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he thinner parts. Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate. Sir I. Newton. Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. Sir T. Browne.

n its sides it was bounded distinctly, but on its ends confusedly an indistinctly. Sir I. Newton.

of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle Sir I. Newton.

air,and therefore are not influenced by the weight or pressure of the atmosphere. Sir I. Newton. This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to influence their faith and practice, if they attend. Attebury. The principle which influenced their obedience has lost its efficacy. Rogers.

t; a constituent. By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients. Sir I. Newton. Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids. Arbuthnot.

sify; to strengthen. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Magnetism may be intended and remitted. Sir I. Newton.

To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.

About the paper . . . I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk. Sir I. Newton.

of honor. See under Honor. -- Laws of motion (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac Newton:

prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton. His faith must be not only living, but lively too. South. Lively stones (Script.), saints, as being quickened by the Spirit, and active in holiness.

hining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven. Lucid, like a glowworm. Sir I. Newton. A court compact of lucid marbles. Tennyson.

One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary.

the intervals of empty spaces between them may be equal in magnitude to them all. Sir I. Newton.

; to treat; to handle. Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Sir I. Newton. What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.

n, and all things in them, would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive masses. Sir I. Newton. A deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred To rage. Savile.

hese bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, I call meteoroids. H. A. Newton.

en generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles. Sir I. Newton. Few agree in their notions about these words. Cheyne. That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc. I. Watts. Notion, again, signifies ei…

nt the several intervals of the teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms. Sir I. Newton.

side may be turned outward. Shak. Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. Sir I. Newton. Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.

ly diligent; as, patient endeavor. Whatever I have done is due to patient thought. Sir I. Newton.