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INSHA'DED, part. adj. Blended In hue: 
Whofe.lilly white injhaded with the rofe 
Had that man feen, who fung th’ Aineidos, 
Dido had in oblivion (lept. Wl Browne . 
To INSHELL', v.a. To hide in a (hell. Not ufd: 
Anfidius, hearing of our Marcius’ banifhment, 
Thrufts forth his horns again into the world, 
Which were infneWd when Marcius Hood for Rome, 
And durit not once peep out. Shakefpeare. 
INSHEL'LING, / The aft of putting into a fliell. 
INSHENE', a town of Egypt on the left bank of the 
Nile : nine miles welt of Dendera. 
INSHIL'LA, a town of Africa, near the eaft coaft of 
Tunis: 108 miles fouth of Tunis. 
To INSHIP', v. a. To fliut in a (hip ; to How ; to em¬ 
bark. Not ufed. We fay Amply to flip: 
See them fafely brought to Dover ; where infiipp'd, 
Commit them to the fortune of the fea. Shakefpeare. 
INSHIP'PING, /. The aft of putting into a (hip. 
To INSHRI’NE, v. a. To inclofe in a (brine or pre¬ 
cious cafe. It is written equally enshrine, which fee : 
Warlike and martial Talbot, Burgundy 
Inf urines thee in his heart. Shakefpeare. 
INSHRI'NING, /. The aft of putting into a (brine. 
INSICCA'TION, f. [from in, Lat. and ficcus, dry.] The 
aft of drying in Scott. 
IN'SIDE, /. Interior part ; part within. Oppofed to 
the furface, or outfide. —Here are the outfides of the one, 
the in/ides of the other, and there’s the moiety I promifed 
ye. L'Ef range. 
IN'SIDENT, adj. [from in, Lat. on, and fido, to pearcli.] 
Perching ; fettling on as a bird. Not much ufed. Cole. 
INSIDIA'TION,/. [from infdior, Lat. to lie in am- 
bu(h-] The aft of lying in wait in order to deceive. Cole. 
INSIDIA'TOR, / [Latin ] One who lies in wait. 
INSID'IOUS, adj. fnfdicux, Fr. infdiofus, Lat.] Sly ; 
circumventive ; diligent to entrap; treacherous.—Since 
men mark all our fteps, and watch our baitings, let a fenfe 
of their infdious vigilance excite us fo to behave ourfelves, 
that they may find a conviftion of the mighty power of 
Chriftianity towards regulating the paflions. Attcrbury. 
They wing their courfe, 
And dart on diftant coafts, if fome (harp rock, 
Or (lioal infidious, breaks not their career. Thomfon. 
INSID'IOUSLY, adv. In a fly and treacherous manner; 
■with malicious artifice.—Simeon and Levi (poke not only 
falfely but infdioufy, nay hypocritically, abufing their pro- 
felytes and their religion, for the effecting their cruel de- 
figns. Government of the Tongue. 
INSID IOUSNESS, / Slynefs ; treachery. 
IN'SIGHT, / [ inficht , Dut. It had formerly the ac¬ 
cent on the la ft (y liable.] Introfpeftion ; deep view; know¬ 
ledge of the interior parts; thorough (kill in any thing.— 
A garden gives us a great infight into the contrivance and 
wildom of Providence, and (uggelts innumerable fubjefts 
of meditation. SpeBator. 
Straitway fent with careful diligence 
To fetch a leech, the which had great infght 
In that difeafe of grieved confcience, 
And well could cure the fame; his name was Patience. 
Spenfer. 
INSIG'NIA, f. [Latin.] Enfigns ; arms. 
INSIGNIFICANCE, or Insignificancy, / [infgnt- 
fcance, Fr. from infignificant.'\. Want of meaning; un¬ 
meaning terms.—To give an account of all the infgnifi- 
eancies and verbal nothings of this philofophy, would be 
to tranfcribe it. Glanville. —Unimportance.— As I was ru¬ 
minating on that I had feen, I could not forbear refieft- 
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ing on the infgnificancy of human art, when fet in compa¬ 
nion with the deligns of Providence. Addifon. 
My annals are in mouldy mildews wrought, 
With ealy infgnificance of thought. Garth. 
INTSIGNIF'ICANT, adj. Wanting meaning; void of 
fignification : 
’Till you can weight and gravity explain, 
Thofe words are infgnfcant and vain. Blachmore. 
Unimportant; wanting weight: ineffeftuak This fenfe, 
though fupported by authority, is not very proper.—All 
the arguments to a good life will be very infgmf cant to a 
man that hath a mind to be wficked, when remiflion of fin 
may be had upon cheap terms. Tillctpm. 
INSIGNIFICANTLY, aclv. Without meaning.—Birds 
are taught to life articulate words, yet they underftand 
not their import, but life them infgnificantly, as the organ 
or pipe renders the tune, which it underftands not. Hale. 
—Without importance or effeft. 
INSIGNIF'ICANTNESS, / Infig,nifkance ; the date 
of being inlignificant. 
INSIL'IUM, f. in old records, ill advice. 
INSIMULA'TION, / [from infmulo, Lat. to accufe.] 
An accufation. Cole. 
INSI'NA, a town of Italy, in the department of Lario? 
fix miles eaft of Como. 
INSINCE'RE, adj. [ infneerus, Lat. in and fncere .] Not 
what he appears ; not hearty ; diffembling; unfaithful; 
of perfon3. Not found ; corrupted ; of things :• 
Ah why, Penelope, this caufelefs fear, 
To render lleep’s foft bleffmgs infneere? 
Alike devote to forrow’s dire extreme, 
The day refleftion and the midnight dream. Pope. 
INSINCER'ITY, / Difiimulation ; want of truth err 
fidelity.— If men (hould always aft under a m.ifk, and in 
difguife, that indeed betrays delign and infmeerity. Broome- 
To INSIN'EW, v.a. To ftrengthen ; to confirm. A 
word not ufed: 
All members of our caufe, 
That are infinc/ved to this aftion. Shakefpeare. 
INSINTWING, / The aeft of ftrengthening. 
INSIN'GEN, a town of Bavaria : four miles fouth of 
Rothenburg. 
INSIN'UANT, adj. [French.] Having the power to 
gain favour.—Men not fo quick perhaps of conceit as (low 
to paflions, and commonly lefs inventive than judicious,, 
liowfoever prove very plaufible, inf nuant , and fortunate, 
men. Wot ton. 
To [NSIN'UATE, v.a. [infnuer, Fr. infnuo, Lat. ] To 
introduce any thing gently.—The water eafily infnuatys 
itfelf into, and placidly diftends, the veffels of vegetables.. 
Woodward. —To pufli gently into favour or regard ; com¬ 
monly with the reciprocal pronoun.—There is no parti¬ 
cular evil which hath not fome appearance of goodnefs, 
whereby to infnuate itfelf. Hooker. —At the ifle of Rhee he 
infmuoted himfelf into the very good grace of the duke of 
Buckingham. Clarendon. —To hint; to impart indireftlv : 
And all the fiftions bards purfue 
Do but infnuate what’s true. Swift. 
To inftil ; to infufe gently.—All the arts of rhetoric, be- 
fides order and clearnels, are for nothing elfe but to inf ¬ 
nuate wrong ideas, move the paflions, and thereby millend 
the judgment. Locke. 
To INSIN'UATE, v. n. To wheedle; to gain on the 
affections by gentle degrees : 
I love no colours ; and, without all colour 
Of bale inf nuating flattery, 
I pluck this white rofe with Plantagenet. Shakefpeare. 
To fteal into imperceptibly ; to be conveyed infenfibly.— 
Peftilential miafms infnuate into the humoral and con- 
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