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the maftlicre of the innocent children by the command of 
Herod king of Judaea. The Greek church in their ca¬ 
lendar, and the Abyflinians of Ethiopia in their offices, 
commemorate 14,000 infants on this occaiion ; but it is not 
likely the number was fo large, as the fact itfelf is not 
even mentioned by Jofephus. 
INNOC'UOUS, adj. \_innocuus,'Lnt-} Harmlefs in effefts. 
—The molt dangerous poifons, tkiilfully managed, may be 
made not only innocuous, but of all other medicines the 
moft effectual. Grew. 
INNOC'UOUSLY, adv. Without mifchievous effeCts.— 
Whether quails, from any peculiarity of conftitution, do 
innocuoujly feed upon hellebore, or rather fometimes but 
medically uYe the fame. Brown. 
INNOC'UOUSNESS,yi Harmleffnefs.—The blow which 
fhakes a wall, or beats it down, and kills men, hath a 
greater effect on'the mind than that which penetrates into 
a mud wall, and doth little harm; for that innocuoufnefs of 
the efteCt makes, that, although in itfelf it be as great as 
the other, yet ’tis little obferved. Digby. 
IN'NOM,' adj. Belonging to barley fown the fecond 
crop after the fallow. A local word. 
INNQM'INABLE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, and 
nomctt, a name.) Unfit to be named, incapable of being- 
named. Scott. 
INNOMINA'TA, / in botany. See Conocarpus. 
INNOM'INATE, adj. Having no name ; anonymous. 
INNOTES'CIMUS, f. [from innote/co, Lat. to make 
known.) A kind of letters patent. 
To IN'NOVATE, v. a. [innover , Fr. innovo, Lat.) To 
bring in fomething not known before.—Every man can¬ 
not diftinguilh betwixt pedantry and poetry ; every man 
therefore is not fit to innovate. Dryden. 
former things 
Are fet afide like abdicated kings ; 
And every moment alters what is done, 
And innovates fome aft ’till then unknown. Dryden. 
To change by introducing novelties.—From his attempts 
upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God’s wor- 
fliip. South. , 
IN'NOVATING, f. The act of introducing fomething 
new. 
INNOVA'TION, f [ innovation , Fr. from innovate .) 
Change by the introduftion of novelty.—It were good that 
men in innovations would follow the example" of time it¬ 
felf, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly and by 
degrees. Bacon. —Great changes may be made in a go¬ 
vernment, yet the form continue ; but large intervals of 
time mult pafs between every fuch innovation , enough to 
make it of a piece with the conftitut'ion. Swift. — Innova¬ 
tions are thought dangerous by our laws; and the ancient 
judges of the law have ever fuppreffed them, left the cer¬ 
tainty of the common law ffiould be difturbed. In the 
reign of Edward III. the judges faid, f‘ We will not, change 
the law, which always hath been ufed ;” and in the time 
of Henry IV. they declared it would be better that it 
ftiould be turned to a default, than that the law fliould 
be changed, or any innovation made. 1 hijh 379, 303. Ja¬ 
cob's Lazo Diff. 
IN'NQVAT OB,f [ innovateur , Fr. from innovate.'} An 
introducer of novelties.—He that will not apply new re¬ 
medies, mult expeft new evils; for time is the greateft 
innovator ; and if time of courfe alters things to the worfe, 
and wifdom and council fhall not alter them to the bet¬ 
ter, what fhall be the end ? Bacon. 
I attach thee as a traiterous innovator, 
A foe to th’ public weal. Shakefpeare. 
One that makes changes by introducing novelties,—He 
counfels them to deteft and perfecute all innovators of di¬ 
vine worlhip. South. 
INNOX'IOUS, adj. [innoxius, Lat.) Free from mif- 
chievou^ effeCts.— Innoxious flames are often feen on the 
hair of men’s heads and horfes’ manes. Digby. 
Vol. XI, No. 737. 
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Sent by the better genius of the night, * 
Innoxious gleaming on the horfe’s mane. 
The meteor fits. Thomfon. 
Pure from crimes : 
Stranger to civil and religious rage, 
The good man walk’d innoxious through his age. Pope. 
INNOX'IOUSLY, adv. Harmlefsly ; without harm 
done. Without harm differed.—Animals, that can in-, 
noxioujly digeft thefe poifons, become antidotal to the poi- 
fon cfigefted. Brown's Vulgar Errors. 
INNOX'IOUSNESS, / IlarmielThefs. 
INN'STADT. See Passau. 
INNU'BILOUS, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, and 
nubes, a cloud.) Free from clouds. Cole. 
INNUEN'DO, f. \jnnnendo , from innuo, Lat. to nod or 
beckon.) An oblique hint.-—As if the commandments, 
that require obedience and forbid murder, were to be in¬ 
dicted for a libellous innuendo upon all the great men 
that come to be concerned. L'EJirange. 
Purfue your trade of fcandal-picking, 
Your hints that Stella is no chicken ; 
Your innuendoes, when you tell us 
That Stella loves to talk with fellows- Swift. 
Innuendo, in law, a word ufed in declarations, indict¬ 
ments, and other pleadings, to afcertain a perfon or thing- 
which was named before ; as to fay, he ( innuendo , i. e. 
meaning, the plaintiff) did fo and fo, when there was men¬ 
tion before of anpther perfon. 4 Rep. 17. An innuendo 
is in effect no more than a pradicl, and cannot make that 
certain which was uncertain before ; and the law will 
not allow words to be enlarged by an innuendo, fo as to 
Yupport an aCtion on the cafe for fpeaking of them. Hob. 
2, 6, 45. 5 Mod. 345. An innuendo may not enlarge the 
fenfe of words, nor make, fupply, or alter, the cafe, where 
the words are defective. Hut, Rep. 44. In flander, both 
the perfon and fcandalous words ought to be certain, and 
not want an innuendo to make them out. II a plaintiff 
declares that the defendant faid thefe words, “Thou art 
a thief, and ftoleft a mare,” &c. (innuendo the plaintiff,) 
without an averment that the words were fpoken to the 
faid plaintiff, this is not good ; becaufe it doth not cer¬ 
tainly appear of whom they were fpoken, and the innu¬ 
endo doth not help it. 1 Danv. Abr. 158. The ufual me¬ 
thod of declaring is, if the words were fpoken to the 
plaintiff, the defendant faid the words to, of, and con¬ 
cerning, the plaintiff. If laid to a third perfon,, the word 
to is omitted. A man fhall not be punilhed for perjury* 
by the help of an innuendo. 5 Mod . 344. And an innu¬ 
endo will not make an aCtion for a libel good; if the 
matter precedent imports not fcandal. See. to the damage 
of the party. Mick. 5 Ann. Where aCtion lies without an 
innuendo, an innuendo ffiall be repugnant and void. See' 
the articles Indictment, Libel and Perjury. 
INNUMERABLE, adj . [Fr. from innumerabilis, Lat.) 
Not to be counted for multitude.—in lines, which appear 
of an equal length, one may be longer than the other by 
innumerable parts. Locke. 
Cover me, ye pines. 
Ye cedars ! with innumerable boughs 
Hide me where I may never fee them more. Milton. 
INNU'MERABLENESS, f. The ftate or quality of be¬ 
ing innumerable. 
INNUMERABLY, adv. Without number. 
INNU'MEROUS, adj. Mnnumerus, Lat.) Too many t© 
be counted: 
’T would be fome folace yet, fome little chearing, 
In this clofe dungeon of innumtrous boughs. Milton. 
I take the. wood. 
And in thick Ihelter of innumerous boughs, 
Enjoy the comfort gentle fleep allows. Pope. 
INNUTRI'TION, f. [from in, Lat. in, and nutrio, to 
nourifli.) The aCt of nouriffiing. Not much ufed. Cole. 
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