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559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;--mẻ, mêt;—plne, pln;—

To HUFF, håf. v. a. To swell, to puff; to hec-f HUMBLEPLANT, åm'bl-plånt. A species of tor, to treat with insolence and arrogance. sensitive plant.

To HUFF, håf V n. To bluster, to storm, to HUMBLES, &m'blz. 8. 405. Entrails of a

deer.

bounce. HUFFISH, huf'fish. a. Arrogant, insolent, hec-HUMBLY, ům'blè. ad. With humility; with toring. out elevation. HUMDRUM, hủm'drům. a. stupid.

HUFFISHLY, huf'fish-lè. ad. With arrogant petulance.

HUFFISHNESS, håf'fish-nès. s. Petulance, arrogance, noisy bluster.

To HUG, hig. v. a. To press close in an embrace; to fondle, to treat with tenderness; to hold fast. Close embrace.

HUG, håg. s.

HUGE, haje. a. Vast, immense; great even to deformity.

HUGELY, haje'lè. ad. Immensely, enormously; greatly, very much. HUGENESS, huje'nés. s. Enormous bulk, great

ness.

HUGGERMUGGER, håg'går-môg-går. s. Secrecy, bye-place. A cant word.

HULK, halk. s. The body of a ship; any thing bulky and unwieldy.

HULL, hål. s. The husk or integument of any thing, the outer covering; the body of a ship, the hulk.

HULLY, hål'lè a. Husky, full of hulls. To HUM, ham v. a. To make the noise of bees; to make an inarticulate and buzzing sound; to pause in speaking, and supply the interval with an audible emission of breath; to sing low; to applaud. Approbation was commonly expressed in publick assemblies by a hum, about a century ago.

"But when from thence the hen he draws, "Amaz'd spectators hum applause." Gay's Fable of the Jugglers. There is a vulgar sense of this word, which though it has not found a place in any Dictionary, has perhaps as good a title to it as Bamboozle, with which it is synonimous.

HUM, ham. s. The noise of bees or insects; the noise of bustling crowds; ary low dull noise; a pause with an articulate sound; an expression of applause.

SUM, ham. interject. A sound implving doubt and deliberation.

HUMAN, hùmắn. a. 88. Having the quaies

of a man.

HUMANE, hu-måne'. a. Kind, civil, benevolent, good-natured.

HUMANELY, ho-måne'lè. ad. Kindly, with good nature. HUMANIST, hù'mâ-nist. grammarian.

S. A philologer, a

To HUMECT, hù-mêkt'.

Dull, dronisb

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V. a

To HUMECTATE, hù-mêk'tåte.
To wet, to moisten. Little used.
HUMECTATION, hd-mêk-tå'shån. 8. The ac
of wetting, moistening.

HUMERAL, hà'mè-rál. a. Belonging to the

shoulder.

HUMID, humid. a. Wet, moist, watery.
HUMIDITY, hù-mîd'è-tè. s. Moisture, or the
power of wetting other bodies.
HUMILIATION, há-mil-e-a'shun. s.

Descent from greatness, act of humility; mortification, external expression of sin and unworthiness; abatement of pride.

HUMILITY, hù-mil'è-tè. S. Freedom from pride, modesty, not arrogance; act of submis

sion.

HUMMER, hum'mår. s. One that hums. HUMORAL, ya'mò-rå!. a. 88, 394. Proceeding from humours.

HUMORIST, yumur-ist. s. One who conducts himself by his own fancy, one who gratifies his own humour.

a.

This word is often, though improperly, used for a jocular person. HUMOROUS, ya'mår-ås. 314. Full of grotesque or odd images; capricious, irregular pleasant, jocular. HUMOROUSLY, yd'mår-as-lè. ad. Merrily, jocosely; with caprice, with whim. HUMOROUSNESS, yumar-us-nes. s. Fickle ness, capricious levity. HUMORSOME, yu'mår-sům. a. Peevish, pe tulant; odd, humorous. HUMORSOMELY, yu'mår-sâm-lè. ad. Peevishly, petulantly.

HUMOUR, yo'můr. s. 314, 394. Moisture the different kinds of moisture in man's body; general turn or temper of mind; present disposition; grotesque imagery, jocularity, merriment; diseased or morbid disposition; petulance, peevishness; a trick caprice, whim, predominant inclination. To HUMOUR, yo'můr. v. a. To gratify, to sooth by compliance; to fit, to comply with HUMP, hump. s. A crooked back. HUMPBACK, hamp'båk. s. Crooked back, high shoulders. HUMPBACKED, håmp'bâkt. a. Having a crooked back.

HÖMANITY, hủ-mắnè tè. s. The nature of man; humankind, the collective body of mankind; kindness, tenderness; philology, gram-To HUNCH, hånsh. v. a. To strike or punch with matical studies.

To HUMANIZE, hu'mân-ize. v. a. To soften, to make susceptive of tenderness or benevolence.

The race

HUMANKIND, hu-mân-kylnd'. s of man. HUMANLY, hử'mân-lè. ad. After the notions of men; kindly, with good nature. HUMBIRD, håm'burd. s. The humming bird.|| HUMBLE, m'bl. a. 394, 405. Not proud, modest, not arrogant; low, not high, not great. To HUMBLE, ôm bl. v. a. To make humble, to make submissive; to crush, to break, to subdue; to make to condescend; to bring down from a height.

HUMBLEBEE, âm'bl-bèè. s. A buzzing wild bee; an herb.

HUMBLENESS, ambl-nês. s. Humility absence of pride.

HUMBLER, &m'blar. s. 93. One that humbles or subdues himself or others.

HUMBLEMOUTHED), in-mour'd a Mild,

meek.

the fists; to crook the back. HUNCHBACKED, hönsh'båkt. a. 359. Having a crooked back.

HUNDRED, hån'dred, or hûn'dård. a. Con sisting of ten multiplied by ten.

This word has a solemn and a colloquial pronunciation. In poetry and oratory, the first mode is best; on other occasions, the last. HUNDRED, hûn'drẻd. s. 417. The number of ten multiplied by ten; a company or body consisting of a hundred; a canton or division of a county, consisting originally of tythings. HUNDREDTH, hẳn drêdth. a. The ordinal of a hundred.

HUNG, hång. The preterit and part. pass. 0: Hang.

HUNGER, hang'går. s. 409. Desire of food, the pain felt from festing; any violent desire. To HUNGER, hång går. v. n. 98. To feel the pain of hunger; to desire with great eagerness HUNGERBIT, hang'gur-bit. HUNGERBITTEN, häng går-bit-t'n. a. 193 Pained or weakened with hunger.

—nó, môve, nỗr, nốt ;—tube, tủh, bull ;−ới ; - pound ;–thin, this.

HUNGERLY, hẳng'går-lè. a. Hungry, in want
of nourishment.
FUNGERLY, hung'går-lè. ad. With keen ap-
petite.

HÙNGERSTARVED, hàng går-starv’d .a. Starv.
eo with hanger, pinched by want of food.
HUNGERED, hông gûr'd. a. 359. Pinched by
want of food.

HUNGRILY, hung'grè-lè. ad. With keen appetite.

HUNGRY, hang'grè. a. Feeling pain from waut' of food; not fat, not fruitful, not prolifick, greedy.

HÜNKS, hångks. s. A covetous sordid wretch, a miser.

To HUNT, hånt. v. a. To chase wild animals; to pursue, to follow close; to search for; to direct or manage hounds in the chase.

To HUNT, hånt. v. n. To follow the chase; to pursue or search.

HUNT, hunt. s. A pack of hounds; a chase; pursuit.

HUNTER, hån'tår. s. One who chases animals
for pastime; a dog that scents game or beasts
of prey.

HUNTINGHORN, hôn'ting-hörn. s. A bugle, a
horn used to cheer the hounds.
HUNTRESS, hân'trẻs. s. A woman that fol-
lows the chase.

The

HUNTSMAN, hunts'mân. s. 88. One who de-
lights in the chase; the servant whose office
it is to manage the chase.
HUNTSMANSHIP, håats'mån-ship. s.
qualifications of a hunter.
HURDLE, hår'. s. 405. A texture of sticks
woven together.

HURDS, hardz. s. The refuse of hemp or flax.
To HURL, hårl. v. a. To throw with violence,
to drive impetuously; to utter with vehemence;
to play at a kind of game.

HURL, hurl. s. Tumult, riot, commotion; a kind of game.

HURLBAT, hårl'bât. s. Whirlbat.

and practises the methods of frugality and pro fit; a farmer.

To HUSBAND, haz bånd. v. a. To supply with a husband; to manage with frugality; to till, to cultivate the ground with proper manage

ment.

HUSBANDLESS, hâz'bảnd-lês. a. Without a husband.

HUSBANDLY, hůz bând-lè. a. Frugal, thrifty HUSBANDMAN, húz band-mån. s. One who works in tillage.

HUSBANDRY, húz bản-drẻ. s. Tillage, man ner of cultivating land; thrift, frugality, parsi mony; care of domestick affairs.

HUSII, hash. interject. Silence! be still! no
noise!

HUSII, hish. a. Still, silent, quiet.
To HUSH, bash. v. a. To still, to si.ence, to
quiet, to appease.

HUSIMONEY, hush'môn-ẻ. s. A bribe to hin

der information.

HUSK, hask. S. The outmost integument of some sorts of fruit.

To HUSK, hásk. v. a. To strip off the outward integument.

HUSKED, has ked. a. 366. Bearing a husk, cov-
ered with a husk.

HUSKY, hôs'ké. a. Abounding in husks.
HUSSAR, haz-zâr'. s. One of the Hungarian
horsemen, so called from the shout they gener-
ally make at the first onset. Ach.
HUSSY, haz'zè. s. A sorry or bac woman.
HUSTINGS, hûs'tingz. s. A council, a court
held.

To HUSTLE, his'sl. v. a.

gether.

472. To shake to

HÜSWIFE, hâz'zîf. s. 144. A bad manager, a sorry woman; an economist, a thrifty woman. To HUSWIFE, hüz'zif. v. a. To manage with economy and frugality.

HUSWIFERY, huz'zif-ré. s. Management good
or bad; management of rural business commit
ted to women.

HURLER, har lår. s. One that plays at hurling.HUT, bot. s. A poor cottage.
HURLY, har'lè.

HUTCH, hutsh. s. A corn chest.

HURLYBURLY, hår ́le-bar-lè. s. Tumult, com-To HUZZ, huz. v. n. To buzz, to murmut.

motion, bustle.

HURRICANE, hår'rè-kân.
HURRICANO, har re-kinds. A violent storin,
such as is often experienced in the East and
West-Indies.

To HURRY, hår'rè. v. a. To hasten, to put into
precipitation or confusion.

To HURRY, har'rè. v. n. To move on with
precipitation.

HURRY, hår rẻ. s. Tumult, precipitation, com-
motion, haste.
HURRY SKURRY, hår'rè-skår rẻ. ad. A word
formed to exhibit its own meaning; wildly.
Mason.

To HURT, hårt. v. a. Preter I Hurt; Part.
pass. I have Hurt. To mischief, to harm; to
wound, to pain by some bodily harm.
HURT, hårt. s. Harm, mischief; wound or
bruise.

HURTER, hårt'år. s. One that does harm.
HURTFUL, hårt'fül. a. Mischievous, pernicious.
HURTFULLY, hurtful-è. ad. Mischievously,
perniciously.

HURTFULNESS, hårt'ful-nes. s. Mischievous-
ness, perniciousness.

HUZZA, huz-zá'. interject. 174. A shout, a cry
of acclamation.

To HUZZA, buz-zá'. v. n. To utter acclamation.
To HUZZA, hûz-zà'. v. a. To receive with accla-

mation.

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HYALINE, hâ-lin. a. 150. Glassy, crystalline.
HYBRIDOUS, hîb'brè-dås. a. Begotten between

animals of different species; produced from
plants of different kinds.
HYDATIDES, hi-dât'é-dèz. s. 187. Little trans-
parent bladders of water in any part: most
common in dropsical persons.

HYDRA, hidrå. s. A monster with many heads, slain by Hercules.

HYDRAGOGUES, hi'drâ-gôgz. s. 187. Such medicines as occasion the discharge of watery humours.

HYDRAULICAL, hl-draw ́le kâl. Į to||HYDRAULICK, hì-dràw ́lik. 2. Relating

To HÚRTLE, hår'tl. v. n. 405. To skirmish, run against any thing, to jostle. HURTLEBERRY, hurt-ber-è. s. Bilberry. HURTLESS, hårt'lês. a. Innocent, harmless, innoxious, doing no harm; receiving no hurt. HURTLESSLY, hårt'lès-lè. ad. Without harm. HURTLESSNESS, hurt'lês-nês. s. Freedom from any pernicious quality.

to the conveyance of water through pipes. HYDRAULICKS, hl-draw'llks. s. 187. The science which treats of the construction of machines and engines, in which fluids are principally concerned.-Ferguson. The science of convey. ing water through pipes or conduits, and which comprehends the motion of fluids. HYDROCELE, hidró-sé-lè. s. 180. A watery

HUSBAND. hûz'bånd. s. 8s. The correlative to wife, a man married to a woman; the male of animals; an economist, a man that knows This word. ke all of the same origin and

rupture.

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;—mẻ, mêt ;—plne, pîn ;—

form, as bubonocele, enterocele, bronchocele, sperma-|| tocele, sarcocele, &c. cught to be pronounced with the final e forming a syllable; for as they are perfectly Greek words, as fgpena, or formed from the Greek, as Enterocele from Ergo and z, they ought to be pronounced like apastrophe, hiperbole, &c. The reason why Disle and Osteocope are not pronounced so as to make the final e form a distinct syllable, is, that they are] not perfectly Greek words, but formed from S and Tux, and array and TT, where we find the Greek termination altered. HYDROCEPHALUS, hi-dró-séî'få-lås. S. A dropsy in the head. HYDROGRAPHER, hl-drôg'grå-fûr. who draws maps of the sea. HYDROGRAPHY hi-dróg'grå-fè. s. 513. Description of the watery part of the terraqueous globe.

8. One

HYDROMANCY, hidrd-min-sẻ. s. 519. Predic

tion by water.

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HYMNICK, hnik. a. Relating to hymns. HYMNING, him'ning. v. a. 411, Celebrating in hymns.

To HYP, hip. v. a. To make melancholy, to dispirit.

HYPALLAGE, hè-pâl'lâ-jè. s. A figure by which words change their cases with each other. HYPER, hi'pår. s. Injudiciously used by Prion for a hypercritick.

HYPERBOLA, hi-pêr'bò-lâ. s. 187. A figure in mathematicks.

HYPERBOLE, hl-për‍bò-lè. s. 187. A figure in rhetorick by which any thing is increased or diminished beyond the exact truth.

None of our orthoepists but Dr. Johnson accent this word on the first syllable; and that he should do so is the more surprising, as all his poetical authorities adopt a different pronunciation:

“Hupérboles, so daring and so bold,

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Disdaining bounds, are yet by rules controll'd.' Granville. HYPERBOLICAL, hi-pêr-bôl'lè-kâl. Dread of HYPERBOLICK, hl-per-b-kala. Belonging to the hyperbola; exaggerating or extenu ating beyond fact.

I have differed from Mr. Sheridan a the accentuation of this word; for my reasons, see Cyclopedia. Dr. Kenrick, Dr. Ash, Mr. Scott, Mr. Perry, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Envick, Mr. Barclay, and Dr. Johnson, are uniformly for the antepenultimate accent.

HYDROPICAL, hi-drop pé-kal. }

HYDROPICK. hi-drop'pik.

a. Dropsical,

diseased with extravasated water. HYDROSTATICAL, hi-dro-state-kâl. a. Rela-) ting to Hydrostaticks, taught by hydrostaticks

HYDROSTATICALLY, hi-dro-stât'è-kâl-è. ad. According to hydrostaticks. HYDROSTATICKS, hi-drò-stâtiks. s. The science which treats of the nature, gravity, pressure, and motion of fluids in general, and of weighing solids in them.

HYDROTICKS, hi-drótiks. s. Purgers of water or phlegm.

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HYEMAL, hi-è'mål. a. Belonging to winter.
HYEN, hiền.
HYENA, hi-'nâ.
An animal like a wolf.
HYGROMETER, ́hi-gr&m'nè-tår. s. 187. An
instrument to measure the degrees of moisture,
in atmospherick air.
HYGROSCOPE, hl'gro-skope. s. An instrument
to show the moisture and dryness of the air,
and to measure and estimate the quantity of
either extreme.

HYM, him. s. A species of dog.
HYMEN, hi'mên. s. The god of marriage; the
virginal membrane.
HYMENEAL, hi-me-né'al.
HYMENEAN, hl-mè-nềân.

song.

HYMENEAL, hi-me-nè'ál.

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marriage.

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In these compounds of Hymen, Mr. Sheridan has shortened the i in the first syllable; but though I think this tendency of the secondary accent to shorten the vowel perfectly agreeable to analogy, yet y has so frequently the sound of long that it seems, in this case and some others, to counteract that tendency, nor can any other reason be given why the same letter in hyperbolical and Jupercritick should be long as Mr. Sheridan has properly marked them. Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. Perry, by their notation, seem of the same opinion

HYPERBOLICALLY, hi-për-bôl ́ld-kál-lẻ. ad. 509. In form of a hyperbole; with exaggera tion or extenuation. HYPERPOLIFORM, hi-për-ból′lê-förm. a. Hav ing the forin, or nearly the form, of the hyper bola. HYPERBOREAN, hip-êr-bò'rè-ân. a. Northern HYPERCRITICK, hl-per-kritik. s. A critick exact or captious beyond use or reason. HYPERCRITICAL, hl-për-krit'è-kâl. a. Critica beyond use. HYPERMETER, hl-pèr'me-tår. 518. Any thing greater than the standard requires. HYPERSARCOSIS, hi-per-sår-ko'sls. s. 520 The growth of fungous or proud flesh. HYPHEN, hi'fen. s. A note of conjunction: as vir-tue, ever-living.

HYPNOTICK, hip-nôt‍ik. s. Any medicine that induces sleep.

HYPOCHONDRES, hip-o-kndarz. s. 415. The two regions of the belly containing the liver and the spleen. HYPOCHONDRIACAL, hip-po-kon-dri'â-kâl a Melancholy, disordered in the imagination, producing melancholy.

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HYPOCRITICALLY, hip-po-kriï'îk-kâl-é. With dissimulation, without sincerity HYPOGASTRICK, hip-ó-gâs'trik. a Seated in the lower part of the belly. HYPOGEUM, hip-o-gè'um. s. 512. A name which the ancient architects gave to cellars and vaults. HYPOSTASIS, hi-pôs'ta-sis. s. 197. Distinct substance; personality. A term used in the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. HYPOSTATICAL, hi-po-stat'è-kâl. a. Constitutive, constituent as distinct ingredients: nerpal, distinctly personal

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-no, move, nor, not;-tube, tub, båll ;-;-pound-than, THIS. HYPOTENUSE, hi-pôre-nuse. s. 187. The line that subtends the right angle of a right-angled triangle, the subtense.

17 Mr. Sheridan and Dr. Ash accent this word
on the second syllable; but Dr. Johnson, Dr.
Kenrick, Mr. Barclay, Bailey, and Buchanan, on
the last. These authorities induced me, in the
first edition of this Dictionary, to place the ac-
cent on the last syllable; but, upon farther in-
quiry, I found the best usage decidedly in fa-
vour of the antepenultimate accent; and as the
secondary accent is on the second syllable of
The Latin Hypotenusa, this accentuation seems
most agreeable to analogy.-See ACADEMY and
INCOMPARABLE.

HYPOTHESIS, hip-poth'è-sis, or hi-poth'è-sis. s.
187. A supposition, a system formed upon some
principle not proved.
HYPOTHETICAL, hl-po-thet'tè-kål. 187.
HYPOTHETICK, hi-po-thetik.

a.

ad.

187. Including a supposition, conditional. HYPOTHETICALLY, hi-po-thêt'tè-kâl-è. 187. Upon supposition, conditionally. HYSSOP, hiz'zap, or hi'sup. s. A plant. It hath been a great dispute, whether the hyssop commonly known is the same which is mentioned in Scripture.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Mr. Entick, W. Johnston, and Buchanan, pronounce this word in the second manner; Dr. Kenrick, Dr. Ash, and Mr. Perry, in the first. To pronounce the y long before doubles is contrary to every rule in spelling; and therefore if the first mode be not the best, the orthography ought necessarily to be changed. HYSTERICAL, his-ter'ré-kål. MYSTERICK, his-ter'rik. 509.

a.

led with fits, disordered in the regions of the womb; proceeding from disorders in the womb. HYSTERICKS, his-ter'riks. s. Fits of women, supposed to proceed from disorders in the womb.

I.

JACKAL, jak-kall'. s. 406. A small animal sup-
posed to start prey for the lion.

Mr. Nares, who is an excellent judge both of
analogy and usage, says, the accentuation of
this word upon the last syllable is adopted by
Dr. Johnson; but it is certainly now obsolete
I am reluctantly of a different opinion, and
think Dryden's accentuation the best.
"Close by their fire-ships like Jackalls appear,
"Who on their lions for their prey attend."
JACKANAPES, jak'ân-aps. s. A monkey, an
ape; a coxcomb, an impertinent.
JACKDAW, jak-daw'. s. A small species of crow,
JACKET, jak'kit. s. 99. A short coat, à dose

waistcoat

JACOBINE, jak'd-bin. s. 149. A pigeon with a
high tuft; a mouk of a particular order.

In the first edition of this Dictionary I had
marked the im the last syllable of this word
long. Since that time there has unfortunately
been so much occasion to pronounce it, that no
doubt is left of the sound of the last vowel.
JACTITATION, jak-tè-tá'shan. s. Tossing, mo-
.tion, restlessness.
The act of

JACULATION, jak--là'shůn. s.
throwing missile weapons.
JADE, jade. s. A horse of no spirit, a hired
horse, a worthless nag; a sorry woman,
To tire, to harass, to dis-
To JADE, jade. v. a.
pirit, to weary; to overbear; to employ in vile
offices; to ride, to rule with tyranny.

JADISH, ja'dish. a. Vicious, bad; unchaste,
incontinent.

cut into teeth like those of a saw.
To JAGG, jag. v. a. To cut into indentures,' to

A protuberance or denticulation.
JAGG, jag. s.
Troub-
JAGGY, jag gè. a. 383. Uneven, denticulated.
JAGGEDNESS, jagged-nês. s. 366. The state
of being denticulated, unevenness.
JAIL, jale. s. 52, 202, 212. A gaol, a prison.
JAILBIRD, jale bard. s. One who has been in a jail.
JAILER, jalar. s. The keeper of a prison.
JAKES, jakes. s. A house of office, a privy.
JALAP, jalo. s. A purgative root, internally
of a dark gray colour, marked with blackish
stripes: it has a nauseous smell and taste. Edin-
burgh Dispensatory.

1. Pron. personal. Oblique case Me, Plura! We; Oblique case Us. The pronoun of the first persou, Myself: I is more than once, in Shakspeare, (and Dr. Johnson might have added, very often in Beaumont and Fletcher,) written for ay or yes.-See Principles, No. 8, 105, 185.

The pronunciation of this word, as if written Jollop, which Mr. Sheridan has adopted, is, in my opinion,now coufined to the illiterate and vulgar. JAM, jam. s. A conserve of fruits boiled with sugar and water.

JAMB, jam. s. Any supporter on either side, as the posts of a door.

This ought to have been added to the cata logue of words having the b silent. Principles, No. 347.

It may be remarked, that the frequent use of this letter in our old dramatick writers instead of Ay, is a proof that our ancestors pronounced I much broader than we do at present, and somewhat approaching to the sound it has at this day in the north of England.-See Directions to Foreigners prefixed to this Dictionary.IAMBICK, lâm'bik. s. Verses composed of a To JABBER, jab'bůr. v. n. 98. without thinking; to chatter. JABBERER, jab bur-år. s. One who talks inarticulately or unintelligibly. JACENT, sent. a. Lying at length. JACINTH, ja sinth. s. The same with hacinth; a precious stone.

To talk idly,

JACK, jak. s. The diminutive of John; the name of instruments which supply the place of a boy, as an instrument to pull off boots; an engine which turns the spit; a young pike; a cup of waxed leather; a small bowl thrown out for a mark to the bowlers; a part of the musical instrument called a virginal; the male of some animals; a support to saw wood on; the colours or ensign of a ship; a cunning fellow. JACK-BOOTS, jak-boots'. s. Boots which serve

JACK-PUDDING, jak-půd'ding. s. A zany, a
merry-andrew.
jak'wirn-a-lan'-1

JACK-WITH-A-LANTERN,
turn. s. An ignis fatuns.
JACKALENT,jak-à-lent. s. A simple sheepish

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short and long syllable alternately.

To JANGLE, jang'gl. v. n. 405. To quarrel, to

bicker in words.

JANGLER, jang'gl-år. s. A wrangling, chattering, noisy fellow.

of the Turkish Sultan. JANIZARY, jân'ne-zár-é. s. One of the guards

JANTY, jan'tè. a. Showy, fluttering.

It is highly probable, that, when this word. was first adopted, it was pronounced as close to the French gentile as possible; but as we have no better in our language equivalent to the French soft g; and as the nasal vowel en, when not followed by hard g, c, or k, is not to be pronounced by a mere English speaker, (see Encore,) it is no wonder that the word was anglicised in its sound, as well as in its orthography. Mr. Sheridan has preserved the French sound of the vowel in this word and its compound jauntiness, as if written jaunty and jawntiness; but Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Perry, give the a the Italian sound, as heard in aunt, futher, &c. and this imagine it ought to have. 214.

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559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât ;-mè, mết,-pine, pin ;

JANUARY, jân'nů-âr-è, s. The first month of|| IDEA, i-de'. 115. A mental image, sentiment

the year.

opinion.

JAPAN, ja-pân'. s. Work varnished and raised|| IDÉAL, l-dè'âl. a. Mental, intellectual. in gold and colours. IDEALLY, -dè'âl-è. ad. Intellectually, mentally.

10 JAPAN, jâ-pân'. v a. To varnish, to em-
bellish with gold and raised figures; to black
shoes. A low phrase.
JAPANNER, ja-pân'når. s. One skilled in ja-
pan work; a shoe-blacker.

IDENTICAL, i-dên'tè-kâl.
IDENTICK, í-đên'tîk.

same, implying the same thing.
IDENTIFY, I-dén'tè-fl. v. a.
things the same.

versity.

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The

To make two

To JAR, jar. v. n. 78. To strike together with a kind of short rattle; to strike or sound un-IDENTITY, l-dén'tè-tè. s. Sameness, not di"unably; to clash, to interfere, to act in opposition; to quarrel, to dispute. JAR, jár. S. A kind of rattling vibration of sound; clash, discord, debate; a state in which a door unfastened may strike the post; an earthen vessel

JARGON, jar'gân. s. 166. Unintelligible talk;
gabble, gibberish.
JARGONELLE, jår-go-nel'. s. A species of

pear.

JASMINE, jáz'min. s. 434.

samine.

JASPER, jas'pår.

s. 98.

A flower; the jes-
A hard stone of a

IDES, idz. s. A term anciently used among the Romans with regard to time; and meant the sixteenth day of March, May, July, and October; and the thirteenth of every other month IDIOCRACY, îd-è-ôk'krâ-sè. 518. Peculiarity of constitution.

IDIOCRATICAL, id-è-ó-krât'tè-kål. a. Peculiar
in constitution.

IDIOCY, id'e-o-sè. s. Want of understanding.
IDIOM, id'è-am. s. 166. A mode of speaking
peculiar to a language or dialect.
IDIOMATICAL, id-è-o-mât'è-kål.

bright beautiful green colour, sometimes cloud IDIOMATICK, id-c-c-mate-kal. 509.}

ed with white.

JAVELIN, jav'lin. s. A spear or half-pike, which anciently was used either by foot or horse.

JAUNDICE, jan'dis. s. 142, 214. A distemper arising from obstructions of the glands of the liver.

JAUNDICED, jân'dist. a. 359. Infected with the jaundice; envious, prejudiced.

To JAUNT, jant. v. n. 214. To wander here and there; to make little excursions for air or exercise.

JAUNTINESS, jân'tè-nês. s. Airiness, flutter, genteelness.

AW, jaw. s. 219. The bone of the mouth in
which the teeth are fixed; the mouth.
JAY, ja. s. 220. A bird.

ICE, Ise. s. Water or other liquor made solid
by cold; concreted sugar. To break the ice,
to make the first opening to any attempt.
To ICE, ise. v. a. To cover with ice, to turn
to ice; to cover with concreted sugar.
ICEHOUSE, ise house. s. A house in which
ice is reposited.

ICHNEUMON, ik-nu'môn. s. A small animal
that breaks the eggs of the crocodile.
ICHNEUMONFLY, ik-nù'môn-fli. s. A sort of

flv.

ICHNOGRAPHY, ik-nôg'grâ-fè. s. 518. The ground plot.

ICHOR, f'kor. s. 166. A thin watery humour like serum.

"CHOROUS, l'kôr-ås a. Sanious, thin, undigested.

CHTHYOLOGY, Ik-the-ôl'ò-jè. s. 518. The doctrine of the nature of fish; the science which treats of fishes in general.

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culiar to a tongue, phraseological. IDIOPATHY, id-e-op på-thè. s. 518. A primary disease that neither depends on nor proceeds from another.

IDIOSYNCRASY, id-è-ò-sin'krâ-sè. s. A peculiar
temper or disposition not common to another.
IDIOT, id'è-åt. s. 166. A fool, a natural, a
changeling.

IDIOTISM, id'è-åt-izm. s. Peculiarity of expres
sion; folly, natural imbecility of mind.
IDLE, l'dl. a. 405. Lazy, averse from labour;
not busy; not entployed; useless, vain; trifling,
of no importance.

To IDLE, I'dl. v. n. To lose time in laziness and
inactivity.

IDLEHEADED, l'dl-hêd-dêd. a. Foolish, un

reasonable.

IDLENESS, I'dl-nês. s.

Laziness, sloth, slug.
gishness; omission of business; trivialness;
uselessness; worthlessness.
IDLER, l'dl-år. s. 98. A lazy person, a sluggard ;
one who trifles away his time.

IDLY, 'dl-è. ad. Lazily, without employment;
foolishly, in a trifling manner; carelessly, with-
out attention; ineffectually, vainly.
IDOL, l'dal. s. 37, 166. An image worshipped
&s God; an image; a representation; one
loved or honoured to adoration.

IDOLATER, i-dôl'lå-tůr. s. 98. One who pays
divine honours to images, one who worships the
creature instead of the Creator.
To IDOLATRIZE, i-dôl'lå-trize. v. a.
To wor-
ship idols.
IDOLATROUS, l-dôl lå-trus. a. 314. Tending"
to ideiatry, comprising idolatry.
IDOLATROUSLY, i-dol'lå-trås-lè. ad. In an
idolatrous manner.

ICHTHYOPHAGIST, îk-the-ôî'â-jist. s. A fish-IDOLATRY, l-dő! ́lâ-trẻ. s.
eater; one who lives on fish.

images

ICHTHYOPHAGY, ik-the-ôf'â-jè. s. The prac- IDOLIST, I'dål-ist. s. 166, tice of eating fish; fish diet.

images.

rence to adoration.

ICICLE, I'sik-kl. s. 405. A shoot of ice hang-To IDOLIZE, I'do-lize. v. a.
ing down.
ICINESS, l'sè-nès. s. The state of generating IDONEOUS, ¡-do'nè-as. a.

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A worshipper of

To love or reve

Fit, proper, conve

ICON, l'kon. s. 166. A picture or representa-IDYL, I'dil. s. A small short poem.

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As there is sometimes an erroneous pronunciation of this word by making the i short, as in the first syllable of idiot, I have thought it necessary here to quote the authorities for pronouncing it long, as in idle; namely, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Mr. Perry, Buchanan, and Entick; Dr. Ash, Barclay, and Fenning, do not distinguish it by the position of the accent from the i in idiot; and Dr. Kenrick, as is usual with him when any thing difficult occurs, does not mark it, or divide it into syllables. But the

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