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Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores..

Waffle :: Waffle (n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.

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

Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..

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..

Bay :: Bay (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.

Gimp :: Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.

Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented..

Dent :: Dent (v. t.) To make a dent upon; to indent.

Engrail :: Engrail (v. t.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.

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..

Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin..

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice..

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..

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 requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army..

Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg..

Indenture :: Indenture (n.) The act of indenting, or state of being indented..

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..

Dented :: Dented (v. t.) Indented; impressed with little hollows.

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