3. (Anat.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.
4. An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or
an invitation of patronage.
Inscriptive
(In*scrip"tive) a. Bearing inscription; of the character or nature of an inscription.
Inscroll
(In*scroll") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inscrolled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inscrolling.] To write on a scroll; to
record. [Written also inscrol.] Shak.
Inscrutability
(In*scru`ta*bil"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness.
Inscrutable
(In*scru"ta*ble) a. [L. inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not, and Scrutiny.] Unsearchable; incapable
of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted
for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event.
'T is not in man
To yield a reason for the will of Heaven
Which is inscrutable.
Beau. & Fl.
Waiving a question so inscrutable as this.
De Quincey. Inscrutableness
(In*scru"ta*ble*ness), n. The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability.
Inscrutably
(In*scru"ta*bly), adv. In an inscrutable manner.
Insculp
(In*sculp") v. t. [L. insculpere: cf. F. insculper. See 1st In-, and Sculptor.] To engrave; to
carve; to sculpture. [Obs. & R.] Shak.
Which he insculped in two likely stones.
Drayton. Insculption
(In*sculp"tion) n. Inscription. [Obs.]
Insculpture
(In*sculp"ture) n. An engraving, carving, or inscription. [Obs.]
On his gravestone this insculpture.
Shak. Insculptured
(In*sculp"tured) p. a. Engraved. Glover.
Inseam
(In*seam") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inseamed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inseaming.] To impress or mark
with a seam or cicatrix. Pope.
Insearch
(In*search") v. t. To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch. [Obs.]
Insecable
(In*sec"a*ble) a. [L. insecabilis; pref. in- not + secabilis that may be cut: cf. F. insecable.]
Incapable of being divided by cutting; indivisible.
Insect
(In"sect) n. [F. insecte, L. insectum, fr. insectus, p. p. of insecare to cut in. See Section.
The name was originally given to certain small animals, whose bodies appear cut in, or almost divided.
Cf. Entomology.]
1. (Zoöl.) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
The hexapod insects pass through three stages during their growth, viz., the larva, pupa, and imago or
adult, but in some of the orders the larva differs little from the imago, except in lacking wings, and the
active pupa is very much like the larva, except in having rudiments of wings. In the higher orders, the
larva is usually a grub, maggot, or caterpillar, totally unlike the adult, while the pupa is very different
from both larva and imago and is inactive, taking no food.
