(a.) Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.

(a.) Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

() Alt. of Is-

(adv.) Also; as an additional article.

(n.) An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill.

(n.) A hint; an innuendo.

(n.) A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item concerning the weather.

(v. t.) To make a note or memorandum of.

(n.) A passage; esp., the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the aqueduct of Sylvius.

(adv.) Indeed; truly. See Ywis.

(n.) An iambus or iambic.

(n.) One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.

(n.) Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.

(imp. & p. p.) of Ice

(a.) Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water.

(a.) Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted; as, iced cake.

(pron. / adj.) The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.

(prep.) To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.

(prep.) Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; -- following verbs expressing motion; as, come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants.

(prep.) Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as, to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment.

(prep.) Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition.

(n. pl.) The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.

(prep.) Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words.

(prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly.

(superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

(superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.

(superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.

(superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.

(superl.) Light-headed; foolish.

(v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.

(v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

(adv.) In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.

(n.) An image or representation of anything.

(n.) An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.

(n.) That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.

(n.) A false notion or conception; a fallacy.

(n.) A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like.

(n.) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).

(n.) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly.

() See Iodo-.

() A prefix, or combining from, indicating iodine as an ingredient; as, iodoform.

(n.) Alt. of Imaum

(n.) The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances.

(n.) An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.

(n.) Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.

(n.) Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron.

(n.) Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.

(n.) Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.

(n.) Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;

(n.) Rude; hard; harsh; severe.

(n.) Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.

(n.) Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.

(n.) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.

(v. t.) To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out.

(v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

(v. t.) To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.

(n.) A fantastic grimace or contortion of the body.

(n.) An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.

(n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic.

(n.) A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment.

(v. t.) To drive by inches, or small degrees.

(v. t.) To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

(v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.

(a.) Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.

(a.) Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.

(a.) Internal; interior; secret.

(adv.) Internally; within; in the heart.

(adv. & prep.) In.