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The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe. Inca dove (Zoöl.), a small dove (Scardafella inca), native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico.

To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up. [Written also encage.] "Incaged birds." Shak.

Confinement in, or as in, cage. [Obs.] Shelton.

The quality or state of being incalculable.

Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great. -- In*cal"cu*la*ble*ness, n. -- In*cal"cu*la*bly, adv.

The state of being incalescent, or of growing warm. Sir T. Browne.

Incalescence. Ray.

Growing warm; increasing in heat.

The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain.

Of or pertaining to the Incas.

A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.

White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. I. Taylor. Incandescent lamp or light (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of cond…

Becoming hoary or gray; canescent.

Hoary with white pubescence.

ng enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment. "Mysterious ceremony and incantation." Burke.

Dealing by enchantment; magical. Sir T. Browne.

Enchanting. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community. Addison.

The quality of being incapable; incapacity. Suckling.

in or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc.