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<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Till the <b>injurious</b> Roman did extort This tribute from us, we were free. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; <as>as, acts <ex>injurious</ex> to health, credit, reputation, property, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>Without being <b>injurious</b> to the memory of our English Pindar. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful; deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental.</syn>

<h1>Injuriously</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In*ju"ri*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously.</def>

<h1>Injuriousness</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In*ju"ri*ous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury.</def>

<h1>Injury</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In"ju*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Injuries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>injurie</ets>, L. <ets>injuria</ets>, fr. <ets>injurius</ets> injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>jus</ets>,<ets>juris</ets>, right,law,justice: cf. F. <ets>injure</ets>. See <er>Just</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; <as>as, his health was impaired by a severe <ex>injury</ex>; slander is an <ex>injury</ex> to the character.</as></def>

<blockquote>For he that doeth <b>injury</b> shall receve that he did evil. <i>Wyclif(Col. iii. 25).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Many times we do <b>injury</b> to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And <b>injury</b> and outrage. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Injury</i> in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional doing of wrong.</note>

<i>Fleming.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong; evil; injustice.</syn>

<h1>Injustice</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In*jus"tice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>injustice</ets>, L. <ets>injustitia</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Justice</er>, and cf. <er>Unjust</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.</def>

<blockquote>If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty and <b>injustice</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.</def>

<blockquote>Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand <b>injustices</b> without being discovered, or at least without being punished. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ink</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>Ink</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.</def>

<h1>Ink</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>Ink</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>enke</ets>, <ets>inke</ets>, OF. <ets>enque</ets>, F. <ets>encre</ets>, L. <ets>encaustum</ets> the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their edicts, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ burnt in, encaustic, fr. <?/ to burn in. See <er>Encaustic</er>, <er>Caustic</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing.</def>

<blockquote>Make there a prick with <b>ink</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Deformed monsters, foul and black as <b>ink</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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