Defn: Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling. [Obs.]
Feltham.
INOSCULATE
In*os"cu*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inosculated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inosculating.] Etym: [Pref. in- in + osculate.]
1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.
2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin. The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. De Quincey.
INOSCULATE
In*os"cu*late, v. t.
1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. Berkeley.
2. To unite intimately; to cause to become as one. They were still together, grew (For so they said themselves) inosculated. Tennyson.
INOSCULATION
In*os`cu*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inosculation.]
Defn: The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc. Ray.
INOSINIC
In`o*sin"ic, a. Etym: [From Inosite.] (Chem.)