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; to habituate; to practice habitually. "To inure our prompt obedience." Milton. He . . . did inure them to speak little. Sir T. North. Inured and exercised in learning. Robynson (More's Utopia). The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. Cowper.

pon; to meet; to find. [Obs.] And vowed never to return again, Till him alive or dead she did invent. Spenser.

A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it 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.…

A iodide of quinine obtained as a brown substance,. It is the base of herapathite. See Herapathite.

Iodide. [Obs.]

Silver iodide, a mineral of a yellowish color.

To radiate, shed, or diffuse. A splendid fairradiating hospitality. H. James.

ates elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance. Hayward.

A tick of the genus Ixodes, or the family Ixodidæ.

o dispute. When those renowned noble peers Greece Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar. Spenser. For orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist. Milton.

used. See Illust. of Falcon. Like a hawk, which feeling freed From bells and jesses which did let her flight. Spenser.

hance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.

to append. Woe unto them that join house to house. Is. v. 8. Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like twenty torches joined. Shak. Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. Dryden.

olly cool wind." Sir T. North. [Now mostly colloq.] Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit. Spenser. The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. W. Irving.

Daily; diurnal. [Obs.] Whiles from their journal labors they did rest. Spenser.

The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.

Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidæ. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becom…

maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession. Both day and night did we keep company. Shak. Within this portal as I kept my watch. Smollett.

In a kingly or kinglike manner. Shak. Low bowed the rest; he, kingly, did but nod. Pore.

To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees. Shak.