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The larva of any geometrid moth. See Geometrid.

Untamable. [R.]

To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

A falling on or upon; an incident; an event. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Incidence. [Obs.] Shak.

Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.

Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. Ro…

Incidentally. [Obs.]

Capable of being incinerated or reduced to ashes. Sir T. Browne.

Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. [Obs.] Bacon.

The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation. The phenix kind, Of whose incineration, There riseth a new creation. Skelton.

Beginning; commencement; incipient state.

Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. -- In*cip"i*ent*ly, adv.

See Encircle.

A small circle. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Incapable of being circumscribed or limited. Cranmer.

Condition or quality of being incircumscriptible or limitless. Jer. Taylor.

Not circumspect; heedless; careless; reckless; impolitic. Tyndale.

Want of circumspection. Sir T. Browne.

To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave. I on thy grave this epitaph incise. T. Carew.