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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Īçe'-plāin, n. p. 652A plain of ice. Coleridge.Içe'-plānt, n. p. 652(Bot.) A plant (the Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, glittering, watery vesicles, which make the plant appear as if covered with ice. It is a native of South Africa. Its juice…Ice'-plow or Ice'-plough, n. p. 652A sort of plow for making grooves on ice.Īce'-saw, n. p. 652A large kind of saw for cutting through ice.Īçe'-spär, n. p. 652(Min.) A variety of feldspar, the crystals of which are very clear, like ice.Īçe'-tā'ble, n. p. 652A flat and horizontal mass of ice.Īçe'-tŏngs, n. pl. p. 652Large iron nippers for handling ice.Ĭch dien p. 652Literally, I serve; — the motto of the Prince of Wales. Brande.Ĭch-neū’mon, n. p. 652Egyptian Ichneumon (Herpestes Pharaonis). 1. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Herpestes, which inhabits Egypt, and is said to be very destructive to the eggs of the crocodile, as it…Ĭch/neū-mōn'i-dan, a. p. 652(Entom.) Relating to a family of predaceous insects of which the ichneumon is the type.Ich'neü-mön'i-dan, n. p. 653(Entom.) An insect of the family of which the ichneumon is the type.Ĭch'nite, n. p. 653A fossil footprint. Page.Ĭch'/no-gräph'ic, a. p. 653Ich'no-grāph'ic-al p. 653Pertaining to ichnography; describing a ground-plot.Ich-nōg'ra-phy, n. p. 653(Drawing.) An horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground-plan.Ĭch'no-līte, n. p. 653A fossil footprint. Dana.Ich-nōl'i-thōl'o-gy, n. p. 653The same as ICHNOLOGY, q. v. Hitchcock.Ĭch'no-lŏg'ĭc-al, a. p. 653Pertaining to ichnology.Ich-nŏl'-o-gy, n. p. 653The science which treats of the footprints of animals.I'chor, n. p. 653(Myth.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods. 2. A thin, watery humor, like serum or whey; colorless matter flowing from an ulcer.I'chor-oüs, a. p. 653Composed of, or resembling, ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.Ĭch'thĭne, n. p. 653An albuminous substance characteristic of the yolk of fishes’ eggs.Ĭch'thy-ic, a. p. 653Pertaining to fishes.Ĭch'thy-o-cŏl or Ĭch'thy-o-cŏl'la, n. p. 653Fish-glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of fish. Tooke.Ĭch'thy-o-dŏr'u-līte, n. p. 653(Paleon.) The fossil dorsal spine of certain fishes. Humble.Ich'thy-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 653A treatise on fishes.Ĭch'thy-oid, a. p. 653Having many of the characters of a fish.Ich'thy-o-lite, n. p. 653(Palæon.) (a.) A fossil fish. (b.) The figure or impression of a fish in rock.Ĭch'thy-o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 653Pertaining to ichthyology.Ich’thy-ŏl’ō-gist, n. p. 653One versed in ichthyology.Ich'thy-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 653The science of the systematic arrangement or classification of fishes.Ĭch'/thy-o-măn'/cy, n. p. 653Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.Ich'thy-ŏph'a-gist, n. p. 653One who eats or subsists on fish.Ĭch’thy-ŏph’a-gŏus, a. p. 653Eating, or subsisting on, fish.Ich'thy-ŏph'a-gy, n. p. 653The practice of eating fish.Ich’thy-oph-thăl’mite, n. p. 653Fish-eye-stone. See APOPHYLLITE.Ĭch'thy-o-saur or Ĭch'thy-o-sau'rus, n. p. 653(Palæon.) An extinct carnivorous reptile of enormous size, found in the Lias formation, nearly to the close of the chalk period. It is saurian, or lizard-like, both in shape and habits. The vertebræ…Ich'thy-ō'sis, n. p. 653(Med.) A disease in which the skin becomes thickened and scaly. Magne.Ich'thy-ŏt'o-my, n. p. 653Dissection of fishes. [R.]I'ci-cle, n. p. 653A pendent conical mass of ice, formed by the freezing of water or other fluid as it flows down an inclined plane, or falls in drops from any thing.ĭ'ci-ly, adv. p. 653In an icy manner; coldly. Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection, no more. Tennyson.Ī'çi-ness, n. p. 653The state of being icy, or of being very cold.Ī'çing, n. p. 653A covering of concreted sugar; frosting.Ick'le, n. p. 653An icicle. [Prov. Eng.]Ī'con, n. p. 653An image or representation. [Obs.] “Many Netherlanders whose names and icons are published.” Hakewill.I-cŏn'ic-al, a. p. 653Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.I'con-ism, n. p. 653The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance. The fancy will employ itself . . . in making some kind of apish imitations, counterfeit iconisms, symbolical adumbrations and resemblances.…I'con-ize, v. t. p. 653To form a likeness or resemblance of. Cudworth.I·cŏn'o·clāsm, n. p. 653The act of breaking or destroying images, as of idolaters.I·eōn'o·elāst, n. p. 653A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol-worship. 2. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams of any kind.I·cōn'o·clāst'ic, a. p. 653Breaking images.I-eŏn'/o-grāph'ic, a. p. 653Pertaining to iconography. 2. Representing or describing by aid of pictures or diagrams.I'con-ōg'ra-phy, n. p. 653The description of ancient images or representations, as statues, paintings in fresco, mosaic, engravings on gems or metals, and the like.Ĭ'con-ōl'a-ter, n. p. 653One who worships images;—a name sometimes given to the Roman Catholics.I'con-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 653Pictorial or emblematical representation. 2. A description of pictures or statues. Fairholt.I'con-ōm'ie-al, a. p. 653Opposed or averse to pictures; hostile to images. [Rare.] Browne.Ĭ'co-sa-hē'dral, a. p. 653(Geom.) Having twenty equal sides or faces.Ī'co-sa-hē'dron, n. p. 653A solid of twenty equal sides or faces. 2. (Geom.) A regular solid, consisting of twenty equal and similar triangular pyramids whose vertices meet in the center of a sphere supposed to circumscribe…I'co-sān'dri-ā, n. p. 653(Bot.) A class of plants, according to the system of Linnæus, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.I'co-săn'dri-an or I'co-săn'droŭs, a. p. 653(Bot.) Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.