Innocence 
It wu . . . |tho kinff'H] interest to sacrifice Hacon mi 
the supi>oitioM of lii- guilt; but not on the supposition "t 
liis iii/iiH-ritce. Mni-anlny, Lord Hacon. 
4. Freedom from legal taint; absence of illi- 
gality: said of tilings, particularly of property 
that might be contraband of war: as, the inno- 
cence of u cargo or of merchandise. 5. Simple- 
mindedness; mental imbecility; want of know- 
ledge or of sense ; ignorauce or idiocy. 
He was torn to nieces with n bear : this avouches the 
shepherd s Bull : who has Dot only his innocence (which 
aeeiuB much) to justify him, but a handkerchief, and rings, 
of bin, that Paulina knows. Shak., W. 1'., v. 2. 
6. The bluet, Uouxtunia cterulea. SeeHoustonia. 
innocency (in'o-sen-si), .; pi. innocencies(-siz). 
The state or quality of being innocent ; inno- 
cence; an iunocent trait or act. 
If euer the nature of man he ginen at any tyme more 
than other to receiue goodnes, It Is In innncencit of yong 
yeares. Axchain, The Scholemaster, p. 45. 
Kuthless stare turned in upon one's little innocent* of 
heart. T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, XY|. 
innocent (in'6-sent), a. and n. [< ME. iimocent, 
iniiosent, < OF. (also P.) innocent = Pr. inno- 
cent, ifliiocen = Sp. inocente = Pg. innoccnte = 
It. innocente, < L. innoccn(t-)s, harmless, blame- 
less, upright, disinterested, < ia- priv. + ?i- 
cen(t-)s, ppv. of tiocere, harm, hurt: see nocent.] 
1. a. 1 . Free from any quality that can cause 
physical or moral injury; harmless in effect ; 
innoxious. 
Down dropp'd the bow ; the shaft with brazen head 
Fell innocent, and on the dust lay dead. 
Pope, Iliad, xv. 547. 
I hope scarcely any man has known me but for his bene- 
fit, or cursorily but to his innocent entertainment. 
Johnson, To Mrs. Thrale, July 9, 1783. 
2. Free from any moral wrong; not tainted 
with sin; upright; pure: as, innocent children ; 
an innocent action. 
The aidless innocent Lady, his wish'd prey. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 574. 
3. Free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless : 
as, to be innocent of crime. 
Of all this werk the kyng was innocent. 
And of ther falsed no thing perseyuyd, 
The more pite he shnld be so disseyued. 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.X L 967. 
I am innocent of the blood of this just person ; see ye 
to it. Mat. xxrii. 24. 
4. Free from illegality: as, innocent goods car- 
ried to a belligerent. 5. Artless; naive. 
Shall I tell you your real character? . . . Yon are an 
innocent fox ! C. Reade, Love me Little, xiv. 
Chaucer indeed made a very innocent use of the words 
tragedy and comedy when he applied them simply to 
poems ending happily or unhappily. 
A. W. Ward, Eng. Dram. Lit., I. 7. 
6. Simple ; wanting knowledge or sense ; im- 
becile; idiotic. 
I can find out no rhyme to "lady" but "baby," an inno- 
een( rhyme. Shalt., Much Ado, v. 2. 
That same he is an innocent fool. 
Diet o' the Vow (Child's Ballads, VL 69). 
7. Small, modest, and pretty : applied to chil- 
dren and flowers. [Colloq.] Innocent convey- 
ance. See cunueyonce. =Syn. Guiltless, spotless, Im- 
maculate, sinless, unblamable, blameless, faultless, clean, 
clear. 
II. n. 1. An innocent person, especially a 
little child, as free from actual sin. 
Also In thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the 
poor innocent*. Jer. U. 84. 
Oh, wicked men ! 
An innocent may walk safe among beasts ; 
Nothing assault* me here. 
Beau, and Ft., Pbllaster, Iv. 2. 
2. An artless or simple person ; a natural ; a 
simpleton ; an idiot. 
The shrieve's fool, ... a dumb innocent, that could not 
say him nay. Shak., All's Well, iv. 3. 
Then she hits me a blow o' the ear, and calls me Inno- 
cent .' B. Jotuon, Epicoene, 1. 1. 
3. Same as innocence, 6. [U. S.] 
Killing his hat with wild violets, sorrel, and the frail, 
azure Innncentt. 
Marion Harland, The Hidden Path, p. 410. 
Innocents' day, a church festival celebrated in the Ro- 
man Catholic and Anglican churches on the 28th of De- 
cember, in commemoration of the Innocents murdered 
by Herod. Also called Holy Innneent* and Childfrii\n>. 
Massacre or slaughter of the innocents, the mur- 
der of the children of liethlehem by llerod, as recorded 
in Mat. ii. 10. 
innocently (in'o-sent-li), adv. In an innocent 
manner; harmlessly; guilelessly. 
Innocua (i-uok'u-ij), . X [NL., neut. pi. of L. 
ilium-nun, innocuous: see innocuous.] The in- 
nocuous serpents ; the colubriform or non-ven- 
omous serpents; in some systems, one of three 
subordri-s of Ojihidia (the other two being Sus- 
pectu and t'enenosa). The Innocua have no polson- 
flings or venom-glands; they have solid hooked teeth In 
lioth I-M-*, tin- body scaled, and the head plated. The 
term is . cinivah-nt to Cnlubrina or Coliibrtformia, and 
most snakes belong to this group of ophidians. 
innqcuity (i-no-ku'i-ti), n. [= F. innocvite", < L. 
as if *i><Hocitita(t-)s, < innoemis, harmless: see 
taMMMC.] The quality of being innocuous; 
harmlessness. [Rare.] 
innocuous (i-nok'u-us), a. [= Sp. It. innocuo, 
< L. iniiiH-iiii.i, harmless, < '- priv. + nocttux, 
harmful, < nocere, hurt: see noeent.] 1. Harm- 
less; producing no ill effect; incapable of barm 
or mischief. 
A generous lion will not hurt a beast that lies prostrate, 
nor an elephant an innocuctu creature. 
Burton, Anat. of MeL, p. 348. 
The doves and squirrels would partake 
From his innocuotw hand his bloodless food. 
Shelley, Alastor. 
Under the guidance of a forester armed with an ii>noc- 
i""' gun. Lathnip, Spanish VIsUs, p. 117. 
Specifically 2. In herpet., not venomous, 
innocuously (i - nok ' u - us - li ), adr. In an in- 
nocuous manner; harmlessly; without injuri- 
ous effects. 
Where the salt sea innocuouf/i/ breaks. 
Wordiworth, Excursion, III. 
innocuousness (i-nok'u-us-nes), n. The state 
or quality of being innocuous ; harmlessness. 
Their I Dominicans') i nnocuoune In Ireland is surpris- 
ing, because one can trace in them ancestral traits of 
paganism which might have held on In Ireland as many 
others did. The Century, XXXVIII. 117. 
innodatet (in'6-dat), r. t. [< L. innodatus, pp. 
of innodare (> Pg. innodar), fasten with a knot, 
(. in, in, + nodare, < nodus = E. knot : see node.] 
To bind up in or as if in a knot ; knot up. 
Those which shall do the contrary we do fnnodafe with 
the like sentence of anathema. 
Fuller, Church Hist., IX. ii. M. 
innominable (i-nom'i-na-bl), a. and n. [< ME. 
innominable, < OF. innoniinable = It. innomina- 
bile, < LL. innominabilis, that cannot bo named, 
< L. in- priv. + "nominabitis, that can be named, 
< nominare, name: see nominate.] I.t a. Not 
to be named ; unnamable. 
And then namely of foule thyngs mnominaMe. 
Textamenf of Love, 1. 
II. n.nl. "Inexpressibles"; trousers. [Hu- 
morous.] 
The lower part of his dress represented innotninaolrt 
and hose in one. Southey, The Doctor, p. 688. 
innominata 1 (i-nom-i-na'ta), n.; pi. innomi- 
nate (-te). [NL., fern. sing, of LL. innotni- 
natus, nameless: see innominate.] In mini.: 
(a) The innominate or brachiocephalic artery; 
the anonyma : one of the great arteries arising 
from the arch of the aorta. In man there is but 
one Innominata, the right, arising from the beginning of 
the transverse part of the arch of the aorta, ascending ob- 
liquely to the right for an Inch and a half or two inches, 
and dividing opposite the sternoclaviculor articulation 
into the right subclavian and right common carotid ar- 
tery. It rests upon the trachea behind, has the left com- 
mon carotid to Its left and the right lung and pleura to 
its right, and is covered in front by the manubrium ster- 
ni. the right sternoclavicular articulation, the origins of 
the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles, the remains 
of the thymus gland, the left brachiocephalic vein, the 
right Inferior thyroid vein, and the right inferior cervi- 
cal cardiac branch of the pneumogastrlc nerve. See cut 
under lung, (&) An innominate or brachiocepha- 
lic vein ; a vein which joins another to form a 
precava OP superior caval vein. In man there are 
two innominate, right and left, each formed primarily by 
the union of the internal jugular with the subclavian vein, 
and usually receiving other veins, as vertebral, thyroid, 
thymic, mammary, pericardiac, and intercostal, especially 
on the left side. The right and the left vein differ much 
in length and direction : the former is nearly vertical, ly- 
ing alongside the innominate artery, and about an inch 
and a half long : the latter crosses the root of the neck 
nearly horizontally, passing in front of the origins of the 
three great branches of the aortic arch, and is about three 
Inches long. See cut under lung. 
innominata' 2 , . Plural of innominatum^. 
innominate (i-nom'i-nat). a. [= F. itmominr 
= Sp. Pg. innominado = It. innoniintito, < LL. 
innoniinntus, unnamed, nameless, < L. '- priv. 
+ nominatta, named: see nominate.] Hav- 
ing no name; anonymous: in anat., specifi- 
cally noting an artery, a vein, and a bone. See 
iMMomiMflfal, innominatvm Innominate artery. 
Same as innorninotai (a). Innominate bone. Sameos 
iiinominatutn. innominate contract, cause of ac- 
tion, light. In lt"i'i. lair, an innominate contract was an 
unclassified contract. Some transactions more complex 
than the ordinary classes of contracts were thus termed, 
such as exchange, compromise, etc. In modern usage 
the term inimininute caiute of action, contract, or right is 
sometimes used to designate one which has not some recog- 
nized short name like band or deed, foreclomre or parti- 
t<"it, hut requires description, such as a contract for sup- 
port during life, or an action to determine conflicting 
claims to real property. Innominate vein. Same as 
inmmtinatal (6), 
Innovation 
innominatum (i-nom-i-na'tum), .; pi. innomi- 
nata Hji). [NL., neut. of LL. hinuiiiniatvx, 
nameless: see innominate. The bone was prob. 
HO called as being left nameless after the con- 
crescence of the three named bones of which 
it is composed.] 1. In anat., the innominate 
bone, more expressly called ox inmnirinatwn ; 
the haunch-bone, flank-bone, hip-bone, or os 
coxa 1 . It Is fanned of three confluent bones, the ilium. 
Ischium, and publs ; it forms, with Its fellow of the oppo- 
site side and with the sacrum and coccyx, the bony basin 
called the pelvis ; and it furnishes the socket for the femur 
or thigh-bone, thus making the hip-joint. The two In- 
nominata form the hip-girdle or pelvic arch. In man each 
Innominatum is articulated behind with the sacnim by the 
sacro Iliai' synchondrosls, and joined In front with its fel- 
low by the pubic symphysis. The iliac port is flattened 
and expansive; the ischiac and pubic ports are narrower, 
and by their rami meet again to circumscribe the obturator 
Outer i A) and Inner (B) Surface of Right Human Innominate Bone. 
a, acetabulum ; at. anterior inferior spinous process of ilium ; at. 
anterior superior spinous process of ilium ; an, auricular surface for 
articulation with sacrum ; c, crest of ilium ; i, ischium ; it, iliac fosM : 
if. iliopectineal eminence ; ft, cotvloid notch ; o, obturator foramen : 
f, horizontal r.inms of pubis ; ft, posterior inferior spinous process 
of ilium ; fs , posterior superior spinous process of ilium ; t, spine of 
ischium : /, tutierosity of ischiuui ; sy, symphysis pultis. Between j 
and /is the lesser sciatic notch ; between t an<f ft is the greater 
sciatic notch. 
foramen. The three parts of the compound bone come 
together at the acetabulum or cotylold cavity. The main 
axis of the bone is in the direction of the iliopectineal line, 
which forms the brim of the true pelvis. The right and 
left Innominate bones are together called oxwi innominata. 
See also cut under pelcis. 
2. Something whose use and name are un- 
known: a term used frequently in schedules and 
the like with respect to objects of antiquity. 
in nomine (in nom'i-ne). [L.: ', in; nomine, 
abl. of nonien, name: see nonien.] 1. In the 
name (of a person mentioned). 2. In medieral 
music : (a) A certain kind of motet or antiphon : 
probably so called because once written for a 
text containing the words "in nomine." (ft) 
Noting a fugue in which the answer does not ex- 
actly correspond to the subject ; a free or ' ' nom- 
inal" fugue. 
innovate (in'o-vat). r.; pret. and pp. innovated, 
ppr. innorating. [< L. innotatus, pp. of inno- 
earc (> It. innorare = Sp. Pg. Pr. innorar = F. 
innover), renew, < I'M, in, + norare, make new, 
< novtts = E. new : see norel. Cf. ennetc.] I.t 
/ri?n. 1. To change or niter by bringing in 
something new. 
It Is objected that to abrogate or innorxite the Gospel 
of Christ, If men or angels should attempt it, were most 
heinous and cursed sacrilege. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, ill. 10. 
\\ h'-T-rin Moses had innoitatrd nothing, an some will 
bane him. neither In the letters, nor in the Language, but 
vsed them as they were long before his time. 
I'urchas, Pilgrimage, p. 48. 
2. To bring in as new ; introduce or perform 
by way of innovation. 
So that if any other do iniiouat* and hrynge vp a woorde 
to me afore not vsed or not hearde, I would not disprayse 
it. J. Udall, On Luke, Pref. 
Every moment alters what is done. 
And innovate* some act till then unknown. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., xv. 277. 
EC. intrans. To bring in something new; 
make changes in anything established: with 
<>n and sometimes in before an object. 
It were good . . . that men In their innovations would 
follow the example of time itself, which indeed innnmtfth 
greatly, but quietly. Bacon, Innovations (ed. 1867). 
Though he [Horace] innoratnl little, he may Justly be 
called a great refiner of the Roman tongue. 
Dryden, Def. of F.pil. to Coni|. of Granada, li. 
The Bill, however, does indirectly innorat* upon the 
British practice. Fortnightly Ben. , N. S., XXXIX. 70*. 
innovation (in-o-va'shon), n. [= F. iHiiorn- 
tion = Pr. ennoracio = Sp. innovation = Pg. 
innova^So = It. iiinora^one, < LL. i>mnratio(n-), 
< innorare, renew: see innoratf.] 1. The act 
of innovating; the introduction of new things 
or methods. 
.Some of them desirous of innonnfion In the state, oth- 
ers aspiring to greater fortunes by her libertie and life. 
PutfenAaiN. Artc of Eng. Poesle, p. 207. 
Innovation is not necessarily improvement. 
Story. Misc. Writings, p. S59i 
