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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Index \In"dex\, n.; pl E. {Indexes}, L. {Indices}(?). [L.: cf
F. index. See {Indicate}, {Diction}.]
1. That which points out that which shows, indicates,
manifests, or discloses.
Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of
plants. --Arbuthnot.
2. That which guides, points out informs, or directs; a
pointer or a hand that directs to anything as the hand of
a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other
graduated instrument. In printing, a sign [[hand]] used to
direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; --
called also {fist}.
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