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One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.

Not discrete or separated; compact; homogenous. An indiscrete mass of confused matter. Pownall.

secution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment.

Internally; within; in the heart. "Whereat he inly raged." Milton.

One who inscribes. Pownall.

ce of any action, without of improvement in the method. The resemblance between what originally was a habit, and an instinct becomes so close as not to be distinguished. Darwin.

Intentionally. [R.] Milton.

o be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally. [Obs.] Or rather, gracious sir, Create me to this glory, since my cause Doth interest this fair quarrel. Ford.

Internally; inwardly.

Internally; A lie is a thing absolutely and intrinsically evil. South.

In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly.

In the inner parts; internally. Let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly. Shak.

To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present. To see this sight, it irks my very soul. Shak. It irketh him to be here. M. Arnold.

Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating. The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance. Hayward.

A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin; as, abolish, cherish, finish, furnish, garnish, impoverish.

er variant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantal sound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have been used interchangeably.

Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt.

ered cinchona bark. -- Jesuits' tea, a Chilian leguminous shrub, used as a tea and medicinally.

Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite. Jew's frankincense, gum styrax, or benzoin. -- Jew's mallow (Bot.), an annual herb (Corchorus olitorius) cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in I…

lendar in use among Hebraic peoples, reckoning from the year 3761 b. c., the date traditionally given for the Creation. It received its present fixed form from Hillel II. about 360 a. d. The present names of the months, which are Babylonian- Assyrian in origin, replaced older ones, Abib, Bul, etc., at the time of the B…