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Index
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A prologue indicating what follows.
(2):
(n.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.
(3):
(n.) That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
(4):
(n.) 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 used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; - called also fist.
(5):
(n.) A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book; - usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume.
(6):
(n.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger.
(7):
(v. t.) To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.
(8):
(n.) The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the vertical index of the cranium.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Index'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/index.html. 1828.
