incautious 
The ostrich, silliest of the feather d kind, . . . 
Commits hur eggs ineautioux to the dust, 
Forgetful that the foot may crush the trust 
Cowper, Tirocinium, 1. 791. 
= Syn. Indiscreet, Imprudent, Impolitic, uncircnmspect, 
Inconsiderate. 
incautiously (in-ka'shus-li), aili'. Ill an incau- 
tious manner; unwarily; heedlessly. Byrom. 
incautiousness (in-ka'shus-nes), . The char- 
acter or state of being incautious ; lack of cau- 
tion or foresight; un wariness. 
incavate (in-ka'vat), . [< L. incavatits, pp. of 
iiiftirarc, make hoi" 
hollow; hollowed. 
incavarc, make hollow: see encave, 
vatus, pp. ol 
i, .] Made 
incavated (in-ka'va-ted), a. Same as inca- 
vate. 
incayation (in-ka-va'shon), n. 1. The act of 
making hollow. 2. A hollow; an excavation; 
a depression. 
incave, v. t. See encave. 
incayern (in-kav'ern), v. t. [< in- 2 + cavern.] 
To inclose in a cavern. 
Then Lid creeps on along, and, taking Thrushel, throws 
Herself amongst the rocks ; and mincavcrn'4 goal, . . . 
To bellow under earth. Drayton, Polyolblon, L 222. 
incavo (in-ka'vo), n. [It., a hollow, cavity, < 
L. in, in, + cavus, hollow: see cave 1 . Cf. en- 
cave.] The hollowed or incised part in an in- 
taglio or an engraved work. 
There is no enamel, but the whole of the incavo Is filled 
with gold. A. NetHtt, S. K. Cat, Glass Vessels. 
incedet (in-sed'), v. i. [< L. incedere, go, step, or 
march along, triumph, < tn, in, on, + ceaere, 
go.] To go along, step, or march in pride or 
exultation. 
incedingly (in-se'ding-li), adv. [< inceding, 
ppr. of incede, 4- -J.y 2 .] Triumphantly. [Bare.] 
Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy Is each moanad 
movement royally, imperially, incedinyly upborne. 
Charlotte Bronte, ViUotte, xxiiL 
incelebrity (in-se-leb'ri-ti), n. [< L. as if "ince- 
lebrita(t-)s, < inceleber, not famous, < in- priv. + 
celeber, famous: see celebrate, celebrity."] Lack 
of celebrity. Coleridge. 
incendt (iu-send')) v. t. [< L. incendere, set on 
fire, kindle, burn, < in, in, on, + candere, shine, 
glow, be on fire: see candid. Cf. accend, in- 
cense 1 .] To inflame ; make fiery. 
Oh, there's a line inccndu his lustful! blood I 
Martian, Scourge of Vlllanie, vl. 
They fetch up the spirits into the brain, and with the 
heat brought with them, they incend it beyond measure. 
Burton, An at. of Mel., p. 255. 
incendiarism (in-sen'di-a-rizm), n. [< incen- 
diary + -ism.] The act or practice of an in- 
cendiary ; malicious burning. 
incendiary (in-sen'di-a-ri), a. and n. [= F. in- 
cendiaire == Sp. Pg. It. ihcendiario, < L. incendia- 
rius, causing a fire ; as a noun, an incendiary ; 
< incendium, a fire, conflagration, < incendere, 
set on fire: see incend.] L. a. 1. Causing or 
adapted to cause combustion ; used in starting 
a fire or conflagration; igniting; inflammatory: 
as, incendiary materials ; an incendiary match 
or bomb. Specifically 2. Pertaining or re- 
lating to or consisting in malicious or criminal 
setting on fire or burning: as, an incendiary 
mania; the incendiary torch; an incendiary fire. 
Burn the palish ! Burn the rating, 
Bum all taxes in a mass. 
Hood, Incendiary Song. 
3. Tending to excite or inflame passion, sedi- 
tion, or violence. 
With this menace the incendiary informer left Del'Isle, 
In order to carry his threats Into execution. 
Ilitt. Duelling (1770), p. 146. 
The writing of inctndiary letters . . . calls for ... 
condign and exemplary punishment 
Paley, Moral Philos., II. ix. 
The true patriot, unmoved by frightened and angry de- 
nunciation, will close his ears to incendiary utterances. 
N. A. Rte.,C\UI. 525. 
Incendiary match, a match made by boiling slow-match 
in a saturated solution of niter, drying it, cutting it into 
pieces, and plunging it into melted fire-stone. Farrow. 
Mil. Encyc., I. flti. Incendiary shell, a cast-iron or steel 
shell filled with a combustible composition. The compo- 
sition, when ignited by a fuse or the flash of the charge, 
burns with an intense flame for several minutes. For 
smooth-bore guns the shell is spherical, nnd is pierced by 
two or more holes, from which the flames issue. It is 
used in bombarding for setting flre to cities, shipping, 
wooden barracks, etc. 
II. n. pi. incfiKliuricg (-riz). 1. Apersonwho 
maliciously sets fire to a house, shop, barn ; or 
other inflammable property ; one who is guilty 
of arson. 
The stables of the Castle Berlifltzing were discovered to 
be on fire ; and the unanimous opinion of the neighbor- 
hood added the crime of the incendiary to the already 
hideous list of the Baron's misdemeanors and enormities. 
Poe, Tales, 1. 477. 
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2. One who or that which excites or inflames ; a 
person who excites antagonism and promotes 
ructions quarrels; a violent agitator. 
To these two above-named causes, or incendiarieti, of 
this rage, I may very well annex time, place, etc. 
Burton, Anal, of Mel., p. 606. 
Incendiaries of figure and distinction, who are the in- 
ventors and publishers of gross falsehoods, cannot be re- 
garded but with the utmost detestation. .l>t</u. 
incendioust (in-sen'di-us), a. [= It. incendioso, 
< LL. iiii-i iiilinxiix, burning, < L. incendium, a 
flre, burning: see incendiary.] Promoting fac- 
tion or contention. Baeim. 
incendiouslyt (in-sen'di-us-li), adv. 80 as to 
promote contention. 
incensation (in-sen-sa'shon), n. [= Sp. iin-en- 
sacion = It. incensazione,"< ML. as if "incensa- 
tio(n-), < incensare, burn incense: see incense?, 
v.] The burning or offering of incense. [Rare.] 
The Missal of the Roman Church now enjoins incenm- 
lion before the lutroit Encyc. Brit., XII. 721. 
incense 1 (in-sens'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. incensed, 
ppr. incensing. [Formerly also insense; < L. in- 
centius, pp. ol incendere, set on fire, inflame : see 
incend. This verb in the lit. sense is different 
from incense 2 , which is from the noun incense^.] 
If. To set on fire; cause to burn; inflame; 
kindle. 
Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense 
Thy glorious heap of funeral. Chapman. 
Now belches molten stones and ruddy flame, 
Inccntt, or tears up mountains by the roots. 
Addition, Jineid, 111. 
2t. To make hot or eager; enkindle; incite; 
stimulate. 
Were to incente the boar to follow us. 
Shat., Rich, III., Ui. 2. 
To incense us further yet, John, In his apocalypse, makes 
a description of that heavenly Jerusalem. 
Burton, Anat of Mel., p. 595. 
Will God inctntf his ire 
For such a petty trespass ? 
Milton, P. L., Ix. 692. 
In particular 3f. To burn as incense; use in 
burning incense. 
Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they 
are incensed, or crushed. Bacon, Adversity (ed. 1887). 
After this, the said Prelate goeth to an Altar there, 
richly adorned, on which is a red Table, with the name 
of the Great Can written In it, and a Censer with Incense, 
which he incenteth In stead of them all, with great reue- 
rence performed vnto the Table. 
Purchat, Pilgrimage, p. 417. 
4. To enkindle or excite to anger or other pas- 
sion; inflame; make angry; provoke. 
Augustus, . . . being grevlouslyinccnmd against them 
of Cremona, deprived them of their grounds. 
Coryat, Crudities, L 138. 
= 8yn. 4. Irritate, Provoke, etc. (see exasperate), offend, 
anger, chafe, nettle, galL 
incense 2 (in 'sens), n. [< ME. encens, < OF. en- 
cens, F. encens = Pr. encens, ensens, ences.eces, 
esses = Sp. incienso = Pg. It. incenso, < LL. in- 
censum, incense, orig. unit . of L. incensus, pp. 
of incendere, set on fire, inflame: see incense*-, 
incend.] 1. Any aromatic material, as certain 
gums, which exhales perfume during combus- 
tion; a mixture of fragrant gums, spices, etc., 
with gum-resin, compounded for the purpose of 
producing a sweet odor when burned. The sub- 
stance most generally used for incense, and therefore often 
specifically so called, Isolibanum or frankincense. (See oii- 
banum.) The burning of incense as an act of worship ex- 
isted among the Jews, and is practised in both the Eastern 
and Western churches of the present day, as well as by 
Buddhists and others. 
And he made . . . the pure incense of sweet spices, ac- 
cording to the work of the apothecary. Ex. \x\vii. 29. 
Nadab and Abihn, the sons of Aaron, took either of 
them his censer, and put flre therein, and put incente 
thereon. Lev. x. 1. 
2. The perfume or scented fumes arising from 
an odoriferous substance, as frankincense, dur- 
ing combustion ; the odor of spices and gums 
burned as an act of worship in some religious 
systems. 
A thick cloud of incente went up. Ezek. viii. 11. 
As the incentc wafts its fragrance now throughout the 
material building. Rock, Church of our Fathers, 1. 209. 
A mist 
Of incente curl'd about her, and her face 
Wcllnigh was hidden in the minster gloom. 
Tennymn, Coming of Arthur. 
3. Any grateful odor, as of flowers ; agreeable 
perfume or fragrance. 
See Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring, 
With all the incemte of the breathing spring. 
Pope, Messiah, L 24. 
4. Figuratively, gratifying admiration or at- 
tention ; flattering regard and deference ; hom- 
age ; adulation. 
incension 
Die, unhallow'd thoughts, before you blot 
W ith jour uncleanness that which Is divine ; 
Offer pure iitcente to so pure a shrine. 
Shak., Lucrecc, L 104. 
Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride 
With inrennc kindled at the Muse s flame. 
Gray, Elegy. 
He courted the soft incente of flattery. 
Pracott, Ferd. and Isa., IL 25. 
incense 2 (in'sens or in-seus'), i'.j pret. and pp. 
incensed, ppr. incensing. [< ME. incensen, en- 
censen, encencen. < OF. encenser, F. encenser = 
Pr. encessar = 8p. Pg. incensar = It. incensare, 
< ML. incensare, perfume with incense, < LL. 
incensum, incense : see incense 2 , n. Hence also 
cense*, v. Cf. incense 1 , v.] I. traus. 1. Toper- 
fume with incense. 
Al the hous of the paclent schal be encenrid strongly 
. . . with frankencense, mlrre, and rosyn, terbentyn and 
rewe. Book of Quinte JSiaenu (ed. Furnimll), p. 24. 
The procession goes to the two other altars, and then 
again to the high altar, where the pilgrim is incensed, and 
coming down to the lower end of the church, he puts out 
bis candle, and the litany Is said. 
Pocacke, Description of the East, II. L 12. 
2. To offer incense to; worship; flatter extrava- 
gantly. 
She myghte in his presence 
Doon sacrifice and Jupiter encente. 
Chaucer, Second -Nun's Tale, 1. 413. 
He is dlpp'd In treason and overhead In mischief, and 
now must be bought off and incenned by his Sovereign. 
Gentleman liutructed, p. 212. 
H.t intrans. To burn or offer incense. 
After the custom of the presthod, he wente forth by 
lot and entrlde Into the temple to encencen; and al the 
multitude of the puple was without fourth and preyede 
In the hour of encencyng. WycHS, Luke L 9, 10. 
They nolde encente no sacrifice ryght nought. 
Chaucer, Second Nun's Tale, 1. 395. 
incense-boat (in'sens-bot), n. A vessel, fre- 
quently of a boat-like shape (that is, with a hol- 
low, rounded oblong body rising at the ends), 
used to hold incense for transfer to the censer 
or thurible. 
incense-breathing (in'sens-bre'THing), a. 
Breathing or exhaling incense or fragrance. 
The breezy call of incentc-breathing morn. 
Gray, Elegy. 
incense-burner (in'sens-ber'ner), . A stand, 
vase, etc., upon or in which to burn incense. 
Chinese and Japa- 
nese incense-burn- 
ers are familiar as 
ornaments, often 
being fantastic 
bronze figures of 
men or animals. 
incense-cedar 
(in ' sens - se '- 
dar), >i. The 
white or post ce- 
dar, Libocedms 
decurrens, a na- 
tive of the Pa- 
cific coast of the 
United States, 
from Oregon 
south, growing Japaneie InMnse . buracr . 
on the moun- 
tains. It is a large tree with light, soft, but 
durable wood. 
incense-cup (in'sens-kup), n. 1. An incense- 
burner, small and of simple form. 2. One of 
a class of small pottery vessels, such as are 
found in prehistoric graves. Their use is un- 
known. 
incensement (in-sens_'ment), . [< incense^ + 
-incut.] The act of incensing, or the state of 
being incensed; especially, heat of passion; 
fiery anger. 
His incennement at this moment Is so Implacable that 
satisfaction can be none but by pangs of death. 
Shak., T. N., ill. 4. 
incenser (in-sen'ser), n. One who or that which 
incenses, inflames, or excites. 
Seneca understanding, by the report of those that yet 
somewhat regarded virtue and honour, how these lewd 
incciuers did accuse him. Sorth, tr. of Plutarch, p. 1005. 
incense-tree (in'sens-tre),n. 1. A South Amer- 
ican tree of the genus Bursera (Idea). 2. In 
the West Indies, a tree of the genus Mosclioxy- 
lum (M. Swartzii). 
Also incense-wood. 
incensiont (in-sen'shon), n. [= OF. incension 
= It. incensione, < L. incensio(n-), < incendere, 
pp. iiicensws, set on flre: see incense 1 .] The 
act of kindling or setting on fire, or the state of 
being exposed to the action of fire. 
Sena loseth somewhat of its windiness by decocting ; 
and generally subtile or windy spirits are taken off by in- 
censiun or evaporation. Bacon, Nat Hist, $ 23. 
