Definition of indent

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Indent (v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant..

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Engrailed :: Engrailed (a.) Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like..
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..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.
Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..
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..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.
Indent :: Indent (n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army..
Escalop :: Escalop (n.) A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop..
Dented :: Dented (v. t.) Indented; impressed with little hollows.
Engrail :: Engrail (v. i.) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
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..
Aim :: Aim (v. i.) To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well..
Toothing :: Toothing (n.) The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.
Engrail :: Engrail (v. t.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
Indenture :: Indenture (n.) The act of indenting, or state of being indented..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
Dancette :: Dancette (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon..
Retuse :: Retuse (a.) Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf..
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