Part 6032

<hw>In`u*en"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Innuendo</er>.</def>

<h1>Inulin</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In"u*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From NL. <ets>Inula</ets> Helenium, the elecampane: cf. F. <ets>inuline</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as <spn>Inula</spn>, <spn>Helianthus</spn>, <spn>Campanula</spn>, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also <altname>dahlin</altname>, <altname>helenin</altname>, <altname>alantin</altname>, etc.</def><-- also = alant starch. a polysaccharide found in Compositae -->

<h1>Inuloid</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In"u*loid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Inul</ets>in + -<ets>oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance resembling inulin, found in the unripe bulbs of the dahila.</def>

<h1>Inumbrate</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*um"brate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inumbratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>inumbrare</ets> to shade.]</ety> <def>To shade; to darken.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Inuncted</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*unc"ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Inunction</er>.]</ety> <def>Anointed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Inunction</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*unc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inunctio</ets>, fr. <ets>inungere</ets>, <ets>inunctum</ets>, to anoint. See 1st <er>In-</er>, and <er>Unction</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically <fld>(Med.)</fld>, the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.</def>

<h1>Inunctuosity</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*unc`tu*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The want of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness; <as>as, the <ex>inunctuosity</ex> of porcelain clay</as>.</def>

<i>Kirwan.</i>

<h1>Inundant</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*un"dant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inundans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>inundare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Overflowing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shenstone.</i>

<h1>Inundate</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*un"date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inundated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inundating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>inundatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>inundare</ets> to inundate; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>undare</ets> to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. <ets>unda</ets> a wave. See <er>Undulate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; <as>as, the river <ex>inundated</ex> the town</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; <as>as, the country was <ex>inundated</ex> with bills of credit</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.</syn>

<h1>Inundation</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In`un*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inundatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inondation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.</def>

<blockquote>With <b>inundation</b> wide the deluge reigns, Drowns the deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains. <i>Wilkie.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; <as>as, an <ex>inundation</ex> of tourists</as>.</def>