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Ear of corn. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Pertaining to the ileum. [Written also iliac.]

Pertaining to the ileum and cæcum.

Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.

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

ch is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac, or iliac, passion.

The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).

Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. Balfour.

A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.

The office of an ædile. T. Arnold.

gh which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [Written also eolipile.]

To polish. [Obs.]

the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue. Shaking it with agile hand. Cowper.

In an agile manner; nimbly.

Agility; nimbleness. [R.]

A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt.

Same as Alfilaria.

Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.