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f worship; a similitude of a false god. That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold. Rev. ix. 20.

To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.

d the like. [Written also idyll.] Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. Mrs. Browning. His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. F. Harrison.

ak. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith.

ight or bright; to illuminate; to illumine. Shak. The mountain's brow, Illumed with fluid gold. Thomson.

orn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.

Cloth of silver or of gold. [R.]

A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars. McElrath.

her imperialities on the private mines, viz., the tenths of the copper, iron, silver and gold. W. Tooke.

The state or quality of being impracticable; infeasibility. Goldsmith.

Covered with gold; gilded.

The act or process of gilding or covering with gold.

inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid. Rich plates of gold the folding doors incase. Pope.

The act of linking together; enchaining. [R.] Goldsmith.

Inclosing; encircling; surrounding. The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. Shak.

iately he sent word to Athens that he would incontinently come hither with a host of men. Golding.

o, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold.

voices, and minds Had been incorporate. Shak. A fifteenth part of silver incorporate with gold. Bacon.

Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible. Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal substances. Wake.

Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart. Goldsmith.