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A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes,…

Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Shak.

Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.

soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Milton.

That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of space.

Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.

A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.

To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.

The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated.

One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property.

The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, improperiety of behavior or manners.

ting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. -- Im*pru"dent*ly, adv. Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers. Strype.

at puberty; immature. In impuberal animals the cerebellum is, in proportion to the brain proper, greatly less than in adults. Sir W. Hamilton.

In the place; in the proper or natural place.

or available, against all persons. Rights in rem include not alone rights over physical property, but all rights available against all persons indifferently, as those of life, liberty, and reputation.

Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation. -- In`ad*mis"si*bly, adv.

to disqualify. It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property. Milman.

Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property.