Ivory black. See under Black, n. -- Ivory gull (Zoöl.), a white Arctic
gull (Larus eburneus). -- Ivory nut (Bot.), the nut of a species of
palm, the Phytephas macroarpa, often as large as a hen's egg. When
young the seed contains a fluid, which gradually hardness into a
whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance, resembling the finest
ivory in texture and color, whence it is called vegetable ivory. It is
wrought into various articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is
found in New Grenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the Phytephas
microarpa. The nuts are known in commerce as Corosso nuts. -- Ivory
palm (Bot.), the palm tree which produces ivory nuts. -- Ivory shell
(Zoöl.), any species of Eburna, a genus of marine gastropod shells,
having a smooth surface, usually white with red or brown spots. --
Vegetable ivory, the meat of the ivory nut. See Ivory nut (above).
I"vo*ry-bill` ("v*r*bl`), n. (Zoöl.) A large, handsome, North American
woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp,
ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white
secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet
crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States.
I"vo*ry*type` (?), n. (Photog.) A picture produced by superposing a
very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the
back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph
in natural colors; -- called also hellenotype. Knight.
I"vy (?), n.; pl. Ivies (#). [AS. fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G.
epheu.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in
Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly
five- pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or
yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers.
Direct The clasping ivy where to climb.
Milton.
Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere.
Milton.
American ivy. (Bot.) See Virginia creeper. -- English ivy (Bot.), a
popular name in America for the ivy proper (Hedera helix). -- German
ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy,
light-green leaves; a species of Senecio (S. scandens). -- Ground ivy.
(Bot.) Gill (Nepeta Glechoma). -- Ivy bush. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel,
under Mountain. -- Ivy owl (Zoöl.), the barn owl. -- Ivy tod (Bot.),
the ivy plant. Tennyson. -- Japanese ivy (Bot.), a climbing plant
(Ampelopsis tricuspidata), closely related to the Virginia creeper. --
Poison ivy (Bot.), an American woody creeper (Rhus Toxicodendron), with
trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly
poisonous to the touch for most persons. -- To pipe in an ivy leaf, to
console one's self as best one can. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- West Indian ivy,
a climbing plant of the genus Marcgravia.
I"vy-man`tled (?), a. Covered with ivy.
I*wis" (?), adv. Indeed; truly. See Ywis. [Written also iwys, iwisse,
etc.] [Obs.] Ascham.
Ix"i*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; birdlime. So called because of the
viscid nature of some of the species.] (Bot.) A South African bulbous
plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.
||Ix*o"des (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; like birdlime; &?; birdlime + &?;
||form.] (Zoöl.) A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various
||species of ticks. See Tick, the insect.
||
Ix*o"di*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) A tick of the genus Ixodes, or the family
Ixodidæ.
{ Ix"tle, Ix"tli } (x"tl), n. (Bot.) A Mexican name for a variety of
Agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber
itself, which is called also pita, and Tampico fiber. [Written also
istle.]
Iz"ard (?), n. (Zoöl.) A variety of the chamois found in the Pyrenees.
-ize (?). [F. -iser, L. -izare, Gr. &?;.] A verb suffix signifying to
make, to do, to practice; as, apologize, baptize, theorize, tyrannize.
In the case of certain words the spelling with -ise (after analogy with
F. -iser) is the usual form; as, catechise, criticise. With regard to
most words, however, which have this suffix there is a diversity of
usage, some authorities spelling -ise, others (as in this book) - ize.
Iz"e*di (?), n. One of an Oriental religious sect which worships Satan
or the Devil.
The Izedis or Yezdis, the so-called Devil worshipers, still remain
a numerous though oppressed people in Mesopotamia and adjacent
countries.
Tylor.
Iz"e*dism (?), n. The religion of the Izedis.
Iz"zard (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Izard.
Iz"zard (?), n. [Formerly ezed, prob. fr. F. et zÉde and z.] The letter
z; -- formerly so called.