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344 words match “LYN”

IMPRESS v.
cond five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. Evelyn.
INCENSORY n.
The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible. [R.] Evelyn.
INCHARITY n.
Want of charity. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INCUMBENCY n.
That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight. Evelyn.
INDENIZATION n.
The act of naturalizing; endenization. [R.] Evelyn.
INDICT v.
rity; to proclaim or announce. [Obs.] I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year. Evelyn.
INDIGENE n.
One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon. Evelyn. Tylor.
INDONESIAN n.
ef pre-Malay population of the Malay Archipelago, and probably sprung from a mixture of Polynesian and Mongoloid immigrants. According to Keane, the autochthonous Negritos were largely expelled by the Caucasian Polynesians, themselves followed by Mongoloid peoples of Indo-Chinese affinities, from mixture with whom spra…
INFECUND a.
Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INFIRMITY n.
friend should bear his friend's infirmities. Shak. The house has also its infirmities. Evelyn.
INIMICOUS a.
Inimical; hurtful. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INSOLENCY n.
Insolence. [R.] Evelyn.
INSTITUTION n.
er manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic. Evelyn.
INSUCCATION n.
solution in the juice of herbs. [Obs.] Coxe. The medicating and insuccation of seeds. Evelyn.
INTELLIGENCY n.
Intelligence. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INTERFOLIATE v.
To interleave. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INTERLUCATION n.
Act of thinning a wood to let in light. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INTERMEDIAL a.
Lying between; intervening; intermediate. "Intermedial colors." Evelyn.
INTERVISIT v.
To exchange visits. [R.] Evelyn.
INTROSUME v.
To draw in; to swallow. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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