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Instinct; incitement; inspiration. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous. "Instinctive motion." Milton. "Instinctive dread." Cowper. With taste instinctive giv…

In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.

The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. [R.] Coleridge.

Distinguishing. [Obs.] Wallis.

The act of tingeing or dyeing. Blount.

The want of the quality of coloring or tingeing other bodies. Kirwan.

The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness.

Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle. Lead forth to battle these my sons Invincible. Milton. -- In*vin"ci*ble*ness, n. -- In*vin"ci*bly, adv.

Of the nature of kincob; brocaded. Thackeray.

A ledge; a right-angled projection.

An esculent swallow.

A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.

. A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the cloth itself.

Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. Bacon.

A pie made of mince-meat.

Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisins are added; -- used in making mince pie.

One who minces.

That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.