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A large vessel in the India trade. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

An Indiaman.

Indexical. [R.] Fuller.

A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo.

Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.

to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. That turns and turns to indicate From what point blows the weather. Cowper.

Shown; denoted; registered; measured. Indicated power. See Indicated horse power, under Horse power.

Act of pointing out or indicating.

dge of something not visible or obvious. That truth id productive of utility, and utility indicative of truth, may be thus proved. Bp. Warburton.

In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.

One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.

ve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic.

A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts. Wharton (Law Dict. ).

Index; indication. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

See Index.

Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances. Burrill.

Unspeakable. [Obs.]

A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color.