1. A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure form of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air
bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the rivers of Western Russia.
It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called.
Called also fish glue.
2. (Min.) A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets.
Isis
(I"sis) n. [L., the goddess Isis, fr. Gr. .]
1. (Myth.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of
Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as
the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture.
2. (Zoöl.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidæ, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating
with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea.
3. (Astron.) One of the asteroids.
Islam
(Is"lam) n. [Ar. islam obedience to the will of God, submission, humbling one's self, resigning
one's self to the divine disposal. Cf. Moslem.]
1. The religion of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islamism. Their formula of faith is: There is no
God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.
2. The whole body of Mohammedans, or the countries which they occupy.
Islamism
(Is"lam*ism) n. [Cf. F. islamisme.] The faith, doctrines, or religious system of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islam.
Islamite
(Is"lam*ite) n. A Mohammedan.
