Icarian

i-ka'rT-an, a. Adventurous tracker, in flight; soaring too high for safedile, ty. [Fr. Icarus, son of Daedal us, track, who fled on wings to escape Minos; Ich no graph, but the sun melted the wax that (Drawing.) cemented his wings, and he was other drowned in the sea.] ichnos, Ice, n. Frozen water or other fluid; Ichor, concreted sugar water or cream plied flavored and frozen, —v.t. [iced Ibis. An (1st), icing.] To cover with, or convert into, ice; to wound, cover with concreted sugar; to frost; to cool, as with nein, ice; to freeze. [AS., Sw., and OHG. D. Dan. posed its.]— To break the To make the first opening or Ichthyology, advances; to introduce a subject, open the way.— ture, am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, eve, ICHTHYOLOGY or cargo is made liable for repayment of advanced for the nece ities of the ship. — Same as Hypotenuse.—Hypo the hi or hi-, n. pi. -SES,-sez. A supposition; some not proved, but a umed for the purpose of a theory a umed to account for known or phenomena. — Hypothetic, -ical, a. Charby a hypothesis conditional a umed proof for the purpose of reasoning. — Hypoadv. hi'sn, n. A species of green tea. [Chin, first crop, or blooming spring.] — Hyskin. Refuse portion of the fine tea called Hyskin is a Chinese word meaning refuse. hYs's up or hi'zup, n. A plant whose leaves an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. hy ojje, Gr. hu opos, Heb. ezobh.~] his-telY-a, n. (Med.) A nervous affection, by alternate of laughing and crying, temporary delirium, with a sensation of strangu- [OF. hysterique, Gr. husterikos. suffering in womb, ir.'hustera, womb.] —Hysteric, -tgrlk, a. Of, or pert, to, affected, or troubled, with convulsive; fitful.— Hysterotomy, -o-mY, (Surg.) Operation of cutting into the uterus, to out a fetus; the cesarean section. [Gr. tome, a temnein, to cut.] hisle-ron-profe-ron, n. (Rhet.) in which the word that should follow comes an inversion of logical order, in which the con is put before the premises, or the thing before the evidence. [Gr. husteros, the lat prot eros, sooner.) -si, a. [icier, iciest.] Pert, to, composed of, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty; chilling in etc. [AS. isig.] — I/cine , ».— I'cing, n. A of concreted sugar; frosting. —Ice'berg, n. hill or mountain of ice floating on the ocean. [D. Dan. iisbierg, D. berg. Dan. bierg, mounhill.] — Ice'blink, n. A bright appearance near horizon, occasioned by the reflection of light ice, and visible before the ice itself.seen.— i is blink blinke, to gleam. See Blink.] n. Cream or milk, sweetened, flavored, and by a freezing mixture. — n. A sheet of floating ice. — -house, n. A repository preserving ice during warm weather. plant, A species of mesembryanthemum, sprinkled watery vesicles, which glitter like ice. —Icew. The language of the inhabitants of Iceof Scand in avian origin, and more nearly to the old Norse than any other language now — Iceland-mo , n. A kind of nutritious found in arctic regions and on high moun- I'cicle, -sY-kl, n. A pendent conical ma ice. [AS. isgicel; gicel, small piece of ice.] ik-nulnon, n. A carnivorous animal of resembling a very destructo the eggs of crocodile, and of a hymenopinsect whose parasitic in icnneumon. insects; ichneumon fly. [L. and Gr., the because hunts out the eggs of the crocoichneuein, to track or hunt after, ichnos, footstep.] ik'no-graf, Ichncg'raphy, -ra-fY, n. A horizontal section of a building or object; aground-plan. [Gr. ich no graph i a, f track, and graphein, to describe.] i'kor, n. (Myth.) An ethereal fluid that supthe place of blood in the veins of the gods. acrid waterv discharge flowing from an ulcer, etc. [Gr.; Gr. ikntas, moisture, ikma- Skr. sich, to wet.] — I'chorous, -us, a. Comof, or like, ichor; thin; watery. ik-thY-ol'o-jY, n. Science of the struchabits, cla ification, etc., of fishes. [Gr. ichtSrm Yn, Ice Odd, tone, 5r 289 ICICLE 271 thus, fish, and logos, discourse.] — Ichthyoph'agous, -ofa-gus, a. Eatin? or subsisting on tish. [Gr. phage in, to eat.] — Ich'thyosaur', -o-sawr', -sau'rus. -saw'rus, a. (Paleon.) An extinct carnivorous rep- Ichthyosaurus. lizard-like, and with vertebras like those of fishes. [Gr. sauros, lizard.] Icicle, Icing, etc. See under Ice. Iconoclast, i-kon'o-klast, A destroyer of images or idols; one who exposes impositions or shams. [Gr. eikon, image, and klastes, a destroyer, klaein, to break.] — Iconoclastic, a. Breaking images. — Iconog'raphy, -ra-fl, n. Description of ancient images or representations, as statues, paintings, engravings on gems or metals, etc. [Gr. graphein, to describe.] — Iconol'ogy, Pictorial or emblematical representation description of pictures or statues. [Gr. logos, discourse.] Icosahedron, i'ko-sa-he'dron, A solid of 20 equal sides. (Geom.) A regular solid, consisting of 20 equal and similar triangular pyramids whose vertices meet in the center of a circumscribing sphere. [Gr. eikosi, 20, and hedra, seat, base.] Icteric, ik-terlk, A remedy for the jaundice. — Icteric, -ical, a. Pert, to, or affected with, jaundice; good against the jaundice. [Gr. ikteros, jaundice.]