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   ipecac
         n 1: a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in
               cases of drug overdose or poisoning)

English Dictionary: Ipsus by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ipsus
n
  1. a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius
    Synonym(s): Ipsus, battle of Ipsus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ibex \I"bex\, n.; pl. E. {Ibexes}, L. {Ibices}. [L., a kind of
      goat, the chamois.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of wild goats having very large,
      recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also
      {steinbok}.
  
      Note: The Alpine ibex ({Capra ibex}) is the best known. The
               Spanish, or Pyrenean, ibex ({C. Hispanica}) has
               smoother and more spreading horns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ibex \I"bex\, n.; pl. E. {Ibexes}, L. {Ibices}. [L., a kind of
      goat, the chamois.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of wild goats having very large,
      recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also
      {steinbok}.
  
      Note: The Alpine ibex ({Capra ibex}) is the best known. The
               Spanish, or Pyrenean, ibex ({C. Hispanica}) has
               smoother and more spreading horns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ipecac \Ip"e*cac\, n.
      An abbreviation of {Ipecacuanha}, and in more frequent use.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ipecacuanha \Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha\, n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp.
      ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant
      that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.)
      The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb ({Cepha[89]lis
      Ipecacuanha}), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant
      itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other
      plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or
      Peruvian ipecac ({Psychotria emetica}), the white ipecac
      ({Ionidium Ipecacuanha}), the bastard or wild ipecac
      ({Asclepias Curassavica}), and the undulated ipecac
      ({Richardsonia scabra}).

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ipswich, MA (CDP, FIPS 32275)
      Location: 42.67809 N, 70.83150 W
      Population (1990): 4132 (1883 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 01938
   Ipswich, SD (city, FIPS 31860)
      Location: 45.44405 N, 99.02987 W
      Population (1990): 965 (434 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57451

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ives Estates, FL (CDP, FIPS 34400)
      Location: 25.96220 N, 80.18324 W
      Population (1990): 13531 (6650 housing units)
      Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   IPsec
  
      ("{IP} Secure"?) A {protocol}
      that provides {security} for transmission of sensitive
      information over unprotected {networks} such as the
      {Internet}.   IPsec acts at the {network layer}, protecting and
      authenticating {IP} {packets} between participating devices
      ("peers"), such as {Cisco} {routers}.
  
      {IETF IPsec (http://www.ietf.org/ids.by.wg/ipsec.html)}.
  
      (2002-05-06)
  
  
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