intestine 
iiKiinmnls, In many of which, also, the crecum Is nf com- 
paratively rnormous extent. Thus, In liinl, in which 
there are commonly n pair of crcca. t lie site nf these organs 
marks the only distinction between the pier. Mini.' ami 
succeeding portions of the tube. In many lower verte- 
brates, as nahee.cieca may be very numerous, and situated 
near the pylorus. In all vertebrates the cavity of the in- 
testine is primitively continuous with that of the umbil- 
ical vesicle, and in those which have an allantoia with the 
cavity of that organ. In Its simplest jiossihlc fonn the 
intestine represents the Interior of a gustrula. ** cut 
under ijanlrula. 
The intestines appear to be affected with albuminoid 
disease next In frequency to the spleen, liver, kidneys, and 
lymphatic glands. Quoin, Med. Diet., p. 750. 
Clavate Intestine. See efamfei. Thick Intestine, 
in certain insects, a distention of the posterior end of the 
ileum. forming a large blind sac which la turned back 
toward the veiitriculus. It is thickened, and ridged on 
the inner surface. Its function appears to be to subject 
the food to a second digestion before It Is passed out of 
the body. 
intestinifprm (iu-tes'ti-ni-f6rm), a. [< L. '- 
testiiiuiii, intestine, + forma, shape.] Resem- 
bling an intestine in form. 
Stomach greatly elongated, intestiniform. 
Quoted In Eneyc. Brit., I. 415. 
intextt, n. [< L. intextwt, an interweaving, join- 
ing together/ intexere, interweave, weave into, 
< in, in, + texere, weave : see text, and cf. con- 
text.] The text of a book; the contents. 
I had a book which none 
Co'd reade the intact but my selfe alone. 
Harriet, To his Cloiet-Oods, 1. 6. 
intextine (in-teks'tin), n. [< L. intus, within, 
+ E. extine.'] In hot., a supplementary mem- 
brane which is sometimes present in the outer 
coat (extine) of pollen-grams, as in (Knothera, 
where the extine separates into a true extine 
and an intextine. 
intextured (in-teks'turd), a. [< L. intexere, 
pp. intextus, inweave,"? in, in, + texere, weave. 
Cf. texture.} Woven or worked in. Wright. 
in thesi (in the'si). [L.: in, in; thesi, abl. of 
thesis, thesis: see thesis.'] As a proposition; 
in the nature of a thesis. 
inthirstt (in-thersf), * [< '"- 1 + thirst.'] To 
affect with thirst; make thirsty. 
Using our pleasure as the traveller doth water, not as 
the drunkard does wine, whereby he Is Inflamed and in 
thirsted the more. Bp. Ilail, Christian Moderation, I. 8. 
inthrall, inthral, r. t. See enthrall. 
inthralment, inthrallment, . See enthral- 
ment. 
inthrone (in-thron'), v. t. See enthrone. 
inthrong (in-throng'), . . [< in 1 + throng."] 
To throng in. 
His people like a flowing stream inthrong. Fairfax. 
inthronizatet, [< ML. inthronizatus, pp. of 
inthronizare, enthrone: see enthronize.] En- 
throned. 
In the (east of all saintes, the archbishop was inthro- 
nizate at Cantorburie. 
HMnshed, Chron., II., V 6, coL 2. (Norn.) 
inthronization (in-thro-ni-za'shou), n. See en- 
Ilironization. 
inthronize (in-thro'nlz), v. t. See enthronize. 
inticet, inticementt, etc. Obsolete forms of 
entice, etc. 
intilt (in-til'), prep. [< ME. intil, intyl O8w. 
intil, in til, Sw. infill = Dan. indtil), a var. of un- 
til: see until. Cf. I'M to.] 1. Into; in. 
It was infill a pleasant time, 
Upon a simmer's day. 
The Earl of Mar" Daughter (Child's Ballads, I. 171). 
She's ta'en the keys iniill her hand, 
And threw them deep, deep In the sea. 
77,, Knight'i Ghost (Child's Ballads, I. 211). 
2. Unto. 
Although he sought oon intyl Inde. 
Born. o/ the Rose, I. 624. 
But age, with his stealing steps, 
Hath elaw'd me in his clutch, 
And hath shipped me intil the land, 
As if I had never been such. 
Shalt., Hamlet, T. 1, 81. 
intima(in'ti-ma),n.; pl.in<m(-me). [NL.,fem. 
of L. intimus, inmost: see intimate.'] In zool. 
and anal., an intimate (that is, an innermost or 
lining) membrane, coating, or other structure 
of some part or organ; Hpecifically, the inner- 
most coat of an artery or vein, consisting of the 
endothelial lining backed by connective and 
clastic tissue. The full term is tunica intima. 
\\ hen the larva undergoes ecdysis, the intima of a por- 
tion of the tracheal system is also cast off by means of some 
of these chords. Oeyenoaur, Coinp. Anat. (trans. >, p. 289. 
The coats which were found to have undergone morbid 
change were thet'nfwmz and the middle coat. 
Lancet, No. 3424, p. 749. 
intimacy (in'ti-ma-si), .; pi. intimacies (-siz). 
[< intima(te) + -<!/.] 1. The state of being 
intimate; close union or conjunction. 
199 
3159 
Explosions occur only . . . where the elements con- 
cerned are . . . distributed among one another molecu- 
larly, or, as in gunpowder, with minute intimacy. 
II. Spencer, 1'rin. of Psychol., | 35. 
2. Close familiarity or fellowship; intimate 
friendship. 
Rectory and Hall, 
Bound In an immemorial intimactf f 
Were open to each other. 
Tennyson, Aylmer's field. 
The peculiar art of alternate gushing intimacy and cool 
oblivlousness, so well known to London fashionable wo- 
men. Peep at Our Cousins, IT. 
= Byn. Familiarity, etc. See acquaintance. 
intimadot, [Appar. < Sp. Pg. intimado (pp.) 
= E. intimate (a. and .); but no such use of 
Sp. Pg. appears.] An intimate friend ; a con- 
fidant. 
Did not I say he was the Earl's Intimadot 
Roger North, Examen, p. 23. 
intimae, . Plural of intima. 
intimate (in'ti-mat), v. t.: pret. and pp. inti- 
mated, ppr. intimating. [< L. intimatus, pp. of 
intimare (> It. intimare = Sp. Pg. Pr. intimar = 
F. intimer), put or bring into, press into, an- 
nounce, publish, make known, intimate, < inli- 
mus (> ult. E. intime), inmost, innermost, most 
intimate, superl. (cf. interior, compar. ) of intus, 
within, < in, in: see interior.'] 1. To make 
known, especially in a formal manner; an- 
nounce. 
The coniuratoures . . . Imagined wyth themselfes that 
their enterpryse was intimate and published to the kyng. 
Ho,Hen. IV., an. 1. 
At lost he found the most gracious Prince Sigismundus, 
with his Colonell at Lipswlck In Misenland, who gave him 
his Passe, intimating the service he had done. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, I. 43. 
Each Highland family has a domestic spirit called ban- 
shee, who intimatet approaching disaster by shrieks and 
waitings. Chambers's Journal, No. 748. 
2. Specifically, to make known by indirect 
means or words; hint or suggest; indicate; 
point out. 
This fable intimatet an extraordinary and almost singu- 
lar thing. Bacon, Moral Fables, vil., Expl. 
We intimated our minds to them by signs, beckoning 
with our hand. Rob. Knnx (Arber's Eng. Garner, 1. 421). 
He did not receive us very politely, but said he wonder *d 
for what end the Franks went up to the Cataracts, and ask'd 
if I had a watch to sell : which is a way they have of inti- 
matiny that they want such a present. 
Pococke, Description of the East, 1. 83. 
= Syn. 2. Suggest, Insinuate, etc. See Unfl, v. (. 
intimate (m'ti-mat), a. and n. [< L. intima- 
tus, pp., made known, intimate: see the verb.] 
1. a. 1 . Inner ; inmost ; intrinsic ; pertaining to 
minute details or particulars: as, the intimate 
structure of an organism; the intimate princi- 
ples of a science. 
Enough beauty of climate hangs over these Roman cot- 
tages and farm-houses, . . . but their charm for seekers 
of the picturesque is the way in which the lustrous air 
seems to illuminate their intimate desolation. 
II. Jaw*'*, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 148. 
2. Pertaining to the inmost mind; existing in 
one's inner thoughts or feelings; inward: as, 
intimate convictions or beliefs; intimate know- 
ledge of a subject. 
They knew not 
That what I motion 'd was of Ood ; I knew 
From intimate impulse. Milton, S. A. , 1. 223. 
His characteristics were prudence, coolness, steadiness 
of purpose, and inlimnlf knowledge of men. 
Prescott, Kerd. and Isa., ii. 24. 
3. Closely approximating or coalescing; near; 
familiar: as, intimate relation of parts; inti- 
mate union of particles; intimate intercourse. 
When the multitude were thundered away from any 
approach, he [Moses] was honoured with an intimate and 
immediate admission. South, Sermons. 
I crown thee [Winter] king of intimate delights, 
Fire side enjoyments, homeborn happiness. 
Coirper, Task, Iv. 139. 
4. Close in friendship or acquaintance; on 
very familiar terms ; not reserved or distant. 
I sent for three of my friends. We are so ultimate that 
we can be company in whatever state of mind we meet, 
and can entertain each other without expecting always to 
rejoice. Stetle, Taller, No. 181. 
Barbara . . . took Winifred's waist in the turn of her 
arm as Is the way of young women, especially of such 
as are intimate enemies. 
J. W. Palmer, After his Kind, p. 282. 
5. Familiarly associated; personal. 
These diminutive, intimate things bring one near to the 
old Roman me. ... A little glass cup that Roman lips 
have touched says more to us than the great vessel of an 
arena. //. Jama, Jr., Little Tour, p. 214. 
II. n. A familiar friend, companion, or guest; 
one who has close social relations with another 
or others. 
Poor Mr. Murphy was an intimate of my first husband's. 
Mrt. Thrak-Piozzi, Aug. :>, 1-10. 
intinction 
Thackeray was one of the intimates at fJore House. 
IF. Il,-*,int, 1 If ly Years Ago, p. 204. 
I testify that our lord and our Prophet and our friend 
Mohham'mad In his servant, and his apostle, and his elect, 
and his intimate, the guide of the way, and the lamp of 
the dark. 
Quoted in K. W. Lane'i Modern Egyptians, I. 101. 
intimatedt (in'ti-ma-ted), a. Made intimate 
or friendly ; intimate. 
A goodly view of majesty it was 
To see such intimatftf league betwixt them. 
O, what a gladsome sight of joy It Is 
When monarchs so are llnk'u in amity ! 
Ford, Honour Triumphant, Monarchs' Meeting. 
intimately (in'ti-mat-li), adv. In an intimate 
manner; inwardly ;' closely ; familiarly: as, to 
know anything intimately ; two fluids intimately 
mixed; two writers intimately associated. 
intimation (in-ti-ma'shpn), n. [= F. intima- 
tion = Pr. intimation = bp. intimacion = Pg. in- 
tima^So = It. intimazione, < L. intimatio(n-), an 
announcement, < intimare, announce : see inti- 
mate.'] 1. The act of intimating or announ- 
cing. 2. An announcement; a formal decla- 
ration or notification: as, an intimation from 
the Foreign Office. 
The intimation* and surveys necessary for obtaining 
drawbacks, debentures, or bounties, according to the Ex- 
cise laws. Ure, Diet, I. 576. 
3. Information indirectly or covertly impart- 
ed; a suggestion or hint; an implied meaning: 
as, an intimation that one's presence is not de- 
sired; intimation of danger. 
Besides the more solid parts of learning, there are sev- 
eral little intimations to be met with on medals, that are 
very pleasant to such as are conversant In this kind of 
study. Addition, Ancient Medals, i. 
If they [the Sodducees] had rejected the prophets, he 
[Josephus] would have charged them with It expressly, 
and not have left us to collect it from oblique hints and 
dork intimation*. J&rtin, Remarks on Eccles. Hist., App. 
Let us compare with the exact details of Dante the dim 
inKmaKata of Milton. Macaulay, Milton. 
=8yn. 3. Suggestion, Intimation, etc. See Aintl, r. t, 
intimet, . [< F. iittime = So. intimo = Pg. It. 
intimo, < L. intimus, inmost, intimate : see in- 
timate, v. and .] Intimate; inward; close. 
The composition or dissolution of mixed bodies . . . is 
the chief work of elements, and requires an intime appli- 
cation of the agents. Sir K. Dtgby, On Bodies, v. i 6. 
intimidate (in-tim'i-dat), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
intimidated, ppr. intimidating. [< ML. tnfimt- 
datus, pp. of intimidarc (> Sp. Pg. intimidar = 
F. intimider), make afraid, < L. in, in, + timi- 
du&, afraid, timid: see timid.'] To make timid 
or fearful; make afraid; inspire with fear; de- 
ter by threats. See intimidation, 2. 
When a government Is firm, and factions are weak, the 
making some public examples may intimidate a faction 
otherwise disheartened. 
Bp. Burnet, Hist. Reformation, an. 1553. 
One day a single man on horseback came and told me 
that there was a large cavern under the temple, where 
often a great number of rogues lay hid, and bid me take 
care, seeming to design to intimidate me. 
Poeoete, Description of the East, I. 91. 
= Syn. To abash, frighten, scare, daunt, cow. 
intimidation (in-tim-i-da'shon), n. [= F. in- 
timidation = Sp. intimidacion = Pg. intimidayffo, 
< ML. as if 'intimidatio(n-'), < intimidare, in- 
timidate: see intimidate.'] 1. The act of intim- 
idating or making fearful, or the state of being 
intimidated ; fear excited by threats or hostile 
acts. 
Before the accession of James the First, or, at least, dur- 
ing the reigns of his three Immediate predecessors, the 
government of England was a government by force : that 
is, the king carried his measures in parliament by intimi- 
dation. Paley, Moral Phllos., vi. 7. 
One party is acted on by bribery, the other by inMmt- 
Jatiini. The Times (London), Oct. S, 1866. 
2. In law, the wrongful use of violence or a 
threat of violence, direct or indirect, against 
any person with a view to compel him to do 
or to abstain from doing some act which he 
has a legal right to do or to abstain from doing. 
intimidatory (in-tim'i-da-to-ri), a. [< intimi- 
date + -ory.] Producing or intended to pro- 
duce intimidation. 
intinction (in-tingk'shon). n. [< LL. intinc- 
tio(n-), a dipping in, a baptizing. < L. intin- 
gere, intinguere, pp. intinettttt, dip in, LL. bap- 
tize, < L. in, in, + tingere, pp. tinctus, tinge, dye : 
see tinge.'] If. The act of dyeing. Blouiit. 
2. In the Greek and other Oriental churches, 
the act of steeping parts of the hosts or con- 
secrated oblates in the chalice, in order thus 
to communicate the people with both species 
(of bread and of wine). For this purpose the 
cochlear or eucharistic spoon is used, except by the 
Armenians. In the Western Church intinctimi is men- 
tioned in the seventh las a method of communion for the 
sick already in the llfth) century, and was a general prac- 
