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IRRITATE

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troductory; especially, int Averander.

fied acts if they are done by the party hold. the Scottish Church, who, drifting into Ischiatocele, Ischiocele (is-ki-at'ö-sel, ising under the deed. It is supplemented by mysticism (in which the power of working ki-7-sel), n. [Gr. ischion, the hip, and kile, the resolutive clause.

miracles, prophesying, the gift of tongnes, a tumour.) An intestinal rupture through Irritate (ir'rit-át), v.t. [L. irrito, irritatum, &c., bore a prominent part), was deposed in the sciatic ligaments. to incite, stir up, provoke; perhaps from 1833. A prominent feature in Irving's doc. Ischium, Ischion (is ki-um, is'ki-on), n. In hirrire, to snarl.] 1. To excite heat and red- trines was the immediate second coming of anat. the posterior and inferior part of the ness in, as in the skin or flesh of living our Saviour. His followers organized them- pelvic arch in vertebrates; the lowermost animal bodies by friction; to inflame; to selves into a body called The Holy Apos- of the three portions forming the os innomfret; as, to irritate a wounded part by a tolic Church,' which still exists.

inatum in the fætus; the lowermost part of coarse bandage.--2. To excite anger in; to Is (iz). The third pers. sing. of the substan- the hip-bone in adults. provoke; to tease; to exasperate; as, never tive verb to be. (See BE.) It represents the Ischnacanthus (isk-na-kan'thus), n. (Gr. irritate a child for trifling faults; the in- Goth. ist, L. est, Gr. esti, Skr. asti, is, the isch nos, slender, and akantha, a spine.) A solence of a tyrant irritates his subjects. – pronominal suffix of the third pers. sing., fossil genus of acanthoid fishes occurring 3. To give greater force or energy to; to th or t, being dropped.

in the old red sandstone. They resemble heighten excitement in.

Isabel (iz'a-bel), n. [Fr. isabelle. From the smaller species of Diplacanthus, but Cold maketh the spirits vigorous and irritateth Isabelle of Austria, daughter of Philip II, differ in having the spines more slender, them.

Bacon.

of Spain, who, in the war against Holland whence the name. Air, if very cold, irritateth the flame. Bacon.

for the recovery of the sovereignty of the Ischnophonia (isk-no-fo'ni-a), n. [Gr. isch4. To excite the irritability of; to excite Low Countries, which formed part of her nos, slender, and phonē, voice.) Shrillness irritation in. See IRRITABILITY, IRRITA- dowry, swore that she would not change of the voice; hesitation of speech, or stamTION. --SYN. To fret, intlame, excite, pro- her linen till Ostend, which had long with- mering voke, vex, tease, exasperate, anger, incense, stood the siege, was in her hands. The Ischuretic (is-kū-ret'ik), a. [See ISCHURY.) enrage.

place held out for nearly three years, and Having the quality of relieving ischury. Irritatet (irrit-át), a. Excited; heightened. the princess' linen became of a dingy hue, Ischuretic (is-kū-ret'ik), n. A medicine The heat becomes more violent and irritate, and

which gave rise to the name Isabelle or adapted to relieve ischury. thereby expelleth sweat.

Bicon. this colour. Others refer the origin of it Ischuria (is-kū'ri-a), n. See ISCHURY. Irritate (irrit-āt), v. t. (L. irrito, irritatum,

and the story to Isabel, Queen of Spain, and Ischury (is kū-ri), n. (Gr. ischouria, from to make void, from irritus, invalid-ir for connect the vow with the siege of Grenada.) ischó, to stop, and ouron, urine.) A stopin, not, and ratus, settled, valid, from reor, A pale brownish yellow colour. Called also page, retention, or suppression of urine. to think.] To render null and void. Isabel-yellow.

Ischyodon (is'ki-o-don), n. (Gr. ischys, Irritation (ir-rit-a'shon), n. (L irritatio,

Isabel-colour (iz'a-bel-kul-ér), n. See ISA- strength, and odous, odontos, a tooth.) A irritationis, from irrito. See IRRITATE.) BEL.

jurassic and tertiary genus of fossil fishes, The act of irritating or state of being irri- Isadelphous (i-sa-del'fus ), a. (Gr. isos, allied to the Chimæra, and having very large tated: (a) excitement, usually but not neces.

equal, and adelphos, a brother.) In bot. a bony teeth. sarily of a disagreeable kind; especially, ex- term applied to a diadelphous flower in Ischypterus (is-kip'ter-us), n. [Gr. ischys, citement of anger; provocation; exaspera

which the separate bundles of stamens are strength, and pteron, a fin.) A fossil genus tion; anger. equal or alike.

of ganoid fishes from the triassic strata of The whole body of the arts and sciences composes Isagoge, Isagoguet (i'sa-goj. i'sa-gog), n. Virginia, differing from Palæoniscus chiefly one vast machinery for the irritation and develop- (Gr. eisagoge, a leading in, introduction, in having the tail inequilobate. inent of the human intellect.

De Quincey. from eisago, to lead in -eis, in, into, and I'se (iz). I shall. [Scotch and northern pro(6) In physiol. the change or action which ago, to lead.) An introduction.

vincial English. ) takes place in the muscles or organs of Isagogic, Isagogical (i-sa-gojik, 1-sa-goj'ik- Iserin, Iserine (is'ér-in), n. [G. eisen, iron.) sense when a nerve or nerves are affected by al), a. (Gr. eisugogikos, from eisago, to in- A mineral of an iron-black colour, and of a the application of external bodies; specifi- troduce-eis, in, into, and ago, to lead.] In- splendent metallic lustre, occurring in small cally, the operation of exciting muscular

introductory to the obtuse angular grains. It is harder than fibre to contraction by artificial stimula- study of theology.

felspar, and consists of the oxides of iron tion; as, the muscle was made to contract Isagogics (i'sa-goj'iks), n. In theol. that and titanium, with a small portion of by irritation of the nerve. Violent affec. department of theological study introduc- uranium. tions and irritations of the nerves in any part tory to exegesis or the interpretation of -Ish (ish). A suffix to adjectives and verbs, of the body.' Arbuthnot. See also extract Scripture.

in the former case of Teutonic origin and under next article. (c) In med. and pathol. Isagon (i'sa-gon), n. [Gr. isos, equal, and alliances, in the latter of Romance: (a) as the state of a tissue or organ in which there gónia, an angle.) In math. a figure whose an adjectival suffix, -ish represents the is an excess of vital movement; the discom- angles are equal.

A. Sax. -ise, Dan. -isk, G. -isch, Fr. -esque (as fort set up in an organ by the presence of Isapostolic (i'sa-pos-tol"ik), a. (Gr. isos, in grotesque), and implies partaking of the something unsuitable to its function or equal, and apostolos, an apostle. ] A term nature of; as, fool, foolish; brute, brutish; structure, or in the entire body by some somewhat loosely applied to various persons Dane, Danish, Swede, Swedish. Attached local injury or internal disease.

and things : (a) to the fathers who were to adjectives it has a diminutive significaIrritative (ir'rit-át-iv), a. 1. Serving to ex- alive in the time of the apostles, whose tion; as, white, whitish; yellow, yellowish; cite or irritate.

authority therefore is held by some to be good, goodish. (6) As a verb suffix it is derived Every irritation produces in the cellular elements nearly equal to theirs; (6) to the customs from the L. verbal incept. term. -esco, and some niechanical or chemnical change, which change instituted by these fathers; (c) to certain is generally found in verbs that come through is a 'counter-working against the irritative cause,

holy women resembling the apostles in the French and still show the influence of

Copland. 2. Accompanied with or produced by in

sanctity; (d) to the founders of Christianity that termination in some of their tenses; as, creased action or irritation; as, an irrita

in any given country or their powerful and finish, Fr. finir, finis, finissais, finissant;

effective supporters. tive fever.

abolish, Fr. abolir, abolis, abolissais, abolisIrritatory (ir'rit -at-o-ri), a. Exciting;

Isariei (is-ar-i'e-i), n. pl. A nat. order of sant; punish, Fr. punir, punis, punissa is, stimulating. Hales.

filamentous moulds containing those genera punissant. Some English verbs in -ish have

in which the fertile threads are compacted, Irroratet (ir'ro-rat), v. t. (See IRRORATION. ]

no corresponding French forms in -ir,-issant, and have deciduous pulverulent spores at To moisten with dew.

but seem to be formed on analogy, while, on their free apices. Irroration (ir-ro-ra’shon), 1. [From L ir

the other hand, many French verbs in -ir roro, irroratum, to wet or moisten with

Isatic Acid (is-át'ik as'id), n. (C&H, XOz.) An have no corresponding English forms in -ish. dew - ir for in, and roro, to distil dew,

acid formed by the action of caustic alka- Ish (ish), n. (A form of issue.) Issue; liberty from ros, roris, dew.) The act of bedewing; Isatin, Isatine (is'a-tin), 1... (C,H, N02.) A lies upon isatin.

and opportunity of going out. (Scotch)

Ish and ent In Scots law, the clause the state of being moistened with dew. Irrubrical (ir-ru'brik-al), a. (Prefix ir for

compound obtained by oxidizing indigo. It with free ish and entry,' in a charter, im

fornis hyacinth-red or reddish-orange crysin, not, and rubric.) Not rubrical; contrary

ports a right to all ways and passages, in so tals of a brilliant lustre. Its solutions stain far as they may be necessary to kirk and to the rubrie. Irrugate 1 (irri-gāt), v. t. [L. irrugo, irru

the skin, and give it a disagreeable odour. market, through the adjacent grounds of

Isatis (is'a-tis), n. gatum, to wrinkle-ir for in, in, and rugo,

A genus of herbaceous the granter, who is by the clause laid under to wrinkle.)

that burden. Ich also means termination. To wrinkle.

annuals and biennials, natives of South

Europe and Western Asia, belonging to the Ishmaelite (ish’ma-el-it), n. [From Ishmael: Irrupted (ir-rupted), p. and a. (L. irrup

nat, order Crucifera. One species, Isatis Gen. xvi. 12.) 1. A descendant of Ishmael tus, pp. of irrumpo, to break in or intoir for in, in, into, and rumpo, to break.)

tinctoria, was formerly cultivated in Eng- 2. An Ismaelian (which see). - 3. One re

land as a dye under the name of woad (see sembling Ishmael, whose hand was against Broken violently and with great force. (Rare.)

WOAD); while a second species, 1. indigotica, every man and every man's hand against Irruption (ir-rup'shon), n. [L. irruptio, ir.

is still grown as a dye plant in the north of him; one at war with society. ruptionis, from irrumpo, irruptum. See China. They have simple leaves, and large Jos's tents and pilau were pleasant to this little

Iskmaclite. terminal panicles of small yellow flowers.

Thackeray, IRRUPTED.) A bursting in; a breaking, or

Like sudden, violent rushing into a place; a sud

Ischiadic (is-ki-ad’ik), a. [L. ischiadicus, Ishmaelitish (ish'ma-el-it-ish), a. den invasion or incursion; a sudden, vio

pertaining to sciatica, from ischias, sciatica, Ishmael; partaking of the nature of an lent inroad or entrance of invaders into a

from ischium, the hip.) Pertaining to scia- Ishmaelite. place or country.

tica. - Ischiadic passion or disease, sciatica. Isiac (i'si-ak), a. [L. Isiacus; Gr. Isiakos, Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption

Ischiagra (is-ki-agʻra), n. [Gr. irchion, the from Isis.) Relating to Isis. -Isiac table, Hitting thy aged car, should pierce too deep. hip, and agra, a seizure.) Hip-gout.

the name given to a spurious Egyptian Milton. Ischial (is'ki-al), a. In anat. of or belonging monument, consisting of a plate of copper, The fainous wall of China, built against the irrup. to the ischium or hip-bone.

bearing a representation of most of the tions of the Tartars, was begun above a hundred

Ischialgia (is-ki-al'ji-a), n. (Gr. ischion, the Egyptian deities, with Isis in the centre, years before the Incarnation, Sir 7. Browne.

hip, and algos, pain.) Pain in the hip; scia- said to have been found by a soldier at the Irruptive (ir-ruptiv), a. Rushing in or tica

siege of Rome in 1525, and long held in high upon.

Ischiatic (is-ki-at'ik), a. (See ISCHIADIC.) esteem. It is now at Turin.
Storms of wrath and indignation dread
Seem ready to displode irruptive on his head.

Pertaining to the hip; as, the ischiatic fora- Isicle (is'i-kl), n. Same as Icicle.

II'hitehouse men, a notch of the os innominatum : the Isidoid (i'sid-oid), a. In bot. a term applied Irvingite (érving-it). n. A follower of ischiatic artery, which proceeds through the to the surface of lichens when covered with Edward Irving, a celebrated clergyman of notch of the os innominatum.

a dense mass of conical soredia.

ISINGLASS

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Isinglass (i'zing-glas), n. [D. huizenblas– daybreak, when the night mists first rise from off the Isocheimene, Isochimene (i-sō-ki'mēn), 12. huizen, a sturgeon, and blas, a vesicle, a plains, and watch their white and lake-like fields, as

Same as I socheim. they float in level bays and winding gulfs about the bladder, ‘by us corruptly called isinglass,

islanded summits of the lower hills. Ruskin.

Isocheimonal, Isochimonal (i-sō-ki'monprobably from connecting the name with

al), a. Same as Isocheimal. the employment of the substance in icing or 2. To dot, as with islands.

Isochimal, Isochimenal (i-so-ki'mal, 1-somaking jellies.' Wedgwood.) 1. The purest

Not a cloud by day

ki'men-al), a. Same as Isocheimal. commercial form of gelatine: it is a sub- With purple islanded the dark blue deep.

Sonthey stance of a firm texture and whitish colour, Islander (i'land-ér), n. An inhabitant of an

The lines passing through all places which have an

equal temperature for the summer or the winter half prepared from the sounds or air-bladders of island.

of the year have been called respectively isotheral and isochimal lines.

Whowell, certain fresh-water fishes, particularly sev- Islandyt (i'land-i), a. Pertaining to islands; Isochromatic (i'ső-kro-mat"ik), a. [Gr. isos, eral species of sturgeon found in the rivers

full of islands. Cotgrave. of Russia. In the preparation of creams and Isle (il), n. (O. Fr. isle, Fr. ile, Prov. isla, L.

equal, and chroma, colour.) Having the jellies it is in great request. It is also used

same colour. insula, an island. Mr. Marsh, however, re

In certain experiments with in fining liquors of the fermented kind, in

doubly refracting crystals the decomposed marks that the fact that Robert of Gloucespurifying coffee, and in making mock-pearls,

light forms a double series of coloured rings ter, and other early English writers, wrote ile stiffening linens, silks, gauzes, &c. With

or curves of different forms arranged in a or yle at a time when the only French orbrandy it forms a cement for broken porce

certain order; each curve in the one series lain and glass. It is likewise used to stick

thography, was isle, is a strong argument
against this derivation. It is more probably

having one corresponding to it both in form

and colour in the other. The two curves or together the parts of musical instruments;

a contraction of island, the A. Sax. ealand, and as an agglutinant, for binding many

lines that have the same tint are called ealond, igland, and the 8 was inserted in other delicate structures.--2. A name some

isochromatic lines. both because when Saxon was forgotten the Isochronal, Isochronous (i-sok'ron-al, times given to mica.

words were thought to have come through Isinglass-stone (i'zing-glas-ston). See

i-sok'ron-us), a. (Gr. isos, equal, and chronos, the French from the Latin insula.') 1. An MICA.

time.) Uniform in time; of equal time; island. [Now chiefly or altogether poetical.) Isis (i'sis), n. 1. One of the chief deities in

performed in equal times. Two pendulums

The isles shall wait for his law. Is. xlii. 4. the Egyptian mythology. She was regarded

which vibrate in the same time are isoas the sister or sister-wife of Osiris, and the 2. In entom, see ISLET, 2.

chronal; also, the vibrations of a pendulum mother of Horus. She was worshipped by Isle (il), v.t. pret. & pp. isled; ppr. isling.

in the curve of a cycloid have the same prothe Egyptians as To cause to become or appear like an isle;

perty, being all performed in the same time the being who to isolate; to island; to environ.

whether the arc be large or small. had first civilized

Isted in sudden seas of light,

The very physical basis of music is rhythm, since them, and taught

My heart, pierced through with fierce delight,

the distinction between what we recognize as musical

sounds and those which are not so consists in the them agriculture

Bursts into blossom in his sight. Tennyson.

isochronous character of the vibrations in the for. and other necesIsle (il), n. A corruption of Aisle (which see).

Edin. Rev. sary arts of life.

Islet (il'et), n. 1. A little isle. The cressy - Isochronal line, a line in which a heavy Among the high

islets white in flower.' Tennyson. - 2. A body descends without acceleration or reer and more phi

spot within another of a different colour, as tardation. losophical theol

on the wing of an insect, the blossom of a Isochronally (i-sok'ron-al-li), adv. So as ogians she was plant, &c.

to be isochronal. made the symbol

A but less vivid hue

Isochronism (i-sok’ron-izm), n. The state of pantheistic di

Than of that islet in the chestnut-bloom

or quality of being isochronous; the provinity. By the

Flamed in his cheek.

Tennyson.

perty of a pendulum by which it performs people she was

-Ism (izm). [Gr. suffix ismos.) A suffix im- its vibrations in equal times. worshipped as

plying doctrine, theory, principle, system, Isochronon (i-sok' ron-on), n. [See Isothe goddess of

or practice of; abstract idea of that signified CHRONAL.] An equal time-keeper; a clock fecundity. The

by the word to which it is subjoined; as, designed to keep perfectly accurate time. cow was sacred

monotheism, spiritualism, republicanism, Isochronous (i-sok'ron-us), a. See Isoto her. She is re

mesmerism, Presbyterianism, libertinism. CHRONAL. presented vari.

Ism (izm), n. (From its common use as a Isochrous (i-sok’rus), a. (Gr. isochroos, likeously, though

suffix in words signifying doctrine or theory.) coloured - isos, equal, and chroa, colour.) most usually as

A doctrine or theory, but more especially a Being of equal colour throughout. a woman with

Isis.

pretentious or absurd one; a crotchety or Isoclinal, Isoclinic (i-so-klin’al, 1-so-klin'the horns of a

visionary speculation : generally used con. ik), a. (Gr. isos, equal, and klino, to incline. ] cow, between which is a globe supporting a temptuously; as, away with your isms and of equal inclination or dip.--Isoclinal or throne, and sometimes with the lotus on her ologies.

isoclinic lines, in magnetism, a term applied head and the sistrum in her hand. - 2. The Ismaelian (iz-ma-ē'li-an), n. A member of to curves connecting those places in the two name given to an asteroid discovered by the Mohammedan sect which maintained hemispheres where the dip of the magnetic Pogson in 1856.

that Ismael, and not Moussa, ought to be needle is equal. Isis (i'sis), n. (From the name of the Egyp- Imaum. In the tenth century they formed Isocrymal (i-só-kri'mal), a. Pertaining to tian goddess.] The name of a genus of a secret society, from which sprang the or having the nature of an isocryme. jointed sclerobasic coral, in which the joints Assassins. Brewer.

Isocryme (i'ső-krim), n. [Gr. isos, equal, forming the stem are alternately calcareous Isnardia (is-när'di-a), n. [In memory of and krymos, cold.] In phys. geog. a line and horny

Antoine Dante Isnard, member of the Aca- drawn on maps showing the places having Islam (iz'iam), n. (From the Ar. salaına, to demy of Sciences.) A genus of plants of the the same mean temperature during the be free, safe, or devoted to God.) The religion nat. order Onagraceæ, of no especial value coldest months of the year. of Mohammed, and also the whole body of or interest. The single species 1. palustris Isodiabatic (i'ső-di'a-bat"ik), a. (Gr. isos, those who profess it throughout the world. is found wild in England. It is frequent on equal, and diabaino, to pass through-dia, Islamism (iz'lam-izm), n. The faith of Is- the continent of Europe, in North America, through, and baino, to pass.] In thermolam; the true faith, according to the Mo- and the temperate parts of Asia.

dynamics, a term applied to each of a pair hammedans; Mohammedism.

ISO- (i'ső). A prefix from the Greek (isos) of lines or curves on a diagram-the one Islamite (iz/lam-it), n. A Mohammedan. signifying equal.

exhibiting the variations in the density of Islamitic (iz-lam-it'ik), a. Pertaining to Isobar, Isobare (i'ső-bär, i'so-bār), n. (Gr. a fluid which take place during the process Islam; Mohammedan.

isos, equal, and baros, weight.] In phys. of raising its temperature, the other the Islamize (iz'lam-iz), v.t. or i. To conform

geog. a line drawn on a map to connect those corresponding variations produced by the to Islamism; to Mohammedanize.

places on the surface of the globe at which abstraction of portions of heat equal to Island (i'land), n. [O.E. iland, yland, the mean height of the barometer at sea- those added in the former process. From A. Sax. ealand, igland, probably from A. Sax. level is the same.

the lines exhibiting the results of the addiea (Goth. ahva, o.H.G. aha, water, Icel. d, Isobaric (i-so-bar'ik), a. Same as Isobaro- tion and abstraction of equal portions they a river), water, and land, land- a piece of metric

are said to be isodiabatic in respect of each land in the midst of water; the fact that we Isobarism (i-sob'ar-izm), n. [Gr. isos, equal, other. have the A. Sax. ig, Icel. ey, Dan. ö or öe, and

baros, weight.] Equality or similarity Isodimorphism (i'ső-di-mor”fizm), n. [Gr. Fris. ooge, all meaning island, seems rather of weight

isos, equal, dis, double, and morphë, shape.] to show, however, that the first part of the Isobarometric (i-sō-bar'o-met"rik), a. (Gr. Isomorphism between the two forms seveword has the meaning of island by itself,

isos, equal, baros, weight, and metron, mea- rally of two dimorphous substances. and that ealand was formed by an erroneous sure.) In phys. geog. indicating equal Isodimorphous (i'ső-di-mor"fus), a. Hay. etymology; comp. also E. eyot, ait, a small barometric pressure. - Isobarometric line. ing the quality of isodimorphism. island in a river, and such names as Chelsea, Same as Isobar.

Isodomon, Isodomum (i-sod'o-mon, i-sod'Battersea, Anglesea or Anglesey, Chertsey Isobrious (i-sob'ri-us), a. [Gr. isos, equal, 0-mum), n. (Gr. i808, equal, and domē, strucAlderney, Orkney, where the last element and briao, to be strong.) In bot. a term apmeans island. The s is due to a supposed plied to the dicotyledonous embryo, because connection with L. insula, 0. Fr. isle. See

both lobes seem to grow with equal vigour. ISLE.] 1. A tract of land surrounded by Isocardia (i-sō-kär'di-a), n. [Gr. isos, equal, water, whether of the sea, a river, or a lake: and kardia, the heart.) A heart-shaped in contradistinction to mainland or conti

shell with separated, involuted, and divergnent.--2. Anything resembling an island, as ing beaks. a large mass of floating ice. - Islands of the Isocheim (i'ső-kim), n. In phys. geog. blessed, in Greek myth, the Happy Islands, a line drawn on a map through places on supposed to lie westward in the ocean, the surface of the globe which have the whither after death the souls of the virtuous same mean winter temperature. were transported. Isocheimal, Isocheimenal (i-so-ki'mal,

Isodomon. Island (i'land), v.t. 1. To cause to become

i-so-ki'men-al),a. (Gr. isos, equal, and cheima, or appear like an island or islands; to iso- winter.) Of the same mean winter temper- ture.) One of the methods of building walls late by surrounding, as with water.

ature.- Isocheimal line, in phys. geog. same among the Greeks, in which the stones formStand upon the peak of some isolated mountain at as Isocheim.

ing the courses were of equal thickness and ISODYNAMIC

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equal length, and so disposed that the ver- or at any rate show that they are members free, except the first thoracic, which is united tical joints of an upper course were imme- of the same series, but nevertheless differ with the head. The feet are of equal size diately over the middle of the stones form- in physical properties. The first two cases and move in the same direction, a point of ing the lower course. See PSEU DISODOMON. are properly called cases of polymerism and contrast with the amphipods. The majority Isodynamic (i'ső-di-nam"ik), a. (From Gr. metamerism respectively, while the last is of them reside in water, and those which isos, equal, and dynamis, power.] Having isomerism proper. The facts of isomerism live on land require a certain amount of atequal power or force.Isodynamic lines, in are generally explained by assuming that mospheric moisture in the localities which magnetism, lines of equal power or inten- there exists a difference in the arrangement they inhabit to keep the gills moist, so that sity: a term applied to lines connecting of the atoms which form the isomeric mole- they may respire properly. Many of them those places where the intensity of the ter- cules.

are parasitic. By Milne-Edwards they are restrial magnetism is equal. They resemble Isomeromorphism (i'ső-mer'ő-mor"fizm), n. divided into three sections, termed respecin form and position the isoclinic lines. [Gr. isos, equal, meros, a part, and morphē, tively from their habits the Sedentary, the Isodynamous (i-so-din'am-us), a. (Gr. isos, form.) In crystal. isomorphism between sub- Natatory, and the Cursorial.

the same, and dynamis, force.) Having equal stances having the same atomic proportions. Isopodiform (i-sō-pod'i-form), a. In zool. force; of equal size; in bot. same as Isobrious. Isomerous (i-som'ér-us), a. (Gr. 1808, equal, formed like an isopod; specifically, a term Isoetes (i-so-e'tēz), n. [Gr. isos, equal, and and meros, a part.] 1. In bot. a term applied applied to the larvæ of saprophagous hexaetos, the year, because the plant is the same to a flower whose organs are composed each pods having an oblong body, a distinct throughout the year.) A genus of plants of of an equal number of parts.-2. In chem. a thoracic shield, and a vent provided with the nat. order Lycopodiaceæ or club-moss term applied to isomorphism subsisting be- filaments or laminæ. tribe. The I. lacustris, or European quill

tween substances of like composition. See Isopodous, Isopod (i-sop'o-dus, i'so-pod), a. wort, is an aquatic plant growing in the under ISOMORPHISM.

Relating to the order of Isopoda. bottoms of lakes in the north of England, Isometric, Isometrical (i-so-met'rik, 1-s7

Isopyre (i'ső-pir), n. (Gr. isos, Wales, and Scotland. met'rik-al), a. 1. Pertaining to or charac

like, and pyr, fire.) A mineral of Isogeotherm (i-so-jë'o-therm), n. (Gr. isos, terized by equality of measure.-2. In crystal.

a grayish or black colour which equal, gë, the earth, and thermē, heat.) In monometric; tessular.-Isometrical perspec

occurs massive. It is found in phys. geog. an imaginary line or plane under tive or projection, a method of drawing plans

Cornwall imbedded in granite. the earth's surface passing through points of machines, &c., whereby the elevation and

Isosceles (i-sos'se-lez), a. [Gr. having the same mean temperature. ground-plan are represented in one view.

isoskelés--1808, equal, and skelos, Isogeothermal (i-sō-jē'o-thér"mal), a. In See under PERSPECTIVE.

Isosceles Tri. leg.) Having two legs or sides phys. geog. pertaining to or having the na- Isomorphism (i-so-morfizm), n. (Gr. isos, angle. only that are equal; as, an 1808ture of an isogeotherm. like, and morphē, form.) A similarity of

celes triangle. Isogonic (i-so-gon’ik), a. (Gr. isos, equal, crystalline form; as, (a) between substances Isostemonous (1-so-stem'on-us), a. (Gr. and gonia, an angle. Having equal angles. of like composition or atomic proportions, isos, equal, and stēmón, a stamen] In bot. - Isogonic lines, in magnetism, lines con- as between arsenic acid and phosphorous having the stamens equal in number to the necting those places on the globe where the acid, each containing five equivalents of petals. deviation of the magnetic needle from the oxygen. (6) Between compounds of unlike Isotheral (î-soth'er-al), a. Of or pertaining true north is the same.

composition or atomic proportions, as be- to, or of the nature of an isothere; indicatIsography (i-sogʻra-fi), n. (Gr. isos, equal, tween the metal arsenic and oxide of iron, ing the distribution of temperature by means

and graphē, a writing.] The imitation of the rhombohedral angle of the former being of an isothere; as, an isotheral chart See handwriting

85° 41', of the latter 86° 4'. The first of these extract under ISOCHIMAL. Isohyetose (i-so-hi'et-os), n. [Gr. isos, equal, is sometimes distinguished as isomerous or Isothere (i'ső-ther), 12. (Gr. isos, equal, and and hyetos, rain.) In phys. geog. a line con

isonomic isomorphism; the second as heter- theros, summer.) In phys. geog. an imaginnecting those places on the surface of the omerous or heteronomic isomorphism. Dana; ary line over the earth's surface, passing globe where the quantity of rain which falls Goodrich

through points having the same mean sumannually is the same.

Isomorphous (i-so-mor'fus), a. Exhibiting mer temperature. Isolable (i'ső-la-bl or is'o-la-bl), a. That can the property of isomorphism.

Isotherm (i'ső-thérm), n. In phys. geog. be isolated; specifically, in chem. capable Isonandra (i-sb-nan'dra), n. A genus of an imaginary line over the earth's surface of being obtained pure, or uncombined with plants, nat. order Sapotaceæ, including the passing through points having the same any other substance.

gutta-percha plant (1. Gutta). See GUTTA mean annual temperature, so that a series Isolate (i'ső-lāt or is'o-lāt), v. t. pret. & pp. PERCHA.

of such lines exhibits the distribution of isolated; ppr. isolating. (Fr. isoler, It isolare, Isonomic (1-so-nom’ik), a. Of or pertaining temperature over the earth's surface; also, isolato, detached; from isola=L. insula, an to isonomy; the same or equal in law or any similar line passing through points island.] 1. To place in a detached situation; right; one in kind or origin; specifically, in having the same mean temperature, but not to place apart; to insulate: often used re- chem, a term applied to isomorphism sub- exclusively the annual mean temperature; flexively; as, he isolated himself from all sisting between two compounds of unlike also, a similar line based on the distribusociety. -2. In elect. to insulate. See IN- composition. See under ISOMORPHISM. tion of temperature in the waters of the SULATE.—3. In chem. to obtain a substance | Isonomy (i-son'o-mi), n. (Gr. isos, equal, free from all its combinations.

and nomos, law.) Equal law; equal distri- Isothermal (i-ső-ther'mal), a. (Gr. isos, Isolated (i'so-lāt-ed or is'o-lāt-ed), p. and a. bution of rights and privileges.

equal, proper, and thermē, heat] In phys. 1. Standing detached from others of a like Isopathy (i-sop'a-thi), n. (Gr. isos, equal, geog. of or pertaining to an isotherm or isokind; placed by itself or alone.

and pathos, suffering.) In med. (a) a term therms; having the nature of an isotherm; Short isolated sentences were the mode in which

borrowed from some German writers to having reference to the geographical distriancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts for designate the theory that diseases are cured bution of temperature as indicated by isothe regulation of human conduct. Warburton. by the products of the diseases themselves, therms; illustrating the distribution of tem2. In elect the same as Insulated.-3. In as, for example, that small-pox is cured by perature by means of a series of isotherms; chem. pure; freed from combination.

homeopathic doses of variolous matter; the as, an isothermal line; the isothermal relaIsolatedly(i'so-lāt-ed-lior is'o-lāt-ed-li), adv. cure of disease by the virus of the disease. tions of different continents; an isothermal In an isolated manner.

(6) The theory that a diseased organ is cured chart. Isothermal line, an isotherm.-180Isolation (1-so-la'shon or is-ő-la'shon), n. by eating the same organ of a healthy thermal zones, spaces on opposite sides of State of being isolated or alone. 'Isolation animal.

the equator having the same mean temperfrom the rest of mankind.' Milman. Isoperimetrical (i-sb-per'i

met"rik-al), a. ature, and bounded by corresponding isoIsologous (i-sol'o-gus), a. _[Gr. isos, equal, 1. Of or pertaining to isoperimetry.-2. Hav- thermal lines. and logos, proportion. ) In chem. having ing equal boundaries; as, isoperimetrical Isotherombrose (i'ső-ther-om'bros), a. (Gr. similar proportions or relations: said of figures or bodies.

isos, equal, theros, summer, and ombros, rain.] groups of homologous terms, in which the Isoperimetry (i'ső-per-im"et-ri), n. (Gr. In phys. geog. a term employed to designate radicles, by combining with a series of simi- isos, equal, and perimetron, circumference.) lines connecting places on the surface of the lar elements, give rise to a series of similar In geom. the science of figures having equal globe where the same quantity of rain falls compounds; thus, the hydrocarbon group, perimeters or boundaries.

during the summer. by its oxide, chloride, alcohol, &c., is isolo- Isophorous (i-sof'o-rus), a. [Gr. isos, the Isotonic (i-sō-ton'ik), a. (Gr. isos, equal, gous with the allyl group, which has also its same, and phero, to bear.) In bot. trans- and tonos, tone.) Having or indicating equal oxide, chloride, alcohol, and the like. Miller. formable into something else; thus, Actinia tones; in music, a term applied to a system Isomeric, Isomerical (i-ső-mer'ik,i-so-mer- is an isophorous form of Dendrobium. consisting of intervals in which each conik-al), a. In chem. pertaining to or charac- Isopod, Isopode (i'so-pod, i'so-pod), n. A cord is alike tempered, and in which there terized by isomerism. crustacean of the order Isopoda.

are twelve equal semitones. Isomeride (i-som'er-id), n. In chem. a com- Isopoda (i-sop'o-da), n. pl. [Gr. isos, equal, Isotrimorphism (i'ső-tri-mor"fizm), n. (Gr. pound that exhibits the properties of isom- and pous, podos, the foot.) An order of crus- isos, equal, tris, three, and morphé, shape.) erism with reference to some other com

Isomorphism between the three forms serpound.

erally of two trimorphous substances. GoodIsomerism (i-som'er-izm), n. [Gr. isos, equal,

rich. and meros, a part.) In chem. identity or

Isotrimorphous (i'ső-tri-morfus), a. Hayclose similarity of composition with differ

ing the quality of isotrimorphism. Goodrich, ence of physical or both chemical and phy

Isotropic (i-sō-trop'ik), a. (Gr. isos, equal, sical properties. There are three different

and trope, a turning, from trepo, to turn.] cases of isomerism : first, where the com

A term applied to bodies whose elastic pounds have the same percentage composi

forces are alike in all directions. tion, while their vapour densities are differ

Ispahanee (is-pa-han'ē), a. Of or pertaining ent; second, where the compounds have the

to Ispahan in Persia. same ultimate composition and the same

Isopoda.

Ispahanee (is-pa-han'ē), n. A native or invapour density, but differ in physical pro- 1, Bopyrus squillarum. Sedentary section. habitant of Ispahan. perties, and also in their behaviour towards 2, Cymodocea Lamarkii. Natatory section. Israelite (iz'ra-el-it), n. A descendant of the same reagents; third, where the com

3, Oniscus Asellus. Cursorial section.
a, Head. b, Thorax, C, Abdomen.

Israel or Jacob; a Jew, pounds have the same composition and the

Israelitic, Israelitish (iz'ra-el-it'ik, iz'rasame vapour density, and by their behaviour taceans having sessile eyes and a depressed el-it”ish), a. Pertaining to Israel; Jewish; towards reagents yield the same compound, body; the thoracic and abdominal wings Hebrew

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Issuable (ish'ù-a-bl), a. 1. That may be wounds; sap or gum issues from trees; light three genders; as, It is I, be not afraid; it issued.-2. Pertaining to an issue or issues; issues from the sun.

was Judas who betrayed Christ; it is thou; that admits of issue being taken upon it; in Ere Pallas issued from the Thunderer's head. Pope. it was they who did so. which issues are made up; as, an issuable plea; an issuable term. - Issuable plea, a 2. To go out; to rush out; as, troops issued

'Tis these that gave the great Apollo spoils. Pope. plea upon which a plaintiff may take issue from the town and attacked the besiegers.

When a question is asked it follows the and go to trial upon the merits.

3. To proceed, as progeny; to be derived or verb; as, who was it that betrayed Christ? Issuably (ish'ü-a-bli), adv.

5. It is used also for the state of a person, In an issuable

descended; to spring. manner; by way of issue. Pleading issu- Of thy sons that shall issue from thee. 2 Ki. XX. 18.

state of matters, condition of affairs, or the

like; as, has it come to this? ably.' Burrill.

4. To be produced, as an effect or result; Issuance (ish'ū-ans), n.

How is it with our general? Shak. to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, The act of issuing or givrents and profits issuing from land, tene

6. It is used after intransitive verbs very ing out; as, the issuance ments, or a capital stock. —5. In law, to

indefinitely, and sometimes imports a ludiof rations. come to a point in fact or law on which the

crous shade of meaning, especially after a Issuant (ish'ū-ant), ppr. parties join and rest the decision of the

noun used as a verb for the occasion. In In her. issuing or coming cause. – 6. To close; to end; to terminate;

this use it is rarely employed in an elevated up. It is used to express as, we know not how the cause will issue.

style. a charge or bearing rising

if Abraham brought all with him, it is not probable Issue (ish'ū), v.t. To send out; to deliver or coming out of another

that he meant to walk it back for his pleasure. for use; to deliver authoritatively; to put

Raleiga. charge or bearing. When Lion issuant.

into circulation; as, to issue provisions from The Lacedemonians, at the straits of Thermopylæ, a lion or other animal is a store; to issue an order from the depart

when their arms failed them, fought it vut with their blazoned as issuant, only the upper half of

nails and teeth. ment of war; to issue a writ or precept; to

Dryden. such animal is depicted.

Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it. Pope. issue money from a treasury or notes from Issue (ish'ū), n. (Fr. issue, issue, outlet, event, a bank.

The possessive case its does not appear till from 0. Fr, issir, to go out, to flow forth, and

The commissioners should issue money out to no

a year or two before 1600, his being used that from L.exeo, exire, to go out-ex, out, and other use.

Sir W. Temple.

both for the masculine and the neuter poseo, to go.] 1. The act of passing or flowing out;

After much dispute and even persecution there

sessive. a moving out of any inclosed place; egress: was issued in 1555 a decree establishing toleration to

This apoplexy is, as I take it, a kind of lethargy applied to water or other fluid, to smoke, all.

Brougham.
... I have read the cause of his effects in Galen.

Shak. to a body of men, &c.; as, an issue of water Issueless (ish’ū-les), a. Having no issue or When the transition from the possessive his from a pipe, from a spring, or from a river; progeny: wanting children. «Dying issue

to its was taking place the old dialectal and an issue of blood from a wound, of air from less. Carev.

uninflected possessive it was frequently a bellows; an issue of people from a door Issuer (ish’ūér), n. One who issues or

used, as it is still in Scotland. Several inor house. -2. The act of sending out; deli- emits.

stances of this occur in Shakspere, and at very; as, the issue of an order from a com- Isthmian (ist'mi-an), a. Of or pertaining least one in the Bible of 1611, Lev. xxv. 5, manding officer or from a court; the issue to an isthmus; especially, pertaining to the "That which groweth of it own accord;' of money from a treasury.-3. That which Isthmus of Corinth in Greece. - Isthmian

now changed to its. proceeds, flows, or is issued or sent out; as, games, games celebrated at the Isthmus of

Shak. (a) the whole quantity sent forth or issued

Do, child, go to it grandam. Corinth. These games formed one of the at one time; as, an issue of government or

It knighthood shall do worse. It shall fright all it four great national festivals of Greece, and friends with borrowing letters.

B. Jonson. bank notes; yesterday's issue of the Times. were celebrated in April and May in the () What happens or turns out; event; con- first and third year of each olympiad. The

In such phrases as 'It is me,' It is him,' it sequence; end or ultimate result; as, our contests embraced all varieties of athletic

is exceedingly indefinite. Here me and him present condition will be best for us in the performances, as wrestling, boxing, horse,

may be regarded as a sort of nominatives, issue. chariot, and foot racing, and contests in

like the French moi in the phrase "C'est Some awful moment, to which Heaven has joined

moi.' Professor Bain says it may be confimusic and poetry. The victors were crowned Great issues, good or bad for humankind. with garlands of pine-leaves, which consti

dently affirmed that, with good speakers, Wordsworth. tuted the sole prize.

in the case of negation, It is not me' is the (©) Progeny; a child or children; offspring; Isthmitis (ist-mi’tis), n. [Gr. isthmos, the

usual practice. It is l' is, however, suited also, all persons descended from a common throat, and the particle itis.) Inflammation

to occasions of dignity; as, ‘Jesus spake ancestor; all lineal descendants; as, he had of the throat.

unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; issue a son; and we speak of issue of the

be not afraid. In old English the substanwhole blood or half blood. If the king

Isthmus (ist'mus), n. [L., from Gr. isthmos, should without issue die.' Shak. (d) Produce the neck.) 1. A neck or narrow slip of land

tive verb often agrees with the nominative by which two continents are connected, or

following; thus we find, instead of 'It is I,' of the earth, or profits of land, tenements,

It am I.' by which a peninsula is united to the mainor other property; as, A. conveyed to B. all land. Such are the Isthmus of Panama

Itaberite (i-tab'ér-it), n. (From Itabira, in his right to a term for years, with all the or Darien, connecting the two great conti

Brazil.] În mineral. a variety of hematite, issues, rents, and profits. (e) A flux of nents of North and South America; the

being a granular slaty rock, consisting of blood. Mat. ix. 20. (f) In law, the close Isthmus of Suez, separating the Mediterra

specular or magnetic iron and quartz. or result of pleadings; the point or matter

nean from the Red Sea.--2. In anat. that Itacolụmite (it-a-kol'ü-mit), n. [From Itadepending in a suit on which two parties passage which divides the cavity of the

columni, a mountain in Brazil.) A laminated join and put their cause to trial; a single, mouth from that of the throat. It is formed

talcose sandstone, in connection with which definite, and material point issuing out of above by the pendulous veil of the palate

the diamond is generally found. In thin the allegations of the parties, and consist

slabs it is flexible. ing regularly of an affirmative and negative.

and uvula, at the sides by the pillars of the
fauces, and below by the base of the tongue. Italian (i-ta’li-an), n. 1. A native of Italy. -

Italian (i-ta'li-an), a. Pertaining to Italy. It is either an issue in law to be determined

--Isthmus of the thyroid gland, a transverse by the court, or in fact to be ascertained by cord connecting the two lobes which com

2. The language used in Italy or by the Itaa jury. Hence-9) A material point turning

lians. pose the thyroid body. up in any argument or debate on which

Italianate (i-ta'li-an-āt), v.t. To render the parties occupy affirmative and negative It (it), pron. [A. Sax. nom. hit, genit. or

Italian or conformable to Italian customs; pos. his, dat. and instrumental him, acc. hit; positions, and on which they base the re

to italianize. O.E. hit hyt, it, pos, his; 0.Sax. it; Goth. sult of the argument or debate; the position ita, D. het, O.H.G. iz, G. es; L. id.) 1. A pro

If any Englishman be infected with any misde. assumed when one party takes the negative, noun of the neuter gender, generally classed

meanour, they say with one mouth, he is italianated. the other the positive side on an important

Lyly. as a demonstrative, and corresponding with Italianate (i-ta'li-an-āt), a. Italianized : point.

the masculine pronoun he, and the feminine But if unhappily issue is to be taken adversely

applied to fantastic affectation of fashions she, having the same plural they. Keep borrowed from Italy. upon this bill, I hope it will be above all a plain and direct issue.

Gladstone.
thy heart with all diligence; for out of it

All his words, are the issues of life.' Prov. iv. 23. Here it His lookes, his oa lies, are all ridiculous, --At issue, in controversy; disputed; oppos

is the substitute for heart.-2. It is much All apish, childis., and italianate. Marlow. ing or contesting; hence, at variance; dis

used as the nominative to verbs called im- Italian-iron (i-ta'li-an-i'ern), n. A launagreeing; inconsistent; inharmonious.

personal; as, it rains; it snows. In this Face, voice

dress's smoothing iron, consisting of a stand As much at issue with the summer day

case there is no determinate thing to surmounted by a metal tube with a closed As if you brought a candle out of doors. which it can be referred.-3. Very often it is conical end heated by a metal bolt: used

E. B. Browning. used to introduce a sentence, preceding a for fluting or gauffering. Called also Gauf-To join issue, to take issue, said of two verb as a nominative,

but referring to a clause fering-iron. parties who take up a positive and negative or distinct member of the sentence following. Italian-iron (i-ta'li-an-i'ern), v.t. To iron position respectively on a point in debate.- This has been called the prospective use of with an italian-iron; to flute with an ita4. In surg. an artificial ulcer made in some it. It is well ascertained that the figure of lian-iron; to gauffer. C. Bronté. part of an animal body to promote a secre- the earth is an oblate spheroid.' What is Italianism (i-ta'li-an-izm), n. A word, tion of pus; a fontanel. - Issue-pea, a pea well ascertained? The fact that the figure phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to the or similar round body employed for the of the earth is an oblate spheroid; it (that) Italians; an Italian expression, manner, or purpose of maintaining irritation in a wound is well ascertained. Here it represents the custom. of the skin called an issue. The seed of the clause, the figure of the earth,' &c. If the Italianize (i-ta'li-an-iz), v.i. To play the common garden pea is frequently used, but order of the sentence is inverted the use of Italian; to speak Italian. the young unripe fruits of the common it is superseded, thus: That the figure of the Italianize (i-ta'li-an-iz), v.t. To render Itaorange are more commonly employed. For earth is an oblate spheroid is well ascer- lian; to give an Italian colour or character this purpose the fruits are dried, and after- tained. Similarly it is often used for a pre- to. wards turned in a lathe to make them round ceding clause of a sentence; as, we have been Italic (i-tal’ik), a. Of or pertaining to Italy; and smooth.

defeated for the present, it is true, but we specifically, applied to a printing type slopIssue (ish'ú), v.i. pret. & pp. issued; ppr. are not yet conquered.-4. It often begins ing towards the right, and usually employed issuing. (See the noun.] 1. To pass or flow a sentence when a personal pronoun, or to distinguish words or sentences, or to out; to run out, as from any inclosed place; the name of a person, or a masculine or render them emphatic. Italic letters were to proceed, as from a source; as, water feminine noun follows, and it may repre- invented about the year 1500 A. D. by Aldus issues from springs; blood issues from sent any one of the three persons or of the Manutius, a Venetian printer, who dedi

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cated them to the States of Italy (whence erectum, or a figure therof carried in the herbaceous or shrubby coarse plants, with the name), and used them in printing sundry festivals of Bacchus.) Lustful; lewd; in. thickish leaves and small greenish - white editions of the classics. This sentence is decent; obscene. An ithyphallic audacity heads of flowers. printed in italic characters.

that insults what is most sacred and decent -Ive. A common termination to English Italic (i-tal'ik), n. In printing, an italic among men.' Christian Examiner.

adjectives, from L. irus, giving an active letter or type.

Itineracy (i-tin'er-a-si), n. Practice of itin- signification to the stem; as, formative, that Italicism (i-tal'i-sizm), n. An Italianism erating

forms; active, that acts. (which see).

Itinerancy (i-tin'ér-an-si), n. 1. A passing Adjectives in -ive ought always to have an active Italicize (i-tal'i-siz), v.t. pret. & pp. itali- from place to place; the passing from place signification, otherwise they are improper. Took.

cized ; ppr. italicizing. To write or print to place in the discharge of official duty; Ivied (i'vid), a. Covered with trailing ivy; in italic characters; to distinguish by italics. the practice of discharging official duty in

overgrown with ivy. Beattie. Itch (ich), n. (O. E. ichyn, ykyn, dykin, A. this way. -- 2. A body of persons who dis- Ivory (i'vo-ri), n. (Fr. iroire, Leboreus, Sax. giccan, to itch; G. jucken, D. jeuking, charge official duty by passing from place to made of ivory, from ebur, ivory; Skr. ibha, jeuktė, Sc. yuik, itch. ) 1. A cutaneous place.

an elephant.] 1. The substance composing disease of the human race, appearing in Itinerant (i-tin'ér-ant), a. (L. itinerans,

the tusks of the elephant. The tusks of a small watery pustules on the skin, accom- itinerantis, travelling, from iter, itineris, a full-grown elephant sometimes weigh as panied with an uneasiness or irritation that way or journey. ) Passing or travelling

much as 170 lbs., but the medium weight inclines the patient to rub or scratch. This about a country or district; wandering; not of a tusk is about 60 lbs. Elephants disease is due to the presence within the settled; strolling; as, an itinerant preacher; tusks are hollow from the base to a certain epidermis of a small species of mite (Sar- an itinerant showman. 'A judge itinerant.' depth, the hollows being filled with medullary coptes scabiei), which is revealed by the Milton.

matter. The solid portion is of an intermicroscope. (See ITCH-MITE.) Numerous Itinerant (i-tin'er-ant), n. One who travels

mediate substance between bone and horn, external remedies, as an ointment made from place to place; a wanderer; one who and contains about 24 per cent. of gelatine; with stavesacre, have at different times been is unsettled ; specifically, an unsettled

it is readily distinguished from bone by its employed for the cure of itch, but the great preacher who goes from place to place peculiar rhomboidal net-work, shown when remedy is sulphur, which should be applied preaching

the ivory is cut transversely. The hardest, externally in the form of ointment. This Not the noblest of that honoured race

toughest, and most translucent ivory is disease is communicated or caused only by Drew happier, loftier, more impassioned thoughts

reckoned the best. As a material, it is ex. contact or contagion. 2. The sensation in From his long journeyings and eventful life, Than this obscure Itincrant. Wordsworth,

tensively used in the arts. The name is the skin occasioned by the disease, or a

Glad to turn itinerant,

also given to the white organic substance similar sensation produced by any other

To stroll and teach from town to town. Hudibras. resembling ivory obtained from the tusks disease or in any other way. -3. A constant

of the walrus, the hippopotamus, the narteasing desire; as, an itch for praise; an itch Itinerantly (i-tin'er-ant-li), adv. In an for scribbling itinerant, unsettled, or wandering manner.

whal, &c.-2. pl. Teeth generally. (Slang.)

The close-cropped bullet skull, the swarthy tint, The itch of disputing will prove the scab of Itinerary (i-tin'èr-a-ri), n. (Fr. itinéraire; churches.

the grinning itories, the penthouse ears, and iwink: I'otton. L.L. itinerarium, an account of a journey, There is a spice of the scoundrel in most of our from L iter, itineris, a going, a journey.) A

ling little eyes of the immortal governor of Barataria.

Suia. literary men; all ici: to filch and detract in the midst work containing notices or descriptions of - Vegetable ivory. See IVORY-NUT. of fair speaking and festivity.

Landor. the places and stations to be met with in Ivory (i'vo-ri), a. Consisting or made of Itch (ich), v.i. (See the noun.] 1. To feel a pursuing a particular line of road, as an itin

ivory ; as, an ivory comb.-Ivory-dust, the particular uneasiness in the skin, which in- erary from Paris to Rome; or of the prin

borings and chips of the ivory-turner. clines the person to scratch the part.-2. To cipal places and stations on the great roads Ivory-black (I'vo-ri-blak), n. A fine kind have an uneasy or teasing sensation im- throughout a country; as, an itinerary of

of soft black pigment, prepared from ivory. pelling to something. France, Italy, &c.

dust by calcination, in the same way as Though now I be old and of peace, if I see a sword Itinerary (7-tin'er-a-ri), a. Travelling; pass

bone-black. Ivory-black, or animal char. out my finger itches to make one.

Shak. ing from place to place, or done on a jour. coal, possesses the singular property of

Acarus scabici or Itch-mite (ich'mit), n. ney. Itinerary circuit.' Bacon. Itiner

completely decolorizing a great number of Sarcoptes scabiei, a microscopic articulated ary preaching.' Milton.

animal and vegetable solutions, and is exinsect of the class Arachnida, which proItinerate (i-tin'ér-āt), v.i pret. & pp. itiner

tensively used in the filtering beds of the duces itch in man. The female burrows in ated; ppr. itinerating. [L.L. itinero, itin

sugar refiners for purifying the solution or the skin, in which she deposits her eggs,

eratum, from L. iter, itineris, a going, a which are hatched in about ten days, giving journey.) To travel from place to place, Ivory-nut (i'vo-ri-nut), n. The seed of

syrup of raw sugar. rise to this troublesome affection. See particularly for the purpose of preaching;

Phytelephas macrocarpa, a low - growing ACARIDA to wander without a settled habitation.

palm, native of South America. The seeds Itchy (ich'i), a. Infected with the itch. -Itis (i'tis). In pathol. a Greek termination

are produced, seven or nine together, in Item (i'tem), adv. [L. item, also.) Also: a which, when added to the Greek name of

hard clustered capsules, each head weighing word formerly often used in accounts or any organ of the body, or part affected,

about 25 lbs. when ripe. Each seed is as lists of articles. implies inflammation of that organ or part.

large as a hen's egg; the albumen is closeItem (i'tem), n. 1. An article; a separate

Sometimes, as in the case of rectitis, it is particular in an account; as, the account added to a Latin word, making a hybrid.

grained and very hard, resembling the finest

ivory in texture and colour. It is therefore consists of many items. --2. A note or memo

Its (its). Possessive case of the pronoun it often, as such, wrought into ornamental randum; a hint; an innuendo. (which see)

work, and is hence called Vegetable Ivory. Itself (it-self'), pron.

The neuter pronoun A secret item was given to some of the bishops

The seeds are also known as Corozo-nuts. Fuller ... to absent themselves. corresponding to himself, herself. See

Ivory-palm(i'vo-ri-påm), n. The tree which HIMSELF. 3. Among journalists, a paragraph; a scrap

bears the ivory-nut. Ittnerite (it'ner-īt). n. (After Ittner, a of news.

Ivory-shell (i'võ-ri-shel), n. The shell of the Otis is item man and reporter for the 'Clarion.' German naturalist, who first discovered it. )

species of the genus Eburna (which see). Kimball.

A mineral, a hydrated variety of the zeolite Ivy (i'vi). n. (A. Sax. isig, G. epheu, 0.G. Item (i'tem), v.t. To make a note or memo- nosean, which occurs crystallized in rhombic

ebeheu, ebah; allied to G. eibe, 0.G. ínt, randum of. dodecahedrons, and massive. It forms a

M.H.G. iwe, A. Sax. iw, yew. See YEW.) I have idemed it in my memory. Addison, jelly when put into acids.

An epiphytic climbing plant of the genus And item down the victims of the past. Cowper. Ittria (it'tri-a), n. Same as Yttria (which

Hedera (H. Helix), nat order Araliaceæ. Iterable (itër-a-bl), a. Capable of being Ittrium (it’tri-um), n. see).

The leaves are smooth and shining, varying iterated or repeated.

Same as Yttrium

much in form, from oval entire to three and Iterance (it'er-ans), n. Iteration. (which see)

five lobed; and their perpetual verdure gives Itzibu (it'zi-bū), n. A Japanese money of What needs this iterance, woman? Shak.

the plant a beautiful appearance. The account, constituting the monetary unit. Iterant (it'ér-ant), a. (See ITERATE.) Re

flowers are greenish and inconspicuous, In silver it is a coin of the value of 18, 4fd. peating. “An iterant echo.' Bacon.

disposed in globose umbels, and are suinearly. Iterate (it'er-át), v. t. pret. & pp. iterated; Iulidæ (i-ūli-dē), n. pl. [From Tulus, the

ceeded by deep green or almost blackish

berries. H. Helix (the common ivy) is found ppr. iterating. (L. itero, iteratur, to do

generic name, and Gr. eidos, likeness.) A anything a second time, to repeat, from

throughout almost the whole of Europe, and family of diplopod or chilognath myriapods, iterum, again, from id, it, with the com

in many parts of Asia and Africa. It is of which the genus Iulus is the type; the parative suffix. Comp. Skr. itara, another. )

plentiful in Britain, growing in hedges, pill-worms. To utter or do a second time; to repeat; as, Iulidan (i-ū'li-dan), n.

woods, on old buildings, rocks, and trunks

A myriapod of the to iterate advice or admonition.

of trees. A variety, called the Irish ivy, is family Iulidæ. Adam took no thought,

much cultivated on account of the large Iulus (i-ü'lus), n. (Gr. ioulos, down, catkin, size of its foliage and its very rapid growth. Eating his fill; nor Eve to iterate

centipede.) A genus of Myriapoda, order Her former trespass feared. Milton.

The ivy attains a great age, and ultimately Chilognatha or Diplopoda, a semicylindrical Iteration (it-ér-a'shon), n. (L. iteratio,

becomes several inches thick and capable form, with moniliform antennæ and two iterationis, from itero. See ITERATE.] 1. Re

of supporting its own stem. The wood is

soft and porous, and when cut into very petition; recital or performance a second time.

thin plates may be used for filtering liquids. Virtue ... gives

In Switzerland and the south of Europe it is To life's sick, nauseous iteration, change. Young.

used for making various useful articles. The 2. Readiness or aptitude at quoting passages

ivy has been celebrated from remote antifrom books.

lulus plicatus or Millepede.

quity, and was held sacred in some coun

tries, as Greece and Egypt - Barren iry, Fals. Yet he talked wisely, and in the street too. P. Hen. Thou didst well; for wisdom cries out in

articulated palpi. The common galley-worm a creeping and flowerless variety of ivy the streets, and no inan regards it.

(I. terrestris) is the type of the genus. I. German ry, the name given to a species of Fals. O thou hast damnable iteration, and art in- plicatus is a common British species.

groundsel, Senecio mikanoides. - Grounddeed able to corrupt a saint.

Shak. Iva (i'va), n (Origin doubtful.) A genus iry, the popular name of the plant Nepeta Iterative (it'er-at-iv), a. Repeating:

of plants of the order Compositæ, of which Glechoma. See GROUND-IVY. thyphallic (ith-i-fal'lik), a. [Gr. ithyphal- there are but three or four species, natives Ivyed (i'vid), a. Same as I vied. likos, from ithyphallos, meinbrum virile of North and South America. They are Ivy-gum (i'vi-gum), n. A resinous juice

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