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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. I'chor-oüs, a.p. 653Composed of, or resembling, ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.
  2. Ĭch'thĭne, n.p. 653An albuminous substance characteristic of the yolk of fishes’ eggs.
  3. Ĭch'thy-ic, a.p. 653Pertaining to fishes.
  4. Ĭch'thy-o-cŏl or Ĭch'thy-o-cŏl'la, n.p. 653Fish-glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of fish. Tooke.
  5. Ĭch'thy-o-dŏr'u-līte, n.p. 653(Paleon.) The fossil dorsal spine of certain fishes. Humble.
  6. Ich'thy-ŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 653A treatise on fishes.
  7. Ĭch'thy-oid, a.p. 653Having many of the characters of a fish.
  8. Ich'thy-o-lite, n.p. 653(Palæon.) (a.) A fossil fish. (b.) The figure or impression of a fish in rock.
  9. Ĭch'thy-o-lŏg'ie-al, a.p. 653Pertaining to ichthyology.
  10. Ich’thy-ŏl’ō-gist, n.p. 653One versed in ichthyology.
  11. Ich'thy-ŏl'o-gy, n.p. 653The science of the systematic arrangement or classification of fishes.
  12. Ĭch'/thy-o-măn'/cy, n.p. 653Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
  13. Ich'thy-ŏph'a-gist, n.p. 653One who eats or subsists on fish.
  14. Ĭch’thy-ŏph’a-gŏus, a.p. 653Eating, or subsisting on, fish.
  15. Ich'thy-ŏph'a-gy, n.p. 653The practice of eating fish.
  16. Ich’thy-oph-thăl’mite, n.p. 653Fish-eye-stone. See APOPHYLLITE.
  17. 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…
  18. Ich'thy-ō'sis, n.p. 653(Med.) A disease in which the skin becomes thickened and scaly. Magne.
  19. Ich'thy-ŏt'o-my, n.p. 653Dissection of fishes. [R.]
  20. 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.
  21. ĭ'ci-ly, adv.p. 653In an icy manner; coldly. Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection, no more. Tennyson.
  22. Ī'çi-ness, n.p. 653The state of being icy, or of being very cold.
  23. Ī'çing, n.p. 653A covering of concreted sugar; frosting.
  24. Ick'le, n.p. 653An icicle. [Prov. Eng.]
  25. Ī'con, n.p. 653An image or representation. [Obs.] “Many Netherlanders whose names and icons are published.” Hakewill.
  26. I-cŏn'ic-al, a.p. 653Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.
  27. 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.…
  28. I'con-ize, v. t.p. 653To form a likeness or resemblance of. Cudworth.
  29. I·cŏn'o·clāsm, n.p. 653The act of breaking or destroying images, as of idolaters.
  30. 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.
  31. I·cōn'o·clāst'ic, a.p. 653Breaking images.
  32. I-eŏn'/o-grāph'ic, a.p. 653Pertaining to iconography. 2. Representing or describing by aid of pictures or diagrams.
  33. 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.
  34. Ĭ'con-ōl'a-ter, n.p. 653One who worships images;—a name sometimes given to the Roman Catholics.
  35. I'con-ōl'o-gy, n.p. 653Pictorial or emblematical representation. 2. A description of pictures or statues. Fairholt.
  36. I'con-ōm'ie-al, a.p. 653Opposed or averse to pictures; hostile to images. [Rare.] Browne.
  37. Ĭ'co-sa-hē'dral, a.p. 653(Geom.) Having twenty equal sides or faces.
  38. 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…
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. Ic-tē′ri-ā, n.p. 653(Ornith.) A genus of birds including the chattering fly-catcher (I. viridis). It abounds in North America during the summer months, and mimics almost every noise it hears.
  42. Ic-tĕr'ie, n.p. 653A remedy for the jaundice. Swift. Chattering Fly-catcher (Icteria).
  43. Ic-tĕr'ic or Ic-tĕr'ic-al, a.p. 653Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice. 2. Good against the jaundice. Johnson.
  44. Ĭc-te-rĭ'tiŏŭs or Ic-tēr'i-tōūs, a.p. 653(Med.) Yellow; having the color of the skin when affected by the jaundice.
  45. Ĭc'te-roid, a.p. 653Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice; yellow; as, an icteroid tint or complexion is one of the symptoms of poisoning by lead.
  46. Ĭc'te-rūs, n.p. 653(Med.) The jaundice.
  47. Ict'ic, a.p. 653Pertaining to, or produced by, a stroke or blow, or a sudden movement or influence; sudden; marked; abrupt. Bushnell.
  48. Ĭc'tus, n.p. 653(Pros.) The stress of voice laid upon the accented syllable of a word.
  49. I'cy, a.p. 653Pertaining to, composed of, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty. “Icy chains.” Shak. “Icy regions.” Boyle. “Icy seas.” Pope. 2. Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, &c.…
  50. I'cy-pēar'led or I'd, a.p. 653Studded with spangles of ice. “Mounting up in icy-pearled car.” Milton. I'd. A contraction from I would or I had.
  51. I-dā'li-an, a.p. 653Pertaining to Idalia, a mountain-city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred.
  52. Ide, n.p. 653(Ichth.) A small fish (Leuciscus idus), allied to the graining, and found in the northern parts of Europe.
  53. I-dē'ā, n.p. 653The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual. Being the right idea of your father…
  54. Ī-dē'al, n.p. 653A conception proposed by the mind for imitation, realization, or attainment; a standard or model of perfection or duty. The ideal is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole the…
  55. Ī-dē'al, a.p. 653Existing in idea or thought; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge. There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal excellence. Rambler. 2. Proposed for imitation, realization…
  56. Ī-dē'a-less, a.p. 653Destitute of ideas. Allan.
  57. I-dē'al-ism, n.p. 653The system or theory that makes every thing to consist in ideas, and denies the existence of material bodies. Walsh. 2. The doctrine or theory that teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe…
  58. Ī-dē'al-ist, n.p. 653One who holds the doctrine of idealism.
  59. I-dē'al-ist'ic, a.p. 653Belonging to idealists; pertaining to, or partaking of, idealism.
  60. Ī-de-āl'i-ty, n.p. 653A lively imagination, united to a love of the beautiful, forming, in its higher exercises, one of the chief constituents of creative genius in poetry and the fine arts; capacity or disposition to…