Part 5726

<h1>Incubation</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In`cu*ba"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incubatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incubation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.</def>

<i>Ray.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.</def>

<i>Tylor.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Period of incubation</col>, &or; <col>Stage of incubation</col></mcol> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>the period which elapses between exposure to the causes of a disease and the attack resulting from it; the time of development of the supposed germs or spores.</cd></cs><-- for infectious diseases -->

<h1>Incubative</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In"cu*ba*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation.</def>

<h1>Incubator</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In"cu*ba`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.</def>

<h1>Incubatory</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In*cu"ba*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving for incubation.</def>

<h1>Incube</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In*cube"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Incubiture</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In*cu"bi*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>incubitus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Incubation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>J. Ellis.</i>

<h1>Incubous</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In"cu*bous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>incubare</ets> to lie on.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus <spn>Frullania</spn>. See <er>Succubous</er>.</def>

<h1>Incubus</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In"cu*bus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Incubuses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Incubi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., the nightmare. Cf. <er>Incubate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.</def>

<i>Tylor.</i>

<blockquote>The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men <b>incubi</b>, though this distinction was not always preserved. <i>Lecky.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The nightmare. See <er>Nightmare</er>.</def>