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Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse. Macaulay.

An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge.

One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

Idiocracy.

ution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

stic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity. The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the idiosyncrasies of the body. I. Taylor.

Same as Vesuvianite.

by evaporating the thinner parts. Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate. Sir I. Newton. Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. Sir T. Browne.

Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.

The state of being incrassated or made thick; inspissation. Sir T. Browne.

Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken. Harvey.

Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.

Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.

Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.

The infrastapedial part of the columella.

Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.

Hippocras. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The quality or state of being irascible; irritability of temper; irascibleness.

Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood. -- I*ras"ci*ble*ness, n. -- I*ras"ci*bly, adv.

A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.