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1 definition found 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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