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An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.

Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. I was not ignoble of descent. Shak. Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. Shak.

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

Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative. "Illuminative reading." Carlyle.

A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor. Brande & C.

The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm.

m; a striking exemplification in person or act. She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey. The very incarnation of selfishness. F. W. Robertson.

ntinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness. That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. 1 Cor. vii. 5. From the rash hand of bold incontinence. Milton.

straining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.

under China. -- Indian pipe (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb (Monotropa uniflora), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying. -- Indian plantain (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus Cacalia, tall he…

um, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican.

e or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. Though more,it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage. Milton. But, O inflame and fire our hearts. Dryden.

That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example. Most remarkable instances of suffering. Atterbury.

mperate. [Obs.] Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetites and lusts. Udall.

In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.

To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape.

That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of Involucre.

A silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright blue color and vitreous luster; cordierite. It is remarkable for its dichroism, and is also called dichroite.