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on whole bank their altar Hood, and where the Iteration 
in the lefs mylteries was ufually performed. 
ILITHYI'A, a goddefs called alfo Juno Lucina. Some 
fuppofe her to be the fame as'Diana. She prelidcd over 
the travails of women ; and in her temple, at Rome, it 
inzs uf’aal to carry a fniall piece of money as-an offering. 
This Cultom was fir it eitabliihed by Servins Tullius, who 
by enforcing it was enabled to know the exa£t number 
of the Roman people. 
IL'IUM,- or Il'ion, a citadel of Troy, built by Hus, 
one of the Trojan kings, from whom it received its name. 
It is generally taken for Troy itfelf 5 and fome have fup- 
pofed that the town was called Ilium, and the adjacent 
country Troja. 
ILK, adj. [ealc, Sax.] The fame. It is Hill retained 
in Scotland, and denotes each ; as, Ilk ane of you, Every 
one of you. It alfo fignifies the fame ; as, Macintojk of 
that ilk, denotes a gentleman whofe furname and the, title 
of his eftate are the fame ; as, Macintolh of Maciutofn : 
Shepherds, (bould it not yfhend v 
Your roundels frefb, to hear a doleful verfe 
Of Rofalind, who knows not Rofalind, 
That Colin made ? ilk can I you rehearfe. Spenfr. 
IL'KUCH, a royal town of Poland, in the palatinate 
of Cracow, remarkable for its fiver mines mixed with 
lead. It is feated in a barren and mountainous country. 
Lat. 50. 26 N. Ion. 20. o. E. 
ILL, adj. [contrafled from Evil, and retaining all its 
fenfes.] Bad in any refpeft ; contrary to good, whether 
phylical or moral 5 evil. See Evil. —Neither is it ill aw 
only that maketh an ill feat, but ill ways, ill markets, and 
ill neighbours. Bacon. 
There fome ill planet reigns; 
I mull be patient, ’rill the Heavens look 
With an afpect more favourable. Shakefpeare. 
Sick; difordered ; notin health. I know not that evil is 
^ver ufed in this ienfe.—I have known two towns of the 
greateft confequence loll, by the governors falling ill in 
the time of the lieges. Temple. 
You wilh me health in very happy feafon ; 
For I am on the fudden fonaething ill. Shakefpeare. ' 
ILL, f. Wickednefs ; depravity ; Contrariety to holi- 
nefs.— III, to man’s nature, as it Hands perverted, hath a 
natural motion ftrongell in continuance. Bacon. 
Young men to imitate all ills are prone ; 
But are compell’d to avarice alone: 
For then in virtue’s lhape they follow vice. Dryd.cn. 
Misfortune; mifery : 
Who can all fenle of others ills efcape, 
Is but a brute at bell in human lhape. Tate. 
ILL, adv. Not well; not rightly in any refpeit: 
III at eafe, both ihe and all her train 
The fcorching fun had borne, and beating rain. Dry den. 
Not eafily; with pain ; with difficulty : 
111 bears the fex a youthful lover’s fate, 
When jull approaching to the nuptial Hate. Dryden. 
ILL, fubllantive or adverb, is ufed in compofition to 
exprefs any bad quality or condition ; which may be eafily 
underftood by the following examples. 
Ill , fibfantive. — Dangerous conjectures in ///-breeding 
minds. Shakefpeare. 
I have an ///-divining foul; 
Methinks I fee thee, now thou art below, 
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Shakefpeare. 
No look, no laH adieu, before he went! 
In an ///-boding hour to (laughter fent. Dryden. 
The wifelt prince oh earth may be deceived by the craft 
of ///-deligning men. Sajift. 
I L L 
Your ///-meaning politician lords, 
Under,pretence of bridal friends and guelts. 
Appointed to await me thirty fpies, 
Who, threat’ning cruel death, conftrain’d the bride 
To wring from me and tell to them my lecret. Milton* 
A fpy diflinguifh’d from his airy (land, 
To bribe whofe vigilance, ALgilthus told 
A mighty fum of ///-perfuading gold. Pope. 
Ill, adverb.— There founded an ///-according cry of 
the enemies, and a lamentable noife was carried abroad, 
Wifd. xviii. ro. 
My colleague. 
Being fo ///-affected with the gout, 
Will not be able to be there in perfon. Ben Jonfon, 
The examples 
Of every minute’s inHance, prefent now. 
Have put us in thefe ///-befeeming arms. Shakefpeare 
Lead back thy Saxons to their ancient Elbe : 
I would rellore the fruitful Kent, the gift 
Of Vortigern, or HengiH’s ///-bought aid.. Dryden 
We fimple toafters take delight 
To fee our women’s teeth look white; 
And ev’ry faucy ///-bred fellow 
Sneers at a mouth profoundly yellow.. Prior. 
The ungrateful treafon of her ///-chofen hulband over¬ 
throws her. Sidney. 
Envy, how does it look? IIow meagre and ///-com- 
plexioned ? It preys upon itfelf, and exliaufts the Ipirits,- 
Collier. 
There grows, 
In my mod ///-compos’d affection fuch 
A Hanchlefs avarice, that, were I king, 
I lhould cut off the nobles for their lands. Shakefpeare. 
Our generals at prefent are fuch as are likely to make 
the bell ufe of their numbers, without throwing them, 
away on any ///-concerted projects. Addifon. 
The fecond daughter was a peevilh, Howard, ///-condi¬ 
tioned, creature as ever was. Arbuthnot. 
No Perfian arras hides his homely walls 
With antic veHs, which, through their ffiady fold, 
Betray the flreaks of ///-dilfembled gold. Dryden *. 
You ffiall not find me, daughter, 
After the Hander of molt Hep-mothers, 
lll-e y’d unto you. Shakefpeare, 
I fee thy filler’s tears, 
Thy father’s anguifl), and thy brother’s death, 
In the purfuit of our ///-fated loves. Addifon. 
Plain and rough nature, left to itfelf, is much better 
than an artificial ungratefulnefs, and fuch Hudied ways of 
being ///-fafliioned. Locke. 
Much better, when I find virtue in a fair'lodging, than 
when I am bound to feek it in an ///-favoured creature, 
like a pearl in a dunghill. Sidney. 
They would not make bold, as every where they do, to 
defiroy ///-formed and mif-ffiaped productions. Locke. 
Bid him employ his care for thefe my friends. 
And make good ufe of his ///-gotten power. 
By flielt’ring men much better than ’himfelf. Addifon. 
///-govern’d paffions in a prince’s breaH, 
flazard his private and the public reH. Waller. 
That knowledge of theirs is very fuperficial and ill- 
grounded. Dryden. 
Hither, of ///-join’d fons and daughters born, 
Firft from the ancient world thefe giants came. 'Milton. 
Nor has he erred above once by ///-judged fu peril ulty. 
Garth. 
Did you never fade delicious drink out of an ///-looked 
velfel ? L'Ef range. 
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