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resses a strong and elevated disapprobation of mind, which is also inspired by something flagitious in the conduct of another. Cogan. When Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. Esther v. 9.

te and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form or color; the difference between them was indisguishable.

A member of a race forming the chief pre-Malay population of the Malay Archipelago, and probably sprung from a mixture of Polynesian and Mongoloid immigrants. According to Keane, the autochthonous Negritos were largely expelled by the Caucasian Polynesians, themselves followed by Mongoloid peoples of Indo-Chinese affin…

To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague. Them that were left alive being infected with this disease. Sir T. North.

Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.

ura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

An interhemal spine or cartilage.

An interhyal ligament or cartilage.

The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals.

for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend. Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak.

Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage.

An interneural spine or cartilage.

Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture. -- n.

Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk.

Act of inthralling, or state of being inthralled; servitude; bondage; vassalage.

tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.

A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State.

A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops. [Written also jaghire, jagir, etc.] [India] Whitworth.

One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.

An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship. Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.