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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...insectum--inseco, to cut into--in into, seco to cut. Conf. Gr. evTo//.a (sc. -a), insects; lit. cut into--ev in, Tvm to cut. IPECACUANA, IPECACUANHA. The medicinal root--Ptg. ipecacuanha, according to Pouchet a Brazilian word signifying " streaked or striped root" (racine rayie). IRIS. In botany, typical genus of order Iridaceae (L.)--Gr. ipis; so named on account of the various and somewhat concentric hues of the flower, which gave an idea of the rainbow--ipis rainbow--eipu to tell, because it was supposed to announce the rain; "qu6d pluvias denunciet," says Littleton. IRON, IREN, YREN, YRENE, YRON, YRUN, YZEN. Metal so called--A.S. iren, which, when compared with Ice. Jam, Sw. tarn, Ix. iaran, iarrunn, Gael. iarrunn, Manx iaarn, Armor, houarn, uarn, W. haiaru, Corn. hoarn, Sp. hierro, Ptg. & It. ferro, suggests that the word has been corrupted from L. dat. or abl. ferro. By change of r to s came also A.S. isen, isern, O.H.G. isarn, Goth, eisarn, Eng. yzen. ISTHMUS. Neck of land joining a peninsula to a continent (L.)--Lo-6/jlos, lit. a neck, any narrow passage or connexion = eura/u, to go into--eis into, ei/u to go. IZZARD, IZARD. Name for the ibex--Fr. isard, ysard (Proven?, uzarn, Catal. isari, sicart), which M. Rouillon derives from the hissing of the animal through its nostrils--O.G. hissen, to hiss. But Littr6 adds, "D'un autre cote, la forme provencale, qui a une n, fait penser au germanique isern, eisern, gris de fer," iron-grey. IVY. The evergreen--A.S. efig--O.G. var. ebah, ephi, epfi, ephew; perhaps etymologically same as Yew, q.v. Y JACK. This word, which means a young pike, a pitcher, &c., and is found in many compounds, is not derived from Jacques (James), but from a dim. of John; perhaps ...
