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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Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..
Indenting :: Indenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inden.
Dent :: Dent (v. t.) To make a dent upon; to indent.
Escalop :: Escalop (n.) A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop..
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp..
Shagreen :: Shagreen (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used f
Print :: Print (n.) A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow..
Redented :: Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
Indent :: Indent (n.) A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt..
Emargination :: Emargination (n.) The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.
File :: File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice..
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..
Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores..
Crenelation :: Crenelation (n.) The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure..
Counterpane :: Counterpane (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart..
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