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of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry. He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear. He had no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue. Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare w…

able for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry.

camphor ice. Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and is thus attached or anchored to the ground. -- Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in extensive fields which drift out to sea. -- Ground ice, anchor ice. -- Ice age (Geol.), the…

evice. See Impresa. An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a device in picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or learned personages. Camden.

A begining. [Obs.] "Their springings and imprimings." Sir H. Wotton.

Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] "Dreams were impropitious." Sir H. Wotton.

To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves. To improve on or upon, to make useful additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.

That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. Sir W. Wotton.

methods, etc. As if kings did closes remarkable days to inaugurate their favors. Sir H. Wotton.

superimposed; superincumbent. Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it. Sir H. Wotton. To move the incumbent load they try. Addison.

Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. Sir H. Wotton.

m Africa and are not indigenous or proper natives of America. Sir T. Browne. In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap. Lion Playas.

apital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.

To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general. [Obs.] This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is . . . infanted out of the same fears. Milton.

-- Inferior letter, Inferior figure (Print.), a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to superior letter or figure), as in A2, Bn, 2 and n are inferior characters. -- Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon.

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Cotton.

Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms. E. Forbes.

Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers of body. W. Wotton. Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment. Bacon.

ered; a place of ingress; entrance. Doors and windows,inlets of men and of light. Sir H. Wotton.

Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude. Sir H. Wotton.