Illustration
Illustration. A Term Generally Used In Reference To The Pictorial Decoration And Illustra Tion Of Books. In The More Usual Sense. Book Illustration Is The Addition To A Book Of Pic Tures (and Indirectly Of Maps And Plans) Which May Aid In The Right Understanding Of The Text. This Service ...
Illyricum
Illyr'icum (lat., From Gk. '1xxipts6v, Illyrikon, From 'ixxopis, Illyris, 'inxrpla, 'e Lyria, Illyria). The Roman Name Of A Country Whose Limits In Ancient Times Varied Very Consid Erably. In The Forth Century B.c. The 111yrians Inhabited The Eastern Coast Of The Adriatic Sea And Adjacent Islands, With The Western Parts ...
Iloilo
Iloilo, Zi'ltee'14. A Province Comprising The Southern Half Of The Island Of Panay In The Phil Ippines And About Thirty, Mostly Small, Outlying Islands, One Of Which, However, Guimaras, Is 30 Miles Long By 10 Miles Wide. The Area Of The Province Is 2fil60 Square Miles, And Its Population In ...
Image Worship
Image-worship. The Use, In Public Or Private Religious Services, Of Graven Or Painted Representations Of Sacred Persons Or Things, And Especially The Exhibition Of Honor, Reverence, Or Worship To Such Representations. Under The Old Law, Because The Jews Were Constantly Tempted By The Example Of The Surrounding Idolatrous Na Tions, ...
Imagination
Imagination (from Lat. Imaginatio, From Imaginari, To Imagine, From Imago, Image). Taken In Its Broadest Significance, Thinking In Images. In This Sense It Is Synonymous With Phantasy. Thus One May Imagine A Mountain, The Sound Of Tlotting Water, The Fatigue Of A Long Journey, The Rhythmic March Of An Army, ...
Imbecility
Imbecility (from Lat. Imbecillitas, Weak Ness, From Imbecillus. Weak). (1) Mental Weak Ness Or Defect. Imbecility And Idiocy Are Compara Tive Terms. They Are Both States Due To Similar Processes, Consisting Of Imperfect Development Of The Brain, And Due To Congenital Influences Or Acquired Injury Or Disease. (see Idiocy.) Thus ...
Imbibition
Imbibition ( From Lat. Iminbcre, To Drink In, From In. In Bibere, For *pibere, To Drink, Skt. Pa, To Drink, Olr. Ihim, I Drink). The Phys Ical Process Of Swelling Of Solids By The Absorption Of Liquid. It Is Exhibited Most Freely By Organized Bodies, I.e. Those Formed By Living ...
Imeanutc Of The Cit
Imeanutc Of The Cit ‘nges Tn Feet .'.ni) Teeth. Along With The Disappearanee Of The Side Toes In The Evolution Of The Horse There Is A Consider Able Increase In The Proportionate Length Of The Limbs, And Especially Of The Lower Part Of The Leg And Foot. The Surfaces Of ...
Imitation
Imitation (lat. Imitatio, From Imitari, To Imitate). The Repetition Of Any Thought Or Act, Or The Copying Of Any Example Or Model. The Example Or Model Is A Stimulus Which Sets Up Nervous Reactions That Result In More Or Less Nearly Perfect Repetition Or Duplication. The Repetition May Be By ...
Imitation Of Christ
Imitation Of Christ (lat. De 'mita Ticale ('hristi). The 111(1.4 Widely Read, After The Bible. Of All Spiritual Books. It Is A Series Of Counsels Tor The Attainment Of Perfection. Written In A Spirit Of Sincere And Humble Piety. Inter And Egelloquies Between T Hrist And The Devout Soul. It ...
Immaculate Conception Of The
Immaculate Conception Of The Virgin Mary. A Dog,nia Of The Boman Catholic Church, Promulgated By Pope Pius Ix. In 1t354. It Declares That The "doctrine Which Holds The Blessed Virgin Mary. Front The First Instant Of Her Conception, To Have Been Kept Free From All Stain Of Original Sin. By ...
Immigration
Immigration (from Lat. Immigrare, To Remove Into, From In. In ± Migrare, To Migrate). In Its Broadest Sense, The Transfer Of Residence From One Country To Another, Viewed From The Standpoint Of The Country In Which The New Residence Is Taken. The Causes Of This Phenome Non Have Been Discussed ...
Immortality
Immortality ( Lat. Immortalitas, From Immortuhs, Undying, From In-, Not Inor(alis, Natrtal, From Mars, Death: Connected With Skt. Mar, To Die. Gk. Pops, Morns, Death, And Dpor6t, Brotost, Mortal, Litt'. Midi, To Die, °church Slay. Tartitca, Dead, 011g. Mord, Ger. Mord, Murder, As. .0, Death). The Endless Existence Of The ...
Immunity
Immunity (from Lat. Jinni Unites, Exemp Tion, From Immunis, Exempt, From In, Not Mi Nis, Serving, From Munus, Duty). Resistance Of The Living Organism To Infection. There Is An Astonishing Difference In The Resistance Shown To The Invasion By Germs Of Disease By Certain Ani Mals Of Allied Nature. Human ...
Impeachment Of
Impeachment (of. Enipesehenzent, Fr. Empechement. Hindrance, From Of. Empeseher, Fr. C-inpecher. To Hinder, From Ml. Inipedicare. To En Tangle, Fetter, From Lat. In, In + Pedica, Fetter, From Pes. Foot). The Act Of Calling A Person To Account For Some Misconduct, Or Of Discrediting A Witness, A Document, Or A ...
Imperial Federation
Imperial Federation. A Plan To Unite The Different Parts Of The British Empire More Closely. At Present The Only Formal Tie Between The Various Parts Of The British Empire Is The Crown. Many Of These Parts Being So Dis Tant, Of Such Diverse Local Interests, And Having No Representation In ...
Imperialism
Imperialism. A Term Originally Applied To The Character And Spirit Of That Form Of Gov Ernment Known As An Empire (q.v.), And Con Noting Absolute Power Vested In The Hands Of A Single Ruler. More Recently The Term Has Been Generally Used To Describe The Policy, Pursued By Various Nations, ...
Imports And Exports
Imports And Exports. In A General Sense. Imports And Exports Are Goods Which Are Conveyed Across The Boundaries Of A Region Which Is Economically A Unit. Thus We Read Of The Im Ports And Exports Of Mediaeval Cities, And The In Tercolonial Trade In America Before The Revolu Tion Is ...
Impressionist School Of Paint
Impressionist School Of Paint Ing ( From Lat. Impressio, From Inn To Impress, From In, In + Prem Ere, To Press). A Group Of Painters Who Endeavor To Render The Impression Of An Object, Or Being, Exactly As It Is In Nature. Strictly Speaking, Every Painter Is An Impressionist, In ...
Imprisonment
Imprisonment (from Imprison, Of., Fr. Eniprisonner, From En, In + Prison, Prison, From Lat. Prcnsio, Arrest, From Prehcnderc, Premiere, To Seize). The Restraint Of A Person's Liberty For Any Cause Whatever, Whether By Authority Of The Government Or In Defiance Thereof. In The Latter Case It Is 'false Imprisonment' (q.v.). ...
Improvisation
Improvisation (from Lat. Improvisus, Unforeseen, From In-, Not + Pravidere, To Foresee, From Pro, Before + Videre, To See). The Art Of Producing Without Previous Preparation A Poem, Or A Musical Composition. Oratory, Although In Its Original Form It Is Founded On Spontaneous Efforts, Is Not Ordinarily Considered Under The ...
Impulse
Impulse (from Lat. Impulsus, Incitement, Front Miff/it-re, To Incite, From In, In + Pcllere, To Drive). The Typical Motive To Voluntary Ac Tion. (see Actioc.) Such Action Is, At First, Unequivocally Determined: That Is To Say, The Bodily Movement Follows, Without Hesitation Or Reflection, Upon The Formation Of Single. Unehal ...
In Ccuna Domini
In Ccuna Dom'ini (lat.. At The Supper Of The Lord). A Celebrated Papal Hull, So Called Be Cause Designed To He Read In The Church On Every Holy Thursday, The Day On Which The Lord's Supper Was Instituted. It Is Not, As Other Bulls. The Work Of A Single Pope, ...
In Personam
In Perso'nam (lat.. Against A Person). In The Classification Of Legal Rights• A Right In Per Sunont Is Cue ;iv:111;11)k Against A Particular Per Son As Distinguished From One Maintainable Against The Whole World. Known As A Right In Run (q.v.). Rights In Pet-sonata Arise Out Of Specitie Engagements Entered ...
Incantation
Incantation ( Lat. Incantatio, Front In Mature, To Enchant, From In, In Eantare, Fre Quentative Of Eancre, To Sing). The Employment Of Song For Magical Purposes. In Consequence Of The Excitement By Rhythmieal Utter Ance, Verse Has From Early Times Been Supposed To Possess A Divine Element. Vergil And Horace ...
Incarnation Ml
Incarnation (ml. Incarnatio, Front Lat. Incarnari, To Be Made Flesh, Front In, In Cam Flesh, Gk. Yin, Kreas, As. !trite, Skt. Krarya, Raw Flesh). In Christian Theology, The Assump Tion Of Humanity, By The Second Person Of The Divine Trinity, By Which Ile Was Both God And Man In One ...
Incense
Incense (from Of., Fr. Encens, Lat. Incen Sum, Incense, From Inecndere, To Burn, From In, In + Eande•c, To Glow; Connected With Gk. Sari Poc, Katharos, Pure, Skt. Icandra, Candra, Shin Ing, Noon, From Icand, To Be Bright). A Per Fume The Odor Of Which Is Evolved By Burning. Its ...
Incest Of
Incest (of., Fr. Incestc, From T.at. Incest Um, Incest, Neut. Sg. Of Incestus, Unchaste, From In-, Not + Castes, Chaste). Sexual Intereourse Be Tween Persons Who Are Legally Prohibited From Marrying Because Of Their Affinity Or Consan Guinity (q.v.). It Is Not. A Common-law Offense. But In England Is Punishable ...
Incident
Incident (from Lat, Ineidere, To Fall Upon, From In, In + Eadcre, To Fall). In A Right, Privilege, Or Burden Inseparably Annexed To An Estate Or Tenure Of Lands. Thus, Rent Reserved Upon A Lease Fur Life Or Years Is Incident To The Reversion, Or Estate Of The Landlord, And ...
Income Tax
Income Tax. A Tax Upon The Income Of Individuals. It May Be Levied Directly Upon The Individuals Receiving The Income, Or It May Be Collected From The Income At Its Source In The Form Of A Tax Upon Dividends, Interest On Bonds. Etc. It May Be Uniform. Taxing All Incomes ...
Incorporeal
Incorporeal (from Lat. Incorporeus, Bodiless, Front In-, Not + Corporeus, Bodily, From Corpus, Body). In The Common-law Classification Of Real Property, That Which Is Not Accompanied By Seisin Or The Right Of Possession. Present Estates In Land. Such As Freeholds And Leaseholds In Possession, Are Identified With The Land Itself, ...
Incubator
Incubator (lat. Incubator, One Who Lies In A Place, From Ineubare, To Lie Within, To Incu Bate, From In, In ± Marc, To Lie). A Tern, Ap Plied In Poultry-raising To Devices Used For Artificial Incubation Or The Hatching Of Eggs. Arti Ficial Incubation Was Successfully Practiced In Very Ancient ...
Independent Treasury
Independent Treasury. The Name Given To The System Of Keeping And Disbursing The Public Money Without The Intermediary Action Of Banks, State Or National, Adopted By The United States In 1846. The Act Of August 6, 1846, Pro Vided, In Brief, That The Public Revenues Should Be Held, Until Actually ...
Index
Index (lat., Indicator). An Alphabetical List Of Names, Topics. Words, And The Like, With Indications Of The Passages In Which They Occur. The Index Usually Comes At The End Of The Book ; The Analytical Table Of Contents Is Normally Placed At The Beginning, Except In The Case Of French, ...
Index Numbers
Index Numbers. An Index Number Is A Method Adopted By Statistical And Economic Writ Ers To Exhibit. The Course Of Prices Of A Group Of Commodities Or Of Commodities Generally. A Crude Method Of Attaining This Result Is To Add The Prices Of The Various Commodities Togeth Er. The Defects ...
Index_2
Index (more Fully Ixnex Lirrorum Pro. . A Catalogue Published By Papal Authority In The Roman Catholic Church Of Books The Reading Of Which Is Prohibited To Members Of That Church, Whether On Doctrinal, Moral, Or Religious Grounds. A Natural Consequence Of The Claim Of The Church To Authority In ...
India 1
India. .1 Region Comprising The Middle Member Of The Three Great Southern Peninsulas Of Asia And A Territory Of Nearly Equal Extent To The North, Trepther With An Extension Eastward As Far As The .nlalay Peninsula. India In This Sense Constitutes The Empire Of India, One Of The Members. And ...
Indian Affairs
Indian Affairs. The Position Of The In Dian Tribes Within The Limits Of The United States Is Anomalous. Strictly Speaking, They Are Not A Part Of The Body Politic, But Are Regarded As 'domestic Dependent Nations.' And Are Officially Spoken Of As The 'wards' Of The Nation. So Long As ...
Indian Languages
Indian Languages. The Languages Of India Are Both Numerous And Important. Cust In His Book On The Modern Languages Of The East Indies (london, 1878) Enumerates Nearly Two Hundred And Fifty Indian Languages, And Some Three Hundred Dialects. Of Nese Languages Divi Sions Are: First, The Group Of Aryan Tongues ...
Indian Music
Indian Music. The Music Of The Aborigi Nes Of North America. Although Never Reduced By Them To A Written Science, Is Nevertheless Marked By Distinct Racial Characteristics. Of The Greatest Importance To The Indian Musician Was The Emotion To Be Expressed: To This Everything Was Subordinated. As A Result The ...
Indian Mythology
Indian Mythology. The Mythology Of Hidia As Found In The Ancient Hymn, Of The 1 Gilt Especial Consideration, Because It Rep Resents An Earlier State Of Thought With Regard To Mythological Subjects Than Is Found In Any Other Literary Monunn•nt Of The Indo-germanic Peoples. The Development Of Hindu Mythology Down ...
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean. One Of The Five Grand Divisions Of The Hydrosphere, Hounded On The West By Africa And The 20th Meridian East Of Ore•nwieh (running Through Cape Agulhas. The Southern Extremity Of Africa), On The North By Asia, On The East By The East Indian Archipelago, Australia. And The 147th ...
Indian Peoples
Indian Peoples. For The Anthropologist India Is Of Remarkable Interest. On Its Soil May Still Be Met All Grades Of Culture, From The Savagery Of Hill And Swamp To The Urban Civili Zation Born Of River And Plain, And All Forms Of Human Social Aggregates, From The Primitive Family Group ...
Indian Summer
Indian Summer. A Short Season Of Pleas Ant Weather In The Central And Atlantic Coast States, Usually Occurring In October Or Novem Ber, More Rarely In December, And Characterized By An Almost Cloudless Sky, Calm Or Light Airs, A Hazy Atmosphere. And Mild Temperature In The Daytime, But Rather Cool ...
Indian Territory
Indian Territory. A Territory Of The 'united States, Situated Nearly In The Middle Of The Country. It Is Bounded On The North By Kansa; And Oklahoma, On The East By Missouri And Arkansas, On The South By Texas. And On The West By Oklahoma. Its Area Is, Approximately, 31.000 Square ...
Indianapolis
In'dianap'olis. The Capital Of Indiana And Its Largest Eity, And The County-seat Of Marion County: On White 11iver, In The Centre Of The State, 183 Miles Southeast Of Chicago And Iii Miles Northwest Of Cincinnati (map: Indiana. C 3). It Lies 7110 Feet. Abo%e Sea-level, In A Broad, Rolling Plain. ...
Indians Of South America
Indians Of South America. Our Acquaintance With The Ethnology Of South America Is Still Very Imperfect, For The Reason That Vast Areas Are Yet Unexplored. While In Some Legions Brought Under Spanish Or Portuguese Do Minion So Much Confusion Has Been Wrought By The Migration, Disintegration. Or Complete Exter Mination ...
Indications Of Age
Indications Of Age. It Is Very Difficult, If Not Impossible, To Formulate Any Rules By Which The Age Of A Horse May Be Accurately Determined. To An Expert Horseman The Lightness And Elasticity Of Step Of The Animal Under Examination Will Afford A General Clew; Or Better Still, The Contour ...
Indicator
Indicator (lat., Pointer). In Steam En Gineering, An Instrument To Measure And To Record By Means Of A Diagram The Pressure Of The Steam In The Cylinder Of An Engine. The Indicator Was Invented By .james Watt, Of Steam Engineering Fame, And The Modern Indicator Is Merely A Structural Modification ...
Indictment
Indictment, In-dit'la•t (from (ir. Endi Rndiet(r, Inditer, Indict, •, To Accuse. Latin Indicion, Frequentative Of Indm•c, To Proclaim, From In, In + Di•cre, To Say, Skt. Di.4, To Show). The Formal Written Accusation Of Crime Against A Person. Presented On Oath By A Grand Jury (q.v.). And Upon Which He ...
Indigestion
Indigestion (from Lat. Indiqcstio, Indi Gestion, From In-. Not + Digcstio, Digestion. From Diyercre, To Digest, From Dis-, Apart + Yerere, To Carry), Or Dyspepsia. A Term Somewhat Vaguely Applied To Various Forms Of Disease Of The Stomach Or Of The Small Intestines In Which The Natural Process Of Di”esting ...
Indigo
Indigo (sp. Indigo, Indic°, From Lat. In Dicum, From Gk. 11,5m6v, Indikon, Indigo, From *ivola, India, India ). A Coloring Matter First Employed As A Dyestuff In India, Whence It Was Brought By Traders To The Mediterranean Coun Tries. Europeans Were Not Acquainted With Its Vegetable Origin Until The Time ...
Individualism
Individualism (from Individual, From Ml. Indiridualis, Relating To An Individual. From Lat. Individnus, Indivisible, From In-, Not Dir-idnus, Divisible, From Dividcre, To Divide). The Doctrine That Society Is Only An Artificial Device, Whose Value Is To Be Gauged By Its Con Duciveness To The Good Of The Several Associated Members ...
Individuality Ail
Individuality Ail. Indiridualitas, From Indiridualis, Relating To An Individual). Separate Er Distinct Existence. There Is Some Difference Of Opinion As To What, Constitutes Indi Viduality, The Discussion Being Principally Con Fined To The Domain Of Natural History. Some Authorities Regard The Various Organising Spring Ing By Buds From A Single ...
Indo Chinese
Indo-chinese. The Name Applied As A General Term To The Great Majority Of The Native Population Of Farther India. Or Indo-china. It Originally Indicated That These Peoples Were Re Lated By Speech And Physical Characteristics To The Chinese. But In Part Also Somatically And Cul Turally To The Peoples Of ...
Indo Germanic Languages
Indo-germanic Languages, Often Called Aryan, Or Sometimes N The Name Given To The Great Cognate Group Of Tongues Spoken By The Kindred Peoples Of Southern And Southwestern Asia And Europe., And Extemline. From India As Far As The People Of Cermanie Blood Have Spread. (see Aryan.) This Great Group Is ...
Indorsement
Indorsement (from 11l. Indorsare, To In Dorse, From Lat. In. In -f- Dorsum, Back). In Its Broadest Sense, Any Writing On The Back Of An Instrument. As A Technical Term Of The Law Merchant, It Denotes The Writing Of The Holder's Name Upon A Bill Of Exchange, Cheek, Promissory Note. ...
Indra
In'dra. The Great National God Of Vedie India. Although Indra Lost His Supremacy Through The Rise Of Brahma, Siva, And Vishnu, He Is Still Preserved As N Figure In The Hindu Pantheon. As Represented In The Veda (q.v.), He Is Primarily The God Of The Lightning And Thunder, With The ...
Induction
Induction (lat. Inductio, Inference, From Inducere, To Lead In, From In, In + Ducere, To Lead). A Form Of The Logical Process Of Discover Ing The General Character Of Individual Phe Nomena. In Order To Understand Any Fact Or Event, We Need Not Only To Be Able To Tell Of ...
Induction Balance
Induction Balance. An Instrument To Determine The Presence Or Character Of A Piece Of Metal, Which May Be Either Concealed, As A Bullet In A Human Body, Or In The Form Of A Counterfeit Coin Or Alloy. It Was Originally Devised By Dove In 1841, But Was Improved And Constructed ...
Induction Coil
Induction Coil. A Form Of Electrical Ap Paratus Used For Transforming An Interrupted Current Of Low Potential Or Pressure Into One Of High Potential And Alternating In Direction. The Fundamentid Fact Of Electro-magnetic Induction Was First Stated By Michael Faraday In N Paper Presented To The Royal Society On November ...
Induction_2
Induction. If An Electrified Body Is Brought Near An Uncharged One—either Conductor Or Non-conductor—the Latter Will Exhibit Electri Cal Forces: Ii I.s Said To Be Charged By 'induction.' In General, If A Charged Body Is Surrounded By A Uniform Medium, Such As Air, And If A Body Of Any Other ...
Indulgence
Indulgence (lat. In Dulgent In, Indulgence, From Indulgere, To Indulge). A Term Of Roman Catholic The Ology, Signifying The Remission Of Temporal Pen Alties Due To Sill, By One Who Has The Power To Distribute The Spiritual Treasures Of The Church. An Indulgence Is Not Believed To Remit Guilt; Only ...
Indus
In'dus (lat., From Ok.'iv(501, From Skt. ,sind Ha, River). The Great River That Bounds India On The West. Separating It From Afghanistan And Baluchistan (slap: India, A 3). It Is Over 1800 Miles Long, And The Drainage Area Of Its Basin Is Estimated At 372.000 Square Miles. It Rises 50 ...
Industrial Arbitration And Conciliation
Industrial Arbitration And Conciliation. .modern Industry, With Its Sharp Distinction Betweim Employer And Em Ployed, And Its Rapidly Changing Methods Of Pro Duction And Of Employment, Has Given Rise To A New Class Of Disputes. Which Affect Vital Ly Not Only The Parties Immediately Concerned, But The General Public. As ...
Industrial Commission
Industrial Commission. A Non-par Tisan Commission, Created By At Of Congress, June Is, 1898. To Investigate Industrial Eomli Tints, And To Suggest Federal And State Legisla Tion For The Bettor Regulation And Adjustment Of Conflicting Industrial Interests. The Commission (-insisted Of 19 Members, Of Whom 5 Were Sena Tors, Appointed ...
Industrial Effects
Industrial Effects. Looking At The Immigra Tion Problem From The Economic Side, We Not In Frequently Hear A Complaint That Immigration Lowers Wages. In Prosperous Times Little Is Heard Of This, But When Depression Sets In Complaint Becomes General. The Difficulty Here Is To Determine The Facts. So Complex Are ...
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution. In The Lat Ter Part Of The Eighteenth Century And The Early Part Of The Nineteenth The Economic Life Of Eng Land Underwent A Great Transformation, Which Has Aptly Been Called The Industrial 1:evolution. As Late As 1760 The 'open-field' System (q.v.) Was The Prevailing Characteristic Of British ...
Industries
Industries. The Principal Industry Is Agri Culture, The Soil Being For The Most Part Well Adapted For Farming. The Land Is Divined Into Small Holdings, As Shown By The Fact That Out Of The 133.840 Holdings In The Year 1895, Over 59.000 Contained Less Than 2ig Acres Each, And About ...
Industries_2
Industries. The Principal Occupations Are Agriculture And Its Allied Industries. Of The Total Area, About 40 Per Cent. Is Under Crops And Gardens, About The Same Proportion Is In Forests, And The Remainder Is Chiefly In Meadow And Pas Ture. Most Of The Land Is Distributed Into Small Holdings. According ...
Inertia
Inertia, (lat.. Sluggishness, From Biers, Idle, From In-, Not Ars, Art). A General Property Of Matter Of •hieh We Become Conscious Through Our Niusele-senses Whenever By Our Ninselns We •hange The Motion Of Matter. E.g. Throw Or Slim A Ball, Apt N A Door, Stop A Revolv Ing Wheel, Etc. ...
Infallibility
Infallibility (from Ml. Infallibilis, In Fallible, From In-, Not + Fallibilis, Fallible, From Fallere, To Deceive, Gk. Crodxxew, Sphallein, To Overthrow, As. Frallan, Ohg. Fallan, Ger. Fallen, Eng. Fall). The Immunity From Error, In All That Regards Faith And Morals, Which Is Claimed By The Boman Catholic Church. And, At ...
Infant
Infant. .\ T Common Law. Any At De Or Fe Male Person Tinder The Age Of Twenty-one Years. \, The ...hinton I Tw No Account Of A Ira T Film Of A Day Exeept When A Question Of Property Involved. An Infant Held To He-one Of The Day Before The ...
Infant School
Infant School. An Educational, Or Rath Er Charitable Institution, Which Sprang Up Dur Ing The Latter Part Of The Eighteenth And Early Part Of The Nineteenth Century, At First On The Continent, And Later In Great Britain, And In The United Stales. The Object Was To Care For Neglected Children ...
Infanticide
Infanticide. The Killing Of An Infant Or Newly Born Child: Often In A Broader Sense, The Killing Of An Infant, Whether Entirely Born, Or In The Act Of Being Horn, Or Of The Matured Fictus In The Womb. As An Institution Or Customary Practice In Fanticide Has In Most Savage ...
Infantry
Infantry I Fr. Infunterie, From Sp. Infan T• Ria, From Infante, Young Person. Foot-soldier, From Lit. Infans, Infant, From In-, Not -4-- Fari, Oil Vat, To Speak, Skt. Wo, To Shine). A Term Applied To An Organized Body Of Men, Ti:line.1 For Rapid Evolutions, And To Tight Alw•iys On Foot. ...
Infection
Infection (lat. Infectio, A Dyeing. From Inlicere, To Dye, Mix, From In. In ± Lam Cc, To Make). The Condition Produced By The Entrance Into And Multiplication Within The Body Of Patho Genie Micro-organisms. Whether Bacteria Or Pro Tozoa. Every Infectious Disease Has Its Infectious Clement. Phis Element May Be ...
Infinite
Infinite (lat. In/if/this, Boundless, From In-, Not + Finifits, Bounded. Fin Ire, To Bound, From Finis, Bound, From Find Ere, To Cleave; Con Nected With Skt. Bhid, To Split, Cloth. Beitan, Iyhg. Bizzon, Brisseu, As. Bitun, Eng. Bite). In Philosophy, A Term Used In Various Senses, While At The Same ...
Inflammation
Inflammation (lat. Inflammatio, From Inflammare, To Set On Fire, From In, In Flame; Connected With Flagrare. Gk. 0v-rely, Phle Gein, To Blaze, Skt. Bhraj, To He Bright). A Mor Bid Condition Characterized By Altered Function Of The Elements Of The Tissue Involved, Changes In Circulation. Derangement Of Local Nutrition, And ...
Inflection
Inflection (lat. Inficrio, A Bending, From In Fleet Cre, To Bend, From In, In + Fleet Cre, To Bend). The Changes Undergone By Avon's To De Note Their Varying Relations To Other Words. This Forms One Of The Main Divisions Of Philology (9.v.), And Is Itself Subdivided Into Conjugation Hp.) ...