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A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system of natural science and of theology.

ed. Hydro-electric machine (Physics), an apparatus invented by Sir William Armstrong of England for generating electricity by the escape of high-pressure steam from a series of jets connected with a strong boiler, in which the steam is produced.

A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines.

A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; -- in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill. Wharton. Story.

e of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix.

A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.

-- Inns of court (Eng.), the four societies of "students and practicers of the law of England" which in London exercise the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at the bar; also, the buildings in which the law students and barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Linco…

One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. Bouvier.

The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.

ciples and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n. They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy. Burke. To make the Stoics' institutes thy own. Dryden.

ession, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America.

Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland.

tween; a coming or lying between or among; intervention; also, that which lies between. England and Scotland is divided only by the interjacency of the Tweed. Sir M. Hale.

Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland.

Between ungulæ; as, interungular glands.

e between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II.

erence; as, he had given only intimations of his design. Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. Bp. Burnet.

A peculiar substance obtained from the thyroid gland, containing from nine to ten per cent of iodine.

lay ironstone. See under Clay. -- Ironstone china, a hard white pottery, first made in England during the 18th century.

pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England. "A Jacobean table." C. L. Eastlake.