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A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.

us species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail. [Written also janthina.]

Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. [Written also iatroleptic.]

ngs or thoughts. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture. J. Peile.

The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written.

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, and the like. [Written also idyll.] Wordswort…

es ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like. [Written also igniter.]

We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. Wharton (Law D…

tained from the volatile oil of the flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian tree. [Also written ylang-ylang.]

Pertaining to the ileum. [Written also iliac.]

gest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine. [Written also ileon, and ilium.]

to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery. [Written also ileac.]

pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate. [Written also ilion, and ileum.]

The eland. [Written also impoofoo.]

A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like. [Written also imprese and impress.] My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel for shelter. J. Webster.

One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems extemporaneously. [Written also improvisatore.]

A female improvvisatore. [Written also improvisatrice.]

A peculiar strong soup or broth, made in Scotland. [Written also imrich.]

A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards. [Written also ink.]

To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up. [Written also encage.] "Incaged birds." Shak.