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Webster 1913 Edition

Indirection

Inˊdi-rec′tion

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

indirection

.]

Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.

“By indirections find directions out.”

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Indirection

INDIREC'TION

,

Noun.

[in and direction.] Oblique course or means.

1.

Dishonest practice.