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A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.
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Of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions.
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Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic.
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Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes. See Illust. of Capital.
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A native or citizen of Ionia.
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A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called the greater Ionic; or two short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the smaller Ionic.
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The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra).
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A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.
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The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.
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A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
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A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent in value.
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To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
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Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.
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A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.
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A genus of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical America, some species of which are used as substitutes for ipecacuanha.
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A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.
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Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.
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Ionic type.
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The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this.
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The Ionic volute.
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