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Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.

Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.

Not capable of being transmitted.

The act of admitting into or within. Hammond.

Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research. Hooker.

Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass. Kirwan.

is in the form of dark gray metallic scales, resembling plumbago, soft but brittle, and emitting a chlorinelike odor. Symbol I. Atomic weight 126.5. If heated, iodine volatilizes in beautiful violet vapors.

Not admitting relief; incurable; hopeless.

Admitting no return; as, an irremeable way. [Obs.] Dryden.

Not remitting; unforgiving.

sted. [Obs.] The second is in the irresoluble condition of our souls after a known sin committed. Bp. Hall.

That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.

things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.

A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment. "Judgments are prepared for scorners." Prov. xix. 29. "This judgment of the heavens that makes us tremble." Shak.

in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the judiciary.

A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize. Jury of inquest, a coroner's jury. See Inquest.

A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.

In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.

To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door. Master, knock the door hard. Shak. To knock down. (a) To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, to knock down an assailant. (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock; to knock off. -- To knock in the head, or on the head, to stu…

ically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance. Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. Pope.