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The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa.

Destitute of color. Hudibras.

A bully; a blusterer. Hudibras.

omy, and generally denoting connection with the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal, hyomandibular, hyomental, etc.

Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull.

Identical. [Obs.] Hudibras.

To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [R.] Hudibras. Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic. Coleridge.

To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.

A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. Shak.

Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed. "Implausible harangues." Swift. -- Im*plau"si*ble*ness, n. -- Im*plau"si*bly, adv.

Incredible; not easy to be believed. [R.] Shak.

Tending to induce or cause. [R.] They may be . . . inductive of credibility. Sir M. Hale.

cestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.

The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs. Jefferson.

Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title. Blackstone.

The edible viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc.

Not to be expected; inconceivable. [Obs.] "Inopinable, incredible . . . saings." Latimer.

Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular.

Untrodden. [R.] Hudibras. -- In"vi*ous*ness, n. [R.]

r; one who is unsettled. Glad to turn itinerant, To stroll and teach from town to town. Hudibras.