Ios
an island in the Ægean , one of th Sea the traditional birth-places aces of Homer. His mother was born here, according to the ancients, and the poet's grave was likewise assigned to the island.
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Single-source entries: I (28)
These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Iowa City, Iowa Wesleyan University, Ipecac.
Iowa City
a city and county-seat of Johnson co., Ia.; on the Iowa river, and Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, and the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific railroads; 54 miles W. of Davenport. It is the seat of the State University of Iowa, the Iowa City Academy, the State Historical Society and Library; has excellent hospitals, a Masonic Temple, and other public buildings; is the farming trade center for Johnson, Cedar, and Iowa counties; has excellent power provided by the Iowa river; and has manufactories of flour, perfumery, jewelry, etc. Besides its manufacturing interests the city has an extensive meat-packing industry. 091.
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Iowa Wesleyan University
a coeducational institution in Mount Pleasant, Ia.; founded in 1842 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919. Professors and instructors, 21; students, 265; number of graduates, 1,072; president, W. S. Smith.
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Ipecac
ip-e-kak, the dried root of a South American shrub. The shrub belongs to the cinchona family. The plant grows wild, chiefly in the damp, shady woods of Brazil. The root is offered for sale by the Indians. Unless some means of preserving ipecac be taken it will follow the fate of ginseng. The plant has disappeared already from the vicinity of towns. In its purer form, prepared from the bark of the root, ipecac is a white powder. Ipecac is a standard remedy. It is a prompt emetic and is the chief constituent of Dover's powder.
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Ipecacuanha
or IPECACUAN (-kak'u-an) (the native Brazilian name), in botany, the plants producing the drug so named. In pharmacy: (1) The dried root of Cephælis ipecacuanha, a conchonaceous plant from Brazil. The ipecacuanha from that country is called annulated, to distinguish it from the striated kind from Peru. The active ingredients reside chiefly in the cortex. It contains a feeble alkaloid called ceretin. Its preparation are pills, powders, lozenges, and wine. In large doses it is an emetic; in smaller in the warmer parts of both hemispheres. ones it is an expectorant and an alterative. It is considered a specific in dysentery. Ipecacuanha, made into ointment, is a counter-irritant. (2) Various other plants produce a similar drug, as, for example, all the Alsodineæ, a tribe of Violaceæ.
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Ipek
a town in Montenegro, on the river Drin, about 400 miles northwest of Uskub. Until the Balkan Wars (1912-13) the town was on Turkish territory, and was part of the Vilayet of Kossovo, but after the readjustments of frontiers following the Treaty of Bucharest (1913) it was part of the territory included in the share of Montenegro. Having been famous as the site of an old Slavic monastery, it is now the seat of a bishopric. The population is now about 10,000. (if-i-a-nas'sä), the IPHIANASSA daughter of Prætus, turned into a cow by Juno for pride. (if'i-klēz), the twin brother of Hercules, and father of Iolaus.
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Iphiclus
A son of Amphitry on and Alcmena , and twin brother of Hercules . As the children were cradled together, Juno , jealous of Hercules, sent two large serpents to destroy him. At the sight of the snakes Iphiclus showed great alarm, but Hercules seized them, one in each hand, and squeezed them to death.
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Iphitus
A son of Eurytus, king of Oechalia. When his father had promised his daughter Iole to anyone who could excel him or his sons in drawing the bow, Hercules accepted the challenge and was victorious. Eurytus, however, refused to fulfill the compact by giving his daughter to the conqueror. Afterward some oxen were stolen from Eurytus, and Iphitus was sent in quest of them. In his search he met Hercules, who aided him in seeking the lost animals, but on recollecting the faithlessness of Eurytus he killed 2026 Editor's Note: Greek mythology identifies multiple figures named Iphitus , including a king of Elis who restored the Olympic Games after consulting the Delphic Oracle. Another Iphitus was an Argonaut and father of Schedius and Epistrophus, leaders of the Phocians in the Trojan War. (Ed: BR 2026-07-08)
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Ipomea
a genus of Contribe Convolvuleæ. The volvulaceæ, species, which are numerous, are found About 100 are cultivated in gardens for their showy flowers, which are an ornament to trellis-work. I. tuberosa, the Spanish arbor vine of Jamaica, furnishes a kind of scammony; the root of I. pan. durata is employed in this country as male is the jalap; I batatoides jalap of Mestitlan; I. quamoclit is sternutatory; I. turpethum, naa tive of the East Indies, and I. operculata is purgative. The foliage of I. maritima is made into a fomentation, and applied to joints enlarged by scrofula. The sweet potato was formerly called I. batatas, now it is Batatas edulis.
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Ipswich (Parliamentary and municipal)
a parliamentary and municipal borough and river-port in England, capital of Suffolk, on the Orwell. It is pleasantly situated on a gentle declivity, and contains many interesting specimens of mediæval architecture. The public buildings include a fine town hall, a new postoffice, a custom house, county court house, cavalry barracks, theater, etc. The industries embrace agricultural implements, machinery, artificial stone, artificial manure, silk, tanning, ropes, lime and cement, brewing, ship-building, etc. Ipswich is a town of great antiquity. It was originally called Gippeswich, from the neighboring river Gipping. King John gave it its first charter. It sends two members to Parliament. Pop. (1917) 72,800. Also, a town of Queensland, Australia, on the Bremer river, 23 miles W. of Brisbane. It is in a rich coal-mining district. Pop. (1917) 25,000.
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Ipswich (Town in Massachusetts It)
a town in Massachusetts, It is on the Ipswich River, in Essex co. and on the Boston and Maine Railroad. It has a library, a Home for Aged Women, a House of Correction, and the Manning High School. The industries include planing g and grist mills and manufactures of hosiery, boats and The town was settled as Agacanoes. wam in 1633 by John Winthrop. Pop. Iranian languages are the Old Persian of (1910) 5,777; (1920) 6,201.
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