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<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; <as>as, <ex>Indian</ex> wars; the <ex>Indian</ex> tomahawk.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Made of maize or Indian corn; <as>as, <ex>Indian</ex> corn, <ex>Indian</ex> meal, <ex>Indian</ex> bread, and the like</as>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<cs><col>Indian</col> bay <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a lauraceous tree (<spn>Persea Indica</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Indian bean</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name of the catalpa.</cd> -- <col>Indian berry</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Cocculus indicus</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian bread</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Cassava</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian club</col>, <cd>a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise.</cd> -- <col>Indian cordage</col>, <cd>cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk.</cd> -- <col>Indian corn</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Zea</spn> (<spn>Z. Mays</spn>); the maize, a native of America. See <er>Corn</er>, and <er>Maize</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian cress</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>nasturtium. See <er>Nasturtium</er>, 2.</cd> -- <col>Indian cucumber</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Medeola</spn> (<spn>M. Virginica</spn>), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.</cd> -- <col>Indian currant</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Symphoricarpus</spn> (<spn>S. vulgaris</spn>), bearing small red berries.</cd> -- <col>Indian dye</col>, <cd>the puccoon.</cd> -- <col>Indian fig</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The banyan. See <er>Banyan</er>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The prickly pear.</cd> -- <col>Indian file</col>, <cd>single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.</cd> -- <col>Indian fire</col>, <cd>a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.</cd> -- <col>Indian grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a coarse, high grass (<spn>Chrysopogon nutans</spn>), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass. <i>Gray</i>.</cd> -- <col>Indian hemp</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A plant of the genus <spn>Apocynum</spn> (<spn>A. cannabinum</spn>), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The variety of common hemp (<spn>Cannabis Indica</spn>), from which hasheesh is obtained.</cd> -- <col>Indian mallow</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the velvet leaf (<spn>Abutilon Avicenn\'91</spn>). See <er>Abutilon</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian meal</col>, <cd>ground corn or maize.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col>Indian millet</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a tall annual grass (<spn>Sorghum vulgare</spn>), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also <altname>Guinea corn</altname>. See <er>Durra</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian ox</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the zebu.</cd> -- <col>Indian paint</col>. <cd>See <er>Bloodroot</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian paper</col>. <cd>See <cref>India paper</cref>, under <er>India</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian physic</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of two species of the genus <spn>Gillenia</spn> (<spn>G. trifoliata</spn>, and <spn>G. stipulacea</spn>), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also <altname>American ipecac</altname>, and <altname>bowman's root</altname>. <i>Gray</i>.</cd> -- <col>Indian pink</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The Cypress vine (<spn>Ipom\'d2a Quamoclit</spn>); -- so called in the West Indies.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>See <cref>China pink</cref>, under <er>China</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian pipe</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a low, fleshy herb (<spn>Monotropa uniflora</spn>), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.</cd> -- <col>Indian plantain</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name given to several species of the genus <spn>Cacalia</spn>, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods. <i>Gray</i>.</cd> -- <col>Indian poke</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant usually known as the <altname>white hellebore</altname> (<spn>Veratrum viride</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Indian pudding</col>, <cd>a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.</cd> -- <col>Indian purple</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A dull purple color.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black.</cd> -- <col>Indian red</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also <altname>Persian red</altname>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>See <er>Almagra</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian rice</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a reedlike water grass. See <er>Rice</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian shot</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Canna</spn> (<spn>C. Indica</spn>). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See <er>Canna</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian summer</col>, <cd>in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under <er>Summer</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian tobacco</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of <spn>Lobelia</spn>. See <er>Lobelia</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian turnip</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an American plant of the genus <spn>Aris\'91ma</spn>. <spn>A. triphyllum</spn> has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See <er>Jack in the Pulpit</er>, and <er>Wake-robin</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indian wheat</col>, <cd>maize or Indian corn.</cd> -- <col>Indian yellow</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>See <er>Euxanthin</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Indian</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In"di*an</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A native or inhabitant of India.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.</def>

<h1>Indianeer</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In`di*an*eer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An Indiaman.</def>

<h1>India rubber</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In"di*a rub"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. See <er>Caoutchouc</er>.</def>

<h1>Indical</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In"dic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>index</ets>, <ets>indicis</ets>, an index.]</ety> <def>Indexical.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Indican</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In"di*can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Indigo</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (<i>urrhodin</i> and <i>uroglaucin</i>). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, <chform>C8H6NSO4K</chform>, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also <altname>uroxanthin</altname>.</def>

<h1>Indicant</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In"di*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indicans</ets>, p. pr. <ets>indicare</ets>. See <er>Indicate</er>.]</ety> <def>Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.</def>

<h1>Indicant</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In"di*cant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which indicates or points out; <as>as, an <ex>indicant</ex> of the remedy for a disease</as>.</def>

<h1>Indicate</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In"di*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Indicated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Indicating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>indicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>indicare</ets> to indicate; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>dicare</ets> to proclaim; akin to <ets>dicere</ets> to say. See <er>Diction</er>, and cf. <er>Indict</er>, <er>Indite</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.</def>

<blockquote>That turns and turns to <b>indicate</b> From what point blows the weather. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; <as>as, great prostration of strength <ex>indicates</ex> the use of stimulants</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.</def>