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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Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg..
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.
Mush :: Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp..
Toothing :: Toothing (n.) The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
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..
Subdepartment :: Subdented (a.) Indented beneath.
Engrail :: Engrail (v. i.) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.
Follower :: Follower (n.) Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed..
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Indenture :: Indenture (n.) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master..
Notch :: Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Crenelation :: Crenelation (n.) The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure..
Land :: Land (n.) In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..
Peen :: Peen (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation..
Bossage :: Bossage (n.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings..
Gimp :: Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.
Indentured :: Indentured (imp. & p. p.) of Indentur.
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