The Oxford English Dictionary. " I—In," Vol. V. Edited by
Dr. J. A. H. Murray. (The Clarendon Press. 6s.)—Dr. Murray here begins a new letter of the portion on which he is now at work, " H—K," his collaborator, Dr. Bradley, carrying on " F—G." When these two are complete it may be reckoned that about four- sevenths of the whole will have been done. The last word is the preposition "in," and this occupies a little more than twelve columns. The " I" words have, Dr. Murray tells us, a large proportion of obsolete terms, not far off a third of the whole. " Immanity " (used, however, by Bartley in 1699), and " immercurial," are among them. " Immensurate" is also obelised, though it survived to 1786, and indeed might be used now without affectation, as is its near relative " immensurable." " Iremew " for to " imprison " strikes us as still living, though we cannot quote chapter and verse for it.
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