Definition of indent

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Indent (v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper..

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Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..
Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.
Indent :: Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.
Catenulate :: Catenulate (a.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc..
Pit :: Pit (n.) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..
Tripartite :: Tripartite (v. i.) Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite..
Heart :: Heart (n.) That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart..
Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..
Imprint :: Imprint (v. t.) To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll..
Indenture :: Indenture (n.) The act of indenting, or state of being indented..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. i.) To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
Indentured :: Indentured (imp. & p. p.) of Indentur.
Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary..
Notch :: Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
Counterpane :: Counterpane (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart..
Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration
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