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Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. Sir H. Wotton.

ows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow. Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow. Woty.

Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers of body. W. Wotton. Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment. Bacon.

tered; a place of ingress; entrance. Doors and windows,inlets of men and of light. Sir H. Wotton.

Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude. Sir H. Wotton.

t an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or insensible to his kindness. Sir H. Wotton. Lost in their loves, insensible of shame. Dryden.

eans; -- formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition. Sir H. Wotton. I hope through the insinuation of Lord Scarborough to keep them here till further orders. Lady Cowper.

Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall. Sir H. Wotton.

le of being associated, joined, or connected. [Obs.] Lime and wood are insociable. Sir H. Wotton.

Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

To throw in between; to insert; to interpose. Sir H. Wotton.

A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

To turn to another course or use. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Intimate; closely familiar. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Lying at length; as, the jacent posture. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

eadth; width. Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part. Sir H. Wotton.

A layer or stratum. The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. Sir H. Wotton.

ew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border. Sir H. Wotton.

h or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense. Sir H. Wotton. The longitude of their cloaks. Sir. W. Scott. Mine [shadow] spindling into longitude immense. Cowper.

ported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called. [Obs.] God wot, no Lussheburghes payen ye. Chaucer.