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ential Differential, and Integration. Cf. Fluent. Elliptic integral, one of an important class of integrals, occurring in the higher mathematics; -- so called because one of the integrals expresses the length of an arc of an ellipse.

intuition or apprehension already formed by the mind; an abstract notion; especially, a classified notion, as species, genus, whiteness. -- To heal by the first intention (Surg.), to cicatrize, as a wound, without suppuration. -- To heal by the second intention (Surg.), to unite after suppuration.

m alcohol, ether, gasoline (petrol), naphtha, oil (petroleum), etc. There are three main classes: (1) gas engines proper, using fixed gases, as coal, blast-furnace, or producer gas; (2) engines using the vapor of a volatile fluid, as the typical gasoline (petrol) engine;

in London in 1864, which has for object the promotion of the interests of the industrial classes of all nations.

To allow to pass in; to admit. Glass in the window intromits light, without cold. Holder.

To classify or enroll as an invalid. Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay. Carlyle.

Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass. Kirwan.

A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.

the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.

To make iridescent; as, to iridize glass.

A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal.

inally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have been used interchangeably.

A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.

A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. [written also janissary.]

A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar. Dryden.

ation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood. Blue jaundice. See Cyanopathy.

A genealogical tree represented in stained glass.

given to prodigal living; -- in the French Revolution, applied to young men of the upper classes who aided in suppressing the Jacobins after the Reign of Terror.

son, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.

or sat. Dryden. Youth and health and war are joyless to him. Addison. [He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass. Dryden.