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of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which was also called the Hyracanian) Sea. "The Hyrcan tiger." "Hyracanian deserts." Shak.

ght-headed; foolish. [Obs.] Ford. Idle pulley (Mach.), a pulley that rests upon a belt to tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and is not used to transmit power. -- Idle wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel placed between two others, to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction of revolution.…

other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous. God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop. South.

One who instigates or incites.

Search; inquiry; investigation. [Obs.]

Searching; exploring; investigating. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

A searcher; an explorer; an investigator. [Obs.] Searched into by such skillful indagators of nature. Boyle.

To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.

To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure. Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves. Bacon.

A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.

s inexorable doom." Dryden. You are more inhuman, more inexorable, O, ten times more than tigers of Hyrcania. Shak.

News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction. Larger opportunities of information. Rogers. He should get some information in the subject he intends to handle. Swift.

elligerent nation. Innocent party (Law),a party who has not notice of a fact tainting a litigated transaction with illegality.

One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator. Locke. Expert inquirers after truth. Cowper.

Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind.

for truth, information, or knoledge; examination into facts or principles; research; invextigation; as, physical inquiries. All that is wanting to the perfection of this art will undoubtedly be found, if able men . . . will make inquiry into it. Dryden. Court of inquiry. See under Court. -- Writ of inquiry, a writ iss…

The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation. As I could learn through earnest inquisition. Latimer. Let not search and inquisition quail To bring again these foolish runaways. Shak.

Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious. A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius. I. Watts.

To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch. [Obs.]

scertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect conduct.