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Safety; security. [Obs.] Howell.

To be incapable of combining; to disagree; to differ. [Obs.] Milton.

INCOMBUSTIBILITY n.

The quality of being incombustible.

INCOMBUSTIBLE a.

Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas. Incombustible cloth, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus; also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance. -- In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness, n.…

INCOME n. 4 definitions

A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion. [Obs.] Shak. More abundant incomes of light and strength from God. Bp. Rust. At mine income I louted low. Drant.

INCOMER n. 2 definitions

One who comes in. Outgoers and incomers. Lew Wallace.

INCOMING a. 4 definitions

Coming in; accruing. A full incoming profit on the product of his labor. Burke.

Want of comity; incivility; rudeness. [R.]

INCOMMENSURABILITY n.

The quality or state of being incommensurable. Reid.

INCOMMENSURABLE a. 2 definitions

Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable. They are q…

INCOMMENSURATE a. 2 definitions

Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable.

INCOMMISCIBLE a.

Not commiscible; not mixable.

INCOMMIXTURE n.

A state of being unmixed; separateness. Sir T. Browne.

To incommode. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

INCOMMODATION n.

The state of being incommoded; inconvenience. [Obs.]

INCOMMODE v. 2 definitions

To give inconvenience or trouble to; to disturb or molest; to discommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by want of room.

INCOMMODEMENT n.

The act of incommoded. [Obs.] Cheyne.

INCOMMODIOUS a.

Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an incommodious arrangement. -- In`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- In`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.

Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance. [Archaic] Bunyan. A great incommodity to the body. Jer. Taylor. Buried him under a bulk of incommodities. Hawthorne.