Part 5773

<h1>Indoors</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In"doors`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Within the house; -- usually separated, <i>in doors</i>.</def>

<h1>Indophenol</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`do*phe"nol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ind</ets>igo + <ets>phenol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs, resembling indigo in appearance, and obtained by the action of phenol on certain nitrogenous derivatives of quinone. Simple indophenol proper has not yet been isolated.</def>

<h1>Indorsable</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*dors"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being indorsed; transferable; convertible.</def>

<h1>Indorsation</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`dor*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Indorsement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Indorse</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*dorse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Indorsed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Indorsing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>indorsare</ets>. See <er>Endorse</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>endorse</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover the back of; to load or burden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Elephants <b>indorsed</b> with towers. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law & Com.)</fld> <def>To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a <?/ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.).</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; <as>as, to <ex>indorse</ex> an opinion</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To indorse in blank</col>, <cd>to write one's name on the back of a note or bill, leaving a blank to be filled by the holder.</cd></cs>

<h1>Indorsed</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*dorsed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>See <er>Addorsed</er>.</def>

<h1>Indorsee</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`dor*see"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement.</def>

<h1>Indorsement</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*dorse"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Indorse</er>; cf. <er>Endorsement</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>endorsement</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred.</def>

<i>Story. Byles. Burrill.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Sanction, support, or approval; <as>as, the <ex>indorsement</ex> of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Blank indorsement</col>. <cd>See under <er>Blank</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Indorser, Indorsor</h1> <Xpage=754>