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or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny. The world will be…

sorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton. The artificial l…

A document written or printed, or spoken words,

A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton.

To surround or encompass as with a wreath. [Written also enwreathe.] Resplendent locks, inwreathed with beams. Milton.

ialect (Gr. Gram.), a dialect of the Greek language, used in Ionia. The Homeric poems are written in what is designated old Ionic, as distinguished from new Ionic, or Attic, the dialect of all cultivated Greeks in the period of Athenian prosperity and glory. -- Ionic foot. (Pros.) See Ionic, n., 1. -- Ionic, or Ionia…

the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation. Burke. Iota subscript (Gr. Gram.), iota written beneath a preceding vowel, as a,, h,, w,, -- done when iota is silent.

r in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also eirenarch.]

A white crystalline substance obtained by the partial reduction of isatin. [Written also isatyde.]

m certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo. [Written also, less properly, isatine.]

a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line. [Written also isobare.]

To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.

A silver coin of Japan, worth about thirty-four cents. [Written also itzebu, ichebu, itcheboo, etc.]

Indeed; truly. See Ywis. [Written also iwys, iwisse, etc.] [Obs.] Ascham.

rong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also pita, and Tampico fiber. [Written also istle.]

r heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. [Written also jak.]

ekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. [Written also Jacobean.]

A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc. [Written also jacconet.]

To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch. [Written also jagg. Jagging iron, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.

ral kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis). [Written also jagghery.]