† Indyn.1
Obsolete.
a. = India n. Also attributive.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxix. 634 Large Pepper of Indie.
1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 81 The Indie-writers make mention of sundry great cities in this Iland.
1646 H. More Philos. Devotion in Democritus Platonissans sig. E3v Indie, Egypt, Arabie.
b. indy blue n. the dye indigo n. and adj., or its colour.
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1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xviii. 80 A fayre and goodly garment, Of most fyne velvet, al of Indy blewe.
?1528 J. Skelton Dyuers Balettys & Dyties xiii Saphyre of sadnes, enuayned with indy blew.
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Indyn.2
/ˈɪndi/, U.S. /ˈɪndi/ 1. Used attributively and absol. to denote the annual Indianapolis 500 motor race or any of a series of similar high-speed circuit races; also, this style of motor racing.Indy is a proprietary name in the United Kingdom. Indy 500 is a proprietary name in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > specific race
Le Mans1928
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [adjective] > specific race
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [adjective] > type of race
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1956 B. W. Yates Indianapolis 500 I. 5 The early engines used at Indy differed from present designs.
1964 Wilson & Love Fun, Fun, Fun (song) in Beach Boys Complete (1973) 56 She makes the ‘Indy’ five hundred look like a Roman chariot race now.
1982 Harper's Mag. Aug. 54 In Time, Tom Callahan deplored the whole Indy enterprise.
1982 P. Fussell in Harper's Mag. Aug. 57/2 No wonder..that the rituals of the Indy world are strenuously male, macho as all get-out.
1987 Autosport 28 May 26/2 He's now a four-time Indy 500 winner..and he finished fifth, second, third and fourth respectively in each Indianapolis 500 from 1982 to '85.
1991 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Mar. 25/1 The Gold Coast is locked into Indy fever this weekend with the running of the first Indy race outside North America.
2. Indy car n. (frequently in form IndyCar) a rear-engined, turbocharged racing car designed to compete in such an event; also used in extended sense and attributively to denote the sport of competitive Indy car racing (a proprietary name in the United Kingdom).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > racing car > specific
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1975 N.Y. Times 1 Apr. v. 10/3 Miss Murphy is the only woman to have been allowed to drive an Indy car on the race track.
1979 Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. c12/2 The first on-the-track action by the U.S. Auto Club's Indy-car division and the rival Championship Auto Racing Teams has been completed and nobody is winning.
1993 Toronto Sun 17 June 97/1 Bourbonnais and Villeneuve drive for Forsythe-Green Racing, a crew with IndyCar experience and IndyCar aspirations.
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