IMPOSINGLY

IMPERATOR, n. [L.] A title of honour conferred on Roman generals after a great victory; a commander-in-chief; a general; a king or emperor. IMPERCEPTIBIL'ITY, n. Same as IMPERCEPTIBLENESS. IMPERCEPTION, n. Want of percep

tion.

IMPERCEP'TIVE, a. Not able to per

ceive.

IMPERIAL, n. [add.] A tuft of hair on a man's lower lip. IMPERIALTY, n. Imperial power. IMPERISHABLY, adv. So as not to be liable to decay.

IMPER MANENCY, n. Same as Iм

PERMANENCE.

IMPERSEVERANT, a. Most perseverant; strongly persevering. [Shak.] IMPER'SONAL, n. In gram., that which wants personality; an impersonal verb.

IMPERSONATE, v. t. [add.] To invest with personality, or the bodily substance of a living being.-2. To ascribe the qualities of a person. IMPERSONATION, n. [add.] Embodiment or state of being invested with personality.

IMPERSUA'DIBLE, a. That cannot be persuaded; impersuasible. IMPERSUA'DIBLENESS, n. Quality of being impersuadible. IMPER TINENT, a. [add.] Pertinent. [Shak.]

IMPERTURBABILITY, n. Quality of being imperturbable.

IMPES,† n. plur. [See IMP.] Shoots of trees; children. Chaucer, Spenser.] IMPEST,† v. t. To fill with pestilence; to infest.

IMPETIG'INES, n. plur. [L. See IMPETIGO. Cutaneous diseases. IM PETREN,† pres. tense plur. of Impetre. [Fr.] Obtained by prayer. [Chaucer.]

IMPIN GENT, a. Falling against or

upon.

IMPITIOUS, a. Unpitying. [Shah.] IMPLIABLE, a. Not pliable; unyielding.

IMPLICIT, a. [add.] Not analyzed; not particularly observed, examined, or developed; opposed to explicit. [Locke, Addison,]

IMPLICIT FUNCTION, n. In mathematics. [See FUNCTION.] IMPLIE', v. t. [See IMPLY.] To wrap up. [Spenser.]

IM PLORATOR, n. One who implores or entreats. [Shah.] IMPLY', v. t. [add.] To mean; to signify; as, this is what the words strictly imply.

IMPLYES',† third pers. sing. of Imply. Envelopes; entangles. [Spenser.] IMPOISONMENT, n. Act of poisoning; state of being poisoned. IMPO'LARILY,† adv. Not in the direction of the poles.

IMPORTANT, a. [add.] Stately; solemn; affectedly grave; as, an important strut. [Gay.] IMPOR TUNE,† v. t. To solicit earnestly. [Spenser.]

IMPOR TUNE,† a. Cruel; savage.

Importune fate, cruel fate. [Spenser.] IMPOSE', v.t.[add.] To lay or place on or over, literally and materially; as, it was here that Xerxes imposed a stupendous bridge of boats. [Gibbon.]-To subject by way of punishment."

Impose me to what peuance your invention Can lay upon my sin. Shak. IMPOS'INGLY, adv. In an imposing

manner.

IN

IMPOS ́INGNESS, n. Quality of being imposing.

IMPOSSIBLY, adv. Not possibly. IMPOS THUMATE, a.(impos tumate.) Corrupted; morbid.

IM POTENCE, n. [add.] In law, an IM POTENCY, inability of generation, or of propagating the species; a ground of divorce, a vinculo matrimonii, as being merely void, and therefore requiring only a sentence declaratory of its being so.

IM POTENT, a. [add.] Without power of sexual intercourse.-Ungovernable; violent. [Spenser.]

IMPOUND'AĠE, n. The act of impounding cattle.

IMPOUND'ING, ppr. [add.] Impounding cattle, &c., in law, placing cattle, &c., after they have been distrained upon, in a safe place of custody. IMPRACTICABILITY, n. [add.] Imperviousness; insurmountable difficulty; as, the regular army could not pursue them from the impracticability of the country. IMPREG ́NANT, a. Not pregnant. [Rare.]

IMPRESCRIP TABLE RIGHTS, n. In law, such rights as a person may use or not at pleasure, as they cannot be lost to him by the claims of another founded on prescription. IMPRESCRIPTIBLY, adv. In an imprescriptible manner. IMPRESSIONABLE, a. Susceptible of impression; that can be impressed. IM PREST-MONEY, n. Money paid on enlisting soldiers. IMPROFICIENCE, n. Same as Iм

PROFICIENCY.

IMPROP'ER, a. [add.] Improper feuds, in law, derivative feuds; as, for instance, such as were originally bartered and sold to the feudatory for a price, or were held upon base or less honourable services.

IMPROVE', v. t. [add.] To increase or augment simply; as, to improve the keenness of the northern blast. [Pope.] -To censure; to impeach; to blame; to reprove. [Tyndall.] IMPRÖV ́INGLY, adv. In an improving manner.

IMPROVISATE, v. t. and i. To compose and sing extemporaneously; to improvise.

IMPROVISATOR, n. One who composes and sings extemporaneously; an improvisatore. IMPROVISATORY, a. Relating to extemporary composition of rhymes or poems. IMPROVISE, v. t. and i. To improvisate; to speak extempore. IMPROVVISATRICE, Į n. (im-provIMPROVISATRICE, e-sa-trecha.) A woman who makes rhymes or short poems extemporaneously. IMPUG NABLE, a. That may be impugned.

IMPUGNE,† v. t. [See IMPUGN.] To oppose or resist. [Spenser.] IMPUGN'MENT, n. (impūn ́ment.) Act of impugning. IMPULSE, n. [add.] Pressure, applied to produce motion in a body, may be considered a continuous impulse, and percussion, an instantaneous impulse. IMPULSE', v. t. To instigate; to impel; to actuate. [Pope.] IMPUNCTUALITY, n. Want or neglect of punctuality. IMPUN'IBLY, adv. Without punish

ment.

IN, prep. [add.] In for into. [Shak.]

INCESSANTNESS

In for during. [Shak.]-In great mea sure, abundantly. [Shak.]-In lieu of in consideration of; in exchange for. [Shak.]-To speak in point, to speak with exactness. [Shak.]-In use, lent on interest, as money. [Shak.]-To be in one's books, to be in one's favour. [Colloq.]-In for it, committed; engaged in a thing from which there is no retreating. [Colloq.] IN,† v. t. To take in; to inclose. [Bacon.] IN, for INN. [Spenser.] INADAPTATION, n. A state of being not adapted or fitted. INAMORA TA, n. [It. innamorata.] A female in love; a mistress. IN-AND-IN, n. Breeding in-and-in. [See BREEDING.] INAN'IMATENESS, n. being inanimate. INAPATHY, n. Feeling; sensibility. [Rar. us.]

Quality of

INAPPĒÁL'ABLE, a. Not to be appealed from. INAP'PLICABLENESS, n. State of being inapplicable. INAP POSITELY, adv. Not pertinently; not suitably. INAPPREHEN'SION, n. Want of apprehension.

State of

INARTICULATE, a. [add.] In zool., not jointed or articulated. INÄRTIFICIALNESS, n. being inartificial. [Rar, us.] INATTENTIVENESS, n. Want of attention; inattention.

INAUGURATOR, instead of INAUGURA TOR.

IN AUTRE DROIT. [Fr.] In law, in another's right, as where executors or administrators sue for a debt or duty, &c., in right of the testator or intestate.

IN'CA, n. A genus of lamellicorn beetles, allied to Trichius, natives of South America, where they take the place of the Goliath-beetles of Africa. INCALCULABLENESS, n. Quality of being beyond calculation, INCAPACITATION, n. [add.] Exclusion from public trust. INCARNATION, n. [add.] Confinement in the body; as, the incarnation of the soul. [Young.] INCAUTION, n. Want of caution; heedlessness. [Pope.] INCAV'ED, a. Inclosed in a cave. INCAV'ERNED, a. Inclosed in a

cavern.

INCELEBRITY, n. Want of celebrity. INCEND'IOUSLY, adv. In a manner calculated to promote contention. INCENS ED, pp. or a. [add.] Incited; urged on. [Shak.] INCEN'SURABLY, adv. So as not to be censured.

INCENTIVE, a. [add.] Apt to take fire quickly. [Philips.] INCENTIVELY, adv. Incitingly; encouragingly.

INCEPTIVE, n. That which begins; as, an inceptive proposition, an inceptive verb.

INCEPTIVELY, adv. In a manner noting beginning. INCEPTOR, n. [add.] A person who is on the point of taking the degree of A.M. at an English university. INCERATION, instead of INCERATION.

INCES'SABLY, adv. Continually; unceasingly.

INCES SANT, a. [add.] Not delaying; quick. [Pope.

INCES'SANTNESS, n. The state of being incessant.

INCOMPATIBLENESS

INDELIBLENESS

INDICTMENT

chamber.

of

four inched. [Shak.] INCIDENTALNESS, n. State being incidental. [Rare.] INCIPIENTLY, adv. In an incipient

manner.

INCIT INGLY, adv. So as to excite to action.

INCLINATION, n. [add.] A bend, or inflexion of the body; a bending downwards. [Spenser.]

INCLINE', v. i. [add.] To bend down. [Spenser.]

INCLINED PLANE WHEELS, n. One of the many names for Hooke's gearing.

INCLIN'ER, n. [add.] One who inclines. INCLOSURE, n. [add.] The inclosing and partitioning of lands in England and Wales, which are comprehended under the general name of commons, or common lands. INCLU'SA, n. [L. includo, to inclose.] A tribe of testaceous acephalous molluscs, in the system of Cuvier, the animals of which have the mantle open at the anterior extremity, or near the middle only, for the passage of the foot; at the posterior end it is prolonged into tubes of great length, as in the razor

shells.

INCLŶN'ING,† ppr. Bowing. [Spenser.]

INCOALESCENCE, n. Want of coa

lescence.

INCOGITATIV'ITY, n. Quality of being incogitative. [Rar. us.] INCOGNITA, n. [Ït.] A female unknown, or in disguise.

INCOG NITO, a. Unknown. INCOG NITO, n. Concealment; state of concealment. INCOG/NIZABLE, a. [add.] Pron. inkog'ne-zabl, or inkon ́e-zabl." INCOHERENTNESS, n. Want of coherence; incoherence.

INCOMBIN'ING, a. Non-combining or uniting; disagreeing; differing. [Milton.

INCOM BROUS,† a. [Fr.] Cumbersome. [Chaucer.]

IN COMER, n. One who comes in; one who takes possession of land or of a farm.

IN'CŎME-TAX, n. An assessed tax of so much per £1 on all incomes, emoluments, profits, &c., above a certain amount.

INCOM'ITY, n. Incivility; want of comity.

INCOMMENS'URATENESS, n. State of being incommensurate. INCOMPATIBLE, a. [add.] In chem., a term applied to salts and other substances which cannot exist together in solution without mutual decomposition. Thus, the soluble salts of lead and of barytes are incompatible with sulphuric acid and the sulphates. INCOMPATIBLENESS, n. Incom

patibility.

INCULCATOR, n. He who inculcates. INCUMBRANCE, n. [add.] A term applied conventionally to children by aspirants to certain offices; as, a man and wife without incumbrance, that is, without children.

INCUNAB'ULA, n. plur. [L. a cradle.] In bibliography, a term applied to books printed during the early period of the art; generally confined to those which were printed before the year 1500. INCUR'SIVE, a. Hostile; making an attack or incursion; aggressive. IN'CUS, n. [L. an anvil.] The largest bone of the tympanum of the ear, thus named from its fancied resemblance to an anvil. With this bone the malleus is articulated. IN'DE,† a. [Fr.] Indigo-coloured; azure-coloured. [Chaucer.] INDECLIN ́ABLE, n. In gram., a word

that is not declined. INDECOROUSLY, or INDEC'OROUSLY.

INDECO ROUSNESS, or INDEC ́OROUSNESS.

INDEFINITE, a. [add.] Indefinite term, in logic, a privative or negative term, in respect of its not defining or marking out an object, as a definite term does. Thus, unorganized being is an indefinite term, while organized being is definite.

INDEFINITE INFLORESCENCE, n. In bot. [See CENTRIPETAL INFLORESCENCE in this Supp.] INDELECTABLE, a. Unpleasant;

unamiable.

INDELIBLENESS, n. Quality of being indelible.

of being indemonstrable. INDENIZAʼTION, n. The act of na turalizing; or the patent by which one is made free.

INDEN IZEN, v. t. To invest with the
privileges of a free citizen.
INDEN IZENED, pp. Made free.
INDEN IZENING, ppr. Making free.
INDENTEDLY, adv. With indenta-

tions.

INDEW',† v. t. or i. [See INDUE.] To
put on; to be clothed with. [Spenser.]
IN'DEX, n. [add.] In math., this word
takes the plural Indices.

IN DEX, v. t. To provide with an index
or table of references; to reduce to an
index; as, to index a book.
IN'DEXED, pp. Furnished with, or
reduced to an index.
IN'DEXER, n. One who makes an in-
dex.

IN'DEX-HAND, n. A hand that points
to something.

IN'DEXING, ppr. Furnishing with an index or table of references. IN DEX PROHIB'ITORY, n. [L. index librorum prohibitorum.] In Roman Catholic countries, a list or catalogue of books absolutely prohibited. IN'DIAMAN, n. A large ship employed in the India trade. IN'DIAN BERRY, n. The Cocculus indicus, which see. INDIANEER', n. An Indiaman. IN'DIAN HEŃ, n. A species of bittern found in North America is so called (Botaurus minor).

INDIAN INK, n. [add.] This ink is used also for the lines and shadows of drawings.

IN'DIAN MEAL, n. Meal made from Indian corn (Zea mays). IN'DIAN OAK, n. The teak-tree (Tectona grandis). [See TECTONA.] IN'DIAN TOBÀ¤¤O, n. A plant, the Lobelia inflata. [See LOBELIA.] IN'DIAN TURNIP, n. An American plant, the Arum triphyllum, with a head of red flowers growing on a stem, a root resembling a small turnip, and having a very acrid juice. IN'DIAN WHEAT, n. Same as INDIAN CORN.

IN'DIAN YELLOW, n. A pigment of a bright yellow colour, but not permanent, much used in water-painting. It is imported from India, and is composed of the phosphate of urea and lime. IN'DIA-RUBBER, n. [add.] Indiarubber tree of Bengal, the Ficus elastica, which yields a large portion of the caoutchouc exported from Bengal. [See CAOUTCHOUC in this Supp.] INDICANT, n. In med., that which points out a remedy. INDICATIVE, n. In gram., the indicative mood. See the Adjective.] IN'DICATOR,n. Honey-guides, a genus of African birds, so named from their curions habit of guiding the natives to the nests of the wild bees. They are closely allied to the cuckoos. INDICATOR, n. [add.] In mech., the name applied especially to an instrument for ascertaining the pressure of the steam in the cylinder, in contradistinetion to the steam-gauge, which shows the pressure of the steam in the boiler of the engine. The name is also applied to an instrument for co-ordinating the motions of the piston and valve, called the valve-indicator. INDI"CIA, n. plur. [L. indicium.] Discriminating marks. INDICT MENT, n. [add.] An indict

INDIVISIBLE

ment, as defined by Blackstone, is a written accusation of one or more persons, of a crime or a misdemeanour, preferred to, and presented upon oath by a grand jury. An indictment is not properly so called till it has been found to be a true bill by the grand jury; and when presented to the grand jury, it is properly called a bill. The decision of the grand jury is not a verdict upon the guilt of the accused, but merely expresses their opinion, that from the case made by the prosecutor, the matter is fit to be presented to the common jury, and to be tried in the proper courts. If the grand jury are of opinion that the accusation is groundless, they indorse upon the bill, "not a true bill," or, "not found;" if the contrary, "6 a true bill." [See JURY.] INDICTOR, n. (indit'or.) He who indicts another for an offence.

INDIFFERENTIST, n. One who is indifferent or neutral in any cause. IN'DIGENTLY, adv. In an indigent, destitute manner.

INDIGEST', a. Not digested; indigested. [Shak.]

INDIGEST, n. [add.] A disordered state of affairs. [Shak.]

INDIGEST EDNESS, n. State of being indigested. [Rar. us.]

INDIGEST IBLY, adv. Not digestibly. INDIGNE, a. (indi'ne.) [Fr.] Unworthy. [Chaucer, Spenser.] INDIGNIFYED,† pp. Treated disdainfully or unworthily. [Spenser.] IN'DIGO, n. [add.] Egyptian indigo, a leguminous plant, the Tephrosia apollinea, a native of Egypt. It is narcotic, and yields a fine blue dye. The leaves are often mixed with Alexandrian senna, and the plant is commonly cultivated for its indigo in Nubia. INDIGOM'ETRY, n. The method of determining the colouring power of indigo. This is effected by finding the amount of chlorine necessary to destroy the colour of a given quantity of the indigo.

INDIRECT, a. [add.] Indirect evidence, in law, inferential testimony as to the truth of a disputed fact, not by means of the actual knowledge which any witness had of the fact, but by collateral circumstances, ascertained by compe

INDIVIDUALIZA'TION, n. The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized.

INDIVIDUALIZED, instead of INDIVIDUALIZED. INDIVIDUALIZER, n. One who individualizes.

INDIVIDUALIZING, instead of INDIVIDUALIZING. INDIVISIBLE, n. [add.] Method of indivisibles, a peculiar species of calculus, much used by mathematicians before the invention of the method of fluctions, or the differential and integral calculus. It was founded on the assumption that quantities are composed of infinitely small quantities, incapable of further division. Thus, lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points, surfaces of an infinite number of lines, and solids of an infinite number of surfaces. This method has been entirely superseded by the differential and integral calculus.

INEFFECTIVELY

INDIVI'SUM, n. [L.] In law, that which is held in common, without participation.

IN'DO-BRIT'ON, n. A person born in India, one of whose parents is a native of Britain.

IN'DOOR, a. Being within doors; as, an indoor servant.

INDORSA'TION, n. Indorsement. INDORS'ING, n. The act of making an indorsement.

INDORS'ING, ppr. Writing on the back; assigning; sanctioning. INDORS'OR, n. One who indorses. INDOW'MENT, n. See ENDOWMENT. IN'DRAWN, a. Drawn in. IN'DRI, n. A tailless quadruped belonging to the lemur family. Its hinder

Indri, Indris brevicaudata.

limbs are very long. The natives of Madagascar tame this quadrumanous animal, and train it to the chase. INDUCE', v. t. [add.] To transmit an electric influence through a non-conducting medium without any apparent communication of a spark; to produce, by means of an electrified body, an opposite electrical state in contiguous bodies.

INDUCTIONAL, a. Relating to induction; inductive.

INDUCTOMETER, n. [Induction, and Gr. μrgo, measure.] Differential inductometer, is the name given by Faraday to an instrument for measuring differences of electrical induction. It consists of three insulated metallic plates, placed parallel to, and at equal distances from, one another, each exterior plate being connected with an insulated gold leaf of an electrometer. INDULGE'MENT, n. Act of indulging. [Rar. us.]

INDU'PLICATE, a. instead of INDUPLICATE. [add.] In bot., having the margins bent abruptly inward, and the external faces of those edges applied to each other without any twisting, as in some species of Clematis. IN'DUS, n. The Indian, a southern constellation consisting of twelve stars. It is situated between Sagittarius and the south pole.

INDUSTRIAL, a. [add.] Pertaining to manufacture or produce of industry; as, industrial arts. INDUSTRIALISM, n. Industry; manual labour. [Rare.] INDUSTRIALLY, adv. In an industrial manner. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, n. In Scotland, the name given to schools for educating poor neglected children, reclaiming them from evil habits, and training them to habits of industry. They are often called ragged schools. IN'DWELL, v. i. To dwell or exist inwardly.

INECH'ED,† pp. [Sax. in, and eche, to add.] Inserted. [Chaucer.] INEFFECTIVELY, adv. Without effect; inefficiently.

INFERNAL MACHINE

INEFFECTIVENESS, n. Quality of being ineffective. INE'QUABLE, a. Not equable; unequable. INEQUALITY, n. [add.] In algebra, the signs of inequality are > and <; the first signifying greater than, and the second less than; the opening in each being turned towards the greater quantity, and the angular point toward the less. Thus, a >b signifies that a is greater than b; and a <b, that a is less than b. Also, such an expression as ab, or a <b, constitutes an inequality.

INER MIS, a. [L.] Unarmed. [See INERMOUS.]

INER TIA, n. [add.] In obstetrics, a term applied to the condition of the uterus, when it does not contract properly after parturition.

INEX'ECRABLE, a. Most execrable. [Shak.]

INEXHAUSTIBILITY, n. Inexhaust

ibleness.

INEXPEDIENTLY, adv. Not expediently; unfitly.

INEX PIABLENESS, n. State of being inexpiable. [Rar. us.]

INEXPRESSIVE, a. [add.] Wanting expression, as a painting; ineffable; not perceptible; not exposed to the senses. [Akenside.]

IN EXTEN'SO. [L.] Fully; at full length; with full extent.

IN EXTRE MIS. [L.] In the last moments. [A law term.] INFAM'ÖNIZE, v. t. To brand with infamy; to defame. [Shak.] IN'FAMY, n. [add.] By 6 and 7 Vict., c. 85, it is enacted that no man shall be excluded from giving evidence though he may have been convicted of any crime.

IN FAMY,† n. [L. infamia.] Slander. [Spenser.]

INFANTICIDAL, a. Relating to infanticide.

INFANTICIDE, n. [add.] The destruction of a child, either newly born or in the course of parturition. The felonious destruction of the foetus in the womb is more properly termed fæticide.

IN'FANT-SCHOOLS, n. Schools for the instruction and training of young children.

INFECT, v.t. [add.] Totinge. [Dryden.] IN FELT, a. Felt within or deeply. INFEODA'TION, n. In law, the act of putting one in possession of a fee or estate.-Infeodation of tithes, the granting of tithes to mere laymen. INFEOF'MENT, n. See ENFEOFFMENT. INFERD',† pp. [L. infero. See INFER.] Brought in; induced; conveyed. [Spenser.]

INFEREN'TIALLY, adv. By way of

inference.

INFE'RIE, n. plur. [L.] Sacrifices offered by the ancients to the souls of departed heroes or friends. INFER'IBLE, a. That may be inferred or deduced from premises. INFERIOR VALVE, n. In conchol., that valve of an adherent bivalve by which it is united to other substances. INFER'NAL MACHINE, n. A name given to explosive machines or apparatus contrived for the purposes of assassination. The most memorable was that formed to destroy Napoleon, and exploded Dec. 24, 1800; and that constructed in 1835, for the purpose of assassinating Louis Philippe and his suite.

INFORMATION

INFEROBRANCH'IANS, n. See IN

FEROBRANCHIATA.

INFER'RIBLE, a. That may be inferred; deducible from premises. Written also Inferible, and Inferable. INFEST',† a. [L. infestus.] Cheerless; joyless; deadly.-Mischievous; hurtful. [Spenser.]

INFEST ÉR, n. He or that which infests.

IN FIDEL, n. [add.] A disbeliever in general. A name given by Mahometans to Christians. Applied also by the older writers to pagans. INFILTER, v. t. To filter or sift in. INFILTRATION, n. [add.] In med., the diffusion of fluids into the cellular tissue or organs. It may be serous, sanguineous, purulent, or tuberculous. IN FIMA SPE ́CIES, n. [L.] In logic, the lowest species, or that which is not subdivided except into individuals, or which is not considered as a genus of anything.

INFINITE, n. Infinity. [Shak.] INFINITES'IMALLY, adv. By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities. INFINITIVE, n. In gram., a mood of the verb. [See the Adjective.] INFINITIVELY, adv. In the manner of an infinitive mood. INFINITO, instead of INFINITO. INFINITUPLE,† a. Infinite fold; repeated an infinite number of times. INFLAME', v. i. [add.] To take fire. INFLAMMATORY CRUST, n. The buffy coat which appears on the surface of the crassamentum of blood drawn in inflammation, in pregnancy, &c. INFLAT INGLY, adv. In a manner tending to inflate.

INFLECT', v. t. [add.] To modulate, as the voice.

INFLECTIONAL, a. Relating to in

flection.

INFLEX', v. t. To bend; to curve. INFLORESCENCE, n. [add.] A flowering; the unfolding of blossoms. IN'FLUENCER, n. One who influences. INFLUEN CIVE, a. Having influence; influential. [Rar. us.] INFORM'AL, a. [add.] Irregular; deranged in mind. [Shak.] INFORMATION, n. [add.] In law, an accusation or complaint exhibited against a person for some misdemeanour, either immediately against the king (queen) or against a private person. It differs from an indictment principally in this, that an indictment is an accusation found by the oath of a grand jury, whereas an information is simply an allegation of the person who exhibits it. Informations are of two sorts those which are partly at the suit of the king, and partly at that of a subject; and secondly, such as are in the name of the king only. Informations of the former sort are usually exhibited upon penal statutes, which impose a penalty upon the offender upon conviction, one part of which is for the king, and the other part for the informer. The informations exhibited in the name of the king alone, are also of two kinds: first, those which are truly and properly his own suits, as in the case of misdemeanours which disturb the king's government, or interfere with the discharge of his kingly office; these are filed ex-officio by the king's attorney-general at his own discretion, when they are called ex-officio informations. Secondly, those which are exhibited in the name of the king by some private person or informer,

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and are filed by the master of the crown-office. Informations of this latter kind relate to riots, batteries, libels, which disturb the public peace, but do not directly disturb the king's government.-Informations in the court of chancery. When it is necessary for the court of chancery to interfere with the regulation or management of any charity, the attorney-general, as informant, on the relation of some person, who is called the relator, files an information in the court of chancery for the purpose of bringing the case before the court. This is simply called an information, to distinguish it from the other informations above stated, which bear the name of criminal informations. INFORM ́ED STARS, instead of INFOR MED STARS.

INFORM'ER, n. [add.] A person who lays an information, or prosecutes any person in the king's courts who offends against the law or any penal statute. Such a person is generally called a common informer, because he makes it his business to lay informations, for the purpose of obtaining his share of the penalty. [See INFORMATION in this Supp.]

INFRACTIBLE, a. That may be

broken.

INFRALAPSA'RIAN, n. [L. infra, below or after, and lapsus, fall.] A name given to that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past, and the elect as being in a fallen and guilty state. They are opposed to the Supralapsarians. [See SUPRALAPSARIAN.] INFRALAPSA RIANISM, n. The doctrine of the Infralapsarians. INFRAN GIBLENESS, n. State of being infrangible.

IN FRA-SPINA'TUS, n. [L.] A muscle arising from the scapula below the spine, and inserted into the humerus. [See SUPRA-SPINATUS.] INFRINGE', v. t. [add.] This verb is frequently followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon one's rights. INFUNDIB ́ULIFORM, a. [add.] In anat., a term applied to a ligament joining the first vertebra to the occiput. INFUNDIB'ULUM, n. [L. a funnel.] In anat., a term applied to a little funnel-shaped process, attached to the pituitary gland, and to a small cavity of the cochlea.-Also, the three large cavities which constitute by their union the pelvis of the kidney, are termed infundibula.

INFU'SION, n. [add.] The act of introducing into the veins medicinal substances by a kind of syringe. INFUSO ́RIAL, a. Same as INFUSORY. INFU'SORY, n. pl. Infusories. A name given to certain microscopic animals, living in water and other liquids; called also Infusoria,-which see. IN'GA, n. Á genus of leguminous plants. I. sassa, an Abyssinian species, produces fruit with a sweet pulp, and is a source of gum, said to be the gumsassa of commerce.

INGAGED, pp. Pledged. [Shak.] ING'ANS, n. Onions. [Scotch.] INGEER', v. i. or t. To glean corn, &c. [Scotch.]

INGEN ER, n. A contriver or designer. [Shak.]

INGENERABILITY, n. Quality of being ingenerable. INGEN'ITE, or IN'GENITE, a. ING LE, n. [add. Ingle-side, or inglecheek, fireside. [Scotch.]

INJECTION

ING’LE-NOOK, n. Corner by the fire. [Scotch.]

INGLO BATE, a. In the form of a globe or sphere. Applied to nebulous matter, collected into a sphere by the gravitating principle.

IN'GOT, n. [add.] A mould for casting ingots. [Chaucer.] IN'GOWES,† n. pl. Ingots. [Spenser.] INGRÄFT'ER, n. One who ingrafts. INGRAIN', v. t. instead of IN'GRAIN. [add.] To work into the natural texture; to impregnate the whole matter or substance.

INGRAIN', a. instead of INGRAIN. INGRAIN ED, pp. instead of INGRAINED. [add.] Wrought into the natural texture; thoroughly impregnated. INGRAIN'ING, ppr. instead of IN'GRAINING. [add.] Working into the texture; thoroughly impregnating. IN'GRESS, n. [add.] In law, free entry into a place; a term employed in leases of lands, and in right of way. INGRES'SU, n. [L.] An abolished writ of entry into lands and tenements. INGRES ́SUS, n. [L.] The relief which the heir at full age paid to the head lord, for entering upon the fee, or lands fallen by the death or forfeiture of the tenant, &c.

IN'GUEN, n. [L.] The groin. IN'GUINAL, a. [add.] Inguinal glands, glands situated in the groin, which are of two kinds, superficial and deep seated. -Inguinal hernia, bubonocele; hernia of the groin.-Inguinal ligament, a ligament of the groin, called also Poupart's ligament. INHABIT,† pp. Inhabited. [Chaucer.] INHABITATIVENESS, n. In phrenology, a tendency or inclination to select a peculiar dwelling. INHARMO ́NIOUSNESS, n. Want of harmony; discord.

INHERIT, v. t. [add.] To possess; as, the world and all it doth inherit; to inherit a thought of ill concerning some one. [Shak.]-To put in possession; to seize; to cause to entertain-with of. It must be great, that can inherit us So much as of a thought of ill in him. Shak. INHERIT, v. i. [add.] To come into possession, as an heir or successor. INHILDE',† v. t. [Sax.] To pour in. [Chaucer.]

Hostility; un

IN'IA, n. A genus of cetacea, belonging to the dolphin family, remarkable for the distance at which it is found from the sea, frequenting the remote tributaries of the river Amazon, and even some of the elevated lakes of Peru. It has bristly hairs on its snout. IN'IAL, a. See INION in this Supp. INIM'ICAL, or INIMI'¤AL, a. INIMICALITY, n. friendliness. INIM'ITABLENESS, n. Quality of being inimitable. [Rar. us.] IN'IÓN, n. [Gr. ivi, the nape of the neck.] In anat., the ridge of the occiput. Hence the term inial, applied by Barclay to that aspect of the head which is toward the inion; the opposite aspect being termed ant-inial. INIQUITOUSLY, adv. Unjustly; wickedly.

INITIA LIA TESTIMO'NII, instead of INITIALIA TESTIMOʻNIA. INJECTION, n. [add.] Injection-water, the cold water thrown into the condenser of a steam-engine to condense the steam.--Injection-pipe, a pipe by which water is injected into the condenser of a steam-engine, to condense the steam.

INOFFICIOUS TESTAMENT

INJOINT, v. t. To unite together as joints; to adjoin. [Shak.] INJUNCTION, n. [add.] A writ issuing by the order and under the seal of a court of equity, and is of two kinds, remedial and judicial. The remedial writ is used for many purposes, such as, to restrain parties from proceeding in other courts, from negotiating notes or bills of exchange, to prevent the sailing of a ship, the alienation of a specific chattel, to prevent waste by felling timber, or pulling down buildings, the infringement of patents or copyrights, to repress nuisances, and to put an end to vexatious litigations. The remedial writ of injunction is again distinguished as of two kinds, the special and the common injunction. Special injunctions are usually obtained before appearance, upon motion in court, supported by an affidavit, and accompanied by a certificate of the bill having been filed. The writ called the common injunction only stays proceedings at common-law; and in the first instance, it only stays execution. The judicial writ of injunction issues after a decree, and is of the nature of an execution to enforce the same. The injunction in the law of England corresponds to the interdict of the law of Scotland. IN JURE,† n. Injury. [Chaucer.] INJURY, n. [add.] In law, some illegal act; more commonly, an illegal act done to a man or his property, for which he may by legal process get compensation.

INK'-FISH, n. The cuttle-fish. INK'-GLASS, n. A glass vessel for holding ink.

INK'ING, ppr. Covering or daubing with ink.

INK'ING, n. The act of supplying with ink, or spreading over with ink; as, the inking of types.-Inking-roller, a roller supported on a spindle with handles, used by letterpress-printers to supply the types with ink.-Inking-table, a table used by letterpress-printers to supply the roller with the requisite quantity of ink, during the process of printing.

IN'LAND, n. [add.] In feudal law, demesne land; that which was let to tenants being denominated outland. IN LO'CO PAREN'TIS. [L.] In the place of a parent.

IN'LY, adv. [add.] Entirely. [Spenser.] IN ME DIAS RES. [L.] Into the midst of things.

INN, n. [add.] A dwelling. [Shak.]
INNE,† prep. In. [Chaucer.]
INNE, n. A house; habitation; lodg-
IN,+ Sing. [Chancer, Spenser.]
IN'NED,† pp. Lodged. [Chaucer.]
IN'NEREST,ta. superl. [Sax.] Inmost.
[Chaucer.]

INNERVATION, n. [add.] In physiol., the properties or functions of the nervous system.

INNIX'ION,† n. Incumbency; a resting upon.

IN'NOCENT, a. [add.] Ignorant; imbecile; idiotic. [Obs.] INNOMINA TA, n. [L. plur. of innominatus, nameless.] Innominata arteria, in anat., the branch given off to the right by the arch of the aorta, which subsequently divides into the right carotid, and right subclavian arteries. [See INNOMINATUM.] INNOVATIONIST, n. One who faYours innovations.

INNS OF COURT. See INN. INOFFICIOUS TESTAMENT, n. In 1.-SUPP.

INSCRIPTION

ness.

crecy.

IN PLACE,+ adv. There. [Spenser.] IN PRÆSEN'TI. [L.] At the present time.

IN'-PUT, n. Contribution, or share in a contribution; balance in change of money. [Scotch.]

IN QUEST, n. [add.] Quest; adventure. [Spenser.]

INQUIREN'DO. [L.] In law, an au-
thority given in general to some person
or persons, to inquire into something
for the king's advantage.
INQUIRERS, n. In the East Indies,
native Christian neophytes, or persons
not quite converted from heathenism.
INQUI ́RY, n. [add.] Writ of inquiry, a
judicial process addressed to the sheriff
of the county in which the venue in the
action is laid, stating the former pro-
ceedings in the action, and commanding
the sheriff that by the oath of twelve
honest and lawful men of his county,
he diligently inquire what damages the
plaintiff has sustained, and return the
inquisition into court. This writ is ne-
cessary after an interlocutory judgment,
the defendant having let the proceed-
ings go by default, to ascertain the
question of damages.-Court of inquiry
a court sometimes appointed by the
crown to ascertain the propriety of re-
sorting to ulterior proceedings against
a party charged before a court-martial.
INQUISITOR, n. [add.] In law, any
officer, as a sheriff, coroner, &c., having
power to inquire into certain matters.
INQUISITORIAL, a. [add.] Having a
power of inquisition; charged with in-
quiry; as, inquisitorial commissioners.
[Lyttelton.]

INQUISITORIALLY, adv. In an in-
quisitorial manner.
INRAC ́INATE, v. t. [Fr. inraciner.]
To enroot; to implant.
INRAC'INATED, pp. Implanted.
INRAIL'ING, instead of INRAILING.
IN RE. [L.] In law, in the matter of.
IN REM. [L.] In law, against the
thing or property.

IN ROUND LISTS. In lists encompassed all around. [Spenser.] INSALIVA TION, n. In physiol., the blending of the saliva with the food during the act of mastication, in order to prepare it for the subsequent process of digestion.

INSANE ROOT, n. Henbane. [Shak.] INSATIABILITY, n. Insatiableness. INSA/TIATENESS, n. The quality of being insatiate, or insatiable. INSCONCE, v. t. (inskons'.) To defend; to fortify. [Shak.] INSCRIPTION, n. [add.] Inscriptions are records of public or private occurrences, of laws, decrees, and the like, engraven on stone, metal, and other hard substances, exhibited for public |

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inspection. The custom of making inscriptions was very general in the states of antiquity, and supplied to some extent the want of the art of printing. Innumerable inscribed monuments still exist in Persia, Egypt, Greece, Italy, and other countries.

IN'SECT, a. [add.] Resembling an insect; relating to insects; as, insect transformations, insect architecture. INSEЄTIV'ORA, n. [add.] In Temminck's system, an order of birds that feed on insects, as the swallows. INSECTOLOGY,† n. Entomology. INSEL ́ED,† pp. [See ENSEAL.] Attested under seal. [Chaucer.] INSEN'SIBLENESS, n. Insensibility. INSERT ING, n. [add.] Something set in, as lace, &c., into garments. INSESSO RES, n. [add.] A most extensive order of perching birds, in which are comprehended all those tribes which live habitually among trees, with the exception of the birds of prey, and the climbing birds. They pass the greater part of their time on the wing, and only use their legs, which are short and weak, as an occasional support; the toes are three before and one behind. It is to this order that all our singing birds belong. It is divided into four subordinate groups :-(1.) The Conirostres, or conical-billed birds. (2.) The Dentirostres, or tooth-billed birds. (3.) The Tenuirostres, or slender - billed birds. (4.) The Fissirostres, or gapingbilled birds.

INSESSO RIAL, a. Relating to the insessores, or perching birds. INSET,† pp. Implanted. [Chaucer.] INSHEATHE', v. t. To hide or cover in a sheath.

INSHRINE', v. t. To envelop; to surround. [Dryden.]

IN SIDE, a. Interior; being within; internal.

INSIN'UATINGLY, adv. By insinua

tion.

INSIPIENT, a. Unwise; foolish. INSIST ENCE, n. Act of resting upon or persevering.

IN SITU. [L.] In its original situation or bed; a term applied to minerals, when found in their original position, bed, or strata. INSOCIABILITY, a. Want of sociability; unsociability.

INSOLATION, n. [add.] Exposure to the solar heat, as a therapeutic agent. IN SOLENCY, n. Same as INSOLence. [Lit. us.]

INSOL'ÚBLENESS, n. Insolubility. INSOLVENT, a. [add.] By the Act 7 and 8 Vict., c. 96, passed in 1844, any prisoner in execution upon judgment in an action for debt who was not a trader, or whose debts, if a trader, were under £300, may, without any previous notice, by petition to any court of bankruptcy, be protected from process, and from being detained in prison, for any debt mentioned in his schedule. By the same act it is decreed that no person shall be taken or charged in execution upon any judgment obtained in any court, whether superior or inferior, in any action for the recovery of any debt wherein the sum recovered shall not exceed the sum of £20, exclusive of the costs recovered by such judgment. A subsequent act, however (8 and 9 Vict., c. 127), gives to creditors the means of obtaining payment of sums under £20, besides the costs of suit, by a particular process.

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