Indian

in'di-an, adj. belonging to the Indies, East or West, or to the aborigines of America. — «. a native of the Indies an aboriginal of America. -Indian corn, maize, so called because brought from W. Indies. —Indian file, following one another m single like Indians through a wood —Indian ink, a substance used m water-col. mis, composed of lampblack and animal glue, orig used in India or mther in China —Indian or India rubber, caoutchouc, so named from its rubbmg out pencil-marks. [From the liver Indus and applied by mistake to the W Indies by their first discoverers, who thought they had arrived at India. bee Hindu Indicate, inlu-kat, v to point out: to shew. — L in. /no, -a turn m, and d/co, to proclaim Indication m-di-ka's hun, « act of indicating which indicates mark token*, symptom. Indicative, in-dik'a-uv, adj pointing out giving intimation of grant applied to the mood of the vcib which nidu ales, e affirms or denies. -adv Indic'atively. Indicator, in'di-ku-tor, « one who indicates an instillment on a steam-engine to shew the pre ure -adj In'dicatory, shewing. Indict, in-dll', to charge with a crime formally oi m writing, esp by n grand-jiuy. [L. in, ana ditto, freq. uXaitO, to say Indictable, m dit'.-bl. adj liable to be indicted. Indiction, m-dik's lum. n \ltt,\ a proclamation a cycle ol fifteen years, instituted by Const an tine the (irtal indn ho Indictment, in dit'mnn, n the wi itten accusation against one who to be tried by jury Indifferent, ui-dif'er-tni, adj lthout importance a muldh quality, mutra). unconcerned ns. Indiff erence. Indiff'erency. [Lit. 'without a difierenrt L in, not, and Different.]