ICICA INDICA. TV. and A.
Bement aerrata, Wall. I &Maus Liberia, If. B.
Sehinus liengalenzia, IL B. S. Niara, The Nayor tree of Assam and Chittagong, grow ing 70 feet high ; timber close-grained and hard, as tough as oak, but heavier, and used for furniture by the natives. In South America are several species of Icica, all of which yield a transparent fluid, resembling turpentine in many of its pro perties, and they might bo introduced into India. In Guyana, I. altissima, I. heptaphylla, I. hetero phylla, I. decandra ; and T. ieecariba in Brazil.
'ID, AnAB., written Eed, a religious holiday of the 3fahomedans. Of these, two Eidein are farz or absolute, being enjoined by texts in the Koran ; these are the 'Id-ul-Fitr and the 'Id-us-Zoha. The 'Id - ul - Fitr, called also the 'Id - us- Saghir and llamazan-ki=1d, is held on the 1st day of the month Shawal, in commemoration of breaking tho thirty days' fast of the Ramazan. It is held with prayers
and rejoicings and distribution of alms to the poor.
The 'Id-us-Zoha, or 'Id-ul-Kurban, or Bakr-eed, the meanings being the festival of the forenoon, of sacrifice, or the bull-festival, is observed in commemoration of Abraham's sacrifice of his son, whom the Jews and Christians say was Isaac, but Hahomedans say was Ishmael. It begins on the Oth of the 12th month, Zulhijja, with prayers and offerings, and is continued on the morning of the 10th with public prayers, after which a sheep, an I ox, or a camel is sacrificed, and the meat of the sheep and oxen eaten by the offerers, or distributed to their friends and the poor.
IDA, one of the daughters of Daksha who was married to Kasyapa.