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The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill.

One who incarcerates.

To stuff; to swell. [Obs.] The body is infarced with . . . watery humors. Sir T. Elyot.

morbid condition of a limited area resulting from such obstruction; as, a hemorrhagic infarct.

The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.

To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch. [Obs.]

ire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also eirenarch.]

The rule of the judges over Israel. Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the kritarchy. Southey.

Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.

Lamarckism.

The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.

One who commits larceny.

Having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act; committing larceny. "The larcenous and burglarious world." Sydney Smith. -- Lar"ce*nous*ly, adv.

sonal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement. Grand larceny and Petit larceny are distinctions having reference to the nature or value of the property stolen. They are abolished in England. -- Mixed, or Compound, larceny, that which, under statute, includes in it the aggravation of…

A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle).

Of or pertaining to the larch. Keats.

The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.

A merchant. [Obs.] Shak.

or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites. Golden marcasite, tin. [Obs.]

Containing, or having the nature of, marcasite.