Part 5531

<syn>Syn. -- Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.</syn>

<h1>Idle-pated</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I"dle-pat`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Idle-headed; stupid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Idler</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I"dler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>An idle wheel or pulley. See under <er>Idle</er>.</def>

<h1>Idless, Idlesse</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw><hw>I"dless</hw>, <hw>I"dlesse</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Idleness.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "In <i>ydlesse</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>And an <b>idlesse</b> all the day Beside a wandering stream. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Idly</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I"dly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (<mark>Obs.</mark>) foolishly.</def>

<h1>Idocrase</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id"o*crase</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ form + <?/ mixture, Fr. <?/ to mix; cf. F. <ets>idocrase</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Vesuvianite</er>.</def>

<h1>Idol</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I"dol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>idole</ets>, F. <ets>idole</ets>, L. <ets>idolum</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ that which is seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. <?/ to see. See <er>Wit</er>, and cf. <er>Eidolon</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An image or representation of anything.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Do her adore with sacred reverence, As th' <b>idol</b> of her maker's great magnificence. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.</def>

<blockquote>That they should not worship devils, and <b>idols</b> of gold. <i>Rev. ix. 20.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.</def>

<blockquote>The soldier's god and people's <b>idol</b>. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A false notion or conception; a fallacy.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>idols</b> of preconceived opinion. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Idolastre</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I`do*las"tre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., for <ets>idolatre</ets>.]</ety> <def>An idolater.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>