indicator muscle

Anat.: A muscle called also Extensor indicis . It extends the index-finger. indicator-telegraph, s. An electric telegraph in which the signals are given by the deflections of a magnetic needle. in-di-cā tō-ri-næ, s. pl. [Lat. indicator; fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Ornith.: A sub-family of Cuculide (Cuckoos). The bill is short, subconic, the feet very short. They are found in forests in Africa and Borneo, and in the jungles of India. In dic-a-tor-ỹ, a . [Eng. indicat (e); ory.] Indicating or serving to indicate or make known. In-di-ca-vit, s. [Lat. he has shown; third pers. sing. perf. indic. of indico to indicate or show.] Eng. Eccles. Law : A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts. It lies for the patron of a church whose incumbent is sued in the spiritual court by another clergyman for tithes amounting to a fourth part of the profits of the advowson. *In-diçe, s . [Lat. index (gen it. indicis ).] An index; a mark; a sign; a token. "Too much talking is ever the indice of a foole." -Ben Jonson: Discoveries. in-di-çeş, s. pl. [INDEX, 8.] In-di-ci-a (ca h), s . pl . [Lat., pl. of indicium =a sign, from index (gen it. indicis ).] Law : Discriminating marks, signs, tokens, or indications. *in-diç-i-ble, a. [Lat. indico to point out.] That can be indicated or pointed out. "The calamity will be indicible ."- Evelyn : Memoirs (Sept. 9, 1665). In'-dic-o-lite, s. [Lat. indicum a blue pigment, indigo (1); Gr. Indikos , as adj.=Indian; as subst.= a dark-blue dye, indigo, . So named from its indigo-blue color.] Min .: A variety of Tourmaline (q. v.). In-dict' (c silent), *In-dite', v . t . [Lat. indict us , pa. par. of indico to accuse: in- =in, against, and dico to say, to tell; O. Fr. endicter , enditer .] *I. Ordinary Language : 1. To compose, to write, to indite (q. v.). 2. To proclaim; to appoint publicly or by public authority. "The Consuls used to indict a meeting of the Senate."Milton: Defense of People of England. II. Law : To accuse or charge with a crime or misdemeanor by way of indictment (q. v.). In-dict-a-ble ( c silent), a. [Eng. indict; -able .] 1. Capable of being indicted; liable to be indicted; as, an indictable offender. 2. That forms a subject or ground of indictment; as, an indictable offense. In-dict-ee (csilent), s. [Eng. indict; -ee.] A person indicted. In-dict-er (c silent), s. [Eng. indict; -er.] One who indicts. *In-dic-tion, s. [Lat. indictio =(1) a declaration or imposition of a tax, an impost, (2) a cycle of fifteen years (see etym. of the compound), from indict us , pa. par. of indico ; Fr. indiction .] 1. The act of proclaiming or declaring publicly. "Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the indic tion of, synods of bishops."- Taylor : Rule of Conscience , bk. iii., ch. iv. 2. A proclamation; a public declaration. Cycle of indiction : 1. Calendar : A period of fifteen years, not founded on any astronomical occurrence, but fixed first by Const an tine the Great as a fiscal arrangement. It began on January 1, A. D. 313. The Popes adopted it in the year 1582, when the Calendar was reformed, sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia indictive that year being the tenth of the indiction. The year of the indiction corresponding to any year of our era is thus found: Add 3 to the date, divide the sum by 15, and the remainder is the year of the indiction, the remainder 0 indicating the fifteenth 1884+3 of the cycle. Thus =125, with a remainder 15 of 12. Twelve, therefore, is the indiction of that year. There are three other indictions besides Const an tine's: the Cæsarean or Imperial, the Roman or Pontifical, and that of the Parliaments of France. 2. Roman Antiquities : [CYCLE, (3).] *In-dictive, a. [Lat. indictivus , from indict us , pa. par. of indico .] Proclaimed; published, or declared publicly. "Entirely the same with the indictive funeral."-Ken net: Antiq. of Rome, bk. ii., eh. xv. In-dict-ment (c silent), *in-dight'-ment ( gh silent), *In-dite'-ment, s. [Eng. indict ; -ment.] I. Law : 1. The act of indicting or charging a person with a crime or misdemeanor; the state of being indicted: a formal charge against a person or persons for a crime or misdemeanor. 2. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to and presented upon oath by a grand jury. Properly, an indictment is not so called until it has been found a true bill by the grand jury, up to which time it is called a bill. If the grand jury are of opinion that the evidence is not sufficient to support the charge, they indorse the bill "not found," or "ignoramus (q. v.); if the contrary, "a true bill." "Was it not monstrous, they asked, that a culprit should be denied a sight of his indictment ?"-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xviii. II. Scots Law : A form of proce by which a criminal is brought to trial at the instance of the Lord Advocate, in whose name it runs. It is addre ed to the panel, and charges the accused with the crime for which he is to be tried. In-dict'-õr (c silent), *In-dight-er ( gh silent), s. [English indict ; -or.] One who indicts; an in dicter. "There pa eth a double jurie, the indictors , and the tryors."-Bacon: Henry VII ., p. 146. In-dies, s. pl . A name used to designate the East and West Indies. In-dif-fer-ençe, *in-dif-fer-en-çỹ, s . [Fr., from Lat. in differentia , from in differ ens having no difference: in- =not, and differ ens , pr. par. of differo to differ.] 1. The quality or state of being indifferent; a state of mind in which a person does not incline to one side more than the other; freedom from bias or prejudice; impartiality; neutrality. "Requesting that they might speak before the senate and be heard with indifference." P. Holland : Livy, p. 1214. 2. A state of mind in which a person takes no interest in a matter which comes before him; unconcernedne , carele ne , apathy, negligence. "It is our indifferency and lukewarmne that makes it so natural."-Bp. Taylor: Works , vol. i., ser. 13. 3. A state in which there is no difference, or in which no reason, moral or physical, preponderates; a state in which there is no choice between two or more things. "Attain the wise indifference of the wise." Tennyson: A Dedication. 4. The quality or state of being of indifferent quality: mediocrity; the state of being barely pa able in quality. *In-dif-fer-ençed, a . [Eng. indifferenc (e); -ed.] Having an appearance of indifference. ( Richard 30n: Clari a , iii. 186.)