His folly and his wisdom are of his own growth, not the echo or
infusion of other men.
Swift.
3. The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion. [Obs.]
"Baptism by infusion." Jortin.
4. (Pharmacy) (a) The act or process of steeping or soaking any
substance in water in order to extract its virtues. (b) The liquid
extract obtained by this process.
Sips meek infusion of a milder herb.
Cowper.
In*fu"sion*ism (?), n. The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the
body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to
traducianism and creationism.
In*fu"sive (?), a. Having the power of infusion; inspiring;
influencing.
The infusive force of Spirit on man.
Thomson.
||In`fu*so"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL.; -- so called because found in
||infusions which are left exposed to the air for a time. See Infuse.]
||(Zoöl.) One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of
||species, all of minute size.
||
They are found in all seas, lakes, ponds, and streams, as well as in
infusions of organic matter exposed to the air. They are distinguished
by having vibrating lashes or cilia, with which they obtain their food
and swim about. They are devided into the orders Flagellata, Ciliata,
and Tentaculifera. See these words in the Vocabulary.
Formely the term Infusoria was applied to all microscopic organisms
found in water, including many minute plants, belonging to the diatoms,
as well as minute animals belonging to various classes, as the
Rotifera, which are worms; and the Rhizopoda, which constitute a
distinct class of Protozoa. Fossil Infusoria are mostly the siliceous
shells of diatoms; sometimes they are siliceous skeletons of
Radiolaria, or the calcareous shells of Foraminifera.
In`fu*so"ri*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of,
or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth.
Infusorial earth (Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous
material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants
called diatoms. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture
of dynamite.
In`fu*so"ri*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Infusoria.
In*fu"so*ry (?), a. (Zoöl.) Infusorial.
In*fu"so*ry (?), n.; pl. Infusories (&?;). (Zoöl.) One of the
Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.
-ing (?). 1. [For OE. -and, - end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth.
-and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr. &?;.] A suffix used to from present
participles; as, singing, playing.
2. [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, - ung.] A suffix used to form nouns from verbs,
and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying,
feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping,
clothing.
The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became
confused, both becoming -ing.
3. [AS. -ing.] A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording,
farthing.
Ing (?), n. [AS. ing.] A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low,
near a river. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
In`gan*na"tion (?), n. [LL. ingannare to decieve.] Cheat; deception.
[Obs.] Sir T. Brown.