In"ge*ny (?), n. [L. ingenium. See Ingenious.] Natural gift or talent;
ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.] [Written also ingenie.] Becon.
In*ger"mi*nate (?), v. t. To cause to germinate.
In*gest" (?), v. t. [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref.
in- in + gerere to bear.] To take into, or as into, the stomach or
alimentary canal. Sir T. Browne.
||In*ges"ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Ingest.] (Physiol.) That which is
||introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; --
||opposed to egesta.
||
In*ges"tion (?), n. [L. ingestio: cf. F. ingestion.] (Physiol.) The act
of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or
other food.
||In*ghal"la (?), n. (Zoöl.) The reedbuck of South Africa. [Written
||also ingali.]
||
In*girt" (?), v. t. [See Ingirt.] To encircle; to gird; to engirt.
The wreath is ivy that ingirts our beams.
Drayton.
In*girt", a. Surrounded; encircled. Fenton.
In"gle ("g'l), n. [Gael. & Ir. aingeali fire; cf. L. igniculusi spark,
dim. of ignis fire. Cf. Ignite.] Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace.
[Obs. or Scot.] Burns.
Ingle nook, the chimney corner. -- Ingle side, Ingle cheek, the
fireside.
In"gle, n. [Written also engle, enghle: cf. Gael. & Ir. aingeal an
angel. Cf. Engle.] A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart; an engle.
[Obs.] Toone.
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