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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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INHERSE v.
See Inhearse.
INSPERSE v.
To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Bailey.
INSPERSION n.
The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Chapman.
INTERSCAPULAR a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers.
INTERSCAPULARS n.
The interscapular feathers of a bird.
INTERSCENDENT a.
Having exponents which are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; as, xsq. root2, or xsq. roota. Interscedent series, a series whose terms are interscendent quantities. Hutton.
INTERSCIND v.
To cut off. [R.]
INTERSCRIBE v.
To write between. [R.]
INTERSECANT a.
Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.
INTERSECT v. 2 definitions
To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Cowper.
INTERSECTION n. 2 definitions
The act, state, or place of intersecting.
INTERSECTIONAL a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections.
INTERSEMINATE v.
To sow between or among. [R.]
INTERSEPTAL a.
Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel.
INTERSERT v.
To put in between other things; to insert. [Obs.] Brerewood.
INTERSERTTION n.
The act of interserting, or that which is interserted. [Obs.] Hammond.
INTERSESAMOID a.
Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.
INTERSET v.
To set between or among. [R.]
INTERSHOCK v.
To shock mutually. [R.]
INTERSIDEREAL a.
Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar.
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