Part 5897

<note>&hand; They are mostly of small size, and their molar teeth have sharp cusps. Most of the species burrow in the earth, and many of those of cold climates hibernate in winter. The order includes the moles, shrews, hedgehogs, tanrecs, and allied animals, also the colugo.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A division of the Cheiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats.</def>

<h1>Insectivore</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*sec"ti*vore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Insectivores</plw> <tt>(-v&omac;rz)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Insectivora.</def>

<h1>Insectivorous</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In`sec*tiv"o*rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Insectivora</er>.]</ety> <def>Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous</def>. The term is applied: <sd>(a)</sd> to <def>plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> to <def>the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles.</def>

<h1>Insectologer</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In`sec*tol"o*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An entomologist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Insectology</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In`sec*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Insect</ets> + -<ets>logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insectologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Entomology.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Insecure</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In`se*cure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.</def>

<blockquote>With sorrow and <b>insecure</b> apprehensions. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss.</def>

<i>Bp. Hurg.</i>

<blockquote>The trade with Egypt was exceedingly <b>insecure</b> and precarious. <i>Mickle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insecurely</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In`se*cure"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an insecure manner.</def>

<h1>Insecureness</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In`se*cure"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Insecurity.</def>

<h1>Insecurity</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In`se*cu"ri*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Insecurities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Pref.<ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>security</ets> : cf. LL. <ets>insecuritas</ets>, F. <ets>insecurite</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; <as>as, the <ex>insecurity</ex> of a building liable to fire; <ex>insecurity</ex> of a debt.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence.</def>

<blockquote>With what <b>insecurity</b> of truth we ascribe effects . . . unto arbitrary calculations. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A time of <b>insecurity</b>, when interests of all sorts become objects of speculation. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insecution</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In`se*cu"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insecutio</ets>, fr. <ets>insequi</ets> p. p. <ets>insecutus</ets>. See <er>Ensue</er>.]</ety> <def>A following after; close pursuit. <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>