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IREL:\ND, an ifilnd of lhe Adantie oeean, fubjell 10
Gr~~l
Brilain, fttualed belween 5° an 10· W. long.
and bmveen 51° and 56° N. lal. bcing bounded by
Ihe Nor\hern oeean on the nonh,
by
SI. George's
ehanne!, whieh divides il from Creal !.lrilain, on Ihe
can, and by Ihe Ad,lnlic and \Venern oeean on Ihe
Ihe fonth and wen. T his eounlry is IWO hundred and
fifly mi!es long, and one hundred and fifly broad
j
di·
Han! from Holyhead in nonh Wales (,flY miles, and
from Calloway in Scodaod fifIeen
mil~s .
[1 is di·
vided imo fou r large provir.ees,
vil .
Umer on Ihe
nonh, Leinfler on lhe eall, MunO:r 00 Ihe fOUlh, and
Conoaughlon Ihe welL .
IRIS, Ihe RAISBOW. See OPTlcs.
h ts, in analomy. Ste ANATOMY, p. 289.
!Rt S, Ihe FLOWER' DE LUC. , in botany. agenus of the
triandria
rr.o~ogyoia
clafs. The eorolla eonftOs of fi)(
diviftoos,
alter~alely
reflelled: Ihe Oigmata have Ihe
~ppearanee
of petals. T ime :lre Iwent)'·two fpeeies,
only IWO of whieh are nativ<s of Britain.
!'iz.
lhe
pfeudaeerus, or yellow flower·de· luee
j
and the freo
tidiffima, or Ilinking gladdon. T he root is ealhanie,
and reeommended in dropfies.
IRON. See CIIEM ISTRY, p. 82 .
hos ' ltcR, in the fea·language, is faid of a !hlpor boal,
whe3 her bohs or nails are fo eaten Wilh rult, and fo
worn away,
lh~¡
lhey oeeafton hollows in lhe planks,
whereby Ihe velfd is rendered leaky.
h OS'WOR'll, in bOlany. See SIDER ITlS.
l ?,ONY, in rhetorie, is when a perfon fpeaks eonlrary
to his thoughts, in order 10 add force 10 his difeourfe ;
whrncc
~in!!liao
calis it diverfiloquium.
IROQUorS, the name of fivenationsin NonhAmeriea,
in
al~lnee
Wilh Ihe BriliOI eolonies. Theyarebound
ed by Canada on the north, by the Briti!h planlalions
of New· York and Penfih'ania on the eall and fomh, aDd
by Ihe I,ke Onlario on the well.
I RR.'\D!!\.T!ON, Ihe aél of emi:ting fublile emuvia;
like the ,.ays of the fun. every way.
IRTlS, a greal river, which runs from nonh 10 fcuth
IhruJ~h
Ru!lil, faUs imo Ihe rim Oby, and makes pan
of
lh~
boundary bClween Afia and Europe.
I R
\VI.
t, a pon·tOl'ln of Seod,od, in Ihe
~ailiwic
of
Cunniogham, (¡tUllta al In:
m~mh'of
the river IrlVin,
on Ihe frilh of Clyde: W. long. 4° 40', N. Ial. 55°
3(
ISAI3ELL:\ , a fomefs of the Aullrian Nethedaods,
fituAtCd on the ",en ¡ide of the rivér Sehicld, oppofile
to AnlIVerp: io E. long. 4° 10', N. lal. 51° ts'.
¡ SABH,
or
P,.,phuJ
,jlsAIAH, a eanonieal book of
Ihe Old Tenamenl. Haiah is the fi rll of lhe four
~,cmr
prophels, Ihe olher Ihree
b~·iog
jeremiah,
Ezckiel'. and Daniel. This prophet 'ns of roy.1
bload, his f.lher
I~mos
being brotha 10 Azariah king
of judah. T h< nyleof lhis prophel is nohlc, fubJime
and
/I.muGroli::s e.llls him loe DeOlollhenes of loe
H,bre\\'s. He had the .Ul'anlage, abol'e the olher
prophels, O( impro.ing his dillion by eonvc,ftng \\ ith
men of lhe greatell pans and eloemivn ; anJ this added
a fubli,lity, force, and OIaj: Oy 10 " hJI he (Jid. He
i:!lparllaJly reproved the "ices of Ihe ase
In
which he
liveo, and openly difplayed
Ih:jujJ:n:J~1
of
G;l
Ihat
\Vece hanging over th: Jewtlh nnioD: dI Ihe (Jme lime
d~nou~eing
"engeanee 00 lhe Affyri,ns, Egyplians, E.
thiori.lns, r.!o.lbiles, EdOOlitCI, SyridOl, and Arabi.
ans , who were
inllr~menlal
in infliéling thofe judg.
m:nls . He foretold th: ddi"eranee ofthe Jews (rom
Iheir eaplivily in Ildbylon, by lhehands of Cyrus king
of Perftl, an hundred years before il carne 10 pa(s;
bUl lhe moll remarkable ofhis predil\ions are thofecon.
cerning the Meniah, in which he nOl only fo retOld h;,
eoming in lhe lIent, bUI all Ihe gre¡ll and memorable
eireumllanees of his life and dealh,
ISATIS, in bOlany, agenus of Ihe lelradyn.mia Gliquo.
f~
elars. The pod is I,aceolaled, has lWO
val.es, and
conlains bUI one feed. There are four fpeeies, only
one of whieh,
"iz.
lhe tinéloria, Or woad, is a nalive
of Ilrilain.
lt
is ufed by Ihe dyers. See BOTA N\',
p. 63·)·
ISCH/EMUM,
SCHO E ~~H T H,
in bOlany, a genus of
the polygamia monreeia clafs. Thc ealix of Ihe her·
maphrodlte is a
~Iunte
eonlaining IWO flowers
j
Ihe
eorolla eonGlls of two valves ; il has time Ilamina,
IIVO 1I)'li, and one feed. The ealix,
&
e,
of the
male are lhe fame wilh Iltofe of the hermaphrodile.
Tltere are llVO fpecies, bOlh oatives of lhe Eaíl Indies,
ISCHIUM, in anatomy. See AKAT. p. 172.
ISCHUR Y, in medicine, aMeafe conlining in aneOlire
fupprellioo of urine. See
~IEDICINE .
ISENACH, a lown of Germany in the eirele of Upper
Saxony, filumd in E. long. 10° 12', N. lal. 5tO.
ISENARTS, a lown of Germany, in Ihe eirele of Au·
Oria, and dukedom of StÍria, [¡Iualed 1:liny Gfe miles
nonh·weO of Gralz.
l SERN[A, a lown of
1
aples, in the provioee of 1110-
Jife, fttualed in E. long. tSO15', N. lal. 41°
36'.
ISH, in Scots lalV, fignifies
(xplr)'
:
thus we fay, The ilb
of a leafe.
It
rrgnilÍes alfo:o
go out :
lhus we f,y,
Free ilh and eDHy rrom and to any place.
ISl A, feans and facriflces aneiendy folemoifed in honour
of Ihe
godd.rs[fis.
The lija ".re full of abominable impurilie!, and
for that re3fon Ihufe "ho were
iDili~leJ
wcre obli·
ged 10 lJke anoalh of recree)': Ihey held for nir.e da)'s
fueeeffively
j
bUI IVere fo' abominable, thal the
(~nm
abohlhed Ibemal Rome,
ur.d~r
the confuhhip of PiCo
and Gabioiu!.
ISINGLI'.SS. SecI CII TI!YOCOLLA.
ISLA ' D, a Iraét 01' dry!Jnd, eneompaff,,1 v.itll waler;
in "hielt
f~nfe
il aands eonlradif!inguifhed flom eOD'
tiDent, or terra Grm1.
lILE
OC
DllU, an iOand in Ihe bay of Bifeay, on Ihe
e01H 0f F"nce, ftlualed fo .:nceD m:l,s .ell of the
COlUof PuilOu.
ISI E
of
frailee,
a provinee of thal kiogdom, in "ltielt
the
e~pilal
elr)' of Paris is li¡umd. b:inr. looulH'ed by
Picardy on the oo¡¡h, by
Ch.tr.tp..in 00 Ihe
c.ll, loy
Orle.lns on Ihe foulit,
and~)'
'",mAnC)' on ¡he
",ea.
ISNARDI :\, in hmAny. a
r."··'~
of ¡h, l\lran.l-i:1
r.1~·
nO&)'oil clars.
lt
h,ISno
ClII"II,;
the
e
dI ' e\ll'illls
t
f
four divilions;
a~d
I;te e;'rful 1..1' f,'ur cdls. Tite"
is bUl one
rp~"~s,
a l\Jtivc
~i
frJncc.
lSNY,