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See Embargo.

The loon. See Ember-goose.

A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.

The act of going in; entrance.

plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, 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…

us plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, and I. Anil.

See Indigo white, under Indigo.

An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis. Ure.

The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.

Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, indigotic acid, which is also called anilic or nitrosalicylic acid.

See Indigo blue, under Indigo.

See Engorge. Milton.

which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.] And from the fire he took up his matter And in the ingot put it with merry cheer. Chaucer.

Steel cast in ingots from the Bessemer converter or open-hearth furnace.

A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children.

To invigorate. [Obs.]

To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to. Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity. Atterbury.

The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.

An introduction. [Obs.] Harris.

Introductory; especially, introductory to the study of theology.