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1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §479–80 But these are Idle and Ignorant Conceits; And forsake the true Indication of the Causes.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. vi. 340 The configurations and indications of the various Phases of the Moon..and divers other curious indications of Celestial Motions.

1793 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 154 His skill consists in..following the indications given by nature, times, and circumstances.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xv. 6 The case was nothing short of a heavenly indication.

1885 P. G. Tait Properties of Matter i. 1 The indications of the senses are always imperfect, and often misleading.

?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Biv^v, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens It is euydent y^t none indication is taken of the cause that hath excited and made the vlcere.

?1541 R. Copland tr. Galen Terapeutyke sig. Cii^v What is the indicacyon curatyfe taken of olde Sores?

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 43 The use of indications, without which no remedy can be applyed.

1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 261 It is probable that the true indication of cure in typhus is to restore the oxygene.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 19 The term or expression indication for a given remedy, being in constant use, ought to be distinctly understood; by it is meant the pointings of nature, or, in other words, the evident needs of the system.

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 293 Settling the grand Affair of the mercurial Barometer, and its Indications.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. iii. 245 The effect..produced was very large as measured by the indications of the instrument.

1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §82 In comparing an English and a French barometer it is therefore necessary to reduce the indications of each to 32° Fahr.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xv. 175 There are other indications of the beginning of a new Systeme of Prophecies.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 350. ⁋2 Modesty is the certain Indication of a great Spirit, and Impudence the Affectation of it.

1749 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage II. 16 A Black-Bird was seen..which was looked on as an Indication that the Geese would soon follow.

1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 545 The will contained indications of such an intention.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) iii. §158 Perhaps the best indication as to these cold currents, may be derived from the fish of the sea.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 16 No traces of grain..nor any other indication that the ancient people had any knowledge of agriculture.

1855 Southern Californian (Los Angeles) 28 Mar. 1/7 Mineral indications in Southern California..differ in many respects with the mineral indications of the earth's surface in Central, or Northern California.

1862 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) I. 80 We went and looked at the ledges, and both of them acknowledged that there was nothing in them but good ‘indications’.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xviii. 326 My comrades are off down the mountain side picking at ‘indications’, and mapping out the ‘run of the country rock’.

1877 B. Harte Story of Mine 394 Luckily the fertile alluvium of these valleys..offered no ‘indications’ to attract the goldseekers.

1948 Duncan (Okla.) Daily Banner 2 July 1/3 The location was one of three staked by the Ohio Oil Co. on indications given by the Palmer No. 1 Leard-Amerada.