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n; ;'¡O.MINATA OS54, in ao¡tomy. See ANATO)ty,

readao

aa,

io. \\'hieh theyfay, that the

cri n;inalb~in5

p. 171.

convléled of fuch a crime, by his ouon confer.iCiO, "

INOCULATION, io meo'icine, the art of tranfplanting

with much reluélance dclivered tO the fecular pOIl'U

a di!!emper froln one fubj e.'! to another, by Inclfion,

pun~rhed

according t? his demerits: and Ihis writiog

panicuilrly ufed fur engrafting the fmaU pox. See

they glve tO the fcven Judges, who atlend at the right

ote tN

fide of the altar, who immediately pafs fentence.

I OSCULATION, in anatomy. See ANASTOMAltS.

For the eonclufion of this horrid fcene, fee ACT

INQYEST, in Seots JalV, Ihe fame with jury.

fa ith.

lNQyISITION, in lhe chureh of I{ ome, a tri· INSCRlBEO, in geometry. A figure is faid to be in.

bunal in feveral Roman catholie cOUntrtel, erdled

feribed in another, when aU its angles toueh the fide

by the popes for the examinalÍon .nd punilhment of

or planes of the other rigure.

heretics.

INSCRIPTION, a title or writing carved, engraved,

Tbis eourt was founded in the tIVelfth century by

or allixed tO any thing, to give a more di!!inél know.

father Dominie and his foUowers, who IVere fent by

I<dse of it, Or to uanfmit fome important truth

po-

pope Innocent Ill. \Vith orders tO excite the catholie

fl erity.

princes and people to extirpate heretics, JO fearch ioto

The infcriptions mentioncd by Herodotus and Dio.

their number and quality, and

traofmit a faithfu l

dorus Siculu" fi¡lIiciently (bew that thi, was the firl!

accounl {hereof to Rome. Henee they were called

method of conveying inflruélion to mankind, and tranf.

inquifitors; and tbis gave hirth

the formidable tri·

mining the knowledge of hi!!ory a"d fciences tO po!!e-

buoal of the inquifition, which was received in aU

rity: thus the anciem, engraved upon piUm both the.

taly, and the dominioos of Spain, except tbe kingdom

principies of fcie nces,. and the hiflory of the world.

of Naples aod the Low Couotries.

P,fiHratus carved precepts of hufbandry on

p~lars

This diabolical tribuoal takes cogoizance of herefy,

flone; and the ueaties of confedmcy between the

Judaifm,

~hhometanifm,

Souomy, and polygamy; and

Romans aod Jews, IVere engraved on plates of brafs.

me people fland in fo much feal of it, that parents

Hence, antiquariaos have been very curious in eu·

deliver up their children, hufbands their wives, and

mining the inferiptinns on aneieot ruios, coins, me-

maners their fervaots, to its ollicers, withollt

dari~g

dais,

&c.

in the lea!! to murmuro The prifooers are kept for a INSECT9, io zoology, a numerous

cl~fs

of animals. See

lung time, ttll they themfelves turo their oIVn accufers,

T URAL

STOR Y.

and declare the eaufe of their imprifonment; for they INSERnON, io anatomy. the elofe conjuoélion of the

are neither told their erime, nor confroottd with wit·

errel

s, tendons, fibres, and membranes of the body

netres. As foon as they are imprifoned, their friend,

with fome olher pans.

go into mourniog, and fpeak of them as

dw!,

not INSIPIO, an appellation given to thiog, without talle.

daring tO folieit their pardon, le!! they fllOUld be INSOLATION, in chemi!!ry, the fuffering mames to

brought in as accomplices. When there is no Ihadow

fland aod dige!! in the heat of the fuo, inflead of

th~t

of proof

~gaio!!

toe pretended crimioAI, he is difch.r-

of a furnace.

ged, after fuffering the mol! cruel tOltures, a tediolls INSOLVENT, a term applied to perfons unable to

pay

aod dreadful imprifonmeot, and the lofs of the great·

their debts.

e!! pan of his tlfeéls. T he (entence agaio!! the pri. INSPIRATION, among divines; implies the conveying

foners is pronouoced publicly, aod with extraordioary

of certainextraordioaryandfupernatural notices Or

010-

folemnity. IDPortugal they ereél a theatre eapable of

tions into lhe foul.

holding three thoufaod per(oos, in which they place INSP ISSATING. in pharmaey, ao operatioo whereby

a rich altar, and raife fcm on eaeh fide in the form

a liqilor is broughl tOa thickec coofillenee,

evapo·

of an amphitheatre. There the prifooers are placed,

rating the thicker pans.

and over.agaio!! them is a high ehair, whither they

~re

INSPRUCK, a eily of Germaoy, io Ihe cirele cf

caJled, ooe by one, to hear lheir doom, [rom one of

Aullria, capital of the county of Tyrol, fituated

Ibe inquiGtors.

on the rlver Ion, in E. long.

11 0

26', N. lat.

470 12'.

Thefe uqhappy people knolV what theyare

fuffer, . INSTA

LL~!~Nl',

Ihe inllating or eflablifhing a perfon

by Ihe cloaths Ihey \Vear that day. Thofe who ap'

fome dlgnu y.

pcar io their own cloaths, are difcharged upon pay- INSTANT, fuch a p ..

of clu ratleo wherelnwe pereeive

ment of a fine: thofe who have a fa oto benito, or flrait

no fuecdlion; or

l' Ihal whlch takes

the time

yellow eoat without fleeves, charged with St. Anclrew's

ooly of oocidea in our·minds.

erofs have their lives but forfeit all Iheir df,éls: INST,AURATION, the re eflablilhment Or renau ra·

thof; who have the r:femblance of Rame!, made of

tioo of a rdigioo, a chureh, or the I,ke, tOits foro

red ferge. (ewed upon their fanto beoito, without aoy

Oler flate.

crofs ale pardoned bUI threatened tO he burot if ever INSTEP, in the manege, is that pan of a horfe's

they 'rclapfe: bUI' thofe who, befides thefe R.mes,

~i~cl leg

which reaehes from the ham to the panero.

have on their faoto beoito their

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piélure, furrouod·

JOIO\,

ed with figures of devils, are condemned tOexpire in

I NSTI~CT, ~n

appellation

give~

tO the r.,gacity and na·

the Rames. The inquifitors, who are eeclefi.¡(ltcs, do

tu "lln~ltnatlo~s

of brutes, wlllch f"ppltes the pldee of

nOI

pronouDee the fentence cf death

but [orm and

rcaf~n

ID manklnd.

INSTI·