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<hw><hw>In*dors"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*dors"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The person who indorses.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>endorser</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Indow</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*dow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Endow</er>.</def>

<h1>Indowment</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*dow"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Endowment</er>.</def>

<h1>Indoxyl</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*dox"yl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ind</ets>igo + <ets>hydroxyl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous substance, <chform>C8H7NO</chform>, isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an oily liquid.</def>

<h1>Indoxylic</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`dox*yl"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to, or producing, indoxyl; <as>as, <ex>indoxylic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Indraught</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In"draught`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A draught of air or flow of water setting inward.</def>

<h1>Indrawn</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In"drawn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Drawn in.</def>

<h1>Indrench</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*drench"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Indris, Indri</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw><hw>In"dris</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In"dri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any lemurine animal of the genus <spn>Indris</spn>.</def>

<note>&hand; Several species are known, all of them natives of Madagascar, as the diadem indris (<spn>I. diadema</spn>), which has a white ruff around the forehead; the woolly indris (<spn>I. laniger</spn>); and the short-tailed or black indris (<spn>I. brevicaudatus</spn>), which is black, varied with gray.</note>

<h1>Indubious</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*du"bi*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indubius</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Dubious</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not dubious or doubtful; certain.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not doubting; unsuspecting.</def> "<i>Indubious</i> confidence."

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Indubitable</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In*du"bi*ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indubitabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>indubitable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Dubitable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to admit of doubt; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; <as>as, an <ex>indubitable</ex> conclusion</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is indubitable.</def></def2>

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