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Pertaining to polite kiterature. M. Arnold.

Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature. Polished with humanity and the study of witty science. Holland.

spar (Min.), a variety of feldspar, the crystals of which are very clear like ice; rhyacolite. -- Ice tongs, large iron nippers for handling ice. -- Ice water. (a) Water cooled by ice. (b) Water formed by the melting of ice. -- Ice yacht. See Ice boat (above). -- To break the ice. See under Break. -- Water ice, a…

See Apophyllite. [R.]

A transliteration of the four constants forming the Hebrew tetragrammaton or "incommunicable name" of the Supreme Being, which in latter Jewish tradition is not pronounced save with the vowels of adonai or elohim, so that the true pronunciation is lost.

Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv.

Impolite; rude.

To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.

Literally, those who are enlightened; -- variously applied as follows: -

A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.

another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion. Immersion lens, a microscopic objective of short focal distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil, between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is practically immersed.…

The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Shak. Tillotson.

colors, fast colors which do not fade or tarnish by exposure. -- Indelible ink, an ink obliterated by washing; esp., a solution of silver nitrate.

(Chem.), a brown resinous substance found in crude indigo. -- Indigo copper (Min.), covellite. -- Indigo green, a green obtained from indigo. -- Indigo plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant of several species (genus Indigofera), from which indigo is prepared. The different varieties are natives of Asia, Africa, and Ameri…

Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.

An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation.

e process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc. "The initiation of coursers of events." Pope.

lishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution.

tory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words.