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ics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.

ith honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Addison. Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. Rambler. Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. Hobbes.

ified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.

. To impose on or upon, to pass or put a trick on; to delude. "He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things." Locke.

That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc.

eing inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. Jer. Taylor.

A woman in love; a mistress. "The fair inamorata." Sherburne.

were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm that." Boyle. The time of this last is left indefinite. Dryden.

those sciences which admit of, and employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc.

Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly. Glanvill.

Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. Dryden.

n or induction. Though it may chance to be right in the conclusions, it is yet unjust and mistaken in the method of inference. Glanvill.

a work of intelligence and knowledge. Sir W. Hamilton. By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust Ensuing dangers. Shak.

To wrap up; to infold; to swathe. Inswathed sometimes in wandering mist. Tennyson.

. -- Invisible green, a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it.

a.C5H8 -- unsaturated, and used to make synthetic rubber by polymerization. In organic chemistry, viewed conceptually as the building block of the terpene series of hydrocarbons

An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight. Blackstone.

iry; lively; sportive. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Shak. Rural sports and jocund strains. Prior. -- Joc"und*ly, adv. -- Joc"und*ness, n.

A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Potassium; -- so called by the German chemists.