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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. Ich'thy-ŏt'o-my, n.p. 653Dissection of fishes. [R.]
  2. 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.
  3. ĭ'ci-ly, adv.p. 653In an icy manner; coldly. Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection, no more. Tennyson.
  4. Ī'çi-ness, n.p. 653The state of being icy, or of being very cold.
  5. Ī'çing, n.p. 653A covering of concreted sugar; frosting.
  6. Ick'le, n.p. 653An icicle. [Prov. Eng.]
  7. Ī'con, n.p. 653An image or representation. [Obs.] “Many Netherlanders whose names and icons are published.” Hakewill.
  8. I-cŏn'ic-al, a.p. 653Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.
  9. 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.…
  10. I'con-ize, v. t.p. 653To form a likeness or resemblance of. Cudworth.
  11. I·cŏn'o·clāsm, n.p. 653The act of breaking or destroying images, as of idolaters.
  12. 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.
  13. I·cōn'o·clāst'ic, a.p. 653Breaking images.
  14. I-eŏn'/o-grāph'ic, a.p. 653Pertaining to iconography. 2. Representing or describing by aid of pictures or diagrams.
  15. 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.
  16. Ĭ'con-ōl'a-ter, n.p. 653One who worships images;—a name sometimes given to the Roman Catholics.
  17. I'con-ōl'o-gy, n.p. 653Pictorial or emblematical representation. 2. A description of pictures or statues. Fairholt.
  18. I'con-ōm'ie-al, a.p. 653Opposed or averse to pictures; hostile to images. [Rare.] Browne.
  19. Ĭ'co-sa-hē'dral, a.p. 653(Geom.) Having twenty equal sides or faces.
  20. 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…
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. Ic-tĕr'ie, n.p. 653A remedy for the jaundice. Swift. Chattering Fly-catcher (Icteria).
  25. Ic-tĕr'ic or Ic-tĕr'ic-al, a.p. 653Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice. 2. Good against the jaundice. Johnson.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. Ĭc'te-rūs, n.p. 653(Med.) The jaundice.
  29. Ict'ic, a.p. 653Pertaining to, or produced by, a stroke or blow, or a sudden movement or influence; sudden; marked; abrupt. Bushnell.
  30. Ĭc'tus, n.p. 653(Pros.) The stress of voice laid upon the accented syllable of a word.
  31. 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.…
  32. 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.
  33. I-dā'li-an, a.p. 653Pertaining to Idalia, a mountain-city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred.
  34. Ide, n.p. 653(Ichth.) A small fish (Leuciscus idus), allied to the graining, and found in the northern parts of Europe.
  35. 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…
  36. 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…
  37. 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…
  38. Ī-dē'a-less, a.p. 653Destitute of ideas. Allan.
  39. 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…
  40. Ī-dē'al-ist, n.p. 653One who holds the doctrine of idealism.
  41. I-dē'al-ist'ic, a.p. 653Belonging to idealists; pertaining to, or partaking of, idealism.
  42. 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…
  43. I-dē'al-i-zā'tion, n.p. 653The act of forming in idea.
  44. Ī-dē'al-ize, v. t.p. 653To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; as, to idealize real life.
  45. Ī-dē'al-īze, v. i.p. 653To form ideas; to form pictures or fancies, generally of an elevated type.
  46. Ī-dē'al-īz'er, n.p. 653One who is given to idealizing; an idealist.
  47. I-dē'al-ly, adv.p. 653In an ideal manner, or in ideal relations.
  48. Ī-dē'a-lōgue, n.p. 653One given to ideas or theories; a theorist; a speculator. Some domestic ideologue, who sits And coldly chooses empire, where as well He might republic. E. B. Browning.
  49. Ī-dē'āte, v. t.p. 653To form in idea; to fancy. [Obs.] Donne. 2. To apprehend in thought so as to retain and recall; to fix and hold in the mind. [Rare.]
  50. Ĭde-ā'tion, n.p. 654The capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the act or exercise of this capacity or power; specifically, the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of…
  51. Ī/de-ā'tion-al, a.p. 654Pertaining to the principles or results of ideation. “Certain sensational or ideational stimuli.” Blackwood's Mag.
  52. I'demp. 654The same as above.
  53. I-dĕn’tic, a.p. 654Identical. [Obs.] Hudibras.
  54. I-dĕn′ti-cal, a.p. 654The same; not different; as, the identical person. I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction, as strong as memory can give, that I, the same identical person who now…
  55. I-dĕn’ti-cal-ly, adv.p. 654In an identical manner.
  56. Ī-dĕn′tĭ-cal-ness, n.p. 654The state of being identical; sameness.
  57. Ī-dĕn’ti-fī-a-ble, a.p. 654Capable of being identified.
  58. Ĭ-dĕn′ti-fi-cā′tion, n.p. 654The act of identifying, or proving the same.
  59. Ĭ-dĕn’tĭ-fī, v. t.p. 654To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one; to consider the same in any relation. Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the…
  60. Ī-dĕn'ti-fy, v. i.p. 654To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, &c. An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public.…