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A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani

A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, -- used as a gem.

ow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England.

A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit. Humboldt.

Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.

The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.

A humanist. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Mankind collectively; the human race. But hearing oftentimes The still, and music humanity. Wordsworth. It is a debt we owe to humanity. S. S. Smith.

A salt of hyponitrous acid.

Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds. Hyponitrous acid (Chem.), an unstable nitrogen acid, NOH, whose salts are produced by reduction of the nitrates, although the acid itself is not isolated in the free state except as a solution in water; -- called also nitrosylic acid.…

A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone. Page.

To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

Capable of being ignited.

The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.

One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like. [Written also igniter.]

A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals. [R.] A thin crust or illinition of black manganese. Kirwan.

Titanic iron. See Menaccanite.

Want of goodness. [Obs.] Burton.

The state or quality of being immane; barbarity. [R.] Shak.