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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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I-guā'nā, n. p. 656(Zoöl.) A genus of lizards, of which one species (the I. tuberculata), a large herbivorous lizard, having a dewlap, a crested beak, and a long tail, is found in South America, and is eaten, the flesh…I-guā'no-dōn, n. p. 656(Paleon.) A fossil herbivorous lizard found in the Wealden of England. It is supposed to have been from twenty-five to thirty feet long. From its teeth and bones it is thought to have resembled, in…Ĭl. p. 656A prefix, the form of in when used before words beginning with l, usually denoting a negation of the sense of the simple word; as, illegal, not legal; or it denotes to, on, or into, and merely…Īle, n. p. 656A walk or alley in a church or public building. [Obs.]Īle, n. p. 656An ear of corn. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Ĭl'e-ăc, a. p. 656Pertaining to the ileum, or third division of the lesser intestine. [Written also iliac.] Ileac or iliac passion (Med.), a disease characterized by spasms of the abdominal muscles, griping pain in…Il'e-ūm, n. p. 656(Anat.) The third or longest division of the lesser intestines;—so called from its convolutions. Dunglison.I'lex, n. p. 656(Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly.Ĭl/i-ăc or Ĭ-lĭ'ăc-al, a. p. 656Pertaining to the ilium or flank-bone; in the direction of the ilium; as, the iliac artery. 2. Pertaining to the third division of the lower intestine. See ILEAC. Iliac crest, the upper margin of the…Ĭl'i-ad, n. p. 656An epic poem, composed by Homer, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy; hence the phrase Ilias malorum, an Iliad of woes or calamities, a world of disasters.Ĭl'i-ŭm, n. p. 656(Anat.) The upper part of the hip-bone; the flank-bone, which in the fetus is a distinct bone from others of the hip. Dunglison.Ĭlk, a. p. 656The same; also, each; every. Spenser. ☞ In Scottish usage, the phrase of that ilk denotes that a person's surname and title are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i. e., Grant of Grant. Jamieson.Ĭll, a. p. 656Contrary to good in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, to happiness, &c.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable. Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat, but…Ĭll, n. p. 656Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain. Who can all sense of others' ills escape Is but a brute at best in human shape. Tate.…Ĭll, adv. p. 656With pain or difficulty; not easily; as, he is ill able to sustain the burden. Ill bears the sex the youthful lovers' fate, When just approaching to the nuptial state. Dryden. 2. Not rightly or…Il-lăb'ile, a. p. 656Not liable to fall or err; infallible. [Obs.] Cheyne.Ĭl'la-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 656The quality of being illabile; infallibility. [Obs.] Cheyne.Il-lăç'er-a-ble, a. p. 656Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent. [Obs.]Il-lăc'ry-ma-ble, a. p. 656Incapable of weeping. [Obs.] Bailey.Il-lăps'a-ble, a. p. 656Capable of illapsing, or liable to illapse. Glanville.Il-lăpse', v. i. p. 656To fall or glide; to pass;—usually followed by into. Cheyne.Il-lăpse', n. p. 656A sliding in; an immission or entrance of one thing into another; sudden entrance. Akenside. They sit silent in a thoughtful posture for a short time, waiting for an illapse of the spirit. Jeffrey.Il-lā'que-a-ble, a. p. 656Capable of being insnared or entrapped. [Rare.] Cudworth.Il-lā'que-āte, v. t. p. 656To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch. [Rare.] Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense. Coleridge.Il-lā'que-ā'tion, n. p. 656The act of illaqueating or insnaring. [Rare.] Browne. 2. A snare; a trap. Johnson.Il-lā'tion, n. p. 656The act of inferring from premises or reasons; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion. Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a false conception of things. Browne.Ĭl'la-tĭve, a. p. 656Relating to, formed by, or dependent on, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence. 2. Denoting an inference or rational connection or justification; as, an illative word or…Ĭl'la-tĭve, n. p. 656An illative particle. Bp. Hall.Ĭl'la-tĭve-ly, adv. p. 656By inference.Il-laud'a-ble, a. p. 656Not laudable; not worthy of approbation or commendation; worthy of censure or dispraise. Milton.Il-laud'a-bly, adv. p. 656In an illaudable manner; without deserving praise. [Obs.] Broome.Ĭll'-blȯod, n. p. 656Resentment; enmity.Ĭll'-brĕd, a. p. 656Not well-bred; badly educated or brought up; impolite; uncivil.Ĭll'-breed'ing, n. p. 656Want of good breeding; unpoliteness; indecorum.Ĭl'le-çē'broŭs, a. p. 656Alluring; full of allurement. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.Il-lē'gal, a. p. 656Not according to law; contrary to law; unlawful; illicit; as, an illegal act; illegal trade.Ĭl'le-găl'i-ty, n. p. 656The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment.Il-lē'gal-īze, v. t. p. 656To render unlawful.Il-lē'gal-ly, adv. p. 656In an illegal manner; unlawfully; as, a man illegally imprisoned.Il-lē'gal-ness, n. p. 656Illegality.Il-lĕġ'i-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 656The quality of being illegible.Il-lĕġ'i-ble, a. p. 656Incapable of being read; not easily read; not legible or readable; as, an illegible chirography or manuscript.Il-lĕġ'i-ble-ness, n. p. 656The quality or state of being illegible.Il-lĕġ'i-bly, adv. p. 656In a manner not to be read; as, a letter written illegibly.Ĭl'le-ġĭt'i-ma-çy, n. p. 656The state of being illegitimate; the state of bastardy. Blackstone. 2. The state of being not genuine, or of legitimate origin.ĭl/lĕ-gĭt'i-mate, a. p. 656Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; spurious; as, an illegitimate son or daughter. 3. Not legitimately deduced or…Ĭl'le-gĭt'i-māte, v. t. p. 656To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize. The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without illegitimating the issue. Burnet.Ĭl'le-gĭt'i-mate-ly, adv. p. 656In an illegitimate manner; unlawfully.Il/le-gĭt’i-mā’tion, n. p. 656The act of illegitimating. 2. The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy. Gardner had performed his promise to the queen of getting her illegitimation taken off. Burnet.Ĭl'le-gĭt'i-ma-tīze, v. t. p. 656To render illegitimate.Il-lē′vĭ-a-ble, a. p. 656Not capable of being levied, exacted, or collected. [Obs.] Hale.Ill'-fa'vored, a. p. 656Ill-looking; wanting beauty; deformed; ugly. Ill-favored and lean-fleshed. Gen. xli. 3.ĭll'-fā'vored-ly, adv. p. 656With deformity. 2. Roughly; rudely. [Obs.] Howell.Ĭll'-fā'vored-ness, n. p. 656Ugliness; deformity.Il-lib'er-al, a. p. 656Not liberal; not free, generous, or noble, or the like; close; niggardly; mean; base. “A thrifty and illiberal hand.” Mason. The reputation that groweth from small and base things is dishonorable…Il-lĭb’er-āl’ĭ-ty, n. p. 656The quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; contractedness; meanness; parsimony. Bacon.Il-lib'er-al-ism, n. p. 656Illiberality. [Rare.]Il-lĭb’er-al-īze, v. t. p. 656To make illiberal.Il-lĭb'er-al-ly, adv. p. 656In an illiberal manner; ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.Il-lĭc'it, a. p. 656Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, an illicit trade; illicit intercourse or connection. One illicit and mischievous transaction always leads on to another. Burke.