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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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Ī-tăb'e-rīte, n. p. 721(Min.) A variety of hematite, being a granular, slaty rock, consisting of specular or magnetic iron and quartz. Dana.ĭt'a-cōl'ū-mīte, n. p. 721(Min.) A laminated, granular quartz rock, often occurring in regions where the diamond is found. Dana.Ĭ-tāl’ian, a. p. 721(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Italy.Ī-tāl'ian, n. p. 721(Geog.) 1. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Italy. 2. The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.Ĭ-tăl'ian-āte, v. t. p. 721To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs. [Obs.] Marston.Ĭ-tăl'ian-ism, n. p. 721A word, phrase, or idiom, peculiar to the Italians; an Italicism.Ĭ-tāl’ian-īze, v. i. p. 721To play the Italian; to speak Italian. Cotgrave.Ī-tăl'ie, a. p. 721Relating to Italy;—applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right;—so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by their inventor…Ī-tăl’ie, n. p. 721An Italic letter or character, as the letters in which this clause is printed. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, &c.Ĭ-tăl’ĭ-cĭsm, n. p. 721A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language; an Italianism.I-tăl'i-çīze, v. t. p. 721To write or print in Italic characters.Itch, n. p. 721An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic animal (the Acarus scabiei), and attended with severe itching. This disease is taken only by contact or…Ĭtch, v. i. p. 721To feel a particular uneasiness in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part. My mouth hath itched all this long day. Chaucer. 2. To have a constant desire or teasing inclination; as…Ĭtch'less, a. p. 721Free from itching. Quarles.Ĭtch'y, a. p. 721Infected with the itch.Ī'tem, adv. p. 721Also; as an additional article.Ī'tem, n. p. 721An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill. 2. A hint; an innuendo. [Obs.] A secret item was given to some of the bishops ... to absent themselves. Fuller.Ī'tem, v. t. p. 721To make a note or memorandum of. I have itemed it in my memory. Addison.I'tem-īze, v. t. p. 721To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad. [Local, U. S.]It'er-a-ble, a. p. 721Capable of being iterated or repeated. [Obs.] Browne.It’er-ance, n. p. 721Iteration. [Obs.] What needs this iterance, woman? Shak.Ĭt'er-ant, a. p. 721Repeating; as, an iterant echo. Bacon.Ĭt'er-āte, v. t. p. 721To utter or do a second time; to repeat; as, to iterate advice or admonition. Nor Eve to iterate Her former trespass feared. Milton.Ĭt'er-ate, a. p. 721Repeated. [Obs.]Ĭt'er-ate-ly, adv. p. 721In the way of iteration. Browne.Ĭt'er-ā'tion, n. p. 721Recital or performance a second time; repetition. Bacon. Virtue . . . gives To life's sick, nauseous iteration, change. Young.Ĭt'er-a-tīve, a. p. 721Repeating. Cotgrave.Ĭth'y-phăl'lic, a. p. 721Lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene. “An ithyphallic audacity that insults what is most sacred and decent among men.” Christian Examiner.Ī-tĭn'er-a-çy, n. p. 721The practice of itinerating.Ī-tĭn'er-an-çy, n. p. 721A passing from place to place. H. More. 2. A discharge of official duty by constantly or frequently changing residence; the custom or practice of discharging official duty in this way; also, a body…Ī-tĭn'er-ant, a. p. 721Passing or traveling about a country; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher. The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in…I-tīn'er-ant, n. p. 721One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled. Glad to turn itinerant, To stroll and teach from town to town. Hudibras.Ĭ-tĭn'er-ant-ly, adv. p. 721In an unsettled or wandering manner.I-tīn'er-a-ry, n. p. 721An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of Antoninus.I-tīn'er-a-ry, a. p. 721Traveling; passing from place to place, or done on a journey. It was rather an itinerary circuit of justice than a progress. Bacon.Ī-tĭn'er-āte, v. i. p. 721To travel from place to place, particularly for the purpose of preaching, lecturing, &c.; to wander without a settled habitation.It-sĕlf', pron. p. 721The neuter reciprocal pronoun, or substitute applied to things; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself. Borrowing of foreigners, in itself, makes not the kingdom rich or poor. Locke.Ĭtt'ner-īte, n. p. 721(Min.) A dark bluish or ashy-gray mineral, having a resinous luster, and consisting chiefly of silica, alumina, potash, and soda. Dana.Yt'tri-a, n. p. 721See YTTRIA.Yt'tri-ūm, n. p. 721See YTTRIUM.It'zi-bū, n. p. 721(Numis.) The monetary unit of Japan. — In silver it is a coin worth about thirty-three cents.I-ū'li-dan, n. p. 721(Zoöl.) One of a family of myriapods, of which the genus Iulus is the type. See IULUS.I-ū'lus, n. p. 721(Zoöl.) An articulated animal of the class Myriapoda. The body is elongated, of a cylindrical form, and consists of hardened segments, to each of which there are two pairs of feet. When disturbed, it…I-vĭ'çan or I-vĭ'zan, a. p. 721(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Iviza, or Iviza, an island and town in the Mediterranean.I-vĭ'can or I-vĭ'zan, n. p. 721(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Ivĭca, or Iviza.Ī′vo-ry, n. p. 721The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangements of the tubes, as also by…Ī'vo-ry-blăck, n. p. 721A kind of charcoal in powder, made by charring ivory or bones.Ī'vo-ry-nŭt, n. p. 721The nut of a species of palm, the Phytelephas macrocarpa, often as large as a hen’s egg. When young, the seed contains a fluid which gradually hardens into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous…I'vy, n. p. 721(Bot.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are dark, smooth, shining, and five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings…I'vied or I'v'yed, a. p. 721Overgrown with ivy. Warton.I'vy-măn’tled, a. p. 721Covered with ivy. Gray.Ix'o-līte or Ix'o-lyte, n. p. 721(Min.) A mineral resin found in bituminous coal. It has a greasy luster, becomes soft when heated, and is tenacious at the temperature of boiling water, whence the name. Dana.Īz'zard, n. p. 721The letter z, — formerly so called.J p. 722is the tenth letter, and the seventh of the consonant letters, of the English alphabet, to which it has been added in modern days, the letter i being written formerly in words where j is now used. It…Jaäl'-gōat, n. p. 722(Zool.) A species of goat (Capra Jaala), or Abyssinian ibex, found in the mountains of Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, and Mount Sinai.Jăb'ber, v. i. p. 722To talk rapidly or indistinctly; to chatter; to prate.Jăb'ber, v. t. p. 722To speak rapidly or indistinctly. Addison.Jăb'ber, n. p. 722Rapid talk, with indistinct utterance of words.Jăb'ber-er, n. p. 722One who jabbers.Jăb'ber-ing-ly, adv. p. 722In a jabbering manner.