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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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..
Impress :: Impress (n.) A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant..
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service..
Indentedly :: Indentedly (adv.) With indentations.
Mush :: Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin..
Tripartite :: Tripartite (v. i.) Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating..
Waffle :: Waffle (n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg..
Grater :: Grater (a.) One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs..
Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..
Retuse :: Retuse (a.) Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf..
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
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..
Gimp :: Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.
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..
Punctured :: Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores..
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