Ich' thy ol' ogy, n. the science of fish of all kinds.

Ich' thy oph' a gi, n. those

who live on fish. Ic o san' dria, n. a class of plants, hermaphrodite, with twenty or more stamens.

I cos a he dron, n. a body

of twenty equal sides. Ic ter i" tious, a yellow, resembling the jaundice. Ides, n.the 15th of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th of the other months.

Id i op' a thy, n. affection of a part not dependent on another.

Id i o syn′ cra sỹ, n.a pe culiar temper or disposition.

I' dyl, n. a short pastoral poem; an eclogue. Il' i ac,

Il' i acal, } a. belonging

to the lower bowels. Im' bri cate, a. lapped over

each other like tiles.

Im' pe tus, n. a violent effort; force; stroke; blow.

Im pos' thume, n. an ab.

scess; matter gathered. In am o rato, n. a fond or amorous person; a lover. In' ca, n. the name of the princes of Peru before

In' cu bus, n. a disorder; the night mare. In cur' vate, v. to bow; to

bend; to make crooked. In fan' ta, n. a Spanish or Portuguese princess. In flor es' cence, n. the manner of flowering, or in which flowers are connected with a plant by the peduncles. In fus' cate, v. to make black; to blacken; to darken.

In' gui nal, a. belonging

to or like the groin. In gur' gi tate, v. to swill; to swallow greedily. In os' cu late, v. to unite ; to join; to make a kiss. In stau ra'tion, n. a restoration; renewal; re. pair.

In ter cal' a ry, a. inserted; put between ; added.

In ter cos' tal, a

placed

between the ribs. In ter' po late, v. to insert words improperly; to add.

LABI AL,a. uttered by, or related to, the lips. Lac, n. a substance like wax formed by an insect in India, used in dying scarlet and in making sealing wax. Lachry ma to rỷ,n. a ves. sel for containing tears. Lac' te al, n. a slender ves

sel that conveys chyle. Lam' a, n. the deity of the Asiatic Tartars; a small species of Camel in S. America.

} a. dispo

sed in thin plates. La na' ri ous, a, relating to or bearing wool. Lan' ce o late, a. shaped like a lance. La ter i" tious, a. of the colour of bricks. Latitude, n. breadth; width; room; extent; distance; the distance from the equator north and south.

Laz' u lite, n. a species of argillaceous earth or

zeolite of a blue colour. Legume, n. pulse of any kind; beans; a pericarp with 2 valves, and seeds fixed on one suture only, as a pea-pod. Lem' nis cate, n. a curve

in form of the figure 8. Lens", n. a glass which di verts the rays of light from a direct course. Len tic' u lar, a. of the form of lens, or a lentil. Lep' id o lite, n. a species of argillaceous earth. Le thif er ous, a. deadly; fatal; destructive ; pernicious. Lich' en, n. liver wort; a genus of mosses very numerous on rocks. Lin gua den' tal, a. uttered by the tongue and teeth. Lin' gual, a. pertaining to

the tongue.

Lipoth ý mỹ, n. a swooni fainting fit; sickness. Li thol' o gy n. the science of stones on the earth. Lith' o man cy, n. a prediction from or by stones. Li thot' o my, n. the cutting for the stone. Lit' mus, n. a blue substance used in painting. Lix iv'i ate, v. to form or extract a lye.

Lo' bate, Lo bed,'

a. divided to

the middle in separ ate parts, like lobes, with convex margins. Lo gis' tic, a. relating to sexigesimals or algebra. Lo gom' a 'chy, n. a dispute or contest about words.

Lon gim' e try, n. the art

of measuring distances. Lox o drom' ic, a. pertain

ing to the rhombline. Lozenge, n. a medicine made up in small pieces; a four cornered figure, in heraldry; an ornament in brilliants. Lum ba' go, n. a pain in the muscles of the loins. Lu' nu lar, Lu' nu late,

a. shaped

like a crescent. Lu' si ad, n. an epic poem on the discovery of India

M.

MAC A ROONE', n. a fup; fribble; finical fellow; paste. Mac' cabeesó, n. two apocryphal books of scrip

ture.

Mac' ro cosmo, n. the

whole world or visible system.

Mad' re pore, n. a sub

marine substance of a stony hardness, branched, and full of cells, inhabited by the medusa, an animal by which it is formed. Ma" gi, n. pl. wise men ; eastern philosophers. Mag ne' 'sia, n. a species of earth, white and soft, very absorbent, and purgative. Mal' a 'chite, n. a green copper ore or copper with aerial acid, capable of a high polish. Man da' mus, n. a writ from the king's bench. Man da rin', n. a Chinese magistrate or nobleman. Man ga nese', n. a whitish grey metal, very hard and difficult to fuse, also the oxyd of the metal. Man ich' e ans, R. heretics who held to two supreme principles or

blue colour; paper; dish; tart. Med' ul la ry, a. pertain ing to marrow; pithy; soft.

Mel lit' ic, a. pertaining to

mellite, or honey-stone. Mel' lite, n. honey-stone; a mineral of a honey colour. Men is' cus, n. a lens concave on one side and convex on the other. Me phit' ic, a. offensive; poisonous; noxious. Met a carp' al, a. noting

the bones and parts of the hand next the wrist. Met a physics, n. the doctrine of the general affections of existing beings.