Part 6091

<h1>Isicle</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>I"si*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A icicle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Isidorian</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Is`i*do"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; <as>as, the <ex>Isidorian</ex> decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century</as>.</def>

<h1>Isinglass</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>I"sin*glass</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. corrupted fr. D. <ets>huizenblas</ets> (akin to G. <ets>hausenblase</ets>), lit., bladder of the huso, or large sturgeon; <ets>huizen</ets> sturgeon + <ets>blas</ets> bladder. Cf. <er>Bladder</er>, <er>Blast</er> a gust of wind.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the <spn>Acipenser huso</spn>) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also <altname>fish glue</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets.</def>

<h1>Isis</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>I"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., the goddess Isis, fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any coral of the genus Isis, or family <i>Isid\'91</i>, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See <er>Gorgoniacea</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>One of the asteroids.</def>

<h1>Islam</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Is"lam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>isl\'bem</ets> obedience to the will of God, submission, humbling one's self, resigning one's self to the divine disposal. Cf. <er>Moslem</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The religion of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islamism. Their formula of faith is: There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The whole body of Mohammedans, or the countries which they occupy.</def>

<h1>Islamism</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Is"lam*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>islamisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The faith, doctrines, or religious system of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islam.</def>

<h1>Islamite</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Is"lam*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Mohammedan.</def>

<h1>Islamitic</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Is`lam*it"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Islam; Mohammedan.</def>

<h1>Islamize</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Is"lam*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Islamized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Islamizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To conform, or cause to conform, to the religion of Islam.</def>

<h1>Island</h1> <Xpage=791>

<hw>Is"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>iland</ets>, <ets>yland</ets>, AS. <ets>\'c6gland</ets>, <ets><?/gland</ets>, <ets><?/glond</ets>; <ets>\'c6g</ets>, <ets><?/g</ets>, island + <ets>land</ets>, <ets>lond</ets>, land. AS. <ets>\'c6g</ets>, <ets><?/g</ets>, is akin to AS. <ets>e\'a0</ets> water, river, OHG. <ets><?/uwa</ets>, G. <ets>au</ets> meadow, Icel. <ets>ey</ets> island, Dan. & Sw. <ets>\'94</ets>, Goth. <ets>ahwa</ets> a stream, water, L. <ets>aqua</ets> water. The <ets>s</ets> is due to confusion with <ets>isle</ets>. Cf. <er>Ait</er>, <er>Eyot</er>, <er>Ewer</er>, <er>Aquatic</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. <er>Continent</er>.</def>