Inca dove(Zoöl.), a small dove native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico.

Incage
(In*cage") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incaged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incaging ] [Cf. Encage.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up. [Written also encage.] "Incaged birds." Shak.

Incagement
(In*cage"ment) n. Confinement in, or as in, cage. [Obs.] Shelton.

Incalculability
(In*cal`cu*la*bil"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being incalculable.

Incalculable
(In*cal"cu*la*ble) a. [Pref. in- not + calculable: cf. F. incalculable.] Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great.In*cal"cu*la*ble*ness, n.In*cal"cu*la*bly, adv.

Incalescence
(In`ca*les"cence) n. The state of being incalescent, or of growing warm. Sir T. Browne.

Incalescency
(In`ca*les"cen*cy) n. Incalescence. Ray.

Incalescent
(In`ca*les"cent) a. [L. incalescens, -entis, p. pr. of incalescere to grow hot. See 1st In-, and Calescence.] Growing warm; increasing in heat.

Incameration
(In*cam`er*a"tion) n. [Pref. in- in + L. camera chamber, LL., also, jurisdiction: cf. F. incamération, It. incamerazione.] (R. C. Ch.) The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain.

Incan
(In"can) a. Of or pertaining to the Incas.

Incandescence
(In`can*des"cence) n. [Cf. F. incandescence.] A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.

Incandescent
(In`can*des"cent) a. [L. incandecens, -entis, p. pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in + candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf. F. incandescent. See Candle.] White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.

Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout.
I. Taylor.

Incandescent lampor light(Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, usually carbon, contained in a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by an electric current, as in the Edison lamp; — called also incandescence lamp, and glowlamp.

Incanescent
(In`ca*nes"cent) a. [L. incanescens, p. pr. incanescere to become gray.] Becoming hoary or gray; canescent.

Inburning to Incense

Inburning
(In"burn`ing) a. Burning within.

Her inburning wrath she gan abate.
Spenser.

Inburnt
(In"burnt`) a. Burnt in; ineffaceable.

Her inburnt, shamefaced thoughts.
P. Fletcher.

Inburst
(In"burst`) n. A bursting in or into.

Inc
(Inc) n. A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards. [Written also ink.]

Inca
(In"ca) n. (a) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun. (b) pl. The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe.


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