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Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv.

Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

To make clear, bright, or luminous. Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky. Chapman.

Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable. "Inauspicious stars." Shak. "Inauspicious love." Dryden. -- In`aus*pi"cious*ly, adv. -- In`aus*pi"cious*ness, n.

sly 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.

To clasp; to inclose. Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips. Shak.

those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserved. Lecky.

y. -- Indian hemp. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Apocynum (A. cannabinum), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties. (b) The variety of common hemp (Cannabis Indica), from which hasheesh is obtained. -- Indian mallo…

odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. "Infamous woods." P. Fletcher. Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. Milton. The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. Dryden.

Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister. [R.] Ld. Lytton.

The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck. [Obs.] Bacon.

eir business secretly, And then inform his master hastily. Spenser. I am informed thoroughky of the cause. Shak.

Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] Shak. "A most infortynate chance." Howell. - In*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.]

The state or quality of being inky; blackness.

roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. Some of serpent kind . . . involved Their snaky folds. Milton.

-- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.

erokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes were agricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as for skill in war. --n.

ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. -- Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac.

poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.

A footman; a flunky. [Slang, Eng.] Thackeray.