English Dictionary: Illinois | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Indris \In"dris\, Indri \In"dri\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any lemurine animal of the genus {Indris}. Note: Several species are known, all of them natives of Madagascar, as the diadem indris ({I. diadema}), which has a white ruff around the forehead; the woolly indris ({I. laniger}); and the short-tailed or black indris ({I. brevicaudatus}), which is black, varied with gray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Chat \Chat\, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat ({I. viridis}), and the long-tailed chat ({I. longicauda}). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family {Saxicolid[91]}, as the {stonechat}, and {whinchat}. {Bush chat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bush}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ihlang-ihlang \Ih*lang`-ih*lang"\, n. [Malayan, flower of flowers.] A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil of the flowers of {Canada odorata}, an East Indian tree. [Also written {ylang-ylang}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Illinois \Il`li*nois"\, n.sing. & pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Illness \Ill"ness\, n. [From {Ill}.] 1. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness. [Obs.] [bd]The illness of the weather.[b8] --Locke. 2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness. 3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. --Shak. Syn: Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment. Usage: {Illness}, {Sickness}. Within the present century, there has been a tendency in England to use illness in the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health, or sickness, and to confine sickness more especially to a sense of nausea, or [bd]sickness of the stomach.[b8] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Illinois City, IL Zip code(s): 61259 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
I-Link Bus}. (2000-09-03) |