Webster's Dictionary 1828

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I

I is the ninth letter, and the third vowel of the English Alphabet. We receive it through the Latin and Greek from the Shemitic jod, je, or ye, in Greek iwra, whence our English...

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IAMBIC

IAM'BIC, noun [Latin imabicus;] Pertaining to the iambus, a poetic foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one.IAM'BIC

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IAMBICS

IAM'BICS, nounplural Verses composed of short and long syllables alternately. Anciently, certain songs or satires, supposed to have given birth to ancient comedy.

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IAMBUS

IAM'BUS, noun [Latin iambus] In poetry, a foot consisting of two syllables, the first short and the last long, as in delight. The following line, consists wholly of iambic feet....

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IBEX

IBEX, noun [Latin] The wild goat of the genus Capra, which is said to be the stock of the tame goat. It has large knotty horns reclining on its back, is of a yellowish color, an...

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IBIS

IBIS, noun [Gr. and Latin] A fowl of the genus Tantalus, and grallic order, a native of Egypt. The bill is long, subulated, and somewhat crooked; the face naked, and the feet ha...

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IC

OL'IGIST, 'IC, adjective [Gr. least.] Oligist iron, so called, is a crystallized tritoxyd of iron.

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ICARIAN

ICA'RIAN, adjective [from Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who fled on wings to escape the resentment of Minos, but his flight being too high was fatal to him, as the sun melted the...

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ICE

ICE, noun1. Water or other fluid congealed, or in a solid state; a solid, transparent, brittle substance, formed by the congelation of a fluid, by means of the abstraction of th...

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ICEBERG

ICEBERG, noun [ice and a hill.] A hill or mountain of ice, or a vast body of ice accumulated in valleys in high northern latitudes.This term is applied to such elevated masses a...

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ICEBLINK

ICEBLINK, noun A name given by seamen to a bright appearance near the horizon, occasioned by the ice, and observed before the ice itself is seen.

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ICEBOAT

ICEBOAT, noun A boat constructed for moving on ice.

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ICEBOUND

ICEBOUND, adjective In seaman's language, totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing.

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ICEBUILT

ICEBUILT, adjective Composed of ice.1. Loaded with ice.

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ICEHOUSE

ICEHOUSE, noun [ice and house.] A repository for the preservation of ice during warm weather; a pit with a drain for conveying off the water of the ice when dissolved, and usual...

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ICEISLE

ICEISLE, noun iceile. [ice and isle.] A vast body of floating ice, such as is often seen in the Atlantic, off the banks of Newfoundland.

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ICELANDER

ICELANDER, noun A native of Iceland.

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ICELANDIC

ICELAND'IC, adjective Pertaining to Iceland; and as a noun, the language of the Icelanders.Iceland spar, calcarious spar, in laminated masses, easily divisible into rhombs, perf...

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ICEPLANT

ICEPLANT, noun A plant of the genus Mesembryanthemem, sprinkled with pellucid, glittering, icy pimples.

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ICESPAR

ICESPAR, noun A variety of feldspar, the crystals of which resemble ice.

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ICHNEUMON

ICHNEU'MON, noun [Latin from the Gr. to follow the steps, a footstep; a follower of the crocodile.]An animal of the genus Viverra, or weasel kind. It has a tail tapering to a po...

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ICHNOGRAPHIC

ICHNOGRAPH'ICICHNOGRAPH'ICAL, adjective [See Ichnography.] Pertaining to ichnography; describing a ground- plot.

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ICHNOGRAPHICAL

ICHNOGRAPH'ICAL, a. [See Ichnography.] Pertaining to ichnography; describing a ground- plot.

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ICHNOGRAPHY

ICHNOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. a footstep, and to describe.] In perspective, the view of any thing cut off by a plane parallel to the horizon, just at the base of it, a ground-plot.

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ICHOR

I'CHOR, noun [Gr.] A thin watery humor, like serum or whey.1. Sanious matter flowing from an ulcer.

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ICHOROUS

I'CHOROUS, adjective Like ichor; thin; water; serous.1. Sanious.

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ICHTHYOCOL

ICH'THYOCOLICHTHYOCOL'LA, noun [Gr. a fish, and glue.] Fish-glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of fish.