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<hw>Is`chi*op"o*dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the hip joint + <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.</def>

<h1>Ischiorectal</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Is`chi*o*rec"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ischium</ets> + <ets>rectal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and ishial tuberosity.</def>

<h1>Ischuretic</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Is`chu*ret"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the quality of relieving ischury.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An ischuretic medicine.</def></def2>

<h1>Ischury</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Is"chu*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ischuria</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ to hold, check + <?/ urine: cf. F. <ets>ischurie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A retention or suppression of urine.</def>

<h1>-ise</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>-ise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. See <er>-ize</er>.</def>

<h1>Isentropic</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>I`sen*trop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Is-</ets> + <ets>entropy</ets> + -<ets>ic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Having equal entropy.</def>

<cs><col>Isentropic lines</col>, <cd>lines which pass through points having equal entropy.</cd></cs>

<h1>Isethionic</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>I*seth`i*on"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Is-</ets> + <ets>ethionic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid, <chform>HO.C2H4.SO3H</chform>, obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by the action of sulphur trioxide on alcohol or ether. It is derivative of sulphuric acid.</def>

<h1>-ish</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>-ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[AS. -<ets>isc</ets>; akin to G. -<ets>isch</ets>, OHG. -<ets>isc</ets>, Goth. & Dan. -<ets>isk</ets>, Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>-esque</er>.]</ety> <def>A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes <i>relation</i>, <i>resemblance</i>, <i>similarity</i>, and sometimes has a <i>diminutive</i> force; <as>as, self<ex>ish</ex>, boy<ex>ish</ex>, brut<ex>ish</ex>; whit<ex>ish</ex>, somewhat white.</as></def>

<h1>-ish</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>-ish</hw>. <ety>[OE. -<ets>issen</ets>, fr. F. -<ets>is</ets>, -<ets>iss-</ets> (found in the present particle, etc., of certain verbs, as <ets>finir</ets> to finish, <ets>fleurir</ets> to flourish), corresponding to L. -<ets>escere</ets>, an inchoative ending.]</ety> <def>A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin; <as>as, abol<ex>ish</ex>, cher<ex>ish</ex>, fin<ex>ish</ex>, furn<ex>ish</ex>, garn<ex>ish</ex>, impover<ex>ish</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Ishmaelite</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Ish"ma*el*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, "His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him."</def>

<i>Gen. xvi. 12.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One at enmity with society; a wanderer; a vagabond; an outcast.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>See <er>Ismaelian</er>.</def>

<h1>Ishmaelitish</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Ish"ma*el*i`tish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an Ishmaelite or the Ishmaelites.</def>

<h1>Isiac</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>I"si*ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Isiacus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the goddess Isis; <as>as, <ex>Isiac</ex> mysteries</as>.</def>

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