I*am"bic*al*ly, adv. In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.
I*am"bize (?), v. t. [Gr. &?;.] To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.
[R.]
I*am"bus (?), n.; pl. L. Iambi (#), E. Iambuses (#). [L. iambus, Gr.
&?;; prob. akin to &?; to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in
satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. Jet a shooting forth.]
(Pros.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one,
as in mns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as
invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.
||I*an"thi*na (?), n.; pl. L. Ianthinæ (#), E. Ianthinas (#). [NL., fr.
||L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. &?;; &?; violet + &?; flower.] (Zoöl.)
||Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are
||found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet
||snail. [Written also janthina.]
||
It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by
forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian
purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this
genus.
I*a`tra*lip"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; physician + &?; belonging to the
&?; or anointer, fr. &?; to anoint: cf. F. iatraliptique.] Treating
diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method.
[Written also iatroleptic.]
{ I*at"ric (?), I*at"ric*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?; healing, fr. &?;
physician, fr. &?; to heal.] Of or pertaining to medicine, or to
medical men.
I*a`tro*chem"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to
the iatrochemists.
I*a`tro*chem"ist (?), n. [Gr. &?; physician + E. chemist.] A physician
who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who
practiced iatrochemistry.
I*a`tro*chem"is*try (?), n. Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine;
-- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of
physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health
depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body,
and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by
chemical principles.
I*a`tro*math`e*mat"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to
iatromathematicians or their doctrine.
I*a`tro*math`e*ma*ti"cian (?), n. [Gr. &?; physician + E.
mathematician.] (Hist. Med.) One of a school of physicians in Italy,
about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of
mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager
student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.
I*be"ri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Iberia.
I"bex ("bks), n.; pl. E. Ibexes (-z), L. Ibices (b"*sz). [L., a kind of
goat, the chamois.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of wild goats having
very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called
also steinbok.
The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) is the best known. The Spanish, or
Pyrenean, ibex (C. Hispanica) has smoother and more spreading horns.
||I*bi"dem (?), adv. [L.] In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or
||ib.
||
I"bis (?), n. [L. ibis, Gr. &?;; of Egyptian origin.] (Zoöl.) Any bird
of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidæ,
inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known.
They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed
largely on reptiles.
The sacred ibis of the ancient Egyptians (Ibis Æthiopica) has the head
and neck black, without feathers. The plumage of the body and wings is
white, except the tertiaries, which are lengthened and form a dark
purple plume. In ancient times this bird was extensively domesticated
in Egypt, but it is now seldom seen so far north. The glossy ibis
(Plegadis autumnalis), which is widely distributed both in the Old
World and the New, has the head and neck feathered, except between the
eyes and bill; the scarlet ibis (Guara rubra) and the white ibis (G.
alba) inhabit the West Indies and South America, and are rarely found
in the United States. The wood ibis (Tantalus loculator) of America
belongs to the Stork family (Ciconidæ). See Wood ibis.
-i*ble (?). See -able.
-ic (?). [L. -icus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. -ique.] 1. A suffix signifying, in
general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic,
telegraphic, etc.
2. (Chem.) A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into
certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence
relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends
in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of
pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.
I*ca"ri*an (?), a. [L. Icarius, Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, the mythic son of
Dædalus, who, when flying from Crete on wings cemented with wax,
mounted so high that the sun melted the wax, and he fell into the sea.]
Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.
Ice (s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. s; aksin to D. ijs, G. eis, OHG. s, Icel.
ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and perh. to E. iron.] 1. Water or other fluid
frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a
white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and
viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4° C. being
1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
Water freezes at 32° F. or 0° Cent., and ice melts at the same
temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large amount of
heat required to melt it.