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INDIGNLY adv.
Unworthily. [Obs.]
INDIGO n. 3 definitions
A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.
INDIGOFERA n.
minous plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, and I. Anil.
INDIGOGEN n. 2 definitions
See Indigo white, under Indigo.
INDIGOMETER n.
An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis. Ure.
INDIGOMETRY n.
The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.
INDIGOTIC a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, indigotic acid, which is also called anilic or nitrosalicylic acid.
INDIGOTIN n.
See Indigo blue, under Indigo.
INDIGRUBIN n.
Same as Urrhodin.
INDIHUMIN n.
A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican.
INDILATORY a.
Not dilatory. [Obs.]
INDILIGENCE n.
Want of diligence. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
INDILIGENT a.
Not diligent; idle; slothful. [Obs.] Feltham. -- In*dil"i*gent*ly, adv. [Obs.]
INDIMINISHABLE a.
Incapable of being diminished. [R.] Milton.
INDIN n.
A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol.
INDIRECT a. 5 definitions
; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
INDIRECTED a.
Not directed; aimless. [Obs.]
INDIRECTION n.
Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.
INDIRECTLY adv.
not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly. To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense. A. Smith. Your crown and kingdom indirectly held. Shak.
INDIRECTNESS n. 2 definitions
The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
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