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A beginner; one in the rudiments. Johnson.

Set; fast; fixed. Dr. John Smith.

aters increased and bare up the ark. Gen. vii. 17. He must increase, but I must decrease. John iii. 30. The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should increase, Even as our days do grow! Shak.

That which is incredible. Johnson.

ing no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities. [Obs.] Johnson.

traint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to. "Willing to indulge in easy vices." Johnson.

The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. Johnson.

well, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity, scrambled in at a high window. Johnson. Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorance they were born with; which, without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull. Locke.

angement of mind; madness; lunacy. All power of fancy overreason is a degree of insanity. Johnson. Without grace The heart's insanity admits no cure. Cowper.

To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure. Johnson.

The of instilling; also, that which is instilled. Johnson.

judge instructs the jury. She, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. Matt. xiv. 8. Take her in; instruct her what she has to do. Shak.

A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.

tracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices. The penury of insular conversation. Johnson.

The act of whispering into something. [Obs.] Johnson.

purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York. Hell is paved with good intentions. Johnson.

One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator. Johnson.

A messenger between two parties. Johnson.

Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory. "Interpretative lexicography." Johnson.

guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. Johnson.