Indicative 
... the truth of this manner of op- 
nstance of Isaac blessing Jacob, which In 
M , 
Ami I understand 
oration In the . 
the several parts was expressed in all forms, 
optative, enunclatlve. 
Jer. Taylor, Divine Institution of the Office Ministerial. 
It often happens that clouds are not so indicative- of a 
storm as the total absence of clouds. 
J. ISurrouijhK, The Century, XXV. 674. 
2. In iii-iiiii.. iiotiiigthatmodopf the verb which 
indicates (that is, simply predicates or affirms), 
without any further modal implication : as, ho 
writes; he is writing; they run; has the mail 
urrircdt 
II. . In gram., the indicative mode. See 
I., li. Abbreviated ind. 
indicatively (in-dik'a-tiv-li), adv. In a manner 
to show or signify. 
indicator (in'di-ka-tor), n. [= F. indicatenr = 
Sp. Pg. indicador = ft. indicators, < LL. indica- 
tor, one who points out, < L. indieare, point out: 
see indicate.} 1. One who indicates or points 
out ; that which points out, directs, or reports, 
as a grade-post on a railroad, the pointer on a 
steam-gage, etc. It Is used in compound names to de- 
scribe a number of gaging or Indicating appliances : as, 
leak-indicator, speed-indicator, etc. 
Reasoning by analogy, we find that, in many cases of 
bodily disease, the state of the mind is the first indicator 
of the mischief going on in the system. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVI. 213. 
Specifically (a) A steam (cylinder) pressure-gage. It 
is an apparatus for recording the variations of pressure 
or vacuum in the cylinder of a steam-engine. The accom- 
panying cut represents a type of the Indicator. The pipe 
with the stop-cock Is screwed to the cylinder so that when 
the cock is opened the pressure 
of the steam within may enter 
the cylinder above, press the pis- 
ton upward against the action 
of a spring constructed to give 
a definite resistance in pounds 
per square inch, and cause the 
lever-arm to rise and mark on 
the hollow cylinder at the left 
a vertical trace, tho altitude of 
which measures the pressure. 
A card or a sheet of paper may 
be fitted to this cylinder, and 
the trace be made on the paper. 
The hollow cylinder is free to re- 
volve, if drawn by the loose cord 
hanging from It. To operate the 
indicator, the cord is connected 
with some moving part of the 
engine so that a single stroke of 
the piston causes the cylinder 
and the card to revolve once (the return being secured by 
a spring) as the pencil makes one mark. Since the pencil- 
mark is timed to one stroke of the engine, the resulting 
curved line on the card gives a graphic report of the 
pressure or vacuum of the steam during one complete 
stroke. Such graphic curves are called tndico(or-dia- 
grams, the marked card being called an indicator-card. 
See indicator-diayram* under diagram, (b) The dial 
and pointer of a signal-telegraph used on private lines, 
where rapidity of delivery of the messages is not impor- 
tant. It consists of a dial having the letters of the al- 
phabet printed upon it, and a pointer that traverses the 
circle, pausing before 
the letters of the word 
transmitted, thus spell- 
ing out the message. See 
telegraph, (c) In a mi- 
croscope, an arrange- 
ment for marking the 
position of a particular 
object in the field of view. 
Quekett's Indicator was 
a steel finger connected 
with the eyepiece, (d) In 
mining, an arrangement 
by means of which the 
position of the cage In 
the shaft is known to the 
man in charge of the 
winding-engine. (?) In 
the theory of mnnbers,the 
exponent of that power of 
any number less than and 
prime to any modulus, 
which power is the least 
power of the same number congruous to unity. (/) In 
ftniit., the extensor indicts, a muscle which extends the 
forefinger, as in the act of pointing. It arises from the back 
of the ulna, and is Inserted into the index-finger, which 
can thus be straightened independently of the other fin- 
gers. [In this sense only the plural is indicator**. ] 
2. In iirnitli.: (a) A honey-guide; a species 
of the genus Indicator or family Indicatorida;. 
(b) [cap.} The typical and leading genus of 
Indiratoridte, established by Vieillot in 1816. 
/. nitijoriuiA I. minor are examples. See Indicti- 
toriiltt'. Celestial indicator, an apparatus for finding 
the relative positions of the principal stars and constella- 
tions. Hydraulic indicator. See hydraulic. Indica- 
tor-card. See dcf. 1 (a), above. Indicator-diagram. 
See ilef. i (n), alHwe. Indicator muscle, the extensor 
indicia. Low- water indicator, a device for showing 
the depth of water in a steam-boiler. The usual form is a 
glass tube, placed vertically at the end of the iKiiler, in 
which the water rises : commonly called a irafer->ra<te. In 
another form the depth of water is indicated by a juiintn 
on a dial. Stock Indicator, an electric -telegraph ma- 
chine which records automatically in letters and fi^'un s, 
on a strip of paper called a tape, the names and prices 
of stock and other funds sent out from a central office, 
Wheatstoue's Indicator-telegraph. 
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and, in general, news of a character likely to affect the 
money-market. Also called liclter. 
Indicatoridae (in'di-ka-tor'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Indicator + -idiv.} A family of zygodactyl 
picarian birds, related to the barbels (Capito- 
ii a !') and woodpeckers (1'icida;); tho honey- 
guides or indicators. It is a small family of about 12 
species of small dull-colored birds, noted for serving as 
guides to places where honey may be found. They build 
pensile nests, lay white eggs, and some are said to De par- 
asitic, like cuckoos. Three species inhabit the Oriental 
region, Indicator xanthonotta of India, /. malayanu* of 
Malacca, and /. archipclagicv* of Borneo. The rest are 
African, as /. major, etc. 
Indicatorinae (in-di-ka-to-ri'ne), n. pi. [NL..< 
Indicator + -inte.} The honey-guides as a sub- 
family of Cueulidte, or of some other family of 
zygodactyl birds. W. Swainson; G. B. Gray; 
A. H. (iarrod. 
indicatory (in'di-ka-to-ri), a. [< indicate + 
-ory. } Serving to show or make known ; show- 
ing- 
The box which covers the coil and indicatory part of 
the thermometer is merely to protect it from accidental 
injury. Sir C. W. Thouuon, Depths of the Sea, p. 294. 
indicatrix (in-di-ka'triks), n. [NL., fern, to in- 
dicator.] 1. In geom., the curve of intersection 
of any surface with a plane indefinitely near 
and parallel to the tangent-plane at any point. 
The Indicatrix is a hyperbola, a pair of parallel lines, or an 
ellipse, according as the surface is anticlastic, cylindrical, 
or synclastlc, at the point of tangency. 
2. In the theory of equations, a curve which 
exhibits the joint effect of the two middle cri- 
teria of Newton's rule, in the case of an equa- 
tion of the fifth degree having all its roots ima- 
ginary Spherical Indicatrix, the spherical curve 
traced on a unit sphere by the extremity of a radius drawn 
parallel to the tangent of a tortuous curve. 
indicavit (in-di-ka'vit), . [L., he has shown, 
3d pers. sing. perf. ind. act. of indieare, show: 
see indicate.} In Eng. eccles. law, a variety of 
the writ of prohibition. 
indicet (in'dis), . [< F. indice, < L. index, in- 
dex : see index.} An index. 
Too much talking is ever the indice of a foole. 
n. Jonson, Discoveries. 
indices, . Latin plural of index. 
indicia (in-dish'i-ii), n.pl. [L., pi. of indicium, 
a notice, information, discovery, sign, mark, 
token, < index (indie-), index: see index.] Dis- 
criminating marks; badges; tokens; indica- 
tions; symptoms: as, indicia of fraud; indicia 
of disease. 
indiciblet (in-dis'i-bl), a. [< F. indicible, < ML. 
indicibiliji, that cannot be said, < iw- priv. + rfici- 
bilis, < L. dicere, say: see diction.} Unspeak- 
able; inexpressible. 
If the malignity of this sad contagion spend no faster 
before winter, the calamity will be inilicible. 
Kn'lyn, To Lord Cornebery, Sept. 9, 1665. 
indicot. n. An obsolete form of indigo. 
indieolite (in-dik'6-Ut), n. [< Or. ivSiKov, indi- 
go, + /U0of, stone.] In mineral., a variety of 
tourmaline of an indigo-blue color, sometimes 
with a tinge of azure or green. Also indigolite. 
indict (in-dif ), i\ t. [Formerly also endict; the 
c is a mod. insertion, in imitation of the orig. 
L. : prop., as the pron. shows, indite, endite, the 
older form being now differentiated in sense ; 
< OF. enditer, endicter, inditer, indicter, indict, 
accuse, point out, < L. indictare, declare, ac- 
cuse, freq. of indicere, pp. indietus, declare, ap- 
point (in sense appar. in part confused with L. 
indieare. point out), < in, in, + dicere, say: see 
diction.'} 1. To compose; write: properly and 
still usually written indite (which see.) [Ob- 
solete or archaic.] 2f. To appoint publicly 
or by authority; proclaim. 
And therefore, as secular princes did use to indict or per- 
mit the indiction of synods of bishops, so, when they saw 
canse, they conftrm'd the sentences of bishops and pass d 
them into laws. Jer. Taylor, Rule of Conscience, UL 4. 
I am told we shall have no Lent indicted this year. 
Evelyn. 
3. To find chargeable with a criminal offense, 
and in due forms of law to accuse of the same, 
as a means of bringing to trial : specifically said 
of the action of a grand jury. See indictment. 
No matter in the phrase that might indict the author of 
affectation. Shot., Hamlet (Globe ed-X it 2. 
About the same Time, Robert Tresllian, Chief Justice, 
came to Coventry, where he indicted two thousand Per- 
sons. Baker, Chronicles, p. 143. 
You are here indicted by the names of Guildford Dud- 
ley, Lord Dudley, Jane Gray, Lady Jane Gray, of capital 
and high treason against our most sovereign lady the 
queen's majesty. Dekker and Webtter, Sir Thomas Wyat. 
=Syn. 3. Clianje. Indict, etc. See accute. 
indictable (in-di'ta-bl), a. [< indict + -/</.] 
1. Capable of being indicted; liable to indict- 
indifference 
ment: as, nn inilirtnlile offender. 2. That may 
subject one to an indictment ; that may be pun- 
ished by a proceeding commenced by indict- 
ment : as, an indictable offense. 
indictee (in-di-te'), n. [< indict + -eel.] One 
who is indicted. 
indicter, indictor (in-di'ter, -tor), n. One who 
indicts. 
And then maister More salth yet farther that vpon In- 
dightmentes at Sessions the indiyhters vse not to shewe j* 
names of them that gaue them informaclon. 
.Sir T. More, Works, p. 987. 
indiction (in-dik'shpn), n. [= F. indiction, < 
L. indictio(n-), a declaration of imposition of a 
tax, LL. a space of 15 years, < indicere. declare : 
see indict.] If. A declaration ; proclamation. 
After a legation " ad res repetendan," and a refusal, and 
a denunciation, and indicium of war, the war is left at 
large. Bacon. 
The emperor subscribed with bis own hand, and in pur- 
ple Ink, the solemn edict or indiction. 
Gibbon, Decline and Fall, xvii. 
2. A fiscal period of fifteen years, established 
by Constantino the Great after the reorganiza- 
tion of the Human Empire, being the term dur- 
ing which the annual tax on real property was 
paid on the basis of a valuation made and pro- 
claimed at the beginning of each quindecen- 
nial period. This Decame a common and con- 
venient means for dating ordinary transactions. 
By a very easy connection of Ideas, the word indiction 
was transferred to the measure of tribute which it pre- 
scribed, and to the annual term which it allowed for pay- 
ment. Gibbon, Decline and Fall, xvii. 
Hence 3. In chron., a year bearing a num- 
ber, or the number attached to the year, show- 
ing its place in a cycle of fifteen years, count- 
ing from A. D. 313. To find the indiction, add 3 to 
tin: number of the year in the vulgar era, and divide by 
15 ; the remainder is the indiction, or, if there is no re- 
mainder, the Indiction is 15. There were three varieties, 
differing only in the commencement of the year : the 
original Greek or Contttantinopolitan, reckoned from Sep- 
tember 1st of what we consider the previous year; the 
Roman or Pontifical (a bad designation, since it was not 
used preferentially in the bulls of the popes), beginning 
with the civil year, January 1st, December 25th, or March 
25th ; and the Connfantinian, Imperial, or Ctrtarean (doe 
to a blunder of the Venerable Bede), beginning September 
24th, 
Giuen In the moneth of November, and vpon the tenth 
Indiction. Hakluyts Voyages, II. 20. 
The name and use of the fndictionn, which serve to as- 
certain the chronology of the middle ages, was derived 
from the regular practice of the Roman Tributes. 
Gibbon, Decline and Fall, xvii. 
indictivet (in-dik'tiv), a. [< LL. indictivus, < L. 
indicere, pp. indietus, declare : see indict, indic- 
tion.} Proclaimed; declared. 
In all the funerals of note, especially In the publlck or 
initir/iiv, the corpse was first brought, with a vast train 
of followers, into the forum. 
Kennet, Antiquities of Rome, ii. 5. 
indictment (in-dit'ment), n. [Formerly also 
endictment; < indict +- -ment.} 1. The act of 
indicting ; accusation ; formal charge or state- 
ment of grievances ; formal complaint before 
a tribunal. 
All their lives, 
That by indictment, and by dint of sword, 
Have since miscarried under Bolingbroke. 
Male., 2 Hen. IV., Ir. 1. 
2. In law, the formal complaint by which a crim- 
inal offense, found by the grand jury to have 
been committed, is by it charged against the 
supposed offender for presentation to the court, 
that he may be put on trial. It is generally draft- 
ed by the public prosecutor, and is termed a ''ill until it 
has received the sanction of the grand jury, which must 
be by the concurrence of at least twelve of the jurors, 
attested by oath or affirmation. 
An indictment is a written accusation of one or more 
persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and pre- 
sented upon oath by, a grand jury. 
BlacMone, Com., IV. xxlil. 
3. In Scots law, a form or process by which a 
criminal is brought to trial at the instance of 
the lord advocate. It runs in the name of the lord 
advocate, and, addressing the panel by name, charges the 
Utter with being guilty of the crime for which he 1s to 
be brought to trial.- Bill of Indictment. See del 2. 
Finding an indictment, the act of the grand Jury, on 
investigating an offense, In approving an Indictment of 
the supposed offender. 
indictor, . See indicter. 
indienne (F. pron. an-di-en'),"; [F., fern. of In- 
ilii-n, Indian: see Indian.} Printed calico, es- 
pecially that printed in bright colors with a 
rather small pattern: the French term, often 
used in English. 
indifference (in-dif'e-rens), n. [< F. indiffe- 
rcncv = Sp. iiulifi ri m-iu = 1'g. iniliffercn^a = 
It. indiffercn^i, < L. iniiiferentia, < indifferen(t-)s, 
indifferent: see indifferent.} 1. The state of 
