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Industrial exhibition, a public exhibition of the various industrial
products of a country, or of various countries. -- Industrial school, a
school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school
for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of
industry.
In*dus"tri*al*ism (?), n. 1. Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor;
industry. J. S. Mill.
2. The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or
organized labor.
Industrialism must not confounded with industriousness.
H. Spencer.
In*dus"tri*al*ly, adv. With reference to industry.
In*dus"tri*ous (?), a. [L. industrius, industriosus: cf. F.
industrieux. See Industry.]
1. Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly,
regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or
idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor.
Frugal and industrious men are commonly friendly to the established
government.
Sir W. Temple.
2. Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim;
as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an
industrious mischief maker.
Industrious to seek out the truth of all things.
Spenser.
-- In*dus"tri*ous*ly, adv. -- In*dus"tri*ous*ness, n.
In"dus*try (?), n.; pl. Industries (#). [L. industria, cf. industrius
diligent; of uncertain origin: cf. F. industrie.]
1. Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or
mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth
and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will
increase them.
We are more industrious than our forefathers, because in the
present times the funds destined for the maintenance of industry
are much greater in proportion to those which are likely to be
employed in the maintenance of idleness, than they were two or
three centuries ago.
A. Smith.
2. Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business;
especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct
branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton
industry.
3. (Polit. Econ.) Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation
of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth;
labor.
Syn. -- Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity; laboriousness;
attention. See Diligence.
In*du"tive (?), a. [L. indutus, p. p. of induere to put on. See Indue.]
(Bot.) Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary
covering.
||In*du"vi*æ (?), n. pl. [L., clothes, fr. induere to put on. See
||Indue.] (Bot.) Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also,
||leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for
||a long time.
||
In*du"vi*ate (?), a. (Bot.) Covered with induviæ, as the upper part of
the trunk of a palm tree.
In"dwell` (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Indwelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Indwelling.] To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.
The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly
indwelt form.
Milman.
In"dwell`er (?) n. An inhabitant. Spenser.
In"dwell`ing, n. Residence within, as in the heart.
The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers.
South.
-ine (?; 104). 1. (Chem.) A suffix, indicating that those substances of
whose names it is a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.
All organic bases, and basic substances (especially nitrogenous
substances), are systematically written with the termination -ine; as,
quinine, morphine, guanidine, etc. All indifferent and neutral
substances, as proteids, glycerides, glucosides, etc., should commonly
be spelled with -in; as, gelatin, amygdalin, etc. This rue has no
application to those numerous commercial or popular names with the
termination -ine; as, gasoline, vaseline, etc.
2. (Organ. Chem.) A suffix, used to indicate hydrocarbons of the second
degree of unsaturation; i. e., members of the acetyline series; as,
hexine, heptine, etc.
In*earth" (?), v. t. To inter. [R.] Southey.
In*e"bri*ant (?), a. [L. inebrians, p. pr. of inebriare. See
Inebriate.] Intoxicating.
In*e"bri*ant, n. Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an
intoxicant. Smart.
In*e"bri*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inebriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Inebriating (?).] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of inebriare; pref. in- in +
ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius drunk. See Ebriety.]