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Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

Not directed; aimless. [Obs.]

Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.

In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; 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.

The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.

A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican.

on; to seek for truth or information by putting queries. We will call the damsel, and inquire. Gen. xxiv. 57. Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him. 1 Sam. xxiii. 4.

Making inquiry; inquiring; questioning. [Obs.] Shenstone.

One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator. Locke. Expert inquirers after truth. Cowper.

tender crops. Chaucer. Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing, The breathing instruments inspire. Pope.

mated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers.

One who, or that which, inspirer. "Inspirer of that holy flame." Cowper.

See Entire, a., Entirely, adv.

. A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.

commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government.

. A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.

The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko.

See Lignin.

A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.

Like a lirella. [Written also lirellæform.]