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Indiana|ɪndɪˈænə|
The name of a state in the U.S.A., used esp. attrib. to designate objects, etc., from or connected with that state; esp Indiana limestone, an oölitic limestone sometimes known as Bedford limestone.
1858O. H. Smith (title) Early Indiana trials; and sketches. 1894Country Gentlemen's Catal. 113 Shirts..in our special Indiana Gauze Oxford. 1934Webster, Indiana limestone. 1947J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpture viii. 219 Indiana limestone can be secured in buff to gray colors and is an attractive, fairly soft, and easily worked stone. 1948Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 616 An aged Indiana poetaster named John Finley. 1965Harper's Bazaar Feb. 41 Mean black blazer in rubber-proofed Indiana, 7 gns. 1969R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms 193/2 Indiana limestone, the limestone most widely used by American sculptors... Bedford Stone is another Indiana limestone. |