hw> (l&ibreve;s"t&ebreve;l), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

listel, dim. of liste fillet, list. See List the
edge.] (Arch.) <def>Same as List, <pos>n.</pos>,
6.</def>
<hw>Lis"ten</hw> (l&ibreve;s"'n), <pos>v. i.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Listened (-'nd); <pos>p.
pr. & vb. n.</pos> Listening.] [OE. listnen,
listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan;
akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta
to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense,
OHG. hlos&emacr;n to listen, Gr. <grk>klyèin</grk>, and E.
loud. √41. See Loud, and cf. List to
listen.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give close attention with the
purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.</def>
<blockquote>When we have occasion to listen, and give a

more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a
more than ordinary tension.</blockquote> Holder.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To give heed; to yield to advice; to

follow admonition; to obey.</def>
<blockquote>Listen to me, and by me be ruled.</blockquote>

<col>To listen after</col>, <cd>to take an interest

in.</cd> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars

listen after libraries, disputations, and
professors.</blockquote> Fuller.
Syn. -- To attend; hearken. See Attend.
<hw>Lis"ten</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To attend to.</def>

<hw>Lis"ten*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

who listens; a hearkener.</def>
<hw>List"er</hw> (l&ibreve;st"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>One who makes a list or roll.</def>
<hw>Lis"ter</hw> (l&ibreve;s"t&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Same as Leister.</def>
<hw>Lis*te"ri*an</hw> (l&ibreve;s*t&emacr;"r&ibreve;*an),
<pos>a.</pos> (Med.) <def>Of or pertaining to
listerism.</def>
<hw>Lis"ter*ism</hw> (l&ibreve;s"t&etilde;r*&ibreve;z'm),
<pos>n.</pos> (Med.) <def>The systematic use of
antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of
wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English
surgeon.</def>
<hw>List"ful</hw> (l&ibreve;st"f&usd;l), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Attentive.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>List"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb);
as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at
the Stock Exchange.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The selvedge of cloth; list.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Carp.) <def>The sapwood cut from the

edge of a board.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Agric.) <def>The throwing up of the

soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and
some garden crops.</def> [Local, U. S.]
<hw>List"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [OE. listles,

lustles. See Lust.] <def>Having no desire or
inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless.</def> " A
listless unconcern." Thomson.
<blockquote>Benumbed with cold, and listless of their

gain.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>I was listless, and desponding.</blockquote>

Swift.
Syn. -- Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant;

uninterested; languid; spiritless; supine; indolent.
-- <wf>List"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>List"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lit</hw> (l&ibreve;t), <def>a form of the <pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> of Light.</def>
<hw>Lit"a*ny</hw> (l&ibreve;t"&adot;*n&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Litanies</plw> (-
n&ibreve;z). [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F.
litanie, L. litania, Gr. <grk>litaneià</grk>, fr.
<grk>litaneyèin</grk> to pray, akin to <grk>li`tesqai</grk>,
<grk>li`ssesqai</grk>, to pray, <grk>lith`</grk> prayer.] <def>A
solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various
churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former
leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is
usually of a penitential character.</def>
<blockquote>Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath

were of the Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the
Latin.</blockquote> Hooker.
<hw>Lit"arge</hw> (l&ibreve;t"&adot;rj), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Litharge.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Li"tchi`</hw> (l&emacr;"ch&emacr;`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium
Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell,
containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried
fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color
and form.</def> [Written also lichi, and lychee.]
<hw>-lite</hw> (-l&imacr;t). <def>See -lith.</def>
<hw>Lite</hw> (l&imacr;t), <pos>a., adv., & n.</pos>

<def>Little.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ <hw>Li"ter</hw>, <hw>Li"tre</hw> } (l&emacr;"t&etilde;r; 277),

<pos>n.</pos> [F. litre, Gr. <grk>li`tra</grk> a silver
coin.] <def>A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic
decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or
1.76 English pints.</def>
<hw>Lit"er*a*cy</hw> (l&ibreve;t"&etilde;r*&adot;*s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>State of being literate.</def>
<hw>Lit"er*al</hw> (-al), <pos>a.</pos> [F.
litéral, littéral, L. litteralis,
literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. See
Letter.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>According to the letter or
verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the
literal meaning of a phrase.</def>
<blockquote>It hath but one simple literal sense whose

light the owls can not abide.</blockquote> Tyndale.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Following the letter or exact words; not

free.</def>
<blockquote>A middle course between the rigor of literal

translations and the liberty of paraphrasts.</blockquote>
Hooker.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Consisting of, or expressed by,

letters.</def>
<blockquote>The literal notation of numbers was known to

Europeans before the ciphers.</blockquote> Johnson.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Giving a strict or literal construction;

unimaginative; matter-of-fact; -- applied to persons.</def>
<col>Literal contract</col> (Law), <cd>a contract of

which the whole evidence is given in writing.</cd> Bouvier. --
<col>Literal equation</col> (Math.), <cd>an equation in
which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by
means of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical
equation.</cd>
<hw>Lit"er*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Literal

meaning.</def> [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Lit"er*al*ism</hw> (-&ibreve;z'm), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>That which accords with the letter; a mode of
interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Fine Arts) <def>The tendency or

disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction,
conventionalities, or idealization.</def>
<hw>Lit"er*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who adheres

to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the
letter.</def>
<hw>Litèr*al"i*ty</hw> (-&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. littéralité.]
<def>The state or quality of being literal.</def> Sir T.
Browne.
<hw>Litèr*al*i*za"tion</hw>
(l&ibreve;t`&etilde;r*al*&ibreve;*z&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of literalizing; reduction to a
literal meaning.</def>
<hw>Lit"er*al*ize</hw> (l&ibreve;t"&etilde;r*al*&imacr;z),
Literalized (-&imacr;zd); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Literalizing (-&imacr;`z&ibreve;ng).] <def>To make literal; to
interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the
words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize
<hw>Lit"er*al*i`zer</hw> (-&imacr;`z&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A literalist.</def>
<hw>Lit"er*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>According to the primary and natural import of words; not
figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one
flesh.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>With close adherence to words; word by

word.</def>
<blockquote>So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated

literally.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Lit"er*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or

state of being literal; literal import.</def>
<hw>Lit"er*a*ry</hw> (l&ibreve;t"&etilde;r*&asl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>a.</pos> [L. litterarius, literarius, fr.
littera, litera, a letter: cf. F.
littéraire. See Letter.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to letters or literature;

pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a
literary history; literary conversation.</def>
<blockquote>He has long outlived his century, the term commonly

fixed as the test of literary merit.</blockquote>
Johnson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Versed in, or acquainted with, literature;

occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature
or with men of letters; as, a literary man.</def>
<blockquote>In the literary as well as fashionable

world.</blockquote> Mason.
<col>Literary property</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>

<cd>Property which consists in written or printed compositions</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The exclusive right of publication as
recognized and limited by law.</cd>
<hw>Lit"er*ate</hw> (-&asl;t), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

litteratus, literatus. See Letter.]
<def>Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned;
lettered.</def>
<blockquote>The literate now chose their emperor, as the

military chose theirs.</blockquote> Landor.
<hw>Lit"er*ate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>One educated, but not having taken a university degree;
especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders.</def>
[Eng.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A literary man.</def>
<hw>||Litè*ra"ti</hw> (l&ibreve;t`&esl;*r&amacr;"t&imacr;),
<pos>n. pl.</pos> [See Literatus.] <def>Learned or
literary men. See Literatus.</def>
<blockquote>Shakespearean commentators, and other

literati.</blockquote> Craik.
<hw>||Litè*ra"tim</hw> (-t&ibreve;m), <pos>adv.</pos>

[LL., fr. L. littera, litera, letter.] <def>Letter for
letter.</def>
<hw>Litèr*a"tion</hw> (l&ibreve;t`&etilde;r*&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. littera, litera, letter.]
<def>The act or process of representing by letters.</def>
<hw>Lit"er*a`tor</hw> (l&ibreve;t"&etilde;r*&amacr;`t&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. litterator, literator. See
Letter.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who teaches the letters
or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster.</def>
Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A person devoted to the study of literary

trifles, esp. trifles belonging to the literature of a former
age.</def>
<blockquote>That class of subjects which are interesting to the

regular literator or black-letter " bibliomane," simply
because they have once been interesting.</blockquote> De
Quincey.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A learned person; a literatus.</def>

<hw>Lit"er*a*ture</hw> (l&ibreve;t"&etilde;r*&adot;*t&usl;r; 135),

<pos>n.</pos> [F. littérature, L.
litteratura, literatura, learning, grammar, writing,
fr. littera, litera, letter. See Letter.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Learning; acquaintance with letters or
books.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The collective body of literary

productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy
preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or
writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular
science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as,
the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of
chemistry.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The class of writings distinguished for

beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in
distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain
positive knowledge; belles-lettres.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The occupation, profession, or business of

doing literary work.</def> Lamb.
Syn. -- Science; learning; erudition; belles-lettres. See

Science. -- Literature, Learning,
Erudition. Literature, in its widest sense, embraces
all compositions in writing or print which preserve the results of
observation, thought, or fancy; but those upon the positive sciences
(mathematics, etc.) are usually excluded. It is often confined,
however, to belles-lettres, or works of taste and sentiment,
as poetry, eloquence, history, etc., excluding abstract discussions
and mere erudition. A man of literature (in this narrowest
sense) is one who is versed in belles-lettres; a man of
learning excels in what is taught in the schools, and has a
wide extent of knowledge, especially in respect to the past; a man of
erudition is one who is skilled in the more recondite branches
of learned inquiry.
<blockquote>The origin of all positive science and philosophy, as

well as of all literature and art, in the forms in which they
exist in civilized Europe, must be traced to the Greeks.</blockquote>
Sir G. C. Lewis.
<blockquote>Learning thy talent is, but mine is

sense.</blockquote> Prior.
<blockquote>Some gentlemen, abounding in their university

erudition, fill their sermons with philosophical
terms.</blockquote> Swift.
<hw>||Litè*ra"tus</hw> (l&ibreve;t`&esl;*r&amacr;"t&ubreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Literati</plw> (-
t&imacr;). [L. litteratus, literatus.] <def>A learned
man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the
plural.</def>
<blockquote>Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a

literatus may chance to be maimed.</blockquote> De
Quincey.
{ <hw>-lith</hw> (-l&ibreve;th), <hw>-lite</hw> (-l&imacr;t). }

<def>Combining forms fr. Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk>, a stone; --
used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks.</def>
<hw>Lith</hw> (l&imacr;th), obs. <def><pos>3d pers. sing.

pres.</pos> of Lie, to recline, for lieth.</def>
Chaucer.
<hw>Lith</hw> (l&ibreve;th), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

lið.] <def>A joint or limb; a division; a member; a part
formed by growth, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other
parts.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>||Li*thæ"mi*a</hw> (l&isl;*th&emacr;"m&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone +
<grk>a"i^ma</grk> blood.] (Med.) <def>A condition in which
uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood.</def>
<hw>Lith"a*gogue</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&adot;*g&obreve;g),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone +
<grk>'agwgo`s</grk> leading.] (Med.) <def>A medicine having,
or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the
urine.</def> Hooper.
<hw>Lith"arge</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&adot;rj), <pos>n.</pos>

[OE. litarge, F. litharge, L. lithargyrus, Gr.
<grk>liqa`rgyros</grk> the scum or foam of silver; <grk>li`qos</grk>
stone + <grk>'a`rgyros</grk> silver. Litharge is found in
silverbearing lead ore.] (Chem.) <def>Lead monoxide; a
yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or
crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current
of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in
making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead or
minium, etc. Called also massicot.</def>
<hw>||Li*thar"gy*rum</hw>
(l&ibreve;*thär"j&ibreve;*r&ubreve;m), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.
See Litharge.] (Old Chem.) <def>Crystallized litharge,
obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow scales.</def>
<hw>Lith"ate</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&asl;t), <pos>n.</pos>

(Old Med. Chem.) <def>A salt of lithic or uric acid; a
urate.</def> [Obs.] [Written also lithiate.]
<hw>Lithe</hw> (l&imacr;&thlig;), <pos>v. t. & i.</pos>

[Icel hl&ymacr;ða. See Listen.] <def>To listen or
listen to; to hearken to.</def> [Obs.] P. Plowman.
<hw>Lithe</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [AS. l&imacr;ðe,

for linðe tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. lind,
gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis
soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield.
Cf. Lenient.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Mild; calm; as,
lithe weather.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of being easily bent; pliant;

flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.</def>
Milton.
<hw>Lithe</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [AS.

l&imacr;ðian. See Lithe, <pos>a.</pos>]
<def>To smooth; to soften; to palliate.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lithe"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lithe, pliant,

or flexible manner.</def>
<hw>Lithe"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or

state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.</def>
<hw>Li"ther</hw> (l&imacr;"&thlig;&etilde;r), <pos>a.</pos>

[AS. l&ymacr;ðer bad, wicked.] <def>Bad; wicked; false;
worthless; slothful.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<blockquote>Not lither in business, fervent in

spirit.</blockquote> Bp. Woolton.
&fist; Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in

Shakespeare's Henry VI. (Part I. IV. VII., 21) means the stagnant or
pestilential sky.
-- <wf>Li"ther*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> [Obs.]. --

<wf>Li"ther*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.]
<hw>Li"ther*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Crafty; cunning;

mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.</def>[Archaic]
<blockquote>He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and

litherly.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Lithe"some</hw> (l&imacr;&thlig;"s&ubreve;m),
<pos>a.</pos> [See Lithe, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf.
Lissom.] <def>Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble;
lissom.</def>
-- <wf>Lithe"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lith"i*a</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., from Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone.]
(Chem.) <def>The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic
similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium.</def>
<col>Lithia emerald</col>. <cd>See

Hiddenite.</cd>
<hw>||Li*thi"a*sis</hw> (l&ibreve;*th&imacr;"&adot;*s&ibreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>liqiàsis</grk>, fr.
<grk>li`qos</grk> stone.] (Med.) <def>The formation of stony
concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the
bladder and urinary passages.</def> Dunglison.
<hw>Lith"ic</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos>

[Gr. <grk>liqiko`s</grk> of or belonging to stones, fr.
<grk>li`qos</grk> stone: cf. F. lithique.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic
architecture.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>Pertaining to the formation

of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of
the body; as, lithic diathesis.</def>
<col>Lithic acid</col> (Old Med. Chem.), <cd>uric

acid. See Uric acid, under Uric.</cd>
<hw>lith"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Med.) <def>A

medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.</def>
<hw>Lith"ic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [From Lithium.]

(Chem.) <def>Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its
compounds.</def> Frankland.
<hw>Lithì*oph"i*lite</hw>
(l&ibreve;th`&ibreve;*&obreve;f"&ibreve;*l&imacr;t),
<pos>n.</pos> [Lithium + Gr. <grk>fi`los</grk> friend.]
(Min.) <def>A phosphate of manganese and lithium; a variety of
triphylite.</def>
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<hw>Lith"i*um</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&ibreve;*&ubreve;m),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., from Gr. <grk>li`qeios</grk> of stone, fr.
<grk>li`qos</grk> stone.] (Chem.) <def>A metallic element of
the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite,
spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely
disseminated, though in small quantities.</def>
&fist; When isolated it is a soft, silver white metal, tarnishing

and oxidizing very rapidly in the air. It is the lightest solid
element known, specific gravity being 0.59. Symbol Li. Atomic weight
7.0 So called from having been discovered in a mineral.
<hw>Lith"o</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&osl;) <def>A combining form from Gr.

<grk>li`qos</grk>, stone.</def>
<hw>Lithò*bil"ic</hw> (-b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;k),
<pos>a.</pos> [Litho + bile.] (Chem.)
<def>Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric
acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained
from certain bile products, as bezoar stones.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*carp</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&osl;*kärp),
<pos>n.</pos> [Litho- + Gr. <grk>karpo`s</grk> fruit:
cf. F. lithocarpe.] (Paleon.) <def>Fossil fruit; a
fruit petrified; a carpolite.</def>
<hw>Lithò*chro*mat"ics</hw> (-kr&osl;*m&abreve;t"&ibreve;ks),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>See Lithochromics.</def>
<hw>Lithò*chro"mics</hw> (-kr&omacr;"m&ibreve;ks),
<pos>n.</pos> [Litho- + Gr. <grk>chrw^ma</grk> color.]
<def>The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil
paintings on stone.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*clast</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&osl;*kl&abreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> [Litho- + Gr. <grk>kla^n</grk> to break.]
(Surg.) <def>An instrument for crushing stones in the
bladder.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*cyst</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&osl;*s&ibreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> [Litho- + cyst.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A sac containing small, calcareous
concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusæ,
and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory
organs.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*dome</hw> (-d&omacr;m), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho-

 + Gr. <grk>do`mos</grk> house: cf. F. lithodome.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several species of bivalves,
which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species
of the genus Lithodomus.</def>
<hw>Li*thod"o*mous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>
(Zoöl.) <def>Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus;
lithophagous.</def>
<hw>||Li*thod"o*mus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Lithodome.] (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of elongated
bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their
ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc.
Called also Lithophagus.</def>
&fist; These holes are at first very small and shallow, but are
enlarged with the growth of the shell, sometimes becoming two or
three inches deep and nearly an inch diameter.
<hw>Lith"o*fel"lic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Litho- +

L. fel, fellis, gall.] (Physiol. Chem.)
<def>Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid,
resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions
(bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.</def>
<hw>||Lithò*frac"teur</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr.

<grk>li`qos</grk> stone + L. frangere, fractum, to
break.] <def>An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See
Nitroglycerin.</def>
<hw>Lithò*gen"e*sy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho-

Gr. <grk>ge`nesis</grk> origin, generation: cf. F.
lithogénésie. See Genesis.] <def>The
doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the
globe.</def>
<hw>Li*thog"e*nous</hw> (l&ibreve;*th&obreve;j"&esl;*n&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [Litho- + -genous.] <def>Stone-
producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*glyph</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&osl;*gl&ibreve;f),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>liqoglyfià</grk>; <grk>li`qos</grk>
stone + <grk>gly`fein</grk> to engrave.] <def>An engraving on a
gem.</def>
<hw>Li*thog"ly*pher</hw>
(l&ibreve;*th&obreve;g"l&ibreve;*f&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>One who curs or engraves precious stones.</def>
<hw>Lithò*glyph"ic</hw>
(l&ibreve;th`&osl;*gl&ibreve;f"&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos>
<def>Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious
stones.</def>
<hw>Lithò*glyp"tics</hw> (-gl&ibreve;p"t&ibreve;ks),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The art of cutting and engraving
gems.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*graph</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Lithographed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lithographing (?).] [Litho- + -
graph: cf. F. lithographier.] <def>To trace on stone by
the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by
printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a
painting. See Lithography.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*graph</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A print made by

lithography.</def>
<hw>Li*thog"ra*pher</hw>
(l&ibreve;*th&obreve;g"r&adot;*f&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>One who lithographs; one who practices lithography.</def>
{ <hw>Lithò*graph"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Lithò*graph"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. lithographique.] <def>Of or
pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the
lithographic art; a lithographic picture.</def>
<col>Lithographic limestone</col> (Min.), <cd>a

compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and
Oölite, esp. of Bavaria, and extensively used in
lithography.</cd>
-- <wf>Lithò*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Li*thog"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lithographie.] <def>The art or process of putting designs or
writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed
impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the
antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink
containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered
by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under
Lithographic.</def>
{ <hw>Lith"oid</hw> (?) <hw>Li*thoid"al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Litho- + -oid: cf. F.
lithoïde.] <def>Like a stone; having a stony
structure.</def>
<hw>Li*thol"a*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho- +

Gr. &?; worship.] <def>The worship of a stone or stones.</def>
{ <hw>Lithò*log"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Lithò*log"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. lithologique.] <sn>1.</sn>
(Geol.) <def>Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as
derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral
contents.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to lithology.</def>
<hw>Lithò*log"ic*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>From

a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratum
lithologically.</def>
<hw>Li*thol"o*gist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

skilled in lithology.</def>
<hw>Li*thol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho- +

-logy: cf. F. lithologie.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution
and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>A treatise on stones found
in the body.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*man`cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho- +

-mancy: cf. F. lithomancie.] <def>Divination by means
of stones.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*marge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho- +

L. marga marl.] <def>A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very
sectile.</def>
{ <hw>Lithòn*thrip"tic</hw>, <hw>Lithòn*thryp"tic</hw> } (?),

<pos>a. & n.</pos> [Litho- + Gr. &?; to crush.]
<def>Same as Lithontriptic.</def>
<hw>Lithòn*trip"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>li`qos</grk>, acc. &?;, a stone + &?; to rub, grind: cf. F.
lithontriptique.] (Med.) <def>Having the quality of, or
used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys;
as, lithontriptic forcéps.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as
distilled water.</def>
<hw>Lith"on*trip"tist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Lithotriptist.</def>
<hw>Lith"on*trip`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Surg.)

<def>See Lithotriptor.</def>
<hw>Li*thoph"a*gous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Litho-

+ Gr. &?; to eat.] (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to
various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve
mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See
Lithodomus.</def>
<hw>Lithò*phane</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho- +

Gr. <grk>fai`nein</grk> to show, reveal.] <def>Porcelain impressed
with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when
hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*phos`phor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho-

+ phosphor.] <def>A stone that becomes phosphoric by
heat.</def>
<hw>Lithò*phos*phor"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by
heat.</def>
<hw>Lithò*pho*tog"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[Litho- + photography.] <def>Same as
Photolithography.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*phyll</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>li`qos</grk> a stone + &?; a leaf: cf. F. lithophylle.]
<def>A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*physe</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho- +
Gr. &?; a flatus, air bubble.] (Min.) <def>A spherulitic
cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic
rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by
expanding gas, whence the name.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*phyte</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho- +

Gr. &?; plant: cf. F. lithophyte.] (Zoöl.) <def>A
hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and
corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the
lithophytes except the corallines are animals.</def>
<hw>Lithò*phyt"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to lithophytes.</def>
<hw>Li*thoph"y*tous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Lithophytic.</def>
<hw>Li*tho"sian</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From NL.

Lithosia, the typical genus, fr. Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> a
stone, a rock.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of various species
of moths belonging to the family Lithosidæ. Many of them
are beautifully colored.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*tint</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho- +

tint.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of lithography by which
the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India
ink.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A picture produced by this

process.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*tome</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; cutting

stones; <grk>li`qos</grk> stone + &?; to cut: cf. F.
lithotome.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A stone so formed by
nature as to appear as if cut by art.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Surg.) <def>An instrument used for

cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.</def>
{ <hw>Lithò*tom"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Lithò*tom"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone cutting: cf. F.
lithotomique.] <def>Pertaining to, or performed by,
lithotomy.</def>
<hw>Li*thot"o*mist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lithotomiste.] <def>One who performs the operation of cutting
for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the
operation.</def>
<hw>Li*thot"o*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lithotomia, Gr. &?;: cf. F. lithotomie.] (Surg.)
<def>The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the
bladder.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*trip`sy</hw> (l&ibreve;th"&osl;*tr&ibreve;p`s&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> [Litho- + Gr. <grk>tri`bein</grk> to rub,
grind: cf. F. lithotripsie.] (Surg.) <def>The operation
of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called
lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.</def>
<hw>Lithò*trip"tic</hw> (-tr&ibreve;p"t&ibreve;k), <pos>a. &

n.</pos> <def>Same as Lithontriptic.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*trip`tist</hw>
(l&ibreve;th"&osl;*tr&ibreve;p`t&ibreve;st), <pos>n.</pos>
<def>One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the
bladder.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*trip`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Surg.)

<def>An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a
lithotrite.</def>
{ <hw>Lith"o*trite</hw> (?), <hw>Lith"o*tri"tor</hw> (?), } [See

Lithotrity.] (Surg.) <def>A lithotriptor.</def>
<hw>Li*thot"ri*tist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

lithotriptist.</def>
<hw>Li*thot"ri*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho- +

L. terere, tritum, to rub, grind.] (Surg.)
<def>The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small
pieces capable of being voided.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*type</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of

stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also, that which in printed from
it. See Lithotypy.</def>
<hw>Lith"o*type</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lithotyped (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lithotyping (?).] <def>To prepare for printing with plates
made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.</def>
<hw>Lithò*typ"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of,

pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.</def>
<hw>Li*thot"y*py</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Litho- +

-typy.] <def>The art or process of making a kind of hard,
stereotype plate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type
or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine
quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated
state.</def>
<hw>Li*thox`yl</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Written also

lithoxyle.] [Litho- + Gr. &?; wood: cf. F.
lithoxyle.] <def>Petrified wood.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lithù*a"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland,
but now Russian and Prussian territory).</def>
<hw>Lithù*a"ni*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native, or

one of the people, of Lithuania; also, the language of the Lithuanian
people.</def>
<hw>Lith"y</hw> (?) <pos>a.</pos> [See Lithe.]
<def>Easily bent; pliable.</def>
<col>Lithy tree</col> (Bot.), <cd>a European shrub

(Viburnum Lantana); -- so named from its tough and flexible
stem.</cd>
<hw>Lit"i*ga*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can

be litigated.</def>
<hw>Lit"i*gant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. litigans,

-antis, p. pr. of litigare: cf. F. litigant. See
Litigate.] <def>Disposed to litigate; contending in law;
engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant.</def>
Ayliffe.
<hw>Lit"i*gant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person engaged in

a lawsuit.</def>
<hw>Lit"i*gate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Litigated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Litigating.] [See Litigation.] <def>To
make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or
defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a
court; as, to litigate a cause.</def>
<hw>Lit"i*gate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To carry on a

suit by judicial process.</def>
<hw>Litì*ga"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

litigatio, fr. litigare to dispute, litigate;
lis, litis, dispute, lawsuit (OL. stlis) +
agere to carry on. See Agent.] <def>The act or process
of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.</def>
<hw>Lit"i*ga`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] <def>One who

litigates.</def>
<hw>Li*ti"gious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

litigiosus, fr. litigium dispute, quarrel, fr.
litigare: cf. F. litigieux. See Litigation.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Inclined to judicial contest; given to the
practice of contending in law; quarrelsome; contentious; fond of
litigation.</def> " A pettifogging attorney or a litigious
client." Macaulay.
<blockquote>Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still 

Litigious men, who quarrels move.</blockquote>
Donne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Subject to contention; disputable;

controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.</def>
Shak.
<blockquote>No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds, 

Distinguished acres of litigious grounds.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to legal
disputes.</def>
<blockquote>Nor brothers cite to the litigious

bar.</blockquote> Young.
<hw>Li*ti"gious*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

litigious manner.</def>
<hw>Li*ti"gious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on
lawsuits.</def>
<hw>Lit"mus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D. lakmoes;

lak lacker + moes a thick preparation of fruit, pap,
prob. akin to E. meat: cf. G. lackmus. See Lac a
resinous substance.] (Chem.) <def>A dyestuff extracted from
certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea,
etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the
alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin
and orcein.</def>
&fist; Litmus is used as a dye, and being turned red by acids and
restored to its blue color by alkalies, is a common indicator or test
for acidity and alkalinity.
<col>Litmus paper</col> (Chem.), <cd>unsized paper

saturated with blue or red litmus, -- used in testing for acids or
alkalies.</cd>

<hw>||Li"to*tes</hw> (l&imacr;"t&osl;*t&emacr;z),
<pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lito`ths</grk>, from
<grk>lito`s</grk> plain, simple.] (Rhet.) <def>A diminution or
softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing
the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of
expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an
illustrious city.</def>
<hw>Li*tran"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>li`tra</grk> + -meter. See Liter] <def>An
instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of
liquids.</def>
<hw>Li"tre</hw> (l&emacr;"t&etilde;r; 277), <pos>n.</pos>

[F.] <def>Same as Liter.</def>
<hw>Lit"ter</hw> (l&ibreve;t"t&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

litière, LL. lectaria, fr. L. lectus
couch, bed. See Lie to be prostrated, and cf.
Coverlet.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A bed or stretcher so
arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily
carried in or upon it.</def>
<blockquote>There is a litter ready; lay him in

't.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as

bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for
plants.</def>
<blockquote>To crouch in litter of your stable

planks.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Take off the litter from your kernel

beds.</blockquote> Evelyn.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Things lying scattered about in a manner

indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.</def>
<blockquote>Strephon, who found the room was void. 

Stole in, and took a strict survey 
Of all the litter as it lay.</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Disorder or untidiness resulting from

scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room
in a state of litter.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>The young brought forth at one time, by a

sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also
Fig.</def>
<blockquote>A wolf came to a sow, and very kindly offered to take

care of her litter.</blockquote> D. Estrange.
<blockquote>Reflect upon that numerous litter of strange,

senseless opinions that crawl about the world.</blockquote>
South.
<hw>Lit"ter</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Littered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Littering.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To supply with litter, as
cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.</def>
<blockquote>Tell them how they litter their

jades.</blockquote> Bp. Hacke&?;.
<blockquote>For his ease, well littered was the

floor.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To put into a confused or disordered

condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a
room.</def>
<blockquote>The room with volumes littered

round.</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To give birth to; to bear; -- said of

brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also
of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt.</def>
<blockquote>We might conceive that dogs were created blind,

because we observe they were littered so with us.</blockquote>
<blockquote>The son that she did litter here, 

A freckled whelp hagborn.</blockquote> Shak.
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<hw>Lit"ter</hw> (l&ibreve;t"t&etilde;r), <pos>v. i.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To be supplied with litter as bedding; to
sleep or make one's bed in litter.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>The inn 
Where he and his horse littered.</blockquote>
Habington.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To produce a litter.</def>
<blockquote>A desert . . . where the she-wolf still

littered.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<hw>||Lit`te`ra`teur"</hw> (l&esl;`t&asl;`r&adot;`t&etilde;r"),
<pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>One who occupies himself with
literature; a literary man; a literatus.</def> " Befriended by one
kind-hearted littérateur after another." C.
Kingsley.
<hw>Lit"ter*y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Covered or

encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting
litter.</def>
<hw>Lit"tle</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [The regular

comparative of this word is wanting, its place being supplied by
less, or, rarely, lesser. See Lesser. For the
superlative least is used, the regular form, littlest,
occurring very rarely, except in some of the English provinces, and
occasionally in colloquial language. " Where love is great, the
littlest doubts are fear." Shak.] [OE. litel,
lutel, AS. l&?;tel, l&imacr;tel, l&?;t;
akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. lütt,
OHG. luzzil, MHG. lützel; and perh. to AS.
lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts
deceitful, lut&?;n to deceive; cf. also Icel.
l&imacr;till little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden,
lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different
root vowel.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Small in size or extent; not
big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a
little body; a little animal; a little piece of
ground; a little hill; a little distance; a
little child.</def>

<blockquote>He sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for
the press, because he was little of stature.</blockquote>
Luke xix. 3.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Short in duration; brief; as, a

little sleep.</def>
<blockquote>Best him enough: after a little time, 

I'll beat him too.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Small in quantity or amount; not much; as,
a little food; a little air or water.</def>
<blockquote>Conceited of their little wisdoms, and doting

upon their own fancies.</blockquote> Barrow.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Small in dignity, power, or importance;

not great; insignificant; contemptible.</def>
<blockquote>When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast

thou not made the head of the tribes?</blockquote> I Sam. xv.
17.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Small in force or efficiency; not strong;

weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or
exertion;little effort; little care or
diligence.</def>
<blockquote>By sad experiment I know 

How little weight my words with thee can find.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Small in extent of views or sympathies;

narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.</def>
<blockquote>The long-necked geese of the world that are ever

hissing dispraise, 
Because their natures are little.</blockquote>
<col>Little chief</col>. (Zoöl.) <cd>See

Chief hare.</cd> -- <col>Little finger</col>, <cd>the
fourth and smallest finger of the hand.</cd> -- <col>Little
go</col> (Eng. Universities), <cd>a public examination
about the middle of the course, which is less strict and important
than the final one; -- called also smalls. Cf. Great
go, under Great.</cd> Thackeray. -- <col>Little
hours</col> (R. C. Ch.), <cd>the offices of prime, tierce,
sext, and nones. Vespers and compline are sometimes included.</cd> --
<col>Little ones</col>, <cd>young children.</cd>
<blockquote>The men, and the women, and the little

ones.</blockquote> Deut. ii. 34.
<hw>Lit"tle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the
like.</def>
<blockquote>Much was in little writ.</blockquote>

Dryden.
<blockquote>There are many expressions, which carrying with them

no clear ideas, are like to remove but little of my
ignorance.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A small degree or scale; miniature.</def>

" His picture in little." Shak.
<blockquote>A little, to or in a small degree; to a limited
extent; somewhat; for a short time. " Stay a
little."</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>The painter flattered her a

little.</blockquote> Shak.
-- <col>By little and little</col>, or <col>Little by

little</col>, <cd>by slow degrees; piecemeal; gradually.</cd>
<hw>Lit"tle</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a small quantity

or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding
it.</def> " The poor sleep little." Otway.
<hw>Lit"tle-ease`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An old slang

name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.</def>[Eng.]
Latimer.
<hw>Lit"tle*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought,
duration, power, etc.</def>
Syn. -- Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness;

narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.
<hw>Lit"to*ral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

littoralis, litoralis, from littus,
litus, the seashore: cf. F. littoral.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the
sea.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Biol.) <def>Inhabiting the seashore,

esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.</def>
<hw>||Lit"to*ri"na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Littoral.] (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of small
pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between
tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The
common periwinkle is a well-known example. See
Periwinkle.</def>
<hw>Lit"tress</hw> (l&ibreve;t"tr&ebreve;s), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards.</def>
Knight.
<hw>Lit"u*ate</hw> (l&ibreve;t"u*&asl;t; 135),

<pos>a.</pos> [See Lituus.] (Bot.) <def>Forked,
with the points slightly curved outward.</def>
<hw>Lit"u*i*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lituus +

-form.] <def>Having the form of a lituus; like a
lituite.</def>
<hw>Lit"u*ite</hw> (l&ibreve;t"u*&isl;t; 135),

<pos>n.</pos> [See Lituus.] (Paleon.) <def>Any
species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in
the Cretaceous formation.</def>
<hw>Lit"u*rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
lituratus, p. p. of liturare to erase, fr.
litura a blur.] <sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.)
<def>Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Spotted, as if from

abrasions of the surface.</def>
{ <hw>Li*tur"gic</hw> (?), <hw>Li*tur"gic*al</hw> (?), } [Gr. &?;:

cf. F. liturgique.] <def>Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a
liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship.</def> T.
Warton.
<hw>Li*tur"gic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the

manner of a liturgy.</def>
<hw>Li*tur"gics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The science of

worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of
liturgies.</def>
<hw>Li*tur`gi*ol"o*gist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

versed in liturgiology.</def>
<hw>Li*tur`gi*ol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[Liturgy + -logy.] <def>The science treating of
liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of,
liturgies.</def> Shipley.
<hw>Lit"ur*gist</hw> (l&ibreve;t"&ubreve;r*j&ibreve;st),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>One who favors or adheres strictly to a
liturgy.</def> Milton.
<hw>Lit"ur*gy</hw> (l&ibreve;t"&ubreve;r*j&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos>; pl. <plw>Liturgies</plw> (-
j&ibreve;z). [F. liturgie, LL. liturgia, Gr.
<grk>leitoyrgià</grk> a public service, the public service of God,
public worship; (assumed) <grk>leì:tos</grk>, <grk>lei^tos</grk>,
belonging to the people, public (fr. <grk>lao`s</grk>,
<grk>lew`s</grk>, the people) + the root of <grk>'e`rgon</grk> work.
See Lay, <pos>a.</pos>, and Work.] <def>An
established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for
public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary
for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it
includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the
world, for the celebration of Mass.</def>
<hw>||Lit"u*us</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Litui</plw> (#). [L.] <sn>1.</sn> (Rom.
Antig.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A curved staff used by the
augurs in quartering the heavens.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An
instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved
form and shrill note.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <def>A spiral whose polar

equation is r2θ = a; that is, a curve the
square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the
radius vector makes with a given line.</def>
<hw>Liv"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Such as can be lived.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Such as is pleasant to live in; fit or

suitable to live in.</def> [Colloq.]
<blockquote>A more delightful or livable region is not

easily to be found.</blockquote> T. Arnold.
<hw>Live</hw> (l&ibreve;v), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Lived (l&ibreve;vd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Living.] [OE. liven, livien, AS.
libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D.
leven, G. leben, OHG. leb&emacr;n, Dan.
leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left,
to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to
forsake, and life, Gr. <grk>liparei^n</grk> to persist,
<grk>liparo`s</grk> oily, shining, sleek, <grk>li`pos</grk> fat,
lard, Skr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the first sense prob. was,
to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay; and hence, to live.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To be alive; to have life; to have, as an
animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and
to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence;
as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in
reaching maturity.</def>
<blockquote>Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I

will . . . lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and
cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall
live.</blockquote> Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To pass one's time; to pass life or time

in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to
live in ease or affluence; to live happily or
usefully.</def>
<blockquote>O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a

man that liveth at rest in his possessions!</blockquote>
Ecclus. xli. 1. 
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To make one's abiding place or home; to

abide; to dwell; to reside.</def>
<blockquote>Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen

years.</blockquote> Gen. xlvii. 28.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To be or continue in existence; to exist;

to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects,
ideas, etc.</def>
<blockquote>Men's evil manners live in brass; their

virtues 
We write in water.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To enjoy or make the most of life; to be

in a state of happiness.</def>
<blockquote>What greater curse could envious fortune give 

Than just to die when I began to live?</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or

supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and
grain.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>To have a spiritual existence; to be

quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or
faith.</def>
<blockquote>The just shall live by faith.</blockquote>

Gal. iii. ll.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>To be maintained in life; to acquire a

livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to
live on spoils.</def>
<blockquote>Those who live by labor.</blockquote> Sir W.

Temple.
<sn>9.</sn> <def>To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a

ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a
storm.</def>
<blockquote>A strong mast that lived upon the

sea.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>To live out</col>, <cd>to be at service; to live away

from home as a servant.</cd> [U. S.] -- <col>To live
with</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To dwell or to be a lodger
with</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To cohabit with; to have
intercourse with, as male with female.</cd>
<hw>Live</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in,
constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful
life.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To act habitually in conformity with; to

practice.</def>
<blockquote>To live the Gospel.</blockquote>

Foxe.
<col>To live down</col>, <cd>to live so as to subdue or

refute; as, to live down slander.</cd>
<hw>Live</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Abbreviated from

alive. See Alive, Life.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Having life; alive; living; not dead.</def>
<blockquote>If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they

shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of
it.</blockquote> Ex. xxi. 35.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Being in a state of ignition; burning;

having active properties; as, a live coal; live
embers.</def> " The live ether." Thomson.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Full of earnestness; active; wide awake;

glowing; as, a live man, or orator.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Vivid; bright.</def> " The live

carnation." Thomson.
<sn>5.</sn> (Engin.) <def>Imparting power; having

motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe.</def>
<col>Live birth</col>, <cd>the condition of being born in

such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of
the whole body.</cd> Dunglison. -- <col>Live box</col>,
<cd>a cell for holding living objects under microscopical
examination.</cd> P. H. Gosse. -- <col>Live
feathers</col>, <cd>feathers which have been plucked from the
living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic.</cd> --
<col>Live gang</col>. (Sawing) <cd>See under
Gang.</cd> -- <col>Live grass</col> (Bot.),
<cd>a grass of the genus Eragrostis.</cd> -- <col>Live
load</col> (Engin.), <cd>a suddenly applied load; a
varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge,
or wind pressure on a roof.</cd> <col>Live oak</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing
in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for
ship timber. In California the Q. chrysolepis and some other
species are also called live oaks.</cd> -- <col>Live
ring</col> (Engin.), <cd>a circular train of rollers upon
which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a
circular track when the bridge or table turns.</cd> -- <col>Live
steam</col> , <cd>steam direct from the boiler, used for any
purpose, in distinction from exhaust steam.</cd> --
<col>Live stock</col>, <cd>horses, cattle, and other domestic
animals kept on a farm.</cd>
<hw>Live</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Life.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<col>On live</col>, <cd>in life; alive.</cd> [Obs.] See

Alive. Chaucer.
<hw>Lived</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having life; -- used

only in composition; as, long-lived; short-
lived.</def>
<hw>Live"-for*evèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has
extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.</def>
<hw>Live"li*hed</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Livelihood.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Live"li*hood</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

livelode, liflode, prop., course of life, life's
support, maintenance, fr. AS. l&imacr;f life +
l&amacr;d road, way, maintenance. Confused with
livelihood liveliness. See Life, and Lode.]
<def>Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support;
support of life; maintenance.</def>
<blockquote>The opportunities of gaining an honest

livelihood.</blockquote> Addison.
<blockquote>It is their profession and livelihood to get

their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their
lives.</blockquote> South.
<hw>Live"li*hood</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Lively + -

hood.] <def>Liveliness; appearance of life.</def> [Obs.]
Shak.
<hw>Live"li*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lively

manner.</def> [Obs.] Lamb.
<hw>Live"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From Lively.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being lively or
animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the
liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An appearance of life, animation, or

spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a
portrait.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of

liquors.</def>
Syn. -- Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity;

smartness; briskness; activity. -- Liveliness, Gayety,
Animation, Vivacity. Liveliness is an habitual
feeling of life and interest; gayety refers more to a
temporary excitement of the animal spirits; animation implies
a warmth of emotion and a corresponding vividness of expressing it,
awakened by the presence of something which strongly affects the
mind; vivacity is a feeling between liveliness and animation,
having the permanency of the one, and, to some extent, the warmth of
the other. Liveliness of imagination; gayety of heart;
animation of countenance; vivacity of gesture or
conversation.
<hw>Live"lode`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See 1st

Livelihood.] <def>Course of life; means of support;
livelihood.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Live"long`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [For

lifelong. Cf. Lifelong.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or
night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of
tediousness.</def>
<blockquote>The obscure bird 

Clamored the livelong night.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>How could she sit the livelong day, 

Yet never ask us once to play?</blockquote> Swift.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lasting; durable.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Thou hast built thyself a livelong

monument.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Live"ly</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Livelier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Liveliest.] [For lifely. Cf.
Lifelike.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Endowed with or manifesting
life; living.</def>
<blockquote>Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively

flowers and leaves.</blockquote> Holland.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a

lively youth.</def>
<blockquote>But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, 

With youthful steps ? Much livelier than erewhile 
He seems.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Gay; airy; animated; spirited.</def>
<blockquote>From grave to gay, from lively to

severe.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Representing life; lifelike.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>I spied the lively picture of my

father.</blockquote> Massinger.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Bright; vivid; glowing; strong;

vigorous.</def>
<blockquote>The colors of the prism are manifestly more full,

intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.</blockquote>
Sir I. Newton.
<blockquote>His faith must be not only living, but lively

too.</blockquote> South.
<col>Lively stones</col> (Script.), <cd>saints, as

being quickened by the Spirit, and active in holiness.</cd>
Syn. -- Brisk; vigorous; quick; nimble; smart; active;

alert; sprightly; animated; spirited; prompt; earnest; strong;
energetic; vivid; vivacious; blithe; gleeful; airy; gay; jocund.
<hw>Live"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly;
vigorously.</def> Hayward.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>With strong resemblance of life.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>Thou counterfeitest most lively.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>Liv"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who, or that which, lives.</def>
<blockquote>And try if life be worth the liver's

care.</blockquote> Prior.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A resident; a dweller; as, a liver

in Brooklyn.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>One whose course of life has some marked

characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free
liver.</def>
<col>Fast liver</col>, <cd>one who lives in an extravagant

and dissipated way.</cd> -- <col>Free liver</col>,
<col>Good liver</col>, <cd>one given to the pleasures of the
table.</cd> -- <col>Loose liver</col>, <cd>a person who lives
a somewhat dissolute life.</cd>
<hw>Liv"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. lifer; akin to

D. liver, G. leber, OHG. lebara, Icel.
lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. &?; fat, E.
live, v.] (Anat.) <def>A very large glandular and
vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.</def>
&fist; Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes
through it on its way back to the heart; and it secretes the bile,
produces glycogen, and in other ways changes the blood which passes
through it. In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm
and mainly on the right side. See Bile, Digestive, and
Glycogen. The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made
up of cæcal tubes, and differs materially, in form and
function, from that of vertebrates.
<col>Floating liver</col>. <cd>See Wandering liver,

under Wandering.</cd> -- <col>Liver of antimony</col>,
<col>Liver of sulphur</col>. (Old Chem.) <cd>See
Hepar.</cd> -- <col>Liver brown</col>, <col>Liver
color</col>, <cd>the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown.</cd>
-- <col>Liver shark</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a very
large shark (Cetorhinus maximus), inhabiting the northern
coasts both of Europe and North America. It sometimes becomes forty
feet in length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has
small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured for the sake
of its liver, which often yields several barrels of oil. It has gill
rakers, resembling whalebone, by means of which it separates small
animals from the sea water.</cd> Called also basking shark,
bone shark, hoemother, homer, and
sailfish. -- <col>Liver spots</col>, <cd>yellowish
brown patches or spots of chloasma.</cd>
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<hw>Liv"er</hw> (l&ibreve;v"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -
- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.</def>
<hw>Liv"er-colòred</hw> (-k&ubreve;l`&etilde;rd),
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a color like liver; dark reddish
brown.</def>
<hw>Liv"ered</hw> (l&ibreve;v"&etilde;rd), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-
livered.</def>
<hw>Liv"er-grown`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having an

enlarged liver.</def> Dunglison.
<hw>Liv"er*ied</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wearing a

livery. See Livery, 3.</def>
<blockquote>The liveried servants wait.</blockquote>

Parnell.
<hw>Liv"er*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of pudding

or sausage made of liver or pork.</def> [Obs.] Chapman.
<hw>Liv"er*leaf`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Same as Liverwort.</def>
<hw>Liv"er*wort`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone
Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed
leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A flowerless plant (Marchantia

polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking
frond.</def>
&fist; From this plant many others of the same order

(Hepaticæ) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp.
those of the tribe Marchantiaceæ. See Illust. of
Hepatica.
<hw>Liv"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Liveries</plw> (#). [OE. livere, F.
livrée, formerly, a gift of clothes made by the master
to his servants, prop., a thing delivered, fr. livrer to
deliver, L. liberare to set free, in LL., to deliver up. See
Liberate.] <sn>1.</sn> (Eng. Law)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of delivering possession of lands or
tenements.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The writ by which
possession is obtained.</def>
&fist; It is usual to say, livery of seizin, which is a

feudal investiture, made by the delivery of a turf, of a rod, or
twig, from the feoffor to the feoffee. In the United States, and now
in Great Britain, no such ceremony is necessary, the delivery of a
deed being sufficient.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Release from wardship;

deliverance.</def>
<blockquote>It concerned them first to sue out their livery

from the unjust wardship of his encroaching prerogative.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is delivered out statedly or

formally, as clothing, food, etc.</def>; especially:
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>The uniform clothing issued by feudal
superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military
service.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The peculiar dress by which
the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a
claret-colored livery.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Hence,
also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or
body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London
tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole
body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the
privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of
London.</def>
<blockquote>A Haberdasher and a Carpenter, 

A Webbe, a Dyer, and a Tapicer, 
And they were clothed all in one livery 
Of a solempne and a gret fraternite.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>From the periodical deliveries of these characteristic

articles of servile costume (blue coats) came our word
livery.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<sd>(d)</sd> <def>Hence, any characteristic dress or

outward appearance.</def> " April's livery." Sir P.
Sidney.
<blockquote>Now came still evening on, and twilight gray 

Had in her sober livery all things clad.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sd>(e)</sd> <def>An allowance of food statedly given out;

a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.</def>
<blockquote>The emperor's officers every night went through the

town from house to house whereat any English gentleman did repast or
lodge, and served their liveries for all night: first, the
officers brought into the house a cast of fine manchet [white bread],
and of silver two great pots, and white wine, and sugar.</blockquote>
Cavendish.
<sd>(f)</sd> <def>The feeding, stabling, and care of horses

for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at
livery.</def>
<blockquote>What livery is, we by common use in England

know well enough, namely, that is, allowance of horse meat, as to
keep horses at livery, the which word, I guess, is derived of
livering or delivering forth their nightly food.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<blockquote>It need hardly be observed that the explanation of

livery which Spenser offers is perfectly correct, but . . . it
is no longer applied to the ration or stated portion of food
delivered at stated periods.</blockquote> Trench.
<sd>(g)</sd> <def>The keeping of horses in readiness to be
hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so
kept.</def>
<blockquote>Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the

largest establishment in Moorfields.</blockquote> Lowell.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A low grade of wool.</def>
<col>Livery gown</col>, <cd>the gown worn by a liveryman in

London.</cd>
<hw>Liv"er*y</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To clothe in, or

as in, livery.</def> Shak.
<hw>Liv"er*y*man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Liverymen</plw> (&?;). <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who
wears a livery, as a servant.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A freeman of the city, in London, who,

having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing
dress or livery of the company to which he belongs, and also
to enjoy certain other privileges, as the right of voting in an
election for the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>One who keeps a livery stable.</def>
<hw>Liv"er*y sta`ble</hw> (?). <def>A stable where horses are kept

for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery,
<pos>n.</pos>, 3 <sd>(e)</sd> <sd>(f)</sd> &
<sd>(g)</sd>.</def>
<hw>Lives</hw> (l&imacr;vz), <pos>n.</pos>;

<def><pos>pl.</pos> of Life.</def>
<hw>Lives</hw> (l&imacr;vz), <pos>a. & adv.</pos> [Orig. a

genitive sing. of life.] <def>Alive; living; with life.</def>
[Obs.] " Any lives creature." Chaucer.
<hw>Liv"id</hw> (l&ibreve;v"&ibreve;d), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lividus, from livere to be of a blush color, to be
black and blue: cf. F. livide.] <def>Black and blue; grayish
blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion.</def>
Cowper.
<blockquote>There followed no carbuncles, no purple or

livid spots, the mass of the blood not being
tainted.</blockquote> Bacon.
<hw>Li*vid"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lividité.] <def>The state or quality of being
livid.</def>
<hw>Liv"id*ness</hw> (l&ibreve;v"&ibreve;d*n&ebreve;s),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>Lividity.</def> Walpole.
<hw>Liv"ing</hw> (l&ibreve;v"&ibreve;ng), <pos>a.</pos>

[From Live, <pos>v. i.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Being alive; having life; as, a living
creature.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of

states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a
living faith; a living principle.</def> " Living
hope. " Wyclif.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Issuing continually from the earth;

running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to
stagnant.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Producing life, action, animation, or

vigor; quickening.</def> "Living light." Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Ignited; glowing with heat; burning;

live.</def>
<blockquote>Then on the living coals wine they

pour.</blockquote> Dryden.
<col>Living force</col>. <cd>See Vis viva, under

Vis.</cd> -- <col>Living gale</col> (Naut.),
<cd>a heavy gale.</cd> -- <col>Living</col> <col>rock or
stone</col>, <cd>rock in its native or original state or
location; rock not quarried.</cd> " I now found myself on a rude and
narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living
rock." Moore. -- <col>The living</col>, <cd>those
who are alive, or one who is alive.</cd>
<hw>Liv"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The

state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.</def>
"Health and living." Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Manner of life; as, riotous living;

penurious living; earnest living.</def> " A vicious
living." Chaucer.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Means of subsistence; sustenance;

estate.</def>
<blockquote>She can spin for her living.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>He divided unto them his living.</blockquote>

Luke xv. 12.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Power of continuing life; the act of

living, or living comfortably.</def>
<blockquote>There is no living without trusting somebody or

other in some cases.</blockquote> L' Estrange.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>The benefice of a clergyman; an

ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.</def> [Eng.]
<blockquote>He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a

living</blockquote> Macaulay.
<col>Livng room</col>, <cd>the room most used by the

family.</cd>
<hw>Liv"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a living

state.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Liv"ing*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation;
quickening.</def>
<hw>Li*vo"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Livonia, a district of Russia near the Baltic
Sea.</def>
<hw>Li*vo"ni*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or an

inhabitant of Livonia; the languaè (alli`d to th` Finniso) of the
Livonians.</def>
<hw>||Li"vor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.]

<def>Malignity.</def> [R.] Burton.
<hw>||Li`vrai`son"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L.

liberatio a setting free, in LL., a delivering up. See
Liberation.] <def>A part of a book or literary composition
printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.</def>
<hw>Li"vre</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L. libra

a pound of twelve ounces. Cf. Lira.] <def>A French money of
account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in
use, having been superseded by the franc.</def>
<hw>Lix*iv"i*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lixivius, fr. lix ashes, lye ashes, lye: cf. F.
lixiviel.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Impregnated with, or
consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated
with a salt or salts like a lixivium.</def>
Boyle.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of the color of lye; resembling

lye.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Having the qualities of alkaline salts

extracted from wood ashes.</def>
<col>Lixivial salts</col> (Old Chem.), <cd>salts

which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it
on them.</cd>
{ <hw>Lix*iv"i*ate</hw> (?), <hw>Lix*iv"i*`ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [From Lixivium.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline
salts.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Impregnated with salts from wood

ashes.</def> Boyle.
<hw>Lix*iv"i*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &
p. p.</pos> Lixiviated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lixiviating (?).] <def>To subject to a washing
process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that
which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting
the alkaline substances.</def>
<hw>Lix*ivì*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lixiviation.] <def>Lixiviating; the process of separating a
soluble substance from one that is insoluble, by washing with some
solvent, as water; leaching.</def>
<hw>Lix*iv"i*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Lixivial.</def>
<hw>Lix*iv"i*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lixivium, lixivia. See Lixivial.] <def>A
solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any
solution obtained by lixiviation.</def>
<hw>Lixt</hw> (l&ibreve;kst), obs. <def><pos>2d pers. sing.

pres.</pos> of Lige, to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted
for ligest.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>||Li"za</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The American white mullet (Mugil curema).</def>
<hw>Liz"ard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lesarde,

OF. lesarde, F. lézard, L. lacerta,
lacertus. Cf. Alligator, Lacerta.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of the

numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia;
sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the
Hatteria.</def>
&fist; Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a
long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short,
thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids,
but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some
it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very
extensible. See Amphisbæna, Chameleon,
Gecko, Gila monster, Horned toad, Iguana,
and Dragon, 6.
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>A piece of rope with

thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.</def> R.
H. Dana, Ir.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A piece of timber with a forked end, used

in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a
field.</def>
<col>Lizard fish</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a marine

scopeloid fish of the genus Synodus, or Saurus, esp.
S. f&oelig;tens of the Southern United States and West Indies;
-- called also sand pike.</cd> -- <col>Lizard
snake</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the garter snake
(Eutænia sirtalis).</cd> -- <col>Lizard
stone</col> (Min.), <cd>a kind of serpentine from near
Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental
purposes.</cd>
<hw>Liz"ard's tail`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A perennial plant

of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes,
and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike,
somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name.</def>
Gray.
<hw>Lla"ma</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Peruv.] (Zoöl.)

<def>A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the
camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a
domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a
beast of burden in the Andes.</def>
<hw>Llan*dei"lo group`</hw>. (Geol.) <def>A series of

strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named
from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of
Geology.</def>
<hw>||Lla*ne"ro</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Sp. Amer.]

<def>One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.</def>
<hw>Lla"no</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Llanos</plw> (#). [Sp., plain even, level. See
Plain.] <def>An extensive plain with or without
vegetation.</def> [Spanish America]
<hw>Lloyd's</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>An association of underwriters and others in London, for the
collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance,
classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the
transaction of business of various kinds connected with
shipping.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A part of the Royal Exchange, in London,

appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; --
called also Lloyd's Rooms.</def>
&fist; The name is derived from Lloyd's Coffee House, in

Lombard Street, where there were formerly rooms for the same purpose.
The name Lloyd or Lloyd's has been taken by several
associations, in different parts of Europe, established for purposes
similar to those of the original association.
<col>Lloyd's agents</col>, <cd>persons employed in various

parts of the world, by the association called Lloyd's, to serve its
interests.</cd> -- <col>Lloyd's list</col>, <cd>a publication
of the latest news respecting shipping matters, with lists of
vessels, etc., made under the direction of Lloyd's.</cd> Brande &
C. -- <col>Lloyd's register</col>, <cd>a register of
vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly.</cd>
<hw>Lo</hw> (?), <pos>interj.</pos> [OE. lo,

low; perh. akin to E. look, v.] <def>Look; see; behold;
observe.</def> "Lo, here is Christ." Matt. xxiv. 23.
"Lo, we turn to the Gentiles." Acts xiii. 46.
<hw>Loach</hw> (l&omacr;ch), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

loche, F. loche.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of
several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera
Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or
more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia.
The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food
fish.</def>
<hw>Load</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lode load,

way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with
lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead,
<pos>v.</pos>, Lode.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A burden;
that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which
is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.</def>
<blockquote>He might such a load 

To town with his ass carry.</blockquote> Gower.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The quantity which can be carried or drawn

in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel;
that which will constitute a cargo; lading.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves

the mind or spirits; as, a load of care.</def> " A . . .
load of guilt." Ray. " Our life's a load."
Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A particular measure for certain articles,

being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance
commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a
load of hay; specifically, five quarters.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>The charge of a firearm; as, a load

of powder.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Weight or violence of blows.</def> [Obs.]

Milton.
<sn>7.</sn> (Mach.) <def>The work done by a steam

engine or other prime mover when working.</def>
<col>Load line</col>, or <col>Load water line</col>

(Naut.), <cd>the line on the outside of a vessel indicating
the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.</cd>
Syn. -- Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See

Burden.
<hw>Load</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Loaded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs
to lade.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To lay a load or burden on
or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun;
to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight
to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.</def>
<blockquote>I strive all in vain to load the
cart.</blockquote> Gascoigne.
<blockquote>I have loaden me with many spoils.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Those honors deep and broad, wherewith 

Your majesty loads our house.</blockquote> Shak.
<! p. 863 !>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To adulterate or drug; as, to load

wine.</def> [Cant]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To magnetize.</def>[Obs.]

Prior.
<col>Loaded dice</col>, <cd>dice with one side made heavier

than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up
oftenest.</cd>
<hw>Load"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a
gun.</def>
<hw>Load"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of putting a load on or into.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A load; cargo; burden.</def>

Shak.
{ <hw>Load"man*age</hw>, <hw>Lode"man*age</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> <def>Pilotage; skill of a pilot or
loadsman.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ <hw>Loads"man</hw>, <hw>Lodes"man</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> [Load, lode + man. See
Lode.] <def>A pilot.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ <hw>Load"star`</hw>, <hw>Lode"star`</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> [Load, lode + star. See
Lode.] <def>A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the
polestar; the cynosure.</def> Chaucer. " Your eyes are
lodestars." Shak.
<blockquote>The pilot can no loadstar see.</blockquote>

Spenser.
{ <hw>Load"stone`</hw>, <hw>Lode"stone</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> [Load, lode + stone.]
(Min.) <def>A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity
like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.</def>
<hw>Loaf</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Loaves</plw> (#). [OE. lof, laf, AS.
hl&amacr;f; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel.
hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith.
klëpas. Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.]
<def>Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly
shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.</def>
Bacon.
<col>Loaf sugar</col>, <cd>refined sugar that has been

formed into a conical loaf in a mold.</cd>
<hw>Loaf</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Loafed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Loafing.] [G. laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen.
See Leap.] <def>To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter
about.</def> " Loafing vagabonds." W. Black.
<hw>Loaf</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To spend in idleness;

-- with away; as, to loaf time away.</def>
<hw>Loaf"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G. läufer

a runner, Prov. G. laufer, lofer, fr. laufen to
run. See Leap.] <def>One who loafs; a lazy lounger.</def>
Lowell.
<hw>Loam</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. l&amacr;m;

akin to D. leem, G. lehm, and E. lime. See 4th
Lime.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of soil; an earthy
mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility
is chiefly due.</def>
<blockquote>We wash a wall of loam; we labor in

vain.</blockquote> Hooker.
<sn>2.</sn> (Founding) <def>A mixture of sand, clay,

and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often
without a pattern.</def>
<col>Loam mold</col> (Founding), <cd>a mold made

with loam. See Loam, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</cd> --
<col>Loam molding</col>, <cd>the process or business of making
loam molds.</cd> <col>Loam plate</col>, <cd>an iron plate upon
which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is
suspended.</cd> -- <col>Loam work</col>, <cd>loam molding or
loam molds.</cd>
<hw>Loam</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Loamed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Loaming.] <def>To cover, smear, or fill with loam.</def>
<hw>Loam"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Consisting of loam;

partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.</def>
Bacon.
<hw>Loan</hw> (l&omacr;n), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lawn.]

<def>A loanin.</def> [Scot.] 
[1913 Webster]
<hw>Loan</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lone, lane,

AS. l&amacr;n, læn, fr. león to
lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel.
l&amacr;n, G. leihen to lend, OHG. l&imacr;han,
Icel. lj&imacr;, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to
leave, Gr. <grk>lei`pein</grk>, Skr. ric. √119. Cf.
Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse,
Lend, License, Relic.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the
loan of a book, money, services.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which one lends or borrows, esp. a

sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the
loan.</def>
<col>Loan office</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An office

at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are
kept, and the interest paid to the lender</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>A pawnbroker's shop.</cd>
<hw>Loan</hw>, <pos>n. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Loaned (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Loaning.] <def>To lend; -- sometimes with out.</def>
Kent.
<blockquote>By way of location or loaning them

out.</blockquote> J. Langley (1644).
<hw>Loan"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be

lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds; -- used
mostly in financial business and writings.</def>
{ <hw>Loan"in</hw> (?), <hw>Loan"ing</hw>, } <pos>n.</pos>

[From Scotch loan, E. lawn.] <def>An open space between
cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows
are sometimes milked; also, a lane.</def> [Scot.] Sir W.
Scott.
<hw>Loan"mon`ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dealer in,

or negotiator of, loans.</def>
<blockquote>The millions of the loanmonger.</blockquote>

<hw>Loath</hw> (l&omacr;th), <pos>a.</pos> [OE.

looth, loth, AS. l&amacr;ð hostile, odious;
akin to OS. l&amacr;ð, G. leid, Icel.
leiðr, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG.
l&imacr;dan to suffer, go, cf. AS. l&imacr;ðan to
go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Hateful; odious; disliked.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Filled with disgust or aversion; averse;

unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part.</def>
<blockquote>Full loth were him to curse for his

tithes.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Why, then, though loath, yet must I be

content.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Loathe</hw> (l&omacr;&thlig;), <pos>v. t.</pos>
[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Loathed (l&omacr;&thlig;d);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Loathing.] [AS.
l&amacr;ðian to hate. See Loath.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion
for.</def>
<blockquote>Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for

bread.</blockquote> Cowley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To dislike greatly; to abhor; to

hate.</def>
<blockquote>The secret which I loathe.</blockquote>

Waller.
<blockquote>She loathes the vital sir.</blockquote>

Dryden.
Syn. -- To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See

Hate.
<hw>Loathe</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To feel disgust or

nausea.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Loath"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

loathes.</def>
<hw>Loath"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Full of loathing; hating; abhorring.</def> "Loathful
eyes." Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Causing a feeling of loathing;

disgusting.</def>
<blockquote>Above the reach of loathful, sinful

lust.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>Loath"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Extreme disgust; a

feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.</def>
<blockquote>The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile

races.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<hw>Loath"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With

loathing.</def>
<hw>Loath"li*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Loathsomeness.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Loath"ly</hw> (l&omacr;&thlig;"l&ybreve;),
<pos>a.</pos> [AS. l&amacr;ðlic.]
<def>Loathsome.</def> [Obs.] " Loathly mouth."
Spenser.
<hw>Loath"ly</hw> (l&omacr;th"l&ybreve;), <pos>adv.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Unwillingly; reluctantly.</def>
<blockquote>This shows that you from nature loathly
stray.</blockquote> Donne.
<sn>2.</sn> (l&omacr;&thlig;"l&ybreve;) <def>So as to cause

loathing.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>With dust and blood his locks were loathly

dight.</blockquote> Fairfax.
<hw>Loath"ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Unwillingness;

reluctance.</def>
<blockquote>A general silence and loathness to

speak.</blockquote> Bacon.
<hw>Loath"some</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fitted to cause

loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting.</def>
<blockquote>The most loathsome and deadly forms of

infection.</blockquote> Macaulay.
-- <wf>Loath"some*ly</wf>. <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Loath"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Loath"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Loathsome.</def>

<hw>Loaves</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>;

<def><pos>pl.</pos> of Loaf.</def>
<hw>Lob</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [W. llob an unwieldy

lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. Looby, Lubber.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A dull, heavy person.</def> " Country
lobs." Gauden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Something thick and heavy.</def>
<hw>Lob</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lobbed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lobbing.] <def>To let fall heavily or lazily.</def>
<blockquote>And their poor jades 

Lob down their heads.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>To lob a ball</col> (Lawn Tennis), <cd>to

strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.</cd>
<hw>Lob</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> (Mining) <def>See

Cob, <pos>v. t.</pos></def>
<hw>Lob</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Dan. lubbe.]

(Zoöl.) <def>The European pollock.</def>
<hw>Lo"bar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to

a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes.</def>
{ <hw>Lo"bate</hw> (?), <hw>Lo"ba*ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [See Lobe.] <sn>1.</sn>
(Bot.) <def>Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a
lobate leaf.</def>

<def>Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the
integument continued to the bases of the fin rays.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes
of a coot. See Illust. (m) under Aves.</def>
<hw>Lo"bate*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>As a lobe; so

as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner.</def>
<hw>Lob"bish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lob;

consisting of lobs.</def> Sir. P. Sidney.
<hw>Lob"by</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lobbies</plw> (#). [LL. lobium, lobia,
laubia, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG.
louba, G. laube, arbor. See Lodge.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Arch.) <def>A passage or hall of
communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a
waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a
lobby communicates between several rooms, an
antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully
preserved.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That part of a hall of legislation not

appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons,
collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the
legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who
strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency.</def>
[U.S.]
<sn>3.</sn> (Naut.) <def>An apartment or passageway

in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-
deck.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Agric.) <def>A confined place for

cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the
farmyard.</def>
<col>Lobby member</col>, <cd>a lobbyist.</cd> [Humorous

cant, U. S.]
<hw>Lob"by</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lobbied (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lobbying.] <def>To address or solicit members of a legislative
body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their
votes.</def>[U.S.] Bartlett.
<hw>Lob"by</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To urge the adoption

or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to
lobby a bill.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>Lob"by*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A member of the

lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose
of influencing legislation.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>Lob"cock`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dull, sluggish
person; a lubber; a lob.</def> [Low]
<hw>Lobe</hw> (l&omacr;b), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lobe,

Gr. <grk>lobo`s</grk>.] <def>Any projection or division, especially
one of a somewhat rounded form</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd>
(Bot.) <def>A rounded projection or division of a leaf.</def>
Gray. <sd>(b)</sd>(Zoöl.) <def>A membranous
flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot.</def>
<sd>(c)</sd> (Anat.) <def>A round projecting part of an
organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See Illust. of
Brain.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (Mach.) <def>The
projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear
wheel.</def>
<col>Lobe of the ear</col>, <cd>the soft, fleshy prominence

in which the human ear terminates below. See. Illust. of
Ear.</cd>
<hw>Lobed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having lobes;

lobate.</def>
<hw>Lobe"foot`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.</def>
<hw>Lobe"-footèd</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Lobiped.</def>
<hw>Lobe"let</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

small lobe; a lobule.</def>
<hw>Lo*be"li*a</hw> (?; 106), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. So called

from Lobel, botanist to King James I.] (Bot.) <def>A
genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia
inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America,
whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid
taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant,
etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the
deep and vivid red color of its flowers.</def>
<hw>Lo*be`li*a"ceous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus
Lobelia is the type.</def>
<hw>Lo*be"lin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Med.) <def>A

yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and
diaphoretic.</def>
<hw>Lo*be"line</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of
Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a
tobaccolike taste and odor.</def>
<hw>Lo"bi*ped</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Lobe + L.

pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoöl.) <def>Having
lobate toes, as a coot.</def>
<hw>Lob"lol`ly</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]

<def>Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.</def>
<col>Loblolly bay</col> (Bot.), <cd>an elegant

white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus
Gordonia (G. Lasianthus), growing in the maritime parts
of the Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning.
Also, a similar West Indian tree (Laplacea
hæmatoxylon).</cd> -- <col>Loblolly boy</col>, <cd>a
surgeon's attendant on shipboard.</cd> Smollett. --
<col>Loblolly pine</col> (Bot.), <cd>a kind of pitch
pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine
(Pinus Tæda). Also, P. Bahamensis, of the West
Indies.</cd> -- <col>Loblolly tree</col> (Bot.), <cd>a
name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery
foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata,
Cordia alba, and Cupania glabra.</cd>
<hw>||Lo*bo"sa</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See

Lobe.] (Zoöl.) <def>An order of Rhizopoda, in
which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the
Am&oelig;ba.</def>
<hw>Lob"scouse`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Written also

lobscourse from which lobscouse is corrupted.]
[Lob + course.] (Naut.) <def>A combination of
meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked;
an olio.</def>
<hw>Lob"sidèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Lopsided.</def>
<hw>Lobs"pound`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lob +

pound a prison.] <def>A prison.</def> [Obs.]
Hudibras.
<hw>Lob"ster</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. loppestre,

lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L. locusta a marine
shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Any large macrurous crustacean used as food,
esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster
(H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H.
vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is
similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The
spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to
Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large
claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called
lobsters.</def>
<col>Lobster caterpillar</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the

caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (Stauropus fagi); --
so called from its form.</cd> <col>Lobster louse</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>a copepod crustacean (Nicothoë
astaci) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.</cd>
<hw>Lob"u*lar</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lobulaire.] <def>Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or
lobules.</def>
{ <hw>Lob"u*late</hw> (?), <hw>Lob"u*la`ted</hw> (?), }
<pos>a.</pos> <def>Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a
lobulated gland.</def>
<hw>Lob"ule</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. lobule, dim.

of lobe. See Lobe.] <def>A small lobe; a subdivision of
a lobe.</def>
<col>Lobule of the ear</col>. (Anat.) <cd>Same as

Lobe of the ear.</cd>
<hw>Lobù*lette"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Dim. of

lobule.] (Anat.) <def>A little lobule, or subdivision
of a lobule.</def>
<hw>Lob"worm`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The lugworm.</def>
<hw>Lo"cal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. localis, fr.

locus place: cf. F. local. See Lieu,
Locus.] <def>Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a
definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or
region; as, a local custom.</def>
<blockquote>Gives to airy nothing 

A local habitation and a name.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>Local actions</col> (Law), <cd>actions such as

must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; --
distinguished from transitory actions.</cd> -- <col>Local
affection</col> (Med.), <cd>a disease or ailment confined
to a particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the
system.</cd> -- <col>Local attraction</col>
(Magnetism), <cd>an attraction near a compass, causing its
needle to deviate from its proper direction, especially on
shipboard.</cd> -- <col>Local battery</col> (Teleg.),
<cd>the battery which actuates the recording instruments of a
telegraphic station, as distinguished from the battery furnishing a
current for the line.</cd> -- <col>Local circuit</col>
(Teleg.), <cd>the circuit of the local battery.</cd> --
<col>Local color</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> (Paint.)
<cd>The color which belongs to an object, and is not caused by
accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow, etc.</cd>
<sd>(b)</sd> (Literature) <cd>Peculiarities of the
place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is
laid.</cd> -- <col>Local option</col>, <cd>the right or
obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts,
as in each county, city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic
beverages within the district shall be allowed.</cd>
<hw>Lo"cal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Railroad) <def>A train which receives and deposits passengers
or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation
of a certain district.</def> [U.S.]

<sn>2.</sn> <def>On newspaper cant, an item of news

relating to the place where the paper is published.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>||Lo`cale"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. local.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A place, spot, or location.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A principle, practice, form of speech, or

other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.</def>
<hw>Lo"cal*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular
place.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A method of speaking or acting peculiar to

a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.</def>
<hw>Lo*cal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Localitiees</plw> (&?;). [L. localitas: cf. F.
localité.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state, or
condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained
within definite limits.</def>
<blockquote>It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of

quantity 
and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser
locality.</blockquote> Glanvill.
<! p. 864 !>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Position; situation; a place; a spot;

esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or
plant.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Limitation to a county, district, or

place; as, locality of trial.</def> Blackstone.
<sn>4.</sn> (Phren.) <def>The perceptive faculty

concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of
places.</def>
<hw>Lo`cal*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

localisation.] <def>Act of localizing, or state of being
localized.</def>
<col>Cerebral localization</col> (Physiol.), <cd>the

localization of the control of special functions, as of sight or of
the various movements of the body, in special regions of the
brain.</cd>
<hw>Lo"cal*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Localized (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Localizing (?).] [Cf. F. localiser. See
Local.] <def>To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a
definite place.</def> H. Spencer. Wordsworth.
<hw>Lo"cal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With respect to

place; in place; as, to be locally separated or
distant.</def>
<hw>Lo"cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Located (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Locating.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to
place, fr. locus place. See Local.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To place; to set in a particular spot or position.</def>
<blockquote>The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him

were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.</blockquote> B.
F. Westcott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To designate the site or place of; to

define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to
locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by)
a land warrant.</def>
<blockquote>That part of the body in which the sense of touch is

located.</blockquote> H. Spencer.
<hw>Lo"cate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To place one's

self; to take up one's residence; to settle.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Lo*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. locatio,

fr. locare.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of locating.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Situation; place; locality.</def>

Locke.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is located; a tract of land

designated in place.</def> [U.S.]
<sn>4.</sn> (Law) <sd>(a)</sd> (Civil

Law) <def>A leasing on rent.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (Scots
Law) <def>A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a
person, for hire.</def> Wharton. <sd>(c)</sd> (Amer.
Law) <def>The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the
place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given
in an entry, plan, map, etc.</def> Burrill. Bouvier.
<hw>Loc"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Gram.)

<def>Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a
locative adjective; locative case of a noun.</def> --
<pos>n.</pos> <def>The locative case.</def>
<hw>Lo"ca*tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who locates,

or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>Lo*cel"late</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. locellus

a compartment, dim. of locus a place.] (Bot.)
<def>Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one
cavity is separated into several smaller ones.</def>
<hw>Loch</hw> (l&obreve;k), <pos>n.</pos> [Gael. & Olr.

loch. See Lake of water.] <def>A lake; a bay or arm of
the sea.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Loch</hw> (l&obreve;k), <pos>n.</pos> [F. looch,

Ar. la'&umacr;g, an electuary, or any medicine which may be
licked or sucked, fr. la'&umacr;q to lick.] (Med.)
<def>A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a
lambative; a lincture.</def>
{ <hw>Loch*a"ber ax"</hw>, <hw>Loch*a"ber axe"</hw> } (?). [So

called from Lochaber, in Scotland.] <def>A weapon of war,
consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used
by the Scotch Highlanders.</def>
<hw>Loch"age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.&?;.] (Gr.

Antiq.) <def>An officer who commanded a company; a captain.</def>
Mitford.
<hw>Loch"an</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gael. See 1st

Loch.] <def>A small lake; a pond.</def> [Scot.]
<blockquote>A pond or lochan rather than a

lake.</blockquote> H. Miller.
<hw>Loche</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Loach.</def>
<hw>||Lo*chi"a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., from Gr.

&?;, pl., fr. &?; belonging to childbirth, &?; a lying in,
childbirth.] (Med.) <def>The discharge from the womb and
vagina which follows childbirth.</def>
<hw>Lo"chi*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lochial.] <def>Of or pertaining to the lochia.</def>
<hw>Lock</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. locc; akin to

D. lok, G. locke, OHG. loc, Icel. lokkr, and
perh. to Gr. &?; to bend, twist.] <def>A tuft of hair; a flock or
small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or
ringlet of hair.</def>
<blockquote>These gray locks, the pursuivants of

death.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Lock</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. loc inclosure, an

inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. l&umacr;can to
lock, fasten; akin to OS. l&umacr;kan (in comp.), D.
luiken, OHG. l&umacr;hhan, Icel. l&?;ka, Goth.
l&umacr;kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf.
Locket.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything that fastens;
specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer,
and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to
release the thing fastened.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A fastening together or interlacing; a

closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or
immovable.</def>
<blockquote>Albemarle Street closed by a lock of

carriages.</blockquote> De Quincey.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A place from which egress is prevented, as

by a lock.</def> Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The barrier or works which confine the
water of a stream or canal.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>An inclosure in a canal with gates at each

end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to
another; -- called also lift lock.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>That part or apparatus of a firearm by

which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock,
flintlock, percussion lock, etc.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>A device for keeping a wheel from

turning.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> <def>A grapple in wrestling.</def>

Milton.
<col>Detector lock</col>, <cd>a lock containing a

contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.</cd> --
<col>Lock bay</col> (Canals), <cd>the body of water in
a lock chamber.</cd> -- <col>Lock chamber</col>, <cd>the
inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.</cd> --
<col>Lock nut</col>. <cd>See Check nut, under
Check.</cd> -- <col>Lock plate</col>, <cd>a plate to
which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.</cd> -- <col>Lock
rail</col> (Arch.), <cd>in ordinary paneled doors, the
rail nearest the lock.</cd> <col>Lock rand</col>
(Masonry), <cd>a range of bond stone.</cd> Knight. --
<col>Mortise lock</col>, <cd>a door lock inserted in a
mortise.</cd> -- <col>Rim lock</col>, <cd>a lock fastened to
the face of a door, thus differing from a mortise
lock.</cd>
<hw>Lock</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Locked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Locking.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fasten with a lock, or as
with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to
lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To prevent ingress or access to, or exit

from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as,
to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk.
etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To fasten in or out, or to make secure by

means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out --
often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to
lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to
lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a
vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret
in one's breast.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To link together; to clasp closely; as, to

lock arms.</def> " Lock hand in hand."
Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> (Canals) <def>To furnish with locks;

also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> (Fencing) <def>To seize, as the sword

arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm
him.</def>
<hw>Lock</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become fast, as

by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks
close.</def>
<blockquote>When it locked none might through it

pass.</blockquote> Spenser.
<col>To lock into</col>, <cd>to fit or slide into; as, they

lock into each other.</cd> Boyle.
<hw>Lock"age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or
locks.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Toll paid for passing the locks of a

canal.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Amount of elevation and descent made by

the locks of a canal.</def>
<blockquote>The entire lock will be about fifty

feet.</blockquote> De Witt Clinton.
<hw>Lock"-down`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A contrivance

to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen.</def>
[U.S.]
<hw>Locked"-jaw`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lockjaw.</def>
<hw>Lock"en</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of

Lock.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Lock"en</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>The

globeflower (Trollius).</def>
<hw>Lock"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who, or that which, locks.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest,

esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.</def>
<col>Chain locker</col> (Naut.), <cd>a compartment

in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables.</cd> --
<col>Davy Jones's locker</col>, or <col>Davy's
locker</col>. <cd>See Davy Jones.</cd> -- <col>Shot
locker</col>, <cd>a compartment where shot are deposited.</cd>
Totten.
<hw>Lock"et</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. loquet

latch, dim. of OF. loc latch, lock; of German origin. See
Lock a fastening.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten
a necklace or other ornament.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A little case for holding a miniature or

lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch
chain.</def>
<hw>Lock" hos"pi*tal</hw> (?). <def>A hospital for the treatment

of venereal diseases.</def> [Eng.]
<hw>Lock"jaw`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Med.) <def>A

contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is
suspended; a variety of tetanus.</def>
<hw>Lock"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of a

lock.</def>
<hw>Lock"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A public

executioner.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Lock"out`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The closing of a

factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the
workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.</def>
<hw>Lock"ram</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. locrenan,

locronan; from Locronan, in Brittany, where it is said
to have been made.] <def>A kind of linen cloth anciently used in
England, originally imported from Brittany.</def> Shak.
<hw>Lock"smith`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An artificer

whose occupation is to make or mend locks.</def>
<hw>Lock" step`</hw> (?). <def>A mode of marching by a body of men

going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of
each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person
before him.</def>
<hw>Lock" stitch`</hw> (?). <def>A peculiar sort of stitch formed

by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some
sewing machines. See Stitch.</def>
<hw>Lock"up`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A place where

persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a
watchhouse.</def>
<hw>Lock"-weir`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A waste weir

for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.</def>
<hw>Lock"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having locks or

tufts.</def> [R.] Sherwood.
<hw>||Lo"co</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [It.] (Mus.)

<def>A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper
pitch after having played an octave higher.</def>
<hw>Lo"co</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Sp. loco insane.]

(Bot.) <def>A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the
Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and
cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to
several other species of the same genus. Called also loco
weed.</def>
<hw>Lo`co*fo"co</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Of uncertain

etymol.; perh. for L. loco foci instead of fire; or, according
to Bartlett, it was called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a
match composition at the end, invented in 1834 by John Marck of New
York, and called by him locofoco cigar, in imitation of the
word locomotive, which by the uneducated was supposed to mean,
self-moving.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A friction match.</def>
[U.S.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A nickname formerly given to a member of

the Democratic party.</def> [U.S.]
&fist; The name was first applied, in 1834, to a portion of the

Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany Hall, New York, in
which there was great diversity of sentiment, the chairman left his
seat, and the lights were extinguished, for the purpose of dissolving
the meeting; when those who were opposed to an adjournment produced
locofoco matches, rekindled the lights, continued the meeting,
and accomplished their object.
<hw>Lo`co*mo"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. locus

place + motio motion: cf. F. locomotion. See
Local, and Motion.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of
moving from place to place.</def> " Animal locomotion."
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The power of moving from place to place,

characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of
plant life.</def>
<hw>Lo"co*mo`tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

locomotif. See Locomotion.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change
place; as, a locomotive animal.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Used in producing motion; as, the

locomotive organs of an animal.</def>
<hw>Lo"co*mo`tive</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A locomotive

engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears
a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion
to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods
or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See
Illustration in Appendix.</def>
<col>Consolidation locomotive</col>, <cd>a locomotive

having four pairs of connected drivers.</cd> -- <col>Locomotive
car</col>, <cd>a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a
dummy engine.</cd> [U.S.] -- <col>Locomotive engine</col>.
<cd>Same as Locomotive, above.</cd> -- <col>Mogul
locomotive</col>. <cd>See Mogul.</cd>
{ <hw>Lo"co*mo`tive*ness</hw> (?), <hw>Lo`co*mo*tiv"i*ty</hw> (?),

} <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. locomotivité.] <def>The
power of changing place.</def>
<hw>Lo`co*mo"tor</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Locomotion.] <def>Of or pertaining to movement or
locomotion.</def>
<col>Locomotor ataxia</col>, or <col>Progressive

locomotor ataxy</col> (Med.), <cd>a disease of the spinal
cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty
in coördinating voluntary movements.</cd>
<hw>Loc"u*la*ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

loculamentum case, box, fr. loculus a compartment, dim.
of locus place.] (Bot.) <def>The cell of a pericarp in
which the seed is lodged.</def>
<hw>Loc"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

locularis.] (Bot.) <def>Of or relating to the cell or
compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as
trilocular.</def> Gray.
<hw>Loc"u*late</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

loculatus.] (Bot.) <def>Divided into
compartments.</def>
<hw>Loc"ule</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. locule.

See Loculus.] (Zoöl.) <def>A little hollow; a
loculus.</def>
<hw>Loc"u*li*ci`dal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

loculus cell + caedere to cut: cf. F.
loculicide.] (Bot.) <def>Dehiscent through the middle
of the back of each cell; -- said of capsules.</def>
{ <hw>Loc"u*lose`</hw> (?), <hw>Loc"u*lous</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. loculosus. See Loculament.]
(Bot.) <def>Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the
pith of the pokeweed.</def>
<hw>Loc"u*lus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Loculi</plw> (#). [L., little place, a compartment.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>One of the spaces between
the septa in the Anthozoa.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>One of the compartments of a

several-celled ovary; loculament.</def>
<hw>||Lo"cum te"nens</hw> (?). [L., holding the place;

locus place + tenens, p. pr. of tenere to hold.
Cf. Lieutenant.] <def>A substitute or deputy; one filling an
office for a time.</def>
<hw>Lo"cus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Loci</plw> (#), & <plw>Loca</plw> (#). [L., place.
Cf. Allow, Couch, Lieu, Local.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A place; a locality.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <def>The line traced by a point
which varies its position according to some determinate law; the
surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given
law.</def>
<col>Plane locus</col>, <cd>a locus that is a straight

line, or a circle.</cd> -- <col>Solid locus</col>, <cd>a locus
that is one of the conic sections.</cd>
<hw>Lo"cust</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. locusta

locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster.] <sn>1.</sn>
(Zoöl.) <def>Any one of numerous species of long-winged,
migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ,
allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, or Pachytylus,
migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe,
Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with
similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See
Grasshopper.</def>
&fist; These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the

south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate,
they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies
are improperly called locusts. See Cicada.
<col>Locust beetle</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a

longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniæ), which, in the larval
state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is
brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust
borer.</cd> -- <col>Locust bird</col> (Zoöl.)
<cd>the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See
Pastor.</cd> -- <col>Locust hunter</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>an African bird; the beefeater.</cd>
<sn>2.</sn> [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) <def>The

locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and
phrases).</def>
<col>Locust bean</col> (Bot.), <cd>a commercial name

for the sweet pod of the carob tree.</cd>
<hw>Lo*cus"ta</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.: cf.

locuste.] (Bot.) <def>The spikelet or flower cluster of
grasses.</def> Gray.
<hw>Lo`cus*tel"la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. L.

locusta a locust.] (Zoöl.) <def>The European
cricket warbler.</def>
<hw>Lo*cus"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to
designate a supposed acid.</def>
<hw>Lo"cust*ing</hw> (?), <pos>p. a.</pos> <def>Swarming

and devastating like locusts.</def> [R.] Tennyson.
<hw>Lo"cust tree`</hw> (?). [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)

<def>A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R.
Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant,
papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree.
In England it is called acacia.</def>
&fist; The name is also applied to other trees of different

genera, especially to those of the genus Hymenæa, of
which H. Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South
America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree
growing in the Mediterranean region.
<col>Honey locust tree</col> (Bot.), <cd>a tree of

the genus Gleditschia ) G. triacanthus), having pinnate
leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp
found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey
locust.</cd> -- <col>Water locust tree</col>
(Bot.), <cd>a small swamp tree (Gleditschia
monosperma), of the Southern United States.</cd>
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<hw>Lo*cu"tion</hw> (l&osl;*k&umacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos>n.</pos> [L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak:
cf. F. locution. ] <def>Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form
or mode of expression.</def> " Stumbling locutions." G.
Eliot.
<blockquote>I hate these figures in locution, 

These about phrases forced by ceremony.</blockquote>
Marston.
<hw>Loc"u*to*ry</hw> (l&obreve;k"&usl;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos>n.</pos> <def>A room for conversation; especially, a room
in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.</def>
<hw>Lod"de</hw> (l&obreve;d'd&esl;), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The capelin.</def>
<hw>Lode</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. l&amacr;d way,

journey, fr. l&imacr;ðan to go. See Lead to guide,
and cf. Load a burden.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A water course
or way; a reach of water.</def>
<blockquote>Down that long, dark lode . . . he and his

brother skated home in triumph.</blockquote> C. Kingsley.
<sn>2.</sn> (Mining) <def>A metallic vein; any

regular vein or course, whether metallic or not.</def>
<hw>Lode"man*age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

lodemenage. Chaucer.] <def>Pilotage.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lode"-ship`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An old name

for a pilot boat.</def>
<hw>Lodes"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Loadsman.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lode"star`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Loadstar.</def>
<hw>Lode"stone`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Min.)
<def>Same as Loadstone.</def>
<hw>Lodge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. loge,

logge, F. loge, LL. laubia porch, gallery, fr.
OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr. lab
foliage. See Leaf, and cf. Lobby, Loggia.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A shelter in which one may rest;</def> as:
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's
lodge.</def> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge

[to build].</blockquote> Robert of Brunne.
<blockquote>O for a lodge in some vast

wilderness!</blockquote> Cowper.
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small dwelling house, as for a

gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate.</def> Shak.
<sd>(c)</sd> <def>A den or cave.</def> <sd>(d)</sd>
<def>The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly
constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic
lodge.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The chamber of an abbot,
prior, or head of a college.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Mining) <def>The space at the mouth of

a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to
be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt.</def>
Raymond.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A collection of objects lodged

together.</def>
<blockquote>The Maldives, a famous lodge of

islands.</blockquote> De Foe.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A family of North American Indians, or the

persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of
enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe
consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a
thousand individuals.</def>
<col>Lodge gate</col>, <cd>a park gate, or entrance gate,

near the lodge. See Lodge, <pos>n.</pos>, 1
<sd>(b)</sd>.</cd>
<hw>Lodge</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lodged (l&obreve;jd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lodging (l&obreve;j"&ibreve;ng).]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To rest or remain a lodge house, or other
shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to
lodge in York Street.</def> Chaucer.
<blockquote>Stay and lodge by me this night.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Something holy lodges in that

breast.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To fall or lie down, as grass or grain,

when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as,

the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.</def>
<hw>Lodge</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [OE. loggen, OF.

logier, F. loger. See Lodge,
<pos>n.</pos> ] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give shelter or
rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to
shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.</def>
<blockquote>Every house was proud to lodge a

knight.</blockquote> Dryden.
<blockquote>The memory can lodge a greater store of images

than all the senses can present at one time.</blockquote>
Cheyne.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To drive to shelter; to track to

covert.</def>
<blockquote>The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her

covert.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To deposit for keeping or preservation;

as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To cause to stop or rest in; to

implant.</def>
<blockquote>He lodged an arrow in a tender

breast.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To lay down; to prostrate.</def>
<blockquote>Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown

down.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>To lodge an information</col>, <cd>to enter a formal

complaint.</cd>
<hw>Lodge"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

logeable.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>That may be or can be
lodged; as, so many persons are not lodgeable in this
village.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of affording lodging; fit for

lodging in.</def> [R.] " The lodgeable area of the earth."
Jeffrey.
<hw>Lodged</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Her.) <def>Lying

down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is of beasts
of prey.</def>
<hw>Lodge"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See
Lodgment.</def>
<hw>Lodg"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's
house.</def>
<hw>Lodg"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of one who, or that which, lodges.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A place of rest, or of temporary

habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a
singular meaning.</def> Gower.
<blockquote>Wits take lodgings in the sound of

Bow.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Abiding place; harbor; cover.</def>
<blockquote>Fair bosom . . . the lodging of

delight.</blockquote> Spenser.
<col>Lodging house</col>, <cd>a house where lodgings are

provided and let.</cd> -- <col>Lodging room</col>, <cd>a room
in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.</cd>
<hw>Lodg"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Written also

lodgement.] [Cf. F. logement. See Lodge,
<pos>v.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of lodging, or
the state of being lodged.</def>
<blockquote>Any particle which is of size enough to make a

lodgment afterwards in the small arteries.</blockquote>
Paley.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A lodging place; a room.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>An accumulation or collection of something

deposited in a place or remaining at rest.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Mil.) <def>The occupation and holding

of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a
captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.</def>
<hw>Lod"i*cule</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lodicula.

dim, of lodix, lodicis, a coverlet: cf. F.
lodicule.] (Bot.) <def>One of the two or three delicate
membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.</def>
<hw>Loel"ling*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [So called from

Lölling, in Austria.] (Min.) <def>A tin-white
arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite.</def>
<hw>Loess</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [G. löss.]

(Geol.) <def>A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a
fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large
rivers.</def>
<hw>Loev"en's lar"va</hw> (?). [Named after the Swedish
zoölogist, S. F. Löven, who discovered it.]
(Zoöl.) <def>The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See
Polygordius.</def>
<hw>Loffe</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To laugh.</def>

<hw>Loft</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Icel. lopt air,

heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G.
luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf.
Lift, <pos>v.</pos> & <pos>n.</pos> ] <def>That
which is lifted up; an elevation.</def> Hence, especially:
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>The room or space under a roof and above the
ceiling of the uppermost story.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ
loft.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A floor or room placed
above another; a story.</def>
<blockquote>Eutychus . . . fell down from the third

loft.</blockquote> Acts xx. 9.
<col>On loft</col>, <cd>aloft; on high. Cf.

Onloft.</cd> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Loft</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lofty; proud.</def> [R. &

Obs.] Surrey.
<hw>Loft"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [From

Lofty.] <def>In a lofty manner or position;
haughtily.</def>
<hw>Loft"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being lofty.</def>
<hw>Loft"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Loftier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Loftiest.] [From Loft.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Lifted high up; having great height;
towering; high.</def>
<blockquote>See lofty Lebanon his head

advance.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: Elevated in character, rank,

dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately;
characterized by pride; haughty.</def>
<blockquote>The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth

eternity.</blockquote> Is. lvii. 15.
<blockquote>Lofty and sour to them that loved him

not</blockquote>. Shak.
<blockquote>Himself to sing, and build the lofty

rhyme.</blockquote> Milton.
Syn. -- Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic;

sublime; proud; haughty. See Tall.
<hw>Log</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Heb. l&omacr;g.]

<def>A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.</def> W.
H. Ward.
<hw>Log</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Icel. l&amacr;g a

felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See Lie to lie
prostrate.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A bulky piece of wood which has
not been shaped by hewing or sawing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG.

log, lock, Dan. log, Sw. logg.]
(Naut.) <def>An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's
motion through the water.</def>
&fist; The common log consists of the log-chip, or

logship, often exclusively called the log, and the
log line, the former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of
five or six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make it
float with the point up. It is attached to the log line by cords from
each corner. This line is divided into equal spaces, called
knots, each bearing the same proportion to a mile that half a
minute does to an hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held
as to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the log-chip is
kept by the water from being drawn forward, and the speed of the ship
is shown by the number of knots run out in half a minute. There are
improved logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being towed
astern, shows the distance actually gone through by the ship, by
means of the revolutions of a fly, which are registered on a dial
plate.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence: The record of the rate of ship's

speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a
ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A record and tabulated statement of the

work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and
of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a
given time.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Mining) <def>A weight or block near the

free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through
the sheave.</def>
<col>Log board</col> (Naut.), <cd>a board consisting

of two parts shutting together like a book, with columns in which are
entered the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc., during
each hour of the day and night. These entries are transferred to the
log book. A folding slate is now used instead.</cd> -- <col>Log
book</col>, or <col>Logbook</col> (Naut.), <cd>a
book in which is entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as
indicated by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the
voyage; the contents of the log board.</cd> <col>Log
cabin</col>, <col>Log house</col>, <cd>a cabin or house
made of logs.</cd> -- <col>Log canoe</col>, <cd>a canoe made
by shaping and hollowing out a single log.</cd> -- <col>Log
glass</col> (Naut.), <cd>a small sandglass used to time
the running out of the log line.</cd> -- <col>Log line</col>
(Naut.), <cd>a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms
long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d Log,
<pos>n.</pos>, 2.</cd> -- <col>Log perch</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>an ethiostomoid fish, or darter (Percina
caprodes); -- called also hogfish and
rockfish.</cd> -- <col>Log reel</col> (Naut.),
<cd>the reel on which the log line is wound.</cd> -- <col>Log
slate</col>. (Naut.) <cd>See Log board
(above).</cd> -- <col>Rough log</col> (Naut.), <cd>a
first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage.</cd> --
<col>Smooth log</col> (Naut.), <cd>a clean copy of the
rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the
proper officer of the government.</cd> -- <col>To heave the
log</col> (Naut.), <cd>to cast the log-chip into the
water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by
the log.</cd>
<hw>Log</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Logged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Logging (?).] (Naut.), <def>To enter in a ship's log
book; as, to log the miles run.</def> J. F. Cooper.

<hw>Log</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to
get out logs.</def> [U.S.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To move to and fro; to rock.</def>

[Obs.]
<hw>Log"an</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A rocking or

balanced stone.</def> Gwill.
<hw>Logà*&oelig;d"ic</hw>
(l&obreve;g`&adot;*&ebreve;d"&ibreve;k), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.
<grk>logaoidiko`s</grk>; <grk>lo`gos</grk> discourse, prose +
<grk>'aoidh`</grk> song.] (Gr. Pros.) <def>Composed of dactyls
and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of
ordinary speech.</def>
<hw>Log"a*rithm</hw> (l&obreve;g"&adot;*r&ibreve;&thlig;'m),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> word, account, proportion
+ <grk>'ariqmo`s</grk> number: cf. F. logarithme.]
(Math.) <def>One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by
John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge
arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in
place of multiplication and division.</def> The relation of
logarithms to common numbers is that of numbers in an
arithmetical series to corresponding numbers in a geometrical series,
so that sums and differences of the former indicate respectively
products and quotients of the latter; thus, 
 
<table><pre> 
<row>0 1 2 3 4 Indices or logarithms</row> 
<row>1 10 100 1000 10,000 Numbers in geometrical
progression</row> 
</pre></table> 
 
Hence, the logarithm of any given number is the exponent of a power
to which another given invariable number, called the base,
must be raised in order to produce that given number. Thus, let 10 be
the base, then 2 is the logarithm of 100, because 102 =
100, and 3 is the logarithm of 1,000, because 103 =
1,000.
<col>Arithmetical complement of a logarithm</col>, <cd>the

difference between a logarithm and the number ten.</cd> --
<col>Binary logarithms</col>. <cd>See under
Binary.</cd> -- <col>Common logarithms</col>, or
<col>Brigg's logarithms</col>, <cd>logarithms of which the
base is 10; -- so called from Henry Briggs, who invented
them.</cd> -- <col>Gauss's logarithms</col>, <cd>tables of
logarithms constructed for facilitating the operation of finding the
logarithm of the sum of difference of two quantities from the
logarithms of the quantities, one entry of those tables and two
additions or subtractions answering the purpose of three entries of
the common tables and one addition or subtraction.</cd> They were
suggested by the celebrated German mathematician Karl Friedrich
Gauss (died in 1855), and are of great service in many
astronomical computations. -- <col>Hyperbolic, or
Napierian</col>, <col>logarithms</col>, <cd>those
logarithms (devised by John Speidell, 1619) of which the base is
2.7182818; -- so called from Napier, the inventor of
logarithms.</cd> -- <col>Logistic</col> or
<col>Proportionallogarithms.</col>, <cd>See under
Logistic.</cd>
{ <hw>Logà*rith*met"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Log"a*rith*met"ic*al</hw>

(?), } <pos>a.</pos> <def>See Logarithmic.</def>
<hw>Logà*rith*met"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<def>Logarithmically.</def>
{ <hw>Logà*rith"mic</hw> (?), <hw>Logà*rith"mic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. logarithmique.] <def>Of or
pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.</def>
<col>Logarithmic curve</col> (Math.), <cd>a curve

which, referred to a system of rectangular coördinate axes, is
such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its
abscissa.</cd> -- <col>Logarithmic spiral</col>, <cd>a spiral
curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equal angles with
each other are in continual proportion. See Spiral.</cd>
<hw>Logà*rith"mic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By the

use of logarithms.</def>
<hw>Log"-chip`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a
circle attached to the log line; -- called also log-ship. See
2d Log, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def>
<hw>Log"cock`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The pileated

woodpecker.</def>
<hw>Loge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. See Lodge.]
<def>A lodge; a habitation.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Log"gan</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Logan.</def>
<hw>Log"gat</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Also written

logget.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small log or piece of
wood.</def> [Obs.] B. Jonson.
<sn>2.</sn> pl. <def>An old game in England, played

by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground.</def> [Obs.]
Shak.
<hw>Logge</hw> (?), <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See

Lodge.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Logged</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made slow and heavy

in movement; water-logged.</def> Beaconsfield.
<hw>Log"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One engaged in

logging. See Log, <pos>v. i.</pos></def> [U.S.]
Lowell.
<hw>Log"ger*head`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Log +

head.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A blockhead; a dunce; a
numskull.</def> Shak. Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A spherical mass of iron, with a long

handle, used to heat tar.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Naut.) <def>An upright piece of round

timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when
it is running out too fast.</def> Ham. Nav. Encyc.
<sn>4.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A very large marine

turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, or caouana), common in the
warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; --
called also logger-headed turtle.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>An American shrike

(Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but
smaller. See Shrike.</def>
<col>To be at loggerheads</col>, <col>To fall to

loggerheads</col>, or <col>To go to loggerheads</col>,
<cd>to quarrel; to be at strife.</cd> L' Estrange.
<hw>Log"ger*headèd</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dull;

stupid.</def> Shak.
<blockquote>A rabble of loggerheaded

physicians.</blockquote> Urquhart.
<hw>Log"ger*heads`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>The knapweed.</def>
<hw>||Log"gia</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [It. See

Lodge.] (Arch.) <def>A roofed open gallery. It differs
from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming
more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached;
from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an
out-of-door sitting-room.</def>
<hw>Log"ging</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The business of

felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to
sawmills or to market.</def>
<hw>Log"ic</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. logike, F.

logique, L. logica, logice, Gr.
<grk>logikh`</grk> (sc. <grk>te`chnh</grk>), fr. <grk>logiko`s</grk>
belonging to speaking or reason, fr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> speech,
reason, <grk>le`gein</grk> to say, speak. See Legend.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The science or art of exact reasoning, or of
pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the
processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the
formation and application of general notions; the science of
generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic
arrangement; correct reasoning.</def>
<! p. 866 !>
<blockquote>Logic is the science of the laws of thought, as

thought; that is, of the necessary conditions to which thought,
considered in itself, is subject.</blockquote> Sir W.
Hamilton.
&fist; Logic is distinguished as pure and

applied. "Pure logic is a science of the form, or of
the formal laws, of thinking, and not of the matter. Applied
logic teaches the application of the forms of thinking to those
objects about which men do think." Abp. Thomson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A treatise on logic; as, Mill's

Logic.</def>
<hw>Log"ic*al</hw> (l&obreve;j"&ibreve;*kal),
<pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F. logique, L. logicus, Gr.
<grk>logiko`s</grk>.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to
logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties.</def>
Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>According to the rules of logic; as, a

logical argument or inference; the reasoning is
logical.</def> Prior.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Skilled in logic; versed in the art of

thinking and reasoning; as, he is a logical thinker.</def>
Addison.
<hw>Logì*cal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Logicalness.</def>
<hw>Log"ic*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

logical manner; as, to argue logically.</def>
<hw>Log"ic*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of
being logical.</def>
<hw>Lo*gi"cian</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

logicien.] <def>A person skilled in logic.</def>
Bacon.
<blockquote>Each fierce logician still expelling

Locke.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Log"ics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Logic.</def>
{ <hw>Lo*gis"tic</hw> (?), <hw>Lo*gis"tic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?; skilled in calculating, &?; to
calculate, fr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> word, number, reckoning: cf. F.
logistique.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Logical.</def> [Obs.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <def>Sexagesimal, or made on the

scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal,
arithmetic.</def>
<col>Logistic</col>, or <col>Proportional</col>,
<col>logarithms</col>, <cd>certain logarithmic numbers used to
shorten the calculation of the fourth term of a proportion of which
one of the terms is a given constant quantity, commonly one hour,
while the other terms are expressed in minutes and seconds; -- not
now used.</cd>
<hw>Lo*gis"tics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Mil.) <def>That branch of the military art which embraces the
details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by
some writers extended to include strategy.</def> H. L.
Scott.
<sn>2.</sn> (Math.) <def>A system of arithmetic, in

which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic
arithmetic.</def>
<hw>Log"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Logmen</plw> (&?;). <def>A man who carries logs.</def>
Shak.
<hw>Logò*dæd"a*ly</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;.

See Logos, and Dædal.] <def>Verbal legerdemain; a
playing with words.</def> [R.] Coleridge.
<hw>Log"o*gram</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>lo`gos</grk> word + -gram.] <def>A word letter; a
phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |,
i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.</def>
<hw>Lo*gog"ra*pher</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A chronicler; one who writes history in a
condensed manner with short simple sentences.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One skilled in logography.</def>

{ <hw>Logò*graph"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Logò*graph"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?; of writing speeches: cf. F.
logographique.] <def>Of or pertaining to logography.</def>
<hw>Lo*gog"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; a

writing of speeches; <grk>lo`gos</grk> word, speech + &?; to write:
cf. F. logographie.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A method of
printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are
used.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A mode of reporting speeches without using

shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down
three or four words.</def> Brande & C.
<hw>Log"o*griph</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>lo`gos</grk> word + <grk>gri^fos</grk> a fishing net, a dark
saying, a riddle: F. logogriphe.] <def>A sort of riddle in
which it is required to discover a chosen word from various
combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form
other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form
cat, hat, rat, hate, rate,
etc.</def> B. Jonson.
<hw>Lo*gom"a*chist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See

Logomachy.] <def>One who contends about words.</def>
<hw>Lo*gom"a*chy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;;

<grk>lo`gos</grk> word + &?; fight, battle, contest: cf. F.
logomachie.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Contention in words
merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.</def>
<blockquote>The discussion concerning the meaning of the word "

justification" . . . has largely been a mere
logomachy.</blockquote> L. Abbott.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A game of word making.</def>
<hw>Logò*met"ric</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>lo`gos</grk> word, ratio + &?; measure.] (Chem.)
<def>Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents;
stoichiometric.</def> [R.]
<hw>||Log"os</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the

word or form which expresses a thought, also, the thought, fr. &?; to
speak.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A word; reason; speech.</def> H.
Bushell.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The divine Word; Christ.</def>
<hw>Log"o*thete</hw> (?), [LL. logotheta, fr. Gr. &?;;

<grk>lo`gos</grk> word, account + &?; to put.] <def>An accountant;
under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue;
an administrator of a department.</def>
<hw>Log"o*type</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>lo`gos</grk> word + -type.] (Print.) <def>A single
type, containing two or more letters; as, æ,
Æ, &filig;, &fllig;, &ffllig;,
etc.; -- called also ligature.</def>
<hw>Log"roll`</hw> (?), <pos>v. i. & t.</pos> <def>To

engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.</def> [Political
cant, U. S.]
<hw>Log"rollèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

engages in logrolling.</def> [Political cant, U. S.]
<blockquote>The jobbers and logrollers will all be against

it.</blockquote> The. Nation.
<hw>Log"rollìng</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Logging) <def>The act or process of rolling logs from the
place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the
sawmill or to market. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers
combine to assist each other in turn.</def> Longfellow.
[U.S.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: A combining to assist another in

consideration of receiving assistance in return; -- sometimes used of
a disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or ends.</def>
[Cant, U.S.]
<hw>Log"-ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.) <def>A

part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log,
<pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def>
<hw>Log"wood`</hw> (?) <pos>n.</pos> [So called from being

imported in logs.] <def>The heartwood of a tree
(Hæmatoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America,
It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called
hæmatoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract
from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called
Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.</def>
<hw>-lo*gy</hw> (?). [Gr. &?;, fr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> word,

discourse, fr. &?; to speak. See Logic.] <def>A combining form
denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine,
theory, science; as, theology, geology,
biology, mineralogy.</def>
<hw>Lo"gy</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [From D. log.]

<def>Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy
horse.</def> [U.S.]
<blockquote>Porcupines are . . . logy, sluggish

creatures.</blockquote> C. H. Merriam.
<hw>Lo"hock</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Med.) <def>See

Loch, a medicine.</def>
<hw>Loi"mic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;, fr. &?;

plague.] <def>Of or pertaining to the plague or contagious
disorders.</def>
<hw>Loin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. loine, OF.

logne, F. longe, from (assumed) LL. lumbea, L.
lumbus join. Cf. Lends, Lumbar,
Nombles.] <def>That part of a human being or quadruped, which
extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and
the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins.
See Illust. of Beef.</def>
<hw>||Loir</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L. glis,

gliris.] (Zoöl.) <def>A large European dormouse
(Myoxus glis).</def>
<hw>Loi"ter</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Loitered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Loitering.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G.
lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled,
vagrant, OHG. lotar.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be slow in
moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to
saunter; to lag behind.</def>
<blockquote>Sir John, you loiter here too

long.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>If we have loitered, let us quicken our

pace.</blockquote> Rogers.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To wander as an idle vagrant.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
Syn. -- To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.
<hw>Loi"ter*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who loiters; an idler.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An idle vagrant; a tramp.</def> [Obs.]

Bp. Sanderson.
<hw>Loi"ter*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

loitering manner.</def>
{ <hw>Lok</hw> (l&obreve;k), <hw>Lo"ki</hw> (l&omacr;"k), }

<pos>n.</pos> [Icel. Loki, perh. akin to lokka,
locka to allure, entice.] (Scandinavian Myth.) <def>The
evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to
the Ahriman of the Persians.</def>
<hw>||Lo*ka"o</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A green

vegetable dye imported from China.</def>
<hw>Loke</hw> (l&omacr;k), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lock a

fastening.] <def>A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of
a door.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Lok"o*rys</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Liquorice.</def>

<hw>||Lo*li"go</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., cuttle fish.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A genus of cephalopods, including numerous
species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They
are much used for fish bait.</def>
<hw>Loll</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lolled (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lolling.] [Cf. Icel. lolla to act lazily, loll,
lolla, laziness, OD. lollen to sit over the fire, and
E. lull. Cf. Lill, Lull.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's
self down; to lie at ease.</def>
<blockquote>Void of care, he lolls supine in

state.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To hand extended from the mouth, as the

tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or
exertion.</def>
<blockquote>The triple porter of the Stygian seat, 

With lolling tongue, lay fawning at thy feet.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as

an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood
lolling in the furrow.</def>
<hw>Loll</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To let hang from the

mouth, as the tongue.</def>
<blockquote>Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their

fawning tongues.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Lol"lard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL. Lollardi,

Lullardi, from Walter Lolhardus, a German; cf. LG. & D.
lollen to mumble, to hum, sing in a murmuring strain; hence,
OD. lollaerd a mumbler, i. e., of prayers or psalms,
which was prob. the origin of the name. See Loll,
Lull.] (Eccl. Hist.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of a
sect of early reformers in Germany.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>One of the followers of Wyclif in England.</def> [Called also
Loller.]
<blockquote>By Lollards all know the Wyclifities are meant,

so called from Walter Lollardus, one of their teachers in
Germany.</blockquote> Fuller.
{ <hw>Lol"lard*ism</hw> (?), <hw>Lol"lard*y</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrines or principles of the
Lollards.</def>
<hw>Loll"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Loll.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lolls.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An idle vagabond.</def> [Obs.] Piers

Plowman.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A Lollard.</def>
<hw>Loll"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lolling

manner.</def> Buckle.
<hw>Lol"li*pop</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Perhaps fr. Prov.

E. loll to soothe + pope a mixed liquor.] <def>A kind
of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.</def>
<hw>Lol"lop</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [From Loll.]

<def>To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll.</def> [Low.]
Charles Reade.
<hw>||Lo"ma</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lomata</plw> (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a fringe.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A lobe; a membranous fringe or
flap.</def>
<hw>Lo*mat"i*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Loma.] (Zoöl.) <def>Furnished with lobes or
flaps.</def>
<hw>Lom"bard</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining

to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.</def>
<hw>Lom"bard</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. lombard, fr.

the Longobardi or Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a
people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in
Northern Italy. See Long, and Beard, and cf.
Lumber.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A native or inhabitant of
Lombardy.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A money lender or banker; -- so called

because the business of banking was first carried on in London by
Lombards.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Same as Lombard-house.</def>
<blockquote>A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for

usury or pawns.</blockquote> Fuller.
<sn>4.</sn> (Mil.) <def>A form of cannon formerly in

use.</def> Prescott.
<col>Lombard Street</col>, <cd>the principal street in

London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money
market and interest of London.</cd>
<hw>Lom`bard*eer"</hw> (?; 277), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

pawnbroker.</def> [Obs.] Howell.
{ <hw>Lom"bard-house</hw> (?), <hw>Lom"bar-house`</hw> (?), } [F.

or D. lombard. See Lombard, <pos>n.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A public institution for lending money to

the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged;
-- called also mont de piété.</def>
<hw>Lom*bar"dic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.</def>
<col>Lombardic alphabet</col>, <cd>the ancient alphabet

derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy.</cd>
-- <col>Lombardic architecture</col>, <cd>the debased Roman
style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy.</cd> F.
G. Lee. <col>Lombardy poplar</col>. (Bot.) <cd>See
Poplar.</cd>
<hw>Lo"ment</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lomentum a

mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal,
fr. lavare, lotum, to wash.] (Bot.) <def>An
elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but
divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single
seed.</def>
<hw>Lo`men*ta"ceous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From

Loment.] (Bot.) <def>Of the nature of a loment; having
fruits like loments.</def>
<hw>Lom"o*nite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Laumontite.</def>
<hw>Lomp"ish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lumpish.</def>

<hw>Lond</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Land.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<hw>Lon"don</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The capital city

of England.</def>
<col>London paste</col> (Med.), <cd>a paste made of

caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy
tumors and other morbid enlargements.</cd> -- <col>London
pride</col>. (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A garden name
for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a
native of high lands in Great Britain</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A
name anciently given to the Sweet William.</cd> Dr. Prior. --
<col>London rocket</col> (Bot.), <cd>a cruciferous
plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly
on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.</cd>
<hw>Lon"don*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

native or inhabitant of London.</def> Shak.
<hw>Lon"don*ism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A

characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to
London.</def>
<hw>Lon"don*ize</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To impart

to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes
Londoners.</def>
<hw>Lon"don*ize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To imitate the

manner of the people of London.</def>
<hw>Lone</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lane. See

Loanin.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Lone</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [Abbrev. fr. alone.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Being without a companion; being by one's
self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone
traveler or watcher.</def>
<blockquote>When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, 

And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.</blockquote>
Shenstone.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.</def>

[Archaic]
<blockquote>Queen Elizabeth being a lone

woman.</blockquote> Collection of Records (1642).
<blockquote>A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone

woman to bear.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Being apart from other things of the kind;

being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a
lone house.</def> " A lone isle." Pope.
<blockquote>By a lone well a lonelier column

rears.</blockquote> Byron.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Unfrequented by human beings;

solitary.</def>
<blockquote>Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, 

And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.</blockquote>
Pope.
<hw>Lone"li*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being unfrequented by human

beings; as, the loneliness of a road.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Love of retirement; disposition to

solitude.</def>
<blockquote>I see 
The mystery of your loneliness.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A feeling of depression resulting from

being alone.</def>
Syn. -- Solitude; seclusion. See Solitude.
<hw>Lone"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [<pos>Compar.</pos>

Lonelier (?); <pos>superl.</pos> Loneliest.]
[Shortened fr. alonely.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Sequestered
from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely
situation; a lonely cell.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Alone, or in want of company;

forsaken.</def>
<blockquote>To the misled and lonely traveler.</blockquote>

Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not frequented by human beings; as, a

lonely wood.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Having a feeling of depression or sadness

resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.</def>
<blockquote>I am very often alone. I don't mean I am

lonely.</blockquote> H. James.
Syn. -- Solitary; lone; lonesome; retired; unfrequented;

sequestered; secluded.
<hw>Lone"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Solitude;

seclusion.</def> [Obs.] Donne.
<hw>Lone"some</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Lonesomer (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Lonesomest.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings;
solitary.</def>
<blockquote>Like one that on a lonesome road 

Doth walk in fear and dread.</blockquote> Coleridge.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by,

solitude; as, to feel lonesome.</def>
-- <wf>Lone"some*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lone"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Long</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [<pos>Compar.</pos>

Longer (?); <pos>superl.</pos> Longest (?).]
[AS. long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G.
lang, Icel. langr, Sw. lång, Dan.
lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. √125. Cf.
Length, Ling a fish, Linger, Lunge,
Purloin.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Drawn out in a line, or in
the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long
line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad
or wide.</def>
<! p. 867 !>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Drawn out or extended in time; continued

through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long
series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a
long history; a long book.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Slow in passing; causing weariness by

length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of
watching.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Occurring or coming after an extended

interval; distant in time; far away.</def>
<blockquote>The we may us reserve both fresh and strong 

Against the tournament, which is not long.</blockquote>
Spenser.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Extended to any specified measure; of a

specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile
long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile,
etc.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Far-reaching; extensive.</def> "

Long views." Burke.
<sn>7.</sn> (Phonetics) <def>Prolonged, or

relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and
syllables. See Short, <pos>a.</pos>, 13, and Guide
to Pronunciation, §§ 22, 30.</def>
&fist; Long is used as a prefix in a large number of

compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as, long-
armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-
horned, long-necked, long-sleeved, long-
tailed, long- worded, etc.
<col>In the long run</col>, <cd>in the whole course of

things taken together; in the ultimate result; eventually.</cd> --
<col>Long clam</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>the common clam
(Mya arenaria) of the Northern United States and Canada; --
called also soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See
Mya.</cd> -- <col>Long cloth</col>, <cd>a kind of
cotton cloth of superior quality.</cd> -- <col>Long
clothes</col>, <cd>clothes worn by a young infant, extending
below the feet.</cd> -- <col>Long division</col>.
(Math.) <cd>See Division.</cd> -- <col>Long
dozen</col>, <cd>one more than a dozen; thirteen.</cd> --
<col>Long home</col>, <cd>the grave.</cd> -- <col>Long
measure</col>, <col>Long meter</col>. <cd>See under
Measure, Meter.</cd> -- <col>Long
Parliament</col> (Eng. Hist.), <cd>the Parliament which
assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell, April 20,
1653.</cd> -- <col>Long price</col>, <cd>the full retail
price.</cd> -- <col>Long purple</col> (Bot.), <cd>a
plant with purple flowers, supposed to be the Orchis
mascula.</cd> Dr. Prior. -- <col>Long suit</col>
(Whist), <cd>a suit of which one holds originally more than
three cards.</cd> R. A. Proctor. -- <col>Long
tom</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A pivot gun of great length
and range, on the dock of a vessel</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A
long trough for washing auriferous earth</cd>. [Western U.S.]
<sd>(c)</sd> (Zoöl.) <cd>The long-tailed
titmouse.</cd> -- <col>Long wall</col> (Coal Mining),
<cd>a working in which the whole seam is removed and the roof allowed
to fall in, as the work progresses, except where passages are
needed.</cd> -- <col>Of long</col>, <cd>a long time.</cd>
[Obs.] Fairfax. -- <col>To be</col>, or
<col>go</col>, <col>long of the market</col>,
<col>To be on the long side of the market</col>, etc.
(Stock Exchange), <cd>to hold stock for a rise in price, or to
have a contract under which one can demand stock on or before a
certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to short in such
phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short,
etc.</cd> [Cant] See Short. -- <col>To have a long
head</col>, <cd>to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.</cd>
<hw>Long</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Mus.) <def>A note formerly used in music, one half the length
of a large, twice that of a breve.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Phonetics) <def>A long sound, syllable,

or vowel.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The longest dimension; the greatest

extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that
is, the sum and substance of it.</def> Addison.
<hw>Long</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> [AS. lance.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>To a great extent in space; as, a long
drawn out line.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To a great extent in time; during a long

time.</def>
<blockquote>They that tarry long at the wine.</blockquote>

Prov. xxiii. 30.
<blockquote>When the trumpet soundeth long.</blockquote>

Ex. xix. 13.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>At a point of duration far distant, either

prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long
after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after
the Conquest.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Through the whole extent or

duration.</def>
<blockquote>The bird of dawning singeth all night

long.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Through an extent of time, more or less; -

- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?</def>
<hw>Long</hw>, <pos>prep.</pos> [Abbreviated fr.

along. See 3d Along.] <def>By means of; by the fault
of; because of.</def> [Obs.] See Along of, under 3d
Along.
<hw>Long</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Longed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Longing.] [AS. langian to increase, to lengthen, to
stretch out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr.
lang long. See Long, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving;
to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive,
or by after or for.</def>
<blockquote>I long to see you.</blockquote> Rom. i.
11.
<blockquote>I have longed after thy precepts.</blockquote>

Ps. cxix. 40.
<blockquote>I have longed for thy salvation.</blockquote>

Ps. cxix. 174.
<blockquote>Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied

with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To belong; -- used with to,

unto, or for.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>The labor which that longeth unto

me.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Lon"gan</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East
Indian tree (Nephelium Longan).</def>
<hw>Lon`ga*nim"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

longanimitas; longus long + animus mind: cf. F.
longanimité.] <def>Disposition to bear injuries
patiently; forbearance; patience.</def> Jer. Taylor.
<hw>Long"-armed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having long

arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.</def>
<hw>Long"beak`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus
scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed
dowitcher.</def>
<hw>Long"boat`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.)

<def>Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel,
corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.</def>
<hw>Long"bow`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The ordinary

bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the
crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also,
sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished
from a much shorter one.</def>
<col>To draw the longbow</col>, <cd>to tell large

stories.</cd>
<hw>Long"-breathed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the

power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.</def>
<hw>Long"-drawn`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Extended to a

great length.</def>
<blockquote>The cicadæ hushed their long-drawn, ear-

splitting strains.</blockquote> G. W. Cable.
<hw>Longe</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Abbrev. fr.
allonge. See Lunge.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A thrust. See Lunge.</def>

Smollett.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The training ground for a horse.</def>

Farrow.
<hw>Longe</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>Same

as 4th Lunge.</def>
<hw>Long"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who longs for

anything.</def>
<hw>Lon*ge"val</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Long-loved;

longevous.</def>[R.] Pope.
<hw>Lon*gev"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

longaevitas. See Longevous.] <def>Long duration of
life; length of life.</def>
<blockquote>The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst

the abstemious.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<hw>Lon*ge"vous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

longaevus; longus long + aevum lifetime, age.
See Long, and Age.] <def>Living a long time; of great
age.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Long"hand`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The written

characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to
shorthand.</def>
<hw>Long"head"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

unusual foresight or sagacity.</def> -- <wf>Long"-headèd*ness</wf>,
<hw>Long"horn`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long-
horned.</def>
<hw>Long"-horned`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) [Obs.] <def>Having a long horn or horns; as, a
long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennæ, as
certain beetles (Longicornia).</def>
<hw>Lon"gi*corn</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. longus

long + cornu horn: cf. F. longicorne.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Long-horned; pertaining to the
Longicornia.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the
Longicornia.</def>
<hw>||Lon`gi*cor"ni*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.

L. longus long + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.)
<def>A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in
which the antennæ are very long. Most of them, while in the
larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and
some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See
Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle,
under Locust.</def>
<hw>Lon`gi*lat"er*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

longus long + lateralis lateral, fr. latus
side.] <def>Having long sides; especially, having the form of a long
parallelogram.</def>
<blockquote>Nineveh . . . was of a longilateral figure,

ninety-five furlongs broad, and a hundred and fifty
long.</blockquote> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Lon*gil"o*quence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

langus long + loquentia a talking.] <def>Long-
windedness.</def>
<blockquote>American longiloquence in oratory.</blockquote>

Fitzed. Hall.
<hw>Lon*gim"a*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

longus long + manus hand.] <def>Having long
hands.</def> Sir T. Browne.
<hw>Lon*gim"e*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. longus

long + -metry: cf. F. longimétrie.] <def>The art
or practice of measuring distances or lengths.</def>
Cheyne.
<hw>Long"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An eager desire;

a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an
aspiration.</def>
<blockquote>Put on my crown; I have 

immortal longings in me.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Long"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With

longing.</def> Dryden.
<hw>Lon*gin"qui*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

longinquitas, fr. longinquus extensive, remote, fr.
longus long.] <def>Greatness of distance; remoteness.</def>
[R.] Barrow.
<hw>Lon"gi*palp</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

longipalpe, fr. L. longus long + F. palpe a
feeler, a palp.] (Zoöl.) <def>One of a tribe of beetles,
having long maxillary palpi.</def>
<hw>Lon"gi*pen"nate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

longus long + E. pennate.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Having long wings, or quills.</def>
<hw>||Lon`gi*pen"nes</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., from

L. longus long + penna wing.] (Zoöl.)
<def>A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels,
etc.</def>
<hw>Lon`gi*pen"nine</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>
(Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to the Longipennes;
longipennate.</def>
<hw>Lon`gi*ros"ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.

<plw>Longirostres</plw> (#), E. <plw>Longirosters</plw>
(#). [L. longus long + rostrum beak: cf. F.
longirostre.] (Zoöl.) <def>One of the
Longirostres.</def>
<hw>Lon`gi*ros"tral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the
Longirostres.</def>
<hw>||Lon`gi*ros"tres</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.

L. longus long + rostrum beak.] (Zoöl.)
<def>A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as
the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an
artificial division.</def>
<hw>Long"ish</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat long;

moderately long.</def>
<hw>Lon"gi*tude</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L.

longitudo, fr. longus long.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Length; measure or distance along the longest line; --
distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the
longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous
sense.</def> Sir H. Wotton.
<blockquote>The longitude of their cloaks.</blockquote>

Sir. W. Scott.
<blockquote>Mine [shadow] spindling into longitude

immense.</blockquote> Cowper.
<sn>2.</sn> (Geog.) <def>The arc or portion of the

equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the
meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as
from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country,
as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed
either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74° or 4 h.
56 min. west of Greenwich.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Astron.) <def>The distance in degrees,

reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at
right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose
longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is
79°.</def>
<col>Geocentric longitude</col> (Astron.), <cd>the

longitude of a heavenly body as seen from the earth.</cd> --
<col>Heliocentric longitude</col>, <cd>the longitude of a
heavenly body, as seen from the sun's center.</cd> --
<col>Longitude stars</col>, <cd>certain stars whose position
is known, and the data in regard to which are used in observations
for finding the longitude, as by lunar distances.</cd>
<hw>Lon`gi*tu"di*nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.
longitudinal.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to
longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Extending in length; in the direction of

the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from
transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a
body.</def> Cheyne.
<hw>Lon`gi*tu"di*nal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A railway

sleeper lying parallel with the rail.</def>
<hw>Lon`gi*tu"di*nal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the

direction of length.</def>
<hw>Long"legs`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A daddy longlegs.</def>
<hw>Long"-lived`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a long

life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life
probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a
longlived family; long-lived prejudices.</def>
<hw>Long"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>With longing desire.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>For a long time; hence,

wearisomely.</def>
<hw>Long"mynd rocks"</hw> (?). (Geol.) <def>The sparingly

fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and slates of Great
Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called,
because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills,
Shropshire.</def>
<hw>Long"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Length.</def>
<hw>Long"nose`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The European garfish.</def>
<hw>Long" prim"er</hw> (?). (Print.) <def>A kind of type,

in size between small pica and bourgeois.</def>
&fist; <longprimertype>This line is printed in long

primer.</longprimertype>
<hw>Long"shanks`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The stilt.</def>
<hw>Long"shore`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Abbrev. from

alongshore.] <def>Belonging to the seashore or a seaport;
along and on the shore.</def> "Longshore thieves." R.
Browning.
<hw>Long"shore`man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Longshoremen</plw> (#). [Abbrev. fr.
alongshoreman.] <def>One of a class of laborers employed about
the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading
vessels.</def>
<hw>Long"-sight</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Long-

sightedness.</def> Good.
<hw>Long"-sightèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Able to see objects at a great distance;
hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Able to see objects distinctly at a

distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic.</def>
<hw>Long"-sightèd*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or condition of being long-sighted;
hence, sagacity; shrewdness.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>See

Hypermetropia.</def>
<hw>Long"some</hw> (?) <pos>a.</pos> [AS. langsum.]

<def>Extended in length; tiresome.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Prior. -- <wf>Long"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.]
Fuller.
<hw>Long"spun`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Spun out, or

extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious.</def>
<blockquote>The longspun allegories fulsome grow, 

While the dull moral lies too plain below.</blockquote>
Addison.
<hw>Long"spur`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [So called from the

length of the hind claw.] (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of several
species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or
Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C.
Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus),
and other species, inhabit the United States.</def>
<hw>Long"-stop`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Cricket)

<def>One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket
keeper.</def>
<hw>Long"-suf`fer*ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Forbearance to punish or resent.</def>
<hw>Long"-suf`fer*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Bearing

injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily
provoked.</def>
<blockquote>The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-

suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.</blockquote>
Ex. xxxiv. 6.
<hw>Long"-suf`fer*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Long

patience of offense.</def>
<blockquote>Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and

forbearance and long-suffering?</blockquote> Rom. ii. 4.

<hw>Long"tail`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An animal,

particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail.
Dog.</def>
&fist; A longtail was a gentleman's dog, or the dog of one

qualified to bunt, other dogs being required to have their tails
cut.
<col>Cut and longtail</col>, <cd>all, gentlefolks and

others, as they might come.</cd> Shak.
<hw>Long"-tongue`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The wryneck.</def>
<hw>Long"-tongued`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a long tongue.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Talkative; babbling; loquacious.</def>

Shak.
<hw>Lon"gu*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. longus

long + -lie.] (Min.) <def>A kind of crystallite having
a (slender) acicular form.</def>
<hw>Long"-waistèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a long waist; long from the armpits to
the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Long from the part about the neck or

shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the
skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat.</def>
<hw>Long"ways`</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Lengthwise.</def> Addison.
<hw>Long"-wind"ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Long-

breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as,
a long-winded talker.</def> -- <wf>Long"-wind"ed*ness</wf>,
<blockquote>A tedious, long-winded harangue.</blockquote>

South.
<hw>Long"wise`</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos>

<def>Lengthwise.</def>
<hw>Loo</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [For older

lanterloo, F. lanturelu, lanturlu, name of the
game; orig., the refrain of a vaudeville.] <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each
player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is
the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; --
formerly called lanterloo.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players
replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from
the pack.</def>
<! p. 868 !>
<col>Loo table</col>, <cd>a round table adapted for a

circle of persons playing loo.</cd>
<hw>Loo</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Looed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Looing.] <def>To beat in the game of loo by winning every
trick.</def> [Written also lu.] Goldsmith.
<hw>Loob</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Corn., slime, sludge.]

(Mining) <def>The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in
dressing.</def>
<hw>Loo"bi*ly</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [From Looby.]

<def>Loobylike; awkward.</def> Fuller.
<hw>Loo"bi*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Awkwardly.</def>

<hw>Loo"by</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Loobies</plw> (#). [Cf. Lob.] <def>An awkward,
clumsy fellow; a lubber.</def> Swift.
<hw>Looch</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 2d

Loch.</def>
<hw>Loof</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>The

spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa
Ægyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.</def>
<hw>Loof</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Luff.] [Also

written luff.] (Naut.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in
changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow
to help bring her head nearer to the wind.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve
toward bow and stern.</def>
<hw>Loof</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> (Naut.) <def>See

Luff.</def>
<hw>Look</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Looked (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Looking.] [OE. loken, AS. l&omacr;cian; akin to
G. lugen, OHG. luog&emacr;n.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to
direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while
keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a
special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To direct the attention (to something); to

consider; to examine; as, to look at an action.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To seem; to appear; to have a particular

appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds
look rainy.</def>
<blockquote>It would look more like vanity than

gratitude.</blockquote> Addison.
<blockquote>Observe how such a practice looks in another

person.</blockquote> I. Watts.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To have a particular direction or

situation; to face; to front.</def>
<blockquote>The inner gate that looketh to

north.</blockquote> Ezek. viii. 3.
<blockquote>The east gate . . . which looketh

eastward.</blockquote> Ezek. xi. 1.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>In the imperative: see; behold; take

notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention.</def>
<blockquote>Look, how much we thus expel of sin, so much we

expel of virtue.</blockquote> Milton.
&fist; Look, in the imperative, may be followed by a

dependent sentence, but see is oftener so used.
<blockquote>Look that ye bind them fast.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Look if it be my daughter.</blockquote>
Talfourd.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To show one's self in looking, as by

leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I
speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively.</def>
<blockquote>My toes look through the

overleather.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>To await the appearance of anything; to

expect; to anticipate.</def>
<blockquote>Looking each hour into death's mouth to

fall.</blockquote> Spenser.
<col>To look about</col>, <cd>to look on all sides, or in

different directions.</cd> -- <col>To look about one</col>,
<cd>to be on the watch; to be vigilant; to be circumspect or
guarded.</cd> -- <col>To look after</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>To attend to; to take care of; as, to look after
children</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To expect; to be in a state of
expectation.</cd>
<blockquote>Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking

after those things which are coming on the earth.</blockquote>
Luke xxi. 26.
<sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To seek; to search</cd>.

<blockquote>My subject does not oblige me to look after the
water, or point forth the place where to it is now
retreated.</blockquote> Woodward.
-- <col>To look at</col>, <cd>to direct the eyes toward so

that one sees, or as if to see; as, to look at a star; hence,
to observe, examine, consider; as, to look at a matter without
prejudice.</cd> -- <col>To look black</col>, <cd>to frown; to
scowl; to have a threatening appearance.</cd>
<blockquote>The bishops thereat repined, and looked

black.</blockquote> Holinshed.
-- <col>To look down on</col> or <col>upon</col>,

<cd>to treat with indifference or contempt; to regard as an inferior;
to despise.</cd> -- <col>To look for</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To expect; as, to look for news by the
arrival of a ship.</cd> "Look now for no enchanting
voice." Milton. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To seek for; to search
for; as, to look for lost money, or lost cattle.</cd> --
<col>To look forth</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To look out
of something, as from a window.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To
threaten to come out</cd>. Jer. vi. 1. (Rev. Ver.). --
<col>To look into</col>, <cd>to inspect closely; to observe
narrowly; to examine; as, to look into the works of nature;
to look into one's conduct or affairs.</cd> -- <col>To look
on</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To regard; to esteem.</cd>
<blockquote>Her friends would look on her the

worse.</blockquote> Prior.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To consider; to view; to conceive of; to

think of.</cd>
<blockquote>I looked on Virgil as a succinct, majestic

writer.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To be a mere spectator</cd>.
<blockquote>I'll be a candleholder, and look

on.</blockquote> Shak.
-- <col>To look out</col>, <cd>to be on the watch; to be

careful; as, the seaman looks out for breakers.</cd> --
<col>To look through</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To see
through.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To search; to examine with the
eyes</cd>. -- <col>To look to</col> or <col>unto</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To watch; to take care of.</cd> "Look
well to thy herds." Prov. xxvii. 23.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To resort to with expectation of receiving
something; to expect to receive from; as, the creditor may look
to surety for payment.</cd> "Look unto me, and be ye
saved." Is. xlv. 22. -- <col>To look up</col>, <cd>to
search for or find out by looking; as, to look up the items of
an account.</cd> -- <col>To look up to</col>, <cd>to respect;
to regard with deference.</cd>
<hw>Look</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
look at; to turn the eyes toward.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To seek; to search for.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Looking my love, I go from place to

place.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To expect.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks

or presence as, to look down opposition.</def>
<blockquote>A spirit fit to start into an empire, 

And look the world to law.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To express or manifest by a

look.</def>
<blockquote>Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake

again.</blockquote> Byron.
<col>To look daggers</col>. <cd>See under

Dagger.</cd> -- <col>To look in the face</col>, <cd>to
face or meet with boldness or confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet
for combat.</cd> -- <col>To look out</col>, <cd>to seek for;
as, prudent persons look out associates of good
reputation.</cd>
<hw>Look</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in
certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a
look.</def>
<blockquote>Threw many a northward look to see his

father 
Bring up his powers; but he did long in vain.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Expression of the eyes and face; manner;

as, a proud or defiant look.</def> "Gentle looks."
Shak.
<blockquote>Up ! up! my friends, and clear your

looks.</blockquote> Wordsworth.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house

has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look.</def>
<blockquote>Pain, disgrace, and poverty have frighted

looks.</blockquote> Locke.
<blockquote>There was something that reminded me of Dante's Hell

in the look of this.</blockquote> Carlyle.
<hw>Look"down`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Moonfish <sd>(b)</sd>.</def>
<hw>Look"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who
looks.</def>
<col>Looker-on</col>, <cd>a spectator; one that looks on,

but has no agency or part in an affair.</cd>
<blockquote>Did not this fatal war affront thy coast, 

Yet sattest thou an idle looker-on ?</blockquote>
Fairfax.
<hw>Look"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a certain look

or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-
looking, grand-looking, etc.</def>
<hw>Look"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act of one who looks; a glance.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The manner in which one looks; appearance;

countenance; face.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>All dreary was his cheer and his

looking.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<col>Looking for</col>, <cd>anticipation; expectation.</cd>

"A certain fearful looking for of judgment." Heb. x.
27.
<hw>Look"ing-glass`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mirror

made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting
substance, as quicksilver.</def>
<blockquote>There is none so homely but loves a looking-

glass.</blockquote> South.
<hw>Look"out`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>A careful looking or watching for any object or event.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The place from which such observation is

made.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A person engaged in watching.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Object or duty of forethought and care;

responsibility.</def> [Colloq.]
<hw>Lool</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Metal.) <def>A

vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.</def>
<hw>Loom</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Loon, the bird.</def>
<hw>Loom</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lome, AS.

gel&omacr;ma utensil, implement.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A frame or machine of wood or other

material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for
interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace
making.</def>
<blockquote>Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with
terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the
distaff.</blockquote> Rambler.
<sn>2.</sn> (Naut.) <def>That part of an oar which

is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.</def>
Totten.
<hw>Loom</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Loomed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Looming.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin
to AS. leóma light, and E. light; or cf. OF.
lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen
light; akin to E. light. √122. See Light not
dark.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To appear above the surface either of
sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a
distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric
influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms
high.</def>
<blockquote>Awful she looms, the terror of the

main.</blockquote> H. J. Pye.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated

or ennobled, in a moral sense.</def>
<blockquote>On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and

shine so gloriously, as in the context.</blockquote> J. M.
Mason.
<hw>Loom</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of looming;

esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or
enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at
sea.</def>
<hw>Loom"-gale`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A gentle gale

of wind.</def>
<hw>Loom"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The indistinct and

magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the
atmosphere. See Mirage.</def>
<hw>Loon</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Scot. loun,

lown, loon; akin to OD. loen a stupid man; prob.
for an older lown, and akin to E. lame.] <def>A sorry
fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.</def>
<hw>Loon</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [For older loom, Icel.

l&?;mr; akin to Dan. & Sw. lom.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the
genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their
expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or
great northern diver (Urinator imber, or Colymbus
torquatus), and the red-throated loon or diver (U.
septentrionalis), are the best known species. See
Diver.</def>
<hw>Loon"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See
Luny.</def>
<hw>Loop</hw> (l&oomac;p), <pos>n.</pos> [G. luppe

an iron lump. Cf. Looping.] (Iron Works) <def>A mass
of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer
or rolls.</def> [Written also loup.]
<hw>Loop</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Ir. & Gael. lub

loop, noose, fold, thong, bend, lub to bend, incline.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope,
etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or
which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a
noose; a bight.</def>
<blockquote>That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop 

To hang a doubt on.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A small, narrow opening; a

loophole.</def>
<blockquote>And stop all sight-holes, every loop from

whence 
The eye of Reason may pry in upon us.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A curve of any kind in the form of a

loop.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Telegraphy) <def>A wire forming part of

a main circuit and returning to the point from which it
starts.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Acoustics) <def>The portion of a

vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also
ventral segment.</def>
<col>Loop knot</col>, <cd>a single knot tied in a doubled

cord, etc. so as to leave a loop beyond the knot. See Illust.
of Knot.</cd>
<hw>Loop</hw> (l&oomac;p), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Looped (l&oomac;pt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Looping.] <def>To make a loop of or in; to fasten
with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a
string; to loop up a curtain.</def>
<hw>Looped</hw> (l&oomac;pt), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop;
as, a looped wire or string.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Full of holes.</def> [Obs.]

Shak.
<hw>Loop"er</hw> (l&oomac;p"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a
loop in yarn, a cord, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The larva of any

species of geometrid moths. See Geometrid.</def>
<hw>Loop"hole`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Mil.) <def>A small opening, as in the walls of fortification,
or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other
weapons may be discharged at an enemy.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A hole or aperture that gives a passage,

or the means of escape or evasion.</def>
<hw>Loop"holed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Provided with

loopholes.</def>
<hw>Loop"ie</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Deceitful;

cunning; sly.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Loop"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. D. loopen to

run. Cf. Loop a mass of iron, Leap.] (Metal.)
<def>The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when
the ore is only heated for calcination.</def>
<hw>Loop"ing</hw>, <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <def>of

Loop.</def>
<col>Looping snail</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any

species of land snail of the genus Truncatella; -- so called
because it creeps like the measuring worms.</cd>
<hw>Loop"light`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small narrow

opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.</def>
<hw>Loord</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lourd heavy,

dull.] <def>A dull, stupid fellow; a drone.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<hw>Loos</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. los, fr. OF.

los, laus.] <def>Praise; fame; reputation.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
<blockquote>Good conscience and good loos.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
<hw>Loose</hw> (l&oomac;s), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Looser (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Loosest.] [OE. loos,
lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD.
loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G.
los, loose, Dan. & Sw. lös, Goth. laus,
and E. lose. √127. See Lose, and cf.
Leasing falsehood.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Unbound; untied;
unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the
loose sheets of a book.</def>
<blockquote>Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal

plat.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Free from constraint or obligation; not

bound by duty, habit, etc.; -- with from or of.</def>
<blockquote>Now I stand 
Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ?</blockquote>
Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not tight or close; as, a loose

garment.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as,

a cloth of loose texture.</def>
<blockquote>With horse and chariots ranked in loose

array.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Not precise or exact; vague;

indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of
reasoning.</def>
<blockquote>The comparison employed . . . must be considered

rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific
explanation.</blockquote> Whewel.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Not strict in matters of morality; not

rigid according to some standard of right.</def>
<blockquote>The loose morality which he had

learned.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>Unconnected; rambling.</def>
<blockquote>Vario spends whole mornings in running over

loose and unconnected pages.</blockquote> I. Watts.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.</def>

Locke.
<sn>9.</sn> <def>Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose

man or woman.</def>
<blockquote>Loose ladies in delight.</blockquote>

Spenser.
<sn>10.</sn> <def>Containing or consisting of obscene or

unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.</def> 
Dryden.
<col>At loose ends</col>, <cd>not in order; in confusion;

carelessly managed.</cd> -- <col>Fast and loose</col>. <cd>See
under Fast.</cd> -- <col>To break loose</col>. <cd>See
under Break.</cd> -- <col>Loose pulley</col>.
(Mach.) <cd>See Fast and loose pulleys, under
Fast.</cd> -- <col>To let loose</col>, <cd>to free from
restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.</cd>
<hw>Loose</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Freedom from restraint.</def> [Obs.] Prior.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A letting go; discharge.</def> B.

Jonson.
<col>To give a loose</col>, <cd>to give freedom.</cd>
<blockquote>Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to

sorrow.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>Loose</hw> (l&oomac;s), <pos>v. n.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Loosed (l&oomac;st); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Loosing.] [From Loose,
<pos>a.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To untie or unbind; to
free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to
set free; to relieve.</def>
<blockquote>Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion

?</blockquote> Job. xxxviii. 31.
<blockquote>Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her;

loose them, and bring them unto me.</blockquote> Matt. xxi.
2.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To release from anything obligatory or

burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.</def>
<blockquote>Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a

wife.</blockquote> 1 Cor. vii. 27.
<blockquote>Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be

loosed in heaven.</blockquote> Matt. xvi. 19.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To relax; to loosen; to make less

strict.</def>
<blockquote>The joints of his loins were

loosed.</blockquote> Dan. v. 6.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To solve; to interpret.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<hw>Loose</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To set sail.</def>

[Obs.] Acts xiii. 13.
<hw>Loose"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a loose

manner.</def>
<hw>Loos"en</hw> (l&oomac;s"'n), <pos>v. t.</pos>

[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Loosened (l&oomac;s"'nd);
<pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> Loosening.] [See
Loose, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To
make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness;
to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a
knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.</def>
<blockquote>After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree

good by loosening of the earth.</blockquote> Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To free from restraint; to set at

liberty..</def>
<blockquote>It loosens his hands, and assists his
understanding.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To remove costiveness from; to facilitate

or increase the alvine discharges of.</def> Bacon.
<hw>Loos"en</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become loose; to

become less tight, firm, or compact.</def> S. Sharp.
<hw>Loos"en*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or

that which, loosens.</def>
<hw>Loose"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state,

condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a
cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of
<hw>Loose"strife`</hw> (-str&imacr;f`), <pos>n.</pos>

(Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The name of several species of
plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped
flowers, usually of a yellow color.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>
<def>Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in
some species, crimson flowers.</def> Gray.
<! p. 869 !>
<col>False loosestrife</col>, <cd>a plant of the genus

Ludwigia, which includes several species, most of which are
found in the United States.</cd> -- <col>Tufted
loosestrife</col>, <cd>the plant Lysimachia thyrsiflora,
found in the northern parts of the United States and in Europe.</cd>
Gray.
<hw>Loos"ish</hw> (l&oomac;s"&ibreve;sh), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Somewhat loose.</def> 
[1913 Webster]
<hw>Loot</hw> (l&oomac;t), <pos>n.</pos> [Hind.

l&umacr;&tsdot;, Skr. l&omacr;tra, l&omacr;ptra,
booty, lup to break, spoil; prob. akin to E. rob.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of plundering.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Plunder; booty; especially, the booty

taken in a conquered or sacked city.</def>
<hw>Loot</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Looted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Looting.] <def>To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize
lawfully obtained by war.</def>
<blockquote>Looting parties . . . ransacking the

houses.</blockquote> L. Oliphant.
<hw>Loot"er</hw> (l&oomac;t"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>A plunderer.</def>
<hw>Loo"ver</hw> (l&oomac;"v&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Louver.</def>
<hw>Lop</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. loppe.] <def>A

flea.</def>[Obs.] Cleveland.
<hw>Lop</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lopped (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lopping (?).] [Prov. G. luppen, lubben,to cut,
geld, or OD. luppen, D. lubben.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shoorten
by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous
parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches.</def> "With branches
lopped, in wood or mountain felled." Milton.
<blockquote>Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent

parts.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cut partly off and bend down; as, to

lop bushes in a hedge.</def>
<hw>Lop</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is lopped from

anything, as branches from a tree.</def> Shak. Mortimer.
<hw>Lop</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To hang downward; to be

pendent; to lean to one side.</def>
<hw>Lop</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To let hang down; as,

to lop the head.</def>
<hw>Lop</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hanging down; as,

lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as,
lopeared; lopsided.</def>
<hw>Lope</hw> (?), <def><pos>imp.</pos> of

Leap.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>And, laughing, lope into a tree.

Spenser.</blockquote>
<hw>Lope</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Loped (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Loping.] [See Leap.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To leap;
to dance.</def> [Prov. Eng.] "He that lopes on the ropes."
Middleton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To move with a lope, as a horse.</def>

[U.S.]
<hw>Lope</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

leap; a long step.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An easy gait, consisting of long running

strides or leaps.</def> [U.S.]
<blockquote>The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal

lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the
motions of a cradle.</blockquote> T. B. Thorpe.
<hw>Lop"eared`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having ears
which lop or hang down.</def>
<hw>Lope"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Leaper;

ropedancer.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lop"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes.</def>
[U.S.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Rope Making) <def>A swivel at one end

of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.</def>
<hw>Loph"ine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; a tuft or

crest of feathers.] (Chem.) <def>A nitrogenous organic base
obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of
benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long white crystalline tufts, --
whence its name.</def>
<hw>||Lo*phi"o*mys</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr.

<grk>lofia`</grk> a mane, bristly ridge + <grk>my^s</grk> a mouse.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A very singular rodent (Lophiomys
Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known
representative of a special family (Lophiomyidæ),
remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and
the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement.</def>
<hw>Loph"o*branch</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>lofia`</grk> crest or tuft + <grk>bra`gchion</grk> gill.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii.</def>
-- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Lophobranchii.</def>
<hw>Lophò*bran"chi*ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

Lophobranchii.</def>
<hw>||Lophò*bran"chi*i</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL.,

fr. Gr. <grk>lo`fos</grk> a crest or tuft + <grk>bra`gchion</grk>
gill.] (Zoöl.) <def>An order of teleostean fishes, having
the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the
Hippocampus and pipefishes.</def>
<hw>Loph"o*phore</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>lo`fos</grk> a crest or tuft + <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]
(Zoöl.) <def>A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears
the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata.</def>
<hw>||Lo*phop"o*da</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., from

Gr. &?; a crest or tuft + -poda.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Same as Phylactolemata.</def>
<hw>||Lo*phos"te*on</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. L.

<plw>Lophostea</plw> (#), E. <plw>Lophosteons</plw>
(#). [NL., from Gr. &?; a crest + &?; a bone.] (Anat.)
<def>The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.</def>
<hw>Lop"pard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lop + -

ard.] <def>A tree, the top of which has been lopped off.</def>
[Eng.]
<hw>Lop"per</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lops or

cuts off.</def>
<hw>Lop"per</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Loppered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Loppering.] [Cf. Prov. G. lübbern, levern,
OHG. giliber&?;n, G. luppe, lab, rennet.]
<def>To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as
milk.</def>
<hw>Lop"ping</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cutting off, as

of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.</def>
<blockquote>The loppings made from that stock whilst it

stood.</blockquote> Burke.
<hw>Lop"py</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat lop;

inclined to lop.</def>
<hw>Lop"seed`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>A

perennial herb (Phryma Leptostachya), having slender seedlike
fruits.</def>
<hw>Lop"sidèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lop +

side. Cf. Lobsided.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Leaning to
one side because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided
ship.</def> Marryat.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of

idiosyncrasies.</def> J. S. Mill.
<hw>Lo*qua"cious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. loquax,

-acis, talkative, fr. loqui to speak; cf. Gr. &?; to
rattle, shriek, shout.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Given to continual
talking; talkative; garrulous.</def>
<blockquote>Loquacious, brawling, ever in the

wrong.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Speaking; expressive.</def> [R.] J.

Philips.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Apt to blab and disclose

secrets.</def>
Syn. -- Garrulous; talkative. See Garrulous.
<hw>Lo*qua"cious*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

loquacious manner.</def>
<hw>Lo*qua"cious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>
<def>Loquacity.</def>
<hw>Lo*quac"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

loquacitas: cf. F. loquacité.] <def>The habit or
practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk
too much; talkativeness; garrulity.</def>
<blockquote>Too great loquacity and too great taciturnity

by fits.</blockquote> Arbuthnot.
<hw>Lo"quat</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Chinese name.]

(Bot.) <def>The fruit of the Japanese medlar (Photinia
Japonica). It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters,
and contains four or five large seeds. Also, the tree
itself.</def>
<hw>Lo"ral</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Of or pertaining to the lores.</def>
<hw>Lo"rate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. loratus, fr.

lorum thong.] (Bot.) <def>Having the form of a thong or
strap; ligulate.</def>
<hw>Lor"cha</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Pg.] (Naut.)

<def>A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the
hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a
Chinese junk.</def> Admiral Foote.
<hw>Lord</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Gr. &?; bent so as to

be convex in front.] <def>A hump-backed person; -- so called
sportively.</def> [Eng.] Richardson (Dict.).
<hw>Lord</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lord,

laverd, loverd, AS. hl&amacr;ford, for
hl&amacr;fweard, i. e., bread keeper; hl&amacr;f bread,
loaf + weardian to look after, to take care of, to ward. See
Loaf, and Ward to guard, and cf. Laird,
Lady.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who has power and
authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as
of a manor.</def>
<blockquote>But now I was the lord 

Of this fair mansion.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>Man over men 

He made not lord.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the

realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by
courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl;
in a restricted sense, a baron, as opposed to noblemen of higher
rank.</def> [Eng.]
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A title bestowed on the persons above

named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as,
lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord
chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.</def> [Eng.]
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A husband.</def> "My lord being old

also." Gen. xviii. 12.
<blockquote>Thou worthy lord 

Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>5.</sn> (Feudal Law) <def>One of whom a fee or

estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of
the soil; the lord of the manor.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>The Supreme Being; Jehovah.</def>
&fist; When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in small

capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and might, with
more propriety, be so rendered.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>The Savior; Jesus Christ.</def>
<col>House of Lords</col>, <cd>one of the constituent parts

of the British Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and
temporal.</cd> -- <col>Lord high chancellor</col>,
<col>Lord high constable</col>, <cd>etc. See
Chancellor, Constable, etc.</cd> -- <col>Lord
justice clerk</col>, <cd>the second in rank of the two highest
judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.</cd> -- <col>Lord justice
general</col>, or <col>Lord president</col>, <cd>the
highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.</cd>
-- <col>Lord keeper</col>, <cd>an ancient officer of the
English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with
authority to affix it to public documents. The office is now merged
in that of the chancellor.</cd> -- <col>Lord lieutenant</col>,
<cd>a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of
Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising
supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a
county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also
to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that
county.</cd> -- <col>Lord of misrule</col>, <cd>the master of
the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house.</cd>
Eng. Cyc. -- <col>Lords spiritual</col>, <cd>the
archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords.</cd> --
<col>Lords temporal</col>, <cd>the peers of England; also,
sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight
representatives of the Irish peerage.</cd> -- <col>Our
lord</col>, <cd>Jesus Christ; the Savior.</cd> -- <col>The
Lord's Day</col>, <cd>Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the
Lord Jesus rose from the dead.</cd> -- <col>The Lord's
Prayer</col>, <cd>the prayer which Jesus taught his
disciples.</cd> Matt. vi. 9-13. -- <col>The Lord's
Supper</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The paschal supper partaken
of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy
communion.</cd> -- <col>The Lord's Table</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The altar or table from which the sacrament
is dispensed</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The sacrament
itself.</cd>
<hw>Lord</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.</def> [R.]
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To rule or preside over as a lord.</def>

[R.]
<hw>Lord</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.
p.</pos> Lorded; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lording.] <def>To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with
arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and
sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive
verb.</def>
<blockquote>The whiles she lordeth in licentious

bliss.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>I see them lording it in London

streets.</blockquote> Shak.
<blockquote>And lorded over them whom now they

serve.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Lord"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Lord + -

ing, 3.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The son of a lord; a person of
noble lineage.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in

contempt or ridicule.</def> [Obs.] Swift.
&fist; In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent

to "Sirs" or "My masters."
<blockquote>Therefore, lordings all, I you

beseech.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Lord"kin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little

lord.</def> Thackeray.
<hw>Lord"like`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [2d lord +

like. Cf. Lordly.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Befitting or like a lord;

lordly.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Haughty; proud; insolent;

arrogant.</def>
<hw>Lord"li*ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Lordly.] <def>The state or quality of being lordly.</def>
Shak.
<hw>Lord"ling</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lord + -

ling.] <def>A little or insignificant lord.</def>
<hw>Lord"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> [<pos>Compar.</pos>

Lordlier (?); <pos>superl.</pos> Lordliest.]
[Lord + -ly. Cf. Lordlike.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a
lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.</def>
<blockquote>She brought forth butter in a lordly

dish.</blockquote> Judges v. 25.
<blockquote>Lordly sins require lordly estates to
support them.</blockquote> South.
<blockquote>The maidens gathered strength and grace 

And presence, lordlier than before.</blockquote>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Proud; haughty; imperious;

insolent.</def>
<blockquote>Lords are lordliest in their wine.</blockquote>

Milton.
Syn. -- Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical;

despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious.
<hw>Lord"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lordly

manner.</def>
<hw>Lord*ol"a*try</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lord +

-olatry, as in idolatry.] <def>Worship of, or reverence
for, a lord as such.</def> [Jocose]
<blockquote>But how should it be otherwise in a country where

lordolatry is part of our creed ?</blockquote>
<hw>||Lor*do"sis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;

, fr. &?; bent so as to be convex in front.] (Med.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A curvature of the spine forwards, usually
in the lumbar region.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any abnormal
curvature of the bones.</def>
<hw>Lords" and La"dies</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>The European

wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those with purplish spadix the
lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies.</def> Dr.
Prior.
<hw>Lord"ship</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his
or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or
duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain),
etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Seigniory; domain; the territory over

which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.</def>
<blockquote>What lands and lordships for their owner

know 
My quondam barber.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Dominion; power; authority.</def>
<blockquote>They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles

exercise lordship over them.</blockquote> Mark x.
42.
<hw>Lore</hw> (l&omacr;r), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lore,
L. lorum thong.] (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<def>The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the
corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The anterior portion of the cheeks of
insects.</def>
<hw>Lore</hw>, obs. <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> of

Lose.. [See Lose.] <def>Lost.</def>

<blockquote>Neither of them she found where she them

lore.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>Lore</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lore, lare,

AS. l&amacr;r, fr. l&aemacr;ran to teach; akin to D.
leer teaching, doctrine, G. lehre, Dan.
lære, Sw. lära. See Learn, and cf.
Lere, <pos>v. t.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>That
which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from
tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge
possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a
particular subject; as, the lore of the Egyptians; priestly
lore; legal lore; folklore.</def> "The
lore of war." Fairfax.
<blockquote>His fair offspring, nursed in princely

lore.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is taught; hence, instruction;

wisdom; advice; counsel.</def> Chaucer.
<blockquote>If please ye, listen to my lore.</blockquote>

Spenser.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Workmanship.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
{ <hw>Lor"e*al</hw> (?), <hw>Lor"al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to the
lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles,
etc.</def>
<hw>Lor"el</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [&?;. Cf.

Losel.] <def>A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond.</def>
<hw>Lor"en</hw> (?), obs. <def>strong <pos>p. p.</pos> of

Lose.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Lores"man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lore learning

+ man.] <def>An instructor.</def> [Obs.] Gower.
<hw>||Lo`rette"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>In

France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and
devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from
the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many
of them resided.</def>
<hw>Lo`ret*tine"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (R. C. Ch.)
<def>One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in
Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of
Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross)
devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute
orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United
States.</def>
<hw>Lor`gnette"</hw> (?) <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>An opera

glass</def>; pl. <def>elaborate double eyeglasses.</def>
<hw>Lo"ri</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Same as Lory.</def>
<hw>Lo*ri"ca</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Loricæ</plw> (#). [L., lit., a corselet of thongs,
fr. lorum thong.] <sn>1.</sn> (Anc. Armor)
<def>A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal
or horn sewed on linen or the like.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>Lute for protecting vessels

from the fire.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The protective case or

shell of an infusorian or rotifer.</def>
<hw>||Lorì*ca"ta</hw> (l&obreve;r`&ibreve;*k&amacr;"t&asot;),
<pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See Loricate.]
(Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A suborder of edentates,
covered with bony plates, including the armadillos.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The crocodilia.</def>
<! p. 870 !>
<hw>Lor"i*cate</hw> (l&obreve;r"&ibreve;*k&amacr;t), <pos>v.

t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Loricated
(l&obreve;r"&ibreve;*k&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Loricating
(l&obreve;r"&ibreve;*k&amacr;`t&ibreve;ng).] [L. loricatus, p.
p. of loricare to clothe in mail, to cover with plastering,
fr. lorica a leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. lorum
thong.] <def>To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a
crust, coating, or plates.</def>
<hw>Lor"i*cate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Loricate, <pos>v.</pos>] <def>Covered with a shell or
exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the
armadillo.</def>
<hw>Lor"i*cate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among
reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.</def>
<hw>Lorì*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

loricatio.] <def>The act of loricating; the protecting
substance put on; a covering of scales or plates.</def>
<hw>Lor"i*keet</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)
<def>Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or
lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent
islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in
their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong
to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied
genera.</def>
{ <hw>Lor"i*mer</hw> (?), <hw>Lor"i*ner</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [OF. lormier, loremier, fr. LL.
loranum bridle, L. lorum thong, the rein of a bridle.]
<def>A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and
saddles; hence, a saddler.</def> [Obs.] Holinshed.
<hw>Lor"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See 3d Lore.]

<def>Instructive discourse.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>Lo"ri*ot</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. OF.

loriou, for l'oriol, oriol, l' being the
article. The same word as oriole. See Oriole.]
(Zoöl.) <def>The golden oriole of Europe. See
Oriole.</def>
<hw>Lo"ris</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Loris, or

lori, the indigenous East Indian name.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Any one of several species of small lemurs of the genus
Stenops. They have long, slender limbs and large eyes, and are
arboreal in their habits. The slender loris (S. gracilis), of
Ceylon, in one of the best known species.</def> [Written also
lori.]
<hw>Lorn</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Strong p. p. of

Lose. See Lose, Forlorn.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Lost; undone; ruined.</def> [Archaic]
<blockquote>If thou readest, thou art lorn.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>Forsaken; abandoned; solitary; bereft; as,

a lone, lorn woman.</def>
{ <hw>Lor"rie</hw>, <hw>Lor"ry</hw> } (?), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Lorries</plw> (#). [Prob. from lurry to
pull or lug.] <def>A small cart or wagon, as those used on the
tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck
for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.</def>
<hw>Lo"ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lories</plw> (#). [Hind. & Malay.
l&umacr;r&imacr;, n&umacr;r&imacr;.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Any one of many species of small parrots of
the family Trichoglossidæ, generally having the tongue
papillose at the tip, and the mandibles straighter and less toothed
than in common parrots. They are found in the East Indies, Australia,
New Guinea, and the adjacent islands. They feed mostly on soft
fruits and on the honey of flowers.</def>
&fist; The lory, or louri, of South Africa is the white-crested

plantain eater or turacou. See Turacou.
<hw>Los</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Praise. See

Loos.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Los"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be

lost.</def>
<hw>Los"ange</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lozenge.</def>
<hw>Lose</hw> (l&oomac;z), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Lost (l&obreve;st; 115) <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Losing (l&oomac;z"&ibreve;ng).] [OE.
losien to loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become
loose; akin to OE. leosen to lose, p. p. loren,
lorn, AS. leósan, p. p. loren (in comp.),
D. verliezen, G. verlieren, Dan. forlise, Sw.
förlisa, förlora, Goth. fraliusan,
also to E. loose, a & v., L. luere to loose, Gr.
<grk>lyèin</grk>, Skr. l&umacr; to cut. √127. Cf.
Analysis, Palsy, Solve, Forlorn,
Leasing, Loose, Loss.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To part with unintentionally or

unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty,
forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's
purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a
leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.</def>
<blockquote>Fair Venus wept the sad disaster 

Of having lost her favorite dove.</blockquote>
Prior.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To cease to have; to possess no longer; to

suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything;
to lose one's health.</def>
<blockquote>If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith

shall it be salted ?</blockquote> Matt. v. 13.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to

throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to
lose the benefits of instruction.</def>
<blockquote>The unhappy have but hours, and these they

lose.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To wander from; to miss, so as not to be

able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's
way.</def>
<blockquote>He hath lost his fellows.</blockquote>

Shak
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the

ship was lost on the ledge.</def>
<blockquote>The woman that deliberates is
lost.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To be deprived of the view of; to cease to

see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in
the crowd.</def>
<blockquote>Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, 

You lose it in the moment you detect.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to

gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to
miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.</def>
<blockquote>He shall in no wise lose his

reward.</blockquote> Matt. x. 42.
<blockquote>I fought the battle bravely which I lost, 

And lost it but to Macedonians.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>To cause to part with; to deprive

of.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>How should you go about to lose him a wife he

loves with so much passion ?</blockquote> Sir W. Temple.
<sn>9.</sn> <def>To prevent from gaining or

obtaining.</def>
<blockquote>O false heart ! thou hadst almost betrayed me to

eternal flames, and lost me this glory.</blockquote>
Baxter.
<col>To lose ground</col>, <cd>to fall behind; to suffer

gradual loss or disadvantage.</cd> -- <col>To lose
heart</col>, <cd>to lose courage; to become timid.</cd> "The
mutineers lost heart." Macaulay. -- <col>To lose
one's head</col>, <cd>to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the
use of one's good sense or judgment.</cd>
<blockquote>In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars

lost their heads.</blockquote> Whitney.
-- <col>To lose one's self</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>

<cd>To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as,
to lose one's self in a great city.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd>
<cd>To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended;
as, we lose ourselves in sleep</cd>. -- <col>To lose sight
of</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To cease to see; as, to lose
sight of the land.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To overlook; to
forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the
issue</cd>.
<hw>Lose</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To suffer loss,

disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any
kind of contest.</def>
<blockquote>We 'll . . . hear poor rogues 
Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, 
Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>Los"el</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From the root of

lose, loss. √127. Cf. Lorel.] <def>One
who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel.</def>
[Archaic] Spenser.
<blockquote>One sad losel soils a name for

aye.</blockquote> Byron.
<hw>Los"el</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wasteful;

slothful.</def>
<hw>Los"en*ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF.

losengier, losengeor, fr. losengier to deceive,
flatter, losenge, flattery, Pr. lauzenga, fr. L.
laus praise. Cf. Lozenge.] <def>A flatterer; a
deceiver; a cozener.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<blockquote>To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives

with shame, as a number of such other losengers had
done.</blockquote> Holinshed.
<hw>Los"en*ger*ie</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF.]

<def>Flattery; deceit; trickery.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Los"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

loses.</def> South.
<hw>Lo"sing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Losenger.]

<def>Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.</def>
[Obs.]
<blockquote>Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land,

Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named
Losing, that is, the Flatterer.</blockquote>
Fuller.
<hw>Los"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Lose,

<pos>v. t.</pos>] <def>Causing or incurring loss; as, a
losing game or business.</def>
<blockquote>Who strive to sit out losing hands are

lost.</blockquote> Herbert.
<hw>Los"ing*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner

to incur loss.</def>
<hw>Loss</hw> (l&obreve;s; 115), <pos>n.</pos> [AS.

los loss, losing, fr. leósan to lose.
√127. See Lose, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of losing; failure; destruction;
privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by
gaming; loss of health or reputation.</def>
<blockquote>Assured loss before the match be
played.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of losing or having lost; the

privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from
losing.</def>
<blockquote>Though thou repent, yet I have still the

loss.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is lost or from which one has

parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the
loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>The state of being lost or destroyed;

especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other
vessel.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Failure to gain or win; as, loss of

a race or battle.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Failure to use advantageously; as,

loss of time.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Mil.) <def>Killed, wounded, and

captured persons, or captured property.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> (Insurance) <def>Destruction or

diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the
insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water
or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum
paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this
year amount to a million of dollars.</def>
<col>To bear a loss</col>, <cd>to make a loss good; also,

to sustain a loss without sinking under it.</cd> -- <col>To be at
a loss</col>, <cd>to be in a state of uncertainty.</cd>
Syn. -- Privation; detriment; injury; damage.
<hw>Loss"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Detrimental.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>Loss"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from

loss.</def> [Obs.] Milton.
<hw>Lost</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Prop. p. p. of OE.

losien. See Lose, <pos>v. t.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally;
not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Parted with; no longer held or possessed;

as, a lost limb; lost honor.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away;

employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a
lost opportunity or benefit.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Having wandered from, or unable to find,
the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods;
a stranger lost in London.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Ruined or destroyed, either physically or

morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman
lost to virtue; a lost soul.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> <def>Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery;

alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all
sense of honor.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> <def>Not perceptible to the senses; no longer

visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in
a crowd.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> <def>Occupied with, or under the influence of,

something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be
lost in thought.</def>
<col>Lost motion</col> (Mach.), <cd>the difference

between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the
yielding of parts or looseness of joints.</cd>
<hw>Lot</hw> (l&obreve;t), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. hlot;

akin to hleótan to cast lots, OS. hl&omacr;t
lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l&omacr;z, Icel.
hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts.
Cf. Allot, Lotto, Lottery.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>That which happens without human design or

forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.</def>
<blockquote>But save my life, which lot before your foot

doth lay.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip

of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's
choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.</def>
<blockquote>The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole

disposing thereof is of the Lord.</blockquote> Prov. xvi.
33.
<blockquote>If we draw lots, he speeds.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>The part, or fate, which falls to one, as

it were, by chance, or without his planning.</def>
<blockquote>O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's 

Enough to bear.</blockquote> Milton.
<blockquote>He was but born to try 

The lot of man -- to suffer and to die.</blockquote>
Pope.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A separate portion; a number of things
taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially,
sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad
lot.</def>
<blockquote>I, this winter, met with a very large lot of

English heads, chiefly of the reign of James I.</blockquote>
Walpole.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A distinct portion or plot of land,

usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a
city.</def>
<blockquote>The defendants leased a house and lot in the

city of New York.</blockquote> Kent.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A large quantity or number; a great deal;

as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think
so.</def> [Colloq.]
<blockquote>He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London

by a lot of business.</blockquote> W. Black.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>A prize in a lottery.</def> [Obs.]

Evelyn.
<col>To cast in one's lot with</col>, <cd>to share the

fortunes of.</cd> -- <col>To cast lots</col>, <cd>to use or
throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforeseen turn or
position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined.</cd>
-- <col>To draw lots</col>, <cd>to determine an event, or make
a decision, by drawing one thing from a number whose marks are
concealed from the drawer.</cd> -- <col>To pay scot and
lot</col>, <cd>to pay taxes according to one's ability. See
Scot.</cd>
<hw>Lot</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lotted (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lotting (?).] <def>To allot; to sort; to portion.</def>
[R.]
<col>To lot on</col> or <col>upon</col>, <cd>to

count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure.</cd> [Colloq. U.
S.]
<hw>Lote</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lotus, Gr. &?;.

Cf. Lotus.] (Bot.) <def>A large tree (Celtis
australis), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and
bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettle tree.</def>
Eng. Cyc.
<hw>Lote</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. lotte.]

(Zoöl.) <def>The European burbot.</def>
<hw>Lote</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [AS. lutian.]

<def>To lurk; to lie hid.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Loth</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>, <hw>Loth"ly</hw>,

<pos>a. & adv.</pos>, <hw>Loth"some</hw> (&?;),
<pos>a.</pos>, <def>See Loath, Loathly,
etc.</def>
<hw>Lo*tha"ri*o</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Name of a

character in Rowe's drama, "The Fair Penitent."] <def>A gay seducer
of women; a libertine.</def>
<hw>Lo"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lotio, fr.

lavare, lotum, to wash: cf. F. lotion. See
Lave to wash.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A washing, especially
of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A liquid preparation for bathing the skin,

or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or
for improving its appearance.</def>
<hw>Lo"to</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lotto.</def>
<hw>||Lo*tong"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Malay

l&umacr;tong.] (Zoöl.) <def>An East Indian monkey
(Semnopithecus femoralis).</def>
<hw>||Lo*toph"a*gi</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L., fr. Gr.

&?;; &?; the lotus + &?; to eat.] (Class. Myth.) <def>A people
visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus.
See Lotus <sd>(b)</sd>, and Lotus-
eater.</def>
<hw>Lo"tos</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.] (Bot.)

<def>See Lotus.</def>
<hw>Lot"ter*y</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lotteries</plw> (#). [Lot + -ery, as in
brewery, bindery.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A scheme for
the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in
which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and
the rest of the tickets are blanks. Fig.: An affair of
chance.</def>
&fist; The laws of the United States and of most of the States
make lotteries illegal.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Allotment; thing allotted.</def> [Obs.]

Shak.
<hw>Lot"to</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. loto or It.

lotto, prop., a lot; of German origin. See Lot.] <def>A
game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers,
and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for
determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card
having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes
after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer.
A variety of lotto is called keno.</def> [Often written
loto.]
<hw>Lo"ture</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lotura. See

Lotion.] <def>See Lotion.</def> [Obs.]
Holland.
<hw>Lo"tus</hw> (l&omacr;"t&ubreve;s), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lotus, Gr. <grk>lwto`s</grk>. Cf. Lote.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A name of
several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in
religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia;
Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphæa
Lotus and N. cærulea, the respectively white-
flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with
Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient
monuments.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The lotus of the
lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily,
Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is
mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate
of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to
it.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The lote, or nettle tree. See
Lote.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A genus (Lotus) of
leguminous plants much resembling clover.</def> [Written also
lotos.]
<col>European lotus</col>, <cd>a small tree (Diospyros

Lotus) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish
black berry, which is called also the date plum.</cd>
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<sn>2.</sn> (Arch.) <def>An ornament much used in

Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by
the Egyptian water lily.</def>
{ <hw>Lo"tus-eatèr</hw> (l&omacr;"t&ubreve;s-&emacr;t`&etilde;r),

<hw>Lo"tos-eatèr</hw> (l&omacr;"t&obreve;s-&emacr;t`&etilde;r), }
<pos>n.</pos> (Class. Myth.) <def>One who ate the fruit
or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to
indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi.</def>
<blockquote>The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-

eaters.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>||Lou*chettes"</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [F.]

<def>Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only
directly in front.</def> Knight.
<hw>Loud</hw> (loud), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Louder (loud"&etilde;r);
<pos>superl.</pos> Loudest.] [OE. loud,
lud, AS. hl&umacr;d; akin to OS. hl&umacr;d, D.
luid, OHG. l&umacr;t, G. laut, L. -
clutus, in inclutus, inclitus, celebrated,
renowned, cluere to be called, Gr. <grk>klyto`s</grk> heard,
loud, famous, <grk>klyèin</grk> to hear, Skr. çru.
√41. Cf. Client, Listen, Slave a serf.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having, making, or being a strong or great
sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud
cry; loud thunder.</def>
<blockquote>They were instant with loud voices, requiring
that he might be crucified.</blockquote> Luke xxiii. 23.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Clamorous; boisterous.</def>
<blockquote>She is loud and stubborn.</blockquote> Prov.

vii. 11.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a

loud call for united effort.</def> [Colloq.]
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Ostentatious; likely to attract attention;

gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors.</def>
[Slang]
Syn. -- Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous;

obstreperous; turbulent; blustering; vehement.
<hw>Loud</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> [AS. hl&umacr;de.]

<def>With loudness; loudly.</def>
<blockquote>To speak loud in public

assemblies.</blockquote> Addison.
<hw>Loud"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Noisy.</def>

[Obs.] Marsion.
<hw>Loud"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a loud

manner.</def> Denham.
<hw>Loud"-mouthed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a

loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.</def>
<hw>Loud"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state

of being loud.</def>
<hw>Loud"-voiced`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a

loud voice; noisy; clamorous.</def> Byron.
<hw>Lough</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See 1st Loch.]

<def>A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.</def>
<hw>Lough</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos>strong imp.</pos> of

Laugh.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Lou"is d'or`</hw> (?). [F., gold louis.] <def>Formerly, a gold

coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of
varying value; -- first struck in 1640.</def>
<hw>Lou"is qua*torze"</hw> (l&oomac;"&ibreve;

k&adot;*tôrz"). [F., Louis fourteenth.] <def>Of, pertaining to,
or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of France;
as, Louis quatorze architecture.</def>
<hw>Louk</hw> (louk), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An accomplice; a

"pal."</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>There is no thief without a louk.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
<hw>Lounge</hw> (lounj), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Lounged (lounjd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lounging (loun"j&ibreve;ng).] [OE. lungis
a tall, slow, awkward fellow, OF. longis, longin, said
to be fr. Longinus, the name of the centurion who pierced the
body of Christ, but with reference also to L. longus long.
Cf. Long, <pos>a.</pos>] <def>To spend time lazily,
whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to
stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.</def>
<blockquote>We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through

literature, yawn over politics.</blockquote> J. Hannay.
<hw>Lounge</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An

idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of
lounging.</def>
<blockquote>She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop

served as a fashionable lounge.</blockquote> Miss
Edgeworth.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A piece of furniture resembling a sofa,

upon which one may lie or recline.</def>
<hw>Loun"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lounges;

an idler.</def>
<hw>Loup</hw> (l&oomac;p), <pos>n.</pos> (Iron

Works) <def>See 1st Loop.</def>
<hw>||Loup"-cer`vier"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. Cf.

Lusern.] (Zoöl.) <def>The Canada lynx. See
Lynx.</def>
<hw>||Loup`-loup"</hw> (l&oomac;`l&oomac;"), <pos>n.</pos>

[F.] (Zoöl.) <def>The Pomeranian or Spitz dog.</def>
<hw>Loups</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos>; sing.

<singw>Loup</singw>. [F., prop., a wolf.] (Ethnol.)
<def>The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal
totem was the wolf.</def>
<hw>||Lour</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native name.]

(Zoöl.) <def>An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii),
valued for its oil.</def>
<hw>Lou"ri</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Lory.</def>
<hw>Louse</hw> (lous), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lice</plw> (l&imacr;s). [OE. lous, AS.
l&umacr;s, pl. l&ymacr;s; akin to D. luis, G.
laus, OHG. l&umacr;s, Icel. l&umacr;s, Sw.
lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it is
destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.]
(Zoöl.) <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any one of numerous
species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to
a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded
Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals;
as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body
louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse
(Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse,
Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab,
Dog, etc.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any one of numerous small mandibulate

insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They
are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair
of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera.
See Mallophaga.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Any one of the numerous species of aphids,

or plant lice. See Aphid.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes.

See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.</def>
&fist; The term is also applied to various other parasites; as,

the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse.
<col>Louse fly</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a parasitic

dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as
the bee louse.</cd> -- <col>Louse mite</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>any one of numerous species of mites which
infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like
lice. They belong to Myobia, Dermaleichus,
Mycoptes, and several other genera.</cd>
<hw>Louse</hw> (louz), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To clean from

lice.</def> "You sat and loused him." Swift.
<hw>Louse"wort`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs.
It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.</def>
<col>Yellow lousewort</col> , <cd>a plant of the genus

Rhinanthus.</cd>
<hw>Lous"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [From

Lousy.] <def>In a lousy manner; in a mean, paltry manner;
scurvily.</def> [Vulgar]
<hw>Lous"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being lousy.</def>
<hw>Lous"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Infested with lice.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Mean; contemptible; as, lousy

knave.</def> [Vulgar]
<blockquote>Such lousy learning as this is.</blockquote>

Bale.
<hw>Lout</hw> (lout), <pos>v. i.</pos> [OE. louten,
luten, AS. l&umacr;tan; akin to Icel.
l&umacr;ta, Dan. lude, OHG. l&umacr;z&emacr;n to
lie hid.] <def>To bend; to box; to stoop.</def> [Archaic]
Chaucer. Longfellow.
<blockquote>He fair the knight saluted, louting

low.</blockquote> Spenser.
<hw>Lout</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Formerly also written

lowt.] <def>A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.</def>
Sir P. Sidney.
<hw>Lout</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To treat as a lout or

fool; to neglect; to disappoint.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Lout"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Clownish; rude;

awkward.</def> "Loutish clown." Sir P. Sidney. --
<wf>Lout"ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --
<wf>Lout"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>||Lou*tou"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Native names.]

(Zoöl.) <def>A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus
maurus) of Java.</def>
{ <hw>Lou"ver</hw>, <hw>Lou"vre</hw> } (?), <pos>n.</pos>

[OE. lover, OF. lover, lovier; or
l'ouvert the opening, fr. overt, ouvert, p. p. of
ovrir, ouvrir, to open, F. ouvrir. Cf.
Overt.] (Arch.) <def>A small lantern. See
Lantern, 2 <sd>(a)</sd>.</def> [Written also
lover, loover, lovery, and luffer.]
<col>Louver</col> <col>boards or boarding</col>,

<cd>the sloping boards set to shed rainwater outward in openings
which are to be left otherwise unfilled; as belfry windows, the
openings of a louver, etc.</cd> -- <col>Louver work</col>,
<cd>slatted work.</cd>
<hw>Lov"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having qualities

that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.</def>
<blockquote>Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, 

Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<hw>Lov"age</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.

livèche, fr. L. levisticum, ligusticum, a
plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus
Ligustine, Ligurian, Liguria a country of Cisalpine Gaul.]
(Bot.) <def>An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum
officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic
stimulant.</def>
<hw>Love</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. love,

luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief,
believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr.
lubh to be lustful. See Lief.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or
commands admiration; preëminent kindness or devotion to another;
affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and
sisters.</def>
<blockquote>Of all the dearest bonds we prove 

Thou countest sons' and mothers' love 
Most sacred, most Thine own.</blockquote> Keble.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Especially, devoted attachment to, or

tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite
sex.</def>
<blockquote>He on his side 

Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love 
Hung over her enamored.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to

make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in
marriage.</def>
<blockquote>Demetrius . . . 
Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, 
And won her soul.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Affection; kind feeling; friendship;

strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to
hate; often with of and an object.</def>
<blockquote>Love, and health to all.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Smit with the love of sacred song.</blockquote>

Milton.
<blockquote>The love of science faintly warmed his

breast.</blockquote> Fenton.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Due gratitude and reverence to

God.</def>
<blockquote>Keep yourselves in the love of

God.</blockquote> Jude 21.
<sn>6.</sn> <def>The object of affection; -- often employed

in endearing address.</def> "Trust me, love."
Dryden.
<blockquote>Open the temple gates unto my

love.</blockquote> Spenser.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>Cupid, the god of love; sometimes,

Venus.</def>
<blockquote>Such was his form as painters, when they show 

Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<blockquote>Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw

Love.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>8.</sn> <def>A thin silk stuff.</def> [Obs.]

Boyle.
<sn>9.</sn> (Bot.) <def>A climbing species of

Clematis (C. Vitalba).</def>
<sn>10.</sn> <def>Nothing; no points scored on one side; --

used in counting score at tennis, etc.</def>
<blockquote>He won the match by three sets to

love.</blockquote> The Field.
&fist; Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in

most of which the meaning is very obvious; as, love-cracked,
love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
love-taught, etc.
<col>A labor of love</col>, <cd>a labor undertaken on

account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the work
itself, without expectation of reward.</cd> -- <col>Free
love</col>, <cd>the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See Free
love.</cd> -- <col>Free lover</col>, <cd>one who avows or
practices free love.</cd> -- <col>In love</col>, <cd>in the
act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of the sexes; as, to be in
love; to fall in love.</cd> -- <col>Love
apple</col> (Bot.), <cd>the tomato.</cd> -- <col>Love
bird</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>any one of several species of
small, short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
Agapornis, and allied genera. They are mostly from Africa.
Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are celebrated for the
affection which they show for their mates.</cd> -- <col>Love
broker</col>, <cd>a person who for pay acts as agent between
lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue.</cd> Shak. --
<col>Love charm</col>, <cd>a charm for exciting love.</cd>
Ld. Lytton. -- <col>Love child</col>. <cd>an
illegitimate child.</cd> Jane Austen. -- <col>Love
day</col>, <cd>a day formerly appointed for an amicable
adjustment of differences.</cd> [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Chaucer. -- <col>Love drink</col>, <cd>a love potion; a
philter.</cd> Chaucer. -- <col>Love favor</col>,
<cd>something given to be worn in token of love.</cd> -- <col>Love
feast</col>, <cd>a religious festival, held quarterly by some
religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in
imitation of the agapæ of the early Christians.</cd> --
<col>Love feat</col>, <cd>the gallant act of a lover.</cd>
Shak. -- <col>Love game</col>, <cd>a game, as in
tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a
point.</cd> -- <col>Love grass</col>. [G. liebesgras.]
(Bot.) <cd>Any grass of the genus Eragrostis.</cd> --
<col>Love-in-a-mist</col>. (Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>An herb of the Buttercup family (Nigella Damascena) having
the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut bracts</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The West Indian Passiflora
f&oelig;tida, which has similar bracts.</cd> -- <col>Love-in-
idleness</col> (Bot.), <cd>a kind of violet; the small
pansy.</cd>
<blockquote>A little western flower, 

Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound; 
And maidens call it love-in-idleness.</blockquote>
Shak.
-- <col>Love juice</col>, <cd>juice of a plant supposed to

produce love.</cd> Shak. -- <col>Love knot</col>, <cd>a
knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from being used as a token of
love, or as a pledge of mutual affection.</cd> Milman. --
<col>Love lass</col>, <cd>a sweetheart.</cd> -- <col>Love
letter</col>, <cd>a letter of courtship.</cd> Shak. --
<col>Love-lies-bleeding</col> (Bot.), <cd>a species of
amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus).</cd> -- <col>Love
match</col>, <cd>a marriage brought about by love alone.</cd> --
<col>Love potion</col>, <cd>a compounded draught intended to
excite love, or venereal desire.</cd> -- <col>Love
rites</col>, <cd>sexual intercourse.</cd> Pope --
<col>Love scene</col>, <cd>an exhibition of love, as between
lovers on the stage.</cd> -- <col>Love suit</col>,
<cd>courtship.</cd> Shak. -- <col>Of all loves</col>,
<cd>for the sake of all love; by all means.</cd> [Obs.] "Mrs. Arden
desired him of all loves to come back again."
Holinshed. -- <col>The god of love</col>, or
<col>Love god</col>, <cd>Cupid.</cd> -- <col>To make love
to</col>, <cd>to express affection for; to woo.</cd> "If you will
marry, make your loves to me." Shak. --
<col>To play for love</col>, <cd>to play a game, as at cards,
without stakes.</cd> "A game at piquet for love."
Lamb.
Syn. -- Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness;

fondness; delight.
<hw>Love</hw> (l&ubreve;v), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Loved (l&ubreve;vd); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Loving.] [AS. lufian. √124. See
Love, <pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To have a
feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to
love one's children and friends; to love one's country;
to love one's God.</def>
<blockquote>Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.</blockquote>
Matt. xxii. 37.
<blockquote>Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy

self.</blockquote> Matt. xxii. 39.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To regard with passionate and devoted

affection, as that of one sex for the other.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To take delight or pleasure in; to have a

strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to
like; as, to love books; to love adventures.</def>
<blockquote>Wit, eloquence, and poetry. 

Arts which I loved.</blockquote> Cowley.
<hw>Love</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To have the feeling of

love; to be in love.</def>
<hw>Love"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>See

Lovable.</def>
<hw>Love"-dru`ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Love + OF.

druerie. Cf. Druery.] <def>Affection.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Lov*ee"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is

loved.</def> [Humorous] "The lover and lovee."
<hw>Love"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of

love.</def> [Obs.] Sylvester.
<hw>Love"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness.</def> Milton.
Shelton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not attracting love;

unattractive.</def>
<blockquote>These are ill-favored to see to; and yet, as

loveless as they be, they are not without some medicinable
virtues.</blockquote> Holland.
<hw>Love"li*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [From

Lovely.] <def>In manner to excite love; amiably.</def> [R.]
Otway.
<hw>Love"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From Lovely.]

<def>The state or quality of being lovely.</def>
<blockquote>If there is such a native loveliness in the sex

as to make them victorious when in the wrong, how resistless their
power when they are on the side of truth!</blockquote>
Spectator.
<hw>Love"lock`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A long lock of

hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of
fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.</def>
Burton.
<blockquote>A long lovelock and long hair he

wore.</blockquote> Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Love"lorn`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Forsaken by

one's love.</def>
<blockquote>The lovelorn nightingale.</blockquote>

Milton.
<hw>Love"ly</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Lovelier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Loveliest.] [AS. luflic.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having such an appearance as excites, or is
fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form,
looks, tone, or manner.</def> "Lovely to look on." Piers
Plowman.
<blockquote>Not one so fair of face, of speech so

lovely.</blockquote> Robert of Brunne.
<blockquote>If I had such a tire, this face of mine 

Were full as lovely as is this of hers.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any

kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or
friendship.</def>
<blockquote>A most lovely gentlemanlike man.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Loving; tender.</def> [Obs.] "A

lovely kiss." Shak.
<blockquote>Many a lovely look on them he

cast.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to

almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a
lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely
melody.</def>
<blockquote>Indeed these fields 

Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian
lawns.</blockquote> Tennyson.
Syn. -- Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable;

enchanting; lovable; amiable.
<hw>Love"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner to

please, or to excite love.</def> [Obs. or R.] Tyndale.
<hw>Love"-makìng</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Courtship.</def> Bacon.
<hw>Love"mon`ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who deals

in affairs of love.</def>[Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Lov"er</hw> (l&ubreve;v"&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually
limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.</def>
Gower.
<blockquote>Love is blind, and lovers can not see 

The pretty follies that themselves commit.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A friend; one strongly attached to

another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing;
as, a lover of his country.</def>
<blockquote>I slew my best lover for the good of

Rome.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>One who has a strong liking for anything,

as books, science, or music.</def> "A lover of knowledge."
T. Burnet.
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{ <hw>Lo"ver</hw> (l&oomac;"v&etilde;r), <hw>Lo"ver*y</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>See Louver.</def> [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
<hw>Lo"ver*wise`</hw> (l&ubreve;v"&etilde;r*w&imacr;z`),
<pos>adv.</pos> <def>As lovers do.</def>
<blockquote>As they sat down here loverwise.</blockquote>

W. D. Howells.
<hw>Love"-sick`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick
maid.</def>
<blockquote>To the dear mistress of my love-sick

mind.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Originating in, or expressive of,

languishing love.</def>
<blockquote>Where nightingales their love-sick ditty

sing.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Love"-sick`ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of

being love-sick.</def>
<hw>Love"some</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [AS. lufsum.]

<def>Lovely.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lov"ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Affectionate.</def>
<blockquote>The fairest and most loving wife in

Greece.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Expressing love or kindness; as,

loving words.</def>
<hw>Lov"ing-kind"ness</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Tender

regard; mercy; favor.</def> Ps. lxxxix. 33.
<hw>Lov"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With love;

affectionately.</def>
<hw>Lov"ing*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Affection; kind

regard.</def>
<blockquote>The only two bands of good will, loveliness and
lovingness.</blockquote> Sir. P. Sidney.
<hw>Lov"yer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lover.</def>

<hw>Low</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos>strong imp.</pos> of

Laugh.</def> Chaucer.
<hw>Low</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lowed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lowing.] [OE. lowen, AS. hl&?;wan; akin to D.
loeijen, OHG. hl&?;jan, hluojan.] <def>To make
the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.</def>
<blockquote>The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the

lea.</blockquote> Gray.
<hw>Low</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The calling sound

ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.</def>
<blockquote>Talking voices and the law of

herds.</blockquote> Wordsworth.
<hw>Low</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [AS. hl&amacr;w; akin to

Goth. hlaiw a grave, hlains a hill, and to E.
lean to incline.] <def>A hill; a mound; a grave.</def> [Obs.
except in place names.] Skeat.
<hw>Low</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Icel. log,

logi; akin to E. light, <pos>n.</pos>]
<def>Fire; a flame; a light.</def> [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
<hw>Low</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To burn; to

blaze.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
<hw>Low</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [<pos>Compar.</pos>

Lower (?); <pos>superl.</pos> Lowest.] [OE.
low, louh, lah, Icel. l&amacr;gr; akin to
Sw. låg, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E.
lie. See Lie to be prostrate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Occupying an inferior position or place;

not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else;
as, low ground; a low flight.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Not rising to the usual height; as, a man

of low stature; a low fence.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Near the horizon; as, the sun is

low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as,

low tide.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or

amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low
price of corn; low wages.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>Not loud; as, a low voice; a
low sound.</def>
<sn>7.</sn> (Mus.) <def>Depressed in the scale of

sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.</def>
<sn>8.</sn> (Phon.) <def>Made, as a vowel, with a

low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as,
&abreve; (&abreve;m), &add; (&add;ll). See Guide to
Pronunciation, §§ 5, 10, 11.</def>
<sn>9.</sn> <def>Near, or not very distant from, the

equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.</def>
<sn>10.</sn> <def>Numerically small; as, a low

number.</def>
<sn>11.</sn> <def>Wanting strength or animation; depressed;

dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.</def>
<sn>12.</sn> <def>Depressed in condition; humble in rank;

as, men of low condition; the lower classes.</def>
<blockquote>Why but to keep ye low and ignorant

?</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>13.</sn> <def>Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a

person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.</def>
<sn>14.</sn> <def>Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in

thought or diction; as, a low comparison.</def>
<blockquote>In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest

wits of the heathen world are low and dull.</blockquote>
Felton.
<sn>15.</sn> <def>Submissive; humble.</def> "Low

reverence." Milton.
<sn>16.</sn> <def>Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak;

as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.</def>
<sn>17.</sn> <def>Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory;

as, low heat; a low temperature; a low
fever.</def>
<sn>18.</sn> <def>Smaller than is reasonable or probable;

as, a low estimate.</def>
<sn>19.</sn> <def>Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing;

plain; simple; as, a low diet.</def>
&fist; Low is often used in the formation of compounds

which require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low-
 browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying,
low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-
voiced, and the like.
<col>Low Church</col>. <cd>See High Church, under
High.</cd> -- <col>Low Countries</col>, <cd>the
Netherlands.</cd> -- <col>Low German</col>, <col>Low
Latin</col>, <cd>etc. See under German, Latin,
etc.</cd> -- <col>Low life</col>, <cd>humble life.</cd> --
<col>Low milling</col>, <cd>a process of making flour from
grain by a single grinding and by siftings.</cd> -- <col>Low
relief</col>. <cd>See Bas-relief.</cd> -- <col>Low side
window</col> (Arch.), <cd>a peculiar form of window common
in mediæval churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this
sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows,
and in many different situations in the building.</cd> -- <col>Low
spirits</col>, <cd>despondency.</cd> -- <col>Low
steam</col>, <cd>steam having a low pressure.</cd> -- <col>Low
steel</col>, <cd>steel which contains only a small proportion of
carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.</cd> --
<col>Low Sunday</col>, <cd>the Sunday next after Easter; --
popularly so called.</cd> -- <col>Low tide</col>, <cd>the
farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low
water.</cd> -- <col>Low water</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>
<cd>The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river,
lake, etc.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> (Steam Boiler) <cd>The
condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler.</cd> --
<col>Low water</col> <col>alarm or indicator</col>
(Steam Boiler), <cd>a contrivance of various forms attached to
a boiler for giving warning when the water is low.</cd> --
<col>Low water mark</col>, <cd>that part of the shore to which
the waters recede when the tide is the lowest.</cd> Bouvier. -
- <col>Low wine</col>, <cd>a liquor containing about 20
percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the
first run of the still; -- often in the plural.</cd>
<hw>Low</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Card Playing) <def>The

lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or
drawn.</def>
<hw>Low</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a

low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the
ground.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Under the usual price; at a moderate

price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>In a low or mean condition; humbly;

meanly.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>In time approaching our own.</def>
<blockquote>In that part of the world which was first inhabited,

even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their
flocks and herds.</blockquote> Locke.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>With a low voice or sound; not loudly;

gently; as, to speak low.</def> Addison.
<blockquote>The . . . odorous wind 

Breathes low between the sunset and the moon.</blockquote>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>With a low musical pitch or

tone.</def>
<blockquote>Can sing both high and low.</blockquote>

Shak.
<sn>7.</sn> <def>In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as,

to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.</def>
Spenser.
<sn>8.</sn> (Astron.) <def>In a path near the

equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so
that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with
reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low,
that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the
meridian.</def>
<hw>Low</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To depress; to

lower.</def> [Obs.] Swift.
<hw>Low"bell`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Low a flame +

bell.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A bell used in fowling at
night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly
into a net.</def>
<blockquote>The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of

sleep.</blockquote> King.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A bell to be hung on the neck of a

sheep.</def>
<blockquote>A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . .

neck.</blockquote> Howell.
<hw>Low"bell`</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To frighten, as

with a lowbell.</def>
<hw>Low"born`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Born in a low

condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn.</def>
<hw>Low"bred`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bred, or like

one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of
such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a
lowbred remark.</def>
<hw>Low"-church`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not placing a

high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied
especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See
High Church, under High.</def>
<hw>Low"-churchìsm</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The

principles of the low-church party.</def>
<hw>Low"-church`man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>-men</plw> (&?;). <def>One who holds low-church
<hw>Low"-church`man*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state
of being a low-churchman.</def>
<hw>Low"er</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def><pos>Compar.</pos> of Low,
<pos>a.</pos></def>

<hw>Low"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lowered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lowering.] [From Low, <pos>a.</pos>]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To let descend by its own weight, as
something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a
well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as,
to lower a flag.</def>
<blockquote>Lowered softly with a threefold cord of

love 
Down to a silent grave.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To reduce the height of; as, to

lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or
turret.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To depress as to direction; as, to

lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object;
as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>To reduce the degree, intensity, strength,

etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to
lower one's vitality; to lower distilled
liquors.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> <def>To bring down; to humble; as, to

lower one's pride.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>To reduce in value, amount, etc.; as, to

lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.</def>
<hw>Low"er</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To fall; to sink; to

grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as
rapidly as it rose.</def>
<hw>Low"er</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lowered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lowering.] [OE. lowren, luren; cf. D.
loeren, LG. luren. G. lauern to lurk, to be on
the watch, and E. leer, lurk.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered
with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening
signs of approach, as a tempest.</def>
<blockquote>All the clouds that lowered upon our

house.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To frown; to look sullen.</def>

<blockquote>But sullen discontent sat lowering on her
face.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Low"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Cloudiness; gloominess.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A frowning; sullenness.</def>
<hw>Low"er-case`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Print.)

<def>Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the
small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See
the Note under 1st Case, <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</def>
<hw>Low"er*ing</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dark and

threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or
sky.</def>
<hw>Low"er*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lowering

manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.</def>
<hw>Low"er*most`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Irreg.

<pos>superl.</pos> of Low. Cf. Uppermost,
Foremost, etc.] <def>Lowest.</def>
<hw>Low"er*y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Cloudy; gloomy;

lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather.</def>
{ <hw>Lowgh</hw> (?), <hw>Lowh</hw> }, obs. <def><pos>strong

imp.</pos> of Laugh.</def> [Cf. 1st Low and 2d
Lough.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Low"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The calling sound

made by cows and other bovine animals.</def>
<hw>Low"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat low.</def>

[Colloq.] Richardson.
<hw>Lowk</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Louk.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Low"land</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Land which is low

with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; --
opposed to highland.</def>
<col>The Lowlands</col>, <cd>Belgium and Holland; the

Netherlands; also, the southern part of Scotland.</cd>
<hw>Low"land*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or

inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland,
as distinguished from Highlander.</def>
{ <hw>Low"li*hood</hw> (?), <hw>Low"li*head</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> <def>A lowly state.</def> [R.]
<hw>Low"li*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lowly place

or manner; humbly.</def> [Obs. or R.]
<blockquote>Thinking lowlily of himself and highly of those
better than himself.</blockquote> J. C. Shairp.
<hw>Low"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From Lowly.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being lowly;
humility; humbleness of mind.</def>
<blockquote>Walk . . . with all lowliness and

meekness.</blockquote> Eph. iv. 1, 2.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Low condition, especially as to manner of

life.</def>
<blockquote>The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me

to flatter vice.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Low"-lived`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Characteristic

of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean;
dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived
dishonesty.</def>
<hw>Low"ly</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Lowlier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Lowliest.] [Low,
<pos>a.</pos> + -ly.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not high;
not elevated in place; low.</def> "Lowly lands."
Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Low in rank or social

importance.</def>
<blockquote>One common right the great and lowly

claims.</blockquote> Pope.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Not lofty or sublime; humble.</def>
<blockquote>These rural poems, and their lowly

strain.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Having a low esteem of one's own worth;

humble; meek; free from pride.</def>
<blockquote>Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek

and lowly in heart.</blockquote> Matt. xi. 29.
<hw>Low"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In

a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.</def> "Be lowly wise."
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>In a low condition; meanly.</def>
<blockquote>I will show myself highly fed, and lowly

taught.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Low"-mindèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclined in

mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.</def>
<blockquote>Low-minded and immoral.</blockquote>
<blockquote>All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-

minded infirmities.</blockquote> Bancroft.
<hw>Low"-mindèd*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

of being low-minded; meanness; baseness.</def>
<hw>Lown</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Loon.] <def>A

low fellow.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Low"-necked`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Cut low in

the neck; decollete; -- said of a woman's dress.</def>
<hw>Low"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality

of being low.</def>
<hw>Low"-pres`sure</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having,

employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.</def>
<col>Low-pressure steam engine</col>, <cd>a steam engine in

which low steam is used; often applied to a condensing engine even
when steam at high pressure is used. See Steam
engine.</cd>
<hw>Low"ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>An open box car

used on railroads. Compare Lorry.</def>
<hw>Low"-spirìt*ed</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Deficient

in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not
sprightly.</def>
-- <wf>Low"-spirìt*ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Low"-stud`ded</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished or

built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or
room.</def>
<hw>Low"-thoughtèd</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having

one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant
subjects.</def>
<hw>Loxò*drom"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?;

slanting, oblique + &?; a running, course; cf. F.
loxodromique.] <def>Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as,
loxodromic tables.</def>
<col>Loxodromic curve</col> or <col>line</col>

(Geom.), <cd>a line on the surface of a sphere, which always
makes an equal angle with every meridian; the rhumb line. It is the
line on which a ship sails when her course is always in the direction
of one and the same point of the compass.</cd>
<hw>Loxò*drom"ics</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or

method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.</def>
<hw>Lox*od"ro*mism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a
loxodromic curve.</def>
<hw>Lox*od"ro*my</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

loxodromic.] <def>The science of loxodromics.</def> [R.]
<hw>Loy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A long, narrow spade

for stony lands.</def>
<hw>Loy"al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. loyal, OF.

loial, leial, L. legalis, fr. lex,
legis, law. See Legal, and cf. Leal.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Faithful to law; upholding the lawful

authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to
the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in
allegiance.</def>
<blockquote>Welcome, sir John ! But why come you in arms ? - 

To help King Edward in his time of storm, 
As every loyal subject ought to do.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>True to any person or persons to whom one

owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each
other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a
principle.</def>
<blockquote>Your true and loyal wife.</blockquote>

Shak.
<blockquote>Unhappy both, but loyaltheir

loves.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Loy"al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who

adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one
who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends
his cause in times of revolt or revolution.</def>
<hw>Loy"al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a loyal manner;

faithfully.</def>
<hw>Loy"al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Loyalty.</def>

[R.] Stow.
<hw>Loy"al*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

loyauté. See Loyal, and cf. Legality.]
<def>The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or
to duty, love, etc.</def>
<blockquote>He had such loyalty to the king as the law

required.</blockquote> Clarendon.
<blockquote>Not withstanding all the subtle bait 

With which those Amazons his love still craved, 
To his one love his loyalty he saved.</blockquote>
Spenser.
&fist; "Loyalty . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity
which one owes according to law, and does not necessarily include
that attachment to the royal person, which, happily, we in England
have been able further to throw into the word." Trench.
Syn. -- Allegiance; fealty. See Allegiance.
<hw>Loz"enge</hw> (l&obreve;z"&ebreve;nj), <pos>n.</pos>

[F. lozange, losange; perh. the same as OF.
losengef flattery, praise, the heraldic sense being the oldest
(cf. E. hatchment, blazon). Cf. Losenger,
Laudable.] <sn>1.</sn> (Her.)
<sd>(a)</sd> <def>A diamond-shaped figure usually with the
upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or
escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A form
of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used
by men.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A figure with four equal sides, having two

acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Anything in the form of lozenge.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A small cake of sugar and starch,

flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a
lozenge.</def>
<col>Lozenge coach</col>, <cd>the coach of a dowager,

having her coat of arms painted on a lozenge.</cd> [Obs.]
Walpole. -- <col>Lozenge-molding</col> (Arch.),
<cd>a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, characterized by
lozenge-shaped ornaments.</cd>
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{ <hw>Loz"enged</hw> (l&obreve;z"&ebreve;njd), <hw>Loz"enge-

shaped`</hw> (-sh&amacr;pt) }, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the
form of a lozenge or rhomb.</def>
<blockquote>The lozenged panes of a very small latticed

window.</blockquote> C. Bronté.
<hw>Loz"en*gy</hw> (-&ebreve;n*j&ybreve;), <pos>a.</pos>

[F. losangé. See Lozenge.] (Her.)
<def>Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a
bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend
sinister.</def>
<hw>Lu</hw> (l&umacr;), <pos>n. & v. t.</pos> <def>See

Loo.</def>
<hw>Lub"bard</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lubber.]

<def>A lubber.</def> [Obs.] Swift.
<hw>Lub"bard</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lubberly.</def>
<hw>Lub"ber</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. dial. Sw.

lubber. See Looby, Lob.] <def>A heavy, clumsy,
or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.</def>
<blockquote>Lingering lubbers lose many a

penny.</blockquote> Tusser.
<col>Land lubber</col>, <cd>a name given in contempt by

sailors to a person who lives on land.</cd> -- <col>Lubber
grasshopper</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a large, stout, clumsy
grasshopper; esp., Brachystola magna, from the Rocky Mountain
plains, and Romalea microptera, which is injurious to orange
trees in Florida.</cd> -- <col>Lubber's hole</col>
(Naut.), <cd>a hole in the floor of the "top," next the mast,
through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the
futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by
lubbers.</cd> Totten. -- <col>Lubber's line</col>,
<col>point</col>, or <col>mark</col>, <cd>a line or
point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and
consequently the course which the ship is steering.</cd>
<hw>Lub"ber*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lubber;

clumsy.</def>
<blockquote>A great lubberly boy.</blockquote>

Shak.
<hw>Lub"ber*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Clumsily;

awkwardly.</def> Dryden.
{ <hw>Lu"bric</hw> (?), <hw>Lu"bric*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lubricus: cf. F. lubrique.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a smooth surface; slippery.</def>
[R.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Lascivious; wanton; lewd.</def> [R.]
<blockquote>This lubric and adulterate age.</blockquote>

Dryden.
<hw>Lu"bri*cant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lubricans, p. pr. of lubricare, See Lubricate.]
<def>Lubricating.</def>
<hw>Lu"bri*cant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which

lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago,
etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of
machinery.</def>
<hw>Lu"bri*cate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

lubricatus, p. p. of lubricare to lubricate. See
Lubric.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make smooth or slippery;
as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts
to which they are applied.</def> S. Sharp.
<blockquote>Supples, lubricates, and keeps in play, 

The various movements of this nice machine.</blockquote>
Young.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To apply a lubricant to, as oil or

tallow.</def>
<hw>Lu`bri*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of

lubricating; the act of making slippery.</def>
<hw>Lu"bri*ca`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, lubricates.</def> "
Lubricator of the fibers." Burke.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A contrivance, as an oil cup, for

supplying a lubricant to machinery.</def>
<hw>Lu*bric"i*tate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See

Lubricate.</def>
<hw>Lu*bric"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lubricitas: cf. F. lubricité.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Smoothness; freedom from friction; also,

property which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of
oil.</def> Ray.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Slipperiness; instability; as, the

lubricity of fortune.</def> L'Estrange.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness;

lewdness; lechery; incontinency.</def> Sir T. Herbert.
<blockquote>As if wantonness and lubricity were essential

to that poem.</blockquote> Dryden.
<hw>Lu"bri*cous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lubricus.] <def>Lubric.</def>
{ <hw>Lu`bri*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <hw>Lu`bri*fac"tion</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [L. lubricus lubric + facere to
make.] <def>The act of lubricating, or making smooth.</def> Ray.
Bacon.
<hw>||Lu`carne"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L.

lucerna a lamp. See Luthern.] (Arch.) <def>A
dormer window.</def>
<hw>Luc*chese"</hw> (?), <pos>n. sing. & pl.</pos> [It.

Lucchese.] <def>A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany;
in the plural, the people of Lucca.</def>
<hw>Luce</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. lus, L.

lucius a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.) <def>A pike when
full grown.</def> Halliwell.
<hw>Lu"cen*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being lucent.</def>
<hw>Lu"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lucens, p.

pr. of lucere to shine, fr. lux, lucis, light.]
<def>Shining; bright; resplendent.</def> " The sun's lucent
orb." Milton.
<hw>Lu"cern</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Etymology uncertain.]
[Obs.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from

Lucerne, in Switzerland.</def>
<blockquote>My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt 

Beasts of most rapine.</blockquote> Chapman.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>An animal whose fur was formerly much in

request (by some supposed to be the lynx).</def> [Written also
lusern and luzern.]
<blockquote>The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned

lucern 
I know to chase.</blockquote> Beau. & Fl.
<hw>Lu"cern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [F. luzerne.]

(Bot.) <def>A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa),
having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; --
called also alfalfa.</def> [Written also lucerne.]
<hw>Lu"cern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. lucerna.] <def>A

lamp.</def> [Obs.] Lydgate.
<hw>Lu*cer"nal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lucerna a

lamp.] <def>Of or pertaining to a lamp.</def>
<col>Lucernal microscope</col>, <cd>a form of the

microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and
its image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the
instrument, or on a screen independent of it.</cd>
<hw>||Lu`cer*na"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. L.

lucerna a lamp.] (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of acalephs,
having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around
the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the
pedicel.</def>
<hw>Lu`cer*na"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida.</def> -
- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Lucernarida.</def>
<hw>||Lu`cer*nar"i*da</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL. See

Lucernaria.] (Zoöl.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A
division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera;
-- called also Calycozoa.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A
more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true Lucernarida
and the Discophora.</def>
<hw>Lu"cerne</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>See

Lucern, the plant.</def>
<hw>Lu"cid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lucidus, fr.

lux, lucis, light. See Light,
<pos>n.</pos>] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Shining; bright;
resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven.</def>
<blockquote>Lucid, like a glowworm.</blockquote> Sir I.
Newton.
<blockquote>A court compact of lucid marbles.</blockquote>

<sn>2.</sn> <def>Clear; transparent.</def> " Lucid

streams." Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Presenting a clear view; easily

understood; clear.</def>
<blockquote>A lucid and interesting abstract of the

debate.</blockquote> Macaulay.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Bright with the radiance of intellect; not

darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular
operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.</def>
Syn. -- Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane;

reasonable. See Luminous.
<hw>Lu*cid"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lucidité. See Lucid.] <def>The quality or state
of being lucid.</def>
<hw>Lu"cid*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lucid

manner.</def>
<hw>Lu"cid*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of

being lucid; lucidity.</def>
<hw>Lu"ci*fer</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., bringing light,

<pos>n.</pos>, the morning star, fr. lux, lucis,
light + ferre to bring.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The planet Venus, when appearing as the

morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of
Babylon.</def>
<blockquote>How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son

of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst
weaken the nations !</blockquote> Is. xiv. 12.
<blockquote>Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this

passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence
of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to
Satan.</blockquote> Kitto.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, Satan.</def>
<blockquote>How wretched 
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . . 
When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, 
Never to hope again.</blockquote> Shak.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A match made of a sliver of wood tipped

with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also
lucifer match, and locofoco. See
Locofoco.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of free-

swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long
appendages.</def>
<hw>Lu`ci*fe"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride
of Lucifer; satanic; devilish.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the Luciferians or

their leader.</def>
<hw>Lu`ci*fe"ri*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Eccl. Hist.)

<def>One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the
fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they
would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.</def>
<hw>Lu*cif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Lucifer.] <def>Giving light; affording light or means of
discovery.</def> Boyle.
<hw>Lu*cif"er*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

luciferous manner.</def>
<hw>Lu*cif"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lucificus;

lux, lucis, light + facere to make.]
<def>Producing light.</def> Grew.
<hw>Lu"ci*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lux,

lucis, light = -form.] <def>Having, in some respects,
the nature of light; resembling light.</def> Berkeley.
<hw>Lu*cif"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Luciferian;

satanic.</def> [Obs.] Marston.
<hw>Lu*cim"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lux,

lucis, light + -meter.] <def>an instrument for
measuring the intensity of light; a photometer.</def>
<hw>Luck</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Akin to D. luk,

geluk, G. glück, Icel. lukka, Sw.
lycka, Dan. lykke, and perh. to G. locken to
entice. Cf. 3d Gleck.] <def>That which happens to a person;
an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and
which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as
occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's
habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard
luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as,
luck is better than skill.</def>
<blockquote>If thou dost play with him at any game, 

Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck, 
He beats thee 'gainst the odds.</blockquote> Shak.
<col>Luck penny</col>, <cd>a small sum given back for luck

to one who pays money.</cd> [Prov. Eng.] -- <col>To be in
luck</col>, <cd>to receive some good, or to meet with some
success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result of circumstances
beyond one's control; to be fortunate.</cd>
<hw>Luck"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> [From

Lucky.] <def>In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately;
-- used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped
injury.</def>
<hw>Luck"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of
a man or of an event.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Good fortune; favorable issue or

event.</def> Locke.
<hw>Luck"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being without luck;

unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad
fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless
maid.</def>
<blockquote>Prayers made and granted in a luckless

hour.</blockquote> Dryden.
-- <wf>Luck"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lock"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Luck"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Luckier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Luckiest.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good
fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.</def> "
Lucky wight." Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Producing, or resulting in, good by

chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a
lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky
hour.</def>
<blockquote>We doubt not of a fair and lucky

war.</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.
<hw>Luck`y proach"</hw> (?). (Zoöl.) <def>See

Fatherlasher.</def>
<hw>Lu"cra*tive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lucrativus, fr. lucrari to gain, fr. lucrum
gain: cf. F. lucratif. See Lucre.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable;

making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or
office.</def>
<blockquote>The trade of merchandise being the most

lucrative, may bear usury at a good rate.</blockquote>
Bacon.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Greedy of gain.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Such diligence as the most part of our

lucrative lawyers do use, in deferring and prolonging of
matters and actions from term to term.</blockquote>
Latimer.
<hw>Lu"cra*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

lucrative manner.</def>
<hw>Lu"cre</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lucre, L.

lucrum.] <def>Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often
in an ill sense.</def>
<blockquote>The lust of lucre and the dread of

death.</blockquote> Pope.
<hw>Lu*crif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lucrum gain +-ferous.] <def>Gainful; profitable.</def>
[Obs.] Boyle.
<hw>Lu*crif"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lucrificus; lucrum gain + facere to make.]
<def>Producing profit; gainful.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Luc*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

luctatio, fr. luctari to wrestle, strive.] <def>Effort
to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.</def> [R.]
Farindon.
<hw>Luc"tu*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. luctus

mourning, sorrow, fr. lugere, fr. luctum, to mourn.]
<def>Producing grief; saddening.</def> [Obs.] Sir G.
Buck.
<hw>Lu"cu*brate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Lucubrated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lucubrated (?).] [L. lucubratus, p. p. of
lucubrare to work by lamplight, fr. lux light. See
Light, <pos>n.</pos>] <def>To study by candlelight or a
lamp; to study by night.</def>
<hw>Lu"cu*brate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To elaborate,

perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious
endeavor.</def>
<hw>Lu`cu*bra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [l.

lucubratio;cf. F. lucubration.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal
study; meditation.</def>
<blockquote>After long lucubration I have hit upon such an

expedient.</blockquote> Goldsmith.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is composed by night; that

which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any
literary composition.</def>
<blockquote>Thy lucubrations have been perused by several

of our friends.</blockquote> Tatler.
<hw>Lu"cu*bra`tor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations.</def>
<hw>Lu"cu*bra*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lucubratorius.] <def>Composed by candlelight, or by night; of
or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking.</def>
Pope.
<hw>Lu"cule</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Dim. fr. L.

lux, lucis, light.] (Astron.) <def>A spot or
fleck on the sun brighter than the surrounding surface.</def>
<hw>Lu"cu*lent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

luculentus, from lux, lucis, light.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Lucid; clear; transparent.</def>
Thomson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Clear; evident; luminous.</def> " Most

luculent testimonies." Hooker.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Bright; shining in beauty.</def>

[Obs.]
<blockquote>Most debonair and luculent lady.</blockquote>

<hw>Lu"cu*lent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a luculent

manner; clearly.</def>
<hw>Lu*cul"lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

Lucullus, a Roman consul, famous for his great wealth and
luxury: cf. F. lucullite.] (Min.) <def>A variety of
black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.</def>
<hw>||Lu*cu"ma</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<def>An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible
fruits.</def>
&fist; Lucuma mammosum is called natural marmalade

in the West Indies; L. Caimito, of Peru, furnishes a delicious
fruit called lucuma and caimito.
<hw>Lud"dite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of a number

of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to
prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning
factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man
who some years previously had broken stocking frames.</def> J. &
H. Smith. H. Martineau.
<hw>Lu*dib"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ludibrium mockery, derision, from ludere to play,
sport.] <def>Sportive; ridiculous; wanton.</def> [Obs.]
Tooker.
<hw>Lu"di*bund</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.
ludibundus.] <def>Sportive.</def> [Obs.] --
<wf>Lu"di*bund*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.] Dr. H.
More.
<hw>Lu"di*crous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport,
fr. ludere to play.] <def>Adapted to excite laughter, without
scorn or contempt; sportive.</def> Broome.
<blockquote>A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same

ludicrous predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of
Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence,
announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none.</blockquote>
De Quincey.
Syn. -- Laughable; sportive; burlesque; comic; droll;

ridiculous. -- Ludicrous, Laughable,
Ridiculous. We speak of a thing as ludicrous when it
tends to produce laughter; as laughable when the impression is
somewhat stronger; as ridiculous when more or less contempt is
mingled with the merriment created.
-- <wf>Lu"di*crous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lu"di*crous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lu`di*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

ludificatio, fr. ludificare to make sport of;
ludus sport + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -
fy.] <def>The act of deriding.</def>
<hw>Lu*dif"i*ca*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

ludificatorius.] <def>Making sport; tending to excite
derision.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lud"lam*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Named after Mr.

Ludlam, of London.] (Min.) <def>A mineral occurring in
small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous
phosphate of iron.</def>
<hw>Lud"low group`</hw> (?). (Geol.) <def>A subdivision of

the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; -- so
named from the Ludlow, in Western England. See the
Chart of Geology.</def>
<hw>Lud"wig*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Named after the

chemist Ludwig.] (Min.) <def>A borate of iron and
magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green
color.</def>
<hw>||Lu"es</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.] (Med.)

<def>Disease, especially of a contagious kind.</def>
<col>Lues venerea</col>, <cd>syphilis; -- called also

simply lues.</cd>
<hw>Luff</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lof, prob. a

sort of timber by which the course of a ship was directed, perh. a
sort of paddle; cf. D. loef luff, loeven to luff. The
word is perh. akin to E. glove. Cf. Aloof.]
(Naut.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The side of a ship toward the
wind.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The act of sailing a ship close
to the wind.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The roundest part of a
ship's bow.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The forward or weather
leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-
aft sails.</def>
<col>Luff tackle</col>, <cd>a purchase composed of a double

and single block and fall, used for various purposes.</cd>
Totten. -- <col>Luff upon luff</col>, <cd>a luff tackle
attached to the fall of another luff tackle.</cd> R. H. Dana,
Jr.
<! p. 874 !>
<hw>Luff</hw> (l&ubreve;f), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Luffed (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Luffing.] (Naut.) <def>To turn the head of
a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller
so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.</def>
<col>To luff round</col>, or <col>To luff

alee</col>, <cd>to make the extreme of this movement, for the
purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind.</cd>
<hw>Luf"fer</hw> (l&ubreve;f"f&etilde;r), <pos>n.</pos>

(Arch.) <def>See Louver.</def>
<hw>Lug</hw> (l&ubreve;g), <pos>n.</pos> [Sw. lugg

the forelock.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The ear, or its lobe.</def>
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>That which projects like an ear, esp. that

by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a
support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the
lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a
jug.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Mach.) <def>A projecting piece to which

anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a
wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> (Harness) <def>The leather loop or ear

by which a shaft is held up.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>The lugworm.</def>
<col>Lug bolt</col> (Mach.), <cd>a bolt terminating

in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap
bolt.</cd>
<hw>Lug</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lugged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lugging (?).] [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by
the hair, fr. lugg the forelock.] <def>To pull with force; to
haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or
cumbersome.</def> Dryden.
<blockquote>They must divide the image among them, and so

lug off every one his share.</blockquote> Collier.
<hw>Lug</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To move slowly and

heavily.</def>
<hw>Lug</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act

of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack
is a heavy lug.</def>[Colloq.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything which moves slowly.</def> [Obs.]

Ascham.
<hw>Lug</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>A rod or pole.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A measure of length, being 16½

feet; a rod, pole, or perch.</def> [Obs.] " Eight lugs of
ground." Spenser.
<col>Chimney lug</col>, or <col>Lug pole</col>,

<cd>a pole on which a kettle is hung over the fire, either in a
chimney or in the open air.</cd> [Local, U.S.] Whittier.
<hw>Lug"gage</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From 4th Lug.]

<def>That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried;
especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their
contents.</def>
<blockquote>I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for

my journey.</blockquote> Swift.
<blockquote>What do you mean, 

To dote thus on such luggage!</blockquote> Shak.
Syn. -- Plunder; baggage.
<col>Luggage van</col>, <cd>a vehicle for carrying luggage;

a railway car, or compartment of a car, for carrying luggage.</cd>
[Eng.]
<hw>Lug"ger</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.) <def>A

small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and
carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.</def>
Totten.
<hw>Lug"ger</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>An

Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner
and the American prairie falcon.</def>
<hw>Lug"mark`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Lug an

ear.] <def>A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an
earmark.</def>
<hw>Lug"sail`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Naut.) <def>A
square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is
raised or lowered with the sail.</def> Totten.
<hw>Lu*gu"bri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr.
<grk>lygro`s</grk> sad, Skr. ruj to break.] <def>Mournful;
indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful;
pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.</def>
<blockquote>Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other

lugubrious emblems of mortality.</blockquote>
-- <wf>Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lug"worm`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [1st lug +

worm.] (Zoöl.) <def>A large marine annelid
(Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each
side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in
America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen.
Called also lobworm, and baitworm.</def>
<hw>Luke</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Prob. fr. lew,

perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm, lukewarm, remiss.
Cf. Lew.] <def>Moderately warm; not hot; tepid.</def> --
<wf>Luke"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water

luke.</blockquote> Dickens.
<hw>Luke"warm`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Luke.]

<def>Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not
zealous; cool; indifferent.</def> " Lukewarm blood."
Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." Addison.
<blockquote>An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that

it merits not the name of passion.</blockquote> Dryden.
-- <wf>Luke"warm`ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Luke"warm`ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lull</hw> (l&ubreve;l), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Lulled (l&ubreve;ld); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lulling.] [Akin to OD. lullen to sing to
sleep, G. lullen, Dan. lulle, Sw. lulla; all of
imitative origin. Cf. Loll, Lollard.] <def>To cause to
rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to
quiet.</def> " To lull him soft asleep." Spenser.
<blockquote>Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, 

To lull the daughters of necessity.</blockquote>
Milton.
<hw>Lull</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become gradually

calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm
lulls.</def>
<hw>Lull</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The
power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.</def>
[R.] Young.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A temporary cessation of storm or

confusion.</def>
<hw>Lull"a*by</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Lull,

<pos>v. t.</pos> ] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A song to quiet
babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.</def>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: Good night; good-by.</def> [Obs.]

Shak.
<hw>Lull"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that

which, lulls.</def>
<hw>Lull"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lulling

manner; soothingly.</def>
<hw>Lum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [W. llumon chimney,

llum that shoots up or ends in a point.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>A chimney.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a

mine.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A woody valley; also, a deep pool.</def>

[Prov. Eng.]
{ <hw>Lu"ma*chel</hw> (?), <hw>||Lu`ma*chel"la</hw> (?), }

<pos>n.</pos> [F. lumachelle, It. lumachella,
fr. lamachella a little snail, dim. of lumaca a snail,
fr. L. limax, -acis.] (Min.) <def>A grayish
brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful
play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery
reflections.</def>
<hw>Lum*bag"i*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to lumbago.</def>
<hw>Lum*ba"go</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., fr.

lumbus loin. See Lumbar.] (Med.) <def>A
rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.</def>
{ <hw>Lum"bar</hw> (?), <hw>Lum"bal</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lumbus loin. See Loin.]
(Anat.) <def>Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the
lumbar arteries.</def>
<col>Lumbar region</col> (Anat.), <cd>the region of

the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and iliac
regions, and outside of the umbilical region.</cd>
<hw>Lum"ber</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prob. fr.

Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers
of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench,
originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard
pawnbroker stored his pledges. See Lombard.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing
articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>They put all the little plate they had in the

lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came.</blockquote>
Lady Murray.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Old or refuse household stuff; things

cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Timber sawed or split into the form of

beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which
is smaller than heavy timber.</def> [U.S.]
<col>Lumber kiln</col>, <cd>a room in which timber or

lumber is dried by artificial heat.</cd> [U.S.] -- <col>Lumber
room</col>, <cd>a room in which unused furniture or other lumber
is kept.</cd> [U.S.] -- <col>Lumber wagon</col>, <cd>a heavy
rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork,
etc.</cd>
<hw>Lum"ber</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lumbered (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lumbering.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To heap together in
disorder.</def> " Stuff lumbered together." Rymer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to

lumber up a room.</def>
<hw>Lum"ber</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>To move heavily, as if burdened.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> [Cf. dial. Sw. lomra to resound.]

<def>To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to
rumble.</def> Cowper.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To cut logs in the forest, or prepare

timber for market.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>Lum"ber*er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One employed in

lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a
lumberman.</def> [U.S.]
<blockquote>Lumberers have a notion that he (the

woodpecker) is harmful to timber.</blockquote> Lowell.
<hw>Lum"ber*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The business of

cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.</def>
[U.S.]
<hw>Lum"ber*man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lumbermen</plw> (&?;). <def>One who is engaged in
lumbering as a business or employment.</def> [U.S.]
<hw>Lum`bo*sa"cral</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lumbus loin + E. sacral.] (Anat.) <def>Of or
pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve,
a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the
sacrum.</def>
<hw>Lum"bric</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lumbricus.]

(Zoöl.) <def>An earthworm, or a worm resembling an
earthworm.</def>
<hw>Lum"bric*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lombrical. See Lumbric.] (Anat.) <def>Resembling
a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands
and feet.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lumbrical
muscle.</def>
<hw>Lum*bric"i*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lumbricus worm + -form.] (Zoöl.)
<def>Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.</def>
<hw>Lum"bri*coid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lumbricus

+ -oid.] (Zoöl.) <def>Like an earthworm; belonging
to the genus Lumbricus, or family Lumbricidæ.</def>
<hw>||Lum"bri*cus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. See

Lumbric.] (Zoöl.) <def>A genus of annelids,
belonging to the Oligochæta, and including the common
earthworms. See Earthworm.</def>
<hw>Lu"mi*nant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Luminous.</def>

[R.]
<hw>Lu"mi*na*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Luminaries</plw> (#), [F. luminaire, L.
luminare a light or lamp, which was lighted in the churches, a
luminary, fr. lumen, luminis, light, fr. lucere
to be light, to shine, lux, lucis, light. See
Light.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Any body that gives light, especially one

of the heavenly bodies.</def> " Radiant luminary."
Skelton.
<blockquote>Where the great luminary . . . 

Dispenses light from far.</blockquote> Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One who illustrates any subject, or

enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished
luminary.</def>
<hw>Lu"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [L.

luminatus, p. p. of luminare to illumine, fr.
lumen light. See Limn.] <def>To illuminate.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>Lu`mi*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Illumination.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lu"mine</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To

illumine.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<hw>Lu`mi*nif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lumen light + -ferous.] <def>Producing light; yielding
light; transmitting light; as, the luminiferous
ether.</def>
<hw>Lu`mi*nos"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality

or state of being luminous; luminousness.</def>
<hw>Lu"mi*nous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See
Luminary, Illuminate.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Shining; emitting or reflecting light;

brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a
luminous color.</def>
<blockquote>Fire burneth wood, making it . . .

luminous.</blockquote> Bacon.
<blockquote>The mountains lift . . . their lofty and

luminous heads.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Illuminated; full of light; bright; as,

many candles made the room luminous.</def>
<blockquote>Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the

darkness.</blockquote> Longfellow.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear;

intelligible; as, a luminous mind.</def> " Luminous
eloquence." Macaulay. " A luminous statement."
Brougham.
<col>Luminous paint</col>, <cd>a paint made up with some

phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after
exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a
time.</cd>
Syn. -- Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous.
-- <wf>Lu"mi*nous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lu"mi*nous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lum"mox</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fat, ungainly,

stupid person; an awkward bungler.</def> [Low.]
<hw>Lump</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. OD. lompe

piece, mass. Cf. Lunch.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small mass
of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a
lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.</def> " A
lump of cheese." Piers Plowman. " This lump of
clay." Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A mass or aggregation of things.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Firearms) <def>A projection beneath the

breech end of a gun barrel.</def>
<col>In the lump</col>, <col>In a lump</col>,

<cd>the whole together; in gross.</cd>
<blockquote>They may buy them in the lump.</blockquote>

Addison.
-- <col>Lump coal</col>, <cd>coal in large lumps; -- the

largest size brought from the mine.</cd> -- <col>Lump
sum</col>, <cd>a gross sum without a specification of items; as,
to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and
damages.</cd> 
<hw>Lump</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lumped (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lumping.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To throw into a mass; to
unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.</def>
<blockquote>The expenses ought to be lumped

together.</blockquote> Ayliffe.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To take in the gross; to speak of

collectively.</def>
<blockquote>Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but

out of no resentment to you, I lump all together.</blockquote>
Sterne.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To get along with as one can, although

displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it.</def>
[Low]
<hw>Lump"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. Lamper

eel.] (Zoöl.) <def>The European eelpout; -- called
also lumpen.</def>
<hw>Lump"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One

who lumps.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A laborer who is employed to load or

unload vessels when in harbor.</def>
<hw>Lump"fish`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From Lump,

on account of its bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F.
lompe.] (Zoöl.) <def>A large, thick, clumsy,
marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The
color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a
dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has
no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for
adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker,
cock-paddle, sea owl.</def>
<hw>Lump"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bulky; heavy.</def>

<hw>Lump"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lump; inert;

gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.</def> " Lumpish, heavy,
melancholy." Shak.
-- <wf>Lump"ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lump"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lump"suckèr</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The lumpfish.</def>
<hw>Lump"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Lumpier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Lumpiest.] <def>Full of lumps, or
small compact masses.</def>
<hw>||Lu"na</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.; akin to

lucere to shine. See Light, <pos>n.</pos>, and
cf. Lune.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The moon.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Alchemy) <def>Silver.</def>
<col>Luna cornea</col> (Old Chem.), <cd>horn silver,

or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so
called from its resemblance to horn.</cd> -- <col>Luna
moth</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a very large and beautiful
American moth (Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light
green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior
wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has
a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black.
The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and
maple.</cd>
<hw>Lu"na*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lunacies</plw> (#). [See Lunatic.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of
insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed
to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness
of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation.</def>
Brande. Burrill.
<blockquote>Your kindred shuns your house 

As beaten hence by your strange lunacy.</blockquote>
Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A morbid suspension of good sense or

judgment, as through fanaticism.</def> Dr. H. More.
Syn. -- Derangement; craziness; mania. See

Insanity.
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<hw>Lu"nar</hw> (l&umacr;"n&etilde;r), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lunaris, fr. luna the moon. See Luna, and cf.
Lunary.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the moon;
as, lunar observations.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Resembling the moon; orbed.</def>

Dryden.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Measured by the revolutions of the moon;
as, a lunar month.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Influenced by the moon, as in growth,

character, or properties; as, lunar herbs.</def>
Bacon.
<col>Lunar caustic</col> (Med. Chem.), <cd>silver

nitrate prepared to be used as a cautery; -- so named because silver
was called luna by the ancient alchemists.</cd> --
<col>Lunar cycle</col>. <cd>Same as Metonic cycle. See
under Cycle.</cd> -- <col>Lunar distance</col>, <cd>the
angular distance of the moon from the sun, a star, or a planet,
employed for determining longitude by the lunar method.</cd> -
- <col>Lunar method</col>, <cd>the method of finding a ship's
longitude by comparing the local time of taking (by means of a
sextant or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a nautical
almanac, the difference of these times being the longitude.</cd> --
<col>Lunar month</col>. <cd>See Month.</cd> --
<col>Lunar observation</col>, <cd>an observation of a lunar
distance by means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.</cd> -- <col>Lunar tables</col>.
<sd>(a)</sd> (Astron.) <cd>Tables of the moon's
motions, arranged for computing the moon's true place at any time
past or future.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> (Navigation)
<cd>Tables for correcting an observed lunar distance on account of
refraction and parallax.</cd> -- <col>Lunar year</col>,
<cd>the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48
minutes, and 34.38 seconds.</cd>
<hw>Lu"nar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Astron.) <def>A lunar distance.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The middle bone of the

proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and
intermedium.</def>
<hw>Lu*na"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lunar,

Luna.] <def>An inhabitant of the moon.</def>
<hw>Lu"na*ry</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lunaire. See Lunar.] <def>Lunar.</def> [Obs.]
Fuller.
<hw>Lu"na*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F. lunaire.]

(Bot.) <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The herb moonwort or
"honesty".</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A low fleshy fern
(Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate segments of the leaf or
frond.</def>
{ <hw>Lu"nate</hw> (?), <hw>Lu"na*ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lunatus crescent-shaped, p. p. of
lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. luna the moon.]
<def>Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak;
a lunated cross.</def> Gray.
<hw>Lu"na*tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F. lunatique,
L. lunaticus, fr. luna the moon. See Lunar.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.</def>
<blockquote>Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is

lunatic.</blockquote> Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15).
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an

insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a
lunatic asylum.</def>
<hw>Lu"na*tic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person affected by

lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman;
a person of unsound mind.</def>
<blockquote>The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, 

Are of imagination all compact.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Lu*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf.

Lunated.] <def>The period of a synodic revolution of the moon,
or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at
different times, from about 29¼ to 29&frac56; days, the
average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.</def>
<hw>Lunch</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Of uncertain etymol.

Cf. Prov. Eng. nunc a lump.] <def>A luncheon; specifically, a
light repast between breakfast and dinner.</def>
<hw>Lunch</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lunched (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lunching.] <def>To take luncheon.</def> Smart.
<hw>Lunch"eon</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Prov. E.

luncheon, lunchion, lunshin, a large lump of
food, fr. lunch. See Lunch.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A lump of food.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A portion of food taken at any time except

at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast
and dinner.</def>
<hw>Lunch"eon</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To take

luncheon.</def> Beaconsfield.
<hw>Lune</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. luna moon: cf.

F. lune. See Luna.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything in
the shape of a half moon.</def> [R.]
<sn>2.</sn> (Geom.) <def>A figure in the form of a

crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of

frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>These dangerous, unsafe lunes i' the

king.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Lu"net</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lunette.]
<def>A little moon or satellite.</def> [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
<hw>Lu*nette"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., dim. of

lune moon, L. luna. See Lune a crescent.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Fort.) <def>A fieldwork consisting of two
faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See
Bastion.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Far.) <def>A half horseshoe, which

wants the sponge.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A kind of watch crystal which is more than

ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave
lens for spectacles.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>A piece of felt to cover the eye of a

vicious horse.</def>
<sn>5.</sn> (Arch.) <def>Any surface of semicircular

or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves
of a vault and its springing line.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a

gun carriage.</def>
<col>Lunette window</col> (Arch.), <cd>a window

which fills or partly fills a lunette.</cd>
<hw>Lung</hw> (l&ubreve;ng), <pos>n.</pos> [OE.

lunge, AS. lunge, pl. lungen; akin to D.
long, G. lunge, Icel. & Sw. lunga, Dan.
lunge, all prob. from the root of E. light.
√125. See Light not heavy.] (Anat.) <def>An
organ for aërial respiration; -- commonly in the
plural.</def>
<blockquote>My lungs began to crow 

like chanticleer.</blockquote> Shak.
&fist; In all air-breathing vertebrates the lungs are developed

from the ventral wall of the esophagus as a pouch which divides into
two sacs. In amphibians and many reptiles the lungs retain very
nearly this primitive saclike character, but in the higher forms the
connection with the esophagus becomes elongated into the windpipe and
the inner walls of the sacs become more and more divided, until, in
the mammals, the air spaces become minutely divided into tubes ending
in small air cells, in the walls of which the blood circulates in a
fine network of capillaries. In mammals the lungs are more or less
divided into lobes, and each lung occupies a separate cavity in the
thorax. See Respiration.
<col>Lung fever</col> (Med.), <cd>pneumonia.</cd> --

<col>Lung flower</col> (Bot.), <cd>a species of gentian
(G. Pneumonanthe).</cd> -- <col>Lung lichen</col>
(Bot.), <cd>tree lungwort. See under Lungwort.</cd> --
<col>Lung sac</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>one of the
breathing organs of spiders and snails.</cd>
<hw>Lunge</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Also spelt longe,
fr. allonge. See Allonge, Long.] <def>A sudden
thrust or pass, as with a sword.</def>
<hw>Lunge</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lunged (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lunging (?).] <def>To make a lunge.</def>
<hw>Lunge</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to go round

in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter.</def>
<hw>Lunge</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>Same

as Namaycush.</def>
<hw>Lunged</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having lungs, or

breathing organs similar to lungs.</def>
<hw>Lung"fish`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have
both lungs and gills.</def>
<hw>Lung"-grown`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Med.)

<def>Having lungs that adhere to the pleura.</def>
<hw>Lun"gie</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>A guillemot.</def> [Written also longie.] [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
<hw>Lun"gis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. longis. See

Lounge.] <def>A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>Lung"less</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being without

lungs.</def>
<hw>||Lun"goor</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Hind.

lang&umacr;r.] (Zoöl.) <def>A long-tailed monkey
(Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of
India.</def>
<hw>Lung"worm`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which
infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other
animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus
micrurus) and that of sheep (S. filaria) are the best
known.</def>
<hw>Lung"wort`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>An herb of the genus Pulmonaria
(P. officinalis), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted
appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.</def>
<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any plant of the genus Mertensia
(esp. M. Virginica and M. Sibirica) plants nearly
related to Pulmonaria. The American lungwort is Mertensia
Virginica, Virginia cowslip.</def> Gray.
<col>Cow's lungwort</col> <cd>mullein.</cd> -- <col>Sea
lungwort</col>, <cd>Mertensia maritima, found on the
seacoast of Northern Europe and America.</cd> -- <col>Tree
lungwort</col>, <cd>a lichen (Sticta pulmonacea) growing
on trees and rocks. The thallus is lacunose, and in appearance
somewhat resembles the lungs, for diseases of which it was once
thought a remedy.</cd>
<hw>Lu"ni*cur"rent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. luna

moon + E. current.] <def>Having relation to changes in
currents that depend on the moon's phases.</def> Bache.
<hw>Lu"ni*form</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. luna moon

+ -form: cf. F. luniforme.] <def>Resembling the moon in
shape.</def>
<hw>Lu"ni*so"lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. luna

moon + E. solar: cf. F. lunisolaire.] <def>Resulting
from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the
sun and moon.</def>
<col>Lunisolar precession</col> (Astron.), <cd>that

portion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends on
the joint action of the sun and moon.</cd> -- <col>Lunisolar
year</col>, <cd>a period of time, at the end of which, in the
Julian calendar, the new and full moons and the eclipses recur on the
same days of the week and month and year as in the previous period.
It consists of 532 common years, being the least common multiple of
the numbers of years in the cycle of the sun and the cycle of the
moon.</cd>
<hw>Lu"ni*stice</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. luna

moon + sistere to cause to stand. Cf. Solstice.]
(Astron.) <def>The farthest point of the moon's northing and
southing, in its monthly revolution.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lu"ni*tidàl</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to

tidal movements dependent on the moon.</def> Bache.
<col>Lunitidal interval</col>. <cd>See Retard,

<pos>n.</pos></cd>
<hw>Lunt</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [D. lont; akin to

Dan. & G. lunte, Sw. lunta. Cf. Link a torch.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>The match cord formerly used in firing
cannon.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A puff of smoke.</def> [Scotch.]

Burns.
<hw>||Lu"nu*la</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Lunulæ</plw> (#). [L., prop., a little moon. See
Lunule.] (Anat. & Zoöl.) <def>Same as
Lunule.</def>
<hw>Lu"nu*lar</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lunulaire. See Lunula.] (Bot.) <def>Having a
form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.</def>
{ <hw>Lu"nu*late</hw> (?), <hw>Lu"nu*la`ted</hw> (?), }
<pos>a.</pos> [See Lunula.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)
<def>Resembling a small crescent.</def> Gray.
<hw>Lu"nule</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F., fr. L.

lunula, dim. of luna moon.] <sn>1.</sn>
(Anat.) <def>Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part
or mark; a lunula; a lune.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Chem.) <def>A lune. See

Lune.</def>

small or narrow crescent.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A special
area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has
the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See
Illust. of Bivalve.</def>
<hw>Lu"nu*let</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Dim. of

lunule.] (Zoöl.) <def>A small spot, shaped like a
half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many
insects.</def>
<hw>Lu"nu*lite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lunule +

-life: cf. F. lunulithe. See Lunula.]
(Paleon.) <def>Any bryozoan of the genus Lunulites,
having a more or less circular form.</def>
<hw>Lu"ny</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Shortened fr.

lunatic.] <def>Crazy; mentally unsound.</def> [Written also
loony.] [Low, U.S.]
<hw>Lu*per"cal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or

pertaining to the Lupercalia.</def>
<hw>Lu*per"cal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A grotto on the

Palatine Hill sacred to Lupercus, the Lycean Pan.</def>
<hw>||Lu`per*ca"li*a</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [L.

luperealis, fr. Lupercus the Lycean Pan, so called fr.
lupus a wolf, because he kept off the wolves.] (Rom.
Antiq.) <def>A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or
Pan.</def>
<hw>Lu"pine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lupinus,

lupinum, apparently fr. lupinus belonging to a wolf,
fr. lupus a wolf; perh. so called because it was supposed to
exhaust the soil: cf. F. lupin. Cf. Wolf.]
(Bot.) <def>A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus,
especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for
food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United
States is L. perennis. There are many species in
California.</def>
<hw>Lu"pine</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Lupine,

<pos>n.</pos>] <def>Wolfish; ravenous.</def>
Gauden.
<hw>Lu"pin*in</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A
glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and
extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance.</def>
<hw>Lu"pin*ine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus
luteus, L. albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter
crystalline substance.</def>

<hw>Lu"pu*lin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lupulin. See Lupuline.] <sn>1.</sn>
(Chem.) <def>A bitter principle extracted from hops.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The fine yellow resinous powder found upon

the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter
principle.</def> [Written also lupuline.]
<hw>Lu"pu*line</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. lupulus

the hop, fr. L. lupus the hop: cf. F. lupuline.]
(Chem.) <def>An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless
volatile liquid.</def>
<hw>Lu`pu*lin"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically, designating
an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin.</def>
<hw>||Lu"pus</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., a wolf. See

Wolf.] <sn>1.</sn> (Med.) <def>A cutaneous
disease occurring under two distinct forms.</def>
&fist; Lupus erythematosus is characterized by an eruption

of red patches, which become incrusted, leaving superficial scars.
L. vulgaris is marked by the development of nodules which
often ulcerate deeply and produce great deformity. Formerly the
latter was often confounded with cancer, and some varieties of cancer
were included under Lupus.

<sn>2.</sn> (Astron.) <def>The Wolf, a constellation

situated south of Scorpio.</def>
<hw>Lur*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See its

Lurch.] <def>Gluttony; gormandizing.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lurch</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [L. lurcare,

lurcari.] <def>To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence,
to swallow up.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Too far off from great cities, which may hinder

business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and
maketh everything dear.</blockquote> Bacon.
<hw>Lurch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OF. lourche name of a

game; as adj., deceived, embarrassed.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>An old
game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of
tables.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A double score in cribbage for the winner
when his adversary has been left in the lurch.</def>
<blockquote>Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a

lurch.</blockquote> Walpole.
<col>To leave one in the lurch</col>. <sd>(a)</sd>

<cd>In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so far behind
that the game is won before he has scored thirty-one</cd>.
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or
fail to stand by, a person in a difficulty.</cd> Denham.
<blockquote>But though thou'rt of a different church, 

I will not leave thee in the lurch.</blockquote>
Hudibras.

<hw>Lurch</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To

leave in the lurch; to cheat.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>Never deceive or lurch the sincere

communicant.</blockquote> South.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To steal; to rob.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>And in the brunt of seventeen battles since 

He lurched all swords of the garland.</blockquote>
Shak.
<hw>Lurch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. W. llerch,

llerc, a frisk, a frisking backward or forward, a loitering, a
lurking, a lurking, llercian, llerciaw, to be idle, to
frisk; or perh. fr. E. lurch to lurk.] <def>A sudden roll of a
ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering
movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and
capricious inclination of the mind.</def>
<! p. 876 !>
<hw>Lurch</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lurched (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lurching.] <def>To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a
ship or a drunken man.</def>
<hw>Lurch</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> [A variant of

lurk.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To withdraw to one side, or to
a private place; to lurk.</def> L'Estrange.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To dodge; to shift; to play

tricks.</def>
<blockquote>I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to

lurch.</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Lurch"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Lurch to

lurk.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>One that lurches or lies in wait; one
who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>One of a mongrel breed
of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound,
and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by
poachers.</def>
<hw>Lurch"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. lurco,

lurcho, a glutton. See 1st Lurch.] <def>A glutton; a
gormandizer.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lurch"line`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The line by

which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the
birds.</def>
<hw>Lur"dan</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Stupid;

blockish.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lur"dan</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OF. lourdin, fr.

lourd heavy, dull, thick-headed. See Lord.] <def>A
blockhead.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lure</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OF. loire,

loirre, loerre, F. leurre lure, decoy; of German
origin; cf. MHG. luoder, G. luder lure, carrion.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and
often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling
hawks.</def> Shak.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Any enticement; that which invites by the

prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.</def> Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> (Hat Making) <def>A velvet smoothing

brush.</def> Knight.
<hw>Lure</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lured (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Luring.] [OF. loirer, loirier, F.
leurrer. See Lure, <pos>n.</pos>] <def>To draw
to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that
promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.</def>
<blockquote>I am not lured with love.</blockquote> Piers

Plowman.
<blockquote>And various science lures the learned

eye.</blockquote> Gay.
<hw>Lure</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To recall a hawk or

other animal.</def>
<hw>Lurg</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.) <def>A

large marine annelid (Nephthys cæca), inhabiting the
sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly
luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches.</def>
<hw>Lu"rid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. luridus.]

<sn>1.</sn> <def>Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy;
dismal.</def>
<blockquote>Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid
flame.</blockquote> Thomson.
<blockquote>Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke 

On the misty river tide.</blockquote> Tennyson.
<sn>2.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Having a brown color tinged

with red, as of flame seen through smoke.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Of a color tinged with

purple, yellow, and gray.</def>
<hw>Lurk</hw> (lûrk), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp.

& p. p.</pos> Lurked (lûrkt); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Lurking.] [OE. lurken, lorken,
prob. a dim. from the source of E. lower to frown. See
Lower, and cf. Lurch, a sudden roll, Lurch to
lurk.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>To lie hid; to lie in wait.</def>
<blockquote>Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome

den.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>Let us . . . lurk privily for the

innocent.</blockquote> Prov. i. 11.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To keep out of sight.</def>
<blockquote>The defendant lurks and wanders about in

Berks.</blockquote> Blackstone.
<hw>Lurk"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>One who lurks.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A small fishing boat.</def> [Prov.

Eng.]
<hw>Lur"ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [W. llwry

precipitant, a provision.] <def>A confused heap; a throng, as of
persons; a jumble, as of sounds.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>To turn prayer into a kind of

lurry.</blockquote> Milton.
<hw>Lus"cious</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Prob. for

lustious, fr. lusty, or perh. a corruption of
luxurious. Cf. Lush, Lusty.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the

taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.</def>
<blockquote>And raisins keep their luscious, native

taste.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Cloying; fulsome.</def>
<blockquote>He had a tedious, luscious way of

talking.</blockquote> Jeffrey.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Gratifying a depraved sense;
obscene.</def> [R.] Steele.
-- <wf>Lus"cious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lus"cious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lu"sern</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. loup-

cervier, L. lupus cervarius.] (Zoöl.) <def>A
lynx. See 1st Lucern and Loup-cervier.</def>
<hw>Lush</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Prob. an abbrev. of

lushious, fr. luscious.] <def>Full of juice or
succulence.</def> Tennyson.
<blockquote>How lush and lusty the grass looks! how

green!</blockquote> Shak.
<hw>Lush"burg</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Lussheburgh.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lu`si*ta"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with
Portugal.</def> -- <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the people of
Lusitania.</def>
<hw>Lusk</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lazy; slothful.</def>

[Obs.]
<hw>Lusk</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lazy fellow; a

lubber.</def> [Obs.] T. Kendall.
<hw>Lusk</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be idle or

unemployed.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lusk"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclined to be

lazy.</def> Marston. -- <wf>Lusk"ish*ly</wf>,
<pos>adv.</pos> -<wf>Lusk"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
{ <hw>Lu*so"ri*ous</hw> (?), <hw>Lu"so*ry</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lusorius. See Illusory.]
<def>Used in play; sportive; playful.</def> [Obs.] Bp.
Sanderson.
<hw>Lus"she*burgh</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A spurious

coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or
Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>God wot, no Lussheburghes payen

ye.</blockquote> Chaucer.
<hw>Lust</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [AS. lust,

lust, pleasure, longing; akin to OS., D., G., & Sw.
lust, Dan. & Icel. lyst, Goth lustus, and perh.
tom Skr. lush to desire, or to E. loose. Cf.
List to please, Listless.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>Pleasure.</def> [Obs.] " Lust and jollity." Chaucer.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Inclination; desire.</def> [Obs.]
<blockquote>For little lust had she to talk of

aught.</blockquote> Spenser.
<blockquote>My lust to devotion is little.</blockquote>

<sn>3.</sn> <def>Longing desire; eagerness to possess or

enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.</def>
<blockquote>The lust of reigning.</blockquote>

Milton.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Licentious craving; sexual appetite.</def>

Milton.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>Hence: Virility; vigor; active

power.</def> [Obs.] Bacon.
<hw>Lust</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lusted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lusting.] [AS. lystan. See Lust,
<pos>n.</pos>, and cf. List to choose.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>To list; to like.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer. " Do so if thou
lust. " Latimer.
&fist; In earlier usage lust was impersonal.
<blockquote>In the water vessel he it cast 

When that him luste.</blockquote> Chaucer.

<sn>2.</sn> <def>To have an eager, passionate, and

especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification
of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with
after.</def>
<blockquote>Whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.</blockquote>

Deut. xii. 15.
<blockquote>Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her,

hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.</blockquote>
Matt. v. 28.
<blockquote>The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to

envy.</blockquote> James iv. 5. 
<hw>Lust"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who

lusts.</def>
<hw>Lus"ter</hw> <hw>Lus"tre</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lustrum: cf. F. lustre.] <def>A period of five years; a
lustrum.</def>
<blockquote>Both of us have closed the tenth

luster.</blockquote> Bolingbroke.
{ <hw>Lus"ter</hw>, <hw>Lus"tre</hw>, } <pos>n.</pos> [F.
lustre; cf. It. lustro; both fr. L. lustrare to
purify, go about (like the priests at the lustral sacrifice),
traverse, survey, illuminate, fr. lustrum a purificatory
sacrifice; perh. akin to E. loose. But lustrare to
illuminate is perh. a different word, and akin to L. lucere to
be light or clear, to shine. See Lucid, and cf.
Illustrious, Lustrum.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Brilliancy; splendor; brightness;

glitter.</def>
<blockquote>The right mark and very true luster of the

diamond.</blockquote> Sir T. More.
<blockquote>The scorching sun was mounted high, 

In all its luster, to the noonday sky.</blockquote>
Addison.
&fist; There is a tendency to limit the use of luster, in

this sense, to the brightness of things which do not shine with their
own light, or at least do not blaze or glow with heat. One speaks of
the luster of a diamond, or of silk, or even of the stars, but
not often now of the luster of the sun, a coal of fire, or the
like.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Renown; splendor; distinction;

glory.</def>
<blockquote>His ancestors continued about four hundred years,

rather without obscurity than with any great
luster.</blockquote> Sir H. Wotton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or

the like, generally of an ornamental character.</def>
Pope.
<sn>4.</sn> (Min.) <def>The appearance of the

surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities
of its reflecting qualities.</def>
&fist; The principal kinds of luster recognized are:

metallic, adamantine, vitreous, resinous,
greasy, pearly, and silky. With respect to
intensity, luster is characterized as splendent,
shining, glistening, glimmering, and
dull.
<sn>5.</sn> <def>A substance which imparts luster to a

surface, as plumbago and some of the glazes.</def>
<sn>6.</sn> <def>A fabric of wool and cotton with a

lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.</def>
<col>Luster ware</col>, <cd>earthenware decorated by

applying to the glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in
the process of baking.</cd>
{ <hw>Lus"ter</hw>, <hw>Lus"tre</hw>, } <pos>v. t.</pos>
[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> Lustred (?); <pos>p. pr. &
vb. n.</pos> Lustering, or Lustring.] <def>To make
lustrous.</def> [R. & Poetic]
<blockquote>Flooded and lustered with her loosened

gold.</blockquote> Lowell.
<hw>Lus"ter*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The act or process of imparting a luster, as to
pottery.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The brightening of a metal in the crucible

when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.</def>
{ <hw>Lus"ter*less</hw>, <hw>Lus"tre*less</hw>, }

<pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of luster; dim; dull.</def>
<hw>Lust"ful</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>Full of lust; excited by lust.</def> Spenser.
Tillotson.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Exciting lust; characterized by lust or

sensuality.</def> " Lustful orgies." Milton.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Strong; lusty.</def> [Obs.] "

Lustful health." Sackville.
Syn. -- sensual; fleshly; carnal; inordinate; licentious;

lewd; unchaste; impure; libidinous; lecherous.
-- <wf>Lust"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lust"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lus"tic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lusty;

vigorous.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lus"ti*head</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lusty +

-head.] <def>See Lustihood.</def> [Obs.]
Chaucer.
<hw>Lus"ti*hood</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lusty +

-hood.] <def>State of being lusty; vigor of body.</def> " Full
of lustihood." Tennyson.
<hw>Lus"ti*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lusty or

vigorous manner.</def>
<hw>Lus"ti*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State of being

lusty; vigor; strength.</def>
<hw>Lust"less</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [CF.

Listless.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Lacking vigor; weak;
spiritless.</def> [Obs.] Spenser.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Free from sexual lust.</def>

<hw>Lus"tral</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lustralis,
fr. lustrum: cf. F. lustral. See Lustrum.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to, or used for,
purification; as, lustral days; lustral
water.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a lustrum.</def>
<hw>Lus"trate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lustrated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lustrating (?).] [L. lustratus, p. p. of
lustrare to lustrate, fr. lustrum. See Lustrum.]
<def>To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to
purify.</def>
<blockquote>We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the

whole city.</blockquote> Hammond.
<hw>Lus*tra"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lustratio: cf. F. lustration.] <sn>1.</sn>
<def>The act of lustrating or purifying.</def>
<blockquote>And holy water for lustration

bring.</blockquote> Dryden.
<sn>2.</sn> (Antiq.) <def>A sacrifice, or ceremony,

by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes,
pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.</def>
<hw>Lus"tre</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Luster.</def>
<hw>Lus"tri*cal</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lustricus, fr. lustrum. See Lustrum.]
<def>Pertaining to, or used for, purification.</def>
<hw>Lus"tring</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lustrine,

It. lustrino, fr. lustrare to polish, L.
lustrare. See 3d Luster, and cf. Lutestring.]
<def>A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.</def>
<hw>Lus"trous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Cf. F.

lustreux. See 3d Luster.] <def>Bright; shining;
luminous.</def> " Good sparks and lustrous." Shak. --
<wf>Lus"trous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>
<hw>Lus"trum</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. E.

<plw>Lustrums</plw> (#), L. <plw>Lustra</plw> (#). [L.
Cf. 2d & 3d Luster.] <def>A lustration or purification,
especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made
by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five
years.</def>
<hw>Lust"wort`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>See

Sundew.</def>
<hw>Lust"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

[<pos>Compar.</pos> Lustier (?);
<pos>superl.</pos> Lustiest.] [From Lust. See
Lust, and cf. Luscious.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>Exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong;

vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body.</def>
<blockquote>Neither would their old men, so many as were yet

vigorous and lusty, be left at home.</blockquote>
Milton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Beautiful; handsome; pleasant.</def>

<sn>3.</sn> <def>Of large size; big. [Obs.] " Three

lusty vessels." Evelyn. Hence, sometimes,
pregnant.</def> [Obs. or Prov.]
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Lustful; lascivious.</def> [Obs.]

Milton.
<hw>||Lu"sus na*tu"ræ</hw> (?). [L., fr. lusus sport

+ naturae, gen. of natura nature.] <def>Sport or freak
of nature; a deformed or unnatural production.</def>
<hw>Lut"a*nist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [LL.

lutanista, fr. lutana lute. See Lute the
instrument.] <def>A person that plays on the lute.</def>
Johnson.
<hw>Lu*ta"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lutarius fr. lutum mud.] <def>Of, pertaining to, or
like, mud; living in mud.</def> [Obs.] Grew.
<hw>Lu*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lutare,

lutatum, to bedaub with mud, fr. lutum mud: cf. F.
lutation.] <def>The act or method of luting vessels.</def>
<hw>Lute</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lutum mud,

clay: cf. OF. lut.] <sn>1.</sn> (Chem.) <def>A
cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing
joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for
coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called
also luting.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit

jars, etc.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Brick Making) <def>A straight-edged

piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.</def>
<hw>Lute</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Luted; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Luting.] <def>To close or seal with lute; as, to lute
on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.</def>
<hw>Lute</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [OF. leut, F.

luth; skin to Pr. laút, It. liúto,
leúto, Sp. laúd, Pg. alaude; all
fr. Ar. al'&?;d; al the + '&?;d wood, timber,
trunk or branch of a tree, staff, stick, wood of aloes, lute or
harp.] (Mus.) <def>A stringed instrument formerly much in use.
It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body,
having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a
melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the
head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The
strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops
are pressed.</def>
<hw>Lute</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To sound, as a

lute.</def> Piers Plowman. Keats.
<hw>Lute</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To play on a lute, or

as on a lute.</def>
<blockquote>Knaves are men 

That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.</blockquote>
<hw>Lute"-backed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a

curved spine.</def>
<hw>Lu*te"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Chem.)

<sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, weld
(Reseda luteola).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from
the flowers of Euphorbia cyparissias.</def>
<hw>Lu"te*in</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From corpus

luteum.] (Physiol. Chem.) <def>A substance of a
strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and
from the tissue of the corpus luteum.</def>
<hw>Lut"e*nist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as

Lutanist.</def>
<hw>Lu"te*o-</hw> (?). [L. luteus.] (Chem.) <def>A

combining form signifying orange yellow or brownish
yellow.</def>
<hw>Lu"te*o*co*balt"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Chem.) <def>Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds
of cobalt having a yellow color. Cf. Cobaltic.</def>
<col>Luteocobaltic chloride</col> (Chem.), <cd>a

brilliant reddish yellow crystalline compound,
Co2Cl6(NH3)12, obtained
by the action of ammonium chloride on an ammoniacal solution of
cobaltic chloride.</cd>
<hw>Lu"te*o*lin</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From NL. Reseda

luteola, fr. L. luteolus yellowish, fr. luteus:
cf. F. lutéoline. See Luteous.] (Chem.)
<def>A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom
(Reseda luteola).</def>
<hw>Lu"te*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. luteus,

fr. lutum dyer's broom, weld, which is used as a yellow dye.]
<def>Yellowish; more or less like buff.</def>
<hw>Lut"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From 3d Lute.]

<def>One who plays on a lute.</def>
<hw>Lut"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [From Ist Lute.]

<def>One who applies lute.</def>
<hw>Lu*tes"cent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. luteus

yellow.] <def>Of a yellowish color.</def>
<hw>Lute"string`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Corrupted fr.

lustring.] <def>A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for
ladies' dresses and for ribbon.</def> Goldsmith.
<hw>Luth</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] (Zoöl.)

<def>The leatherback.</def>
<hw>Lu"ther*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> (Eccl. Hist.)

<def>Of or pertaining to Luther; adhering to the doctrines of
Luther or the Lutheran Church.</def>
<hw>Lu"ther*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Eccl. Hist.)

<def>One who accepts or adheres to the doctrines of Luther or the
Lutheran Church.</def>
{ <hw>Lu"ther*an*ism</hw>, <hw>Lu"ther*ism</hw> } (?),

<pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrines taught by Luther or held by
the Lutheran Church.</def>
<hw>Lu"thern</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F. lucarne a

dormer, dormer window, garret window, L. lucerna lamp, fr.
lucere to be light or clear, fr. lux light. See
Light, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf. Lucarne.]
(Arch.) <def>A dormer window. See Dormer.</def>
<hw>Lu"ti*dine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [From

toluidine, by transposition.] (Chem.) <def>Any one of
several metameric alkaloids,
C5H3N.(CH3)2, of the
pyridine series, obtained from bone oil as liquids, and having
peculiar pungent odors. These alkaloids are also called respectively
dimethyl pyridine, ethyl pyridine, etc.</def>

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<hw>Lut"ing</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>See

Lute, a cement.</def>
<hw>Lut"ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who plays on a

lute.</def>
<hw>Lu*tose"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. lutosus,

fr. lutum mud.] <def>Covered with clay; miry.</def>
<hw>Lu"tu*lence</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or

quality of being lutulent.</def>
<hw>Lu"tu*lent</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lutulentus, fr. lutum mud.] <def>Muddy; turbid;
thick.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lu*wack"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>See Paradoxure.</def>
<hw>Lux</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [Cf. F. luxer.

See Luxate.] <def>To put out of joint; to luxate.</def>
[Obs.]
<hw>Lux"ate</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. luxatus, p.

p. of luxare to dislocate.] <def>Luxated.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lux"ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Luxated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Luxating (?).] <def>To displace, or remove from its proper
place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.</def>
<hw>Lux*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. luxatio:

cf. F. luxation.] <def>The act of luxating, or the state of
being luxated; a dislocation.</def>
<hw>Luxe</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. luxus: cf. F.

luxe.] <def>Luxury.</def> [Obs.] Shenstone.
<col>||Édition de luxe</col> (&?;). [F.]

(Printing) <cd>A sumptuous edition as regards paper,
illustrations, binding, etc.</cd>
<hw>Lux"ive</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Given to luxury;

voluptuous.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lux*ul"li*an*ite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [So called

from Luxullian, in Cornwall.] (Min.) <def>A kind of
granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized by the presence of
radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.</def>
<hw>Lux*u"ri*ance</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

luxuriance.] <def>The state or quality of being luxuriant;
rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank
growth.</def> "Tropical luxuriance." B. Taylor.
<hw>Lux*u"ri*an*cy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state

or quality of being luxuriant; luxuriance.</def>
<blockquote>Flowers grow up in the garden in the greatest

luxuriancy and profusion.</blockquote> Spectator.
<hw>Lux*u"ri*ant</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare: cf. F.
luxuriant. See Luxuriate.] <def>Exuberant in growth;
rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of
grass; luxuriant foliage.</def>
<blockquote>Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth

refine.</blockquote> Pope.
<col>Luxuriant flower</col> (Bot.), <cd>one in which

the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the
essential organs.</cd>
<hw>Lux*u"ri*ant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

luxuriant manner.</def>
<hw>Lux*u"ri*ate</hw> (?), <pos>v. i.</pos> [<pos>imp. &

p. p.</pos> Luxuriated (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb.
n.</pos> Luxuriating.] [L. luxuriatus, p. p. of
luxuriari, -are, to luxuriate. See Luxury.]
<sn>1.</sn> <def>To grow exuberantly; to grow to

superfluous abundance.</def> " Corn luxuriates in a better
mold." Burton.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds

luxuriate in the pastures.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>To indulge with unrestrained delight and

freedom; as, to luxuriate in description.</def>
<hw>Lux*u`ri*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or

process of luxuriating.</def>
<hw>Luxù*ri"e*ty</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>

<def>Luxuriance.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lux*u"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

luxuriosus: cf. F. luxurieux. See Luxury.]
<def>Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with
the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a
luxurious table; luxurious ease.</def> "
Luxurious cities. " Milton.
-- <wf>Lux*u"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --

<wf>Lux*u"ri*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>
<hw>Lux"u*rist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One given to

luxury.</def> [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
<hw>Lux"u*ry</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl.

<plw>Luxuries</plw> (#). [L. luxuria, fr. luxus:
cf. F. luxure.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A free indulgence in
costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies
the appetites or tastes.</def>
<blockquote>Riches expose a man to pride and

luxury.</blockquote> Spectator.
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything which pleases the senses, and is

also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks,
jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is
a great luxury.</def>
<blockquote>He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying

on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a
hermit.</blockquote> Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>Lechery; lust.</def> [Obs.]

Shak.
<blockquote>Luxury is in wine and drunkenness.</blockquote>

Chaucer.
<sn>4.</sn> <def>Luxuriance; exuberance.</def> [Obs.]

Bacon.
Syn. -- Voluptuousness; epicurism; effeminacy; sensuality;

lasciviousness; dainty; delicacy; gratification.
<hw>Luz</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A bone of the human

body which was supposed by certain Rabbinical writers to be
indestructible. Its location was a matter of dispute.</def> Brande
& C.
<hw>-ly</hw> (?). [OE. -lich, AS. -lic, orig. the

same word as E. like, a. See Like,
<pos>a.</pos>] <def>A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs,
and denoting likeness or resemblance.</def>
<hw>Ly"am</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [See Leam.] <def>A

leash.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Ly"can*thrope</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;; &?; a

wolf + &?; a man.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A human being fabled to
have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>One affected with lycanthropy.</def>
<hw>||Ly`can*thro"pi*a</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.]

<def>See Lycanthropy, 2.</def>
<hw>Ly`can*throp"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining

to lycanthropy.</def>
<hw>Ly*can"thro*pist</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One

affected by the disease lycanthropy.</def>
<hw>Ly*can"thro*pous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

<def>Lycanthropic.</def>
<hw>Ly*can"thro*py</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?;: cf. F.

lycanthropie.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>The supposed act of
turning one's self or another person into a wolf.</def>
Lowell.
<sn>2.</sn> (Med.) <def>A kind of erratic

melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and
imitates the actions of that animal.</def>
<hw>Ly*ce"um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos>; pl. E.

<plw>Lyceums</plw> (#), L. <plw>Lycea</plw> (#). [L.
lyceum, Gr. &?;, so named after the neighboring temple of &?;
&?; Apollo the wolf slayer, prob. fr. &?; belonging to a wolf, fr &?;
wolf. See Wolf.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place of exercise
with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught
philosophy.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A house or apartment appropriated to

instruction by lectures or disquisitions.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A higher school, in Europe, which prepares

youths for the university.</def>
<sn>4.</sn> <def>An association for debate and literary

improvement.</def>
<hw>Lyche</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like.</def> [Obs.]

Chaucer.
<hw>Ly"chee`</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Bot.) <def>See

Litchi.</def>
<hw>Lych" gate`</hw> (?). <def>See under Lich.</def>
<hw>||Lych"nis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L., a kind of red

flower, Gr. <grk>lychni`s</grk>; cf. <grk>ly`chnos</grk> a lamp.]
(Bot.) <def>A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink
family (Caryophyllaceæ). Most of the species have
brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have
anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in
common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis
Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields.</def>
<hw>Lych"no*bite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr.

<grk>ly`chnos</grk> a lamp + <grk>biòs</grk> life.] <def>One who
labors at night and sleeps in the day.</def>
<hw>Lych"no*scope</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Gr. &?; + -

scope.] (Arch.) <def>Same as Low side window, under
Low, <pos>a.</pos></def>
<hw>Lyc"ine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Chem.) <def>A

weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the
boxthorn (Lycium barbarum). See Betaine.</def>
<hw>||Ly`co*per"don</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., from Gr.

&?; wolf + &?; to break wind.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of fungi,
remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust,
which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst;
puffball.</def>
<hw>Ly"co*pod</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Cf. F.

lycopode.] (Bot.) <def>A plant of the genus
Lycopodium.</def>
<hw>Ly"co*pode</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [F.] <def>Same as

Lycopodium powder. See under Lycopodium.</def>
<hw>Ly`co*po`di*a"ceous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Bot.) <def>Belonging, or relating, to the
Lycopodiaceæ, an order of cryptogamous plants (called
also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded,
one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.</def>
<hw>Ly*cop"o*dite</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Paleon.)

<def>An old name for a fossil club moss.</def>
<hw>Ly`co*po"di*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., from Gr.

&?; wolf + &?;, &?;, a foot.] (Bot.) <def>A genus of mosslike
plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club
moss.</def>
<col>Lycopodium powder</col>, <cd>a fine powder or dust

composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order
Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes
used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial
representation of lightning.</cd>
<hw>Ly*cot"ro*pous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Gr. &?; hook +

&?; to turn.] (Bot.) <def>Campylotropous.</def>
<hw>Lyd"en</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Leden.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lyd"i*an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L. Lydius, fr.

Lydia, Gr. &?;.] <def>Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of
Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said
especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in
which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character.</def>
<blockquote>Softly sweet in Lydian measures, 

Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures.</blockquote>
Dryden.
<col>Lydian stone</col>, <cd>a flint slate used by the

ancients to try gold and silver; a touchstone. See
Basanite.</cd>
<hw>Lyd"ine</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Dyeing) <def>A

violet dye derived from aniline.</def>
<hw>Lye</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Written also lie

and ley.] [AS. leáh; akin to D. loog,
OHG. louga, G. lauge; cf. Icel. laug a bath, a
hot spring.] <def>A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium
salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making
soap, etc.</def>
<hw>Lye</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> (Railroad) <def>A short

side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.</def>
[Eng.]
<hw>Lye</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A falsehood.</def> [Obs.]

See Lie.
<hw>||Lyèn*ceph"a*la</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.

Gr. &?; to loose + &?; the brain.] (Zoöl.) <def>A group
of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called
because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.</def>
<hw>Lyèn*ceph"a*lous</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the
Lyencephala.</def>
<hw>Ly"er*man</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Zoöl.)

<def>The cicada.</def>
<hw>Ly*go"di*um</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;

flexible; &?; a willow twig + &?; form.] (Bot.) <def>A genus
of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and
variously-lobed divisions in pairs.</def>
&fist; Lygodium palmatum, much prized for indoor ornament,

inhabits shaded and moist grassy places, from Massachusetts to
Virginia and Kentucky, and sparingly southwards.
<hw>Ly"ing</hw> (?), <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <def>of

Lie, to tell a falsehood.</def>
<hw>Ly"ing</hw>, <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <def>of

Lie, to be supported horizontally.</def>
<col>Lying panel</col> (Arch.), <cd>a panel in which

the grain of the wood is horizontal.</cd> [R.] -- <col>Lying
to</col> (Naut.), <cd>having the sails so disposed as to
counteract each other.</cd>
<hw>Ly"ing-in"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

<def>The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth;
confinement.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of bearing a child.</def>
<hw>Ly"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lying manner;

falsely.</def>
<hw>Ly"ken</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [See Like,

<pos>v. t.</pos> ] <def>To please; -- chiefly used
impersonally.</def> [Obs.] " Sith it lyketh you."
Chaucer.
{ <hw>Lym</hw> (?), or <hw>Lym"hound`</hw> (?) },

<pos>n.</pos> <def>A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a
limehound.</def> [Obs.] Shak.
<hw>Ly*mail"</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>See

Limaille.</def> [Obs.] Chaucer.
<hw>Lyme" grass`</hw> (?). (Bot.) <def>A coarse perennial

grass of several species of Elymus, esp. E. Canadensis,
and the European E. arenarius.</def>
<hw>Lymph</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lympha: cf. F.

lymphe.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>A spring of water; hence,
water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.</def>
<blockquote>A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene 
Nothing of earthly mixture might distain.</blockquote>
Trench.
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>An alkaline colorless

fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but
free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various
tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the
thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the
heart.</def>
<sn>3.</sn> (Med.) <def>A fibrinous material exuded

from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it
is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding
the inflamed surfaces together.</def>
<col>Lymph corpuscles</col> (Anat.), <cd>finely

granular nucleated cells, identical with the colorless blood
corpuscles, present in the lymph and chyle.</cd> -- <col>Lymph
duct</col> (Anat.), <cd>a lymphatic.</cd> -- <col>Lymph
heart</col>. <cd>See Note under Heart,
<pos>n.</pos>, 1.</cd>
<hw>||Lym`pha*de*ni"tis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Lymph, and Adenitis.] (Med.) <def>Inflammation
of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.</def>
<hw>||Lym`pha*de*no"ma</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Lymph, Aden-, and -oma.] (Med.) <def>See
Lymphoma.</def>
<hw>||Lym*phan`ge*i"tis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL., from

L. lympha lymph + Gr. &?; vessel + -itis.]
(Med.) <def>Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.</def>
[Written also lymphangitis.]
<hw>Lym*phan"gi*al</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Lymphangeitis.] (Anat.) <def>Of or pertaining to the
lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.</def>
{ <hw>Lymph"ate</hw> (?), <hw>Lymph"a*ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lymphatus, p. p. of lymphare
to water, dilute with water, to drive out of one's senses, to make
mad.] <def>Frightened into madness; raving.</def> [Obs.]
<hw>Lym*phat"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [L.

lymphaticus distracted, frantic: cf. F. lymphatique]
<def>pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Madly enthusiastic; frantic.</def> [Obs.]

" Lymphatic rapture. " Sir T. Herbert. [See
Lymphate.]
<col>Lymphatic gland</col> (Anat.), <cd>one of the

solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals;
-- called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate
gland.</cd> -- <col>Lymphatic temperament</col> (Old
Physiol.), <cd>a temperament in which the lymphatic system seems
to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color
and the tissues seem to be of loose texture; hence, a temperament
lacking energy, inactive, indisposed to exertion or excitement. See
Temperament.</cd>
<hw>Lym*phat"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>

(Anat.) <def>One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which
carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic
duct.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A mad enthusiast; a lunatic.</def>

[Obs.]
<hw>||Lym*phi"tis</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.]

(Med.) <def>See Lymphadenitis.</def>
<hw>Lym`pho*gen"ic</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lymph +

root of L. gignere to produce.] (Physiol.)
<def>Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.</def>
<hw>Lym*phog"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [Lymph +

-graphy.] <def>A description of the lymphatic vessels, their
origin and uses.</def>
<hw>Lymph"oid</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [Lymph + -

oid.] (Anat.) <def>Resembling lymph; also, resembling a
lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue.</def>
<hw>||Lym*pho"ma</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [NL. See

Lymph, and -oma.] (Med.) <def>A tumor having a
structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also
lymphadenoma.</def>
<col>Malignant lymphoma</col>, <cd>a fatal disease

characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new
growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure.</cd>
<hw>Lymph"y</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing, or

like, lymph.</def>
<hw>Lyn</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A waterfall. See

Lin.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Lyn*ce"an</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [See Lynx.]

(Zoöl.) <def>Of or pertaining to the lynx.</def>
<hw>Lynch</hw> (?), <pos>v. t.</pos> [<pos>imp. & p.

p.</pos> Lynched (?); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos>
Lynching.] [See Note under Lynch law.] <def>To inflict
punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when
a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch
law.</def>
<hw>Lynch"er</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who assists

in lynching.</def>
<hw>Lynch" law`</hw> (?). <def>The act or practice by private

persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due
process of law.</def>
&fist; The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a

Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the
origin of the term is very doubtful.
{ <hw>Lynde</hw> (?), <hw>Lyn"den</hw> (?) }, <pos>n.</pos>

<def>See Linden.</def>
<hw>Lyne</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>Linen.</def> [Obs.]

Spenser.
<hw>Lynx</hw> (l&ibreve;&nsm;ks), <pos>n.</pos> [L.

lynx, lyncis, Gr. <grk>ly`gx</grk>; akin to AS.
lox, G. luchs, prob. named from its sharp sight, and
akin to E. light. See Light, <pos>n.</pos>, and
cf. Ounce an animal.] <sn>1.</sn> (Zoöl.)
<def>Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus
Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and
usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.</def>
<! p. 878 !>
&fist; Among the well-known species are the European lynx

(Felis borealis); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier (F.
Canadensis); the bay lynx of America (F. rufa), and its
western spotted variety (var. maculata); and the pardine lynx
(F. pardina) of Southern Europe.
<sn>2.</sn> (Astron.) <def>One of the northern

constellations.</def>
<hw>Lynx"-eyed`</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having acute

sight.</def>
<hw>Lyòn`naise"</hw> (?), <pos>a.</pos> [F.

lyonnaise, fem. of lyonnais of Lyons.] (Cookery)
<def>Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in
oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and
parsley.</def>
<hw>||Lyò*po"ma*ta</hw> (?), <pos>n. pl.</pos> [NL., fr.

Gr. &?; to loose + &?;, &?;, a lid.] (Zoöl.) <def>An
order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not
articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied
forms.</def> [Written also Lyopoma.]
<hw>||Ly"ra</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [L. lyra, Gr.

&?;. See Lyre.] <sn>1.</sn> (Astron.) <def>A
northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the
first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or
Vega.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Anat.) <def>The middle portion of the

ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the
arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human
brain.</def>
<hw>Ly"ra*id</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> (Astron.)
<def>Same as Lyrid.</def>
{ <hw>Ly"rate</hw> (?), <hw>Ly"ra*ted</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [NL. lyratus. See Lyre.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Bot.) <def>Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and
oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate
leaf.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> (Zoöl.) <def>Shaped like a lyre, as

the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.</def>
<hw>Lyre</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> [OE. lire, OF.

lyre, L. lyra, Gr. &?;. Cf. Lyra.]
<sn>1.</sn> (Mus.) <def>A stringed instrument of music;
a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to
poetry.</def>
&fist; The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the

tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the species of
verse called lyric, to which it originally furnished an
accompaniment.
<sn>2.</sn> (Astron.) <def>One of the

constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.</def>
<col>Lyre bat</col> (Zoöl.), <cd>a small bat

(Megaderma lyra), inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is
remarkable for the enormous size and curious shape of the nose
membrane and ears.</cd> -- <col>Lyre turtle</col>
(Zoöl.), <cd>the leatherback.</cd>
<hw>Lyre" bird`</hw> (?). (Zoöl.) <def>Any one of two

or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The
male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long
and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre
bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about
the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color
on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre
pheasant and lyre-tail.</def>
{ <hw>Lyr"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Lyr"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<pos>a.</pos> [L. lyricus, Gr. &?;: cf. F.
lyrique. See Lyre.] <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or
pertaining to a lyre or harp.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence,

also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which
expresses the individual emotions of the poet.</def> "Sweet
lyric song." Milton.
<hw>Lyr"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A

lyric poem; a lyrical composition.</def>
<sn>2.</sn> <def>A composer of lyric poems.</def> [R.]

Addison.
<sn>3.</sn> <def>A verse of the kind usually employed in

lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.</def>
<hw>Lyr"ic*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a

lyrical manner.</def>
<hw>Lyr"i*cism</hw> (?), <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lyric

composition.</def> Gray.
<hw>Ly"rid</hw> (l&imacr;"r&ibreve;d), <pos>n.</pos>

(Astron.) <def>One of the group of shooting stars which come
into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so
called because the apparent path among the stars if produced
backwards crosses the constellation Lyra.</def>
<hw>Ly"rie</hw> (l&imacr;"r&ibreve;), <pos>n.</pos> [Icel.

hl&ymacr;ri a sort of fish.] (Zoöl.) <def>A
European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body
covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front
of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge,
sea poacher, and armed bullhead.</def>
<hw>Ly*rif"er*ous</hw> (l&isl;*r&ibreve;f"&etilde;r*&ubreve;s),
<pos>a.</pos> [Lyre + -ferous.]
(Zoöl.) <def>Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as
certain fishes.</def>
<hw>Lyr"ism</hw> (l&imacr;r"&ibreve;z'm), <pos>n.</pos>

[Cf. Gr. <grk>lyrismo`s</grk>.] <def>The act of playing on a lyre or
harp.</def> G. Eliot.
<hw>Lyr"ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> [L. lyristes, Gr.

<grk>lyristh`s</grk>: cf. F. lyriste.] <def>A musician who
plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.</def>
Shelley.
<hw>Ly*sim"e*ter</hw> (l&isl;*s&ibreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r),
<pos>n.</pos> [Gr. <grk>ly`sis</grk> a loosing + -
meter.] <def>An instrument for measuring the water that
percolates through a certain depth of soil.</def> Knight.
<hw>||Ly"sis</hw> (l&imacr;"s&ibreve;s), <pos>n.</pos>

[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ly`sis</grk>.] (Med.) <def>The resolution
or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not
marked by abrupt change.</def>
&fist; It is usually contrasted with crisis, in which the

improvement is sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends by
crisis, typhoid fever by lysis.
<hw>||Lys"sa</hw> (l&ibreve;s"s&adot;), <pos>n.</pos> [NL.

See Lytta.] (Med.) <def>Hydrophobia.</def>
&fist; The plural (Lyssæ) has been used to signify

the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in
hydrophobia.
<hw>Ly*te"ri*an</hw> (l&isl;*t&emacr;"r&ibreve;*an),
<pos>a.</pos> [Gr. <grk>lyth`rios</grk> healing, fr.
<grk>lyth`r</grk> a deliverer, fr. <grk>lyèin</grk> to loosen.]
(Med.) <def>Terminating a disease; indicating the end of a
disease.</def>
<hw>Lythe</hw> (l&imacr;th), <pos>n.</pos>

(Zoöl.) <def>The European pollack; -- called also
laith, and leet.</def> [Scot.]
<hw>Lythe</hw> (l&imacr;&thlig;), <pos>a.</pos> [See

Lithe, <pos>a.</pos>] <def>Soft; flexible.</def> [Obs.]
Spenser.
{ <hw>Lythòn*thrip"tic</hw>
(l&ibreve;th`&obreve;n*thr&ibreve;p"t&ibreve;k),
<hw>Lythòn*trip"tic</hw> (-tr&ibreve;p"t&ibreve;k) },
<pos>a.</pos> (Med.) <def>See
Lithontriptic.</def>
<hw>||Lyt"ta</hw> (l&ibreve;t"t&adot;), <pos>n.</pos>;

pl. <plw>Lyttæ</plw> (-t&emacr;). [L., a worm
said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness,
fr. Gr. <grk>ly`tta</grk>, <grk>ly`ssa</grk>, lit., madness.]
(Anat.) <def>A fibrous and muscular band lying within the
longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the
dog.</def>

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<p><hw>I</hw> (&imacr;). <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>I, the ninth letter

<p>See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &sect;&sect; 98-106.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>In our old authors, <i>I</i> was often

<p><hw>I-</hw> (?), <pos><i>prefix.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Y-

<p><hw>I</hw> (&imacr;), <pos><i>pron.</i></pos>

<p><hw>I*am`a*tol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;,

<p><hw>I"amb</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>iambe</i>. See

<p><hw>I*am"bic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>iambicus</i>,

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics;

<p><hw>I*am"bic</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>

<p>&fist; The following couplet consists of iambic verses.</p>

<p><blockquote>Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A satirical poem (such poems having been

<p><hw>I*am"bic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Iambic.</def>

<p><hw>I*am"bic*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a iambic

<p><hw>I*am"bize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;.] <def>To

<p><hw>I*am"bus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> L.

<p><hw>||I*an"thi*na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> L.

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<p>See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, §§ 98-106.</p>

<p><hw>Iam`atol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;,

<p><hw>Iam"bical</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Iambic.</def>

<p><hw>Iam"bical*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a iambic

<p><hw>||Ian"thina</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> L.

<p><hw>Ia`tralip"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?;

<p>{ <hw>Iat"ric</hw> (?), <hw>Iat"ric*al</hw> (?), }

<p><hw>Ia`trochem"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or

<p><hw>Ia`trochem"ist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;

<p><hw>Ia`trochem"is*try</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>

<p><hw>Ia`tromath`emat"ical</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>

<p><hw>Ibe"rian</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or

<p><hw>Ica"rian</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Icarius</i>,

<p>&fist; Water freezes at 32° F. or 0° Cent., and ice melts

<p><hw>Ice"bird`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any hymenopterous

<p><hw>Ich`neumon"idan</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>

<p><hw>||Ich`neumon"ides</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.

<p>{ <hw>Ich`nograph"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Ich`nograph"ic*al</hw> (?), }

<p><hw>Ichnog"raphy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;;

<p><hw>Ich`nolithol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.

<p><hw>Ich`nolog"ical</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or

<p><hw>Ichnol"ogy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.

<p><hw>Ichnos"copy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.

<p><hw>||I`chorhæ"mia</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.,

<p>{ <hw>Ich"thyocol</hw> (?), <hw>Ich`thyocol"la</hw> (?), }

<p><hw>Ich`thyocop"ro*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.

<p><hw>Ich`thyodor"u*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.