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A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste.

ance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent. J. Gregory. Letters of horning (Scots Law), the process or authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith. Mozley & W.

Forcible manipulation of a dislocated, stiff, or painful joint.

Praising with hymns; singing. "The hymning choir." G. West.

Burning within. Her inburning wrath she gan abate. Spenser.

Inclination; disposition. On the first inclining towards sleep. Burke.

Unimportant; trifling. [Obs.] "Trifling and inconcerning matters." Fuller.

of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings.

The act or the place of entrance; an inlet. Tennyson.

Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation. Bp. Burnet.

By intertwining or being intertwined.

A iodide of quinine obtained as a brown substance,. It is the base of herapathite. See Herapathite.

The clothes ironed. Ironing board, a flat board, upon which clothes are laid being ironed.

The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.

Range of sight. [Obs.] Bacon.

See Creatinin.

A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.

The owning of land. -- a.

A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium.

The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.