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<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Inwrap</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>In*wrap"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>enwrap</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; <as>as, to <ex>inwrap</ex> in a cloak, in smoke, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To involve, as in difficulty or perplexity; to perplex.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Inwreathe</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>In*wreathe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To surround or encompass as with a wreath.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>enwreathe</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>Resplendent locks, <b>inwreathed</b> with beams. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inwrought</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>In*wrought"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. &or; a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> + <ets>wrought</ets>. Cf. <er>Inwork</er>.]</ety> <def>Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures.</def>

<blockquote>His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, <b>Inwrought</b> with figures dim. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Io</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I"o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ios</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.; cf. Gr. <grk>"iw`</grk>.]</ety> <def>An exclamation of joy or triumph; -- often interjectional.</def>

<h1>Iod-</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I"od-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Iodo-</er>.</def>

<h1>Iodal</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I"o*dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Iod-</ets> + <ets>al</ets>cohol.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An oily liquid, <chform>Cl3.CHO</chform>, analogous to chloral and bromal.</def>

<h1>Iodate</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I"o*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of iodic acid.</def>

<h1>Iodhydrin</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I`od*hy"drin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Iod-</ets> + chlor<ets>hydrin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a series of compounds containing iodine, and analogous to the chlorhydrins.</def>

<h1>Iodic</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I*od"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>iodique</ets>. See <er>Iodine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>to, or containing, iodine; specif., denoting those compounds in which it has a relatively high valence; <as>as, <ex>iodic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Iodic acid</col>, <cd>a monobasic acid, consisting of iodine with three parts of oxygen and one of hydrogen.</cd></cs>

<h1>Iodide</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>I"o*dide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary; <as>as, potassium <ex>iodide</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Iodine</h1> <Xpage=787>

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