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hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth. Milton. His curling locks like hyacinthine flowers. Cowper. The hyacinthine boy, for whom Morn well might break and April bloom. Emerson.

Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly. Cowper.

e family Hyænidæ, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. [Written also hyæna.]

etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. Coleridge.

ample; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc. Despise wealth and imitate a dog. Cowlay.

g; that which can not be thought, done, or endured. Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. Cowley.

g evil upon any one; a player that a curse or calamnity may fall on any one; a curse. Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. Motley.

esult of an influence exerted from without. The stamp and clear impression of good sense. Cowper. To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build. Barrow.

thing). Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, "Be free." Cowper.

eedom from punishment, harm, or loss. Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is neimpunity defied. Cowper. The impunity and also the recompense. Holland.

Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas. "Impure desires." Cowper.

r. "In sight of God's high throne." Milton. Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh. Cowper.

ntive. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. Cowper. -- In`ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.

Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions. Cowper.

ain, or snow. The inclemencies of morning air. Pope. The rude inclemency of wintry skies. Cowper.

nts or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather. Cowper. The guard the wretched from the inclement sky. Pope. Teach us further by what means to shun The inclement seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow! Milton.

ed by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. "Each pensively inclined." Cowper.

tion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check. Cowper.

parents for their care of us in infancy; indebted to friends for help and encouragement. Cowper.

ent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language. Cowper.