ischiopubic 
2. Containing or consisting of both ischium and 
pubis; being *pnbo-isi-hium: us.tlio i.*i-liinii/>ii- 
bone of reptiles. 
ischiorectal (is"ki-f>-rek'tal), a. [< ixrliimn + 
rectum + -nl. ] Connecting, situated between, 
or otherwise pertaining to the isehium and 
the rectum Ischiorectal fascia, fossa, etc. See the 
D'llltlS. 
ischiorrhogic (is'ki-o-ro'jik), a. and H. [< Gr. 
urrtoppuyaaf, limping, lit. with broken hips, < io- 
X''', hip-joint, hip, + />u (/xj; -), a break, broken 
bit, tpnyviivai,pert. eppoya, break.] I. a. Inane. 
pros., noting a variety of iambic trimeter which 
has not only a spondee or trochee for an iambus 
in the sixth or last place, as in the choliamb. Imt 
a spondee in the fifth place also (~ w | w 
_ w - | i for a w | ~ ~ | o 
^ ). The word ischiorrhogic, literally 'broken at the 
hip-joint,' was meant to describe the meter as ' lame ' (see 
cAoliam/)or unrhythmical at a point short of the extrem- 
ity or last foot This meter was employed, like the cho- 
liamb, In scoptlc poetry. The word has been used In a 
transferred sense by Hermann and other modern writers 
to describe any Iambic verse with spondees in the Inad- 
missible (even) places, especially a trlpody in the form 
II. n. A verse or line having this peculiarity. 
ischiosacral (is'ki-d-sa'kral), a. [< isehium + 
mirnint + -al.] Connecting or pertaining to 
the i sr h i 1 1 in and the sacrum ; sacrosciatic ; sa- 
cro-ischiac : as, an ischiosacral ligament. 
ischiotibial (is*ki-6-tib'i-al), . [< isehium + 
tibia + -/.] Of or pertaining to the isehium 
aud the tibia, or connecting these bones, as the 
semitendinosus and semimembranosus muscles 
of man. 
ischio vertebral (is'ki-o-ver'te-bral), a. [< is- 
ehium + vertebra + -a/.] Pertaining both to 
the ischium and to the spinal column. 
The ureter [of the porpoise] lies between the ischio-vcr- 
ii bfni fascia and the peritonaeum. 
Huxley, Anat Vert, p. 340. 
isehium (is'ki-um), .; pi. ischia (-S). [NL., 
also ischion, < Gr. lax'ov, the hip-joint, hip, the 
hips, perhaps < itrji'f, strength, force.] 1. In 
mint., the posterior part of the pelvic arch in 
vertebrates, the lowermost of the three parts 
f onning the os innominatum. It Is the posterior one 
of two divisions of the distal part of the primitive carti- 
laginous rod, subsequently expanded and variously modi- 
tted in shape, and normally ankylosed at the acetabulum 
with both ilium and pubis to form the os Innominatum, with 
or without additional union with the other pelvic hours. It 
is sometimes united witti its fellow of the opposite side, 
or with vertebrae. In man it forms the lowermost part of 
the haunch-bone, on which the body rests in a sitting posi- 
tion. See cuts under Dromceus, innominatum, and Ich- 
thyosaitria. 
2. In Crustacea, the third joint of the normally 
7-jointed leg; the ischiopodite. Kamus of the 
ischlum, a branch of the isehium which unites with the 
ramus of the pubis to bound the obturator foramen. Tu- 
ber ischll, the tnberosityof the isehium, upon which the 
body rests in sitting. See cut under innominatum. 
Ischnosoma (isk-no-so'ma), . [NL., < Gr. iax- 
v6f, thin, slender, +' au/ia, body.] 1. A genus of 
fishes: same as Osteoglossum. Spix, 1829. 2. 
A large and wide-spread genus of staphylinids 
or rove-beetles : synonymous with Mycetoporus. 
Stephens, 1832. 3. A genus of crustaceans. 
Sars, 1866. 
ischuretic (is-ku-ret'ik), a. and n. [< ischury + 
-ctic.] I. a. Saving the property of relieving 
isclmria. 
n. n. A medicine adapted to relieve ischu- 
ria. 
ischuria (is-ku'ri-a), n. [= F. ischurie = Sp. is- 
rnriti = Pg. ischuria = It. iscuria, < LL. i.7i- 
rin, < Gr. iaxovpia, retention of urine, < taxovpciv, 
suffer from retention of urine, < laxf'v, hold, + 
ni'pov, urine.] In pathol., a stoppage of urine, 
whether due to retention or to suppression. 
ischury (is'ku-ri), . Same as ischuria. 
iset, . An obsolete form of ice. 
I'se(iz). 1. A vulgar colloquialism in Scotland 
and the northern part of England for f shall. 2. 
A vulgar contraction for I is, as used for / fin/, 
by negroes and others in the southern United 
States. 
-ise 1 . [Early mod. E. also -ize; < ME. -ise, < OF. 
-ise, ult. < L. -itia : see -ice.] A termination of 
French origin, as in merchandise: also spelled 
-ice, as in cowardice, and formerly -ise, as in /<_-- 
ii>-tli.:<; etc. 
-ise-. [Also sometimes -ise; < ME. -isett, rare 
form of -issen, -isheu, etc.: see -ish 2 .] A ter- 
mination of some verbs of French origin, equiv- 
alent to aud of the same origin as -ish*, as in 
mlfi'rtini; dirrrtise. fratu'liiw. fn franchise, etc. 
It merges with -ise$, equivalent to -ize. 
-ise ;i . A termination of verbs, more usually 
spelled -tec (which se> I, 
3193 
isenergic (i-se-ner'jik), (i. [< dr. inos. equal, + 
E. rnfnjir. ] In jilii/irics, denoting equal energy : 
us, im-iu-r<iic lines. 
isentropic (i-sen-trop'ik), a. and n. [< Gr. ioof, 
equal, + ivrpovi/, a turning about, < evrp(rmv, 
tuni about, < ev, in, + r/icxetv, turn: see trope.] 
I. a. In /ilii/sics, of equal entropy Isentropic 
lines, lines of equal entropy. They denote the successive 
states of a body in which the entropy remains constant. 
II. . An isentropic line : usually in the plu- 
ral, isentropics. 
isepipteses (I-sep-ip-te'sez), H. i>l. [NL., < Gr. 
lour, equal, + tjn, upon, to, + xTi/oic, a flight, < 
vhtaQat, fly.] Lines on a chart or diagram 
connecting the different points simultaneously 
reached by birds of a given species in their mi- 
grations. 
isepiptesial (I-sep-ip-te'si-al), a. [< isepipteses 
+ -//.] Of or pertaining to isepipteses. 
iserin, iserine (e'zer-in), . [== Sp. iserina; as 
Iser(iciese) (see def.) + -in 2 , -iiie 2 .] A variety 
of t itanic iron occurring in rounded grains in the 
diluvium of Iserwiese, a locality of Bohemia. 
Isertia (I-ser'ti-S). >i. [NL. (J. C. D. von Schre- 
ber, 1774), named after P. E. Isert, a German 
surgeon. ] A genus of Central and South Ameri- 
can shrubs or trees, of the natural order Kubia- 
cea;, tribe Mttss&ndect, type of the old tribe Iser- 
tiea:, having flowers with long tubular corollas, 
the limb divided into 5 or 6 woolly segments, 
large opposite and usually coriaceous leaves, 
and 2 large stipules. The floy.3rs are very 
showy, being scarlet or sometimes white or 
yellow. 
Isertiese (i-ser-ti'f-e), n. pi. [NL. (A. P. de 
Candolle, 1830), < Isertia + -.] A former 
tribe of plants of the natural order Riibiacete, 
typified by the genus Isertia, which is now in- 
cluded in the tribe Muttsanidcw. Also Isertidai 
(Lindley) and Isertia; (Richard). 
isht (ish), f. i. [< ME. ischen, isshen, issen, icen, 
< OF. issir, eissir,< L. exire, go out : see exit and 
issue.] To go out; issue. 
The shippes were a-rived, and the knyghtes isseden owte, 
and alle the other peple. Merlin (E. E. T. &), i. 42. 
ish (ish), H. [<>./(, r. Of. imiHe, H.] Issue; liber- 
ty and opportunity of going out ish and en- 
try. In Scats law, the clause "with free Ish and entry," in 
a charter, Imports a right to all ways and passages, In so 
far as they may be necessary to kirk and market, through 
the adjacent grounds of the grantor, who is by the clause 
laid under that burden. 
-ish 1 (ish). [< ME. -tsft, -issh, -isch, < AS. -ise 
= OS. -M = OFries. -isk = D. -sch = LG. -isch = 
OHG. -ise, MHG. G. -isch = Icel. -Ar = Sw. -sk, 
-ink = Dan. -sfc (also Rom.,< HG. or LG. : It. Sp. 
Pg. -esco = F. -estjue, also in part -ais, -ois, OF. 
-ats, -eis, -ois, see -esque, -ese), a common forma- 
tive of adjectives (which are sometimes in AS. 
also used as nouns) from nouns, signifying 'of 
the nature of,' as in mennisc, of the nature of 
man, human (see mannish, mensk),folcisc, popu- 
lar (<folc, folk), etc., or 'of the nativity or coun- 
try of,' being the reg. formative of patrial ad- 
jectives, as in Englisc, of the Angles (< Etigle, 
Jingle, Angles: see English), Frencisc, French, 
Scyttisc, Scottish, Grecisc, Greekish, etc.] A 
termination of Anglo-Saxon origin, used as a 
regular formative of adjectives, (a) Of adjectives 
from common nouns, signifying ' of the nature of,' ' being 
like' the object denoted by the noun, as animals, as In 
apteh, bearish, cattish, doggish, eelish, hnyyixh, mulish, ovA- 
wA, piggish, malciih, brutish, etc. ; or persons or supposed 
beings, as babyish, boyish, childish, girlish. dtrHish, dun- 
cifh, foolish, foppish, ghoulish, impish, roguish, etc.; or 
places, as hellish; or acts or qualities, as snappish, etc. 
In most of these words it has acquired by association with 
the noun a more or less depreciative or contemptuous 
force ; and so in some other words, as mannish, womanish, 
in which the noun has no depreciative sense. (6) Of adjec- 
tives from proper nouns of country or people, being the 
regular formative of patrial adjectives, as In English, 
Saittish, Irish, Spanish, Netherlandish, Romish, Siceainh, 
Danish, Greekish, etc., the sumx in some adjectives of older 
date being contracted to -A or(especially when ( precedes) 
to -ch, as In Welsh (formerly also Welch), Scotch, Dutch, 
French, etc. Some recently formed adjectives of this type, 
used colloquially or made up on occasion, have often a de- 
preciative or diminutive implication (as in (c)X as in yew- 
Yorlnth, Bostonish, Londonish, etc. (c) Of adjectives from 
adjectives, with a diminutive force, expressed by 'rather,' 
'somewhat,' as tilnclrix/i, bluish, coldith, coolish, hattith, 
palish,rcddixh,talli$h, whitish, yellowish, etc., rather black, 
somewhat black, blue, cold, etc. ; also colloquially In oc- 
casional adjectives from nouns, as fallish, Xovemberish, 
etc., somewhat like fall, November, etc. 
-ish' 2 . [< ME. -ishen, -ischen, -issen, < OF. -iss-, 
-is-, a term, of the stem of some parts (ppr., 
etc.) of certain verbs, < L. -escere, -iscere, a 
term, of inceptive verbs, the formative -esc-, 
-we- (-sc-, Gr. -OTC-) being ult. cognate with E. 
- / .-/; l . See -esce, -cscen t, etc . ] A termination of 
some English verbs of French origin, or formed 
on the type of such verbs, having no assignable 
isinglass 
force, but being merely terminal n-lic. it oc- 
curs in abolish, astonish, banish, demolish, diminish, estab- 
IM, finish, minish, punish, ttabtish, etc. In some verbs It 
appears In another form ise, as In advertise. Hec -uet. 
Ishmaelite (ish 'ma-el-it), . [< Ixhiiiael + 
-it/-.'] 1. A descendant of Ishmael, Abraham's 
son, who, as is related in Genesis (xxi. 14), was 
driven into the wilderness with his mother, 
Hagar. His twelve sons were "princes" or 
heads of tribes. The Arabs regard him as their 
ancestor. 
They had golden earrings, because they were fihmaelites. 
Judges viii. 24. 
2. One resembling Ishmael, whose hand was 
"against every man, and every man's hand 
against him" (Gen. xvi. 12); one at war with 
society. 
Jos's tents and pilau were pleasant to this little Ish- 
iiiiifliii: Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Ixrll. 
Ishmaelitishus!i'nia-e!-i-tish),. [< Ishmaelite 
+ -w*i.] Like the'lshmaelites; partaking of 
the nature of an Ishmaelite. 
ishpingo(ih-ping'g6),. [Amer. Ind. (T)] The 
Santa F6 cinnamon, Xectandra ciiinamomoideg. 
Isiac (I'si-ak), a. [< L. Isiacus, < Gr. 'latanAc,. < 
'I<nf, Isis: see his.'] Relating to Isis: as, the 
Isiac mysteries; Isiac priests igiac table, a 
plate of copper, of unknown origin, bearing representa- 
tions of most of the Egyptian deities, with Isis In the 
middle. It first came to notice in the collection of Car- 
dinal llcniho, after the sack of Rome by the troops of the 
emperor Charles V. in 1527. It was assumed to be a gen- 
uine relic of Egyptian antiquity. It Is now in the royal 
gallery of Turin. Comparison with the print of it by Vlco, 
published in 1S50, shows It to be much mutilated. 
isiclet, . An obsolete spelling of icicle. 
isidia, . Plural of indium. 
isidiiferous (I-sid-i-if'e-rus), a. [< NL. isidi- 
um + li.ferre = E. feoar 1 .] Bearing isidia, or 
isidioid excrescences. Also isidiopliorous. 
They [pycnides) are very common on the margin of the 
thallus of isidit/erous states of Feltjgera canina and P. 
rufescens, where they have often been mistaken for sper- 
mogones. Encyc. Brit., XIV. 566. 
isidioid (i-sid'i-oid), a. [< NL. mdium + Gr. 
eltiof, form.] Having the form, character, or 
appearance of isidia, or provided with isidia. 
Also isidiose. 
The isidioid condition In crustaceous thalli is the basis 
of the old pseudo-genus Isidium. Encyc. Brit, XIV. 554. 
isidiophorous (I-sid-i-of'o-rus), a. [< NL. igi- 
dium + Gr. -<t>op6f, < Qipstv '= L. fern = E. bear 1 .] 
Same as isidiiferous. 
isidiose (i-sid'i-os), . [< ittidium + -osc.~] Same 
as isidioid. 
isidium (i-sid'i-um), .; pi. ixiriia (-a). [NL.] 
In hot., one of certain coral-like or wart -like 
excrescences produced upon the thalli of some 
foliaceous and crustaceous lichens. They are 
elevated, stipitate, sometimes branched, but always of the 
same color and texture as the thallus, and answer the same 
purpose as soredia. 
Nylander observes (Flora, 1868, p. 353) that the isidia in 
the t'ollemacel (more especially In Collema) "show very 
clearly under the microscope the entire history of the 
evolution of the thallus from its flrst origin from a cellule 
containing a single gonimium to a minute true nostoc, and 
ultimately to the perfect texture of a Collema." 
Encyc. Brit, XIV. 557. 
Isidorian(is-i-d6'ri-an),a. [< Isidores, a proper 
name.] Pertaining to any one of the name of 
Isidorus or Isidore; specifically, pertaining to 
St. Isidore, Archbishop of Seville A.D. 600-636, 
author of the encyclopedic work called the 
"Origines," and of numerous historical, anti- 
quarian, and theological writings, among them 
two books on the ecclesiastical offices, contain- 
ing among other things an account of the Span- 
ish liturgy. A collection of canons and decretals made 
in his time is known as the Isidorian collection, and the 
Interpolated collection (now called the pseudo- Isidorian 
or false decretals), made two centuries later, passed In 
the middle ages by the same name. Isidorian liturgy, 
Office, rite. Same as Mozarabic rite (which see, under 
Mozarabic). 
isinglass (i'zing-glas), n. [A corruption, sim- 
ulating E. glass, of ^lD.huysenbla.t, later huizen- 
btax (D. huishlad) = G. haasenbltise = Dan. 
Jiusblas = Sw. husbloss, lit. 'sturgeon-bladder,' 
< MI), huysen, huisen = MLG. htiscn = G. limixru. 
etc., sturgeon (see huso), + MLG. blase = G. 
blasen, etc., bladder: see blaze*.] 1. The purest 
commercial form of gelatin, a substance of firm 
texture and whitish color, prepared from the 
sounds or air-bladders of certain fresh-water 
fishes. Isinglass is manufactured especially from the 
sounds of some species of Russian sturgeon, and In the 
United States from the sounds of cod. hake, snueteague. 
sea-trout, sturgeon, and other fishes, and from the skins of 
some of them. An inferior quality Is made from clean 
scraps of hide, etc., or from the purified jelly obtained 
from skins, hoofs, horns, etc. In the preparation of creams 
and jellies isinglass Is in great request It Is also used in 
fining liquors of the fermented kind, in purifying coffee. 
