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Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid. Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious. Beau. & Fl.

ror. -- Imperial diet, an assembly of all the states of the German empire. -- Imperial drill. (Manuf.) See under 8th Drill. -- Imperial eagle. (Zoöl.) See Eagle. -- Imperial green. See Paris green, under Green. -- Imperial guard, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I. -- Imperial weights and measures, the stan…

ession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband. Burrill. In and in breeding. See under Breeding. -- In and out (Naut.), through and through; -- said of a through bolt in a ship's side. Knight. -- To be in, to be at home; as, Mrs. A. is in. -- To come in. See under Come.…

luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. I. Taylor. Incandescent lamp or light (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, us…

-- Indian fire, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light. -- Indian grass (Bot.), a coarse, high grass (Chrysopogon nutans), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass. Gray. -- Indian hemp. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Apocynum (A. cannab…

Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances. Burrill.

e instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred. Story. Byles. Burrill.

The gorilla.

To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law. Burrill.

he plaintiff's damages, where they can not readily be ascertained by mere calculation. Burrill.

; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc. Burrill.

assion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light. In this intense seclusion of the forest. Hawthorne.

That which irradiates or is irradiated; luster; splendor; irradiation; brilliancy. Milton.

Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy. Sir W. Scott.

The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture. Burrill.

thickened hairless, and often bright-colored skin, on the buttocks of many apes, as the drill.

eading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law. Burrill.

otton and worsted; -- called also farmer's satin. -- Italian iron, a heater for fluting frills. -- Italian juice, Calabrian liquorice.

A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.

but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects. Their colors are often brilliant.