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<blockquote>The instruments or abettors in such <b>infernal</b> dealings. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Infernal machine</col>, <cd>a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or property.</cd> -- <col>Infernal stone</col> <cd>(<i>lapis infernalis<i>), lunar caustic; formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical; satanic; fiendish; malicious.</syn>

<h1>Infernal</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fer"nal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Infernally</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fer"nal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an infernal manner; diabolically.</def> "<i>Infernally</i> false."

<i>Bp. Hacket.</i>

<h1>Inferobranchian</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In`fe*ro*bran"chi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Inferobranchiata.</def>

<h1>Inferobranchiata</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In`fe*ro*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Inferobranchiate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle.</def>

<h1>Inferobranchiate</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In`fe*ro*bran"chi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inferus</ets> lower + E. <ets>branchiate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.</def>

<h1>Inferrible</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fer"ri*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inferable.</def>

<h1>Infertile</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fer"tile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infertilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>infertile</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Fertile</er>.]</ety> <def>Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; <as>as, an <ex>infertile</ex> soil</as>.</def>

<h1>Infertilely</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fer"tile*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an infertile manner.</def>

<h1>Infertility</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In`fer*til"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infertilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>infertilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>infertility</b> or noxiousness of the soil. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Infest</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fest"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infestus</ets>. See <er>Infest</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Infest</h1> <Xpage=759>

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