Jigot, s. A leg; as, a jigot of mutton.
Jill, s. A measure of liquids.
Iliac, a. Relating to the lower bowels.
Imbrown, v. To make brown, to darken.
Imping, s.
This curious process consists in attaching to the part that remains an exact substitute for the piece lost. For this purpose the falconer is always provided with pinions, (right and left,) and with tail-feathers of hawks, or with the feathers separated from the pinion, carefully preserved and numbered, so as to prevent mistake in taking a true match for the injured feather. He then with a sharp knife gently parts the web of the feather to be repaired, at its thickest part, and cuts the shaft obliquely forward, so as not to damage the web on the opposite edge. He next cuts the substitute feather as exactly as possible at the corresponding point, and with the same slope.
For the purpose of uniting them, he is provided with an iron needle, with broad triangular points at both ends; and after wetting the needle with salt and water, he thrusts it into the centre of the pith of each part, as truly straight, and as nearly to the same length in each as may be. When this operation has been skilfully performed, the junction is so neat that an inexperienced eye would hardly discern the point of union; and as the iron rusts, from having been wetted with brine, there is little or no danger of separation.—Sebright.
Imposthume, s. A collection of purulent matter in a bag or cyst.
Inbred, a. Produced within; hatched or generated within.
Incage, v. To coop up, to shut up; to confine in a cage, or any narrow space.