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The quality of being indestructible.

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed. -- In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`de*struc"ti*bly, adv.

An indeterminable thing or quantity. Sir T. Browne.

Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. Paley. Indeterminate analysis (Math.), that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems. -- Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience o…

Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind. Jer. Taylor.

Undetermined.

Not devirginate. [Obs.] Chapman.

Not devoted. [Obs.] Bentley. Clarendon.

Want of devotion; impiety; irreligion. "An age of indevotion." Jer. Taylor.

Not devout. -- In*de*vout"ly, adv.

To indue. [Obs.] Spenser.

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses. Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of plants. Arbuthnot.

One who makes an index.

Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.

In the manner of an index.

Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness. Harvey.

A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. India ink, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also China in…

. See Caoutchouc.

Same as Wootz.

To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems.